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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is badass
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🎃 It’s the Mid Pumpkin, Emily 🎃 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Please read this whole thread. It’s a very good depiction of how community care looks right now. Please be ready to show the same care.
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
On Earth 2, we can't believe how good the new HBO Animorphs show looks. "They nailed the morphing," people enthuse. The nonbinary actor playing Ax's human morph is cutting it up on the Las Culturistas podcast. The actress playing Rachel has handcuffed herself to a data center
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
downgrade a movie: Interstate
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Make a band bigger: M84
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Arcade Conflagration
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Ghoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.com · 20/08/2026
This is a movie about failure, and this is its strength, and it requires of you a different kind of viewing experience. And this is true, tbh, whether or not you think Nolan is a good filmmaker.
But it seems perhaps counterproductive to pick The Odyssey apart for being incoherent when we're adrift in an age of incoherence, and what we need now more than anything are the tools to help us make sense of how to act during such confounding times. Betrayed by leaders, made witness to an endless litany of crimes and atrocities that many of us feel powerless to stop while still being racked with guilt—ours is a world of near-constant moral injury. Art that responds to such times cannot succeed by presenting a solid vision of the world or characters whose actions are
uncomplicated. Enduring art does not give you easy answers; it poses impossible problems and gives you the strength to attempt to answer them, knowing full well any possible solution will be inadequate. It's by this criteria-rather than any kind of internal coherence—that a work like The Odyssey should be judged.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Headlines: Such-and-such technology may someday be as smart as human brains! Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world.
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Somebody tell Rhaenyra Targaryen
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Daft Punk played at my house once
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This thread made my night
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Good thing Werwulf is coming out on Christmas for some easy counterprogramming
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I have a hypothesis (un-researched) that typography is a reliable indicator of AI-generated imagery. Most of the time it seems to use a "typeface" that's a flavor-free mashup of Comic Sans and Futura Black. Has anyone taken a close look at this?
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 06/08/2026
That’s enough to fund 11 years worth of $2000 monthly housing vouchers for all 5300 individuals facing homelessness in DC right now.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/07/2026
I think this absolutely isn’t a crank theory and is just objectively correct.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 31/07/2026
Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.
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Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The left needs a candidate it can unite around in the 2028 primaries and AOC is the only real choice. Nobody else checks all of the boxes. Every other option is worse. If she doesn't run, it's a missed opportunity of historic proportions. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/aoc-must-r...
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AOC Must Run For President
History is calling. Sorry!
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Real, "the law is powerless to help you, not to punish you" stuff
Screenshot from linked article with these sentences highlighted:

"The U.S. government has long claimed it can search and seize people’s devices without a search warrant or court order until they are permitted entry to the United States." 

"Prosecutors later charged Tunick under a federal statute that makes it unlawful to knowingly destroy or damage property to prevent authorities from seizing it."
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Still of Woody Harrelson in the scene from True Detective where he says "I just want you to stop saying odd shit" except I cropped the caption for the bit
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🌑 @fell.energy · 24/07/2026
tarot is a billion times cooler than astrology to me one is a roguelike poetry/advice session and the other is haha hey what if the circumstances of your birth were insurmountable wouldnt that be cool
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🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
FUCK
The sun holding a gun and pointing it towards a human hand holding a gun pointed towards the sun
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ID4 in Real Time @handle.invalid · 03/07/2026
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN OBLITERATED BY AN ATTACK BY THE SPACECRAFT OVER D.C. FLAMES ARE HUNDREDS OF FEET IN THE AIR. THE CAPITOL BUILDING HAS BEEN FLATTENED.
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Actions. Consequences.
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
All I'm asking is for people to experience the consequences of their own actions
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John Breen @breen.tech · 17/06/2026
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Spoilers for The Pitt Season 2
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Geoffrey Hatchard @imgoph.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Really surprised this @atulocal689.bsky.social post has zero interaction a day later. I added alt text (across two images because this is a LOT of text) for accessibility. I’m just going to keep saying the same thing I always do. Make the status quo law, and make all buses free at the point of use.
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Union Condemns WMATA GM Randy Clarke For Reversing Bus Operator Safety Policy In Place for Nearly A Decade and Increasing
Risk of Assaults

Today, ATU Local 689 condemned the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority General Manager Randy Clarke for his despicable and callous decision to force bus operators to quote the bus fare at all passengers, including fare evaders, reversing a long-standing policy that has drastically reduced bus operator assaults.
In place since 2017, the current policy is supported by data and has been reinforced by WMATA's 'Safety Risk Reduction Plan' from last year. Fare disputes are one of the largest causes of operator assaults, something that WMATA routinely acknowledges. Once again, Randy Clarke disregards the facts and turns a blind eye to the safety risks and workers' concerns.

Through the Joint Labor Management Safety Committee (JLMSC), the Union and
WMATA have been partnering to develop specific action, including signage and prerecorded messages to provide fare information. Instead of consulting with the Union through the JLMSC or meetings with leadership to discuss the possible policy change, WMATA under Randy Clarke has unilaterally imposed a policy that will immediately put bus operators and passengers in greater danger. Randy Clarke is even reversing his own publicly stated position.

While on the Politics Hour, hosted by Kojo Nnamdi on WAMU in October 2024, Randy Clarke replied to a question about the current policy of bus operators not quoting the fare by saying:(2 of 2)

"..So bus operators and this would be industry standard. Bus operators do not engage people for fare evasion. It is not worth the potential physical harm that could come to one of my staff members. And that is the ultimate thing we care about is the safety of everyone on the system. So if someone is causing a big problem we will obviously quickly get a supervisor or transit police or local police depending on the severity to go intercede in that situation, but when it comes to fares we want to keep our employees safe and the rest of the people on the bus safe."

