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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 13h

they lost fucking NEWSMAX with this shit?? www.khou.com/article/news...

New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won't sign new Pentagon rules

The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense...

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 16h

watching the government's social media accounts spit out groyper stuff on main this whole last year, this is how i imagined the behind the scenes chats were going

Politico @politico.com · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 20h

As a society, we need to normalize discussing miscarriages and just how frequent they are.

I'm pretty sure that damn near *EVERY SINGLE COUPLE WE KNOW* has had one, and no one ever talks about it.

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 22h

Saw a new toffee flavored coffee creamer at the store the other day and decided to try it because I'm an idiot.

It's not even bad, but now every single sip of coffee tastes utterly wrong and I'm not enjoying this 😭

Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 22h

Do yourself a favor and spend the morning reading his apple reviews

Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2d

The apple reviews continue because they must to fulfill the ancient bargain.

Today: this affable dipshit of an apple, the Suncrisp.

Apple Review #12: Suncrisp

Yes, I have seen Apple Rankings, the website. No, I didn’t write it. (It’s written by comedian Brian Frange.) No, I don’t like it. Yes, I don’t like it because in part he st…

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 1d

Ah but you see, one was a design flaw and the other is intentional negligence

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 1d

I get it

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 1d

The real kicker? Her family has been here for like 170 years on the Hispanic side. Her mom's side is something like 100 years.

It makes me so mad and there's not a god damn fucking thing I can do about it.

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 1d

My hispanic wife now has my Saxon/Scottish last name and this is the bullshit she now worries about every time she leaves the house

Dante would need to dig out a whole new sub-basement of Hell for these ghouls

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 1d

I remember seeing people who used to have their SSN printed on their checks when I worked at WalMart in high school

Good god pre-internet life was so much less stressful 😭

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 1d

Same! Also, there's literally a search tool in the Messages app so even if all you know is a street or city. Or search for "address"

Done that one a bunch of times 😂

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 1d

there's literally an address field in the contact info 😭

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine going back to the year 2000 and trying to tell people that the Republican party and Fox News would be trying to convince the country that no, actually, monarchy is good and we should want a king

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Fox Propaganda is desperately spinning the "No Kings" events in fearful anticipation of their success.

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 2d

Just saw a car ad that tried to sell being stuck in traffic as quality family time. I’ve never felt more sure that we’re near the collapse of car culture.

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 1d

But don't confuse it with Apple TV which is a hardware device you plug into your TV

Did these morons hire Zaslav or something?

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Apple TV+ has rebranded to Apple TV

It's their 'vibrant new identity'

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Chris Fig @figdigital.bsky.social · 1d

It’s kind of concerning that I as a random guy who browses Bluesky am more informed about what’s happening politically than the Speaker of the House.

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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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 1d

If you aren’t old enough to remember Jordan play in the 1990s, this is what it was like

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 2d

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 1d

GET TO KNOW ME!

Share:
— a drink you might order
— a burger you might order
— a movie you love that might surprise others

— Old Fashioned
— Big fan of sauces, so probably something like a patty melt
— Mamma Mia

Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 2d

100% chance this cat spends his days rounding up street urchins to work in his mine

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 2d

Yesssss

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Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social · 2d

Even by college football's ridiculous standards, "Guy who had the No. 3 team in the country 15 days ago gets fired" is pretty mind-blowing.

RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 2d

Holy cow... those mad lads from Northwestern got them to do it!

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 2d

The Woodlands couldn't be a more perfect picture of "This is his base" and if even they aren't buying this shit? He's gonna do everything he can to stop that next election cuz they're fuuuuuucked if he doesn't

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