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Writer. “You can’t win game 7 without losing three games first….. keep going” - Shea Serrano

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h
The NY Fed examines how tariffs affected inflation and finds that, without them, goods prices would have declined as of last February. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/10/how-...
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Not an @theonion.com headline
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hormuz traffic vs. the 10-year yield is a great chart. 🔥 @bloomberg.com
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
404media.co
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 17/08/2026
Investigation: Amazon is buying huge quantities of rare books, scanning them for AI, and destroying them; a tracked Biblio order went to its Las Vegas facility (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I finally figured out what I dislike about AI art: human art becomes better upon inspection and reflection. AI art becomes worse.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
> @danprimack.bsky.social
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
You’d really think “acid rain” would’ve been the tipping point.
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Scam Ghouldin @gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The best edit I’ve seen in weeks, you absolutely have to turn the sound on for this one.
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Koreen Brennan @koreen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Jesus and the Holy Spirit like 😒
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/03/2026
Jerome Powell confirmed today that the causes of inflation and net zero job growth are Trump’s immigration policy, Trump’s tariffs, and Trump’s war in Iran.
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Ivan Drago from Rocky IV said “If he dies, he dies,” in the movie. Here, he speaks for US President Donald Trump about oil prices: “if they rise, they rise”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/03/2026
Special envoy for the shield
Photo of WWE’s Shield faction
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Read it again. We killed 85 schoolgirls this morning.
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
In 1997, Rick Rude appeared on both WWE and WCW broadcasts on the same night.
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Unpopular take: people who go to coffee shops specifically to carry out their zoom meetings in public should be charged with pre-meditated terrorism
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Just thinking how odd the convo for the term “sudden death overtime” had to go. “We need to make people feel like the stakes are crazy high! Sudden win just isn’t doing it.” Jet black haired emo intern in the corner: “sudden death” “Jesus, Carl….”
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
This is not writing. Do not let people express this delusion in your face.
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
They’d put Jesus on a plane to El Salvador so fast for that riotous “flipping over money changing table” business
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
You’d be amazed that I, a person not doing Nazi shit, does not get spit on during my daily routine. Something to consider.…
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Some thoughts: 1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1. 2. History professors are qualified nominators. 3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence. 4. He would be so mad.
nobelprize.org
Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org
A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I thought I remembered January 6ers having guns and getting pardoned. Completely forgot about this one.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 24/01/2026
It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bearwitness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/01/2026
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Just contacted my Federal rep and senator. Here’s how to find yours and let them know to abolish ICE: www.congress.gov/members/find...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We need Democrats who are willing to put their bodies and reputations on the line and understand this fucking moment. If you have the power, prosecute them. If you don’t yet, make that your mission until it’s done. I know it’s mine. This isn’t a drill. This is an emergency. Act like it.
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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Here is the newly-unsealed State Department memo confirming -- finally -- that the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was based on an op-ed. No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism. An op-ed in a student newspaper. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Action Memo for Senior Bureau Official John Armstrong
FROM:
SUBJECT:
CA/VO - Stuart Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(SBU) Revocation of Fl Visa for Rumeysa OZTURK
(SBU) Recommendation 1: That you approve the revocation of the Fl visa,
effective immediately, for
under section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA). Due to ongoing ICE operational security, this revocation will be silent;
the Department will not notify the subject. (Approve/Disapprove by
03/21/25)
Decision: [Approved] 
(SBU) Recommendation 2: That you authorize the transmission of the
attached notification to the Department of Homeland Security noting the,
immediate revocation of OZTURK's visa. (Approve/Disapprove by 03/21/25)

Decision: [Approved]

Background 
(SBU} On March 21, 2025, the Assistant Director of the National Security Division of DHS/ICE's Homeland Security Investigations referred to CA information regarding Rumeysa OZTURK, a Turkish national, for a possible determination by the Secretary that the alien is deportable under INA section 237(a)(4)(C). As a nonimmigrant visa holder, such a determination is not necessary for OHS/ICE to pursue removal of OZTURK from the United States, as INA section 237(a}(1)(B) provides that an alien is deportable if their nonimmigrant visa has been revoked under INA section 221(i).(SBU) Under INA section 221(i), the Secretary of State may at any time, in his discretion, revoke a visa.. This authority is delegated to you pursuant to Delegation of Authority 367-4. Department policy reflected in 9 FAM 403.ll~S(B) provides that a visa may be revoked in cases of a suspected ineligibility, when an individual would not meet requirements .for admission, or "in other situations where warranted."

