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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In light of everything that’s going on
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17/09/2026
Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Obviously this is a hilarious and obvious lie but it's instructive in that Trump knows he's supposed to care about this thing, and manifestly does not and cannot care about it, and so he has to put himself into the story just to make it something he can talk about. He almost died that day!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/09/2026
The Pentagon is purging all trans people in the military. They're going after those who didn't even transition by searching through medical records to find any evidence someone had gender dysphoria. They're purging those who detransitioned to save their jobs. federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main...
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Pentagon searching medical records to identify transgender troops | Federal News Network
Military officials are using medical and personnel data to uncover troops with current or past gender dysphoria as the Pentagon moves ahead with separations.
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Better Call Paul @polyesterdmv.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘The most anti-union president’: how Trump turned his back on US workers
Labor experts stunned at how anti-worker Trump has been with actions since last Labor Day that have hurt unions
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Siege @tellumsiege.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Jesus returns but he falls in love with jeans and forces everyone to call him Jeansus Christ and he just travels the world giving sermons on how great jeans are.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
I hope people read Gloria Steinhem's criticism of white feminism.
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Gloria Steinem on "white feminism", racism and why white women voted for Trump
The feminist leader says the feminist movement should be for everyone - but that we need to be prepared to have difficult conversations about race.
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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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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/08/2026
I feel like 40% of my time is spent trying to figure out ways to make my back stop hurting
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Every now and then I use my dictator powers to make people come to my apt to read something they wrote or something meaningful to then and then I ask them questions about whatever it is, and then we all eat, drink, and talk about literature and art.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Yes, Trump pushing data centers, which have the popularity of watching a loved one suffer, WOULD help Democrats if Democrats weren’t also pushing data centers. Right now both parties are awash in tech and AI money, so all you get is bipartisan marketing and captured resistance.
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was an uncredited producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When she learned the only female producer was making less than her male counterparts, Dolly cut her a check for the difference, on the spot.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Democratic Party denounce ICE and genocide and the war in Iran and AI data centers half as much as you denounce an internet streamer challenge
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The truth isn't out there... it's right here.
Man scratching his head in front of a blue background filled with various codes with the words "Question Everything! Except for InfoWars, we are correct."
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Luis Paez-Pumar @lpp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Infantino has lost CONCACAF, time to pack it up, buddy: www.concacaf.com/competitions...
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Statement on behalf of Concacaf and its 41 Member Associations  | Concacaf
Statement on behalf of Concacaf and its 41 Member Associations
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
apparently a white nationalist volunteered as a spotter at the International Powerlifting Federation world champs and deliberately sabotaged Sonita Muluh's world record attempt, and then outed himself as such online. what an era www.instagram.com/reel/DbRNrD_...
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Nathaniel Massiah on Instagram: "Racism has no place in powerlifting, especially not when it’s putting lifters in danger 🙏🏽 @sonita_ml we’re all with you 🖤"
104K likes, 2,173 comments - nathanielmassiah on July 26, 2026: "Racism has no place in powerlifting, especially not when it’s putting lifters in danger 🙏🏽 @sonita_ml we’re all with you 🖤".
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“Racism is good and policy should be designed to reflect that principle,” couched in euphemism, is an acceptable opinion in the anglosphere leadership class but “racism is bad and policy should be designed to reflect that principle” is wokeness gone amok and unacceptable bsky.app/profile/okwo...
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AndaliteBandit @andalitebandit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Found this on Tumblr with the caption, "Saw a fire, stopped his car, got out and Madonna'd the fuck out of those flames". I want him carnally.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Chuck Todd shilling for a political prediction market like it’s college football is just so perfect and tells you everything you need to know about the kind of corporate media coverage that helped get us into this mess.
Chuck Todd on Twitter: Donald Trump Jr has incredibly long odds to be the GOP nominee in ‘28 on FanduelPredicts but there’s a reason I’d much rather bet on him than JD VanceChuck Todd caption over picture of JD Vance: “you can make money on that later”
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Who dares eat the sidewalk planter corn? A feast awaits the bold.
A couple of full ass cornstalks planted in a little sidewalk planter thing.Tiny little corn on the plant.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
New State Department report on foreign "subversion" is a virtual government blacklist that names 43 Americans + domestic orgs, including: - Mamdani - DSA - Hasan Piker - Amy Goodman Full list: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/after-poli...
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After "Political Terrorism" Event, U.S. Names 43 Americans + Groups
Rubio report on Cuban "subversion" names Zohran Mamdani, Hasan Piker, Ben Cohen + orgs like DSA and Amazon Labor Union
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
There’s something very dystopian about an authoritarian president letting the country know he’s planning on rigging elections and the main takeaway from people is either that he was boring or that they didn’t watch it. Everything feels so out of fucking whack right now.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Answered 11 questions about sports recently. open.substack.com/pub/elevenna...
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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Spain’s Nico Williams gave his mother, Maria, his World Cup winner’s medal after Sunday’s final ❤️💛 Nico's parents trekked some 2,000 miles across the Sahara from Ghana to Spain as refugees. Now, their son is a world champion 🥹
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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
If you haven't seen it yet, BBC's montage at the end of the World Cup was fucking tremendous www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Fi...
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BBC FIFA World Cup 2026 Closing Montage
YouTube video by Pick Six Productions Xtra
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Golden Goal @goldengoalmag.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Today is failure day on Golden Goal! First up, we have @zeets.bsky.social on Roberto Baggio, the Patron Saint of Football Failure goldengoal.world/2026/07/18/t...
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The Patron Saint of Football Failure - Golden Goal
When Roberto Baggio failed to save Italy in 1994, he saved the rest of us.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I've never said "X" in real life. As a writer, I only use it to say "X, the platform formerly known as Twitter" because I get paid per word and this earns me enough money for an appetizer
Someone on Twitter writes: "When was the last time u called it 'Twitter'"

They've attached two images: one is the original Twitter bird logo; the other is the new X logo
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 07/07/2026
I wrote about the lads
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The Worst Ending to the Best U.S. Men’s World Cup Ever
The vibes had been immaculate. Suddenly, they sucked.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Also, when people were saying that Trump couldn’t have pressured FIFA before the reports came out, I was surprised people had forgotten or chose to forget that his administration dropped an investigation against FIFA as a favor not too long ago. www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The World Cup is the most elaborate form of torture ever devised. It’s like Satan himself came up with it.
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joyeux noel @aiyaruk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 08/07/2026
"The attacks were four to five times more extensive than other strikes launched since the agreement to end the war was signed last month, the senior official said. The U.S. still considers the ceasefire in effect, the person said." .... what? www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes in Latest Threat to Fragile Ceasefire
Earlier the U.S. revoked a waiver allowing Tehran to sell oil, eliminating a key incentive for Tehran in interim peace deal.
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 07/07/2026
In better news, John Oliver's three-day stint/stunt as a corporate villain on legendary soap opera "General Hospital" appears to be going... fucking brilliantly?? I have watched this clip on a loop for like 20 mins I really, truly need to see the full episodes NOW
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Pearl Jam’s “Alive” turns 35 today. “The original story being told in the song is that of a young man being made aware of some shocking truths,” said Vedder. But after years of audiences singing “I’m still alive .. it’s like they’re celebrating .. They changed the meaning .. They lifted the curse.”
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
American celebrations of independence get it all wrong by focusing on the Founders. The actual spirit of revolution lies with the people who fight the powerful and it exists everywhere and cannot be destroyed, no matter how hard the wealthy might try. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/notes-on-t...
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Notes on the Revolution: Reflections on the U.S. at 250
The American mythology is evaporating. What's left is necessary reality.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
You have to think of it in the metaphysical sense, an effort to let the fates decide because the humans have shied away from their responsibility. They’re given an extra 30 mins to get a victory. And if not, then we invite the chaos of the universe to do what it will.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026
Gorsuch literally says as much as this in his Slaughter concurrence. He calls this the Constitution as originally intended.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It’s important to keep today’s birthright citizenship decision in context. First, SCOTUS left the status of a fundamental, explicitly articulated constitutional right uncertain for over a year all to affirm what was clear from the issuance of Trump’s EO. Birthright citizenship cannot be abridged.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/06/2026
there is no group of people who deserve quasi-suspect class status more than trans people. I swear to god, people need to read Carolene Products. They are a discrete and insular minority with zero political power as evidenced by the fact that they're being attacked left right and center.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/06/2026
I'm reading Kav's concurrence. He's an originalist—except when he's not. Because here he is advocating for a living breathing constitution. What a crock.
Kav: To spell that out: The Constitution is an enduring
document, and its principles were designed to, and do,
apply to modern conditions and developments. The original
constitutional principles do not change absent a
constitutional amendment, but the relevant principles—
both the rules and exceptions alike—must be faithfully
applied not only to circumstances as they existed in 1787,
1791, and 1868, for example, but also to modern situations
that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s
Framers.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
People, for the love of God, please stop treating birthright as some kind of sweeping victory. It was 5-4 on the constitutional issue. The dissent laid out a fucking ROADMAP for what Trump should do next. The court always gives Trump multiple bites at the apple WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU HAPPY ABOUT?
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/06/2026
Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are full of shit in their dissents in the birthright citizenship case. Give me two minutes, and I'll explain why.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Goddamn it. Kavanaugh also has the campaign finance case. 6-3, spending limits on dark money violate the First Amendment. Peter Theil's boy comes through for him, throwing WIDE the gates on the billionaire class buying elections.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Rufo has now primed Klein to accept the first step in the radicalisation pipeline of irrational fear over 'large-scale demographic change'. Klein is now openly affirming the 'concerns' underlying the Great Replacement Theory in The New York Times. Great job, Klein! You did it! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
But would you say someone who is, for example, hesitant about rapid, large-scale demographic change is just a 1 percent white nationalist?

No, I don’t believe that.

Yeah, because that would be like the majority of the country.

Yes. I don’t think it is a problem, or unfair, or even wrong, to worry about large-scale, rapid demographic change.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Ugh. Supreme Court rules in Slaughter, 6-3 that Trump can fire people from the FTC. But in Cook, Court rules 5-4 that Trump cannot fire everybody from the Fed. Roberts writes both majority opinions There's no real difference between the FTC and the FED other than Roberts likes the Fed.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
TMZ DC with perhaps the most brutal video from Trump's Great American State Fair, showing Dr. Oz on stage bragging to Dean Cain about how big the crowd is, only for the reporter to pan around and show absolutely nobody is there. Original post: x.com/i/status/207...
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Just a little piece of advice. The correct response or “messaging,” or whatever the flacks want to call it, to the UFC event is to call it pathetic. Because it is. All this bullshit is performative and reveals a bunch of fatally insecure men. You don’t need to counter it with more performative bs.
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