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Yesssssss. New Jersey cities are coming through to stop-the-chop 🛑🚁 "Kearny filed its lawsuit in Hudson County Superior Court. The town is joined in the case by Hudson County, Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne and Union City" gothamist.com/news/nj-comm...

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NJ communities file lawsuit to stop noisy sightseeing helicopters

The town of Kearny, along with several others, says a heliport is allowing helicopter service providers to work outside operating hours.

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Jonathan Tannenwald @jtannenwald.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For those who haven't heard yet, the Miami Herald's corporate owners at McClatchy today laid off the paper's superb veteran soccer reporter Michelle Kaufman. An utter disgrace, and an enormous disservice to fans of the local soccer team that draws a lot of media interest in town and worldwide.

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Jeremiah Oshan @jeremiah.sounderatheart.com · 22/09/2026

Was just informed that @seattletimes.com is ceasing beat coverage of soccer. Massive loss for both local and national soccer community.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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lapsu.bsky.social @lapsu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I keep seeing the media talk about his conflicts of interest and like, are you new here? There are no conflicts. There is only one interest and it isn't the US.

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Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The 700-stall parking garage was the number one ST3 priority for the City of Renton. If ST stays in budget, the garage will cost $143,000 per stall.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026

ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...

A picture of Amina Seck in her Kentucky State jersey on a basketball court.

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lapsu.bsky.social @lapsu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

PSA: "tho" and "thru" as alternate spellings of though and through are in the @merriam-webster.com dictionary and were popular even back in the late 19th century. Let the spelling scolds know. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tho

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lapsu.bsky.social @lapsu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Criminal" thieves and burglars never manage to steal more than a fraction of what employers steal.

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

using AI trained on stolen work to make a shoddy copy of that work on the cheap AKA the six-finger discount

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Michael Battista @battista.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Press Scran (September 19, 2026) New York Cosmos vs Westchester SC Cost: $0 (comes with media credentials) French fries, rice, grilled chicken, soda (beer for VIPs) USL League One side with another solid selection. Rating: 8/10 @footyscran.bsky.social @nysoccerjournal.com #NYCosmos #NYCvsWES

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This thread is the only way I ever want to learn a team has been eliminated

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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ryan Hunter didn't enter the match against her home state Tar Heels until the third set. But she made the most of her time on the court with 6 kills on 7 swings as she sparked Nebraska to a win. “She brought that fire and that energy,” Dani Busboom Kelly said. roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/...

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Hunter, Murray and Tough Serving Fuel Nebraska to a Victory Over No. 25 North Carolina

Hunter posts a career-best against her home-state Tar Heels, while Murray breaks out of slump and the Huskers record their best serving night since 2005.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Did DEI close the Strait of Hormuz? No. But it hasn't re-opened it either.

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lapsu.bsky.social @lapsu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ok, what if instead we tried United *Cities* of America for a little while and see if that works any better?

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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Trump is trading more stocks than every member of Congress COMBINED. This corruption is exactly why we need to pass my bill that would ban Congress AND the president from owning stocks. All elected officials need to be held accountable, especially the president.

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Susan Sontag's 9/16/01 piece in The New Yorker got her crucified but it's one of the few things from that era that aged well. "'Our country is strong,' we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be."

The disconnect between last Tuesday’s monstrous dose of reality and the self-righteous drivel and outright deceptions being peddled by public figures and TV commentators is startling, depressing. The voices licensed to follow the event seem to have joined together in a campaign to infantilize the public. Where is the acknowledgment that this was not a “cowardly” attack on “civilization” or “liberty” or “humanity” or “the free world” but an attack on the world’s self-proclaimed superpower, undertaken as a consequence of specific American alliances and actions? How many citizens are aware of the ongoing American bombing of Iraq? And if the word “cowardly” is to be used, it might be more aptly applied to those who kill from beyond the range of retaliation, high in the sky, than to those willing to die themselves in order to kill others. In the matter of courage (a morally neutral virtue): whatever may be said of the perpetrators of Tuesday’s slaughter, they were not cowards.

Our leaders are bent on convincing us that everything is O.K. America is not afraid. Our spirit is unbroken, although this was a day that will live in infamy and America is now at war. But everything is not O.K. And this was not Pearl Harbor. We have a robotic President who assures us that America still stands tall. A wide spectrum of public figures, in and out of office, who are strongly opposed to the policies being pursued abroad by this Administration apparently feel free to say nothing more than that they stand united behind President Bush. A lot of thinking needs to be done, and perhaps is being done in Washington and elsewhere, about the ineptitude of American intelligence and counter-intelligence, about options available to American foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, and about what constitutes a smart program of military defense. But the public is not being asked to bear much of the burden of reality. The unanimously applauded, self-congratulatory bromides of a Soviet Party Congress seemed contemptible. The unanimity of the sanctimonious, reality-concealing rhetoric spouted by American officials and media commentators in recent days seems, well, unworthy of a mature democracy.

Those in public office have let us know that they consider their task to be a manipulative one: confidence-building and grief management. Politics, the politics of a democracy—which entails disagreement, which promotes candor—has been replaced by psychotherapy. Let’s by all means grieve together. But let’s not be stupid together. A few shreds of historical awareness might help us understand what has just happened, and what may continue to happen. “Our country is strong,” we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be.

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A. Marmot 🌱 @aminus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

BREAKING: a whistleblower has just quit company wikiHow, warning that within ten years, advanced wikiHow illustrations may kill us all

wikihow tutorial illustration with a man in baseball cap and pink shirt partially crouching, hands on thighs, and pivoting counterclockwise as shown by red arrows. Caption reads, "how to discretely get your balls unstuck from your thigh"

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

It's always a good time to share this.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In what universe would a white Mayor be told he could not attend a commemoration in Oklahoma City because "Timothy McVeigh?"

