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Michael Salerno
@mikenjd.bsky.social
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Broadway lawyer. Lover of entertainment, politics, and woefully, the New York Mets.
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Me a month ago: "Get ready for another round of stories about Mom and Pop Landlords"
February 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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opg.bsky.social obnoxiously pitt girl @opg.bsky.social · 16h
IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:

THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
the polish figure skating team in the kiss and cry holding a plush pierogi
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
mikenjd.bsky.social
Wow. Canada getting a HUGE pop when it enters the arena.

NBC is 100% going to mute the boos for the US team. #Olympics #OpeningCeremony
February 6, 2026 at 7:58 PM
mikenjd.bsky.social
I know people make fun of Olympics Opening Ceremonies as being silly, but I love them. It's freaking art, man, with messages of hope and unity and brotherhood and improving the world.

You can miss me with your cynicism.
February 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
not to brag or anything but i never thought fake internet money you cant use anywhere was a good investment
February 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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thefienprint.bsky.social
If you know anybody in the White House press corps, Mark has provided them with at least 15 minutes of increasingly tense and terse entertainment here. Every question should be asked. Every. Single. Question.
markharris.bsky.social Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 14h
White House press corps, I know some of you are shy, so let me help you get started. This isn't fifty questions--I could only fit twenty-one in alt text--but let me know if you need more!
Did you know that Trump himself had not posted the video when you defended it? Why would you accuse people who were offended by a racist video of lying about their reactions? What percentage of Trump's Truth Social posts are made by someone else? What percentage of Trump's Truth Social posts are made without his knowledge? How many people aside from Trump have access to his social media account? Who are those people? Which of Trump's other Truth Social posts were posted by someone else? How can anyone be sure that posts under Trump's name come from Trump? Why should anyone believe that this particular post did not come from Trump since it is consistent with his well-reported history of racist remarks and conduct? If people can't be sure any post is his, why should anyone take any post under his name either literally or seriously? What was the impulse for the staffer to make that post? Has the staffer been disciplined in any way? Will the staffer continue to have access to his account? What does it say about Trump's judgment that he would choose a staffer with this kind of judgment to have access to his account? Is the anonymous staffer a hastily invented concoction to which you pivoted once you realized that the story was going to outgrow your attempts to dismiss it? How do you react to the almost universal condemnation of the post? The President's late-night posting sprees are filled with lapses in taste and judgment as well as threats and pronouncements that go nowhere. What does that say about the President's emotional stability? What does it say about the President's honesty? What does it say about the President's credibility? Hasn't your own credibility been damaged by your defense of something widely seen as indefensible? What does it say about you that you were comfortable not only defending the video but attacking those who were offended by it? Doesn't the amount of lying Trump does, and that you do for him, undermine your ability to be trusted on anything?
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
mikenjd.bsky.social
Wordle 1,693 5/6*

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February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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poniewozik.bsky.social
This is art
adambonin.bsky.social Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 17h
I continue to be befuddled by where one goes, career-wise, after having developed an absolutely killer Claire Danes impression (this isn't quite the Vaughn Meader career arc), and yet I am still blown away by how well Beth Hoyt does this.

www.instagram.com/reel/DUUCgk4...
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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zdroberts.bsky.social
I'm sorry when was AOC a "left-wing agitator?" She was an elected member of congress. She didn't harass fellow members like MTG did/does.

Is being left of Pelosi considered being an "agitator" by the NYT's?

Does Kellen know what being a "left-wing agitator" means?
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
mikenjd.bsky.social
I mean fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck this guy
evanhurst.substack.com Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 1d
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.

(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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muellershewrote.com
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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alexanderchee.bsky.social
If they make a sequel to Muppets Take Manhattan I hope they do it while he’s mayor and put him in it.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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aureliusr2.bsky.social
The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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owillis.bsky.social
The New York Times has finally covered the Trump video of Obama as an ape — and they are still providing cover for him. Fuck the Times.
It was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware that the clip had been included in the video before he shared it. It was unclear how the clip was made, although it appeared to have been generated by A.I. The clip appeared to have been taken from a video that was shared in October by a user on X whose watermark is shown, with the caption “President Trump: King of the Jungle,” and an emoji of a lion.
February 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
Part of what makes Mamdani so great is that he’s just like… a normal nice guy. He’s reacting like a human being. Too many politicians have faux culture war brain worms and it makes them weird and offputting.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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ditzkoff.bsky.social
good to see these stories about progressive politics and sexuality are helping to line the pockets of the [checks notes] Murdoch family
February 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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goofrider.bsky.social
Rule of Goats 2.0

cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
Ragnar Blackwolf writes: Hypothetically if someone was accused of having sex with goats by over 30 different people and regularly denied it, but also dropped very public hints about how much he liked to have sex with goats for decades, and ran a goat pageant to find the best looking goats, and was best friends with someone who got convicted of fucking goats and trafficking goats to friends all over the world who also liked to fuck goats, and his name was in the classified goat fucker chronicles 5,000 times, and he wished other goat fuckers well in prison, what do you think the odds are that person is also a goat fucker?
February 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
jeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
segyges.bsky.social SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 1d
what the fuck man
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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francesmeh.reviews
one thing i always look for in a currency is the capacity to lose 15% of its value in response to nothing in particular
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Looks like Disney’s warning about fewer foreign tourists to the US was no joke.

@financialtimes.com #$DIS
www.ft.com/content/8f6d...
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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ditzkoff.bsky.social
I feel like…
The president….
Might not…
Consider Black people…
…to be his equals
February 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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chadloder.bsky.social
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.

It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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razzball.bsky.social
Is this good chat
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February 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
mikenjd.bsky.social
OMG, they have Marco Rubio listed twice on the America 250 website because he has two different jobs.
February 6, 2026 at 3:55 AM