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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 14h

For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.

Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

www.theguardian.com

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 14h

"Robert Redford died, huh? A lot of you don't know who he is because he doesn't have a racist podcast." - Gregg Rogell

Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 15h

Personal rankings of movies is fun, but I find it weird when an outlet ranks movies. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 16h

Don't bother looking at the reviews because I rarely have anything interesting to say about a horror movie besides, "That was fun and scary."

Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 16h

My annual October horror catch-up is going well so far.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 17h

Hey Clevelanders, I'm playing a set at Headquarters tonight. Covers, originals, beer. Come on by!

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 1d

It's very possible this is the moment they start arresting anyone who disagrees with them.

Courage, Bob. Courage.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson says anyone participating in the No Kings rallies this weekend to protest the corrupt and authoritarian Trump regime is a Hamas supporter or Antifa. B

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 1d

Newsradio really had the best writing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iU...

NewsRadio Clip - Pretty Vs. Cute

YouTube video by forceofelroy

www.youtube.com

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 2d

There's a whole crop of young online activists whose main objective is to debate you into a corner and then smirk condescendingly when you can't answer their ludicrous hypotheticals.

These people are not going to save us.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 3d

He's running.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 3d

More than a decade ago, I sat down with @marcmaron.bsky.social in his garage to tape something new called a podcast. This time, he came to me to record his last episode.

We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 4d

I hope you're right, but I don't anticipate this breaking MAGA. They'll chalk it up to a bad apple or call it fake news and move onto some other bullshit.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 4d

Umm, Kristi Noem shot her own dog and MAGA shrugged.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 5d

So bizarre but I had a sense yesterday Diane Keaton was unwell. It hit me out of nowhere. Maybe just because we hadn’t seen her in a little while.

Anyway, she was singular, and that’s the greatest thing you can be as an artist.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 6d

It's because they ran on anti-fascism and lost. And health care has been the only winning issue for them for the last 50 years.

Would it be different now that fascism is *here*? I'd like to think yes, but my heart says no.

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 6d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 6d

Jesus, they don't even hide the shade at the Mets.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 6d

Fascism.

Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 6d

“Turn around or you’re going to get the dog,” an officer said. “We’re going to put you in cuffs, or you’re going to get the dog.”

The officers struck Miranda from behind, which caused him to collapse before he was taken away in an unmarked van.

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 6d

And apparently is only being utilized by Jehovan's Witnesses.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 6d

People are saying that the fact that Trump is having his second annual physical in a year means something is off with his health, but my hunch is it's actually normal for a president of his age to have two physicals in a year, and his press people just don't know what "annual" means

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 6d

REP-RE-SEN-TA-TIVE

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting. Not only is a plant-based diet better for you, the animals, and the environment, it has the least risk of forced human labor.

Just do it already.

www.news-medical.net/news/2025100...

Researchers quantify forced labor risk in five dietary patterns

Many Americans choose food based on cost and nutrition, but personal values, such as animal welfare and environmental concerns, also shape what ends up on our plates.

www.news-medical.net

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 7d

Oh hell yes.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 8d

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

I have done so little
For you.
And you have do little
For me.
That we have good reason
Never to agree.

I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"

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Amy Miller @akm52.bsky.social · 7d

Goodbye Apple.

Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 7d

Boycott Apple? Boycott Apple.

Canceling my AppleTV+ subcription right now.

Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 7d

Apple has removed at least three ICE-tracking apps from the App Store. WIRED spoke with the developers about where they go from here. from @thiccreese.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/apple-...

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 7d

My fat fingers just changed "White House" to "Shite House," and I can't believe I never thought of this

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 7d

Boycott Apple? Boycott Apple.

Canceling my AppleTV+ subcription right now.

Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 7d

Apple has removed at least three ICE-tracking apps from the App Store. WIRED spoke with the developers about where they go from here. from @thiccreese.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/apple-...

Apple Took Down ICE-Tracking Apps. Their Developers Aren't Giving Up

“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.

www.wired.com

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