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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 1h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Craig Getting @mcgetting.bsky.social · 7h

i need video documentation of your first bite

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Craig Getting @mcgetting.bsky.social · 7h

im so jealous

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Ben "Ben Pack" Pack @packbenpack.bsky.social · 18h

Band Aid is selling glow in the dark bandaids. Couldn’t catch me in one of those. It’s the real world equivalent of a glowing weak spot that telegraphs where you can hit someone for massive damage.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 22h

I mean, yes. This is the text of the film. This is just what the film is about. Like, this isn't a hot take, this is just you describing the plot and themes that are overtly there on purpose.

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1st Viscount Craigavon @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com · 22h

I beg people who use the phrase "a few bad apples" in this manner to recall the end of the saying about "one bad apple"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 1d

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 1d

this is the most like a mike tyson's punch out guy i have ever seen anyone look

Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick making an intense face as he prepares to throw the ball

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Overdue Podcast @overduepod.bsky.social · 1d

Mr. Electrico "reached down with a flaming sword full of electricity and he tapped me on both shoulders and then the tip of my nose and he cried, 'Live, forever!' And I thought, 'God, that’s wonderful. How do you do that?'...I went home and within days I started to write. And I’ve never stopped."

Ray Bradbury Recalls the Visit to the Circus That Inspired Him To Become a Writer

The problem with death, Ray Bradbury once said to me, is that “it is so damned permanent.”

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

"Mamdani told me he understands that his success or failure will not be seen as only his own. He is right."

This is true but also tells on itself because The Discourse Gatekeepers do not declare centrism dead because Eric Adams proved to be an incompetent buffoon crook. It only goes one way!

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

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bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 1d

me getting ready to make a really unhinged post

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Friz(ombie!) @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 1d

STATLER; "This funeral is so boring, I'm jealous of the guy in the coffin! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Craig Getting @mcgetting.bsky.social · 1d

Episode 17 of Twin Peaks the Return: ray wise made me jump

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

"what the fuck just happened"

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Craig Getting @mcgetting.bsky.social · 1d

how can you not be romantic about baseball

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Artist Formerly Known As Whoopty-Hell 🦋 @fanoftheland13.bsky.social · 1d

All of us

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Brad Lynch @marinov1.bsky.social · 1d

170+ years and shit no one's ever seen still happening on the grandest stages of baseball. ⚾️

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Craig Getting @mcgetting.bsky.social · 1d

BASEBALL

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 1d

Invoke the outfield fly rule! bsky.app/profile/walk...

WalkingTaako, But Spooky🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible. If he'd caught it, Dodgers lead 1-0. Instead, inning over because he didn't catch it.

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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 1d

Baseball really is the best sport because all it takes is one little bobble and suddenly a game built on routine and order devolves into panic and chaos

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Craig Getting @mcgetting.bsky.social · 1d

3yo, makin plans: “I think I’m gonna get dirty on Friday.”

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