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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
i'm glancing at what the centrist pundits are saying about it on Twitter and it seems like they've been holding it in but now they can finally say "WHY THE FUCK WAS OUR CANDIDATE CUOMO?"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/04/2025
Times Trump obstructed justice: Told FBI to drop Flynn case Tried to stop Sessions' recusal Fired Comey Tried to fire Mueller Tried to curtail Mueller Covered up trump tower meeting Told Sessions to "unrecuse" Told McGahn to lie Dangled pardons Conspired to delete video of stolen documents
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Extract 15/18
A Long-tailed Tit clings sideways to a branch, chirping rapidly among friends. The translated excitement: 

“Hello! Hi! You’re here! I’m here! We’re here! Yay!”
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Extract 5/18
Two Rooks strut stood together in conversation. Both look like they know they’re being watched. Translated conversation: 

“The humans are watching. Act casual…Do a hop.”
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
some more congestion pricing Ws: Broadway attendance: up 21% Restaurant reservations: up 7% Pedestrian traffic: up 4% Retail sales: up $900M Commercial leasing: up 61% Subway crime: down 37% Car crashes: down 50% Honking complaints: down 69%
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Congestion Pricing is a Policy Miracle
Which is exactly why Trump wants to get rid of it
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Matthew Champion @matthewchampion.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero" now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Host: 62% of Americans own stocks. How can the White House not be concerned about Americans' 401ks? Bessent: I'm not concerned
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/03/2025
NEW: I’ll be hosting an Indivisible empty chair town hall in republican Darrell Issa’s district on March 23rd, and it’s almost SOLD OUT, but there are a few spots left. You can RSVP here! www.eventbrite.com/e/darrell-is... @maddow.msnbc.com
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
reagan once gained popularity by yelling at a guy over a microphone at a primary debate. political people are incapable of imagining that displaying spine or anger when someone obviously tries to fuck you over is popular
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Rep Sarah McBride (D-DE) just now at Democratic party meeting: "We will not take a lecture on decorum from a party that incited an insurrection. I appear to live rent free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"He's been absent. I haven't seen him," said Snyder, an Army veteran. "He hasn't had a town hall. It's been a decade." Snyder said the last town hall Rep. Austin Scott held in 2015 was restricted to veterans only, and she wasn't invited despite her military service." www.13wmaz.com/article/news...
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Frustrated voters in Georgia's District 8 to hold town hall outside Rep. Scott's office
Some Central Georgia residents plan to hold a town hall outside the congressman's Warner Robins office. Here's why
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
oh wow amazing way to fight back this will make them tremble in fear why do they even bother getting up in the morning
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Herny @herny.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Thanks for everything George Lowe.
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Don't Play In My Face @burkehousecrafts.com · 28/02/2025
Not The Pitt shaming my city lmao. Two women fighting in an ER lobby and one nurse breaks it up and yells, “This ain’t Philly!” 😭
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Nic @nicneithernor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I have to stop her from eating all of her roomate's dental treats, which I patiently try to explain to her that he needs. But if it cronches she has to eat it, and for some reason the dental treats are the cronchiest. She figures he owes her for tolerating the cuddles.
A gray tabby cat with an accusing stare being cuddled by a sleepy black tabby. The black tabby is under a red, black, and green plaid blanket.
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
is it going to yell at me
pic of an angler fish captioned can this fish make you cry?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/02/2025
so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Have now watched the "Obi-Wan" miniseries from a few years ago, which proves without a doubt (if there was any remaining) that there is simply no way to make James Earl Jones and Hayden Christensen inhabit the same character
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DJ Evil Dave (He/Him) 🐀 @djevildave.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
So much for working overtime today
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thefr0g @thefr0g.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Imagine all the people that are going to die of easily preventable disease, and they won't even have the benefit of becoming a statistic, because all the people who make the statistics have been fired.
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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I fully understand that this is probably going to ruin it for someone, but every time I see someone deploy the "bouncing and moaning on it" meme all I can see in my head is
A screenshot from the Monty Python sketch "Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook".
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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
You want to talk about government waste, let’s talk about it…
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Someone, who used to know better, told me today that it’s patriotic to support the president even if you don’t always agree. This is the excuse being used by many to explain their acquiescence. Actually, this is what a patriot is: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
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Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency
James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in “a battle of our own.”
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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
You know that puppet show schtick where the host is asking where a character is, and that character keeps popping up behind him, and all the children scream and point but the host never sees it? I didn't think living through a coup would be like that.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/02/2025
Fuck this guy. Ask any nurse or LPN or ER doc or admin clerk or social worker if they work weekends. This disrespect to our federal workforce is disgusting. Especially from this piece of shit.
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Swagger / Tail Light Rebellion @jonnyswagger.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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sokdrawer @sokdrawer.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Wow, they actually left this shot in The Great Muppet Caper. Like, the puppeteer is fully in frame! How did nobody catch that?!
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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Christine Cavalier✅ @purplecar.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
You cannot light yourself on fire to keep others warm.
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Bad Week Day 2025 day 18 - dracula
A crudely drawn vampire lifts his hands menacingly saying "your life ends tonight, for you will feed my own," to a guy with a vacant expression who simply replies "haha, look at dracula over there."
the vampire replies "I'm not dracula, there are other vampires, the concept of vampires doesn't begin and end with one guy." The man replies "haha just like dracula", the vampire responds, "I find this incredibly flattening. joyless."
The vampire continues "you're like a toddler cackling with glee because you saw a shape you recognize."
the man replies now, "oh, the old 'being a vampire' trope."

