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@bartsmith.bsky.social
On twitter, I had an underscore in my name. Here, I don’t. Everything else is basically the same
📍 Carrboro, North Carolina
📍 Carrboro, North Carolina
@edsbs.bsky.social Marjorie Taylor Greene doing what a coach could never do
Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Any idea why she's quitting then? Her statement isn't very coherent (big surprise), although it would make more sense as an explanation of just not running for re-election.
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
@edsbs.bsky.social Marjorie Taylor Greene doing what a coach could never do
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Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Any idea why she's quitting then? Her statement isn't very coherent (big surprise), although it would make more sense as an explanation of just not running for re-election.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
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That's wild. And completely unconnected to the fact that if you so much as suggest that speeding is dangerous you get one thousand American Replies containing the phrase "flow of traffic"
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
That's wild. And completely unconnected to the fact that if you so much as suggest that speeding is dangerous you get one thousand American Replies containing the phrase "flow of traffic"
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Imagine dealing with fucking Stephen miller and JD Vance all day every day meeting mamdani must have been like drinking a tall glass of Diet Coke with the good ice after crawling through a burning desert for a week lol
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Imagine dealing with fucking Stephen miller and JD Vance all day every day meeting mamdani must have been like drinking a tall glass of Diet Coke with the good ice after crawling through a burning desert for a week lol
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my sources are telling me that mamdani has committed to investing the entire NYPD pension fund in Ballroom
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
my sources are telling me that mamdani has committed to investing the entire NYPD pension fund in Ballroom
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This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
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bit the bullet this morning and foia'ed every D-1 school's football balloon spend for all of 2024. We already got a result!
In 2024, NC State spent $43,000 on balloons.
In 2024, NC State spent $43,000 on balloons.
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
bit the bullet this morning and foia'ed every D-1 school's football balloon spend for all of 2024. We already got a result!
In 2024, NC State spent $43,000 on balloons.
In 2024, NC State spent $43,000 on balloons.
aside from JD Vance, you know who must really be fuming over this? Andrew Cuomo
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
aside from JD Vance, you know who must really be fuming over this? Andrew Cuomo
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
I think we could get enough Republicans to impeach Trump now after they’ve all seen this picture
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I think we could get enough Republicans to impeach Trump now after they’ve all seen this picture
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Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
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'waymos are safer than human operated cars!' 'olivia nuzzi is the best political writer of our generation!' people are just saying whatever!
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
'waymos are safer than human operated cars!' 'olivia nuzzi is the best political writer of our generation!' people are just saying whatever!
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What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
there are a lot of restaurants in the Triangle and Charlotte areas who posted notices that they were closed for “unforeseen circumstances,” which I get why they weren’t more explicit about the reasons, but these circumstances were anything but unforeseen
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
there are a lot of restaurants in the Triangle and Charlotte areas who posted notices that they were closed for “unforeseen circumstances,” which I get why they weren’t more explicit about the reasons, but these circumstances were anything but unforeseen
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This is actually not the most shocking part of this story. The officers are caught on tape repeatedly talking about their desire to shoot him or smash into him all because he was filming them.
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is actually not the most shocking part of this story. The officers are caught on tape repeatedly talking about their desire to shoot him or smash into him all because he was filming them.
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I mean, I didn't think Jeff Bezos was in the files but now I do
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I mean, I didn't think Jeff Bezos was in the files but now I do
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If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age
March 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age
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Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
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Durham high school students demonstrate at CCB Plaza downtown in opposition of this week’s federal immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina
Photo credit: Will Michaels
Photo credit: Will Michaels
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Durham high school students demonstrate at CCB Plaza downtown in opposition of this week’s federal immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina
Photo credit: Will Michaels
Photo credit: Will Michaels
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My friends on Bluesky:
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
My friends on Bluesky:
doing his part to help the department of transportation improve air travel by wearing a jacket and tie
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
doing his part to help the department of transportation improve air travel by wearing a jacket and tie
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
you really don’t hear much about dubai chocolate anymore
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
you really don’t hear much about dubai chocolate anymore
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When you default to assuming you're in the sky not on the ground.
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
When you default to assuming you're in the sky not on the ground.