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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 15h

The utter misogyny of AI, specifically how it is a Hollywood producers dream- an actress who won't say no to anything.

Quote share this with something you'd like The Flytrap to cover. Can't promise anything, but I'll have a word with the team about the best suggestions we get.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19h

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

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President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't there already enough pressure on children these days?

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 1d

The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. 👇 #BookSky

The Booker Prize Foundation launches Children’s Booker Prize

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Not an adversary. She was just doing her job. This is NOT normal.

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 2d

That's interesting, because its when I'm at home that I can't make myself exercise. When I go to the gym, I think, "Well Im already here and there's nothing else to do...

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 3d

Yes but also the way advertising with cigarette settlement money focused on explaining to teens how big tobacco was scamming them for $, this is what we should be pushing: big tech is hurting you to become rich. Its not just the damage, but the malice and intent that make people actually change.

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 3d

Man, imagine being chosen by that group!

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 5d

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 10d

@schiff.senate.gov really? I expected more from you. Janet Mills has been an awesome governor, but its time for new, younger candidates, and Maine had a great one.

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 10d

Who cares, democracy is crumbling

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 12d

@timmiller.bsky.social isn't it time for you to start liking him? www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Veronica (Vera) 🏳️‍⚧️ @veronica-atchley.bsky.social · 12d

I’m still teary after watching that ad. Jesus. (from @katelynburns.com)

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You Have to See This Mamdani Ad

I wasn't planning to post anything today. I dislike working and writing on weekends in general, but this was too important to ignore. You have to see this Zohran Mamdani campaign ad that came out this...

www.burnsnotice.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16d

Republicans are fighting to ensure that Americans in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a raft of other red states pay DOUBLE what they paid before for healthcare.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 17d

When a law enforcement officer aims a weapon at someone wielding a camera, it is procedurally unsound and unprofessional in two fundamental ways:
1) It is disproportional to any actual threat and is instead an unprovoked threat against a citizen.
2) The officer is a crazed, untrained asshole.

Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 17d

Call me a libtard but this doesn't seem like something that should be happening in the United States of America.

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 18d

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 18d

KAVANAUGH STOP

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 18d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 21d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 19d

"For me as a veteran, this is more than just a personal injustice—it’s a constitutional affront." #KavanaughStop

Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 19d

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19d

the hardest part of living in Portland is having your house burn down every single night and then having to rebuild it during the day. the amount of money i spend just in drywall is insane.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 20d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Tom Holbrook Editor @tomholbrook.bsky.social · 21d

Exactly

John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com · 21d

It's not "aid," its services that Oregonians get as a part of paying their federal taxes.

memeorandum @memeorandum.com · 21d

Government shutdown updates: Leavitt says Trump exploring cutting aid to Portland (ABC News)

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 21d

The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens.

Few understand this.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 22d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22d

A week after her win in Arizona, @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social still has not been sworn in by Speaker Johnson

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