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tru @thetrudz.photo · 8h

Imagine entertaining conversations with type of ppl “debating” over who “doesn’t deserve” food, re: the SNAP issue. They’re discussing food like a gift, reward or luxury not a need. Like get thee behind me, satan. Ppl like that are not worth a single sentence on any social media platform. Blockiana.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10h

the widely misunderstood chorus of “Achy Breaky Heart” portrays a hostage situation. “This man” does not refer to the speaker but to a bystander whose name we never learn. Some glosses on the text refer to this bystander as “Citizen X.” At any rate, he does not survive

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merritt @merrittk.com · 13h

we need a total and complete shutdown of injectables and cosmetic surgery for right-wing women until we figure out what the hell is going on

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20h

“The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis.”

YIKES!

WIRED @wired.com · 20h

In recent months, a growing number of people have ended up hospitalized, divorced, or dead after having long, intense conversations with ChatGPT. Some of their loved ones allege the chatbot fueled their delusions and paranoia.

Here's How Many People May Use ChatGPT During a Mental Health Crisis Each Week

OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effecti...

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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 3d

Incredibly powerful words from Pastor David Black.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

"we are a movement that is not afraid of what we believe"

I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS. You cannot "trick" Mamdani with any question because he knows what he believes and he acts on those beliefs.

"the job of government is to make our lives better"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

support whomever you’d like, but what is frustratingly dishonest about this take is that actual issue — the thing critics have identified as the problem — isn’t the decision of the 21-year old to get the tattoo, but of the judgment of the 40-year old who still has it.

Charles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 1d

I think political writers actually should have an opinion about a guy in his 40s having a Nazi tattoo. The decision to keep it on their body may tell us more than their website.

But although I know I'm supposed to have a take about the tattoo designs chosen by a drunk 21-year-old Marine while on leave in Croatia, my best guide to what this person would do in office is, well, what he says he will do in office. And that platform leads with the affordability crisis and the dangers

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

I think about this in how the guy who ran MySpace sold his company and then traveled the world doing photography, while the guy who runs Facebook never let it go and has gone out of his way to destroy democracy in order to gain more power.

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.

Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 1d

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

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Cam @malaiseforever.bsky.social · 1d

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.

Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”

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Eli Erlick @elierlick.bsky.social · 2d

A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d

Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people

Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 1d

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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Tristan Olson @tristanolson.bsky.social · 1d

I went to the National Gallery and was really struck by how much Andrew Cuomo reminds me of Quentin Matsys' "The Ugly Duchess" and now you all have to see it too.

A picture of sex pest, former NY governor, closet Republican, casual senior citizen murderer and all around POS Andrew Cuomo. He's kinda frowning and wearing a suit. Honestly if you don't know what he looks like you're lucky and I'm not going to be the one to describe him to you. If you really want to know what he looks like ask a trusted friend and maybe they'll help out.

A picture of Flemish painter Quentin Matsys' "The Ugly Duchess." It's a painting from 1513. It's a wrinkled old woman in medieval garb. She's got a silly hat thing with a big brooch or medallion and a white train. She's wearing some kind of low-cut dirndl-ish dress that looks too tight. In my opinion Andrew Cuomo kind of resembles her.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

Great place for him to indulge in his favorite hobby: killing seniors

TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 2d

More incentive

EX NEW YORK POST

Andrew Cuomo says he 'will move to Florida' if Zohran Mamdani becomes NYC mayor

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collie.bsky.social @collie.bsky.social · 1d

This was a punchline 15 years ago and now it’s a third of the electorate

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A Catbus on Elm Street @hayao.lol · Aug 9

mood

sign protruding from a hedge, the only visible word is 'no'

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 1d

there was some discourse going around about whether being cruel or insulting to AI was "abuse" and while i generally believe it isn't i feel like forcing one to read a hundred million tweets a day might be crossing the line

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 1d

If you see someone stealing groceries, no you didn’t

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Tristan Olson @tristanolson.bsky.social · 1d

You might be in that phase for a while. My 8yo is doing this with marshmallows and mayo and more.

He tells me he saves a little of everything from his lunch at school to the end and puts it all on his one marshmallow to eat as the final bite. It's become quite an event for the other kids to watch.

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Frostbitten Flamingo @flemtheparrot.bsky.social · 2d

Morning.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 2d

"Suspected" by whom, with what evidence? And on what authority is anyone allowed to use strikes on "suspected drug" boats which is not a capital offense? This is just murder and these outlets are cowards for calling it anything else.

Forbes @forbes.com · 3d

At least 46 people have been killed in the attacks.

Six Dead After U.S. Military Conducts 10th Strike On Suspected Drug Cartels

At least 46 people have been killed in the attacks.

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 2d

gotta say have never seen “was briefly a contract killer” used as the middle of a shit-sandwich like this

Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 2d

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been called unqualified because she had a blue collar service job before running for congress.

Emma Vigeland & @EmmaVigeland
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How many people get tattoos that they thought looked cool, but didn't understand the meaning of?
How many vets took mercenary work for a period because the US doesn't support them?
How many young men have shitposted online?
Do we want an authentic working-class party or not?
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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

hell yes two failures coming together for possibly the biggest flop ever, they’re makinf this just for me to laugh at i’m so thankful

The Verge @theverge.com · 3d

Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse

Its crypto-themed metaverse, Otherside, has been a long time coming.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · Sep 6

Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.

An animal hide covered in blue felt with a floor plan of a museum drawn on it

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2d

So they have hundreds of millions just lying around that they’ll never miss to give to the government programs immediately, is what they’re announcing

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 2d

"Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune

Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune

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