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Kim Shumway @kimshum.bsky.social · 12h

The Leverage cast seeing the Louvre heist and collectively posting, "Not it," is the whimsy we deserve.

A Gina Bellman tweet showing a picture of her wearing a red beret and toasting with red wine with accompanying text: "I absolutely- definitely- positively was not in Paris yesterday #LouvreHeist"

IG post from Beth Riesgraf showing a picture of the jewels stolen from the Louvre with the text: "Parker replied, 'No comment' @leverageredemption"

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 16h

Nobody adds a ballroom to a house they plan on leaving.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 16h

I don't think we should let it go that the president posted a video of himself shitting diarrhea on us. It should be on his wikipedia page

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 15h

No other U.S. president has used the military as their own personal police force against the American people.

We implore the courts to reject Donald Trump's ongoing, illegal actions and definitively affirm states' sovereign right to handle public safety matters.

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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 17h

The longer this goes on, the more Americans want to know why Republicans are protecting pedophiles.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans continue to postpone the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva, the newest Democrat elected to Congress, for a 20th day.

Her day one promise is to be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 16h

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

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patguy @patguy.bsky.social · 16h

Les Nessman!

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 18h

Been wrong before but demolishing part of the White House while prices rise, the government is shut down, and health premiums are about to go through the roof? Might break through

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 17h

Whatever you think of the White House as a building or a symbol, the fact is that the image of it being torn apart on a whim two days after 7 million people hit the streets against autocracy is going to make a HUGE amount of people really, really angry, and that's an energy that should be harnessed.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.

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patguy @patguy.bsky.social · 18h

TMBG nailed this back in 1990.

Your Racist Friend

YouTube video by They Might Be Giants - Topic

www.youtube.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 19h

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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

also, what an image. the president demolishing a portion of a humble people’s house to make room for his royalist monstrosity

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 20h

The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 21h

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

futurism.com/future-socie...

It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It

He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.

futurism.com

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David Huerta @davidhuerta-seiu.bsky.social · 3d

I joined @bsky.app today because it’s more important than ever for us to raise our voices. Today, the Trump Administration continued its campaign of retaliation and weaponization of the judicial system against working people by filing charges against me.

I won’t be silenced.

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NPR @npr.org · 22h

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21h

Young Republican private texts are filled with deranged racism, sexism, and a fetish for violence, yes, but do you know where else you can find people on the right talking like that?

X. Reddit. TikTok. YouTube. Pods. Blogs.

This is just who they are, there's no f'ing revelation about it.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

"No, we don't want a monarchy, we want a theocracy" is a not the flex they think it is.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

the truth is that this isn't a theocracy and jesus isn't my fucking king

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 23h

"it isn't just X—it's Y" is by far the most annoying ChatGPTism

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1d

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

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Dr. Steve Mallory @drstevemallory.bsky.social · 22h

I want to teach a class with this as the core text...

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 1d

Deutinger's Handbook of Tyranny is still the best archive of hostile architecture and design that I know. I'd love an equivalent that'd be related to digital software and hardware.

Know tyranny in everyday structures and spaces! We're miserable for a reason.

www.artbook.com/978303778719...

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1d

Roughly 2% of the whole country went out on a Saturday and protested the lawless Trump regime. There was essentially zero violence or destruction of property by the demonstrators. They were just fed up. Write 1,000 stories about this!

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patguy @patguy.bsky.social · 1d

DVDs became a thing around 2000, & studios started releasing whatever they had in their catalogs. Netflix was perfect for this! My local Blockbuster didn't have Fellini, and my indie shop charged a fortune to rent their irreplaceable Jackie Chan tapes. But I could get Mario Bava mailed to my door.

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 1d

Frankly if a multibillion dollar news company can't think of a next day story about a 7-million-person protest that ended with the president of the United States posting a video of himself shitting on America, everyone there should find a new line of work.

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