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Sam Feldman @srfeld.bsky.social · 4h

I'm a fan of efficient writing but this is in fact too much to fit into one sentence.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump is standing like no human has ever stood before

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 4h

I've seen lefty people on multiple websites sharing stuff by people who use the term "ZOG" seriously, it is endemic and it is very, very bad

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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 4h

New: DOJ has filed a misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota who spoke to the NYT about the administration's immigration crackdown in their state at the beginning of the year Blanche said this was "a clear violation of their ethical duties"

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 4h

“you shouldn’t do it but you should understand why the rule is stupid” is the true way

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Jim Ray @jimray.bsky.team · 6h

Oh this is exciting and backed by a murderer’s row of atproto knowers. Makes perfect sense for science to be embracing the protocol like this.

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 6h

And (c) everyone now knows the cartoon covers are smut books, so what's the point? Anyway, bring back interesting cover design, and ease up on Hannah Grace. The Icebreaker book is *not* a Heated Rivalry ripoff, even if the adaptation is riding the wave.

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 6h

There's a whole Discourse about the cartoon-y cover phenomenon, but tl;dr they were originally popularized as a way to let readers enjoy the books in public without it being *immediately* obvious what they were reading. Now they're both (a) annoying and (b) hooooly shit misleading.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 16h

should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 6h

I started reading it and didn't finish. It's fine! Though it might be the greatest example of why we need to do away with the cartoon-style covers; the cover looks like it's marketed to teens, but the book itself is absolute *filth.*

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 6h

Everyone's dunking on this (because the 'heated rivalry' comparison is asinine), but it *is* based on a real book that went SUPER viral a few years ago. The adaptation might be a ripoff-driven cash grab, but the source material existed well before HR's popularity took off.

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Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social · 13h

I recognise that bird! It’s the sausage-addicted kookaburra

real life
Sausage-addicted kookaburra too fat to fly
Story summary:
• Bird became fat on BBQ handouts
• Too fat to escape manling by dogs
• She weighed a whopping 540g
TOO many tasty sausages almost killed this kookaburra.
But health worries weren't the threat. She became so obese from barbecue handouts she could not fly when attacked by dogs in a Mosman park.
After weighing in at 540g. 40 per cent heavier than a typical adult bird, the kookaburra has been sent to bird boot camp to shed weight, prompting Taronga Zoo to wam we are killing our wildlife with kindness.
cumenchantress
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/reai-life/sausage-addicted-kookaburra-too-
fat-to-fly/story-e6frilri-1225872729208
thatsthat24
That is the face of no regrets.

The image is of a fat kookaburra looking utterly proud of herself

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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 15h

MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

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Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Given the policy discussions about AI vs AGI vs ASI, this is so stupidly confusing. The one time arbitrarily renaming something "America" would have had basically no impact and instead he's opted for maybe the worst possible alternative.

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 7h

Suno can “make music,” but can it spark a dating scandal that’s only debunked because fans reviewed the security footage and determined that it couldn’t actually be Suno (because the “idol”s ass wasn’t big enough)?? True story, btw

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 7h

This is awesome: in lieu of autographs or selfies at events (this was from outside the XM Radio event in NYC this week), David Byrne now hands out this business card before cycling away. www.reddit.com/r/talkinghea...

FROM DAVID BYRNE
HELLO, NICE TO MEET YOU.
I NO LONGER SIGN AUTO GRAPHS OR POSE FOR SELFIES - OUTSIDE OF CHARITY OR OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS. HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF YOUR DAY.
/s/ David Byrne

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 7h

When you call Backpack a “nepocubby” to his face

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💀your friend corrigan.🥀 @hereliescorri.bsky.social · 8h

Live forever ❤️

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 7h

The only surprising thing about Ken Paxton saying Trump drags the party down is that both of his brain cells got together to agree on it

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 8h

K-pop is a fascinating case study in that it’s basically the ideal testing ground for virtual, high-output, flashy-concept AI music, and so far it hasn’t worked. There have been a few attempts! But it turns out that people want a sense of connection with *real humans.*

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Kwisatz Hottie Rack @oksettledown.bsky.social · 8h

I would watch this and furthermore would watch an episode of meta law and order where dialogue is replaced by people describing the show itself "15 minutes left, time for the false reveal, cue the synthpad"

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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 19h

Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.

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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ

Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 8h

some good news:

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 18h

Going to log off before I say something that's gonna get me put on a list somewhere.

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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 20h

She was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable.

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merritt @merrittk.com · 19h

we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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Nied [5'7"] @nied.bsky.social · 23h

Biden literally did the mythical One Phone Call that would stop Israel in it's tracks, &... it didn't stop Israel in it's tracks.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21h

There is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa:

“Can President Trump use lawful authority granted by Congress to deport illegal aliens to third countries? The Supreme Court has stayed an order saying no twice, now stayed a permanent injunction for a third time. Oddly, 6-3 despite a similar posture to the Missouri First map”

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 19h

tbh they’ve probably been adopted already but I really want someone on here to get one of these Weird Puppies and document what they look like as they grow up for science/my entertainment

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 23h

If we can auto enroll every child into Trump accounts we can auto enroll every child into Medicare is the easiest layup of 2029.

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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 19h

A footnote to my Lyme story: my husband hunts deer because we have WAY too many in the DMV. I call venison hyper-local, climate-friendly protein with ecological benefits (a take that is not wildly popular in Takoma Park). But after my diagnosis, I have a new slogan: eat the deer, reduce the ticks.

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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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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19h

80% serious: some influencer should get a couple historians and natsec scholars on to watch and react to this anti-FBI TV series live

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 20h

“Patel is apparently planning a trip to Russia, a country that (a) is no friend of the United States nor the FBI specifically and yet (b) is quite friendly with Patel, including via a ‘Russia-linked production company’ that evidently previously paid Patel $25,000 to appear in an anti-FBI TV series.”

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Riana @riana.bsky.social · 23h

I'm just utterly nerd-sniped, in a Lewis Black "if it wasn't for my horse" sort of way like, it's almost a cargo-cult imitation of what a CFAA complaint would allege about time spent on investigation & remediation, in order to hit the statutory standing $ threshold under the CFAA (which 502 lacks!)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/09/2026

mein gott!

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey if you are this guy on a burner here on the antifa app please please tell Marisa something funny

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.

IV
The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.

The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings

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Gus Orviston @orviston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This thread is a good explainer, imho. This seems a similar point that points made in Jeff Bergner's book "The Vanishing Congress," which should be far more well known than it I think it probably is.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

If Bruce Wayne was serious about cleaning up crime in Gotham City instead of dressing up as a Bat, he should spend his billions on buying DC comics and making them publish comics with less crime in them.

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 29/09/2026

I'm at the point where I'm ready to go full Cato the Elder and just say this at the end of every speaking engagement.

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Great thread. Revive the OTA! This is also why I do not support term limits in Congress (at least not until other issues are fixed), because they would increase the churn and lead to even more reliance on lobbyists to explain complex issues.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Conspiracy theorist : The moon landings were faked Riley Gaines, bursting into room : i can do better than that

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