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Meghan B
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CHICAGO | Strategist by day, dj gloria vanderbilt by night
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Trump national security advisor Mike Waltz is the brother-in-law of Creed frontman Scott Stapp.
March 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
twitter is an evil hellscape but the jd vance memes there are brutal and hilarious and somehow they aren’t all over bluesky and thats why this platform isnt for the culture yet. please be meaner and most of all, funnier here. I dont think ive laughed at a single bluesky post yet. Thats bad.
March 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Crappy's
Galesburg, IL
February 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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I wonder if Cory Booker’s social media training for elected Dems included to just keep blithely posting as your terrified constituents beg you to do something
February 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Fed source to me re: this news: “ten alarm fire”
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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The media has focused on wealthy, White neighborhoods. But the fire in Altadena--a racially and economically diverse suburb--deserves more attention, because insurance may not cover their rebuilding costs, forcing families out and leading the neighborhood to gentrify.
www.reuters.com/world/us/far...
Far from Hollywood's wealth, Los Angeles fire survivors feel forgotten
Residents say that insurance companies might shortchange less affluent households.
www.reuters.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
December 30, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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Incredible reporting from @thenewsham.bsky.social and @klong.bsky.social
How rich musicians billed American taxpayers for luxury hotels, shopping sprees, and million-dollar bonuses
www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-ch...
How rich musicians billed American taxpayers for luxury hotels, shopping sprees, and million-dollar bonuses
Pop stars took advantage of the SVOG grant, using COVID relief funds for luxury spending. Lil Wayne bought Balenciaga and flew private.
www.businessinsider.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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Chicago’s Essential Dive Bars: The history and legacy of 14 iconic watering holes 🍻

Block Club went deep — like, really deep — into the history of some of the city’s most beloved and historic dive bars. https://buff.ly/4fZx45C
November 25, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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New from me: Two influencers make very similar content promoting Amazon products. They dress the same. They buy the same stuff. They even have a similar tattoo.

Now one is suing the other, claiming her rival won't stop copying her. But who influenced whom? www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...
The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry
Behind the scenes of a court battle for the “clean girl” look.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Has anyone posted something stupid on here about putting peas in their guacamole and been dunked on by the entire app yet? Or having their kid try to open a can of beans with a can opener? Thats when this place will really thrive.
November 20, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Hello everyone
November 14, 2024 at 5:43 PM