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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 09/07/2025

What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky. So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 07/05/2025

Everybody hates Dave Matthews but he's a pacifist quaker that renounced his South African citizenship rather than have to join the military in opposition to apartheid (being active against it), gives a lot to charities and causes, and has been pro-palestine anti-netanyahu for years and years, so

Dave Matthews holding up signs saying STOP KILLING CHILDREN and STOP THE GENOCIDE

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Mark Ehlers @markehlers.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I normally agree with you, Sally. But as I argued 16 years ago, Rose was rightly banned from baseball but deserved HOF recognition for his on-field play. 4,256 hits, 17 All-Star games, 2,165 runs, 746 doubles. I simply cannot ignore the statistics. ehlersoneverything.blogspot.com/2009/09/base...

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A Baseball Quandary: Good Statistics, Bad Character, Broken Rules

There is perhaps no game as baseball that harmonizes so perfectly with statistical measurement. Virtually every aspect of the game is judged...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I'll say on this, as I have in the past, that I think most plagiarism scandals are overblown, often things that cld simply be carelessness. But the President of Harvard lost her job at least in part over what was apparently a much less serious case. So wld be wrong to brush this off.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/05/2025

I think it’s strategic evil by Stephen Miller.

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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Chuck (verb) Schumer (noun)

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

It’s like Abraham Lincoln is ashamed

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

The Norton Library edition of my translation of the Iliad, with stylish red cover, is now available. It has complete text, maps, notes, introduction and translator's note, and it's yours for under $10 (as are many other tempting Norton Library volumes). wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech: “How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

"...Torabi’s posts have been seen hundreds of millions more times in the last 30 days than news giants like MSNBC and CNN. Ranked by views, or 'total impressions,' he is the only nonconservative voice in the top 10..."

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The 40-something single dad shaping liberal media from his laptop

Acyn Torabi dominates social media with fast-cut clips of political mayhem. Are they news, or something else?

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Jeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · 19/04/2025

I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

A drawing of a perfect phone that only has three buttons on it, one of them says IS HE DEAD one of them says AM I BROKE and the other one says RELAXING PUZZLE GAME

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Canada is ready to step up.

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads:

"BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"

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Luke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Strap this man into the best surplus cosmonaut suit we can find and fire him into the sun. THERE. IS. NO. TREATMENT. FOR. MEASLES. OTHER. THAN. NOT. GETTING. IT. WHICH. MEANS. VACCINATION.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 07/04/2025

spotted in the toronto star

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

"So Trump will impose these tariffs and sit back and wait for other world leaders to petition the king with their offerings that will ultimately expand his own power, all the while we are the collateral damage. We all get thrown under the bus; 350 million people suffer so that one man can benefit."

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Petitioning the King

Trump believes crashing the economy is worth it if he can extract what he needs from the rest of the world.

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Halloween III: Season of the Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Very much a "the best time to plant a tree is 100 years ago, the second best time is now" situation

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Nature is Incredible @natureisincredible.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Hopefully this makes your day a little better

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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible. I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible. I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.

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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Mark my words, this post by Trump is going to turn out to be the most economically damaging post in the history of social media.

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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

you don't need to be jacques lacan to see how desperately transmuting material loss into symbolic gain is really just slapping a fancy new signifier atop a yawning black hole but hey it doesn't hurt

its a guy on twitter saying that no matter what happens to his 401K he'll always have this (a google maps picture labeled "the gulf of america"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. 🧵

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Gina @perilinpink.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Today is the 5 year anniversary to when I slowly started losing my mind during the pandemic and began dressing up as works of art. As my Twitter account has long been abandoned, why not make a thread of my madness on BlueSky? This was “The Maid” by Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg, from 1862

Two photos. The left shows me, in a red shirt with a white blouse under it, a daisy flower crown in my hair, a navy blue knee length skirt, and brown flat, holding a tray and drinking from a champagne flute. The right painting is a woman in a red shirt with white cuffs, a dark green ankle length skirt, a maid cap, brown shoes, holding a tray and drinking from a champagne flute.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Now that’s a split-screen. ⛳️ @wsj.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The idea that the federal government can go before a judge and say, “Yeah we arrested the wrong guy, but too bad, so sad” is not alarming nearly enough people yet.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

1/ I'm sure someone has already pointed this out, but one additional thing about the tariffs being done unilaterally by the president: They can be (and almost certainly will be) reversed by the next Democratic president.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 04/04/2025

This asshole raised prices and ruined your retirement savings, and now he's out golfing for the rest of the weekend.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

They told me if I voted for Kamala the market would crash, and then we’d probably have a recession. They were right.

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Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Sobering words. This is the new reality up North. For the Americans following: I cannot express enough how many people in Canada see it like this. This is why it makes me furious when I see U.S. cable news not treat this seriously and with no perspective of the impact.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 03/04/2025

We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy. Third time’s the charm, I guess.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Bill Burr is a national treasure 🎯! "You journalists need to get your balls back"

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Whoever came up with these supposed tariff rates is like Kramer from Seinfeld when he pretended to work at that job "in business"

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 02/04/2025

Val Kilmer, a character actor as famous for his idiosyncrasies as he was for his widely lauded performances in hit films such as “Top Gun,” “Tombstone” and “The Doors,” has died at age 65. www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...

Portrait of Val Kilmer wearing a jean jacket with theater seats behind him. Text on photo reads Los Angeles Times Obituary Val Kilmer 1959-2025

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Ahem

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Social media was a mistake

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ttownproud.bsky.social @ttownproud.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

There's no way Trump came up with the idea on his own.

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Elon Musk’s grandfather dreamed of a technocratic superstate—Canada, the U.S., and Greenland united under his control. Decades later, Trump tried to buy Greenland. Coincidence? Or are we just living in someone else’s blueprint? #MomSky

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a woman with blonde hair is wearing a black t-shirt with the word n on it

ALT: a woman with blonde hair is wearing a black t-shirt with the word n on it

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Actually, quite flattering.

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Typical Times 👣 x 👣 @musicisthekey.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Do you remember 😉 last year how amazing this was Last Stop outro #davematthewsband

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