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@owenjmichael.bsky.social
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newsman, sporto Angeleno from Chicago(land)

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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just tryna watch college ball & not be assailed by anti trans garbage people ads
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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Amid all Ditka’s accolades today let’s not forget he wouldn’t let Walter Payton rush for a Super Bowl XX touchdown - a tragedy - & it was Buddy Ryan (another real asshole) who gottem there. And Ditka was a Trump supporter, so … anyway Go Bears Forever
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The future of personalized media
Multiple John Malkovich from Being John Malkovich
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
VOTE NO on Pro 75 (the 'TAX DRACULA' bill.) If we try to tax Dracula, he will simply move away to Texas.
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 07/10/2026
Arizona and Virginia, both of which are governed by Democrats, are ending Medicaid coverage of care for trans youth, Transitics has learned. The bans, which go into effect on October 13th, mark the most significant Democratic capitulation to Trump's anti-trans demands yet. Cowards.
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Democrat-led Arizona, Virginia Quietly End Medicaid Coverage of Care for Trans Youth, Acquiescing to Trump Demands
The policy changes, which go into effect on October 13th, see Arizona and Virginia join Kansas as states where Democrats have needlessly opted to restrict Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Once you start conceding ground to the “protect sports” angle in order to win an election you’re not fighting for anyone’s rights
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The time to push candidates toward more progressive policies is NOT after they get in office. It’s before. We have to look out for everybody. That may include a type of person that is not in your life!
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
calling in sick to the kickflip factory and confusing everyone as to whether i'm coming in or not
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Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Gov Gavin Newsom over the weekend vetoed legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state." He was "worried about constraints on the governor's power to approve extraditions". www.ebar.com/story/170505...
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Newsom vetoes bill aimed at protecting providers of transgender care
Governor Gavin Newsom used his veto pen over the weekend to ax legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state.
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
TRUMP ON IRAN: WAR WILL END SOON
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 15/09/2026
btw you can get this gorgeous art on a t-shirt: theflytrapmedia-shop.fourthwall.com/en-brl/produ...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
No one in the government is saying where Trump’s 660 million pounds of importedmeat are coming from, so you might want to avoid hamburgers for a while, unless you grind your own beef.
The cuts of meat covered by Mr. Trump's proclamation aren't fresh sirloins, rib-eyes and filets. They're lean beef trimmings that will be added to fattier American cuts to make ground beef. They're small chunks of frozen meat that could have been kept in cold storage overseas for years. They are the quintessence of generic industrial meat, imported here to be subsequently processed in massive grinders that combine pieces of tens of thousands of cattle from multiple countries, mainly into fast food hamburgers.One of the worst food-safety scandals occurred in Brazil, the world's largest exporter of beef. In 2017, the Brazilian federal police raided nearly 200 meatpacking plants after allegations that government inspectors and politicians were being bribed to allow the sale of contaminated beef. Rotten meat treated with ascorbic acid and other chemicals to mask the contamination had been sold to hospitals and schools in Brazil and also exported. Executives at the Brazilian company JBS, the largest beef producer in the world, later admitted to bribing inspectors.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Me, eating yet another thin mint from the box: I’m terrified of what eating another cookie will do to society, if I eat another cookie society will collapse, my only option is to continue eating cookies because if I don’t do it someone else will
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The messaging is so weird, that the federal government has enough money to just issue every American $5,000 today if the president wants to, BUT ALSO, no, he doesn't want to right now (only if the GOP wins).
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
. @izzymirez.bsky.social @chularadio.bsky.social and I are starting a newsletter for ICE coverage. I'm working on the first draft. I will be talking about the Daily Memo, what's been happening, and also important info, stories, and reporting. Sign-up lataco.com/newsletters
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dillo saint dillo @dillo.media · 23/08/2026
dudes will always find a way to rock
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Rename it the Obama Nobel Peace Prize Ballroom. Melt all the gold and give it to Dreamers. Turn the main room into a community center, abortion clinic. Make all the bathrooms gender neutral. Prosecute every donor for bribery.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
At any point in the last decade a journalist could have followed up with a "what the fuck do you mean by that" And they don't, not a single "what the fuck are you talking about" followup in over a goddamn decade of this.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...
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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Speaking of the eagles...
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@emilystjams

Gender isn't binary, except for the two (2) shows about soccer. The boy show (Ted Lasso) is about what happens when boys play soccer (crying), and the girl show (Yellowjackets) is about what happens when girls play soccer (murder). Both shows are accurate.
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Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I'll be honest: I have never decided not to take public transit because it is too expensive. when I decide not to take public transit it is because it is too slow or too infrequent or too logistically complicated or does not serve the places I want to go
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption
Within hours, the White House agreed the patient surveys painted a clear picture, the people said. In an internal call, the White House aides approved statements from the public health agencies for public release — though they still only identified Taco Bell as linked to the outbreak, without naming Taylor Farms specifically.
Taco Bell moved first, releasing a statement. While it did not explicitly name Taylor Farms it said it believed "public health is a shared responsibility among restaurants, their suppliers, and authorities, and we are proud to have consistently acted quickly and proactively to protect our guests."
The agency updates on the outbreak were finally posted after 10 p.m. New York time - hours behind schedule - and also omitted directly naming Taylor Farms or saying if the company would recall products.
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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Celery is life
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🧊✈️ USA TRAVEL WARNING 🚨 ⚠️ We have received multiple reports from different airports & airlines of plainclothes ICE agents using TSA passenger manifest data to identify, locate, and capture targets as they attempt to board domestic flights 😲 Denver – Southwest – 21 July 👀
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622 likes, 37 comments - adantzker on July 21, 2026
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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Let’s get some Memento tattoos for Politico writers
Politico: “Still, some are hopeful that the president’s latest threats are a means to get Iran back to the negotiating table. Mediators passed to Iran a proposal to deescalate the war with the U.S. that would establish a 10-day ceasefire in an effort to revive the agreement reached by the two countries last month, Reuters reported on Monday.
Those in that camp balk at the idea that Trump would put boots on the ground to, say, seize Kharg Island, as the president has in the past suggested.”
Politico: Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday there could be briefings this week with administration officials on the latest developments in the war with Iran, but no meetings have been scheduled.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 19/04/2024
Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”
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God @thegodshow.com · 19/07/2026
Congrats to Spain on winning the World Cup! Trump cut off trade to Spain a few weeks ago. He also gave $20 billion to his fascist buddy Javier Millei who runs Argentina. Everything he touches turns to crap.
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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Check out this Apple News ad, these 2 look government and trustish
AI dondon & jaydee
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
no one wants to consider my insane pitch which is to eliminate timezones across the planet so we’re all on the exact same time and force everyone to change their conception of what a day is
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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Standard over Saving Forever
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alkali @alkali19.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
is it possible that only Peppermint Patty is correctly evaluating Snoopy
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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This scotch-full sack of potatoes was always just a place holder between bovino and dean cain
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 13/07/2026
ICE and CBP have lied about EVERY shooting they've perpetrated. 100% of them.
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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This Timotheeee adidas NYC soccer rulers ad series needs a rewrite
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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Thierry Henry positively animated, finally
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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
France really is a beautiful machine in this World Cup - most likely they meet Argentina in the final but the (hopeful) match against Spain will be the best demonstration of the beautiful game this tournament
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Just Another Apocryphal Mess @apocryphalmess.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I swear, "a pope from Chicago excommunicates a Nazi-adjacent sect" is like a cut scene from The Blues Brothers
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The future Pope Leo XIV firing up the grill.
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE, WITH A BUNCH OF SCRAPS
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It’s important that cable and network news start bringing on leftists to talk about this moment. Their perspectives are infinitely more important than those of folks like David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart, who didn’t see this coming, fought it, and don’t understand it.
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owen michael @owenjmichael.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Those Mexico jackets are rad
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
the “made in America” booth
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Maybe they shouldn't have fired all their editors, just a thought
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Reminder that this act would require EVERYONE to get checked for age verification Government and Companies could not be happier to use kids as an excuse to spy on you
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