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Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 13h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 13h

In the case of Moné, I'm sure walking away from WWE has something to do with it -- and Rush had his own issues with WWE management/locker room leadership, didn't he?

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fae⁷ @onthistangent.bsky.social · 1d

I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 2d

I much prefer this response from Defector:

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Breaking: Some Guy Now Aware Of Most Revered Country Artist Who Ever Lived | Defector

Rare indeed is the headline-and-dek combo worth noticing, or caring about. In many publications, these aren’t even written by the same person who wrote the actual blog; at any rate they’re many hundre...

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 2d

Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 2d

Walked past those banners. As an Oyster Bay kid, I just wish we could bring Teddy back for 15 minutes to sic him on Trump.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 2d

At the DC protest, I saw one sign that said "This Was the Last Piece of Poster Board They Had at CVS."

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Jun 14

No More Kings
By Schoolhouse Rock

#NoKings

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 3d

Specifically, Blood & Guts is AEW's version the match that's called WarGames in WCW and WWE. While there have been some pretty bloody women's matches in AEW, there has never been a women's Blood & Guts.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 3d

Bucks / Jurassic Express is going to be a ton of fun.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 3d

So if WWE's booking continues to suck, it's no longer HHH's fault?

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 3d

I've never heard either of those used outside of fiction. From my childhood, the room where kids stored their toys and could make a mess playing was called the den.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3d

These three things are true:

1. You should go to the rally.
2. You should practice good opsec just in case—even if you're a bunch of retirees milling about in a parking lot, it's good to practice.
3. You should talk to your neighbors and turn the energy into action that will carry past tomorrow.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 4d

TKO, the company that owns both WWE and UFC, loves high ticket prices. They don't really care that they're pricing out lower- and middle-class fans as long as there are enough people rich enough to pay the higher rates.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe in the past, but WWE has been jacking up ticket prices massively. For instance next year's Wrestlemania, which will be in Vegas, is charging $850 for the cheapest nosebleed seats, while ringside seats *start* at $9,000.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 4d

Does that make "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" his Mission Earth?

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 5d

Copilot too. Because EVERYTHING MUST HAVE AI IN IT.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 5d

Reminiscent of Amy Coney Barrett saying you don't need to have an abortion, you can just have the baby and drop it off at a fire station.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 6d

I haven't watched Benson in at least 40 years but I still have fond memories. Even as a kid, I found it hilarious what a rotten little weasel Rene Auberjonois (RIP) was.

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Ghostopher Sheet 🎃 @lordshark.bsky.social · 7d

OSERS also provides federal funding for major deaf schools, including Gallaudet University, the National Technical Institution for the Deaf, and the Helen Keller National Center for the DeafBlind.