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Highland Park TV participant, mutual aid enthusiast. “An artist respects the silence that serves the foundation of creativity.”

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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Professional liar here. According to my secret calculations, there is a 9.58% chance that AI will kill all humans in the next 10,463 days (80% confidence interval).” Wow cool numbers, can I please suck yoir dick sir!!!
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Iran: A deal on Hormuz is very close. Also Iran: We're gonna stretch this out for a while, because we need to torture Trump some more.
Iran said it's "very close" to a deal with Oman on a new maritime transit route in the Strait of Hormuz, after expectations grew this week that an announcement may soon be made. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that negotiators are closing in on temporary lanes for ships entering and exiting the Persian Gulf. He cautioned that any agreement won't result in an immediate reopening of the strait, signaling that any respite for energy supplies may be limited. "The opening of the Strait is subject to other conditions, including the compensation for the US's violations of the Islamabad Agreement," Araghchi added, referring to the now-lapsed memorandum of understanding signed in June.
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what a ghoul believes ☎️ @sayambular.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We all have that homie whose primary caregivers didnt model healthy relationships
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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/08/2026
At this point in the story, Ted’s positive attitude and heart-warming antics have taught the audience that it’s important to be yourself, and now we’re building on that by introducing basic geometric shapes,” said Jason Sudeikis
theonion.com
New ‘Ted Lasso’ Season Aims To Teach Viewers About Shapes, Colors
NEW YORK—Claiming that fans would love clapping and dancing along with their favorite characters,Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis confirmed that the show’s fourth season, which begins Wednesday, would te...
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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I was today years old when I learned you’re supposed to shake a Diet Coke before opening, because all the cola nutrients settle at the bottom of the can
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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Like this post if you want to show zuck that you prefer the OLD Facebook!!
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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 15/07/2026
Finally it's my moment to shine
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ThemBOO! @thembo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Vegetables are poison soda is medicine, gamers stay winning
the-sun.com
Woman's nausea turned out to be huge 'Ozempic stomach mass' - Diet Coke CURED it
FOR countless fat jab users, stomach pain, waves of nausea and having a reduced appetite have become part and parcel of the weight-loss journey. Research shows that around a third of patients who t…
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
NEW: Workers across industries say that AI-obsessed bosses are creating deeply toxic and chaotic work environments, with some staffers sharing that they feel as though their manager or employer isn't living in reality anymore due to endless AI validation. futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With AI, Using It to Make Every Decision, Barraging Their Employees With Nonsensical ChatGPT Directives, and Even Asking It Who to Fire
AI-obsessed executives and managers are creating a distinct new type of toxic work environment for the slop era, workers told us.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
1000x this
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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 05/06/2026
In the brush beneath a Mission Bay overpass, two coyotes break into song as a Caltrain barrels past. Their duet — equal parts whimper, howl and bark — rises and falls in chorus with the horn of the train.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence.
The former Marine David J. Morris, author of a book on ­ post-
­ traumatic stress disorder, notes that the disorder is far more com-
mon and far more rarely addressed among rape survivors than
combat veterans. He wrote me, “The science on the subject is pretty
clear: according to the New England Journal of Medicine, rape is about
four times more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat.
Think about that for a ­ moment— being raped is four times more psy-
chologically disturbing than going off to a war and being shot at and
blown up. And because there are currently no enduring cultural nar-
ratives that allow women to look upon their survival as somehow he-
roic or honorable, the potential for enduring damage is even greater.”
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Catastrophe can be plausible without being preordained, and treating every danger as destiny does not make us more prepared. My latest.
organizingmythoughts.org
Pessimism Is Not Prophecy: On Declining Invitations to Surrender
“Public opinion is not a self-enforcing political mechanism; it’s a mood. If we want public disapproval to become public action, we need to extend worthwhile invitations.”
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Tony Wolf @tonywolfness.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Alan Moore on now.
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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
NBA should get rid of injuries imo. They basically add nothing to the game, if you’re a real hoops fan
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Azure Emerald Empire @azureemeraldempire.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Evolutionary biologist eating Doritos: “Doritos are so good…they aid in mate selection for sure…”
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marissa walmart dog @meo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Wear ever you go their your.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars. There's just gotta be a line somewhere. Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.
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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 18/04/2026
I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"
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Break @breakfield01.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
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Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
ChatGPT: you’re right you’re so much smarter than him. He’s so schlubby and you’re so suave. Columbo will never catch you.
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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
People say “eat the rich” but that’s not a lasting solution to poverty. It would feed the hungry for a few days, tops!
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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Ok now it’s personal
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robin @524.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
finally got round to reading one of the tabs i've had open for ages, which is @jpbrammer.bsky.social's review of an Irish-Mexican fusion restaurant no notes. excellent as always. possibly the first piece of writing i've discovered that might persuade me to visit new jersey
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
Everyone Involved Needs to Be Arrested
A review of San Patricios, Jersey City
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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 03/04/2026
Happy Good Friday
An old text exchange between me and @cadaverformosus.bsky.social

ME:
Second: what I *almost* tweeted on Friday but did not was something about how I just learned that it can take DAYS to die from crucifixion, whereas Our Lord and Savior JC tapped out after only a few hours? Which is to say, sure, He suffered for our sins but didn't really suffer *that much*, did he?