The vampire sits, his hands on his head, and says to himself "i don't even want to do this shit anymore, man"
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it. Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice. But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word. They aren’t firing for a reason.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
By “free speech” they meant “make it illegal to dislike me”
Marc Andreessen breaks down the concept of "The Deal." In the past, there was an understanding in society: a tech founder would start a company, create jobs, get rich, pay taxes, then donate their money to philanthropy - all with the support of the press. In the last 10 years, every part of "The Deal" was broken; money became evil, tech became evil, and philanthropy began to be seen as evil.
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It was great And then you go public
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Allison Pregler 📼🎃 @allisonpregler.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
THE TIME HAS COME. THE VERY END OF BAYWATCHING NIGHTS!! Please give this a share. I've had a blast reviewing Baywatch Nights...but I'm also kinda glad it's over. Check out the video here! youtu.be/Lr55yICMZAE
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Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Khan’s famous catchphrase!
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Sarah Ironside 💙 @sarahironside.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Mel Gibson and Joe Rogan are telling people that Ivermectin cures stage 4 cancer. My mother is an NP who has spent her career working in oncology, and these lies will literally kill people.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The fact that markets routinely react poorly to good economic news (because it means the Fed might not open the money spigot) raises fundamental questions about the whether those markets are serving our economy and the well-being of our society, or if they're just serving themselves.
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Blowout Jobs Report Fuels Wall Street Fear of ‘Lose-Lose’ Market
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. With the economy booming, a friendly Federal Reserve at its back and Donald Trump headed to the White House, Wall Street saw nothing but upside as the calendar turne...
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 10/01/2025
finally watching Robot Jox, a movie written by Joe Haldeman and directed by Stuart Gordon about post-apocalyptic robot fights. doesn’t know if it’s serious or goofy and they definitely didn’t have the tech to do the robot fights but gosh darn it they tried
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2025
Because they’re Black, they must be looting? This isn’t an honest mistake. Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house. (Her interview in the 🧵)
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Danny THEE Himbo @br00taldan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Yikes on spikes babes
Bobs burger screen cap: top frame Bob walking up the stairs with caption “it’s been a rough year” and then Louise replying “it’s the first week of January” with Boblooking exasperated in the bottom frame
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Darryn Bonthuys @darranged.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Good morning.
A little bit of Monica in my life
A little bit of Erica by my side
A little bit of Rita is all I need
A little bit of Tina is what I see
A little bit of Sandra in the sun
A little bit of Mary all night long
A little bit of Jessica here I am
A little bit of you makes me your man

Mambo No. 5!
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
it’s very possible that in a few weeks “Trump saved TikTok” will become a recurring political talking point, mostly because Dems are short sighted and Trump knows an easy political win when he sees it
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books. (with apologies to @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social and @harkaway.bsky.social)
Title: The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - Available in all good bookshops.

Description -  December 1st to 23rd: open the door to watch Gerorge Smiley reluctantly uncover a conspiracy as he wanders around the damp, dilapidated London of the seventies.

(images of six of the doors, showing a stick figure os Smiley going about his business in shades of browny-gray)

December 24th: Having solved the mystery and written his resignation letter, Smiley eats Christmas dinner alone.

(image of Smiley at a table with a letter, unappetising portion of food and glass of wine, in browny-gray)
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Grebcomics 🐸 @grebcomics.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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Aaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com · 22/11/2024
A lot of people feel like they are owed your attention and, instead of earning it, would rather scream that they've been "censored" when they don't get it.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🧵Every pope's vibe if they were just guys from your childhood. Pope Francis sings in an all-male a cappella choir and sends you a cheque for your birthday every single year. He writes you encouraging letters every few months and he got on so well with your mum you assumed he was in love with her.
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
Hogo-chan and Sara-chan, a pair of rehabilited ex-prisoner penguins, are mascots for a program to reintegrate reformed criminals into society.
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