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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Waltz says he never met Goldberg. (Hat/tip Anna Bower)
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The Trump administration is seeking approval from the Supreme Court to go ahead with cuts of hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training
apnews.com
Trump asks Supreme Court for OK to cut teacher-training money as part of anti-DEI push
The Trump administration is at the Supreme Court with a new emergency appeal, this time seeking approval to go ahead with cuts of hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/03/2025
wait, so is this a *different* cybercrime ring that "big balls" was already found to have worked for?? www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
reuters.com
Exclusive: DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show
The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters.
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
A reminder that all Democrats need to do in the budget fight is not lend a vote to help Mike Johnson out. (You might need to call your member to keep them in line, though I suspect a lot of y'all are already doing this.) newrepublic.com/post/188760/...
newrepublic.com
Time for Democrats to Get Out of the Bipartisanship Business
The party should borrow a highly effective move from the outgoing Mitch McConnell—by steadfastly refusing to lend its support to the Trump agenda.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Trump is attacking the FBI and his supporters use the rationale that it’s necessary because people no longer trust the FBI - conveniently ignoring that people don’t trust the FBI because Trump and his ppl have spent years attacking it
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Trump admin's memo to federal workers today vs. Elon Musk's memo to Twitter employees before laying off 80% of staff. More on how Musk's fingerprints are all over this: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-buyo...
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Tucker has a failson lol
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I mean I don't even know where to begin here, but seeing that they want to cut the program to purchase coffins or urns for deceased veterans, which is only $407k, is top-tier level cruelty.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I am not too cool to say this made me laugh out loud when I parked here tonight.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
A high-powered lawyer representing Meta in a copyright case said he was dropping the company as a client due to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity.”
thedailybeast.com
Big-Shot Lawyer: I Won’t Represent Meta Any More Thanks to Zuckerberg
A lawyer representing the social media giant in a copyright dispute with famous writers said he could no longer “in good conscience” keep working with the company.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Elon Musk has admitted a secret mass censorship program to silence and throttle critics on Twitter. We always knew this was happening—it’s been happening to me personally for over a year—but now he’s finally admitted it. Per usual, he’s swearing at those complaining about his grotesque hypocrisy.
newrepublic.com
Elon Musk Defends His Petty Revenge on MAGA Critics
Elon Musk is under fire for supporting H-1B visas.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
We can all agree, no matter our politics, that chef José Andrés deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his amazing work with World Central Kitchen in disaster-stricken areas across the U.S. and the world.
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Walt Mossberg @waltmossberg.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
I have known Kara Swisher for more than 20 years. She is a great journalist and entrepreneur. And she has always loved the Washington Post. She would make an excellent CEO or publisher or even editor in chief, whichever she chose to do. And she would hire people committed to the truth.
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🌮When The Cities Burn, We'll All Be Warm🌮 @when-cities-burn.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
"Relieved of duty..." "Fired..." Still, not as satisfying as, "sentenced to..." www.latimes.com/california/s...
latimes.com
Multiple L.A. sheriff's deputies relieved of duty as feds probe beating of trans teacher
At least eight L.A. County Sheriff's Department members have been sidelined amid a federal inquiry into an alleged coverup of a beating of a trans man, sources say.
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
eyes in space 👁️🌌
A spiral galaxy, seen close-up. Its core is a round spot that glows intensely bright, crowned by eight long and spikes that extend across the galaxy, artefacts of the telescope’s structure. Its disc is an oval shape with edges made of very thick and cloudy arms of gas and dust, mostly blue but paler and brighter around patches of stars. Wisps of darker dust also fill the inner disc and swirl off the ends of the arms.The Helix Nebula appears as an eye in the center of the image. The outer layers appears yellow, while the inner layers are a darker blue color. There are many blue stars visible around the nebula. The background of the image shows dark red space.This image of the Ring Nebula, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera, appears as a distorted doughnut. The nebula’s inner cavity hosts shades of blue and green, while the detailed ring transitions through shades of orange in the inner regions and pink in the outer region. The ring’s inner region has distinct filament elements. Stars litter the scene, with a particularly prominent star with 8 long spikes in the top right corner.A small white dot with a large orange debris disk around it, resembling an eye.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
JUST HITTING THE DOCKET: Fulton County DA, Fani Willis, has filed a Notice of Intent to seek the Georgia Supreme Court’s review of the decision by the GA Ct of Appeals to disqualify Fani Willis.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/12/2024
Just wait for what Americans will think about Elon when he causes a government shutdown right before the holidays.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Americans voted for government by tantrum, and they’re getting it early
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💥 The Maverick Mind 💥 @themaverickmind.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
😳💥OMG! Drone Alert 👀 Took this picture of the sky and there are *** DRONE PLASMA ANGEL ALIEN BALLS *** in the shape of a BIG DIPPER! No lie! Why won't the government tell us what it is!?... Well all fine though. I am sure someone online knows for SURE what they are. No question. #trustmebro
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The Vote Is The Antidote @emilyvote.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Laurence Tribe: ITS NOT OVER. THE RESISTANCE IS ABOUT TO IGNITE. youtu.be/z06TJAMY-bo?... 🇺🇸🦋SAVE🌊DEMOCRACY🦅 🩵VOTE BLUE AND GET OTHERS TO JOIN YOU🩵 💥Spread the word. Join a team to help Dems win. Act now. Recruit. ‼️Action is the Antidote to Anxiety. #SaveDemocracy #VoteBlueAndGetOthers2JoinU
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Laurence Tribe: It’s not over. The resistance is about to ignite
YouTube video by MSNBC
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The deep painter @thedeeppainter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
OH MY GOD!! WE HAVE THE COMBINED WEBB AND CHANDRA VIEW OF NGC 602!! IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL 🤩🌌
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/12/2024
Have you noticed the media playing along with RFK Jr? MEDIA: “RFK Jr. is ‘shifting’ his views on vaccines.” Nonsense! He’s LYING about his position on vaccines & conspiracy theories in order to get confirmed. The media needs to stop sanitizing this dangerous man as if he’s a sane, rational human.
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Lady DEADtera, Wee Ghostie Edition 👻🍁😷 @ladylettera32.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Tardigrade project update! #Embroidery #FibreArts #FiberArts
A brown tardigrade on a beige background. He’s 40% to 50% filled in
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/12/2024
Bluesky has gained another 350,000 users. Hi, new folks! Welcome to Bluesky. I’m your host of hosts, God.
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2Tone4Real @2tone4real.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The moment Mars peeked out from behind the Moon To acquire this ultra-detailed image, Andrew McCarthy used an astrophotography technique known as "lucky imaging," which involves taking quick bursts of maybe thousands of photos and stacking the best ones on top of each other to form a single image.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
New York Rep. Pat Ryan, who easily held his Hudson Valley swing seat last month, spoke for AOC in the Dem conference meeting yesterday. Asked him what he said and he just sent me the speech - sharing in case it's interesting
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Wow. Good thing I already resigned, or I'd have to do it now. At LA Times, now have to submit editorials to owner in advance, and also "balance" anti Trump pieces w/ other side. LA Times owner tells editorial board to take a break from writing about Trump @ElombahNews news.band/la-times-own...
news.band
LA Times owner tells editorial board to take a break from writing about Trump - News Band
Mr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, doctor and medical technology innovator who built a fortune had become accustomed to making the news. The striving South African immigrant billionaire brought the Los Angeles ...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Our message to the media: We are either pushing back on the slide into authoritarianism, or we are enabling it. There is no third option. Both sides-ism is how we got here. As Christian Amanpour said: “Be truthful, not neutral.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
* Dow On Pace For Longest Daily Losing Streak Since October 4, 1974 @cnbc.com
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chef, the online tits @cheftips.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Government drones above my barn: How long will the radical left liberals cover this up? They keep calling it “the big dipper” but I know it’s just drones.
Drones.
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God @thegodshow.com · 19/12/2024
On a scale of 1-10, how mad are you that a foreign billionaire bought your country
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The same old s*%t from the GOP. If these Republicans kowtow to Trump and ignore taking care of the American people, a government shutdown will occur this Saturday at 12:01 am without action from Congress. And there’s no fallback plan. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
nbcnews.com
Trump opposes funding bill, pushing government closer to a shutdown
Elon Musk joined a wave of right-wing fury against a bill to keep the government open. Now, the president-elect says he wants big changes, too, before this weekend's deadline.
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Mim💙 🇪🇺🇺🇦 💛 @mirminx55.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I miss real journalism which is why I support @bylinetimes.bsky.social @yorksbylines.bsky.social
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/12/2024
1999 was a great year for hip-hop but this record is a personal favorite and this song is, i think, the highlight www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W9y...
youtube.com
UMI Says
YouTube video by Mos Def - Topic
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Dan white @danwhite1972.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Good morning
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/12/2024
Watch: @monacharen.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social discuss the WSJ blaming Joe Biden for mistrust in the government without once naming Donald Trump - and how conservative media in general is failing its readers and viewers: www.thebulwark.com/p/wsj-isnt-a...
thebulwark.com
WSJ Isn't a Serious Publication Anymore
Watch now | Just another Fox News!
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, says don't worry about the impact of an extended government shutdown on members of the military, seniors who rely on social security, and other government workers. They'll be "fine" he says
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/12/2024
"Retailers, dealing with the high costs of rampant returns since the start of the pandemic, plus a growing problem of return fraud," have begun to issue stricter return policies and processes, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes:
theatlantic.com
Why Online Returns Are a Hassle Now
Getting your money back is not as simple as it used to be.
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
saw the John Wick sequel yesterday, Wicked. they went a wildly different direction with the story but it was still very good
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/12/2024
"It does seem to me Gabbard could go the way of Gaetz. This would be good, since Gabbard is a particularly dangerous nominee for a particularly sensitive job." It isn't all bad news:
thebulwark.com
Trump’s Vengeance Tour Has Already Started
The president-elect wants Liz Cheney jailed. Now her ex-colleagues are setting up her show trial.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/12/2024
A watchdog nonprofit said Wednesday that it was asking 16 federal agencies to detail any interactions they have had with Elon Musk’s new budget-cutting effort, the Department of Government Efficiency.
nytimes.com
Watchdog Group Seeks Records on DOGE’s Talks With Agencies
State Democracy Defenders Fund, founded by a former ethics official from the Obama Administration, asked 16 federal agencies if they had heard from Elon Musk’s budget-cutting group.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
All these goobers posting airplanes and stars thinking they’re drones made me realize that if there was social media 500 years ago, a bunch of people would have been sharing pictures labeled “omg a mermaid” with community notes like “that’s a rock” and “manatee.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/12/2024
Chris Murphy: "I read the headlines about the Liz Cheney criminal referral and almost every single one of them in mainstream media played this straight as if it was a normal function of legislative power, instead of telling the truth, which is that this is made up out of thin air."
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Notice how you never see JD Vance anymore? It’s because Trump is Elon’s vice president.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/12/2024
This is how it’s done
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I have so much respect for people who still write long-reads on the russian propaganda structure, articulating every detail and breaking it down with facts and logic, 3 years into this, idk where you recruit the energy and how you don’t throw your device across the room several times a day
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I'm official sort of on my holiday break. I'll still be working I'm just not watching Fox this week. I'm Gen X. What @johncusack.bsky.social movie should I watch? I have a few favorites. A friend of mine from college has a small role in High Fidelity. He's not on Bluesky. (Matt O'Neil)
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