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Peter Capaldi - what an effortlessly cool dude.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well if the Vance 2028 team is looking for a potential running mate with good name recognition, I think it’s safe to say Sen Eric Schmitt has that now.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Yeah, we gotcha …” except wrong team, wrong State. Be clowned themselves.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The ‘oh shit’ moment caught live on camera. They came for Jack Smith with conspiracy allegation, followed up by one for perjury … and missed by about 650 miles.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think this shows how monumentally stupid JD Vance is, that he walked right into that. Anyone with any clue could have seen that set-up a mile away.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Everyone hates *surveillance* cameras’. It doesn’t matter what wearable you hide them in. And marketing them to kids is even more creepy than before.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is real supervillain stuff.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson swinging for the fences and for posterity. History is not going to be kind to the Roberts Court with its use of the emergency docket coming in for particular scorn and Justice Jackson wants to be both on the ‘right side’ and on the record.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They’re not bringing the best people. The point of paying for *any* insurance is if you end up needing it, the cover is there. The point of Obamacare was to make health insurance more affordable for more Americans.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I wonder who drew the short straw or have the White House advisors collectively agreed to just not tell him?

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Surely, as more Democrat’s vote by mail than Republicans ‘apparent outcome’ is really ‘preferred outcome’

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s often said news outlets don’t take a harder stance on the Trump administration because they don’t want to risk losing access. What will CNN, MS Now and Politico and others, and there will be others, do if that access is arbitrarily taken from them? This is a moment, what will they do with it?

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

You have to wonder of much of this is an actual ‘cash for pardons’ working with the Trump administration and how much is a con where money is sought on a promise but with no connection to the administration and failure being written off as Trump being fickle? Seems like an easy con to run.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dear companies that advertise on Streaming Services that I pay a subscription for. I shall never, ever buy a single thing you try and sell me. Ever.

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Al Pacino: Ever.

ALT: Al Pacino: Ever.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Every night I go to bed thinking I have seen the dumbest shit I’ll ever see in my life and every morning I am wrong before I’ve even finished my coffee

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Interesting summary of recent events. The US - history’s first irrelevant superpower? The US is still a significant economic, political, and military powerhouse but if old alliances are unraveling and influence is fading where to next?

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Nicole Rifkin @nicolerifkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

thank you the new yorker and françoise for having me do this cover for the late, great dolly parton

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Terribly sad news for her family, friends and those who loved her, but what a life well lived. Vale Dolly.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One of the Trump legacies is going to be motivating Canada into forging closer economic and other ties with the EU at the expense of longstanding ties with the US. Real nose to spite face stuff.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Claude Monet by Thomas Bossard

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

So when on the night of 3 Nov Trump says “Stop the count” or begins railing against mail-in voting, journalists at the press conference better ask how he voted and if he again voted by mail, whether he thinks his mail-in vote shouldn’t be counted.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

When this gets to court—and it will- it’s going to be entertaining seeing how the government defends as neutral and not viewpoint based. U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...

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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown

The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

One of the most common tropes in Trump world has been a never ending series of people who were utterly convinced he would never throw *them* under the bus … right up until the moment the bus ran them down.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My commute is 50-60mins each way in a car on my own. Today I had the distinct pleasure of listening to Sam Neil regale me with stories from his life. If you have to spend that much time in traffic I can’t think of a better way to do it. I smiled all the way. Vale Sam.

The cover of Sam Neill’s autobiography was - Did I ever tell you this? Includes picture of Sam.

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Yale Stewart @yalestewart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The official Mister Rogers YouTube channel has been posting full episodes recently, and believe me when I tell you that watching one is a great way to take a break from the general state of things. www.youtube.com/@MisterRoger...

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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Welcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel! For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ...

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Just because the Trump administration and the DOJ are hilariously inept at the abuse of power doesn’t mean they aren’t guilty of abusing their power. It’s definitely not ‘no harm, no foul’ when the case is thrown out or abandoned as the defendants will have spent serious money defending themselves

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CNN @cnn.com · 31/07/2026

A book on Greek antiquities has been returned to an Australian public library about 150 years late, with water damage from years bricked into a fireplace. cnn.it/4hIQ9wV

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 04/02/2026

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.

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spacecowboy @spacecowboy17.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Welcome to the ✨For You✨ feed! It finds people who liked the same posts as you, and shows you what else they've liked recently. 📌 Pin to add it to your top bar ❤️ Like the feed and repost to spread the goodness

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The morning after the assault on Fort Wagner, the 54th Massachusetts counted its dead, learned the fate of its colonel, and discovered what its sacrifice had already won. #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

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A Glorious Death

The morning after the assault on Fort Wagner, the 54th Massachusetts counted its dead, learned the fate of its colonel, and discovered what its sacrifice had already won.

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🗃️ It's a memorable moment in the movie GLORY. The 54th Massachusetts is lined up on Morris Island prepared to lead an assault on Confederate Battery Wagner #OTD in 1863. Shaw walks through the regiment and takes a position at the front. He turns and address pointing to the regimental flag bearer:

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

What a lovely thought from someone who, by all accounts was a lovely man. Vale Sam Neil.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Useful idiot realises there’s a limit to his usefulness.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/07/2026

Prices for Apple products are rising. You can now buy a MacbookPro for $10,000—and it’s all because of the AI boom, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports.

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America Is Having MacBook Sticker Shock

Apple is charging you an AI tax.

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The USA celebrates its 251st anniversary

Scene from Planet of the Apes where humans find the Statue of Liberty mostly buried in sand on a beach

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I would kill or die for Larry

A small operation in Oregon that hunts truffles with a trained dog has added an unpaid trainee. A cat named Larry accompanies the handler and the truffle dog into the woods every outing, works a patch of ground a little apart from them, and digs with tremendous confidence in places where there is nothing.
The handler says Larry has never found a truffle and shows no sign of understanding the assignment. He does not use scent the way the dog does and he does not respond when the dog makes a find.
He simply digs his own holes nearby and then inspects them. "He thinks he's on the team," the handler said. "He is emphatically not on the team."
TRUFFLE DOG FINDS THE TRUFFLES -
'TRAINEE' CAT DIGS RANDOM HOLES AND FINDS DIRT

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The lovely @mirandamaybe.bsky.social and I fell down a Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox rabbit hole. If you’re needing a serotonin hit these brilliant singers and musicians fully commit and absolutely blow the doors off any song they’re performing. It will be good for whatever ails you

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Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox: Bringing you "Today's Hits, Yesterday" since 2010 🕰 (Vintage style covers, new music for Old Souls, etc. etc.). Welcome down the PMJ Rabbit Hole! Check out our lin...

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The people who built the case for the Fourteenth Amendment never saw citizenship as a zero sum contest between Black Americans and immigrants. They understood their own freedom as bound up with a universal principle. 🗃️ #CivilWarMemory #America250 kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/the-long-m...

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The Long Memory of the Fourteenth Amendment

Justice Jackson's concurrence in Trump v. Barbara shows how the historical record, not selective memory, settles the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

One hundred sixty-three years ago today, as the light faded over the first day’s field at Gettysburg, an enslaved man from Lexington, Virginia walked out to the unfinished Railroad Cut west of town. #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

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The Slave at the Railroad Cut

163 years ago tonight, an enslaved man fed Confederate officers with food pulled from the Union dead. Gettysburg still doesn't know what to do with him.

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