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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · 1d

oliver jeffers on jimmy kimmel!! <3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgs2...

Oliver Jeffers on Becoming an Illustrator, His Amazing Children’s Books & What His Kids Think of Him

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · 3d

@presentcorrect.bsky.social just making sure that you know about this <3 www.eyefilm.nl/en/programme...

Tilda Swinton | Eye Filmmuseum

The museum for film and the art of the moving image in The Netherlands. Visit the exhibition or cinema and discover our collection with more than 60.000 films.

www.eyefilm.nl

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · 3d

"i can't believe that the thing i helped orchestrate is happening!"

Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 3d

He paved the way for the toxic discourse and the billionaires' thumbs on the scale, then he side-eyes the justices who dare to point out how baldly the scales are thumb-fucked. Shoving someone on the playground and tsk-tsking the teachers who ask you why you're being a bully.

Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 18d

Justice Anthony Kennedy tells @npr.org's @ninatotenberg.bsky.social "very worried" about our country, and that "Democracy is not guaranteed to survive."

Kennedy wrote Citizens United and was the fifth vote in the rest of the Roberts Court's anti-democratic decisions.

www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · 7d

mike johnson needs to focus on the important issues, like logging and reporting his porn consumption.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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David Hogg @davidhogg.bsky.social · 7d

Hey Speaker Johnson, swear in Adelita Grijalva. Or are you too scared that Trump and your other GOP buddies are in the Epstein files?

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 8d

the world of republican congressional leadership, just constantly unaware of anything in the world

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · 15d

sounds good to me: "But what if everyone stored their data on personal servers? Platforms would have to request access, or even offer micropayments, letting users comparison-shop."

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It

In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · 17d

literally?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Im...

The Newsroom - Literally

YouTube video by Josh

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · 22d

“It’s really easy to say that it’s materialistic to worry about all those things, but, in an odd way, the objects and the paintings have a direct connection to memories,” Caleb said. “They’re the mnemonic devices in your life.”

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

My House Burned in the L.A. Fires. What Happens Now?

A devastated community fights for rebirth.

www.newyorker.com

simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · 25d

re-watched much of the newsroom thx to hbo running it this week, and like charlie skinner, i'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people. new mantra.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 28d

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.

that fox news host still has his job.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · Sep 16

same. $50k bonuses and some sort of promise to live their best life with ICE.

simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · Sep 12

glad i listened. what a pleasure to hear (and see!) robert siegel again:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

Opinion | When Authoritarianism Looms, Old Friends Reunite

www.nytimes.com

simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · Sep 11

if i visit maine, do i have to poison some trees, or is that activity reserved for residents?

simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · Sep 9

the great garbage avalanche of 2505 is going to be a relief after all this willful stupidity.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · Sep 9

If domestic troop deployments are so great, why aren't they sending troops to Louisiana's 4th congressional district? Surely Speaker Johnson's constituents also deserve this valuable government service.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 9

Mike Johnson: "I cannot for the life of me understand how the Democrats think this is some kind of winning political message. Yield man! Let the troops come into your city and show how crime can be reduced."

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · Sep 9

i don't know what's weirder: that i'm getting grainger targeted ads that presume i'm a custodial supervisor at a local high school (oddly specific) who needs cleaning supplies, or that grainger thinks this particular subgroup is fond of the jane austen podcast.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · Sep 5

Mike Johnson: Trump going to find the real killers.

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · Sep 5

lolololololololol just get back to reporting your porn consumption to your son.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 5

in which Mike Johnson claims that Donald Trump was an FBI informant to take down Epstein

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm trying to understand this. They're going to filter out the people who are losing employment to hurt the president's employment numbers? I'm not being sarcastic. Is that what he's saying?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 5

Lutnick says the jobs numbers "will get better because you'll take out the people who are just trying to create noise against the president ... this is gonna be the greatest growth economy six months from now, a year from today"

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · Sep 4

i'm starting to question darwin because all of these idiots are still walking around. and apparently, also running government agencies.

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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · Sep 4

👍🏻👏🏻 Great canapign launch ad for a very good House candidate in a very flippable Pennsylvania district.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Sep 2

Pretty damn good campaign launch video from Paige Cognetti.

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · Sep 4

not for nothing, but if you receive a tip, you're not discovering anything "independently".

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

"I'm not going to explain our sources and methods" -- FHFA Director William Pulte on how he ended up accusing Lisa Cook of mortgage fraud

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simplepretty.bsky.social @simplepretty.bsky.social · Sep 4

given the time stamp, must be talking about the disaster that is instagram for ipad.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits