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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 3h

“Amazon’s broadcast team decided to treat Browns QB Deshaun Watson, a proven and unrepentant menace to women, with the kind of soft-focus treatment usually reserved for diabetic Olympians.” defector.com/the-tv-peopl...

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The TV People Are Talking About Deshaun Watson All Wrong | Defector

If you missed last week’s Thursday Night Football tilt between the Steelers and Browns, don’t grieve. The game itself was inessential, and Amazon Prime’s coverage of the game all but incentivized the ...

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 3h

There is a coffee shop in downtown Iowa City run by a church and all the people that work there are volunteers from the congregation so they have little or no payroll. Tax fraud. theencountercafe.com/about-us/

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About Us – The Encounter Cafe

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Wall Street profits and bonuses are poised to hit a record high. CEO pay is up. Corporate profits are skyrocketing. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. Meanwhile, inflation eats up the paychecks of working people as the social safety net is cut out from underneath them. Trumponomics.

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Wall Street Eyes Record Bonuses as Profit Heads Past $90 Billion

A blockbuster year for New York’s trading and investment-banking firms is poised to deliver record earnings for the industry, with profit on pace to exceed $90 billion, and bonuses expected to reach a...

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.

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The Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual Violence

The “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail.

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dear every football broadcast: Can we get younger, more exciting, more capable broadcasters/commentators instead of the same old, crinkled clowns you've had for 30 years? So many of them can't keep up with the highlights they are talking about, and don't have any analysis of what they narrate.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And by a current Cornell student: "This putrid treatment of women did not originate in this house. It is a culture created over years of “tradition,” and it is what fraternities are built to produce, no matter what we say about the usual exceptions to the rule."

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Cornell, abolish your fraternities

The case surrounding the ‘Cornell 7′ is as lurid as it gets; whether or not these men face prosecution, it will not change the structural issue with Greek life

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Stroke victims are often given leg braces to help them walk.

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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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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 28/09/2026

The Senate is voting on the Protect College Sports Act TODAY. College athletes need a say in the terms and conditions of their work, but this bill would silence athletes and empower the NCAA. Tell your senators: vote NO on the Protect College Sports Act!

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Protect College Athletes

Tell the Senate to vote NO on the Protect College Sports Act Call 844-332-8460 or fill out the form on this page to receive a call. For decades, the bosses who run college sports worked together...

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 26/09/2026

Yes, yes, I'm sure that will stop all interest in the film.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just a remarkable choice, this headline. No other leader of any other country in the history of the UN would get that headline after giving an address with that quote.

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"I've already done over a billion in fraud. I still have such a tiny penis. If I let other, more wealthy people with tiny penises do major fraud, maybe they and their tiny penises will be be my friend. For money."

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Putting your principles first.

In September 1964, the Beatles refused to play the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, when they learned the crowd would be segregated.
The city backed down.
The show went ahead - integrated.
Bringing that up this week for no reason in particular...
Music has always
been bigger than just music.

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another name for the "Protect College Sports Act" could be "A Lot of These Players are Getting Uppity or Need to Smile More"

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Imagine Belushi in Ghostbusters and Spies Like Us.

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As far as I can tell, Iowa reports the unemployed number based on who successfully completes a claim. They make this _extremely_ difficult with their website only open during regular business hours. And they cut off your unemployment if it hits a certain percent of your total bank. Bullshit?

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's all so damn embarrassing.

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

HMB4LIFE. I hate ISU, so this means a lot good for them.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 12/09/2026

From Iowa State’s Band: “…members of the Cyclone Marching Band will wear a Black & Gold pin with an outline of the state of Iowa and the letters “DIFD,” in honor of Derek Phillips, a member of the Hawkeye Marching Band who passed away earlier this week.”.

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A viewer named Debbie got the phrase “nut cuttin time down on the ranch” banned from my program. Debbie ruined it for everyone.

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Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 09/09/2026

Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A new tool exposes the $1.7 billion union-busting industry. You can search every law firm, consultant, and individual attorney. And you can estimate how much a typical union-busting drive costs, depending on the workplace, number of employees, & length of campaign. prospect.org/2026/09/08/u...

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How Much Do Union-Busting Campaigns Cost? - The American Prospect

Is your boss making you sit through anti-union propaganda meetings? It turns out those are pricey.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thirty-four days before she reported to prison, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes gave Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim access to document her every move. That turned into a three-year project, and A24 will release the resulting documentary this October.

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is all so fucking embarrassing.

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

HOLY LORD THIS IS TRANSCENDENT

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

As a former professional football player, I can confidently say that this essay is incorrect from every conceivable angle, and contributes heavily to the culture of toxic masculinity that still infests high schools and colleges across the country.

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

You would have loved when this wookie got a blaster cannon and a light saber. I could solve a surprising number of problems very quickly.

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Playing a wookie and I had one attack left but the enemy was too far away. I looked at the GM and asked, "Can I ... Throw? My vibro axe?" GM thought, looked at the board, grinned, and said, "Hell yeah you can."

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Pablo Torre @pablo.show · 24/08/2026

P.S.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sorry it just occurred to me that there may be people who haven’t seen clip from the Quibi show where Rachel Brosnahan plays a woman dying because of her golden prosthetic arm and I needed to fix that

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'll bring the beer if you bring a boat. My friends have a pool, does a floatie count?

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Jay Flatiron @jayflatiron.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

How do I cite the boys at the liquor store ringing me up a 12 pack every Friday?

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Racket @racketmn.com · 02/09/2026

While Mich Golden sales represent just a sliver of AB InBev's $59 billion annual revenue, the beverage giant keeps churning out the product, almost exclusively to satiate demand in Minnesota.

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How Michelob Golden Light Became Minnesota’s Signature Summer Beer - Racket

Our state's go-to macro lager is more than a lawnmower beer: It’s a testament to the quirks of Minnesotan life.

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