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Before The Claw

@preclaw.bsky.social
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At various points in life, an economist, game theorist, investment researcher, and data scientist; sometimes multiple at the same time. Girldad. Would like to leave the world better for me having been here, still working out how.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 17h
NEW AD: Introducing SCANDUEL! The only betting app where you can parlay Ken Paxton’s scandals — and get paid! Here’s a tip: Always bet that he did the thing. 💰
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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 23h
Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
lmao
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Black-and-Gold @blackandgold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Let Dennis Hastert's lasting legacy be that half your replies were crushed to hear Dennis Haysbert died, reread the post and went "oh Dennis Hastert, never mind fuck that guy"
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/10/2026
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
ITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri...
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Before The Claw @preclaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Not even a PIP before it happened. www.businessinsider.com/shivon-zilis...
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Neuralink exec Shivon Zilis posts that her relationship with Elon Musk ended 'with no warning'
Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis wrote on X that she went "from in love to let go in a week."
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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Growth in FRED users well above 20% *per year* for 30 years. That's impressive!
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
in order to help advance you all toward escape from the wheel of samsara, I would like to tell you that Aella has a new pro-natalist 'dating' service www.knockrup.com
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Knockr — Coming Soon · Knockr
Knockr — a directory of women looking for a donor to help them get pregnant, on their own terms.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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moonbird 𓅇 ☾your dreams matter☽ @moonbird.us · 30/09/2026
"What if a bunch of circles blew on me?" is the question I now realize I've failed to ask, to my horror.
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Before The Claw @preclaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New @mcmansionhell.bsky.social www.patreon.com/mcmansionhel...
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what is going on with ceiling fans | McMansion Hell
Sometimes new design phenomena slip past even those of us who are most in tune with the happenings of the built environment. Such is the cas
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Adam L @adam-lg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This place has far less robust mechanisms to fight misinfo compared to X or threads. The value of the "community notes" mechanism was the correction was *right there*, you didn't have to wade through replies/quotes to find it. Really seems like a failure for a "Twitter replacement."
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Before The Claw @preclaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@bencollins.bsky.social and @adam-lg.bsky.social, I feel like this one is for both of you.
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jordan! @jordanjamboree.pittbert.gay · 27/09/2026
I think a lot of online leftists need to internalize that Zohran is a successful socialist is because he's not a hostile dickhead
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
so called free thinkers when mommy takes the warm soft sheets out of the dryer
orange cat asleep under a navy blue pillowcase
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
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Before The Claw @preclaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My wife looks away when they happen, she can’t bear to watch them.
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 27/09/2026
“You’re a hard man, Bud.”
“You’re a hard man, Bud.”
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 23/09/2026
Impeach all the liars who said they had conversations with him, after you impeach his propped-up corpse.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Before The Claw @preclaw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/pash...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
Beyond parody: "At the strong request of the Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers..."
At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, planned since the Civil War Era many years ago, at the Receptive Circle adjoining the Arlington Memorial Bridge, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage. There will be no facility like this anywhere in the World. Out of the 59 top cities and Capitals, Washington, D.C., IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A TRIUMPHAL ARCH, but it will now and, by far, the greatest of them all! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows a brain. The brain is saying "I'm 30 and YOUNG! I only recently fully developed!"
The second panel shows a heart. The heart says "I hear ya! I can keep going for DECADES more!"
The third panel shows a spine's face. It weakly says, "I am old".
We zoom out and the spine is using a walker. It continues, "so very old".
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
been thinkin about how robots are gonna kill us
Scratchy drawing of a two panel comic.
Panel 1: 
Titled:“How we thought robots would kill us”
A robot shoots a human to death with a gun. It screams “Die flesh sack”

Panel 2:
Titled “How robots will actually kill us”
A MediBot is injecting something into a humans arm. The bot says “Whooops. I injected you with cancer instead of insulin. That’s on me”
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Me in 2050: …and that’s how Macklemore became a civil rights icon. My son, Dale Jr.: Wow his music must’ve been incredible. Me: Dale Jr.: Like so many good songs. Me: Dale Jr.: Was he the A Change Is Gonna Come Guy? Me: Dale Jr.: Me:
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Before The Claw @preclaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I understand that it’s a signifier of bad taste on this website, I’ll say it: I enjoy Macklemore songs and turn them up when they come on the playlist.
I’m here indulging my public humiliation kink.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is cool— apparently @adamtranter.bsky.social transformed a street parking space into a parklet (mini park/public space), but the municipality removed it because it wasn’t a mother vehicle. So he did this. Nice job. And dumb interpretation by city hall. Via Marco Te BrommelStroet on LinkedIn.
Pictures of a mini trucka-like vehicle with a little park/park bench on the flatbed in the back. So essentially a mini park on top of a vehicle.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Can we all admit that he was cooking on this one? I like football and porno and books about war I got an average house with a nice hardwood floor Poetry
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Before The Claw @preclaw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@adam-lg.bsky.social
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Before The Claw @preclaw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It worked for me.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026
Trade xkcd.com/3290/
Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs
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Before The Claw @preclaw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You planning to save the seeds from the hottest pepper to breed up something even hotter?
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JM =^D @jm539581.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The man on the left dropped the ball... but the man on the right has a Supersonics hat with a "Caucasians" shirt on.
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is a very annoying national accounting brained “well actually”, but the right way to calculate corporate profits is real nonfinancial unit profits per unit of real nonfinancial gross value added, which strips out relative size effects of the corporate sector, offshoring, and financial profits:
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Joshua Erlich • @joshuaerlich.bsky.... • 15d
• Joined May '23 @ Rogue the low information voter is both much dumber and much smarter than you could possibly imagine in a way that cannot be gamed out and can only be conquered by genuine enthusiasm, regardless of whether that enthusiasm is for ethnic cleansing or seizing the means of production
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In the american context communism is mostly unrelated to economics. Any progressive redistributive policy is communism, as is any egalitarianism of race, gender, or sexual orientation. Integration is communism, women in the workplace is communism, marriage equality is communism. It's deeply stupid.
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
SCTV!
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Sctv Bob And Doug Mckenzie
ALT: Sctv Bob And Doug Mckenzie
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Finnish nature photographer Lassi Rautiainen followed a female grey wolf (Canis lupus) & a male brown bear (Ursos arctos) for 10 days. They played together, shared meals, napped together. Both were young adults. They appeared to be... friends? (📷: Lassi Rautiainen, www.wildfinland.org)
A brown bear and a grey wolf on a green grassy plain, both looking in the same direction, with strange wispy trees out of focus and concealed in fog in the distance.  The suggestion is of a land of magic where bears and wolves are friends.
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Before The Claw @preclaw.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
@adam-lg.bsky.social your kind of data center
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 23/05/2026
Recommended: this “Art of Noise” exhibit of items at the intersection of music and design. At the Cooper Hewitt in NYC. www.cooperhewitt.org/channel/art-...
R-72 Toot-a-Loop Portable Radio, 1971; Designed by Daisuke KajiwaraPortable radios over the years 
Famous Dylan poster from 1967Thilo Oerke and Rosita Tonmöbel, Rosita Vision 2000, 1971
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026
if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi
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Dan Mitchell @danmitchell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
There's a whole genre on Youtube devoted to inspectors pointing out everything that's wrong with poorly built backyard decks. This one's pretty funny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=opGs...
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New Construction DECK is HILARIOUSLY BAD!!
YouTube video by Rigid Inspections, LLC
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wint @dril.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
this is my main bull shit
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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 06/08/2026
done
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Tweet from dustin Couch (@Dustinkcouch):

doctor: i'm afraid i have some bad news

me: better than having fox news ;)

doctor: hahahaha :)

me: i'll be here all week haha :)

doctor: haha give or take
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
To O’Mara, the diet is not just a temporary means of losing weight but a way to eat for good. He has been doing it for 10 years, and credits it with turning his life around. At one point in our conversation he pulled up the Bristol Stool Chart, which ranges from Type 1 (“separate, hard pellets”) to Type 7 (“watery, no solid pieces”). O’Mara is consistently delivering Type 4 (“smooth, soft, like a snake”), with pointed ends, indicative of healthy rectal function, he told me. “When you start eating healthy, you don’t need toilet paper,” he claimed. “Animals in the wild have no residual stool on their anus.” He described a proper bowel movement to me this way: odorless, wipe-free, over in three to seven seconds and “nearly orgasmic.”

“I could have a bowel movement behind a sheet at a dinner party in the corner of the room,” he said, “and nobody would know.”
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