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Wen Z
@wenz.bsky.social
​​Editor, sometimes. Avocational choral singer, weekly.​ Wannabe other things​, usually.

​Fan of pets, wordplay, and diagramless crossword puzzles.

Grew up in Chicagoland; now living in NYC.

Banner pic: Pine Meadow Lake, Harriman State Park, NY. Ahhhhh.
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.

In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Step back into the band’s 1989 Green Tour with this faithful throwback tee—reviving the original design. New in the store now!

And while you’re browsing, don’t miss our End of November Sale, with other R.E.M. items up to 40% off. All at the link in bio.

Link: store.remhq.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I contain multitudes

Oh

Oh shit

My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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These two things are true:
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Wishing today in particular that the President wasn’t using the military for authoritarian theater.
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Jeffries: These reports that Republicans are going to follow Marjorie Taylor Greene to the exit, these are all consistent with some of the things that we’re hearing in the House of Representatives when we’re on the floor.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Tucker Carlson: What do you think of Putin?

Witkoff: I liked him. I thought he was straight up with me…I don't regard Putin as a bad guy.
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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[@defunctland.bsky.social voice]

In 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a government agency mostly known for exploding turkeys, announced the existence of a secret joint museum built with a regional sewer district from Northeast Ohio...
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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When another boy has a box
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.

The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.

They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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The United States of America is the richest country in the history of the world. It is time for us to make good on the statement that health care is a basic human right.

We need health care for everyone. I’m staying in that fight all the way.
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: “President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.”
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President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Great Shearwater leaving a tiny track where it dipped (sheared) a wingtip in the water. South Atlantic off #Argentina 🪶🦑
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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#birds #iNat #birdsofBluesky #plumescrolling #owl
Magpies and crows were not very happy with something in a pine tree. When we looked, it looked back.
Very proud of this one because I have never found an owl on my pwn before. The magpies helped, of course.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Welcome to our “Competitive Autocracy”, where business leaders shower him with gifts, pay fines to avoid his frivolous lawsuits, agree to give away a cut of their export revenue — and greenlight his movie ideas.

$PSKY
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM