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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2h

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 2h

NYT: "What’s going well in the United States?"

What's going well in the United States?

"The judicial system"
Carrie, 55, Mich., white

"Jobs"
Andreia, 45, Va., Latina

"Innovation"
Reed, 37, S.C., white

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 3h

NYT Moderator, Kristen Soltis Anderson: "Let’s talk a bit about the federal government. What does the federal government do well?" Jordan, 34, white, (R), unemployed Provide complicated explanations for why it does what it does.

NYT Moderator, Kristen Soltis Anderson
"Let’s talk a bit about the federal government. What does the federal government do well?"

Jordan, 34, white, Republican, unemployed
Provide complicated explanations for why it does what it does.

Nina, 62, white, Republican, operations manager
Not all the people they’re helping deserve the help, but they do supply help to people who are needy, like vets. I think they could do better.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 3h

Sharing a bit of background about the "Broadview Six" case as we wait for this afternoon's hearing. I'll start with our "what to know" primer from this summer, published one month after the case fell apart. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

chicago.suntimes.com

What to know about the 'Broadview Six' scandal rocking Chicago's federal courthouse

High-profile cases are collapsing, judges want answers, and defense attorneys are calling for an investigation — and the possible prosecution — of Chicago’s top federal law enforcement official. Here'...

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 3h

I bookmarked it at the time... “It’s like talking to that wall right there,” Elgan said. “I’ve given them every fact and document known to mankind, and none of it matters.” Seems like a follow-up with some badly drawn characterizations is in order...

nytimes.com

A Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lies (Gift Article)

Cindy Elgan has overseen elections in rural Nevada without incident for 20 years, but now even her neighbors wonder if she’s part of “the deep state cabal.”

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 23h

“You walk down the street, and you assume you’re generally safe because of the law,” [Judge Schiltz] said. “It’s the rule of law. If you don’t have it, you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism. You have Russia or you have China or you have North Korea.”

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Terri Meadows @buckeyemama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Images of yesterday's Day 3 of the Nor'easter in LBI, NJ: #Nor'easter #LBI #NewJersey *Flooding much worse than Day 2 *Dunes were breached *Access to High Bar Harbor was cut off *The fishing vessels up so high due to the crazy high tides & flooding *The fish-on-ice bins floated away

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Grabbed this out of the bin based on the artwork and a whim. Still one of my favorite records 26 years later. #MainStreetJukebox #StroudsburgPA

The Avalanches first record
Since I Left You

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Got this at the record store on the recommendation of the girl that worked behind the counter: "I know you like your music a little dirty; you'll like this." She was right. #MainStreetJukebox #StroudsburgPA

Nathaniel Merriweather
presents
LOVAGE
Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By
avec
Michael Patton & Jennifer Charles

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Just got this little gem from 1985. The Wrestling Album featuring hits such as "Land of 1000 Dances", "Real American" and who can forget "Grab Them Cakes" by Junkyard Dog! I love the 80's." #MainStreetJukebox #StroudsburgPA

The Wrestling Album from 1985, featuring hits such as "Land of 1000 Dances", "Real American" and who can forget "Grab Them Cakes" by Junkyard Dog!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"with Claude, we will no longer need lightly stoned weirdos who work at record stores because they are neurodivergent as hell and some band you've never heard of but is about to change your life is their special interest" these tech bros really hate anyone who was cooler than them in high school

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Same. Also Main Street Jukebox in Stroudsburg Pa.

Casablanca brings together Dez Andrés, a Detroit DJ and producer with deep roots in hip-hop and house, and Victor Kiswell, a Parisian record digger with an incredible ear for rare sounds from North Africa and the Middle East.

The project started as a party built around those records. Now they've taken that spirit into the studio, mixing Arabic grooves with Detroit beats, soul, funk, and plenty of unexpected turns. Even the song titles pull you in: "Kifak Detroit?," "Bounce the Casbah," "The Egyptian Stevie Wonder."

This one was gifted to me from a customer who was passing through from Detroit.

This is the kind of thing I love about digging. You pick up a record because it looks interesting, and suddenly you've got a whole new path of music to follow.

Main Street Jukebox

4 days ago

It is a rainy Saturday and a perfect day to get lost in some deep grooves.

We are at the shop 10-7, come join us.

This one caught my eye with the cover, but the story behind it made me want to hear it even more.

Casablanca brings together Dez Andrés, a Detroit DJ and producer with deep roots in hip-hop and house, and Victor Kiswell, a Parisian record digger with an incredible ear for rare sounds from North Africa and the Middle East.

The project started as a party built around those records. Now they've taken that spirit into the studio, mixing Arabic grooves with Detroit beats, soul, funk, and plenty of unexpected turns. Even the song titles pull you in: "Kifak Detroit?," "Bounce the Casbah," "The Egyptian Stevie Wonder."

This one was gifted to me from a customer who was passing through from Detroit.

This is the kind of thing I love about digging. You pick up a record because it looks interesting, and suddenly you've got a whole new path of music to follow.

