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B @waflan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ready for the Tuesday shift at Coyote Heinous.

B @waflan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A hill I shan’t die one, but like, survive a paper cut or something: Steve Rogers should have gotten 70-odd years of back pay while he was on assignment at work and frozen.

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

As with so many things, it is critical to realize this is not bumbling or ineptitude or not thinking through policy implications. On the contrary: making it impossible for foreign students to do the doctorate here is THE WHOLE POINT. It’s about starving higher ed under the guise of America first.

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

8:39pm: exit metro train at Natl Airport stop. 8:43pm: arrive at rental car DCA is unmatched for efficiency.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

More than 40.2 million disabled voters were eligible to vote in 2024, yet a wave of restrictive voting laws and regulations has made it more difficult for disabled voters to cast their ballot.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The U.S. Supreme Court continued its trend of eroding Americans’ rights and freedoms this term with several disastrous decisions for our democracy. Expert panelist and law professor @anthonymkreis.bsky.social implores us to look to Congress and other elected officials to defend our rights:

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The way to get me singing in the grocery store is to play “Release Me” by Wilson Phillips, which I don’t think I’ve heard in 25+ years, but still know all the words to

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Linda Blair @mjmbca.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Maybe it’s naïve at this point, but it bothers me that filing pertinent information away for a future book while working as a journalist isn’t considered a conflict of interest.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Colbert 2028.💪

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/05/2026

They’re turning the entire federal internet apparatus into a galaxy of phishing sites that are controlled by the president and do not adhere to any federal privacy or disclosure rules.

While I was finishing this piece, I typed passports. gov directly into my browser, just to see what was there. A sign-in page came up: enter your email and we will send you a six-digit code. No State Department seal. No agency name. No privacy notice. Just a black button that says Send code. The owner of passports. gov is the Executive Office of the President, White House Office. The State Department does not own this domain. The security contact field is blank. The first certificate was issued May 5, three weeks ago.
Based on what I can see in the staging environment, the next step will ask Americans to upload their passport photo through a White House-controlled website, on the same Cloudflare account, by the same people, with no privacy notice on file. A passport photo is biometric quality. Linked to your identity through Login.gov. Collected through infrastructure the White House owns, sealed from public view. They are building it this week.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/05/2026

Breaking news: The Pentagon is moving to recruit hundreds of troops to appear as spectators at President Trump’s UFC cage-fighting event on the White House lawn, and requiring those who attend to pay their own way and meet height and weight requirements.

washingtonpost.com

Pentagon recruiting troops to watch White House UFC fights, memos show

Internal messages reviewed by The Post stipulate that military personnel must pay their own ways and meet strict physical requirements to be eligible.

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j a k e @jakeismaking.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Ken Paxton looking like that alien from Men In Black in a human suit

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Very proud of this. (I’ve also been out of office since bc 🫠🫪😵‍💫) youtu.be/Eq5icQVyHqE?...

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CAP IDEAS 2026

YouTube video by Center For American Progress

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Kevin Atkinson @ikeatkinson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Charles Barkley is honestly one of the best allies in sports.

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

congress. what did i ever do to you except lobby for a stronger legislative branch?! AND YET YOU BETRAY ME!?

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

reminder that one of the most promising emerging treatments for glioblastoma, the most lethal of all cancers, is customized MRNA vaccines, which HHS under Trump now refuses to fund: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Tyler 🎃 👻 @coastalhoe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We need to celebrate the end of the civil war with a holiday on the same scale as the 4th of July and I am being so serious.

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Ishmael, increasingly…

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Cousin and his delightful (truly) fiancée are in town. Decided to have dinner in last night so threw together a pork tenderloin Wellington with shiitake-apple duxelles and blackberry cognac sauce, toasty fingerlings, and green beans.

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

That’s 125% of the National Science Foundation’s annual budget, for anyone keeping track.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Recent dramatic events with the DOD and both Anthropic and OpenAI have shown that private sector attempts to constrain government use of AI is nearly impossible. Congress must act. Learn more: ampr.gs/4r8Jnle

A girl smiles while holding a smartphone that has been digitally replaced with a large, industrial security camera. The text discusses a conflict between the DoD and Anthropic, calling for Congress to protect Americans from AI-powered mass surveillance.

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Mike Williams @mwilli.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

For decades, "competitiveness" has been a foundation of U.S. policymaking—a zero-sum race to dominate others. What if "beating China" isn't the point? What if the goal is… supporting American workers and protecting the environment? Our report, but first a 🧵 www.americanprogress.org/article/no-m...

americanprogress.org

No More Reacting: An Argument for a Clean Industrial Policy—and Against Competitiveness as an Organizing Economic Principle

Moving beyond the failures of the Trump administration, the United States will need to embrace a strategy for fighting the climate crisis that prioritizes values such as support for working people and...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

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Lyse @lyse.myatproto.social · 06/03/2026

“I have usernames older than you.”. Holy shit

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I believe it’s against the Geneva conventions to be made to listen to “Sweet Caroline” in a doctors office lobby before 7:40am… but here we are.

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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Childhood hunger is on the rise. 1 in 5 kids are food insecure. All of this in order to fund ICE detention centers that abuse kids and give tax breaks to the rich.

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

…and then some days the only thing that gets you through is the little note the barista left on your iced coffee so shout out to the baristas who leave little notes thank you for the tiny joys you bring.

A Starbucks venti iced latte, 3/4 gone, with “you’re awesome” written on the cup.

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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

This was Wes Anderson *as hell.*

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

GIFT LINK: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

In the blanket incident, Noem had to switch planes after a maintenance issue was discovered, but her blanket wasn’t moved to the second plane, according to the people familiar with the incident. The Coast Guard pilot was initially fired and told to take a commercial flight home when they reached their destination. They eventually reinstated the pilot because no one else was available to fly them home.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

BREAKING: The SAVE Act is once again up for a vote tomorrow—it's not a voter ID bill, it's a show-your-papers mandate.

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Addams Family Values; best supporting actress for Joan Cusack.

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Heaven, if it exists, is listening to Stanley Tucci talk about Italy.

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

ive just used "<gestures broadly at the abounding horrors>" in a work email, so yes you could say im ready for the weekend

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

DMV BLOOMFS. I need recs for a tailor - a good one, who can do major alterations on things that were once custom fit…

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☀️ @vamospeat.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Okay am I a quad or a quint bevvy goblin today? Since one is just a relief beverage for when the starter is exhausted?

Five beverages lined up on a desk.
Left to right:
Unopened can of Diet Coke
Bottle of Gatorade glacial frost
Starbucks venti iced white mocha, w 5 shots espresso, 2 pumps white chocolate syrup, and skim milk, no whip
Open can of Diet Coke
Dark teal Owala water bottle filled approx 1/2 way with ice water

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

EXCLUSIVE: on Jan 22 we rolled up on a raid happening in South Minneapolis. we had no idea who they were taking. turns out it was a *two year old girl* and her dad on the way back from buying fruit. he had no criminal record. this is their story. youtu.be/yaeXlxJOAXU?...

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A Toddler Detained: A 2-Year-Old Girl and Trump’s New Immigration Era

YouTube video by MS NOW

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

PIGGY AND SABRINA CARPENTER DOING ISLANDS IN A STREAM TOGETHER?!?

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

boltsmag.org

Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts

Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?

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B @waflan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

At this point, im like 6 diet cokes, 3 iced coffees, 2 sweet treats, and a Chobani protein mango yogurt, Voltron'd in a trench coat pretending to be a person.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

BREAKING: Trump and his family have officially made more than $2 BILLION since the start of the second Trump administration—and the number is only growing. See the current count: trumpstakecounter.org

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