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Nom de Plume Brett @maverickbrett.bsky.social · 1h

Also side not before @adam35.bsky.social can get in here and beet me to it: this is a massive CI failure. The people who cut the checks to pay FBI informants are now directly implicated in a crime.

Distinguished Herbert West Fellow, Miskatonic Institute Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 1h

How much more illegal can we get? lets find out together!
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FBI agents will get paid despite government shutdown, Patel says

The Trump administration will continue paying FBI agents despite the ongoing government shutdown that has frozen paychecks for nearly all federal workers, FBI Director Kash Patel announced.

www.cbsnews.com

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Coffee III: Saison of the Witch @unlox.bsky.social · 4h

in response to recent events, the Center for Wrong Rock Studies is funding an adjunct faculty position in Protagonist Theory

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Ky_painter @kypainter.bsky.social · 4h

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 5h

Important: this is exactly how propagandists operate.

Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

NEW:

A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.

factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 19h

A version of this story already happened to Mark Zuckerberg

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 21h

*GRINDR CONFIRMS BUYOUT INTEREST FROM TOP INVESTORS

I see what you did there, WSJ

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

Threatening

Notification:

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Vesperlynd24 @mws4.bsky.social · 4h

Sounds like a recipe for a Venezuelan version of four contractors to first battle of Fallujah timeline.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 8h

these are fixable problems in a couple where both parties have self-awareness, compassion, flexibility, and the ability to negotiate and problem solve.

these couples don't talk to newspapers tho

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Airship Chronos says TRANS RIGHTS @airshipchronos.bsky.social · 23h

Sharon left out some truly amazing details:

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 21h

it's sort of fascinating watching SK/ROK run into the same issues that Jack Smith and the DOJ ran into in 2020. how far should the PPP be punished and how much can prosecutors do?

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 21h

i wonder what her MAGA rapper son who runs a splinter Moonie branch thinks

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South Korea indicts Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han - UPI.com

South Korea's special prosecutor indicted Hak Ja Han, Unification Church leader, on charges of illegal political donations, embezzlement, evidence destruction.

www.upi.com

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 22h

To the extent that my relationship with the real is fully mediated by a large organ I can't control (lol), I can't provide evidence LA isn't a mass hallucination.

Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 22h

The more you talk about Los Angeles the less sure I am it is a real place, and I have relatives who live there

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 1d

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Adam @adam35.bsky.social · 1d

I could really be cooking here

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

With the Pentagon press corps being effectively shut out of the building, I am reminded of this great photo from my time in it (that’s me yawning).

The great reporters covering DOD will continue to do it without official briefings from generals and appointees who often were out of touch with, or…

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 1d

so i have successfully been online a lot less the last ~week and the most noticeable consequence of same is that i have no idea what's happening anywhere anymore.

i'm not sure that's better, i'm not sure that's worse, but it's a big change

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Adam @adam35.bsky.social · 1d

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Nom de Plume Brett @maverickbrett.bsky.social · 1d

It has been wild. Even had planes diapering disgraced presidents in the middle of the night.

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Adam @adam35.bsky.social · 1d

Ope he spoke with someone else! New foreign policy!

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 1d

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John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · 1d

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 2d

They didn’t even spell his name right lmfao

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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 2d

Yup, this checks out

Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

the funniest thing about this is that those of us who grew up in the divide all have a bunch of pre-cell phone numbers memorized and almost none afterwards

I know the home phone numbers of two of my childhood best friends from thirty years ago and none of the cell numbers of my college friends

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2d

Taps sign

Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · Jun 16

PEOPLE! There are LITERAL CBRN EXPERTS on this site who will tell you that the best thing you can do for tear gas or pepper spray is to just flush your eyes and face with water.

Any “home remedy” bullshit is just that: bullshit. It won’t help and can actually make things worse.

Spread THAT word.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 2d

Sir if u let me attach a meme

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 3d

substack.com/@steadystate... “Chinese hacking programs …have targeted communications, energy, transportation, water and wastewater systems in the U.S. and its territories” while the administration continues to play politics with the shutdown. A superb reflection from Steady State’s own Bill Piekney!

The Steady State (@steadystate1)

“THE GOVERNMENT IS DISABLING OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT AGAINST INFORMATION WARFARE … Chinese hacking programs …have targeted communications, energy, transportation, water and wastewater systems in the U....

substack.com

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