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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 9h

People rarely talk about just how much the world discriminates against night owls.

It’s a lot more than you might think.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.

So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.

Zohran with his hand on his chest leaning into the passenger side window of a taxi, talking with the driver.

Zohran extending his hand to shake hands with a taxi driver through the window.

An airport worker showing Zohran something on his phone, both are smiling.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Following Hurricane Melissa's devastation, Jamaica’s decade-long effort to build financial resilience will be tested. Its $150 million catastrophe bond, triggered by a storm’s low pressure and path, will provide quick relief. Jamaica’s model may serve as a guide for other climate-vulnerable nations.

Jamaica invested heavily in climate disaster insurance. It looks about to pay off | CBC News

Jamaica’s decade-long effort to build layers of financial protection in case of natural disasters might help the country access millions of dollars in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Melissa — an...

www.cbc.ca

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 22h

Before and after: Satellite images reveal hurricane devastation in Jamaica (verified)

…entire communities wiped away

This isn’t just “natural”

It’s the cost of global climate inaction, and the silence of leaders is deafening

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Before and after: Satellite images reveal hurricane devastation in Jamaica - BBC News

The images reveal how the Category 5 hurricane caused devastation in some of Jamaica's communities.

www.bbc.co.uk

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 1d

This gift is more than a little bit subversive.

Well played, President Lee. #korea

Trump and Lee stand behind a table on top of which are perched the gifts given to Trump: the Grand Order of Mugunghwa (which is framed but resembles a medal to be worn around the neck) and a replica gold crown.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 1d

#MusicChallenge
#TheTwen2ie5

HM 4

Woman
– Little Simz • Cleo Sol
📍London 🇬🇧🇳🇬🇯🇲
2021

Aside from creating an uplifting track that grooves, kudos for rhyming “pepp-uh” with “leath-uh”.

youtu.be/zHGf6tmnLYE

cover art: Sometimes I Might Be Introvert – Little Simz

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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 1d

I’m crying

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies.

“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.

“I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,” DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. “So I just gave him my opinion.”

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 1d

It exposes that so many of them inspire nothing and they don’t like that.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 1d

Ask him if he’s authorized to make any decisions without Trump’s input.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Web Development in… Pascal?

Hackaday Article

hackaday.com

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

#MusicChallenge
#TheTwen2ie5

HM 3

Anti-Hero
– Taylor Swift
📍Nashville, TN 🇺🇸
2022

Clever pop music, from an album with a great concept.

youtu.be/b1kbLwvqugk

cover art: Midnights – Taylor Swift
A photo of Taylor looking at a lit lighter occupies the bottom right half or so of the square, with the rest in ivory. Album title and track listings appear above and to the left, respectively, in Helvetica.

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 2d

Obvious to say this, but the actual function of the smear job isn't to make us ask about his aunt, it's to show us the words "hijab" and "9/11" in a headline with his photo.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

This made me chuckle, because my father’s cousins were “aunts” and “uncles".

Me, the pedant: “Well, *actually*…they’re cousins once removed.”
My family: “They’re aunts and uncles.”

(My white New England family has American roots tracing back to the 1600s.)

#mamdani

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Jeremy DeHart @jeremydehartwx.bsky.social · 4d

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 3d

About the only thing Democrats have going for them at the moment is that Trump is unliked and overreaching. His endeavors aren’t bearing fruit, except in a few areas.

That might be enough to deliver them a slim victory, but just look at the costs we are all paying for their impotent strategies.

MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 3d

Basically, this says “emphasize stuff that polls well and moderate positions on stuff that doesn’t”.

It completely ignores that leaders LEAD.

True leadership means articulating a North Star and convincing people that’s the path forward in order to shape (not follow) public opinion.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 3d

This shows why Democrats lost the country.

Put quite simply: they don’t lead, they follow. Of course we see this with how they allow the opposition to dictate the narrative (always), but to see this weak tea laid out in bullet points makes it clear.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 3d

i'm fine with a deeper focus on economic issues over social issues but man does plank 2 give the game away

To give ourselves the best chance to win, we recommend the following changes to our approach. Democrats need to:

Focus our policy agenda and our messaging on an economic program centered on lowering costs, growing the economy, creating jobs, and expanding the social safety net.

Advocate for popular economic policies (e.g., expanding prescription drug price negotiation, making the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour) rather than unpopular economic policies (e.g., student loan forgiveness, electric vehicle subsidies, Medicare for All).

Convince voters that we share their priorities by focusing more on issues voters do not think our party prioritizes highly enough (the economy, the cost of living, health care, border security, public safety), and focusing less on issues voters think we place too much emphasis on (climate change, democracy, abortion, identity and cultural issues).

Moderate our positions where our agenda is unpopular, including on issues like immigration, public safety, energy production, and some identity and cultural issues.

Embrace a substantive and rhetorical critique of the outsized political and economic influence of lobbyists, corporations, and the ultra-wealthy, while keeping two considerations in mind: First, voters' frustrations with the status quo are not the same as a desire for socialism. And second, criticizing the status quo is a complement to advocating for popular policies on the issues that matter most to the American people, not a substitute.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 3d

#MusicChallenge
#TheTwen2ie5

HM 2

From The Start
– Laufey
📍Reykjavík 🇮🇸🇨🇳
2023

A delightful bossa nova-inspired pop tune from the Icelandic/Chinese chanteuse.

youtu.be/lSD_L-xic9o

cover art: Bewitched – Laufey
A portrait of the singer from the side, with the top half of her body in frame, as she lays on her stomach on the carpet. She’s wearing a slinky silver dress, smooth silver “crown”, oversized star earrings in the shape of the star, and a bewitching expression.

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 3d

Dominos meme
White Sox fan forced to accept Cubs jersey

Assyrian bishops refuse to condemn Nestorius's 431 challenge to the use of the title Theotokos ('Bearer of God'") for Mary.

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Katie Heindl @wtevs.bsky.social · 3d

ohtani’s walk out song being michael buble covering nina simone might be the most insane thing about him

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 3d

Whatever, man. 🙄

(And this doesn’t even get into his wife’s international investments, which are reportedly significant.)

www.capitoltrades.com/politicians/...

Which stocks is Ro Khanna trading

Discover Ro Khanna's stock trades. Which stocks is Ro Khanna trading? What is Ro Khanna trading?

www.capitoltrades.com

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 19

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 3d

My objection is with the term “free-market”, not that the article isn’t worth writing.

Journalists shouldn’t parrot Milei’s free market talking point when he relies on socialized investment. His experiment has ceased to be free market with this move, and journalists should point this out.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 3d

It may be a tradeoff. Decentralization benefits probably come at the cost of higher latency (meaning: how quickly a message is transferred).

A more passive platform like Bluesky can tolerate lower speed than a real-time chat platform where expectations are that messages arrive almost instantly.

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Jeremy Hsu @jeremyhsu.bsky.social · 4d

NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.

The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.

A map image from the Flight Radar 24 service shows the flight track of a NOAA P-3 Orion aircraft flying over the Caribbean Sea, where Hurricane Melissa threatens to bring catastrophic rain and flooding to Jamaica and Haiti. Most other aircraft appear to be steering clear of the area.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 3d

This @apnews.com article made me laugh out loud.

“…strengthens his ability to carry out his radical free-market experiment with billions of dollars in backing from the Trump administration.”

Yes, $40 billion from another country’s taxpayers is “free-market”.

www.npr.org/2025/10/27/g...

Milei triumphs in Argentine midterm elections closely watched by Washington

President Milei won in key districts in an election widely seen as a referendum on his past two years in office. Trump had appeared to condition billions of dollars in backing on a good showing for Mi...

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