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David Dayen

@ddayen.bsky.social

Marjorie Taylor Greene just announced she's leaving Congress

November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography

@jocelynanderson.bsky.social

A male Northern Cardinal perches on a mossy log for a moment before heading off to a berry bush.

November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM

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Star Trek Minus Context

@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social

Star Trek Voyager scene. We see the EMH Dr standing next to Neelix, a mostly bald humanoid alien with tall mohawk hair and ridged head that kind of looks like a hermit crab shell, and long lower cheek whiskers. They're standing in sick bay, Neelix is looking stumped, and the Doctor is standing next to him inquisitively looking at a tricorder. Closed caption reads, "Dizziness? Nausea? Unspeakable dread?"

November 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.

Chart showing detention population, among those arrested in the interior, by criminal record, May 2019 through present.

There are three lines shown. (1) Prior conviction (which rises from around 9,000 in January 2025 to just over 16,000 in November 2025), (2) Pending criminal charges (which rises from around 5,000 to 15,000), and (3) No criminal record (which rises from around 1,000 to 21,000).

November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM

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More Perfect Union

@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Federal election spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans is now 140x what it was in 2000.

Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Bar graph showing these 100 richest americans spent a couple million in 2000, but last year crossed over 1 billion dollars in election spending

November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM

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Bryan Kephart

@thundercrat.bsky.social

I just found this old picture of a poster that was on the wall at the school my friend taught at and there’s some incredible stuff in there

WAYS TO SAY N
TO WEED
6
1
1
1. Are you kidding me? Grow up!
2. Ganja is for goons, no thanks.
3. Get a job you hippie wastoid.
4. No thanks, I'm a good person.
5. You need to go to jail, hempo.
My dad told me better, no way.
7 Grass is crass, also gross! Nol
8 Uhhh... no thanks loser!
9 Get away from me, THC addict. 34. I'll pass on your pot offer.
Let me think... No way, never.
No. You are trash if you toke.
- Back off, bucko. You're bad.
. I would rather not, okay?
5. Injecting weed is for dummies.
16. I will never do one toke.
26. I was raised right, I won't light.
27. I'd like to keep my job, thanks.
28. You wish, pot junker! Back off!
29. I'm calling the Coast Guard.
30. No tokes for me. I'm cool.
31. Leave me be, you blunt blazer!
32. No, I'm as clean as a whistle.
33. That's a death "roach." No.
• Yeah right, I'm way too smart. 35. Cannabis is crap, you cretin!
36. Pish posh, pot is for the birds!
37. Nope. THC is not for me.
38. Step out of my zone, now.
39. Get off my case, weed stoner.
40. Nuh uh, I respect the police.
41. Lay off, I listen to the law.

17. Absolutely not, I love myself.
18. Get a grip you sativa snorter!
19. Bugger off, you bong addict!
20. I will use my taser on you.
21. What do I look like? A failure?
22. Nah, bongs are wrong.
23. No way! Hemp is horrible!
24. I'd rather not be a cannibal.
42. NOI Blunts are for bad men.
43. I'd rather not die. Tokes kill.
44. No, weeds are for whacking.
45. Marijuana is for morons, ok?
46. Are you serious? Get a life.
47. You're dumb if you do "dank."
48. Stoners are loners. I'm good.
49. Nope! Spliffs are for wimps!

November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM

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Mr. Joshua

@pantspants.bsky.social

November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM

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the Mountain Goats

@themountaingoats.bsky.social

I don't even own any pajamas but this guy's pitch has inspired me to buy some for when I fly to SLC to start tour next week

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:

"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"

November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM

lost

@nvmystery.bsky.social

Remembering that Japan’s trains were definitely very cool and that the rail pass was a pretty good deal, too 👍

November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM

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Moby Dick

@mobydickatsea.bsky.social

Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.

November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM

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Pine Tofurkey Cellar-bration 🦃

@pinecellar.bsky.social

Trains fucking rule 🚅💨

November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM

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avery

@pucksarcana.bsky.social

🔁

chicken on a beach

‘if you are seeing this the curse is lifted have a good day’

November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM

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Mark Joseph Stern

@mjsdc.bsky.social

Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...

Turning to Bovino, the Court specifically finds his testimony not credible. Bovino
appeared evasive over the three days of his deposition, either providing “cute” responses to
Plaintiffs’ counsel’s questions or outright lying. When shown a video of agents hitting Rev.
Black with pepper balls, Bovino denied seeing a projectile hit Rev. Black in the head. Doc. 191-
3 at 162:21–165:17; Doc. 22-44 (Ex. 44 at 0:10–12, available at
https://spaces.hightail.com/space/ZzXNsei63k). In another video shown to Bovino, he obviously
tackles Scott Blackburn, one of Plaintiffs’ declarants. Doc. 191-3 at 172:13–173:7; Doc. 22-45
(Ex. 45 at 0:19–30, available at https://spaces.hightail.com/space/ZzXNsei63k). But instead of
admitting to using force against Blackburn, Bovino denied it and instead stated that force was
used against him.

November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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Adam Klasfeld

@klasfeldreports.com

A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.

November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM

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Kevin M. Levin

@civilwarmemory.bsky.social

Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.

November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

CLEVELAND FED PREZ HAMMACK, on @cnbc.com:

".. What we hear is people are holding onto their jobs for dear life. If they have them."

November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM

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More Perfect Union

@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent.

The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.

Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.

With new ordinance, Santa Fe becomes first city to tie minimum wage to rental costs

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates

www.abqjournal.com

November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM

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Brendan Nyhan

@brendannyhan.bsky.social

Any President who calls for the opposition party to be hanged should be immediately impeached and removed from office.

November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM

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Vintage Obscura Radio

@vintageobscura.net

Neoton Família - California Dreaming (Kaliforniáról Álmodom) [Hungary, Disco] 1978 Crazy cover of the Mamas and the Papas track
https://redd.it/nateqh
https://youtu.be/Oj06JRkXo2o