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clairifur.bsky.social @clairifur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bought some new potato chips that had a very promising flavor, and they are not very good. Fool me twice, etc.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
i’m dying. i’m dead
zohran holding a the power broker book up in front of his face. caption reads “but robert moses is another video entirely)
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clairifur.bsky.social @clairifur.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Once again thinking about this Tumblr post from at least a decade ago. I say this to myself every few months.
A screenshot of a Tumblr text post that reads, “what’s the difference between a lawyer and a mango? lots of things! i love to make jokes”
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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Me too. And an astonishing number of previously vibrant young women I know. Many of whom, like myself, used to work on climate justice but are now severely disabled/housebound/bedbound & trying not to die while everyone looks away. Minimizing this is a bad—& misogynistic—look
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A better world is possible
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Brad Lander Wins N.Y. House Primary in Which Israel Became a Top Issue
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The view from Brooklyn. Love you NYC ❤️
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The New York Knicks are NBA Champions
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clairifur.bsky.social @clairifur.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The streets are alive with the sounds of da Knicksssssss
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clairifur.bsky.social @clairifur.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
When will the line epidemic in Soho reach its breaking point?
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
We all have the ability to make the world a better place, each in our own way. I think it's fair to say that Anthony Head knew this, recognised it, and did far more than most to live up to the opportunities his fame afforded him in order to put good into this world whenever and wherever he could.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I don't really talk about this, because I'm actually quite private about my personal life, but many many years ago Tony Head took me under his wing and showed me the kind of person I could be. It's not an exaggeration to say that I'm the person I am today because of the kindness he showed me.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 03/06/2026
Chris Cillizza is such a feckless, simpish, unremarkable troll cosplaying as a truth-to-power media critic. he's so foundationally embarrassing I'm surprised he isn't in charge of CBS or CNN yet
"I left legacy media to build something different: independent, honest political analysis that isn’t owned by corporations or parties.

I call balls and strikes—no matter who’s at bat—because what’s missing right now are referees, not cheerleaders ⚾.

If you want clear, concise takes that cut through the noise (without the cable-news theatrics), this is the newsletter for you 🎯.

Subscribe if you believe politics is better when someone just tells you what actually matters rather than just what you want to hear 🧠."
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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Every couple months I check in on the latest Adrian Chiles articles and I’m always absolutely blown away. These are all from the last couple months. The man is operating at an incredibly high level.
Opinion
When I want to feel loved, Ijust go to a hardware store
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The best filing system? The one where every piece of paper goes in the bin
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I can't stop pilfering from other people's plates - but don't even think about grabbing my chips
Adrian ChilesI thought my pigeon curse was lifting. Then it took a darker turn
Adrian Chiles
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Spooky Femme Peter Lorre 🙀 @sarahkite.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
“Sir, are you aware that you are a cat, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani is standing right behind you?”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani behind the counter of a bodega in The Bronx, flanked by various people. A journalist with a microphone labeled “Shop Cats” is standing in front of the sales counter, and holding the mic up to a black and white cat sitting on the counter next to bananas. The cat has an expression like in the famous “Sir, are you aware that you are a cat” meme
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
JUST IN: Viktor Orban conceded his defeat in Hungary. The far-right leader & Trump ally will no longer be prime minister. What remains to be seen is the size of his defeat — and whether the opposition wins a supermajority to amend the constitution and reverse Orban’s rule.
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clairifur.bsky.social @clairifur.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Remember when that old clockmaker guy implied he knew Rambaldi (“He never did tell me what it meant”) and then Sydney jumped out the building and that never went anywhere.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Once again: A) This would be handing two of Hollywood's only remaining studios to a right-wing Trump ally and his "Dad said I could have it!" son, who B) has not begun to prove that he can successfully run one studio, let alone two. An utter disaster, although in fairness, that is Zaslav's brand.
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clairifur.bsky.social @clairifur.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Remember when antitrust law used to mean something
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Ezra S @ezra.zone · 08/02/2026
And LC is really interesting, too, in the way that it reveals gaps in our medical norms, safety net, and culture. Illness and disability are two forms of marginalization that mainstream culture disregard—to the point where both LC and ableism have become punchlines on both the left and the right.
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Joshua Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 06/02/2026
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I’m so sick of people throwing their hands up and saying abolishing ICE isn’t possible right now. Abolishing ICE is extremely popular and calls to do so will only continue to grow, meanwhile conservatives manage to do incredibly unpopular things all the time because nobody stops them
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/01/2026
Tell your Senators to strip DHS out of the bill before they vote yes this week or vote no entirely bsky.app/profile/chan...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Been in Minneapolis the past week ish. Here are some photos I took while I was here.
Drummers at the lead of an anti ICE march in Minneapolis A sign on a fence says “Renee was good. Fight the good fight.”A makeshift checkpoint constructed out of trash bins and chairs with signs that say “ICE OUT” and “ICE GO HOME”Protesters marching in downtown Minneapolis
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/01/2026
This morning, Ms. Rachel and I visited District 2 Pre-K Center, where we sang and read with the wonderful students and educators. We also discussed universal childcare - and how we're making it happen for NYC!
Mayor Mamdani and Ms. Rachel sitting together in an early childhood education center.Mayor Mamdani and Ms. Rachel crossing their arms while singing with a group of children.A little girl hugs an orange fuzzy stuffed animal.Mayor Mamdani and Ms. Rachel stand with a group of kids.
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clairifur.bsky.social @clairifur.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Logging into social media in 2026
Jessie from The Traitors (UK) looks upwards and audibly sighs. The caption reads, "She sighs."Jessie from The Traitors (UK), with her eyes closed and her arm up, says, "And here they all come to chat a load of bollocks."
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This war will destabilize the entire region and set off a global shockwave of anti-Americanism vs. no it won’t
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
when i describe the american condition as one of existential shame, i don’t mean that every individual person should walk around bedeviled by personal guilt, but rather that the unusually high quality of life & safety most americans get to enjoy comes at a cost few of us have to worry about
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
This is such an empty-brain statement from CBS. The government murdering people on boats and sending people to CECOT are contrary to the rule of law, so what’s their point?
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Explicitly Anti-Vaxx @bellamyj.blacksky.app · 29/12/2025
I really think we need to stop trying to return to pre-2020 and push beyond where we were. We can allow COVID to change how we approach disease or we can decide that we're going to end up in the same exact situation when the next pandemic hits.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
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Eliel Cruz @elielcruz.com · 01/01/2026
Love that Bernie Wagenblast voice of the NYC subway is the announcer for Zohran’s inauguration. www.them.us/story/bernie...
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Bernie Wagenblast Is Our MTA Princess
Pari Kim of ‘Love on the Spectrum’ fame talks to the trans MTA voice actor about trains, online bullying, and LGBTQ+ representation.
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clairifur.bsky.social @clairifur.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
LFG
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 30/12/2025
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
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clairifur.bsky.social @clairifur.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
I just got mask-shamed in the park in such a bizarre way that I almost have to hand it to the guy (I don’t and I won’t).
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Danette Chavez @danettechavez.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Identity fraud is okay when she does it
Sandra Bullock in While You Were Sleeping
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
UPDATE: It was very unfair of me to suggest that the plaintiff is a tool of a law firm. It turns out he is awful in his own right. From Playbill:
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by plaintiff Kevin Lynch, a known agitator against diversity and equity initiatives in the American theatre. Lynch, who is a cis white man, previously filed a federal complaint with the NEA against Maestra Music, an advocacy group that elevates and supports female and nonbinary musicians, arguing that its training programs discriminate against male musicians. Lynch is an active member and essayist for the organization Fair For All, a non-profit dedicated to dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across the United States.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
A white composer and producer named Kevin Lynch is suing an Off Broadway theater, alleging that a discount offered to people of color to attend a recent performance of a play was “racially discriminatory.” The lawsuit is backed by Edward Blum.
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Playwrights Horizons Is Sued Over Discounts to People of Color
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.
News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both
CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they
find inconvenient.If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories.
Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.
We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories.
Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.
We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight.
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
If Weiss had more skill she could have spiked the CECOT segment much earlier in the process because it didn‘t reveal enough new information about a widely reported story. This would also have been a terrible decision, but would at least display some knowledge of how things actually work.
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I am sure the 60 Minutes report on CECOT was very well done, but what makes the decision to kill it even more damning is that CBS was hardly out on a limb on this story. It has been extremely well documented and reported by many journalists.
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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
So many are convinced they will never get long covid. Sadly there are certainly people they love already suffering from it, sometimes without saying so to them. No amount of hitting the gym and boosters will prevent LC (ask how I know!) though both are great steps to take. This isn’t a just world
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics” Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics! (The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
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The Dokoupil promotion is telling in that regard. On some level, Tony is Bari's ideal anchor: a strong-jawed white man who harkens back to an earlier era of broadcast TV and thus subverts the industry's recent preoccupation with identity politics. He is
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
“Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE: “Taking children from their families is not normal,” a speaker told the crowd in Queens, where Yuanxin Zheng attended school until being detained.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
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Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
“My hopes for a natural delivery were shattered all for six YouTube videos at $800 each. None of those shots aired. I was never informed [by the New York Times] why, but can only assume that it would have been a bad look to open the episodes with a sweaty, heavily pregnant woman about to pass out.”
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sorry about your cookies
this is probably TMI
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Netflix is planning to buy Warner Bros for $72 billion, allowing it to acquire its major competitor HBO Max. This corporate monopoly will be great for Netflix’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else. Lina Khan explains the danger of corporate concentration.
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The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
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clairifur.bsky.social @clairifur.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Really, really beautiful tribute
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Congratulations, David Zaslav, on being the most destructive force in US entertainment in the entire history of show business
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