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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 6h

“Everyone is lying about crime but us.”

“Everyone is lying about climate change but us.”

“Everyone is lying about vaccines but us.”

“Everyone is lying about our Medicaid cuts but us.”

“Everyone is lying about voter fraud but us.”

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4h

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 5h

Damn these are so good

RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 1d

celebrities as lord of the rings characters: thread

Doja cat in a dress the same shape as the eye of Sauron.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 5h

Damn Jessica is pretty hawt

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 7h

One of her colleagues had a little hissy fit because lower courts were not adhering to shadow docket rulings, so clearly these clowns need to get their messaging straight.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 9h

A reminder that I have "Arkham" embedded in my name.

(not that there's anything wrong with that...)

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 5h

Albert played violin?!!

Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 6h

Albert Einstein's violin just sold for over $1,000,000, well above the expected price. Fine violins are valued for their quality as instruments, and for their history, including who played them. This was Einstein's first violin he bought at age 16, and sold in 1932 before he emigrated to the US.

Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer)

There are many musicians among great scientists, but none more notable than Albert Einstein. He played the violin very well, and often practiced while solving physics problems. His violin, made in 189...

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 14h

Because she issued the temporary restraining order one day earlier, I missed U.S. District Judge April Perry’s decision against the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois.

Here it is: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Supreme Court will hate it because she does originalism.

storage.courtlistener.com

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 6h

"'Cause sure as my gown is white, US media isn't going to do it."

🙃

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting from @zachschermele.bsky.social at USA Today with more details ⬇️

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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KLM @klm.bsky.social · 7h

so uh the entire CDFI Fund staff got fired. that's most of the money for community loan funds nationwide stuck in limbo as a consequence

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KLM @klm.bsky.social · 6h

the news is all over my linkedin but there isn't much formal reporting yet www.cutoday.info/THE-feature/...

Mass Federal Firings Begin: Thousands Laid Off As Treasury Reportedly Shuts Down CDFI Fund / THE feature / CUToday.info - CU Today

The Coolest Credit Union News Source

www.cutoday.info

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 6h

If her head were tilted only 15% downwards, she'd have the perfect psychopathic stare.

Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 6h

Best take!

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 6h

Why so much threatening to jail Governors?

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 8h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 7h

1/ A Stanford study found that wildfire smoke could cause nearly 5,000 deaths per year in California by 2050, which is more than any other state.

I’m Matt, Your Local Epidemiologist in California, and I’m back with your public health updates for the week. Now, back to that wildfire study 👇

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 6h

Interesting hypothesis. Curious.

Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 6h

My time series would necessarily include modern global value chains.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 10d

"On the consumer side, monopoly control over platforms and interfaces allows a single firm to decide what products appear first, which content is amplified, or which services are accessible at all."

jacobin.com/2025/10/algo...

The Algorithms That Dictate Our Lives Are Not Neutral

Algorithms are not apolitical tools that simply improve efficiency in online transactions or workplace coordination. They are instruments of control and should be regulated like other tools of control...

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 6h

📌 Fantastic thread on fundamental pricing in clothing.

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 6h

I.E. US conservatism is really about money. Buying American and supporting American industry is a nice to have.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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