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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 17h
In July, I went to the NFL Flag Championships in Indiana to see the enormous boom in youth flag football in person. Turns out, girls love ball. My story leads off @bloomberg.com Businessweek’s November issue on women’s sports. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen Girls
The sport has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic. Next up: The Olympics and a college campus near you.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 6h
This is why I bring up the fact we make jails and prisons into spaces for our entertainment. The titillation is the specter of someone being raped and/or stabbed and it’s a source of content across prestige, mainstream, and less formal entertainment.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7h
The US has a long history of suffering and death as public spectacle and the administration has been tapping into that vein of US tradition since their return.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 6h
The funniest thing on here this afternoon is the people who are responding to news of a televised lynching with “omg, I feel like I live in some foreign country”
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 8h
Jane Doe, who was allegedly sexually assaulted in 2024 at Cornell University, is facing death threats and swatting - resulting in police pointing guns at her family.
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Cornell’s Jane Doe is ‘terrified’ after death threats and a swatting incident, her lawyer says | CNN
One month ago, the woman now known to America as Cornell’s Jane Doe was living in New York City and trying to break into the hotel industry, her lawyer says. Now she’s facing threats and hiding out at...
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 8h
As completely deranged and fucked up and wrong as he is, I gotta say it is stressful to have the damn president of the United States constantly attacking my state of Minnesota, sending violence, calling for violence, putting all lives at risk, killing our neighbors. Like it really takes a toll.
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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 8h
The president of the United States is inciting a fucking pogrom.
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Steven Godfrey @stevengodfrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Take a second today and check out @fmckindra.bsky.social on his reckoning with Arkansas fandom as a gay black man, and the story of E. Lynn Harris (which I certainly didn't know about) arktimes.com/food-and-cul...
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Can a Black gay man still call the hogs? - Arkansas Times
White heteronormativity has long dominated the University of Arkansas. What does that mean for Black gay Arkansans?
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 15h
do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life
flyer on a pole reading 

I CAN CHOP ANYTHING 
WOOD TIRE STRONG WOOD
(with action photos)
$400 REWARD for bringing me something I CANNOT CHOP 
chopping is how I keep my mind thinking good Thoughts
(contact info9
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
we do not have to live this way.
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For The New York Times, I wrote about how Rod Serling create The Twilight Zone in part because it was the only way in the 1950 and 60s for him to comment on the subjects he cared about most, and how that's a good blueprint for contemporary media to deal with our surreal current moment:
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Opinion | ‘The Twilight Zone’ Created a Blueprint for Surviving Our Surreal Moment (Gift Article)
With “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling created a durable blueprint for understanding our surreal reality.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
super high guy on the street looks at me and goes—where am I? Is this the end of the rainbow? and I said I don’t know man, that’s the US Capitol over there And he just goes “oh shit then no”
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Playboy @playboy.com · 15h
From Erin Harson in "You’re Next" to Grace MacCaullay in "Ready or Not," there’s something just as alluring about the last woman standing after confronting the main villain. Our ranking of Final Girls as we get into spooky season:
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The Best “Final Girls” in Horror History: A Playboy Ranking
We asked Reddit to weigh in on their favorite final girls. Here's what they said.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16h
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The Holei Sea Arch, a Centuries-Old Hawaii Wonder, Crumbles Into the Pacific (Gift Article)
A tropical storm was moving through the area when the 90-foot lava rock formation disintegrated, the National Park Service said.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
A lot of people are struggling right now. Including your queer and trans fam, and your artists friends, and the people who are both. The mental health pressures are real and the consequences are potentially devastating. Check on your people. Let them know how much you love having them around.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 07/10/2026
According to MIT News, Margaret Hamilton died at the age of 90. "A profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program". This famous photo 🔽 inspired the For All Mankind character Margo Madison.
Margaret Hamilton, but the famous 1969 photo that inspired the For All Mankind character Margo Madison is in the quoted post.
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Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Earlier this year, I was fortunate to spend a few hours talking with Heather Langenkamp about her time with Wes & with the NIGHTMARE movies. Here’s part of that conversation: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/wes-tober-he... Open to free & paid subscribers- shares greatly appreciated! 🖤
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Wes-tober: Heather Langenkamp Reflects on How A Nightmare on Elm Street Changed Horror and Her Life
Exploring horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
LIVE: Christa Pike’s Lawyers Appear Before Tennessee Judge After Failed Execution www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Christa Pike Live Updates: Judge to Hear From Her Lawyers After Failed Execution (Gift Article)
Lawyers for Ms. Pike, a condemned murderer who survived two doses of an execution drug last week, want access to their client and the preservation of evidence.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 07/10/2026
a “banana republic” is precisely when the political system is dominated by overweening corporate interests
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I fear that any midterm “mandate” angry voters give them will be squandered on dinner party invites instead of building the accountability regime people are desperate for and are putting their bodies and lives on the line to get.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In addition to spending less money and making fewer new grants, SBE also dramatically narrowed where it made those new grants. Areas such as economics, sociology, and archaeology received few to no grants.
