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@scottjohnson.zip another survivors like you can play instead of vampire survivors!
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November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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volts.wtf
What @notalawyer.bsky.social said.
September 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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grapes-enjoyer.bsky.social
“Hey why don’t you invest billions of dollars in a factory here, and every four years we’ll flip a coin and maybe a posse of mouthbreathing thugs will throw hoods over your employees’ heads and fly them to a foreign prison”
September 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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micahloewinger.bsky.social
For the latest @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with @jamisonfoser.bsky.social about how mainstream journalists are manufacturing consent for Trump’s occupation of American cities:
No, Trump Isn't Cracking Down on Crime. Plus, How Ukrainians Tell Their Story of the War. | On the Media | WNYC Studios
President Trump is preparing to send the National Guard to cities across the country. On this week’s On the Media, what the press is missing about the president’s so-called “crackdown...
www.wnycstudios.org
September 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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volts.wtf
It is criminal what the US has done to its children through car culture. They go from supervised activity to car to supervised activity to car ... no wayfinding, no autonomy, no agency, no risk, no sense of adventure or surprise. We're raising helpless, emotionally fragile computer kids.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 13
The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.
Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it.
Bigger cars, distracted drivers and worried parents mean fewer kids are roaming freely.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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ariberman.bsky.social
Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators

Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators

DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover
August 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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volts.wtf
Everyone who thinks that voters are responding to their own lived experience needs to explain this graph.
August 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
Why are all of my work rectangles also my fuck around rectangles. These should be different rectangles.
July 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
AC is SO MUCH EASIER to decarbonize than heating...we're already like halfway to carbon free AC in the US, while heat is like 10% of the way there.
July 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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volts.wtf
There's something darkly amusing about the fact that, in a political atmosphere rife with paranoid xenophobia about China, the GOP is passing a big high-profile bill that amounts to *total surrender to China*.
jayturner.bsky.social Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · Jun 30
Sobering piece in @nytimes.com compares China's advances in clean energy to the U.S.'s retrenchment in fossil fuels. Hard to read at a moment when the U.S. is giving up on a more affordable, healthier, and more sustainable future.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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July 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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radosh.bsky.social
I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.

Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
Q: So I wonder what you think about that, about the phrase “globalize the intifada” and what we've seen as some anti-semitism coming from the left-wing protesters. A: The first thing as you were saying is anti-semitism is a real issue in our city and it's one that can be captured in statistics, the ones that you're citing. It's also one that you will feel in conversations you have with Jewish New Yorkers across the city. And I remember one conversation I had with a friend of mine after the horrific war crime of October 7th. He was telling me that he went for Shabbat services at his temple and he was facing forward when he heard the door open. And he turned back with a chill going up his spine because he didn't know who was coming in. And that's more than a year ago. And then just a few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a Jewish man in Williamsburg who told me that the same door he would keep unlocked for decades is one that he now locks out of a fear of what could happen in his own neighborhood. And I think that this is something that has to be the focus of the next mayoral administration, is not just talking about it, but tackling it. And these are the conversations that have informed our commitment around increasing funding for anti-hate crime programming by 800% in our Department of Community Safety. To the question of language that's being used. I am someone who I would say am less comfortable with the idea of banning the use of certain words and that I think it is more evocative of a Trump style approach to how to lead a country. And- Q: Does that just make you uncomfortable? Like the phrase globalizing intifada. And like the phrase from the river to the sea, does that make you uncomfortable? Or do you think- A: Okay, those are different. Those are super different. Q: They're not really. A: Those are like different genres. Q: I'm sorry, I'm asking so wrong. Then they're not really different to me. And to some people they are not different. A: I know people for whom those things mean very different things. And to me, ultimately, what I hear in so many is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights. And I think what's difficult also is that the very word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw ghetto uprising into Arabic because it's a word that means struggle. And as a Muslim man who grew up post-911, I'm all too familiar in the way in which Arabic words can be twisted, can be distorted, can be used to justify any kind of meaning. And I think that's where it leaves me with a sense that what we need to do is focus on keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe. And the question of the permissibility of language is something that I haven't ventured.
June 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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atrupar.com
Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."
June 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
“pulled”? what in the name of merriam webster is this
U.S. Military Is Pulled Back Into Middle East Wars The strikes on Iran ushered in a period of high alert as the Pentagon braced for almost-certain retaliation against American forces in the region.
June 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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scottjshapiro.bsky.social
I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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davidfaris.bsky.social
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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jessedjenkins.com
In contrast, I love everything about this. 🔌💡 🔌🚗
garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · Jun 21
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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onthemedia.bsky.social
Shows up!

