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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11h

Solidarity is the only way

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 11h

If only we could have known!

YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 11h

Womp womp womp

LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 12h

Shot/chaser

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 1d

“You get this sense of a change, where China’s competitiveness has gone from being about government subsidies and low wages to a tremendous number of highly skilled, educated engineers who are innovating like mad.”

headline: western executives who visit China are coming back terrified

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 12h

extwitter is for cranks what the wuhan wet market was for coronaviruses

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16h

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 22h

one thing that has been obvious for a while is this aspect of the authoritarian internationale: they recognize that their allies abroad are not *countries* but *political movements* within foreign countries.

time we liberals woke up and recognized this--because it's the truth.

Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 1d

Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: The Governor signed our legislation to authorize a Bay Area regional funding ballot measure for transit.

SB 63 is critical to avoid massive service cuts at Muni, BART, Caltrain & other systems. We need to stabilize & modernize these systems for the Bay Area’s future.

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 16h

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18h

every asshole on this website loudly braying that elections either won’t happen or won’t be fair in 2026 had better be buying an inflatable costume and sturdy walking shoes for this saturday, because if truly believe that, you’re not gonna like what the next step is

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 16h

This is good and we should say so because every outlet that does the right thing and sees praise and support for doing so makes it easier for the next outlet to do the same.

NPR @npr.org · 17h

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 22h

The bleakest thing about this video is that all the things this guy loves about the UK are relatively cheap and easy to build. Alabama could have a better train system than England inside of 10 years if we decided that was a priority. We are a rich country that chooses to live like a poor one.

Kelly C @kacphl.bsky.social · 22h

Yup. This guy nailed it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Qv...

How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

www.youtube.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21h

I don't understand why U.S. reporters so regularly seem to let politicians get away with 'I haven't seen that' about stuff a) they obviously know and b) is directly relevant to their job. Did they sign some kind of agreement never to ask a follow-up question?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

your tactic of protesting in an inflatable frog suit which gets normal people on your side is far inferior to my tactic of posting about laser blinding helicopter pilots which is both wildly illegal and, were it to succeed, would put basically *everyone* against me

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 1d

Make this guy insane again

a man is holding a flute and says i do not avoid women but i do deny them my essence

ALT: a man is holding a flute and says i do not avoid women but i do deny them my essence

media.tenor.com

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 1d

Not to throw the pup play twinks under the bus, but somebody needs to point out how degenerate this nofap shit is

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 1d

Someone really needs to explain the concept of libido to these people. Like no shit you’re “addicted” to getting off, it’s called having a sex drive

⟢ Avilone ‹𝟹 ₊˚.⋆ @faeriegasm.bsky.social · 1d

This will be the hill I die on, “porn addiction” is not real, that phrase specifically is used as a dog whistle and is backed only by pseudoscience which has been created by right wing fascist organisations with the intention to demonise minorities. It is not real, actual science proves it isn’t.

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 1d

Shoulda attempted the Forbidden San Bruno transfer

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 1d

Also has to do with these people creating an identity out of their opposition

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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 1d

Murders per 100k residents:
* Houston 19.0
* Dallas 16.6
* San Antonio 15.9
* Ft. Worth 10.8
* NYC 4.6

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1d

the next Democratic president absolutely cannot be as old-school nativist as Biden, we squandered a massive opportunity and it still ended up killing his approval ratings

Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 1d

Thermostatic public opinion, reacting against the governing regime, like old faithful.
globalaffairs.org/research/pub...

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 1d

There’s basically one set of conditions where shining lasers at aircraft is a good idea, and that’s when the aircraft in question is actively attempting to kill you and the laser is the best thing you’ve got. We aren’t there yet, you do not want us to get there. Don’t shine lasers at aircraft.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

someone on the Internet who really wants to convince you to shine lasers at manned aircraft as a protest tactic “because they did it in Chile in 2019” is either:

1. a fascist fed, or,

2. so terminally stupid that they have become functionally indistinguishable from one

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 1d

Weird question though, I gotta say

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

The amount of money we are giving to Argentina amounts to $450 per resident of that country. But we're not even giving it to people there who need it, we're giving it to prop up Elon's pal, the corrupt President of that country, who'll then shovel some of it into the pockets of Trump's friends here.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

“America First.”

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