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Pete Rhomberg

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K-8 curriculum developer. Milwaukee YIMBY in Riverwest. Cohost of “Did You Do Your Homework,” a monthly pop culture podcast. @dydyhpodcast

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 20h
You have to accurately assess the problem to create proper solutions
Screenshot of article which reads: Partisan polarization is not the greatest threat to American democracy. 
It is a vivid and identifiable symptom of the real threat. And it is a popu-
lar frame because it blames no one. But because political polarization is 
a symptom, and not the root of the problem that ails us, “fixing” polar-
ization will not restore American democratic health.
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Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social · 18h
"One of the darkest movies ever made"? Looks like Disney's Inability or Refusal to Properly Light Their Movies will return in Avengers: Doomsday.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 20h
At a really fundamental level Leo XIV is just a person with sound, well-reasoned, moral stances on the world and how life should be lived who isn't afraid to say those things in public. That kind of person simply does not make sense to business leaders and politicians for whom speech is convenience.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 21h
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 21h
We've read 246 books this year with Z. This is revolutionary!
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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 23h
If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.
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Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social · 20h
The anti-Crowley ads are a great example of this. They're able to twist the fact that Milwaukee has been sucked dry by the state for two decades into a sign of mis-management.
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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 21h
Republicans don't actually want Milwaukee to succeed. They want to deprive it of resources, deprive it of funding, and then point their fingers and blame the city for the challenges they've chiefly caused. They don't want a thriving city. They want a political punching bag.
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I think it is crucial for the health of the Democratic party that the entire consultant class from previous administrations, including and especially Clinton, be told to go home and stop bothering people. They are wrong about everything and have been holding the party back for decades.
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A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rewatched the perfect movie ALIEN last night ahead of catching ALIENS on 70mm tonight. Brett and Parker are such labor-conscious kings. No out-of-title work, advocating for fair compensation... they'd be union leaders if the alien didn't get their asses.
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Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Since Gingrich and the 90s, "compromise" has meant "Democrats give up something to appease an abusive GOP." These days, it's pure nonsense to even speak of "coming together." The GOP is actively, openly, and aggressively opposed to anything other than perpetual one-party rule.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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The Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too
The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's astonishing just how committed this SCOTUS is to burning its own institutional legitimacy to the ground.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this kind of policy is going to primarily help single parents. single parents, particularly single moms, can use more help than almost any other category of people I can name. it's an inconceivably demanding job and i would love if my tax dollars helped make it easier.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mass shootings, multiple suicides, families torn apart by AI ‘psychosis’ and now his tech is hacking governments around the world.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Economic issues not cultural wars' produces a party that both loses elections and abandons moral causes and vulnerable people. That’s not a theoretical argument—it’s the story of the Democratic Party of my entire adulthood." newrepublic.com/article/2159...
newrepublic.com
Why Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars”
Texas’s Gina Hinojosa and others slamming the party for focusing too much on so-called cultural issues are pushing a flawed electoral and policy strategy.
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Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I try to avoid Amazon, but I just bought: A coffee maker • baby nasal spray • baby nail brush • ice packs • a measuring cup • a 4k DVD Amazon says based on that, I might also be interested in: Zepbound WeGovy Two other weight-loss drugs I've never heard of A scale The algo is now just pharma ads.
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
it might be take a few election cycles to find someone who can rally everyone like trump did but it doesn't really matter, there's no "fever" to "break," this is just who the party is now. it's why you can't simply "turn the page" on trump or whatever dumb bullshit the losers are pushing now
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, I see angry young men online LARPing as Catholics, often for the aesthetic. They celebrate strength and hate the weak. The use slurs against the disabled and fantasize about enacting Crusader violence against their enemies. I wish the Pope would speak directly on this.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/09/2026
Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt theonion.com/mr-autumn-man-walking-…
Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
my theory about Broken Windows was always that the problem was correct (the windows are broken) but the *solution* was wrong (beat up the guys who broke them). bsky.app/profile/oluf...
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Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My favorite part of the Kiddo being up half the night with a fever? Definitely when the dog threw up on the bed.
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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Republicans' entire campaign against David Crowley is just this, over and over.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
on one hand this is good pushback and is needed. On the other hand, the political press being willing to play good lapdog and nod along while he abused literally everyone till such time as he started beating them too tells us a lot about the character of the people in that pool
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Treat enemies like enemies. Crypto is an enemy.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We gotta seize this dude and all of his enabler’s assets after this. He’s done too much damage. It’s not enough for these people to just sail away from this on a big boat. That’s our boat.
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Ryan 🦇 @pyry.lutefisk.online · 16/09/2026
meanwhile USDOT is trying to remove all references to alternatives to car ownership and defund programs that support it
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Nicolas Dream, PhD @afraidofwasps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Don't wanna make you feel old but The War of the Roses ended 539 years ago
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
if donald trump stole the constitution from the national archives and torched it on the white house lawn those two would say that clearly the president has the authority to do so
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We should start calling these Cronenburgers
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s very important to know you can just tell them their questions are dumb. It’s what Trump does! He’s been very successful at it! The media decided to stop asking actual important things to him because of it!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026
crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking.
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
100%. The notion that the President can conjure up revenue streams that free him from constitutional congressional control over spending is far more alarming than just another questionable spending proposal.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is the worst thing that’s ever been written but I do love the idea that rap music now represents a stifling all encompassing HR bureaucracy, I reject the Yin Yang Twins attempts to get me to dress in business casual clothing and spend all day in an office being lectured to
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wreckers and infighters are over-represented on this website. Elsewhere, the vast majority are meeting the moment by doing Popular Front. A good example is Stevens endorsing El Sayed in MI and Hong endorsing Crowley in WI.
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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
my worry about ai isn’t that it will become sentient, it’s that the cognitive impact of outsourcing critical thinking to computers combined with the proliferation of slop making it increasingly challenging to validate information will dissolve society’s already-tenuous grasp on consensus reality
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
To lose one strait may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There have to be so many prosecutions. This all can’t just be forgotten or papered over.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Lutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer funds
A top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Stop Making Sense” turns 42 today. Of his performance, David Byrne said: “You see this person in the beginning [of the film] who's kind of angsty, stumbling around .. And then, by the end, he's surrendered to the music and is fairly joyful .. He’s found a kind of community." 🙏🏼 “Slippery People”
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Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I just saw the score of the Brewers-Reds game last night. What.
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Minnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I would like the liberals screaming on social media about releasing the Epstein files to read the material that has been released where Jeffrey Epstein very deliberately talks about his plan to engineer right wing politics around transphobia in order to conquer greater society
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