(SBU) OZTURK was issued an F-1 visa on December 14, 2020, valid until December 9, 2025. According to information provided by OHS/ICE/HSI OZTURK is a post doctorate degree candidate in Child Studies and Human Development at Tufts University. On March 21, 2025, OHS/ICE/HSI referred information to CA indicating that OZTURK co-authored an op-ed in Tufts' student newspaper. In this article, the authors wrote, "Graduate Students for Pal'estine joins Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (TSJP), the Tufts Faculty and Staff Coalition for Ceasefire, .and Fletcher Students for Palestine to reject the ,University's response" {to a student government resolution). According to OHS/ICE/HSI, Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine was placed\\ on interim suspension 11 after it used images of weapons to promote a protest rally and urged members of the Tufts community to 'join the student intifada." OHS/ICE/HSI referral concluded that "OZTURK's involvement in these activities and associations with these groups may undermine U.S. foreign. policy by creating a hostile environment for Jewish students and indicating support for a designated terrorist organization."

(SBU) While OZTURK has been involved with the actions protesting Turfts' relationship with Israel, QHS/ICE/HSI has not, however, provided any evidence showing that OZTURK has engaged in any antisemitic activity or made any public statements indicating support for a terrorist organization or antisemitism generally. While the report implies a connection between OZTURK and the now-banned Tufts Student for Justice in Pa…OZTURK was involved in any of the activities which resulted in TJSP being suspended from Tufts.

(SBU) Through a search on March 21, 2025, on available USG interagency databases, CA/VO identified no reporting specific to OZTURK, and interagency vetting partners did not provide any response to OZTURK's 2024 visa application indicating the existence of derogatory terrorism-related information.

(SBU) OHS did not identify any alternative grounds of removability that would be applicable to OZTURK, including the ground of removability for aliens who have provided material support to a foreign terrorist organization or terrorist activity, and have not indicated whether it plans to consider termination of OZTURK's SEVIS registration. Although information provided by OHS/HSI/ICE does not establish any potential ineligibility for OZTURK, you may, in your discretion and in accordance with Department policy in 9 FAM 403.11-5(8), approve revocation of her F-1 visa effective immediately based on the totality of the circumstances presented indicating that revocation may be warranted.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
There's one foolproof way to gauge whether someone is a millennial or a zoomer: Ask them how they learned the difference between Iceland and Greenland. If the answer is from D2: The Mighty Ducks, you're talking to a millennial. Otherwise, zoomer.
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Live your life in such a way that your hall of fame votes don’t lead to Rick Porcello conspiracy theory text threads
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 12/01/2026
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 07/01/2026
Look at the glove compartment, full of stuffed animals and toys. That's the sign of a mom or an auntie who keeps little stuffies at hand for fussy kids.
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
These communities didn’t ask for this. This is being forced on them. I hope every ICE agent and leader who lied about the events is arrested and jailed.
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
So we had the ability to swoop in, steal the leader of a country, all because he was a “known criminal.” So…. We could‘ve nabbed Putin this whole time?
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Can Mamdani negotiate on behalf of Ukraine? Trump accuses Ukraine of ingratitude, officials meet on peace plan - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
This Nvidia earnings report might be the most consequential earnings report of my lifetime. Good luck out there.
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
NFL players who could still break out (according to my brain): - Joey Harrington - JJ Stokes - Drew Henson - Rashaun Woods
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
For those worried about govt overspending and the deficit, your tax dolkars are about to go towards a bunch of wrongful arrest settlements
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Chicago is so safe right now, so not a hellhole that it’s concerning. I’m riding a bus at 10 pm and there’s not one person doing anything weird. It’s a little tooooo calm….
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
It’s like some people (in fairly powerful positions) never attended one history class. Linda McMahon has her work cut out for her.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2025
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌒 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 06/10/2025
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
zeldawilliams 
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From Create Mode 
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.
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Nick Aiello @nick-aiello.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
what a place
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