A few days ago, WMATA provided the Union with a copy of the policy, which is slated to go into effect May 24, 2026, ahead of its distribution to workers. The Union fully intends to continue to protest the new outrageous and unsafe policy. ATU Local 689 will use all of its contractual rights to fight for workers' safety and have already filed a grievance. Yesterday, the Union sent a letter to members of the WMATA Board of Directors urging them to stop the reckless policy decision.

Randy Clarke and WMATA must immediately withdraw the new policy and demonstrate that they actually care about worker safety. Our member's safety is more important than attempting to collect $2.25 from a fare evader. Words are cheap - but actions are louder.
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DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
hey john. its your cousin marvin. marvin cage! you know that new sound youve been looking for? well listen to this *hangs up phone*
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Fucking WHY. It's not like the ones who are already here are busy, they spend all day loitering on corners and riding the Metro escalators up and down and getting side-eyed
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 02/05/2026
So, friends: I promised I'd tell the story. Now I shall. Let a (former) psych nurse tell you the true (gods help us) story of a night in a big-time NYC emergency room: and the arrival of The Man With The Bloomingdales Bag. (1/n)
The Bloomingdales Big Brown Bag
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
You have to impeach Trump, as many times as possible, in massive prolonged proceedings, as stridently as possible, because in the US system, that is the strongest form of political condemnation available, and he must be condemned endlessly until he leaves office in disgrace, goes to prison, or dies
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Tom Roussey @tomroussey.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Listen to bizarre radio traffic from Reagan National Airport in which pilots are scolded for making dog and cat noises #DCA
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Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 15/04/2026
This year, like every year for the last 16, I have paid my tax bill to a government in which I have no representation. This year, it feels far worse than in previous years, because of the things done with that money that zealous representation might have been able to curb or stop. Statehood for DC
I am a DC Resident, and I pay federal taxes. There is no vote for me in Congress. 

If you have representation on the hill, tell your members of Congress that you support DC Statehood.
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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Check out dcbudget.com! (surprisingly this domain was still available). Contains every agency & line item - searchable and sortable. No need to download dozens of PDFs
A data table comparing DC agency budgets between FY26 and FY27, with columns for Agency, FY26, FY27 (currently sorted descending), and Change. Three agencies are listed:

Department of Health Care Finance (HT0, Human Support Services) — FY26: $5.5B, FY27: $5.3B, Change: ▼−3.1%
District of Columbia Public Schools (GA0, Public Education System) — FY26: $1.5B, FY27: $1.5B, Change: ▼−1.4%
District of Columbia Public Charter Schools (GC0, Public Education System) - FY26: $1.4B, FY27: $1.4B, Change: ▲+3.8%

Each row includes "View" and "Details" buttons, a star icon for favoriting, and a small sparkline chart showing budget trend over time.
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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Mayor's proposed FY2027 budget is public ... as a stack of PDFs most people don't want to search through, cross-reference, or analyze. This annoyed me last year, so this year I prepped something that is easier to go through.
A dark navy blue header banner for a DC FY2027 Budget website. The title "DC FY2027 Budget" appears in large, bold yellow-green text. Below it, a subheading reads "Proposed Budget and Financial Plan" in white bold text, followed by a description: "An interactive explorer of Washington DC's proposed $12.7 billion general funds budget for Fiscal Year 2027. Data sourced from the DC CFO and Mayor's budget submission." At the bottom, smaller gray text notes it is an "Independent explorer built by Josh Jacobson" with hyperlinks to Bluesky and Twitter, and a disclaimer that it is "Not affiliated with the DC government."
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Jazz. @jl3001.blacksky.app · 13/04/2026
A major traumatic and disabling event that they want to act like never happened even though policing got worse directly as a result of that time, prices got worse directly as a result of that time, and we have our own Mengele who wants no vaccines and only the strong to survive, cuz of that time.
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Post Trump's Truth Social walls-of-text saying "this is not who we are" or "brain totally cooked" all you want, I will *never* read them.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The singular goal of all future US politics is to ensure Trumpism is defeated and cannot again take root here, and everything that serves that end is to be considered and prioritized. It's a holistic organizing principle, from a Green New Deal to Nuremberg 2 to expanding the court to Reconstruction.
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Emma the Sewer Socialist @mayorseidel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Correct. And if we have a big constituent assembly to propose amendments to the constitution, it should take place in Philly and be called the Continental Congress. Really lean into it. DC is where the government goes when we’re in the new normal.
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Yakov Feygin @buddyyakov.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If the Iranians really want to fuck with us they should offer to open the straights in return for Trump’s resignation.
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I am here for messaging that the THREAT alone - regardless of if it's carried out or walked back - should end his presidency. The die is already cast. You cannot wield the power that man has and say that kind of shit.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
call for an investigation into the president's fitness. call for the house to impeach. say you will obstruct every last bit of senate business. call for soldiers to disregard illegal orders. say you will prosecute the people who do this. say you will take their military pensions and benefits.
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Don't wait to do the right thing. Just do it.
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
days like today i get incandescent with rage all over again that he wasn't in cuffs and an orange jumpsuit and perp walked on jan 21st, 2021
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/04/2026
you have to get him out of office and you have to do it today even if it gets blocked you force an impeachment vote right now how else can you live with yourself if he follows through with this and you didn’t do everything you could to stop it
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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
It’s called the Cycle of Abuse or the Walker Wheel: calm followed by rising tension, the explosion of violence, the reconciliation, the incremental intensification of violence over time.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Nuremberg was an important symbol of German nationhood so I say with 100% sincerity that this is a job for Philadelphia
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xaq @xaqrox.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Sadness always comes home
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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 04/04/2026
fuck a firefly revival, give me the rest of Glow
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