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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Public executions were not abolished out of tenderness towards the criminal. They were abolished because of the effect on the people watching, and the dangers of making human death a source of commercial entertainment. Here's Charles Dickens in The Times, after witnessing an execution in 1849.
"I have seen, habitually, some of the worst sources of general contamination and corruption in this country, and I think there are not many phases of London life that could surprise me. I am solemnly convinced that nothing that ingenuity could devise to be done in this city, in the same compass of time, could work such ruin as one public execution, and I stand astounded and appalled by the wickedness it exhibits. I do not believe that any community can prosper where such a scene of horror and demoralization as was enacted this morning outside Horsemonger Lane Gaol is presented at the very doors of good citizens, and is passed by, unknown or forgotten. And when in our prayers and thanksgivings for the season we are humbly expressing before God our desire to remove the moral evils of the land, I would ask your readers to consider whether it is not a time to think of this one, and to root it out.

I am, Sir, your faithful Servant.
Charles Dickens".
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Again, the last public execution in the U.S. was in 1936. It's hard to wrap your head around what we're currently accelerating toward.
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
lol took my nephew but why are we doing the national anthem at the hot wheels monster truck show
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru...
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved
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transylvan(ian) 🧛🏼 @illpod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
imagine being 40 points underwater on "people wanting you to stay alive"
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This will be a catastrophe for both filmed entertainment and news, and it's a great shame that the California AG caved. Trump and his people will celebrate this news today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
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Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition (Gift Article)
The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You read that right: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar will, thanks to the approval of Trump's FCC, own 49.5% of Paramount Warner Brothers, and CBS, and CNN. One of many things to keep in mind when you cast your vote in the next six weeks.
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
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Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Jason Hancock @jasonhancock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Federal prosecutors say Siddharth Jawahar hired Jeff Roe's Axiom Strategies to land favorable media before sentencing. Days later, the News Tribune ran a glowing profile, and Roe discussed spending money to digitally target the story to the judge's home so he would be likely to see it. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri congressman urged leniency for Ponzi schemer who hired longtime consultant • Missouri Independent
Federal prosecutors say Siddharth Jawahar agreed to pay Axiom Strategies to secure a favorable newspaper article and a letter of support from Sam Graves.
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As a guy who let a coworker at Lowe’s tattoo me, I hope these are pre being rich. I’m all for bad tattoos if they mean a memory or something but sheesh
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
TPM can reveal indications that Rawson used pseudonymous social media account on X — @RockOfDixie — to express even more extreme sentiments “Multiculturalism kills and public lynchings worked" — the GOP nominee for a seat in Florida's legislature talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Mizzou could be up 21 and I don’t trust the lead…
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
…how is that pass possible…
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Mizzou doing classic Mizzou stuff.
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Stafford looks off, like just missing everywhere?
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ms. Rachel cooking you and then telling everyone to clap because you tried hard
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 09/09/2026
The Missouri Supreme Court ordered Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to appear in person Thursday and explain why he should not be held in contempt for directing election officials to use a congressional map the court has barred him from implementing. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Supreme Court orders Denny Hoskins to answer on contempt charge • Missouri Independent
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected Missouri Republicans appeal to salvage a congressional district map favoring the GOP.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day!
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IGN @ign.com · 07/09/2026
Coyote vs. Acme has now grossed more than the $30 million tax write-off Warner Bros. originally shelved it for, reaching $33.84 million worldwide.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa www.tampabay.com/news/2026/08...
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Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
ICE sent them away under a controversial policy without knowing where they were going or what would happen next.
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Didn’t they charge Sam Page with a criminal charge for doing this?
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We’re talking here about Col. Josh Gaspard, who parachuted into Bashur during the 2003 invasion as a 2LT, then a year in Afg, then company command in surge-era Iraq. His Columbia degrees aren’t even in the “woke” social sciences, they’re in industrial engineering and engineering management systems.
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 30/08/2026
I’m in @sfchronicle.com writing about how the last six weeks we’ve been talking about transgender women’s eligibility to play in the WNBA and women’s sports at large…without any input from trans women at all (gift link):
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Trans athletes never took over women’s sports. So why is the WNBA in an uproar?
