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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 13/10/2026
Hey remember this
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
To be clear on what that whole Brexit debacle was: the Sun and the Mail ambushed David Cameron because he was stupid enough to offer them what they wanted. We then argued about it for three years and eventually, our political/media class decided that Johnson and hard Brexit was best *for them*.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 12/10/2026
I don't think this sort of casual lawlessness is a distraction at all, I think it's the whole enchilada. ICE and HSI are thuggish scofflaws regularly deployed on American soil to terrorize nonwhite people so the president can make his allies in the right-wing press show black & brown suffering on TV
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).
There's a trap on your ballot in California. Here's how to get past it.
1. Prop 40: 250 billionaires pay with they owe so hospitals, schools, and food assistant survive the federal cuts. Vote yes.
2. Props 41 and 42: paid for by billionaires to cancel prop 40. Vote no.
3. Tell one person, because the confusion is the plan.
Yes I'm 40. No on 41 and 42.
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Matthew Garrett @mjg59.eicar-test-file.zip · 12/10/2026
"They doxxed the Prodigy crab" is something that will forever live in my brain
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Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1. The independent Taskforce — commissioned by NHS England, backed by government — concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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ADHD label ‘risks lifelong harm to children’ as diagnoses surge
Landmark government review warns of a ‘tipping point’ as figures show the proportion of youngsters with an autism diagnosis has risen 40-fold
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
why would you believe electeds who were pro-defunding policing and have now renounced that position (as "woke 1), when they say they will "abolish ICE?"
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.
My RT of a Katie Miller tweet which RTed the NYPost coverage of the Ilhan Omar raid. 

She said: Promise made, promise kept.
I said: Katie Miller is not going to do very well in a deposition.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Reup: Kash Patel Colluded with Russian Spies to Frame Jim Comey, and He Probably Will Again emptywheel.net/2026/10/11/k...
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Kash Patel Colluded with Russian Spies to Frame Jim Comey, and He Probably Will Again - emptywheel
Kash Patel has spent almost a decade using Russian disinformation to try to frame Trump's adversaries -- first Hillary Clinton, then Jim Comey. That means, when Kash goes to Russia this week, they wil...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ricky Patel kidnapped Newark's Mayor because Todd Blanche and Kristi Noem told him to. Then lied to a judge in an arrest affidavit. There's no reason to assume the HSI Agents who targeted Omar did any different. emptywheel.net/2026/10/12/h...
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HSI Agents Ricky Patel, Ryan Ribner, Richard Berger, and Timothy Gerber All Made False Claims to Frame Democrats - emptywheel
There are at least 36 affidavits signed by HSI Agents -- like the goons who just searched Ilhan Omar's house -- who have made false claims to frame Democrats or other Trump opponents.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 12/10/2026
lmfao amazing work @emptywheel.bsky.social
EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check (
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.@KatieMiller is not going to do very well in a deposition.
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Promise made, promise kept.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar's DC home raided by DHS as part of probe into Dem's immigration paperwork trib.al/NW6k6rI
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We went to a police union convention and all we got was this disquieting sense that solidarity can only be stretched so far before it breaks. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-infiltr...
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We Infiltrated a Police Union Convention in Las Vegas
At the far edge of solidarity, ICE is more popular than the AFL-CIO.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Fascinating to learn that one way this police union protects its image is by giving an actual award to friendly journalists. Including some who should know better! www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-infiltr...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The feds harangued Kat and my family over bullshit charges for a year. They tried to beat her down, bankrupt Kat and her codefendants through legal fees, and a defeat her spirit. They fucking lost. They will continue to lose. Fuck ICE forever. To this criminal gang of a government: stay losing.
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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 19/08/2026
this guy got caught because he's dumber than the average cop and chose a woman who wasn't marginalized enough. imagine what happens when a cop does this to, say, a sex worker or a woman with previous charges who are not likely to be willing to report this kind of thing. what do you think happens
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The only way to defeat Republicans extremism is to punch back hard. Not agree with them. It’s a loser strategy, politically and morally
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Mike (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mxmike.co.uk · 11/10/2026
Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly
Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt that’s been edited to look like a plain white t shirt
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.
APA Women’s Leadership Institute event flyer with “keynote speaker” crossed out with a red X
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris.
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
like this is maybe the oldest human wisdom on offer. Need challenge to grow. Need others to offer you new perspective and new insight
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The thing that gets me about this stuff, is that we literally have endless fables of how getting everything you want makes you insane
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Do we really expect our children to act like adults just so adults can act like children?”
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Cycle Of Rage: One Crash Shows How Reckless Car Drivers Ruin Kids' Childhoods - Streetsblog New York City
We want our kids off their phones and reading books in the library. Too bad drivers don't give a shit. A rant from Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman.
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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
they would also love for your children to see a drag queen get killed
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batkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You’ve been warned, parents.
MOVIE REVIEW
I Called Him Morgan
*** (Out of four stars)
• Directed by Kasper Collin.
Distributed by Submarine Deluxe.
• Running time: 1 hour, 29 mins.
• Parent's guide: Not rated (adult themes, drug use, murder, jazz).

