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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Count Basie performing on the set of Made in Paris (1966)

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Glad to see @lastweektonight.com take on health insurance denials and prior authorization. Hey, someone should write a book on that! Oh, wait, I did! If watching the excellent John Oliver piece rightly got you riled up, give my book a read for a comprehensive treatment www.amazon.com/Coverage-Den...

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Amazon.com: Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States: 9781009649810: Yaver, Miranda: Books

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here's the 27-page complaint just filed by CNN, MS NOW, and Politico challenging President Trump's categorical exclusion of those three outlets from the White House: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... As I explained this morning, this suit will succeed: www.stevevladeck.com/p/251-newsga...

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#1 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com

COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF against Steven Cheung, DONALD J. TRUMP, SUSAN WILES ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12686613) filed by Betsy Klein, POLITICO LLC, MS NOW Cable, ...

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation… Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”

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RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’

The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Isn’t it interesting though that Mike Johnson shrugs all this off as just provocative things said just to create a “persona online” from one of his ACTUAL NOMINEES FOR CONGRESS, but Hasan Piker, who isn’t running for anything, supposedly represents the entire Democratic Party.

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

RIP Bob Mackie, 1939-2026

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And GOP members of Congress are different how?

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Cultura @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Vincent Price's jacket. His tie! #DriveInMob

Vincent Price in a plaid dinner jacket with a satin or silk shawl collar and a tiny little tie. He is looking askance at Jim Backus.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026

Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wait, it wasn't the Delta Force/Seal Team 6 of vandals? I am much shocked.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Rogers was among Republicans who voted against the 2010 James Zadroga Act to fund healthcare for 9/11 first responders and survivors, which was used in part to treat and monitor 40,000 people… In committee, Rogers argued [the bill] “jeopardizes the financial health of the United States”

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Republican seeking to implicate Abdul El-Sayed over 9/11 voted twice against benefits for first responders

Mike Rogers has also helped kill other bills that would have provided healthcare to responders and survivors

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Deliberately crashing the American economy—costing American families well over $5,000 each—and then promising to pay those families back $5,000 but *only if* they keep letting him abuse them and the country for two more years... ...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

you can be arrested if you give water to people waiting on line to vote

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This ought to make the contempt hearing against Missouri Secretary of State Hoskins in the Missouri Supreme Court (which starts in 27 minutes) that much … spicier.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Darwyn Cooke wanted to thank me for raving online about NEW FRONTIERS. He said I had a choice. He had drawn a huge headshot of Black Canary for me. Huge. I could take that as a thank you, OR any page of original art from New Frontiers. My head almost exploded. Talk about Sophie’s Choice!

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

He is insane. This is insane. The whole thing is insane. Yet the press just pretends it’s not.

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

These religious leaders were arrested for protesting ICE. Looks like fascism to me. This was in Vermont

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

""What did he study? “Philosophy and theology. A teacher in high school said, there’s no money in that, and I said: ‘Sir, that’s disrespectful. That’s insulting, because not everybody’s about money.’" he's one of us!

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‘I don’t chase the dollar. I never did’: the astonishing hidden life of Mr T

He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I don’t talk as much about my work on military justice issues, especially my litigation efforts on behalf of servicemembers. But this is a really cool recognition of that work, and I’m grateful to the National Institute of Military Justice for the honor.

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

NEW: A US judge blocked the Trump administration from carrying out for now the president’s latest effort to impose new limits on automatic birthright citizenship after losing an earlier legal fight before the Supreme Court www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Ruling: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Do any of these fucking people have any self respect at all?

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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 02/09/2026

I really enjoyed this book! I even blurbed it! If you're a fan of the show, this one's for you.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Meanwhile, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, under threat of a far-right party winning state power.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

while milo gets to chit chat on TV with clear access to safety and basic needs, the US is flying untold numbers of immigrants to unsafe countries of origin or other countries where they don't speak the language or know anyone.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As somebody who grew up during the era in which there was a massive public push to reduce teen pregnancy, it’s absolutely wild to me to see people on Fox News now complaining that not enough teens are getting pregnant.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Really atrocious framing by WaPo.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It’s amazing how fast some people discover basic morality once they’re treated shittily by power.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

