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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I miss some clicky stories by never using blind quotes, but really, fuck them. Say it with your chest, use your name. Don't use me to launder your gossip.

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aquila 🍉 most normal frankenstein enjoyer @belllmonts.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

"cliches are bad" not when it's the protagonist stumbling into a gothic castle in the middle of a storm while the lord of said castle who is highly suspected of being a vampire takes pity on them, nurses them back to health, and insists they must stay for the night

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Abraham Joshua Hesher @skullwizard.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

We weren’t super close but my friend Rob was a really sweet guy who died way too young. He was friends with my sister in high school and I saw him go through some rough years before finding himself. I used to visit him in Oregon and he was an example of what great guys could be. Here’s to you, man

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James Greene, Jr. @jamesgreenejr.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

This is your annual reminder that in 2005 I saw Bobby "Boris" Pickett live when he was a surprise guest at a Rocket From The Crypt show. He sang one song ("Monster Mash") and prefaced it by saying, "Elvis said this song was the stupidest thing he ever heard, but he died on the toilet, so fuck him!"

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

If this is your boss please email me immediately

I Work in Data Security. Is It a Problem That My Boss Believes in Lizard People?
I work in the I.T. department of a town government, where our small team is led by a director who is a fervent conspiracy theorist. In casual conversations, the director frequently discusses bizarre ideas in a hushed, serious manner, as if revealing hidden truths: lizard people infiltrating the federal government, the Rothschilds as vampiric blood drinkers and J.F.K. Jr. secretly controlling Trump with plans for a 2024 comeback.

This individual is responsible for managing and securing the municipal data of a very affluent town. The potential risks are alarming. It is not outside the realm of possibility that this alternate reality could compromise the director’s decision-making, potentially jeopardizing the security of our town’s sensitive information. When I’ve raised my concerns with both the mayor and the head of H.R., they’ve swiftly dismissed the issue and redirected the conversation.

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More like I-ACK @mumbly-joe.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

this is hilarious because you can look up Eugene Meyer on wikipedia and find out that he was an anti-New Deal partisan who absolutely forced his influence both on the opinion and news pages and even wrote his own editorializing "news" piece under an assumed name. It takes two seconds

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

tbf, even if no one ever subscribed again, Jeff Bezos could create an endowment to pay salaries and pensions to every journalist who works for The Washington Post until the Earth is swallowed up by the Sun rather than punish the ones who work there now for the consequences of a decision he made.

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Swamp Lizzie @loungelizzie.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

It’s been forever since I carved a pumpkin but I’ve been wanting to do a House themed one.

Cat image from the House movie carved into a pumpkin

Cat from House movie carved into pumpkin lit up in the dark

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ceej @ceej.online · 28/10/2024

I do not want to "allow Zoom to access my microphone." I want to drive the little replica steam train that chugs around the park

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Abraham Joshua Hesher @skullwizard.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

I’ll never forget talking to a kid in fifth grade who said “oh I love Pop-Up Video! I just wish they didn’t have those things that show up on screen while the video is playing”

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

I'm trying to find an old tweet from 2020 and coming across all these strange tweets just before most Americans realized covid was going to disrupt their lives too. What a wild fucking time.

March 11, 2020
Matt Novak: It amazes me that many Americans still don't understand how quickly this is going to go south without massive testing
You don't have to be psychic or take my word for it. Just fucking google
"Italy respirators" and entertain the idea that this could happen to your own country.

Italy has about 3.2 hospital beds per 1,000 citizens. The U.S. has about 2.8.
Italy is currently running out of hospital beds. You do the math.

That's a bit over the top. Italy has the second worst outbreak in the world. There's no reason to assume we are the next Italy.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 23/10/2024

Because politico called the AFL-CIO "the largest labor union in the country" I'm reposting my labor writing style guide from twitter to here, with some updates🧵

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

This is honest, accurate framing. There’s an annoying tic a lot of news orgs have that says if Trump does something that obviously bad faith you have to pretend it’s good faith. “He worked a shift!” It is not unfair to a candidate to say something honest that is also unflattering

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ceej @ceej.online · 21/10/2024

stuck saying "howdy" as a default greeting due to another "long-running bit accidentally became central to my personality" incident

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haha yeah @freshfleisch.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

“you can just substitute white rice with brown rice!” no i cannot because i do not wish to hate life

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I support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

It's incredible to me that there's a comet and two moons in the sky and nobody seems to be reading these as portents.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

My journalistic opinion on covering Trump making dick jokes at rallies is that if you omit it because it seems declassé or salacious and it's house style to avoid that sort of thing, the institution needs to revisit house style, and stop worrying about manners.

