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vvvvan
@vanontom.bsky.social
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virtually mute cat (30's) that somehow still enjoys a few things (film, vgames, music, art, animals, tech, science, history, etc) ... despite all of this (gestures vaguely to political posts). they've already said it better (lots of reposts). 🐈‍⬛
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sanders.senate.gov
Trump is illegally attacking boats allegedly carrying drugs. He brags about being tough on drug dealers.

Meanwhile, he pardons the former Honduran president — a man convicted in American court of bringing hundreds of tons of cocaine to the U.S.

You can’t make this stuff up.
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts

www.nber.org/papers/w34524

via @florianederer.bsky.social
"Captain Gains" on Capitol Hill Shang-Jin Wei & Yifan Zhou WORKING PAPER 34524 DOI 10.3386/w34524 ISSUE DATE November 2025 Using transaction-level data on US congressional stock trades, we find that lawmakers who later ascend to leadership positions perform similarly to matched peers beforehand but outperform them by 47 percentage points annually after ascension. Leaders' superior performance arises through two mechanisms. The political influence channel is reflected in higher returns when their party controls the chamber, sales of stocks preceding regulatory actions, and purchase of stocks whose firms receiving more government contracts and favorable party support on bills. The corporate access channel is reflected in stock trades that predict subsequent corporate news and greater returns on donor-owned or home-state firms. 令 1 1 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 Year Figure 2: Estimated dynamic quasi-difference-in-differences coefficient, di, of equation(3), with vertical dashed lines representing 90 percent confidence intervals. The point estimate of the year in which the lawmaker became a congressional leader (Year 0) is normalized to zero. BHAR over the 250 days following each trade is the dependent variable and calculated using the Fama-French five-factor plus momentum as the benchmark model.
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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deadder.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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deadder.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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fightforthefuture.org
You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally. We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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cardsagainsthumanity.com
Today is Black Friday, and there’s only one thing left that can still bring America together: DEALS. To celebrate, we're once again offering the biggest deal there is...99% OFF! www.99PercentOffSale.com
Cards Against Humanity's 99% Off Sale: Part II
It's Black Friday, and we're selling a dazzling array of items for 99% off.
www.99PercentOffSale.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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theonion.com
Researchers Determine Moon Serves No Purpose But Alerting Raccoons It Safe To Come Out https://theonion.com/researchers-determine-moon-serves-no-purpose-but-alerting-raccoons-it-safe-to-come-out/
Researchers Determine Moon Serves No Purpose But Alerting Raccoons It Safe To Come Out
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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polltracker.bsky.social
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25

President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)

news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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koyorin.bsky.social
[ s y n t h e t i c ] // 2023
October 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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koyorin.bsky.social
fangs
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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davelevitan.bsky.social
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
they are not playing 3D chess. they are fucking idiots.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9d
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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karlbode.com
post leftist intercept comment section types are just so eager to buy into the delusion that fascism can be negotiated with

Trump is shallow and was briefly charmed by a charismatic man, by tomorrow he'll be threatening to nuke woke daycare centers again

there is no coalition with fascism
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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bennjordan.bsky.social
New feature is up:
The Cameras Tracking You Are A Security Nightmare
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY
The Cameras Tracking You Are A Security Nightmare
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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emilyhare.co.uk
I fancied getting back into sculpting which I hadn't done since school. This was based on my Pedro monster I did for one of my books (first pic). SO MUCH FUN. He keeps an eye on me in the studio now. #monster #sculpture #airdryclay #cutemonster #sillymonster #funny #pinkbottom
watercolour painting of a fat little monster with a pink bottom. Sitting as a dog might sit on its haunches and looking back at us (so we can see his bum) with three orange eyes and a grin and two long ears. He is purple with a green belly and his bum is pink. sculpture of a fat little monster with a pink bottom, green belly and purple back. Three orange eyes and a grin with an overbite. sculpture of a fat little monster with a pink bottom, green belly and purple back. Three orange eyes and a grin with an overbite. sculpture of a fat little monster with a pink bottom, green belly and purple back. Three orange eyes and a grin with an overbite. (rear view, big pink bottom)
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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gtiber.bsky.social
Silksong drops this Thursday—finally, the wait is over!
Interpretation of a concept by Cassio Yoshiyaki.
Hollow Knight character from @teamcherry.bsky.social
#3DArt #DigitalArt #CGI #Blender3D #ZBrush #GameArt #Stylized3D #3DCharacter #3DAnimation #ArtistsOnBluesky
September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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gtiber.bsky.social
Animation by Sylvan Kim of Expedition 33 fame.
Hollow Knight #silksong character from @teamcherry.bsky.social .
#3DArt #DigitalArt #CGI #Blender3D #ZBrush #GameArt #Stylized3D #3DCharacter #3DAnimation #ArtistsOnBluesky
September 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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inestheunicorn.bsky.social
Autumn bird necklaces 🍂 available tomorrow at 11:40AM (PT time) ✨️ Can you identify all the birds here? 🐦
October 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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fleebites.bsky.social
11oct - ‘the threat, it is legitimate and acknowledged.’

(for ‘fucked up deertober’ by @ murderbeast on tumblr)
October 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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fleebites.bsky.social
13oct - ‘the curious and quite dreadful sensation of being forgotten’
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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mushbeast.bsky.social
a digital pencil drawing of a black crowned night heron in red. it has VERY large feet. text says "its ok to be a weird little guy."
October 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
We took on a powerful incumbent who was expected to coast to reelection.

We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.

We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.

And we won.

This is YOUR city!
A picture of Katie Wilson on election night at her campaign party delivering a speech to supporters. she holds her hand over her heart A picture of Katie Wilson at her election party on election night. speaking into a microphone to a crowd of supporters, there are blue balloons behind her on stage and gold and silver streamers A black and white photo of Katie Wilson knocking on a door of a single family home while door knocking for her campaign A photo of Katie Wilson looking at her phone while standing by the buzzer box for an apartment building while door knocking for her campaign
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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krysiilys.bsky.social
for Teebs~⚔️🦷🩸
November 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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tomwarren.co.uk
you know it’s a bad Cloudflare outage when it even takes out down detector 😅
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM