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braundiggity.bsky.social
While this person is incorrect (phone ordering is only before the movie starts), there’s also always been a great irony in Alamo being the great defender of distraction-free cinema…in which you regularly have people walking in front of you to take or deliver orders and bills lol.
January 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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502eire.lol
imagine watching this and not thinking that this is the whole goddamn reason to even *have* America
philabcoulter.bsky.social Brian Coulter @philabcoulter.bsky.social · 19h
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
braundiggity.bsky.social
Excommunication now
jtgrosso.bsky.social John T. Grosso @jtgrosso.bsky.social · 1d
Vice President JD Vance’s comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith.

His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power.

My latest for NCR.
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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werrrp.bsky.social
deny him the Eucharist
jtgrosso.bsky.social John T. Grosso @jtgrosso.bsky.social · 1d
Vice President JD Vance’s comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith.

His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power.

My latest for NCR.
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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uhactually.bsky.social
Right. The point is not “it matters extra because it’s a citizen,” the point is “we either hang together or we will all hang separately.”
sarahjeong.bsky.social sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d
i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
January 8, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Kristi Noem is a stone-cold liar who has zero credibility.

There is nothing to suggest the shooting of an unarmed woman in Minneapolis was justified.

This heinous killing must be criminally investigated to the full extent of the law.
January 7, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
murdered woman's glove compartment filled with stuffed animals
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
braundiggity.bsky.social
"Abolish ICE" seems like the "Close Guantanamo" of the 2028 primary now.

I just really hope whoever wins keeps that promise this time.
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Do not let the failures of prosecution post January 6th happen again. Every second you do not charge this person is a second the massive propaganda apparatus around the federal government will use to create a fog of lies to get him off. Arrest him immediately for killing an American citizen.
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Arrest the murderer and arrest Bovino. Not complicated.
January 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
braundiggity.bsky.social
Six Feet Under is #1, then The Americans, The Leftovers, Friday Night Lights (three times tbh), and yes I’m a Sopranos defender.
redoubters.bsky.social Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 2d
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:

What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 3:42 AM
braundiggity.bsky.social
"It would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter" is likely why nobody's saying shit about it.

How many Democratic politicians have spoken out?
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
braundiggity.bsky.social
One of (many) problems with Reddit, and a general problem with news media: the vast majority of people who saw that post will never learn it was a hoax and will spread the word accordingly. It's out there now, it can't be clawed back.

(Saying this is not meant to defend delivery apps!)
caseynewton.bsky.social Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 3d
The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
The whistleblower, for his part, worked to amp up the pressure. He told me he had shared the document with other reporters, putting me into a competitive crunch. He asked when I thought I would publish. I asked him if he could point me to any current or former coworkers of his who could help me understand the document better. “Not really,” he said. By this point, alarm bells were starting to ring. I wondered if the employee badge the whistleblower had shared with me might have been AI-generated. While AI systems are notoriously unreliable at identifying their own outputs, Google Gemini can detect SynthID watermarks embedded in images that it produces. I uploaded the badge to Gemini and asked if Gemini had made it. “Most or all of this image was edited or generated with Google AI,” it said.
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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daveweigel.bsky.social
If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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d9neighbors.bsky.social
Congratulations to D9 Neighbors leadership team member Ruth Ferguson! Just appointed to the City College board by Mayor Daniel Lurie today! www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/l...
Mayor Lurie appoints S.F. housing advocate Ruth Ferguson to City College board
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Monday appointed housing advocate Ruth Ferguson to the City College board, a move expected to push trustees toward tighter fiscal discipline after years of...
www.sfchronicle.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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serogers.bsky.social
Fantastic choice by Mayor Lurie! Ruth is smart, earnest, tireless, and dedicated to building bridges in the wild world of SF politics.
January 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
braundiggity.bsky.social
Given the federal government won’t do anything, a massive class action lawsuit against Musk seems in order. Sue the shit out of these people.
maxkennerly.bsky.social Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4d
Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
esghound.com Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 4d
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Comically over-lawyered and under-inspiring. Just resign, man. Take a lobbying job or something.

This is why Democrats look to a mayor like Zohran Mamdani for national leadership.
dbernstein.bsky.social David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 6d
… Speaker Jeffries statement:
January 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
braundiggity.bsky.social
Probably the single greatest unforced error of my lifetime. Talking about having the “strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world” at the DNC, defending Israeli arms shipments, and hyping Dick Cheney’s endorsement also played into it.

She *wanted* people to see her as hawkish.
daveweigel.bsky.social Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 6d
"Kamala will draft your sons to fight in Ukraine" was all over the place in 2024. I don't think the Dems appreciated how much the Liz Cheney appearances fed into that; Stephen Miller claimed Cheney would be her defense secretary and start WWIII.
January 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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theophite.bsky.social
jeffries needs to be the fuck out of office
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
overthrowing govs, sending people to detention facilities for torture, cutting taxes for the rich, slashing social spending for the poor, increasing military spending, promoting christian nationalism, demonizing gays, surveilling citizens under "national security." same old GOP.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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bubbaprog.xyz
Credit where it's due to these United Airlines executives who separately pretty much nailed what the world would be like today, 50 years ago
Airline Chief Forecasts ‚ÄòDeregulation‚Äô Of Lines By JAMES C. FLANIGAN Journal Northwest Editor BOISE ‚Äî Only three carriers will constitute the U.S. domestic and international airlines } trunk network by the year 2026, Richard J. Ferris, president of Unit- ‚Äî ed Airlines, predicted here Tuesday. Ferris looked into the future of the airlines industry at a luncheon marking the 50th anni- versary of United. Ferris said the three surviving airlines will have unrestricted access to all domestic points and service overseas. He also said that the air transport industry of 2026 will see deregulation of the air- lines by Congress. He said industry pas- senger miles will multi- ply nine times over in the next half century and air fares will reflect cost inflation, but because of productivity gain they will go up less than wages and prices. Present-day routes flown by 727s and 737s will be served instead by aircraft carrying 250 pas- sengers, he said. Ferris predicted that United‚Äôs financial picture in the calendar year 2025 will show operating reve- nues of $183 billion and RICHARD FERRIS . ¬´ ¬ª ‚Äò3 will survive‚Äô operating expenses of $160 billion. The operat- ing profit will be $23 bil- lion and net earnings will be $11.8 billion. Ferris also looked at the lifestyle of the future, based on the premise that there will be no new major war and a steady growth of the world and U.S. economy. He said the gross national product in the United States will reach $41 trillion in 2026. ‚ÄúInflation, although better controlled than in the 1970s and 1980s, still will be with us at an annual rate of about 4 per cent ‚Äî somewhat higher than the 2.5 per cent of the last 50 years,‚Äô‚Äô he said. ‚ÄúOver the next half century, the value of the dollar will shrink to 14 cents as against today‚Äôs dollar.‚Äù He made these other predictions: ‚ÄîUrban decay will be reversed and large cities will be revitalized as cen- ters of technology, educa- tion and culture. ‚ÄîPopulation growth will be dispersed to sub- urban areas and smaller cities, and decentraliza- tion will be made possi- ble by highly developed audio-visual communica- tions systems providing vital links for business, cultural and entertain- ment aids. ‚ÄîComputers will be doing much of the work formerly performed by armies of government clerical workers and the states will serve only a ceremonial function, with taxing power resting solely in Washington, D.C. ‚ÄîEvery household will have a computer ter- minal and video device, and most people will sub- scribe to a computerized banking service. Their accounts will be charged or credit granted instant- ly through the use of a push-button transaction card. Outlook Business e Energy e Aviation @ Agriculture STS TERE VELA Sy One mee WETS Inflation will make millionaires out of some airline pilots within 50 years, predicts Andrew de Voursney, United Airlines’ vice president for finance and planning. The Air Line Pilots Association in its present edition of its publication to members quotes de Voursney as also saying that by the year 2026, Boeing Co. will have merged with McDonnell Douglas Corp. and Lockheed Aircraft Corp. will be out of business. “Assuming an annual inflation rate of 4 per cent,” said ALPA, ‘‘de Voursney says the captain of a 250s eat airliner in 2026 will make $480,000 a year, while those flying larger craft will make even more.” ALPA says not all of his predictions should be taken at face value. However, the UAL financial chief predicts that if the air transport industry is deregulated, there will be three big carriers — ‘‘one of them UAL”’ — and 50 short-haul carriers competing. Also by 2026, de Voursney says, ‘‘Boeing will have merged with McDonnell Douglas to form Bomac Air- craft Corp., whose planes are purchased by banks and leased to carriers.”
December 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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nstenhouse.bsky.social
Mamdani will be sworn in in the station that inspired the Turtles lair in TMNT 2: The Secret Of The Ooze
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM