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Jbrown
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Filmmaker. Animator. Bad knees. rattlesnakefilms.ca
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Jbrown @thatjbrown.bsky.social · Apr 16
It's Canadian Nation Film Day, so check out my award-winning Canadian short film Dragon Fruit! Tell your friends!
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DRAGON FRUIT - THE FULL FILM
YouTube video by DRAGON FRUIT
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stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
Absolutely this. It keeps being portrayed as a boycott - and maybe it is for some, but these stories are having a big influence.
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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jordanuhl.com
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'

people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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pandersera.bsky.social
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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vincemancini.bsky.social
I was going to make a point about not making the same mistake we did with the Iraq War and forget all its cheerleaders, but now I'm realizing it's probably literally all the same guys
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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lukelebrun.ca
30 minutes ahead of a confidence vote that could trigger the collapse of the Carney Government and Richard Gere has arrived on Parliament Hill to put things in perspective
Richard Gere shares his thoughts with CBC’s David Cochrane ahead of confidence vote
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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mcs212.bsky.social
About as subtle as Starship Troopers
spockresists.bsky.social Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 21d
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too
NEW YORK—Faced with backlash against comments she made last week downplaying the sex trafficking crimes of Jeffrey Epstein, an anxious Megyn Kelly appeared on her podcast Monday waiting for everyone e...
theonion.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Looking to finish what they started.
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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hellocullen.bsky.social
math textbook covers for some reason:
sardonicus.eu Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · Jul 9
Robert Patrick on the set of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 1991
Robert Patrick on the set of Terminator 2: Judgement Day He has lines/squares all over him, even his tighty whitey terminator pants.
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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alexboutilier.bsky.social
The devil's deal is you get a cushy job at Vanity Fair, but you have to write like she does.

Every business email opens "I hope this finds you. And it finds you well, at the calmer fringes of a decaying empire."

Every grocery list "Oranges. The fruit of sunshine. Of hope. Hopes lost."
amybrown.xyz amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 16h
“she flamed out and faded away” is such funny framing for a woman publishing an excerpt of her book in vanity fair, where she also works. I wish I could flame out and fade away so successfully
vanityfair.com Vanity Fair @vanityfair.com · 19h
Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor Olivia Nuzzi was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames.

In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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elpais.skyfleet.blue
Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’
Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’
english.elpais.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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aaronwherry.bsky.social
The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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missingthept.bsky.social
Hitler Diary Reveals a Lost Berlin
Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York The disgraced financier’s recently released documents are steeped in a clubby world that is all but gone.
November 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
Decades ago, I supported mandatory helmet laws for people riding bikes. Then I was convinced by evidence and the bigger picture that such laws are actually counter-productive in many ways. This NZ article explains some.

I support helmets, but not mandatory helmet laws.

Build safe infrastructure.
David Seymour was right to question our compulsory helmet laws
There’s little evidence our mandatory cycle laws improve overall safety, and quite a bit of evidence suggesting they’re doing more harm than good.
thespinoff.co.nz
August 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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jamellebouie.net
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
brianbeutler.bsky.social Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 3d
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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matttomic.bsky.social
Jesus Christ.
“I get 10 messages, DMs (direct messages) a game, (saying), ‘F— you, I’m gonna f— your family up,” one player said. “I personally hate gambling. Hate everyone talking about parlays this, parlays that. I hate getting DMs in my Instagram talking about, ‘You f—– up my parlay.’ I hate people sending me threats because I messed up their parlay,” another said. Terrible. Hate them. Every game, no matter if it’s a good game or bad game, you’ve got motherf—— sending death threats, saying racist s—. Every game. I guarantee you, if I check right now, I’ll probably have something from this game. Every game. Everywhere. DMs, Twitter. People be tripping, bro,” a player said. “I hope it doesn’t happen, but it’s going to come to a point where players are going to be targeted because people have lost so much money on them. That’s what I think. But hopefully I’m wrong.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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thorbenson.bsky.social
Palpatine is pleased
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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grillcheezkilla.bsky.social
"I did not have sexual relations with that man"
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
In reviewing the Epstein emails, I was repulsed by the heartless arrogance of Epstein himself, but I must admit I was taken by the polite civility of Ghislaine Maxwell.

by David Brooks
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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ditzkoff.bsky.social
the data visualization is, uh, something
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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downwithdan.bsky.social
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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internethippo.bsky.social
I guess it's called "corruption." I've never heard that before. I said wow what a beautiful word. It comes from the Latin [spicy voice] corrumpere. But it's something we're doing and we'll be doing it perhaps more than ever before
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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froomkin.bsky.social
This would be a particularly good time to take a moment and appreciate real journalism:
froomkin.bsky.social Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 3d
I am so impressed with the Chicago journalists covering the invasion of their city, and this interview with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social is inspiring. A must read. Brava! pressingissues.org/when-the-gov...
JRV: I’ve noticed that your reporting has been criticized by the federal government on social media, particularly from DHS accounts. As a reporter, how do you respond to them? How is that impacting your work? LRP: It’s disturbing, honestly. When a government agency publicly targets your reporting, it’s not just about disagreeing with your work, it’s about trying to intimidate you and send a message to others. But my job isn’t to make the government comfortable. My job is to tell the truth and to give voice to the people who are being silenced or dehumanized. I’m careful, I fact check everything twice and I keep doing my work. If anything, their response just shows that our reporting is exposing something real. JRV: Do you think your readers still trust the work you are doing? What drives you to do the work each day? LRP: I do think readers trust us, maybe more than ever. They see that we’re on the ground, that we’re not chasing clickbait or repeating official statements. They see us standing in the cold outside a detention center, talking to families who are scared and waiting for answers. What drives me is knowing that, for many of these families, our reporting is the only record of what’s happening to them. Journalism, for me, is a form of witness — and when power goes unchecked, we have a duty to document that.
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM