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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 26m

Listening to the Phillies-Braves game on the radio, and these Phillies broadcasters sound like they're about to jump off a cliff. I'm not a fan of either team, but I dislike the Phillies slightly less than I dislike the Braves.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 1h

And somehow Trump thinks he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. 🙄

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings

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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript

The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10h

They don’t vote for these things in the booth though. If they did we’d all be in a different situation bsky.app/profile/matt...

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 11h

Indiana Jones is screaming, "It belongs in a museum!" Seriously, though. Excavating a sixth century Scottish monastery in the Hebrides is, for me, exciting stuff to read about. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity

Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 12h

Thomas Paine foresaw a man like Pete Hegseth when he wrote, "Belief in a cruel god makes a cruel man." Hegseth is motivated by a vacuous bloodlust and the certainty that his god sanctions violence and cruelty over peace and empathy. Hegseth's morality is deeply lacking.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Skipped the Nazis, huh.

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 30/09/2026

[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you've never played World of Warcraft? [JACK SMITH]: Correct [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you farming gold in Eversong Woods! [SMITH]: That is Elden Ring, sir.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This article is long and distressing, but it's also important. It's about the atrocity the United States carried out in February, the bombing of the Iranian school in Minab. I use the word "atrocity" deliberately. It's the correct word. www.dropsitenews.com/p/minab-scho...

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Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave

The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst U.S. war crimes since Vietnam. Drop Site spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, and witnesses. This is their story.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My mom told me about fifteen years ago about being groped by one of her first husband's professors at a dinner party. "That's how things were," she said. I know next to nothing about my mom's first marriage, except that Spiro Agnew was invited to the weeding.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"This was elder care masquerading as world-saving policy, stringing together some of Trump’s favorite activities — proximity to power, document signings, and arbitrary renamings — for an entire day."

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vanoreo @vanoreo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

its called the gulf of intelligence now

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Have I ever liked Rahm? No. Would I vote for him in the primary? Also no. Do I care what Rahm thinks about anything? Absolutely no.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

inquirer.com

We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch

The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.

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Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Somehow, the Phillies returned to get into the playoffs."

Poe Dameron in The Rise of Skywalker, talking about Palpatine somehow returning.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Is this a fucking dagger I see before me? Or... A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a fucking horse!

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I just learned the state GOP is attacking a Democratic State Senate candidate one county over because he wrote D&D fanfic. How is this a problem? I'd vote for him if I could! More geek representation! lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

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Attack ads in key Pa. Senate race draw on Malone’s old blog posts, D&D fan fiction

EDITOR'S NOTE: A typo in a web address referenced in this article has been corrected.

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

senator, how will this lower prices

Senator Tuberville complaining about furries in the airline industry

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On Twitter, @samlymatters.bsky.social pronounced a doom so deserved and so complete upon John Fetterman that even Mandos is aghast--"I did not go that far with Fëanor and the Kinslayers."

Comic Samantha Ruddy pronounces a doom upon John Fetterman on Twitter: "When this man returns to Pennsylvania as a citizen, I want his Sheetz and Wawa rewards cards revoked. I want his shorts sewn into pants. His hoodies turned into crewnecks. May his pretzels always be stale. His hoagies all onions. His Turkey Hill iced tea sour. His ATV tires flat."

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oligarchs. The word for very rich businesspeople directly connected to the top of the government and playing a role in high-level government functions is “oligarchs.” Way beyond lobbying, donating, and advisory councils. Trump brought them on his trip to China too. America has oligarchs now.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For just a moment, the world saw their true nature. This is a real photo. F*cking chilling.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This photograph from the White House today... Who was Trump so furious with? And why? What happened on the balcony? What is he reacting to? Why does he look like he's going to unalive someone?

Photo of Donald Trump on the White House portico, facing away from the Washington Monument, giving a glare of absolute fury at the photographer, while Melania (to the the left) looks alarmed, Chinese Premier "Winnie-the-Pooh" Xi (to the right) looks mildly bemused, Xi's wife looks content, and a military guard gestures into the White House with a slightly sad expression.

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

JD Vance gave Politico information anonymously. Politico reported the information. The White House cited Politico’s reporting of Vance’s information as part of its justification for banning Politico. Then Vance defended the ban. This is some 1930s Germany Twilight Zone shit.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When historians look back on Trump's foreign policy in a century, I bet these are their verdict on his most famous policies: The support of Russia--the most evil. The pillaging of Venezuela--the most corrupt. The decision to go to war with Iran--the most incompetent.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ernest Hemingway has nothing to do with this book. I wonder how much Adams ripped off Boris Johnson's Churchill biography of a decade ago. Not enough to ever read this, mind you.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

don't like the idea of siding with the oil industry on this. but this is at a minimum stupid and I think there's a decent chance it would raise prices, even in the very short-term.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026

Lincoln. Kennedy. It’s a pattern now. He’s fascinated by assassinations. Makes you wonder how far a narcissistic megalomaniac would go to muscle in on that club. www.ms.now/news/trump-f...

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Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre

The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The way I understand it, a diesel export ban will send diesel prices lower in the Gulf states, but nowhere else, and gas prices will soar because refineries will cut their production overall because of a diesel glut in the refinery states. In other words, it's a stupid policy idea.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I know we're all* numb to this by now, but it really needs to be said that any one of the batshit insane tyrant tweets from our special little boy would've led to swift efforts to remove any other previous president.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today's reminder that both threatening our NATO allies with territorial conquest & the war in Iran are egregious violations of the UN Charter &, because we should take the law, Constitution, & our signed, ratified international treaties seriously, should immediately end his presidency.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🎶 Genghis Khan has got it going on 🎶 🎶 He's all I want and I've waited for so long 🎶 🎶 Genghis, can't you see? You're just not the boy for me 🎶 🎶 I know it might be wrong but I'm in love with Genghis Khan 🎶

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Gavin Winters @gavinwinters.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I did not know I needed to see Nyssa as Velma, but now that I have, you have my eternal gratitude Sir.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I know it's a form email, but a job rejection that includes "we were impressed with your qualifications" does feel kinda good. See, world! I'm not without talents and skills! It was a baseball job. I enjoyed writing the cover letter, though, truthfully, I expected exactly this outcome.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"A UN report has concluded that recent US airstrikes on vessels allegedly trafficking drugs breached international law and could constitute crimes against humanity." The Hague to Pete Hegseth: "C'mon down! You're the next contestant in the International Criminal Court!" www.bbc.com/news/article...

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US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UN

A report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It didn't dawn on me until now that William Shatner is older than Sir Christopher Lee was when he died

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That's great. I managed to melt a black yogurt container lid on a kitchen burner which I was completely unable to even see. 😟

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This was about the latest on the faux-triumphant arch but really could apply to anything.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

the globe was suspended by a nearly invisible wire and mostly just appeared to be floating in space in this soaring cathedral, like a hologram in some sci fi show and it was really striking.

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 20/09/2026

The more Republicans try to bully our memories into submission, the more we’re reminded just how spectacularly the party has failed over the past two years.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Listening to Rob Bamberger on WAMU talking about "the desecration of Washington." I wasn't really expecting a big band jazz host on an NPR station to get political like that while introducing some music from Duke Ellington, but I'll take it.

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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The president has left Camp David to return to the White House, the State Department has issued warnings to embassies in the Middle East and Gulf, and the pizza joints near the Pentagon are seeing increased business. Something might be kicking off tonight. :(

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