I've been really diving into world beats for a bit now and this one is just a perfect soundtrack to this gloomy morning.

Keep listening.

#everydayisrecordstoreday

#supportyourlocalrecordstore

#recordstorelife

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 30/09/2026

Jesus Christ Cornell

What use was it to bring the writer and activist Chanel Miller to campus in the spring just for fraternity brothers to scroll, bored, on their phones as she movingly shared her experience as Emily Doe, the victim of Brock Turner? As I wrote at the time, I was floored and dismayed as I sat in the audience with one of my brilliant undergraduates; we heard Miller’s shattering account of being sexually assaulted by Turner behind a dumpster at Stanford University after a fraternity party. Her talk was riveting, and there was so much to learn from it. And yet many of the male students who hailed predominantly from fraternities — 15 percent of each chapter was required to be in attendance — were so tuned out that Miller commented ruefully: “You know, this has been my hardest gig, because they didn’t turn down the house lights. I’m not sure how you professors do it, because it’s so hard looking out at this sea of mildly disgruntled faces. I mean, I’m sure you’re all very moved, but …,” Miller smiled. The implication being, it didn’t seem like it, from her angle.

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Jared Lipof @jaredlipof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There's long slow Curb-style zoom during Atlanta/Iowa reveal towards Katie Britt that ends here. (you can see she's seated to Schmitt's right)

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Christian Dawson @zeroand09.com · 29/09/2026

We live in the dumbest timeline.

A hasty painting of the Senate hearing involving Eric Schmitt, Ethan Harper, and Andrew Ceonzo. All are dressed in Tudor-era garb.

Schmitt is sat in front, painted like a French clown, wearing a blue jacket and white coffee filters round his neck.

Harper is sat in the back left with a pink and red doublet on. His face suggests he may have shat himself.

Ceonza is sat back right with a fur-lined black jacket atop a white blouse. His eyes are on point and those lips won't quit.

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

I have never seen Jack smile. I hope it happens more often.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:

unraveledpress.com

In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations

Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

The trans women in sports panic has got to be one of the GOP's most successful manufactured culture war campaigns. Somehow they got a lot of people who would otherwise say they support trans rights to somehow fear "fairness" in sports. It's a non-issue.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 28/09/2026

“Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym." —Bill Nye, Science Guy.

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And shout out to the Gen Z guy who, during the Lost LA Q&A, brought up Ralph Story (1920-2006) and his wonderful #PBSSoCal show “Things That Aren’t Here Anymore” -> www.pbs.org/show/things-... #LosAngeles

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Things That Aren't Here Anymore

A nostalgic look at Southern California's past, things and places which no longer exist.

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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 28/09/2026

Has no one read Frankenstein?

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

tommoran3.substack.com/p/happy-with... “His most absurd claim was that he has protected Medicaid, when -- he voted for the Big Beautiful Bill, which contained the deepest cuts to Medicaid in history. Kean voted for the cuts in Obamacare subsidies that drove up premiums in New Jersey by 16 percent” 🤬

tommoran3.substack.com

Happy with the Iran War? Tom Kean is your man.

He also offers Netanyahu unconditional support, and says we should send ground troops to Israel if it needs help.

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A Witz @ajwitz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The message tonight was clear. Tom Kean Jr. will continue to tell boldface lies about his record and his goals while prioritizing his own wealth. @rebeccabennettforcongress.com is thinking about what will make this country better for the next generation and making America the best it can be.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pretty fucking rich of Tom Kean Jr. saying that his opponent won't break from the party line.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Joe Biden DRINK!! #NJ-7 CD debate

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Joe Biden DRINK! #NJ-7 Debate

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A Witz @ajwitz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tom Kean Jr. called out by the moderator for not knowing how tariffs work. @rebeccabennettforcongress.com: that’s Congressional power, clown.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now we know why Tom Kean Jr. doesn't speak in public. I thought he had depression, not a head injury.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My former colleagues, Mark Cane and Stephen Zebiak, were the first to successfully predict El Niño more than a year in advance in the late 1980s. Now we’re really good at it, and know the consequences. It’d be irresponsible for governments not to take action. Read this from my buddy Jeff Shaman.

nytimes.com

Opinion | The Super El Niño Comes Bearing One Gift: Time to Prepare (Gift Article)

There’s still time to prepare.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"You don't get to make art in a fascist state"

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Neil Young singing "Old Man" at 80 years old is pretty poignant. #FarmAid #FarmAid2026

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026

peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Man Who Saved The World. May his memory be a blessing.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Their Ads for Tom Kean J$ are super weird.

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pasadenastarnews.bsky.social @pasadenastarnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The L.A. singer-songwriter’s new album ‘Ride Lonesome,’ and its introspective predecessor ‘Sea Change,’ set the tone for a show that still found room for ‘Loser’ and a few of the fun ones.

pasadenastarnews.com

Beck delivers a thrilling ‘moody show’ at the Greek (and a surprise encore)

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