Brooke reflects on America’s culture of political violence

@awprokop.bsky.social on the hawks and isolationists vying for Trump’s ear

@micahloewinger.bsky.social w/ the story of a campus newspaper that went to war with its school admin and won
MAGA Divides Over Iran. Plus, Inside the Crackdown on Student Journalists | On the Media | WNYC Studios
President Donald Trump says he’ll decide whether or not to attack Iran within the next two weeks. On this week’s On the Media, hear why the right is split on what the president should...
www.wnycstudios.org
June 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
here’s the moment LASD advanced on protestors with horses and used flash-bangs as we reported live yesterday. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...
NBC's Jacob Soboroff reports from the Los Angeles protests as law enforcement fires flash bangs
NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff was reporting on the ground in Los Angeles when law enforcement started using crowd control tactics against protesters, including firing flash bangs. Soboroff spe...
www.msnbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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indivistwincities.bsky.social
The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible
June 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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volts.wtf
The retweet by @jaketapper.bsky.social -- who plays "objective reporter" when it suits him -- is just too perfect. The one opinion he thinks it is ok to show off in public is: "the right of free assembly is unworkable."
stevemnomoremister.bsky.social Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · Jun 10
"A society can't allow EVERYBODY to have free speech!" is a helluva take.
Thomas Chatterton Williams on X: "I don’t care if you’re razing Kenosha, storming the Capitol, or doing whatever this is in LA, no democracy can function when every group and identity block decides it has the right and moral authority to take its specific political disagreements into the streets." Retweeted by Jake Tapper.
June 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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onthemedia.bsky.social
What points would you add to our Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Protest Edition from 2018?
Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Protest Edition. 1. TV news will fixate on incidents of violence, even if rare and uncharacteristic of the overall event. 2. Oppontents will try to delegitimize protesters by claiming they are "paid" or otherwise dishonest. This is almost always untrue. 3. Measuing crowd sie is an imprecise, politicized enterprise. Be skeptical of hard numbers: view aerial photos and compare sources. 4. Beware loaded terms such as "riot" and "rebellion." They often reveal the political leanings of the media outlets using them. 5. Crowds at protests are so diverse that the media can tell any story the want. Beware broad conclusions based on extreme people or events. 6. Coverage often considers whether protesters left a mess, or helped clean up –– a subtle jab or praise. The truth is somewhere in the middle. 7. Protest coverage tends to be episodic, not long-term. Seek out stories that place events in their larger political and historical context. 8. The media will try to tabulate immediate successes and failures of protests. Remember, their impact may not be felt for years.
June 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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micahloewinger.bsky.social
On the latest @onthemedia.bsky.social I looked at the Ghorman Massacre from Andor S2, a remarkably resonant allegory about how authoritarian regimes misrepresent and provoke protest movements to justify more repression.

www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
June 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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alexfalcone.bsky.social
It's so weird when people can't tell they're the villains in the story. People wake up like "doo da doo time to put on my ski mask and cover my badge number like a hero would." "I'm not wrong, it's the crying family I'm tearing apart that is the problem."
June 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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how-sen.com
In order to eliminate any inconvenience to cars, we’ve made it illegal for children to be children
NBC News Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident. Gastonia, N.C., police charged the parents with involuntary manslaughter charges after allowing the victim and his brother to walk home alone from a nearby grocery store.
June 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM