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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6h

Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 6h

What, you expected an 88 year old novelist and critic to be open-minded about your stead diet of werewolf smut? You thought she might consider it high-brow art like you want her to? C’mon.

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 6h

Getting mad at Joyce Cato Oates for being a snob after cheering all her epic burns is a different form of being a member of the Leopards Eating Faces party. You can’t contain that heat, you can only hope to avoid its gaze.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026

Being a leftist means taking big shots. And making them.

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Mark Armstrong @markarmstrong4.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wait, this was a zoom interview...?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.

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Vulture @vulture.com · 23/09/2026

The trailer for Nathan Fielder’s ‘You Can See Everything’ introduces us to Elizabeth Holmes, still proclaiming her innocence, and a husband who believes her. Scary!

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The You Can See Everything Trailer Is No Lie

The trailer for Nathan Fielder’s ‘You Can See Everything’ introduces us to Elizabeth Holmes, still proclaiming her innocence, and a husband who believes her. Scary!

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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In 1939, 46% of the population of the United States attended the cinema at least once per week.

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jesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I think by "Olde English," they just mean "as written"

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill

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Brent Cox @titivil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

YES. That we are inventing exotic new flavors of trauma, induced solely by the behavior of history's dumbest despot, is no consolation at all.

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Opinion Haver @asinmarx.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A new poll finds that 60% of voters believe that Roy Cooper would enact the policies of DSA if elected to the Senate. It also finds him leading his Republican opponent by 15 points. www.carolinajournal.com/polls/septem...

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 16/09/2026

i'm going to withhold judgment on this until somebody with at least eight flags in their bio tells me that everything since 2016 is personally my fault and to go and fuck myself

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Saw Bill Nighy pithily discuss how 'you can't learn you lines before rehearsal, you'll get trapped in rhythm & intonation' is 'a myth for people who don't want to do their homework.' True.

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's super underreported how vicious and abusive the average GOP voter is.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Dope moment between Tiafoe and Shelton

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Vulture @vulture.com · 06/09/2026

Julianne Moore gives an all-timer performance in ‘The Debut,’ Jesse Eisenberg’s third film as a director. It looks like the most fun she’s had in years.

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Julianne Moore’s Performance in The Debut Is an All-Timer

Julianne Moore gives an all-timer performance in ‘The Debut,’ Jesse Eisenberg’s third film as a director. It looks like the most fun she’s had in years.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/09/2026

woof Acton is easily the worst Dem governor nominee with a shot at winning right now but yeah “was physically attacked by the brother of a pedo Ramaswamy donor” will probably do it

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Send me a work email at night, I'll reply to your ass right then and there. Trying to get the jump on me? You can't.

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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🚨I’ll be talking to Ethan Hawke at The New Yorker Festival! festival.newyorker.com/event-detail...

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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 02/09/2026

Every time I see this poster, this is all I can think of

The Last Temptation of Christ poster but the red thorns are covered with '90s Cherry Coke

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The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If you’re a @criterionchannl.bsky.social subscriber, you now have access to the latest episode of my series THE CRAFT OF ACTING, featuring an in depth talk with the wonderful Paul Dano! you also get access to the movies we discuss for a limited time! Enjoy! www.criterionchannel.com/the-craft-of...

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The Craft of Acting: Paul Dano - The Criterion Channel

A quietly electric screen presence whose ability to convey simmering internal tension has made him one of his generation’s most respected actors, Paul Dano has delivered unforgettable performances for...

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Mark Armstrong @markarmstrong4.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There is only one living person qualified to find out and report back on why Michael Stipe collects Roy Cohn memorabilia: @isaacbutler.bsky.social, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026

But let me add another reason: reversing this punitive “failing schools” legislation requires a change of Congress. If it is not reversed, it will deal a mortal wound to American conservatories and arts programs.

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026

The stakes of these midterms are already unbelievably high, for so many reasons: the war with Iran, ICE, the endless stream of food safety recalls, the rampant corruption, self-dealing, and tinpot authoritarianism, our K-shaped economy… we are confronted with these grim realities every day.

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026

There are of course very legitimate concerns about the cost of music degrees, and the tremendous debt that many students incur to pursue them. But this measure not only does nothing to address that, it will actually make the debt burden for music students worse.

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026

This is an existential threat to the arts in the United States. Programs in music, theater, dance, and fine art are all at risk of disappearing, including the most prestigious American conservatories that attract students from all over the world.

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026

… , including Juilliard, Indiana, Yale, Peabody, my alma mater (NEC), and the institution where I teach. If a program fails to meet the earnings requirement for two out of three consecutive years, they lose all federal funding and their students become ineligible for federal loans.

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026

Since I’m sure it comes as no surprise that being a freelance musician at the beginning of your career is (and has always been) financially precarious, the “failing schools” metric would apply to many of this country’s top music conservatories and music programs…

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026

Under this new rule, undergraduate degree programs that, four years out from graduation, do not lead to median earnings that are higher than the median earnings of young adults with only a high school degree will be deemed “failing schools.”

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026

As the academic year kicks off, I want to highlight an important issue that many folks, including some of my colleagues, are not aware of: the new earnings test imposed by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I am really glad to see our obituary (which Berry commented for, in 2018!) acknowledge how respected he was as a literary figure by his peers www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...

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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)

A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I didn't care about Arday's case before but this revisionist history on the left is really pissing me off. If we don't police our own we will hand easy wins to Nazis and help their project of discrediting the liberal academy.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Arday's dissertation was heavily plagiarized. His most widely-cited paper was dinged for lifting whole passages without proper attribution from another scholar of color, and worse, was basically a re-run of the other guy's much more influential study.

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The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

lol. Really happy folks will be able to see this!

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Forbestonow @forbestonow.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

These are the sort of numbers you would expect if the country had accidentally elected a dementia riddled former high school bully instead of the business tycoon they thought they were electing.

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Justin Peck @justinpeck.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"All the items in this room were once out of reach; some not yet invented, others too rare or costly for the vast majority of people. Today, most of us lucky enough to live with them walk past without a second thought."

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Ordinary Abundance

A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

To quote Harry Reid on Collins, "always there when you don't need her."

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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

DDHQ Race Update (est. 42% in): Michigan US Senate Democratic Primary Abdul El-Sayed (D): 325,492 (50.3%) Haley Stevens (D): 298,172 (46.0%) Mallory McMorrow (D): 23,867 (3.7%) Follow more results here: votes.decisiondeskhq.com/races/283906

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

As a writer I try to remember that the fact that something annoys me personally does not necessarily make that thing important enough to write about

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

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sam @samthielman.com · 01/08/2026

Extremely good thread. I have some personal interest in the Van Houten case specifically and Dan is right on every point here.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

CNN just released more data from their new poll and it shows Dems +8 in the House generic ballot matchup, 47-39. That's very good news.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Watch it till the end. This is moral clarity -- TMZ understands the moment, and what that Rand Paul kangaroo court was, better than any coverage I've seen so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zaO...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I have never seen someone so flummoxed by the concept of feeding people lmao

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I think this is really a bet that Trumpism is not in its End Stages and lives on and flourishes with JD Vance, which seems like a bad bet

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