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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 5m

In dr Phil’s defense, never wanted to see a single thing he was involved in no matter his political alignment.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 1h

Five months

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1h

Trump said he'd focus on the “worst of the worst," but he's mostly focused on people like Melissa Tran — a MD business owner who's lived here 30 yrs and is a fixture of her community.

Cruel.

I salute all who fought for her release. After months in ICE detention, she's finally home.

Hagerstown nail salon owner freed after 5 months in ICE custody

Melissa Tran, a Hagerstown mom and nail salon owner, was freed five months after being detained by ICE and jailed in Washington state. A federal judge ruled that U.S. officials had no basis for prolon...

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Jake Blumgart @jblumgart.bsky.social · 1h

There's also a new study out that progressive prosecutors will like: "These findings suggest that the types of policies being implemented by reform prosecutors appear to be decreasing the footprint of the criminal justice system without adverse effects on public safety." www.nber.org/papers/w3436...

Prosecutorial Reform and Local Crime Rates

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1h

Just finished Joe Country (6th book in Slow Horses series). Hope rumors this book and book 7 are merged into the next tv season - 6 alone has SO MUCH HAPPENING that shouldn’t be glossed over in under 6 episodes.

Let it breathe!

Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1h

The side in power with the votes refuses to engage in any conversation with the minority power. “Both sides” is overly simplistic and inaccurate reductionism.

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 2h

The type of person who spends their days scolding people for having pRoBlEmAtIc friends will do the same to you in a heartbeat and the sooner you learn to tune them out, the happier you’ll be 😘

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2h

these people know how extreme they are

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 5h

The whites are literally arguing it's literally *unconstitutional* if they're not OVERREPRESNTED in Congress.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 5h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 9h

Got a handshake pic, nothing else matters, give em the prize.

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 9h

It’s just a matter of time before they begin routinely murdering people.

NPR @npr.org · 11h

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h

They’re not. This is what you get when you have an agency with effectively no accountability.

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 18h

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 23h

Why do folks repost and exalt George Conway? Isn’t dude still with Trump first term master propagandist Kellyanne? Why exalt people who break bread with Trumper fascists?

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1d

You of all people spent more time shitting on both Biden and Harris in 2024 for this very reason than making the point you are now, but sure, say it’s the politics only that are bad.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1d

🤌🤌🤌

Irving West @irvingwestphd.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s an Italian worth celebrating today.

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Dylan Mesh @dylanmesh.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s #GymOddity: there’s an old dude with George Steele levels of body hair with 225 lbs on the preacher curl machine and he is NOT moving that weight at all.

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t even spell a well known candidate’s name right in the goddamned headline

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1d

There are tons of things universities do that aren’t cash flow positive (but benefit the public good, real or perceived). It’s their reason for existence. Why else are they so reliant on endowments and grants?

Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my!

Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1d

Get booked working crew

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Animate taking off jacket

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1d

It was a trilogy! The Celery Stalks at Midnight was book 2 of my memory is correct.

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1d

For every one Penn State there are hundreds of aspirant schools going deep in the red to be like Penn State.

PSU is the outlier.

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Goth Brooks @wehrmanm.bsky.social · 1d

One of the worst assumptions non-academics have is that subsidizing professional sports leagues on campus generates a profit.

Left academia 12 years ago, still get hoppin’ mad thinking about people who believed they Div I NCAA made schools money.

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