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alextheis.bsky.social

@alextheis.bsky.social
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Baker, gardener, cook, amateur photographer, special educator, father, husband, son, birder, cat dude. I have limited patience for conspiracy theories and arguments not based in logic. Best evening? A nice bourbon in front of the fire pit.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 7h
The new business casual
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h
Hahahahahahahaha this ad is awesome
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 7h
Three years ago, the Free Beacon ironically named me man of the year on their website. "Don’t give up Ben, you have a whole lot of nothing to look forward to," they wrote. This year, I was on a TIME100 list. I would take this moment to tell them how they can suck me: from the back. Thank you.
We don’t know about Ben’s family or personal finances, but we certainly can’t disagree about his lack of skills. But for someone with absolutely no ability, Ben has found the perfect gig.

Don’t give up Ben, you have a whole lot of nothing to look forward to. Only now, when you do nothing, you'll do it as a Free Beacon Man of the Year.I win.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 7h
He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way!
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 12h
Here’s the bigger ask I mentioned: I owe $6k in back rent. I’ve been selling my limited belongings to reduce the number but it is slow going and I can’t hope to cover it all, especially not in the short time I have. I have enough to cover October rent and little more. More details below.
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 7h
what I find really offensive is anyone thinking Democrats are extreme. and that Republicans only have a slight bump after the last 18 months of complete lawlessness
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 12h
So there is clearly a moral basis for Dems to become at least as uncompromising as the GOP. But there are practical and political bases as well. The demands they would make aren't crazy or selfish or extreme. And the public appears to be with them. www.offmessage.net/p/the-new-ra...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13h
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alextheis.bsky.social @alextheis.bsky.social · 7h
Written by ChatGPT
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 16h
Pathetic…..
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 11h
Top tv shows but make it about birds: #1 Beaking Bad (Black Skimmers) #birds 🌿
Three black and white birds stand on a sandy beach. Two face each other and look like they’re having an argument. One’s beak is wide open and the other has its beak up in the air defiantly.
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CBS News Chicago @cbschicago.bsky.social · 12h
Seeking to reduce delays for CTA riders in downtown Chicago, officials plan to install a new dedicated bus lane on Michigan Avenue.
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Chicago to install dedicated bus lane on northbound Michigan Avenue downtown
Seeking to reduce delays for CTA riders in downtown Chicago, officials plan to install a new dedicated bus lane on Michigan Avenue.
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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
not sure why I made this but now you have to see it
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Mayor Brandon Johnson @mayorofchicago.bsky.social · 10h
We're committed to building a safer and more accessible transportation system. By creating a dedicated bus lane on Michigan Avenue, we are reducing delays, improving service, and ensuring that the thousands of Chicagoans who rely on public transit can get where they need to go.
1. Text: Mayor Johnson & CTA to Install Dedicated Bus Lane on Michigan Avenue to Reduce Delays in the Loop. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson laughs while riding a CTA bus alongside (not pictured) CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen and CTA Bus Driver Rance Austin on the South Side.
2. Text: The new, nearly 1.5-mile northbound bus lane between Roosevelt Road and Wacker Drive will help reduce delays for 22,000 daily CTA riders and keep buses moving along this key downtown route. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson shakes hands with a Black woman and other CTA bus riders while exiting a CTA bus in Bronzeville.
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 14h
Just updated eatf.art with a dozen new places to order Effin’ Birds calendars, books & cards online in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and France. Let me know if I've missed a great shop near you that's keeping my stuff in stock! Calendars are out now, and Effin’ Birds: 100 Postcards ships Oct 20th.
The cover of the Effin’ Birds 2027 box calendarThe cover of the 2027 Effin’ Birds wall calendarThe cover of the 2027 Effin’ Birds plannerthe cover of Effin’ Birds: 100 Postcards
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 16h
During a press conference going on right now, the Department of Justice is excoriating the judges of the District of Minnesota for speaking to the New York Times for this article www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u... www.justice.gov/live
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DOJ Live
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15h
NEW: After the Sixth Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, issued "a short stay of execution" this morning to consider Christa Pike's claims before the court, Tennessee quickly has gone to the Supreme Court seeking to vacate the stay — and allow the state to kill Pike today. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h
🚨BREAKING: Claude has a feature called Friend Mode. It helps you pretend like you're not a goddamn loser who needs AI to interact with the outside world.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 14h
Climate change: ‘sup it’s really hot all the time Men’s designers: now introducing suffocation chic
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The Christian Science Monitor @csmonitor.bsky.social · 14h
America’s role in the Middle East and beyond is shifting. Whether the nation will adapt as protector or peacemaker, or has the capacity to fulfill a new mandate, remains to be seen. #middleeast #iran #military www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military...
