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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 17h

The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 56m

I've heard the name Glen Powell before. I've Googled to see what Glen Powell looks like. I suspect I may have seen a film or two that Glen Powell is in. Somehow, I still don't know who Glen Powell is. I can only conclude that the guy may be the most intrinsically forgettable celebrity in existence.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1h

cant believe someone stole my screenplay for the Big Beef Heist

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Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social · 2h

No amount of money solves the fundamental problem of Ken Paxton being Ken Paxton.

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 19h

Looks like he lost his place partway through dramatically re-enacting how he once stabbed one of the guys he paid to play video games for him for losing a race in MarioKart

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 19h

B/c I love Trek, even when I dislike it, I'd be glad to hear that it picks up again in the second half of S4, if you find it does.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 20h

they're all just lying, it is tremendous lying, but it is just lying

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 19h

I'm definitely willing to believe the fundamental problems (or at least things I personally dislike in the later seasons) were there in embryo early on. Another reason not to rewatch S1 and S2 in case I notice them more. At least those problems were outweighed in the early seasons by what workedwell

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CharChar @char50.bsky.social · 20h

Holy shit.

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 22h

the Michael Bay Transformers flicks are "cult" movies now. in related news, words have no meaning anymore and language has been banned. ooby gooble gobble goo.

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's like Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy.

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Strange New Worlds Loved the first season. Liked the second season. Didn't bother to finish the third season. Got partway through season 4 first episode. Hard to imagine I'll rewatch seasons 1 and 2 now

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

don't forget lonely and terrifying

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager

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"Radical" Russ Belville @radicalruss.com · 06/10/2026

C'mon bro, lemme do an anti-trans, just one anti-trans to win, bro, and then when I'm in office that I won being anti-trans and immediately have to start campaigning and fundraising for my reelection in two years from the same folks who supported me as anti-trans, I'll be totally pro-trans, bro. 👇🏻

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Apropos of this: if you’ve never read Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America,” there’s a DC tour guide, Mr Taylor, who for me is one of the most indelible and quietly heroic characters in modern literature.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Naturally, the Trump regime wants to cut its funding.

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The premise: A tenured professor who DEI'd themself into a prestigious Chair at an Ivy League university and is using their influence to convince their students that crime is good, actually.

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 06/10/2026

Hannah Arendt argued that the two things couldn't really be separated, that true evil could never build or create but only destroy (another way to say "is stupid")

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Batman's latest enemy: The Woker.

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 06/10/2026

Early voting turnout in Virginia is jaw dropping stuff among Latino voters. Across all other demographics, numbers are well ahead of 2022 at the same point but Hispanic/Latino turnout is 50% higher than it was in 2024-- a presidential election year!

Race, 2022 Count (Share), 2024 Count (Share), 2026 Count (Share)
Asian or Pacific Islander, 7,293 (3.61%), 19,832 (3.43%), 15,827 (4.59%)
Black, 27,395 (13.54%), 85,589 (14.82%), 56,985 (16.53%)
Hispanic or Latino, 4,260 (2.11%), 14,508 (2.51%), 21,577 (6.26%)
Native American, 71 (0.04%), 285 (0.05%), 509 (0.15%)
Uncoded, 818 (0.4%), 1,512 (0.26%), 87 (0.03%)
White, 161,779 (79.99%), 455,802 (78.9%), 249,021 (72.22%)
Unknown, 639 (0.32%), 169 (0.03%), 820 (0.24%)
Total, 202,255, 577,697, 344,826

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

inspiring: ovechkin to return to Russia to pursue his true passion of hanging out with a genocidal dictator

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

NEW: PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of the increase, coupled with the use of AI to remove books en masse: pen.org/press-releas...

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Nearly 12,000 School Book Bans Nationwide in 2025-2026—Biggest Number in a Single Year

PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of th...

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Andy Clark of the living dead @andycruns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I do not want it in my words I do not want it faking birds I do not like it in my mail It really is beyond the pale I do not want it stealing art I not want it whole, or part I do not want your AI spam I hate it, hate it, Sam Altman

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As in Twitter notable or as in actually notable?

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is antisemitism. This isn’t leftism. This isn’t anti-Zionism. This isn’t progressive activism. This is just blatant antisemitism.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My god they are stupid.

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We now have to Duo once every 24 hours

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Brewers-Guardians (1st choice) Brewers-Rays (2nd choice)

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm with you on all this. Sadly, I think I hate the Braves more than the Phillies, and I can't go for the Astros. I'm lukewarm on the Cubs, at best. So the OP may be basically right. I've talked myself into agreeing with all but the Yankees. A bleak day.

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Came late to this so could well be repeating a (deservedly) popular answer, but Iago. I don't love everything Shakespearean, but Iago is sublime in his evil: grand evil, petty evil, understandable motivations named, but the possibility of "motiveless malignity" is very much alive beneath them

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oooooh, that sounds interesting!

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every French presidential poll LADY HITLER - 35% JEAN D'AUSTÉRITÉ - 18% CHUD COMMUNISTE - 17%

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive.

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When young, I saw many writers I highly esteem identify this as, essentially, a novel they (and no one else) can top. I thought, "sure, sure, who doesn't like a bit of hyperbole. i'm sure it's fine." Then I read it, and I kind of have to agree with them.

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

none of which is incompatible with an undercurrent of threat

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've tended to read it as a love poem, but the love is definitely not directed toward the addressee. The love is more a self-directed love, an egoistic appreciation for the arcane power of a wordsmith who can overcome the flaws and limitations of a natural world through his artifice.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"The Cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the Universe to know itself." -Carl Sagan

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The notion that an institution deserves loyalty instantly makes me see red. If they pay me, they deserve the contractualy mandated teaching hours, my professional/respectful conduct with students & colleagues, etc. I owe the institution the same amount of loyalty I owe my internet provider.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A student asked me in earnest if there are “different standards” for faculty & students, if once you get a PhD the standards are looser. The answer obv is no, but we’re now four days into silence from our administration.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Chinese media allowed at WH. American media banned in defiance of a court order.

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Saw someone in the wild call Cheryl Hines “The Marvelous Mrs Measels” and I was like “very good”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

> @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/p...

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Craig Smith @craigmsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just think of it as the equivalent of a "where are my glasses? oh my glasses are on my head" type situation. Except the glasses are human size, mobile, verbal, and within reach. I'm sure there's nothing to see here.

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