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Laura O.

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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 09/09/2026
Washington journalism is in a moment of generational change. We're rising to meet it. Welcome to The Washington Sun. washingtonsun.com
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 26/01/2025
ride the Godzilla Zipline with me so I know it's real 👉👈
 “Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji” is a massive zip line attraction at Nijigen no Mori Park
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
No one has ever accused Trump of being very bright.
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
You know who else used to be a little baby? OSAMA BIN LADEN
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yep. @polphilpod.bsky.social and I made this point in this essay on Elon Musk's real fascist worldview, which all of you should read if you haven't yet, because (we immodestly insist) it breaks new ground. Also see the interview with one of the authors of "Muskism." newrepublic.com/article/2119...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026
“If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them.”
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Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
He called AI writing “pastiche nonsense.”
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Richie Daiches Barlow @thedogwalker.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
JK Rowling posts upskirt image of trans woman while begging to debate her. If Farage’s nephew was arrested, sent to court and convicted for the same offence, why isn’t JKR in a police cell? www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/jk-r...
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JK Rowling posts upskirt image of trans woman while begging to debate her - LGBTQ Nation
Rowling posted the picture taken from below because the trans woman, she said, was "refusing to debate me."
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/07/2026
When firefighters in Oakland, California, saw a pigeon struggling to breathe near the site of a fire they had fought, the crew stopped to help.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Someone called the cyclospora outbreak MAHA Blast and I'm cackling like I'm 13 again.
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Pixar clothing ad Pinheads (1995), dir. Jan Pinkava An early Pixar experiment in dropping photorealism and using "the medium of computer graphics much more creatively, not just to reproduce reality" (according to Pinkava)
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The same way that just a dozen people are behind over half of all the book bans, this entire goddamn nazi movement is a fucking handful of freaks who are loud enough in billionaire nazi sex pest social media empires to be confused with an entire crowd. This *is* their irl numbers and popularity.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Yes. I'm waiting to see what happens the rest of this week. It's going to be so brutally hot that I wouldn't be surprised if no one shows up. Even the guy who is roaming the grounds offering to pray for people and save their souls might just decide to let people stayed damned for a few more days.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
There are 10s of people there.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Just had the weirdest food delivery experience. Driver called to say that he was waiting at the restaurant for me to come and give him food. I explained that he is supposed to get the food from the restaurant and deliver to my house. He arrived a few min later with food from a different restaurant.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Sounds like a good idea to me.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Maybe he just teleported somewhere else for a while and now they can't find him.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Anybody know if Mitch McConnell is still alive?
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I like this and would love to see more like it.
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Ashley Nichols @ashleynichols.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
90% of modern media criticism just sounds like this
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I was sick of seeing JD Vance's memoir get all of the book coverage. So I asked a bunch of writers I know and love what recent books they think should get more attention. These are books for people who actually like to read. Please check them out! lithub.com/40-great-new...
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40 Great New Books You May Have Missed
It feels like JD Vance has been everywhere in the last few weeks, and haven’t we suffered enough? As much as I’m enjoying the universal disdain he’s receiving from a diverse array of publications, …
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I thought he was hired so that he would harm national security.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The wind
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Why bother having spies or engage in espionage when you can just track U.S. military plans by following polymarket bets of insider traders in the Trump administration?
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
First I've heard of this fic. It sounds vastly more interesting that the actual HP novels. I'm going to track it down and read it.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Elbi @elbi.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
@attie.ai, for those who wanna press the funny buttons too
Screenshot of me blocking the attie.ai account
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
David Attenborough [whispering]: “As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”
a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair
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Slate @slate.com · 04/03/2026
Graham Platner explains why the “progressive” label doesn’t fit—and levels some pretty serious charges at the Democratic Party establishment. slate.trib.al/x2v0a9F
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Graham Platner Says Democratic Leaders Threatened to “Rip My Life Apart” Before He Launched His Senate Campaign
In an interview with Death, Sex & Money, Platner opened up about his life story—and what he says were threats ahead of jumping into Maine’s Senate race.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for. Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/03/2026
Rubio Today: It’s false to say I said the U.S. had to attack because Israel was going to attack. That’s not what I said. Rubio Yesterday: We knew Israel was going to strike Iran, and that would trigger attacks on U.S. forces. If we didn’t act first, Americans would suffer higher casualties.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/03/2026
BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee has voted 24–19 to subpoena Pam Bondi as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Five Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the subpoena.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/03/2026
Americans stranded in the Middle East say the State Department hotline Marco Rubio told them to call plays a recorded message warning: “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time.”
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Yikes! That property has seen better days for sure.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
SHELTER: The new Jason Statham movie is terrific. The perfect antidote to Trump's foolishness.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Correct. Rep. Jody Barrett (Left) Sen. Mark Pody (Right)
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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Japanese police stations keep putting up posters for Jason Statham movies. I first noticed it with Beekeeper and thought it made some sense. The story is about fighting scammers, who are a huge problem here. But I've also seen posters for Working Man and Wrath of Man. It's ONLY Statham films. Weird.
Poster for the Jason Statham movie "The Beekeeper."
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21/01/2026
This isn't freedom. This is Nazi police state bullshit. This is what the Republican Party represents. This is what "centrist" Democrats accept. Learn to say NO. NO to all this fascist trash.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I know the feeling.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Yeah, this is really odd.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 17/01/2026
Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters, a US judge in Minnesota ruled.
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Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters - The Boston Globe
The activists in the case are represented by the ACLU of Minnesota, which says government officers are violating the constitutional rights of Twin Cities residents.
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Cat Hughes @celticqueen13.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training. This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One. I think they know this is bad. Really bad.
The way ICE officers approached the vehicle involved in today's shooting was counter to their training, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News.

The official said ICE officers are trained:

— never to approach a vehicle from the front;

— to approach vehicles or possibly armed people in a “tactical L” 90-degree angle to prevent injury or cross-fire;

— not to shoot at a moving vehicle;

— only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death.

ICE officers are also instructed that firing at a vehicle will not make it stop moving in the direction of the officer.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
From this video which shows a direct view of the event, it doesn't look like any officer was even accidentally brushed by the bumper of the victim's car. www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Raids/...
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Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him. Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
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Laura O. @laura6243.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Good grief. Absolutely not.
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 07/01/2026
WATCH: Video of ICE Shooting In Minneapolis Conflicts With Kristi Noem Statement
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WATCH: Video of ICE Shooting In Minneapolis Conflicts With Kristi Noem Statement
Video of the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis Wednesday shows agents approaching a woman's vehicle and demanding that she "get the f*ck out" of the vehicle before she was shot while attempting to drive away, a direct contradiction of the incident that was painted by Homeland Security boss Kristi Noem. The post WATCH: Video of ICE Shooting In Minneapolis Conflicts With Kristi Noem Statement first appeared on Mediaite.
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