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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 44m

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 45m

"this is why pelosi is bad, because she said we need a strong republican party" - which was not in my fave pelosi statements either, but was not her saying "i want these little fucking racist incels to win office"

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 51m

i know that we always gotta bash dems, but leftishly, but really not sure how it's the fault of me, a weenie incrementalist lib, that young republicans are nazis in the group chat

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norbizness @norbizness.bsky.social · 56m

Boy this is a real poser, will the Times ever decipher this imponderable paradox of not giving the slightest shit about coal miners but loving donations from coal magnates? Time will tell.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to protect them from black lung disease, a lethal workplace hazard.

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.

nyti.ms

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 3h

not a single one of those nazi fucks will have any lasting consequences from this. yes, even the ones that lost their jobs over it. Look at Darren Beattie. These are the exact people the administration will reward, and for this exact behavior.

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 3h

the most horrifying thing about the baby-faced neo-nazis piece in politico is that nothing in there is at all surprising

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3h

Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 3h

This sort of stuff might be scarier and motivate Dems back to the table if Trump hadn't spent the last 9 months eliminating the whole of government capacity

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "The Democrats are getting killed on the shutdown, because we're closing up programs that are Democrat programs that we were opposed to. And they're never gonna come back."

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 3h

Every tech billionaire has one idea, and that idea is “what if the robot could fuck me”

Axios @axios.com · 4h

Sam Altman says OpenAI will allow erotica for adult users

In a post on X, Altman also said ChatGPT will engage more personally.

www.axios.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 4h

we love jawboning now. jawboning is cool when we do it

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 7h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 7h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.

I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 21h

Economists! We’re hiring an assistant professor who focuses on domestic labor or public economics. The Humphrey School is wonderful and Minneapolis is the best city ever in my humble opinion.

More details here:
hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EM...

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Job Description
Assistant Professor
About the Job
The Humphrey School of Public Affairs seeks applications for a full-time, tenure track faculty position at the assistant professor or advanced assistant professor level in social policy with a field of specialization in the domestic (U.S.) applied policy areas of labor or public economics. The faculty member will join a vibrant community of interdisciplinary scholars at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and support graduate students pursuing the Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) and other master's-level professional degree programs, and the Ph.D. in Public Affairs program.
Successful candidates must demonstrate the potential to develop an innovative and socially impactful research portfolio that addresses contemporary questions related to social policy.

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 22h

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 23h

If red state schools accept this we are going to get a two-tiered system of higher ed. One set of states will be based in empirical reality and the other will be subject to the whims of a conspiratorial movement that is increasingly detached from facts.

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 1d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 22h

lol the idea one would come to bluesky, of all places, to stan for bari weiss is just incredible. i do not mean that in a good way.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

if you know a single soul in…

• the Kansas City metro area
• the St. Louis metro area
• the Indianapolis metro area
• the Nashville metro area

@ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a few impromptu shows on our way back to DC

tomorrow thru friday

our last shows of the year!!!!

linktr.ee/ekkoastral

ekko astral on stage lookin epic photo credit alec pugliese

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 1d

yeah i just do not need that happening in my brain there is enough wrong with it already

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 1d

growing up my family only occasionally hunted, and usually just ducks, but my wife is from rural minnesota and her whole family hunts, so that's been our source of meat for about the last 15 years.

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 1d

oh it absolutely fucking terrifies me. my wife got diagnosed with lyme disease and that was scary but ultimately turned out ok, but once prions are chewing thru your grey matter? that's it, baby. no thanks.

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah - the only meat we eat is venison from my wife’s family hunting, still processed by the same person for 40+ years, and without that I’m not sure there’s s anything different I’d feel good about eating.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

Me : THATS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU COME AT THE KING BITCHES

Spouse : okay its just pong on an ipad

Me : Still WON WOO

Spouse : they’re six and its a birthday party

Me : you never celebrate me

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

"you can't play me, motherfucker. i'm the motherfucker who plays motherfuckers, motherfucker" -- my internal monologue while winning a game intended for children

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

NYPD cops are worried about someone who's not a white, christian, conservative becoming mayor? should we tell everyone? should we throw a party? should we invite bella hadid?

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 1d

ooooof everybody i know getting so close to no longer deer hunting in MN or WI because not tryna die from prions in our brains

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 1d

Portage County, Wisconsin, deer farm under quarantine after buck tests positive for #CWD

Both free-ranging and captive animals have previously tested positive in the county, which is surrounded by other positive counties.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Photo: Hope Abrams / Flickr cc

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