NEW: Plaintiffs have filed their opposition to DOJ's stay request in the USPS rule case, noting the lack of jurisdiction b/c it's a TRO and the merits questions, but also raising the whistleblower report disclosed by Blumenthal today. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Regardless, Defendants have not made a strong showing that they are likely
to succeed on appeal. Congress has not delegated any authority over election
administration to USPS, and the Rule cannot be construed as anything but interference with the mechanics of each state's voting system. Nor can USPS rely
on its general rulemaking authority to create new categories of nonmailable
materials absent congressional authorization.
Nor have Defendants shown that waiting a mere few days for a preliminary-
injunction ruling will cause them irreparable harm. By contrast, Plaintiffs, their members, and the public will face the irreparable harm of placing millions of Americans' ability to vote in November at imminent risk and impairing the core
missions of Plaintiff voter-service organizations.

According to a newly disclosed whistleblower report submitted to the U.S.
Senate, the new USPS systems implementing the Rule face potential "catastrophic failure," due to "rushed implementation, unclear requirements, and no meaningful testing." Anonymous Whistleblower Disclosure to Senator Richard Blumenthal at
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4, 7 (August 30, 2026) (Whistleblower Rep.). ' What is more, USPS's ballot-verification process will reject batches of ballots in their entirety if even a single barcode fails to properly scan, threatening to "delay ballots by the thousands in repeated verification cycles" and preventing "states from mailing enormous numbers
of ballots." Id. at 1-2, 10-11; see 91 Fed. Reg. at 54991 (§§705.24.4.2(d), 705.24.5.1,
705.24.5.3).

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This has been true for awhile. The entire GOP apparatus and content and outrage machine doesn't really work when they're in power. Everyone makes far more money and grifts far easier when democrats are running things.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

i-- i promised I'd walk the kids to school but i will be doing it on a cloud of gratitude. thank you all, and special thanks to Amal for accepting on my behalf, and congratulations to every single person on this list!!!

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Congrats @alixeharrow.bsky.social for wining the Hugo for best novel!!!!!!!

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I want an impeachment hearing where trump has to watch a series of a.i. videos and testify as to whether he believes they really happened

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This thread hurts my heart to read. I have known three children who transitioned in my life, all who suffered profoundly until they were made free to live as they knew themselves to be. Once you have seen the difference it makes to be supported in that, you will never forgive those who strip it away

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 31/08/2026

Me reading psychology: sheesh people should really be more precise in their language. Me reading analytical philosophy:

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Not Like This

Alt: Matrix: Not Like This, not like this

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

August 31, 2026: Exactly two years (731 days) from retirement. Also, one day from the start of fall semester, so this is the last chance to start on my summer to-do list!

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

we have always been at war with east aflac

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Downgrade a movie: Lieutenant America

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Cultura @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Furies, Cat Demon Ladies and noticing red flags safely--The Gutter's own Carol Borden has more thoughts on the Surrealist slasher movie, A Wounded Fawn (2022), and Kaneto Shindo's haunting story of revenge, gender, and bakaneko, Kuroneko (1968) culturalgutter.com/2026/08/27/n...

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No Longer Prey: On Situational Awareness, A Wounded Fawn (2022), and Kuroneko (1968)

One afternoon, I was out listening to music on a walk. A guy stopped me on the sidewalk in front of a church to inform me that walking around outside with both earbuds in isn’t safe. He thoug…

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Ajuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

What a great illustration of the scam of technosolutionism! 👏 @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The U.S. ambassador to Canada reposted this

Repost by American ambassador to Canada Pete Hoeskstra of a Whitehouse post of an AI-generated photo of an eagle killing a Canada goose.

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Welcome to Bluesky. Please familiarize yourself with the following accounts to understand the range of opinions it is acceptable to express.

The Marvel Comics Illuminati (Iron Man, Black Bolt, Doctor Strange, Reed Richards, Professor X, and Big Angry Fish-Man

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Ha! Once again, the President can’t change an established law through an executive order, and Congress already requires Lake Ontario to be referred to a Great Lake, www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/....

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Definition: Great Lake from 42 USC § 1962d-22(b)(1) | LII / Legal Information Institute

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Academic freedom is when a foreign government dictates how and even whether a university investigates misconduct

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Well played

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Breaking: Ontario, California surprised to learn President Trump has renamed it "America, California." #Satire

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