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After Iran war damage, US may close some Middle East bases for good
America’s military footprint in the Middle East is shrinking, as the U.S. assesses its role in Gulf conflicts following extensive base damage during the I…
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 14h
People working in AI who are meeting with religious scholars in the hope of finding a way to instill morality into Claude. Fascinating and terrifying. And SO 2026. [Gift article] www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
it is very easy to lose a patient, your honor
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Michigan nurse charged with helping ICE detainee escape
A Michigan nurse was charged with intentionally helping a Mexican ICE detainee escape from a hospital after a CT scan.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Like everything else Trump “fixes,” the reflecting pool (along with the war in Iran, gas prices, beef prices, and mortgage rates) is in exponentially worse shape than when he started.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16h
I think we all saw that coming
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 19h
More activity in the SoH: A tanker heading into the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Wednesday, citing a verified source. Authorities are investigating.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21h
“MAGA and the other Far Right parties around the world are a Victim Movement. All the problems I’m experiencing in my life are caused by someone else, definitely not me. People who aren’t White. Trans people. Gay people. And women.”
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The Man Problem
The Cornell Rape Case is a feature not a bug
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22h
Another crude oil tanker has been hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
UKMTO has received a time-late report of an incident within the Strait of Hormuz.
A verified source has reported that a crude oil tanker has been struck on the port side by an unknown projectile.
Authorities are investigating.
Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
9 sorties of PLA aircraft, 7 PLAN vessels and 6 official ships operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 5 out of 9 sorties entered Taiwan’s southwestern part ADIZ.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A good case from @dickpolman.bsky.social that this man’s selfish short-sightedness set us on path to where we are today. Excruciating insights on the wreckage of a legacy. dickpolman.substack.com/p/ralph-nade...
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Ralph Nader is still a pariah. He deserves to be.
Tilting the ‘00 race to Bush was his original sin. We’re still suffering the consequences.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h
* A SECOND FLYDUBAI FLIGHT FROM DUBAI TO TEL AVIV, FZ1081, HAS DIVERTED, NOW HEADING BACK TO DUBAI -- FLIGHTRADAR24 @reuters.com
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20h
Germany wasted so much money on fossil fuels the last 5 years when they could have invested in cheap solar and batteries. Now Germany tells the rest of Europe that because Germany is so bad with its own finances and burnt it all on overpriced fossil fuels, now all of Europe needs to spend less.
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Drastic budget cutbacks essential to fund Europe's defense, Germany and allies warn
Six European leaders have called for major cuts to a proposed 2 trillion euro budget.
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alextheis.bsky.social @alextheis.bsky.social · 20h
This is more Nazi shit.
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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 20h
Not everything is terrible
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Me and my grunge friends would’ve killed A.I. with hammers I can tell you that much
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Alfred E. Neuman ( MAD Magazine ) @alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#wackypackages
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If rapists actually faced consequences for their actions we wouldn’t have nearly as many rapists. In reality many rapists actually benefit from their actions
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seeing people post about how unfair the “mob justice” against the Cornell rapists is doesn’t really move me when there is no justice for survivors. The system doesn’t work; it enacts further punishment on the victims. Society is even crueler. So spare me the “mob justice” rhetoric about the accused
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sometimes good things still happen.
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conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
guess we’ll find out soon enough. this year’s college seniors have had chatgpt their entire time in college. this year’s junior devs have had it their entire careers
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A big part of the MAGA thing is to never apologize or admit you screwed up. (Roy Cohn’s advice).
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm so old I remember Republicans complaining about "picking winners and losers" www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
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Federal government issues emergency order defying Colorado's plan to shut down coal power plant
The tug of war over energy production between several states and the federal government continued last week when the Department of Energy renewed an emergency order to keep a Colorado coal-fired power...
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David Beard @dwbeard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That "summer polling sugar high" Dems were supposedly on sure hasn't shown any signs of abating
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Alfred E. Neuman ( MAD Magazine ) @alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Topps Cards Presents; Wacky Packages ANS7 ( 2010 ) • Bonus Cards #wackypackages
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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Emotional support crab (emoji) 🦀
A yellow round cartoon, with eyestalks and claws because it is a stylized crab. It is holding a pink heart and smiling
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is the thanks you get for cozying up to fascists
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
there are so many real and urgent threats to this country and its democracy and this pathetic “democratic” congressman is railing against socialism on bari weiss’s conservative rag
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Available for Preorder: “Italy for Food Lovers” in Hardcover! Whether you're traveling to Italy or simply an armchair aficionado, the new edition of "Italy for Food Lovers" shows you how to experience the best of Italy through the timeless pleasures of its cuisine. Preorder: shorturl.at/oPYtY
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But for (more) men to respond to #metoo they would have had to have been willing to change systems and structures of power, and who holds it.
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