[I circled JAZZ in red]
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As others pointed out, Farage lost multiple times before having a single victory. And every loss was accompanied with a media discourse playing up his influence. They kept that up until he actually won.
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pleased to announce that ADHD is being overdiagnosed again according to the BBC and pathetic skidmark Wes Streeting, so now - during ADHD Awareness Month no less - it's time to give it up and just be normal. Let it go. Just turn it off and get on with things www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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ADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says government review
The review, which focuses on younger age groups, warned there was a risk society was moving from an era of under-diagnosis to over-diagnosis or mis-diagnosis.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Jesus Christ, these people are monsters.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 09/10/2026
immediately thought of this
a tweet from Grosdoriane 
this is NOT what America is about. America is about *opens history book*

uh oh

*Frantically starts flipping through pages*

uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh

Posted 2:41PM 24 May 19 Twitter for Android
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
didn't know the french were such good swimmers
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Man shot by ICE in #NewYork next to 5 year old child. "The 5-year-old was screaming for his father, yelling, 'Why are you guys killing my father?' The man had nothing in his pockets and nothing in his hands..." Protesters were seen blocking and banging on patrol vehicles outside the hospital."
Screenshot of news report with headline, "ICE shooting protests" and image of people with anti-ICE signs.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I mean why bother with all of this? Why even bother with the pretense of art and media? just hook an electrode up to the dopamine center in your brain and keep pressing the button like you're a rat in a fucking skinner machine. Go sit in a dark box hooked up to hoses forever
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Derrick Rowe @derrickrowe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The thing is, part of why they are so this is because they think they are the hard men who need to do this to make good times again. When in reality they are the softest of soft men.
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Magdalena Miedl aka espressozitron @mmiedl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"There is something revealing in the gap between the masculine fantasy of protection and its reality: the fantasy requires a stranger, an obvious villain, a moment of uncomplicated heroism. Reality asks a man to believe a woman over his friend."
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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 06/10/2026
The LAPD union is spending millions to defeat a half cent sales tax that would fund firefighters www.latimes.com/california/s...
The Los Angeles Police Department's officer union said Tuesday it will oppose Measure FD, the half-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot pushed by the city firefighters' union - setting up a bitter and expensive clash between two of the city's most powerful unions.
The Police Protective League said it plans to spend several million dollars on broadcast and digital advertising as well as mailers to oppose Measure FD, which if approved by voters would direct hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the Fire Department to build new stations, hire firefighters and upgrade
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Dylan @dyl057.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
buddy if your comms office is making this graphic, it's too late
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
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Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
Pregnancy is the only condition where Florida courts have ruled that a mentally competent patient can be forced to undergo unwanted treatment, such as a C-section. (Published March)
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They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...
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chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
into light
dimly lit city street. a set of stairs ascends into light. metal girders support the street above.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026
one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
the syntax reminded me of this
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’ve spent 15 years arguing that more home building means landlords actually have to compete for tenants and they just… mailed it out. www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco...
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base
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X.com
this is about me and i'm not sorry! i don't have time
to autistically read forums and random team news
or whatever.
i'm sure spending hours and hours running your
fantasy team is a good ROI if you're unemployed but
some of us have jobs
also my team is stacked so that's another point in
the Al columnAndrew Weiner • @DickeyNate • 18h
What's the point if playing fantasy football if
you're just going to automate it

nic carter
@nic_carter • 17h
there's no point to fantasy football, it's grown ass
men pretending to draft NFL players

OpenWindowManiac @Cit_rusK •17h
Then just don't do it?

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@nic_carter
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social obligation
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 07/10/2026
...Federal marshals subsequently orchestrated the transfer of all 287 bars to local police. In a secret operation, officers guarded the 282 bars before returning them to the CIA. The agency promises that the 271 gold bars stolen by Mr Rush will be sold and the profits used to reimburse US taxpayers.
When F.B.I. agents first searched his house, they said they found 303 gold bars. In court on Tuesday, prosecutors said that the correct number was 298 gold bars, and that they had cost the government more than $46 million to obtain.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
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