ELIZABETH:
COLIN

ME:
Just feels half-assed!
Wasn't really willing to go the distance, was he?
ELIZABETH:

you need a priest go write your book

COLIN
[JC after, like, a couple hours]:
Dear Father why have you forsaken me?
[Other guys who've been up on that hill for three days]: Check out the new guy
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
We have changed the trajectory of future warming over the course of my lifetime. The worst-case climate scenarios are no longer likely. That’s not due to modeling uncertainty; it’s because of activism. No one gets to erase that just because they find a perverse comfort in the certainty of defeat.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This blog post by @davekarpf.bsky.social is really worth reading and reflecting upon.
davekarpf.beehiiv.com
Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers?
No. No it can't. Come on, now.
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"You get out your 'Fascism for Dummies' book for the 15 things you do, and we tried to include as many of them as we could in the most artful way possible. How were we supposed to know that this clown car in Washington was going to basically use the same book that we used?" #Andor #StarWars
hollywoodreporter.com
‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldn’t During Its Release
While promoting his cautionary tale about fascism, Disney asked Gilroy to refrain from using the word. Nine months after it aired its finale, the 'Star Wars' series feels scarily prescient.
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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Hegel warriors, suit up. We’ve been preparing for this day and it’s finally here
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 17/02/2026
Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
In Dublin last year, an annoying interviewer demanded of me: “Your country has been overtaken by fascists. Why are you smiling?” I was too jetlagged to have a sensible answer so I said, “I’m smiling because I have a knife between my teeth.” The knife might look like this:
meditationsinanemergency.com
Auspicious Omens and Excellent Insubordination
I started this out as a letter to a friend who's feeling down about where we as a nation are at in this moment, and I am still learning how this newsletter thing works so thought I could use the newsl...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
aljazeera.com
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Damn this mf is old. Well I guess even a hater will miss LA after 100 years.
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the moon report 🌗 @seachanger.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
message from MN
From a Comrade
19h. C
One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin
Cities right now is that even the most long term
organizers who've been here for decades can't keep
track of all the resistance that is going on. There are
so many self-organized crews just doing work that in
any conversation with someone from another
neighborhood you might stumble over a whole
collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think
of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around
fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers
taking cars of detained people away for free. People
delivering food to families in hiding. So many local
rapid response groups that the number is uncertain
but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds-
especially when one considers that several
immigrant communities have their own non-English
rapid response networks usually uncounted in the
main English-language directories. People standing
watch outside daycares and schools.
This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative
and leadership, so many layers of self-organization,
that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to
repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or
movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of
course, that's built up through many years and
decades of organization, and not only through
explicitiv political campaigns or formations built
during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also
built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building,
workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic
relationship building among neighbors and
coworkers here.From a Comrade
19h. C
One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin
Cities right now is that even the most long term
organizers who've been here for decades can't keep
track of all the resistance that is going on. There are
so many self-organized crews just doing work that in
any conversation with someone from another
neighborhood you might stumble over a whole
collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think
of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around
fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers
taking cars of detained people away for free. People
delivering food to families in hiding. So many local
rapid response groups that the number is uncertain
but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds-
especially when one considers that several
immigrant communities have their own non-English
rapid response networks usually uncounted in the
main English-language directories. People standing
watch outside daycares and schools.
This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative
and leadership, so many layers of self-organization,
that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to
repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or
movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of
course, that's built up through many years and
decades of organization, and not only through
explicitiv political campaigns or formations built
during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also
built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building,
workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic
relationship building among neighbors and
coworkers here.
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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
There has never been a better time to invest in Bored Apes
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
We have a Boston Review Forum out today on the Democratic Party in a time of authoritarianism www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Senator Chuck Schumer conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol in May 2025. Image: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images
FORUM
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
Adam Bonica, Jake Grumbach
With responses from →
Cori Bush, Amanda Litman, Matthew Yglesias, G.
Elliott Morris, Julia Serano, Eric Rauchway, Suzanne Mettler & Trevor E. Brown, Thomas Ferguson, Timothy Shenk, Jared Abbott & Milan Loewer, Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, Lily Geismer, Danielle Wiggins, William A. Galston, and Henry Burke
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
It's weird how after every good thing/gain (even if we don't call it a victory) people circle up to insist we shouldn't celebrate. Celebrating is not how people give up, in my experience; believing we can't win, never win, and have no power is (with a side of joylessness).
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If only they had QR codes
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
ms.now
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
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Mad About Shoe @randysweetwater.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
There has never been a better time to invest in Bored Apes
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Homer Simpson clinging to a rotted sandwich that has turned him into a decrepit sickly version of himself
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TV's Adam, who died 25 years ago THIS VERY SAME NIGHT, @tvsadam.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
if I hire an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he instead presents me with a list of reasons he is incapable of doing so while asking for more money so that he can maybe handle it later, I am not angrier at the roaches, I am in the market for a better exterminator
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 27/12/2025
Dishwashers are just objectively superior technology: convenient, efficient, unobtrusive. They’re a legitimate marvel of modernity.
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josh o'kane @joshokane.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
theglobeandmail.com
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
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