OPINION: The staged freakout over trans women athletes has been sustained by incurious journalists and bad actors. There’s a debate to be had, but start with inviting actual trans people to it.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/08/2026
Limited public discussion of the trust fund's shortfall has experts worried that most Americans don't fully understand the problems Social Security faces — let alone be able to weigh in on solutions. n.pr/4hZFtu6
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The Social Security trust fund is running out, and yet it's not a top campaign issue
Limited public discussion of the trust fund's shortfall has experts worried that most Americans don't fully understand the problems Social Security faces — let alone be able to weigh in on solutions.
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Neil Vigdor @gettingviggy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A Florida man is facing three felony charges over the Aug. 20 vandalism of a plastic reproduction of one of the automated license plate readers, the authorities said. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/u...
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He Thought He Destroyed a Flock Camera, but It Was a Decoy, Police Say
A Florida man is facing three felony charges over the Aug. 20 vandalism of a plastic reproduction of one of the automated license plate readers, the authorities said.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
we are PROTECTING WOMEN IN WOMEN'S SPORTS by having MEN show up to WOMEN'S SPORTS to YELL at the WOMEN PLAYING SPORTS
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 21/08/2026
I wrote about how angry I feel watching people write columns about trans women in sports.
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Just call me a man already and get it over with
I'm angry. I hate writing when I'm angry. I think it makes me too emotional, too attached to copy and most importantly makes my brain move too fast having ideas pop up and die before I can even get t...
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
How long before we get a story about one of these idiots zapping themselves trying to take a piss bc they forgot to turn off their “compliance tools”
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So basically just…
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Nate @mnatesota.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Come for the impossible Robin Hood-level shot. Stay for the guy blasting himself in the junk with a confetti cannon.
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
And the local cops turned over people trying to buy beer to ICE.
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Morris “Day and The Time” Katz @vodkasnowflake.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
omg lol
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Alex Papadopoulos @egeasri.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Italian researchers found that semi-transparent solar panels over olive groves increased olive yields by 12%, reduced water evaporation by 19%, generated clean electricity, and even improved olive oil quality. 🌿⚡🫒 #Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #ClimateSolutions
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
For YEARS, I been waiting for this to happen every time I watch the news
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
NEW: Regarding the claims that Rep. Max Miller withheld his toddler's "blue bunny," I have some new screenshots suggesting there was a pattern of Miller not giving the bunny back. There were pleas from multiple people on multiple dates. (Thread: 1/8)
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
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Andrew Storey @andrewstorey.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Looks like people really were tired of everybody involved in the Jackson county legislature drama. Honestly, kinda a weird night between the executive and some of the county leg results.
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The Kansas City Star @kansascity.com · 05/08/2026
City officials said the funding could support $20 million of housing projects each year to build thousands of affordable units.
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Kansas City voters approve $100 million to help build more affordable homes
City officials said the funding could support $20 million of housing projects each year to build thousands of affordable units.
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RMJ @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I always think of Dr. George Tiller when Kansans protect abortion rights. 17 years later and our state is somehow still a site of refuge, even in the wake of Dobbs
A photo of Dr George Tiller in a lab coat
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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 05/08/2026
Kansas City voters on Aug. 4 overwhelmingly approved five citywide ballot questions — four bond measures totaling $1.7 billion and the renewal of a sales tax that funds economic development in the city’s urban core. (@thebeacon.bsky.social)
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Kansas City approves 5 ballot questions allocating money for sewer, water, housing
The questions covered water and sewer infrastructure, affordable housing, aging civic buildings and a sales tax for deve
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/08/2026
Kansas Democrats have defied political gravity for eight years by holding the governor’s office in one of the country’s most reliably Republican states. Primary voters on Tuesday selected Cindy Holscher as the candidate to try to keep that seat in Democratic hands, according to The Associated Press.
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Cindy Holscher Wins Kansas Democratic Primary for Governor
In a race to be governor of Kansas, State Senator Cindy Holscher defeated a fellow Democratic lawmaker who was endorsed by the current governor, Laura Kelly.
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The Kansas City Star @kansascity.com · 05/08/2026
The Associated Press called the race at 8:07 p.m. with 27 percent of the vote counted. The vote count sat at 124,020 no votes to 52,230 for.
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Voters decisively reject ballot measure seeking to overhaul Kansas Supreme Court
The Associated Press called the race at 8:07 p.m. with 27 percent of the vote counted. The vote count sat at 124,020 no votes to 52,230 for.
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