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

this is perhaps the best piece of journalism i have ever been involved with

How long have you known Alix Harrow?

Wait, that’s her name?

Yep.

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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 01/09/2026

Welcome to Bluesky.

Thanks for being patient. A team member is coming to cancel you.

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lapsu.bsky.social @lapsu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Shouldn't they have renamed it "Lake New York"? It's not like the actual name is "Lake Canada". This is a basic SAT analogy question.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 30/08/2026

Let me know when the AI industry crashes so that I can get a gaming PC.

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lapsu.bsky.social @lapsu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Your motivational post for the day

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lapsu.bsky.social @lapsu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My confirmation bias meter is spiking so high right now

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How it started… how it’s going

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Rick Hendry @rickhendry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Gutted, it would have been brilliant if Hibs had qualified for the conference league, devastating for Scottish football, I hate to see Scottish clubs going out, well done to Celtic, Hearts and Jablonec for flying the flag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It’s not noted in the article but unlike EVs our extensive e-bike charging infrastructure also already exists, via any wall outlet. No further municipal investment required. It’s been mentioned before, but e-bikes might be dismissed for government support *because* they’re so cost efficient.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

You all can follow me on Substack as I navigate the next steps of this Washington Post Saga. Thank you to everyone who suubscribed, especially paid subscribers .. you all help me weather the storm to be able to fight against Washington Post. karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

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The Washington Post Fired Me. I Fought—and Won My Job Back.

Nearly a year after being wrongfully fired for my comments on race, gender and violence, an arbitrator has ordered my immediate reinstatement.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 23/08/2026

Because if there is one thing every author dreams about, it's finding a way to make sure only one person reads their book.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 22/08/2026

Just to be clear, I wrote this before Trump threatened to use the military to bring the market in to line 😂 but the situation was already pretty wild 300 free clicks: Bossing the bond market around never works - as.ft.com/r/6091bc24-8...

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Bossing the bond market around never works

Despite Scott Bessent’s efforts, investors worry something is up

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

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merritt @merrittk.com · 17/08/2026

more places should have artists-in-residence. like there should be a residency where you live on a particular train for a month. there should be an oil rig residency, an arctic research station residency. maybe a residency at a zoo

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lapsu.bsky.social @lapsu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Not even professional cyclists *during a race* are safe from the menace of cars.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The boots you lick will stomp you too. The regime is just breaking in the boots they will place on your neck. This doesn’t stop with immigrants or with ICE. It stops when there is no one left to resist. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

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Dystopian Boots

My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I feared this would be one of the effects of the e-bike moral panic: Disabled people losing access to a gamechanging piece of transportation technology. This is a great reminder of how disabled nondrivers are often completely absent from conversations and policy debates about transportation.

Jesse’s Rides specializes in selling e-bikes, e-trikes and scooters for people with mobility or other issues that would preclude them from obtaining a car driver’s license. The law has hit this community hardest because many who can’t pedal rely on throttle-controlled Class 2 e-bikes, which have to be insured and require a license, she said.

The woman who returned her new e-bike has a vision issue and fears that this would prevent her from getting an e-bike license under the new law, since she doesn’t have a driver’s license.

The law also unfairly affects people with medical issues who buy low-speed e-bikes with a throttle instead of a pedal-assist for use as transportation, Connor said.

“There are disabled people losing jobs or who can’t get to school because of this dumb bill,” she said.

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I don't think there should be a defibrilator on Snowdon. And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on

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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

What a glorious day in NYC

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 08/08/2026

Reiterating my position that statistics is the most important math course and we just don’t teach it

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 08/08/2026

Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009 for proving that cultures around the world have found solutions long ago to Garrett Hardin’s ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ that don’t involve Privatizing Absolutely Everything.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If you were looking for good news in today's employment report, you would emphasize the unemployment rate falling to 4.1%, a 2-year low. But this doesn't reflect job growth. The participation rate is plummeting.

Line chart titled "The unemployment rate has been roughly flat over the past two years, but this reflects plummeting participation rate" showing the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate and labor force participation rate. While unemployment held steady around 4% from January 2024 to July 2026, the participation rate plunged from 62.5% to 61.4% over eight months, the steepest decline in the dataset. This drop of 1.1 percentage points means the flat unemployment rate masks weakening labor market conditions, as discouraged workers leaving the labor force aren't counted as unemployed.

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Ruby S. @rubyji.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Here's what it looked like in case you would also like to send a message to AI companies

On the left side is a news article about a Data Center CEO getting ran out of Salem by local community.

On the right side is a photo of a small guillotine being transported by a cargo bike.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

MSNow: President Trump is also pushing so that his family is immune from audits. It looks like it may go forward. Trump Voter: No. Fuck that. No! How does he get to do that and we don’t?

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Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 06/08/2026

Myth: Every new business needs lots of off-street parking. Reality: Parking mandates often block the small, local businesses people say they want. A corner store should not have to act like a big box store just to be legal. That is not free parking. It is a hidden tax on local businesses.

Parking reform network graphic. It's a myth that every business needs parking.

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lapsu.bsky.social @lapsu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

@customeradvocate.bsky.social without zooming, can you see which bus I'm waiting for? The font NJ transit uses for bus numbers is only readable for ppl already at the stop. Can we start printing the numbers bigger so someone going by in a car can see which bus they could take next time?

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