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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 2d

<george bailey voice> The money's not here. Your money's in Joe's hentai chatbot. And in the Kennedy voice clone scam, and Mrs. Macklin's phishing scheme and a hundred others!

Post from X featuring Sam Altman discussing a bailout in the event of an AI collapse.

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 5d

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 10d

There’s actually a written record of how Merry and the gang react to the Shire’s police force being quintupled by administrative fiat.

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 10d

This is why you have to include the Scouring of the Shire in the movie.

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 10d

The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward [checks notes] John Rocker.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 12d

Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.

Mar Awa III, in red cassock, smiles as he gives the jersey to Leo, who looks as though he's been given a bomb to hold

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 13d

I guarantee you that our body politic would look extremely different if even 1% of SNAP recipients were literally starving.

Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 13d

This discourse makes me think of a conversation I had with a person who was looking for cheap inland real estate as a hedge against climate change. How are property rights going to be guaranteed in a future USA in which Manhattan is underwater?

onion person @junlper.beer · 13d

one of the most deeply infuriating aspects of american politics is close to half of americans would love if 20% of the country starved to death

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 14d

[villanelle voice]

Red wine roasted pears with cardamom crumble

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 16d

Timothée Chalamet and Jeremy Allen White in NOTHING WAS DELIVERED FROM NOWHERE (2026)

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 19d

The Corona kid makes me pine for 2015 twitter

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 21d

I made the Zojirushi rice cooker cake recipe. Ask me anything.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26d

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

ow.ly

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · 25d

The AI caught you railing against Pintos and concluded otherwise

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Oct 3

When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...

In undercover interview, Project 2025 architect gets candid on the initiative’s radical goals and connections to Trump

In an undercover interview with reporters from the British non-profit organization Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 architect and MAGA ally Russ Vought admitted to the project's strong ties ...

www.mediamatters.org

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · Oct 2

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

www.mediaite.com

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · Sep 28

Has anyone trademarked ArmyGeddon yet? If not, must credit: @thisismaz.bsky.social

Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · Sep 26

WAPO SCOOP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel on short notice from around the world to hear him make a speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos,” multiple people familiar with the event told The Washington Post.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · Sep 18

I honestly feel worse for the editors.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · Sep 17

I would love a third watch of ANDOR, but enough is fucking enough.

"Your DIsney+ subscription has been canceled"

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · Aug 25

None of this is true.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

Stephen Miller on DC residents: "For the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets. You have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed or mugged. They are wearing their watches again."

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Just a touch of the greyscale. The important thing is to catch it early.

Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · Aug 19

Big East vibes from the right side of the redrawn NL map.

Stephen Nesbitt @stephenjnesbitt.bsky.social · Aug 19

MLB expansion is on the horizon, and so is geographic realignment. Here's my stab at projecting realignment. You must admit, the map makes more sense like this.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · Jul 29

Cider making in Catalonia is intense

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Adam Mazmanian @thisismaz.bsky.social · May 16

That had not occurred to us, Dude

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