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Katie Risseeuw @katierizz.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Chicago-made press, Chicago-designed typeface, Chicago-brilliant journalist.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 20/10/2024

There should be an emoji or hint that journalists can use when sharing a link online that indicates, “my editor fucked me with this headline”.

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brooks @brooksrocco.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

I feel like crimes should be legal if they are very funny

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Found it, book is recommended A+

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my skele-bot life 🏳️‍⚧️ @myrobotlife.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

If you’re new to Bluesky, please be aware that a “matte” glaze that turns glossy when fired to a higher cone is NOT a true matte glaze; it’s just underfired, and that means it is not fully vitrified, and it is very likely not food-safe

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

is it too late to make a career as an 18th century Venetian dilettante who wears a lot of velvet slippers and dabs away at his "life's work" (a treatise on canal birds)

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

At the blood donation site, the nurse told me, delighted "You're a fast bleeder!" which I know she meant as a compliment but really sounds like a a Disadvantage I took in a point buy build making my TTRPG character. "You take 2d6 damage, and as it's a slashing weapon, add 2d4"

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rue @deathcarpets.enterdeepfo.rest · 09/10/2024

the most a piece of media has ever made me feel seen

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

I know how to do this but no one likes the answer: fund independent journalism and then leave us alone to do our jobs

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Jack-o-lantEryn @eryn.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

On a road trip when I was 11, my dad spotted a group off the road we were exploring & thought "what the heck, let's pull over." It was the 1st California condors being reintroduced into the wild. Dad wept. He'd followed the conservation efforts for years & got to see the release totally by chance.

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Abraham Joshua Hesher @skullwizard.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Johnson is a right wing extremist. My take is that he doesn’t want to interrupt GOP reelection campaigns and he knows that any harm to disaster relief will only harm Biden and Harris politically. Wouldn’t be surprised if he justifies this by thinking God is protecting the faithful in NC

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Eldritch Racasner 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Wildlife bridges! They cost like a million dollars but they genuinely work; animals really use them and it cuts down on car accidents involving deer and other critters dramatically. Plus you get a bridge built in your name! Tremendous bang for your buck.

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Abraham Joshua Hesher @skullwizard.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

After about three weeks of daily migraines I finally had a good day yesterday. It is both amazing and frustrating to see how much more work I can get done and how much better my writing is when my head is clear

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Abraham Joshua Hesher @skullwizard.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

This is what I come to the internet for

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 02/10/2024

If anyone is hiring people whose jobs don't require them to watch these things, please feel free to email.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

people spend a lot of money going to writing school but the main thing that you need to know is that you should almost never use any other verb if “said” will do the job

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

I think we should stop using the same job title for people who spent days, weeks, months seeking truths and communicating out findings as clearly as possible and people who are good at looking serious while being beautiful.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 26/09/2024

purely coincidental that real reporting that challenges wealth and power is being stripped of parts while a well-funded wave of bullshit rises to replace it

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Jon Tayler (Jon Tayler’s Version) @jontayler.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

OLIVIA NUZZI: [slowly sliding the strap of her dress off her shoulder] do you like what you see Robert RFK JR: [typing “what temperature to cook roadkill deer meat” into google] oh wow that’s hot

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Abraham Joshua Hesher @skullwizard.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

The chyron on the video is much better: BIDEN REVIVED ECONOMY IN DEEP RED GA, BUT MANY STILL BACK TRUMP Which gets at what the story is actually about, even if it still leans heavily on a local politician

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 27/09/2024

this apparently heartfelt post from an openai cofounder takes some surprising turns

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

always listen to the bat

i'm too old... it's too late to start. NO! YOU CAN BE A GOTH AT ANY AGE!

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Abraham Joshua Hesher @skullwizard.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

If we need someone to post more about Frank Cannon, I am ready to lead the way

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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

People praying on Eric Adams’ downfall are not prepared for its devastating impact on cousin employment

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/09/2024

maybe it’s a bad trait for a journalist to believe in nothing

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 20/09/2024

This one goes out to all the journalists who would never get into a sexual relationship with a major political figure they were covering, but whose sexuality and/or race and/or gender identity alone got them pigeonholed or pegged as “biased” and so never got such assignments let alone whole jobs

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Abraham Joshua Hesher @skullwizard.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

My hatred of Axios continues unabated

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

i wrote about the anatomy of a pogrom -- how it starts with blood libel and escalates -- and what we're seeing now in springfield, OH: buttondown.com/theswordandt...

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Anatomy of a Pogrom

Members of Blood Tribe outside City Hall in Springfield, OH How does ethnic violence start, and how does it spread? Who uses it, and for what purpose? The...

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