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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?
I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 06/12/2025
A lot of people are bringing up that Frank Sinatra, a known mob artist, did not have good politics on many other things and it is the most annoying part of the internet that when I mention pancakes somebody turns up to yell at me about waffles
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Tim Hardy @timbobaggins.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Have you read the (originally Reddit, I think) post and webcomic based on it, where Mr Rogers meets Thor and Mjolnir? (The original is at the bottom of the page.) mediachomp.com/thor-meets-m...
mediachomp.com
Thor Meets Mister Rogers - Comic
This is so wholesome! ❤️ Twistwood illustrated this wonderful comic of a little story about when Thor meets Mister Rogers:
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
If you think pedestrians and cyclists, don’t particularly like sharing the road with drivers, wait till you meet other drivers. Drivers are probably the most anti-driver people out there.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.” Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
jalopnik.com
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/12/2025
Right now is the time to support primaries for any do-nothing Ds. We've got an incredible chance to win a bunch of seats in 2026. Let's fill them with fighters, not chumps.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/12/2025
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/e...
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Evanston church’s Nativity depicts baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents
Lake Street Church of Evanston depicted baby Jesus’ hands zip-tied, Mary with a gas mask and ICE as centurions in its Nativity scene.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Conflict between Border Patrol and a protester in Kenner, LA during Operation Catahoula Crunch. Sorry Bluesky sucks for video.
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Jill Bernstein @jillbernstein.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
We started reporting this profile of @edzitron.com in July. Zitron's message has only grown more urgent since then. Read @harrymccracken.com's full story @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91448284/ed-...
fastcompany.com
Meet Ed Zitron, AI’s original prophet of doom
Ed Zitron has built a small media empire on the argument that AI is not only a bubble but a fraud, and it’s headed for a spectacular crash.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/12/2025
People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers. Anyway, about China ...
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
so none of what he’s saying is real btw
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonald Trump
Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92% of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect.
The Autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States. The Radical Left Lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him. I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so illegally. Joe Biden was not involved in the Autopen process and, if he says he was, he will be brought up on charges of perjury. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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ZomBev 🧟‍♀️ @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I’m just gonna say, I agree we need a better option than Amazon but can you not repost my books and tell people not to buy them off Amazon? Like wtf. I’m an indie author on disability. Fuck off.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Unbelievable. Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
> @samsteindc.bsky.social
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
@adamzyglis.bsky.social Kleptocracy
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Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org · 22/11/2025
As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
So much of American wealth is tied up in housing. And that is partly because housing scarcity makes it an appreciating asset. And in the US accumulating wealth disproportionately important for schooling and retirement and such. Thinking about what this looks like in Yimbytopia
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jenduende @jenduende.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
theatlantic.com
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
It’s good to explain that the CDC is lying and vaccines still unequivocally do not cause autism, even if it just reaches one person on here who has doubts. But the fight is out there, not in here; and the time to let go of the information deficit model of science communication was decades ago
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Miriam Elder @miriamelder.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
This is who they are and who they have always been.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The truth will have its day. That day is now. Release all the Epstein files.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Pike Skunk🔜mypants @pikeskunk.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I'm gonna say something controversial but... I miss cable. I miss being able to put a channel on the TV and have it change shows. Even the commercials for some reason I miss. Like im missing out on society.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Journalists face challenges in reporting on climate interventions because the science is complex and the issues are often multifaceted. But the reporting should avoid sensationalism and try to present risks proportionately, help the public understand uncertainty, and avoid oversimplification.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
The non-scientist’s guide to reporting on climate repair
Journalist Rebekah White from New Zealand unpacks the challenges for a better climate repair reporting.
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Ⓐnarchohoodism 🐈‍⬛ 🏴 @161bklyn.myatproto.social · 14/11/2025
Because the NYT already knew he was lawsuit happy…also, the NYT ain’t shit! theintercept.com/2025/11/14/e...
theintercept.com
Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported?
Exchanges about Trump between reporter Landon Thomas Jr. and Jeffrey Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I love the Trump apologists who are like "be careful what you wish for. If the Epstein files come out, some of your people might get caught up in it." Really, so what you're saying is we could take out even more powerful pedophiles? Fuck yeah let's roll.
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 12/11/2025
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The Uninhabitable United States
theatlantic.com
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it. All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference. Tanks
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
“We’re afraid of walkable distances now?” I was one of the first to go after the liars & conspiracy theorists who targeted the “15 Minute Cities” message. Here’s my interview with Aussie National Radio with @greenj.bsky.social — give it a listen, and think about how we should push back on ALL lies.
abc.net.au
'We're afraid of walkable distances now?' — conspiracies and the '15-minute city' - ABC listen
The polite world of urban planning has become the latest target of conspiracy theorists. In recent weeks, the 15-minute city concept — where neighbourhoods provide life's essentials in 15 minutes by f...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
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This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11/11/2025
"When I’m in the city, I want the authentic New York experience—getting served a hot slice of pepperoni pie by a Turkish immigrant who commutes in from Pennsylvania because he can’t afford to live anywhere in the five boroughs."
buff.ly
If New York City Is No Longer Going to Be an Unaffordable Police State Run by Crooks, I’m Taking My Hard-Earned Sex-Pest Dollars Elsewhere
“New York millionaires are plotting their exit from the city after the election of Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who plans to increase the taxes of...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I Want You to Understand Chicago
Politics Chicago
2025-11-08

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st.

Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 10/11/2025
Movements run on momentum. Little wins turn into an ethos and shared purpose, then bigger wins and suddenly empires fall or lives improve. If this week showed how quickly a few wins can puncture Trump's "invincibility," this is a reminder of how fast "compromise" can plunge us back into despair.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 09/11/2025
On Thursday, the driver of a commercial van struck and killed a woman in her 20s as he drove the wrong way on Morton Street. buff.ly/FGsYiHP
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SLAUGHTER: Wrong-Way Van Driver Kills Woman in West Village Crosswalk - Streetsblog New York City
The driver of a commercial van struck and killed a woman in her 20s as he drove the wrong way on Morton Street.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/11/2025
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
The worst people in the world understood how valuable distrust could be and they flooded us with it
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Sasha Senderovich 🌻 @returnstosender.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
This detail from the new @jewishcurrents.bsky.social article on the shenanigans at UCLA makes me think that all of these “centers” and “initiatives” to “combat antisemitism” that are quickly setting up shop on many campuses may be operating, knowingly or unwittingly as … extortion schemes. 1/2
The University of California settled the Frankel lawsuit in July. In addition to making Judge Scarsi’s injunction “permanent” for 15 years or more, the deal required UC to contribute $320,000 to UCLA’s new Initiative to Combat Antisemitism—charged with implementing the task force recommendations—and $2.3 million to a list of Jewish and Zionist organizations including the ADL. UC also agreed to pay $3.6 million to the lawyers who brought the case and $50,000 apiece to Frankel and the three other plaintiffs. (In response, Shabbos Kestenbaum tweeted a now-deleted message of congratulations “to my friend Yitzy and the other plaintiffs at UCLA for this historic win,” adding, “I encourage ALL Americans: hold your universities accountable! DM me if I can be of help.”)
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
OK, as promised, here's my thread about the links between tear gas/pepper spray and the arms trade and gun industry.
Tear gas in use during a strike in the 1930s
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/11/2025
i think this is a pretty good take on pelosi, who is unquestionably one of the most consequential house speakers in the history of the institution
nytimes.com
Opinion | Nancy Pelosi Is an American Political Giant
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
economist.com
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
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