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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 1h

Sure. Why not?

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 2h

I hope Microsoft likes their feedback:

How likely (1-5) am I to recommend this product to others?
1 (very unlikely)

You may add a comment:
You added "AI" to the account without consent or prior discussion and increased the price. I would never recommend such an unethical company to anybody else.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 9h

think there's gonna be an influx of people from Twitter because of some recent developments, but posting here has fallen off like 33% since Jay's crash out. And the people coming here are the people who were, you know, Still On Twitter. So congrats Bluesky team, you wanted this place to suck and now

spookillumi @illumi.meme · 9h

ceo jay trying to delete the whole app after realizing she can’t win back the user base

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 7h

Oh good. The comedian who wanted to burn it all down, publicized the intention to vote for Jill Stein because the two parties were the same, suggested that others also vote for Jill Stein because the two parties were the same...

...is somehow unhappy with what "burning it all down" looks like.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 8h

I think that fewer people should be working for the clampdown.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 9h

“The boat was suspected of carrying Colombians affiliated w/Colombian terrorist organizations, the sources said, but the Pentagon was unable to determine the individual identities of each person on the boats before they struck them.”
They don’t even know their names, but insist they are terrorists!

Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 11h

Breaking: At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell us.

The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

At least one US military strike on alleged drug trafficking boat in Caribbean targeted Colombians | CNN Politics

At least one US military strike in the Caribbean over the last two months targeted Colombian nationals on a boat that had left from Colombia, according to two people briefed by the Pentagon about the ...

www.cnn.com

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Andrew S @andrewsfca.bsky.social · 8h

Wait, wait - someone killing people who they don't know, in international waters, and can't point to any direct imminent threat, is calling other people terrorists?

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 8h

[Admission against interest. I might actually think that the group chat douchecanoes are kids.

But I was a geriatrician. If you were too young for me to see in clinic, then you were a kid.]

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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 8h

Here are the grown “kids”. That one guy looks late 40’s. These are the Hitler lovers.

Vermont state senator Sam Douglass. Bland white guy with glasses and beard. Brown hair.

Man in poorly fitting dark suit with glasses and dark hair. Yes he’s white. William Hendrix who is the communications assistant to vile Kris Kobach, Kansas AG.

Bobby Walker, dark hair and dressed exactly like trump. Not a kid at all. He’s vice chair of New York State young republicans. I guess young means under 50.

Peter Giunta looks like he’s in his 40’s. I don’t know his age. Also dressed like trump in an ill-fitting suit. He has one of the worst combovers I’ve ever seen. Beard and mustache. He’s the chair of the NY state young republicans. He looks like the type of guy that looks through your windows at night.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 9h

These aren't highschoolers testing out boundaries.

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 9h

"kids say stupid things" is also a very interesting way to frame a bunch of 30+ year olds in positions of power

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 9h

I'd love for JD to explain the jokes

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

I’m not even engaging with the rest of what’s wrong or factually incorrect about this; would he apply this standard to young job applicants to any profession making a cruel joke online about Charlie Kirk’s murder

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 9h

Normie lib comedian Paula Poundstone (who is eligible for Social Security) has been recruiting her audience to go to these.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 10h

This gerrymandering thing seems bad. But I thought about it for a bit and came up with a new idea. We could try districts with multiple members decided by proportional representation. Surprised nobody has thought of it before.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 12h

Remember, according to the Republican Justices, it's okay to gerrymander for party advantage, not racial advantage. It's an unknowable distinction, but one that allows the Republicans to okay racist gerrymandering under the guise of political gerrymandering.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 11h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 10h

“If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” -Brett Kavanaugh bsky.app/profile/orig...

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 23h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 21h

Wasn't on the internet much on Tuesday. Did I miss the Day of Remembrance? That's a bummer.

Well, maybe it's not too late to be sentimental about it.

RIP. You would have loved not being dead.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 11h

The Flytrap uses a company called Acta for this. For $2 you can access the one article you want to read that day.

alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 11h

NEWS OUTLETS
could you please offer an opportunity for me to buy an article a la carte

many times i don't want to subscribe because i don't want you to keep sending me shit. i do not want a continued relationship. but i would absolutely spend a nominal amount to read an article Right Now

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 11h

Obviously it isn't asked in good faith.

But there are potentially interesting questions raised here.

About hospital privileges. And about the effectiveness of state licensing boards as currently implemented. And about how much either of those things actually protects patients.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 21h

One side or the other should probably want to dismiss me from a jury for most cases.

That now includes any case that involves theft from a company that uses LLMs. Because it’s okay to steal from them.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 21h

Wasn't on the internet much on Tuesday. Did I miss the Day of Remembrance? That's a bummer.

Well, maybe it's not too late to be sentimental about it.

RIP. You would have loved not being dead.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · Jan 2

The worst thing about being in my 50s is that I can’t use the “I am 30 or 40 years old” ATHF quote.

Okay, okay. It might not actually be the worst thing. But it’s not helping.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 22h

Counterpoint:
Fuck that noise

Don't polish turds.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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