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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 15h

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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rich @richroberts.bsky.social · 2d

They do. Mariners play 130 home games (all one run games decided in the 8th or 9th), chiefs play 17 home games and 12 are on prime time.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

dying at rightwingers falling for what looks like an ai generated turning points USA half time show with special guest “measles”

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rich @richroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking for all others carrying my name - we don’t claim this no game having loser.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 3d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4d

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4d

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 3d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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rich @richroberts.bsky.social · 4d

Smoke detector batteries have never once died at a reasonable hour. Programmed to fail in the middle of the night.

rich @richroberts.bsky.social · 5d

the most RFK Jr pilled dipshit on the show

rich @richroberts.bsky.social · 5d

We are inching closer and closer to a Pee Is Stored In The Balls press conference from the brain genius administration.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Lair Of The Gurt Sherm (Stoker 1911) @gurtsherm.bsky.social · 5d

Kyle Korver's portrait from the 2005 All Star Game (three point contest) looks like he's in Hoobastank

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 6d

One last postseason diaper blowout for Clayton Kershaw. A beautiful sendoff for a legend.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 6d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 6d

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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rich @richroberts.bsky.social · 6d

Multiple posts from a government agency account about a musician who made a song that’s mean 😥😥. Extremely normal stuff and a good way to show you’re Not Mad. Again, a government agency account with the thinnest skin on the internet.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 6d

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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James Tyler @jamestylerespn.bsky.social · 6d

like I know this is about the tequila heist last year in which his trucks and supply were stolen, but this headline makes it look like he’s about to confess drinking them all

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rich @richroberts.bsky.social · 7d

I think today’s the first time I’ve heard her speak and she sucks in a way that is on par but also very different from a lot of the others. It’s the fuckin attitude.

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 7d

These guys are so vulnerable to defecting to Chicago

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 7d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9d

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 10d

adam amin’s real good as an announcer for pretty much anything, great point guard in the booth

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rich @richroberts.bsky.social · 10d

102 off ROH’s bat with Dansby and the infield in on Tuesday was all I needed to see. Gonna be like that.

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rich @richroberts.bsky.social · 10d

Almost threw my phone when Hoerner booted the grounder. Give me a break.

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rich @richroberts.bsky.social · 10d

Cubs batted ball luck in games 1 and 3 was pretty insane. And they made every play defensively. Credit to them for that, but if you’ve watched enough baseball you know how the game’s gonna go when one team has every bloop fall and the other has none.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 11d

weird how the actual answer, "he has been a habitual liar his entire life," is never considered here

CNN @cnn.com · 11d

They’re questions that could be asked of any number of President Donald Trump’s social media posts: Was he telling the truth before? Did he just not understand that thing that he said earlier? Is he just trolling all of us? | Analysis

Analysis: Trump is finally ready to talk about Project 2025 | CNN Politics

They’re questions that could be asked of any number of President Donald Trump’s social media posts:

www.cnn.com

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Andrew Bowen (he/him) @acbowen.bsky.social · 12d

I went out to the East San Diego County road where the Trump administration revoked a $1.165 million safety grant because they thought the project was "hostile to motor vehicles."

After walking around there, it was clear the current design is hostile to *pedestrians.*
www.kpbs.org/news/quality...

East County community disappointed after Trump revokes road safety grant deemed 'hostile' to cars

The Department of Transportation has canceled hundreds of grants that run counter to its goal of "preserving or increasing roadway capacity for motor vehicles."

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