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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 22/09/2026

Newsom is a dipshit, a thread:

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Jeff Rush @jeffrush.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT] How dare you call our President a delicious Cajun/creole dish! [JACK SMITH] Wait are you referring to the time I called him a Jumbo Liar?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Higher Education is not just about training workers, but also about training citizen leaders and good citizenship in part means thinking that the details matter, that getting them right matters, because it impacts some of your fellow citizens. "It only matters if job" is poison to citizenship.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

OK. I mentioned this before, won't belabor it, but this paragraph is art. I would wager a not-inconsiderable sum that Herodotus, Pliny the Elder, Augustine, and Lon Chaney have never been cited in a single paragraph before. (And hopefully never will again.)

Plaintiff has sued Wizards for $10M because he believes he created and exclusively owns the
idea for a “wereshark” and that Wizards has infringed upon his creation. By way of relevant
background, lycanthropic monsters – werewolves and the like – have been found in folklore and
fiction since antiquity. Hundreds of years before the Common Era, Herodotus wrote of the Neuri, a
tribe northeast of Scythia that would reportedly transform into wolves for several days once a year.
Herodotus, The Histories, 4.105 (circa 440 BCE). Werewolves continued to appear in folklore from
antiquity through modern times, and across a wide range of cultures. See, e.g., Pausanias, Description of
Greece, 8.2 (circa 160-180 CE); Ovid, The Metamorphoses, I 219-239 (circa 8 CE); Pliny the Elder,
Natural History, VIII.34 (circa 77 CE); Augustine, The City of God, XVIII.17 (circa 426 CE); King
Canute, Ecclesiastical Ordinances, c. 26 (circa 1020 CE); Anonymous, The Tale of Igor’s Campaign (circa
late 1100s) (Slavic folklore); Marie de France, Bisclavret (circa 1200); Völsungasaga, ch. 8 (circa 1250
CE) (Nordic folklore). Bram Stoker depicted Dracula as a werewolf in Dracula’s Guest. Werewolves
1 Plaintiff Lap-Sun Chan named “Dungeons and Dragons Wizards of the Coast LLC” as the Defendant, but Dungeons
and Dragons is a game published and owned by Wizards of the Coast, LLC, not a distinct entity.
2 See Chan v. Ramdhaney, Case No. 1:22-cv-03708 (S.D.N.Y 2022) 3 See Eng v. Podolnick, No. 1:14-cv-04675 (S.D.N.Y 2014) (dismissed for failure to comply with order requiring Plaintiff to
“file an amended complaint not containing the stricken portions or any other racist, anti-Semitic, or insulting language”).

came to the silver screen first in Werewolf of London (1935) and then Lon Chaney’s definitive
performance in The Wolf Man (1941), and have essentially never left it since. And animal
shapeshifting has not been limited to wolves. Greek mythology is replete with humans (or humanshaped gods) who transform into animals or monsters. In Tlingit folklore, Kóoshdaa are wereotters. Celtic mythology includes selkies (were-seals) and kelpies (shape-shifting water-horses that
live in lochs). DC Comics has featured numerous shark-human hybrids since its Silver Age,
including Guppy (a small-time criminal in Nightwing’s rogues’ gallery, first appearance in 2018),
King Shark (the son of a shark god and a human mother, first appearance in 1994), and Karshon (a
mutated shark, first appearance in Green Lantern 24, October 1963). Other examples abound.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15/09/2026

This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well, www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 11/09/2026

It’s time for me to make my yearly 9/11 repost about jokes and memory

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/2026

Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

America needs its boys to do musicals. Oklahoma! West Side Story. Maybe even Pippin.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

SCOOP: After the Census Bureau issued a highly unusual report tied to a President Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau’s parent agency, the Commerce Department, cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, @npr.org has learned www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...

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Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report

After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.

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Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Aaron Sorkin kicking himself for not working this into The West Wing

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One guy has a trifecta he's using to hide cops who killed our neighbors for protesting goons putting churro ladies in concentration camps. The other says stupid shit occasionally on a Twitch stream, where he spends like 90% of his waking time. I want my party's leader to fight only the first guy.

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Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Immigrants want to work, pay taxes, and establish a safe and stable life in the US? "Country's full. GTFO!" But do we have the capacity for 185 million more homes' worth of gas power generation? "You bet! Carbon is the smell of progress!!"

Text excerpted from the linked article:

In January, the group found that there were 97 gigawatts of gas projects in development exclusively for data centers at the end of 2025, a massive increase from just 4 gigawatts tracked in early 2024. Now, in an update to the research released Tuesday, the group says that as of mid-2026, that demand pipeline has jumped to more than 189 gigawatts. (A gigawatt can power roughly a million homes.)

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Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"Just buy your kids some books with millionaires' tax cuts. Simple"

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So, could a state declare its senator to be dead under state law and thereby force the office to be vacant? (Let's assume the deceased senator does not publicly object to this, but it's a different interesting hypo if they do.)

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I think it should be allowed—with repayment plus interest, because, as they have just shown, I did not purchase the item, I extended them a line of credit secured by the digital item. (I also didn't lease or rent anything, because there was no defined term where I had right of quiet enjoyment.)

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.

data4democracy.substack.com

Hook and Squeeze

How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you.

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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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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/07/2026

The most predictable progression in the world... Tip to reporters who don't want to look like absolute tools: don't report on what Musk *says* as if it means anything at all.

May 2025 story in the AP: Elon Musk says he will cut back on political spending after heavily backing Trump in 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he’ll be spending “a lot less” on political campaigns, a reversal that could be a setback for Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

NPR story: Musk to slow down political spending: 'I think I've done enough'

Elon Musk says he ‘got carried away’ in politics, defends DOGE

Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is jumping into the midterms with a huge investment in a plan to boost Republican voter turnout, Axios has learned.

Driving the news: Musk is resuscitating his dormant super PAC, America PAC, which spent more than $260 million to help get President Trump elected in 2024.

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The Post Cincy @thepostcincy.com · 29/07/2026

🆕📰 | Which MLS club is giving fans the best value in 2026? Combining ticket prices, home form, attendance, and more, @nixedroar.bsky.social dove into the data to find which team in MLS is giving fans the best value www.thepostcincy.com/stories/yz4q...

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Redbeard’s MLS Fan Value Index - 2026 Edition — The Post Cincy

Redbeard As the coasts are battered by heat waves and rising oceans, it’s a good time to live in the beautiful Mountain West. All the more so for fans of RSL , because the Sultans of Salt Lake (is...

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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Fresh off getting the SEC to effectively undermine shareholder proxy voting so they retain total control regardless of what they do, tech founders are turning their eyes to the franchise, highlighting yet another reason why you should be very wary of Dems trying to bring these guys into the tent

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Cutting money that provides food and health care but spending $300 million to permanently deploy the military to the streets of the capital in times of peace is tinpot dictator stuff

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 21/07/2026

Bill Maher is one of the dumbest motherfuckers alive.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

They want to be held in the highest regard -- a world filled with copaganda shows and Blue Lives Matter merch -- but they do not want to be held to the highest standards. Citizens must respect and revere the police, but when cops kill an innocent person, well, golly, that's just a big old oopsie.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

They're continuing to kill people because this administration has told them that the people they're apprehending -- and those who defend them -- deserve violence, that no amount of violence is too much, and that no matter how egregious the abuse, they'll never be held accountable.

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ICE agents involved in fatal Biddeford shooting, lawmaker says

It's at least the 11th fatal shooting involving an ICE or Border Patrol agent since President Donald Trump took office last year.

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

But talking about US military action that ultimately failed actually *is* honoring Graham’s legacy

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 10/07/2026

When someone saw a slave catcher in the area during the Underground Railroad, they would blow a horn to warn people and others would come out of their houses and blow their horns too. Just like we do with our ICE whistles We are part of a tradition of resistance and I think that’s beautiful

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

the egg price thing under biden was all fake lol

From mid-2022 to early 2025, the egg producers communicated with each other to coordinate bidding activity on a widely used pricing service, according to a complaint filed in a federal court in Iowa.
The complaint details instances of executives for the companies calling and texting each other in an effort to push prices higher.
Under the settlement, the state DOJ says the three companies must end their price coordination, adopt compliance measures and cooperate with

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'll tell you one thing, any Democratic 2028 presidential candidate who says they're going to "restore balance" and not fire every last Trump appointee on every commission on their first day in office doesn't deserve a single primary vote

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 29/06/2026

Friend, to a firework, your hands are the same. To a firework, your hands are bones and gelatin to be ripped through with incredible ease. Don't hold that lit firework, friend. Lite it safely and follow the manufacturer's instructions. That's how you have a safe and happy 4th.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

No, see, "overruled 90 years of precedent in order to expand presidential power" is the way *critics* describe it. *Your* side says: resisting intrusion into core executive functions, protecting the sanctity of the separation of powers, and acknowledging that the precedent has been whittled away.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

JD Vance made up a horrific and racist lie about a group of people, and now those people will be deported because the Supreme Court refuses to acknowledge, let along regard as disqualifying, the clear racial bias of this administration.

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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Is this the SINGLE WORST presidential response in history? I know he holds the top 100, but this feels like the gold to me.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This is a good point. The oligarchs, who if anything had it pretty easy under democracy, have thrown us to the fascist wolves. And they had another option. Let's remember that when reconstruction time arrives.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I enjoy hating competitive imbalance in the MLB, and it’s frustrating to see teams like, say, the Nats repeatedly refuse to keep and pay the good players they have. Teams with vastly different payrolls playing each other seems absurd, and I am tired of the Dodgers. But I agree with Mike. (1/)

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

My problem with the White House thunderdome isn’t that it’s “vulgar,” or “tacky,” qualities I often enjoy & terms which are often crudely classist when used pejoratively. My problem, as always, is the fascism. Don’t get distracted by taste, which is deeply subjective; it’s the fascism.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

As with everything that every Republican says these days, there are two interpretations: 1. It's a lie. 2. Taking it at face value is even worse. Here, it's a lie, Trump tried and failed to weaken their military. But at face value it's admitting war crimes, i.e. we only targeted civilians.

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Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

If you know a cheaper way for the President to hear his dead father tell him he's proud of him, we'd like to hear it.

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

One of my most important obligations as a parent is teaching my kids that the reason to be kind, generous, honest, and good is because it's *right* to do so and part of their basic job as a human being, not as a success strategy. Any utility benefit from it is entirely secondary

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