Grantmaking gutted
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) awarded far fewer new awards than typical in fiscal year 2026—just 91. (The fiscal year runs from 1 October to 30 September.) Most of the new grants focused on cognitive science and artificial intelligence, in alignment with White House priorities; offices that support fields such as economics, sociology, and research ethics, as well as postdoctoral fellowships, awarded no grants at all.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 06/10/2026
I wrote this story bc I was frustrated at the lack of discussion about the Mohegan Tribe in mainstream coverage of the Sun’s sale. I had to pitch it around for nearly a month before my editor at The Guardian finally said yes. Native stories deserve to be told & Native voices deserve to be heard.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Like it or not this what Maine Guys actually sound like. Might sound like shit to you, but this is a Meryl Streep-level performance for guys from Maine with this voice and personality.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 07/10/2026
For those struggling with the constant foghorn of despair that is social media in 2026, a timeline cleanse: Jennifer Kent's 2005 short film MONSTER (later to become the feature film THE BABADOOK), starring drag, burlesque and hula hooping superstar Trash Vaudeville in the title role ❤️
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Monster - Jennifer Kent
A single mother battles her son's fear of a monster in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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luigivercotti.bsky.social @luigivercotti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the people you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read. .. Even people who don’t use Muse are subject to this mapping process by other people’s Muse agents.” @time.com $META time.com/article/2026...
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
spirit fans look away
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
Launched in May, “the page uses data from customers’ activity to generate details about them in categories like Product Preferences, Interests & Hobbies, and Home & Family, which Amazon then uses to personalize users’ product experiences.”
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'Has flat buttocks,' 'cusses when scared': Amazon keeps shockingly specific customer profiles. Here's how to find yours
Amazon's new 'About you' page lists many assumptions about shoppers—like their favorite brands, their hobbies, and the shape of their bodies.
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Jason Anderson @jasondcsoccer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Apologies for saying it so often but so much of what gets people to latch onto club soccer in the US rests entirely on people doing things for free
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Daily bunny no.3463 is going to fix the place up
Two bunnies go through the ruins of a small stone house of sometime. The building is ruined and has no roof. One bunny looks through the top window, assessing the damages.
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is being passed around as a total misrepresentation of what he said. Trump was saying - as he often does - that costs for Americans are a small price to pay for preventing Iran from getting nuclear missiles. He was saying ‘let them take out LA or SD’ as an example of what could happen then…
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Apropos of this: if you’ve never read Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America,” there’s a DC tour guide, Mr Taylor, who for me is one of the most indelible and quietly heroic characters in modern literature.
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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One giant clam contains a month‑by‑month diary of the Great Barrier Reef's climate 200 years ago share.google/uKhZQb9kkmEp...
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One giant clam contains a month‑by‑month diary of the Great Barrier Reef's climate 200 years ago
When you swim through the azure waters of the Great Barrier Reef, there is one creature on the seafloor that's almost impossible to miss: the giant clam. Its huge, fluted shell frames a soft mantle sh...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The approved 2026 Chicago Public Library (CPL) total budget request is $169,257,813, which includes an operating budget of $103,966,346. [Just thought I would leave this here]
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"my weird thing cannot possibly be bad, as I happen to like it"
Lorenz told Wired this year that “I think caring about screen time is stupid. It's a waste of mental energy.” In the same interview she admitted to screen time of around 17 hours a day. Across platforms like X and Instagram, she regularly celebrates heavy social media use and castigates those who warn about addiction or the risks to young users. Lorenz’s repeated assertion is that content cannot create addicts:
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
more and more, as artists of all stripes are forced to become their own content creation/marketing machine to promote their art in addition to making it, I feel like Enya is the most famous musician who got it 100% right. we know nothing about her and it's great. just minding her own b in a castle
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John Harden @giantspecks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I have to share this excellent Pitchfork piece that re-appraises Enya. pitchfork.com/features/art...
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Enya Is Everywhere
How the unlikely star became a phenomenon hidden in pop-cultural plain sight, influencing a generation of groundbreaking artists.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026
this is a well-reported piece with an awful lot written between the lines, and one of the things that jumps out at me is just how ill-informed these people are. the trucker, his partner, his mother — they can’t even agree *amongst themselves* on a shared understanding of events
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
angel city are a very serious problem. have only lost twice since the break, have drawn with gotham twice and beaten san diego, utah, and washington while only conceding one goal in all of those games — today, against gotham.
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
taylor suarez does it again, subs on at 83' scores in 90+1
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Ham Roids 🎃 @anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
White people act like having any empathy for other groups is admitting fault and defeat, and it's intolerable to them. Even when they see a suicide, CECOT, kids forced to represent themselves in court, detention camps, a genocide- they just refuse to engage with anything but hostility and defense
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