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rbreich.bsky.social
This is why people say our economy is rigged. Watch.
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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gettheorion.bsky.social
I Am Not A Toy

I am an ecological disaster, mortal enemy and scourge of The Klingon Empire. I'm also a breakfast cereal. But most importantly, I'm a commitment. Please think twice before gifting someone a Tribble this holiday season.
screenshot from the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations." Odo is gleefully holding a Tribble.
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
excited to read a longform article about the collapse of this project (est: 1-3 deaths) in eighteen months or so.
brusselstimes.com The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 1d
Belgian crypto billionaire Olivier Janssens is planning to establish a "libertarian community" with its own legal system in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the ‘Dubai of the Caribbean’
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the 'Dubai of the Caribbean'
www.brusselstimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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robertvinson.bsky.social
https://www.azquotes.com/quote/424879
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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richinwashington.bsky.social
Buy Jello Biafra's car
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
Punk Legend Jello Biafra's 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible
Owned and driven by music legend Jello Biafra since 1995, this 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible has impeccable punk rock credentials. As Jello’s daily driver for decades, this T160-generation...
www.hemmings.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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smbccomics.bsky.social
Turkin hard or hardly turkin?

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/turkin
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
Part 1/3 of a 10-panel SMBC comic update. Campaign aides are seen reacting to a situation - reporters found their candidate, Thompson having sex with a turkey. Again. At first they were cautiously optimistic, since there's no median-voter data on turkey-fucking. But then, the constituents turned out to be furious, as illustrated in a panel by someone posting online "Dammit, fucking a turkey just feed the narrative that he's a turkey fucker! #thompson2038" Part 2/3 of a 10-panel SMBC comic update. Surrogates went to talkshows for damage control. A panel shows the talkshow host saying that "what the working class are asking is why didn't the current administration f*** the turkey of inflation?" The following panel shows that damage control went better on podcasts. The podcast host says "You got people out here, who are judging this man purely based on his character, statements and actions, I mean, grow up!" with his co-host replying "wow, that is so real, bro." A third panel shows that the opposition admittedly had a solid case, showing a woman repetitively insisting that "he's a turkey-fucker," while also mimicking the action with her hands. Part 3/3 of a 10-panel SMBC comic update. The narration keeps going, saying that happily, due to decades of partisanship, the truth was received by supporters as wicked propaganda. This point is illustrated with another person posting vehemently that the other party are hypocrites to social media. The narration underlines that within 24 hours, the news had moved on from the turkey-fucker news, in this case, moved on to be cruel towards trans people. Once Thompson won the election, they refuse to answer any question regarding the "menage à turkey" because "elections have consequences." The final panel of the comic shows a character wondering if tearing moral character away from power will ultimately rip apart the fabric of state. Another characters replies that if so, they'll get amazing book deals.
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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theonion.com
“When it comes to putting together a crew with the skills needed for a bank job or a jewel heist, a majority of Americans reported knowing just one or two guys, tops,” said lead researcher Jane Iannitello
Study Finds 80% Of Americans Lack Social Connections To Pull Off Heist
NEW HAVEN, CT—Shedding new light on a previously undocumented effect of loneliness, a team of psychologists at Yale University found that at least 80% of Americans lack the social connections necessar...
theonion.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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kermitment.com
Have you taken a moment to think about Rowlf today?
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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clayranck.bsky.social
“If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” -Brett Kavanaugh
melissagomez.bsky.social Melissa Gomez @melissagomez.bsky.social · Sep 26
Army vet George Retes Jr. was trying to get to work on July 10 at Glass House during an ICE raid. He was handcuffed and jailed for 3 days without explanation. After he wrote about his arrest, DHS accused him of assault, which he called a baffling accusation.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
A U.S. veteran spoke out against his wrongful arrest by ICE. Now he’s being accused of assault
George Retes Jr. wrote an op-ed about his arrest during the Glass House ICE raid in July. He says DHS is now spreading falsehoods against him for speaking out.
www.latimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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smurfburger.bsky.social
Don’t use Instacart
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 10d
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.

It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.

Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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pbump.com
Previously:
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · Oct 30
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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peggyflanagan.bsky.social
Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year.

Now you're upset?

Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
repangiecraig.bsky.social Rep. Angie Craig @repangiecraig.bsky.social · 11d
ICE agents followed a Burnsville family home from the store, failed to present a warrant and entered their home with guns drawn. They detained 4 legal citizens who presented documentation, leaving a 7 year-old without parents.

A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
kare11.bsky.social KARE 11 @kare11.bsky.social · 11d
ICE agents detained four people from a Burnsville home, according to family members, including a 7-year-old's parents and the husband of a pregnant woman.
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
I lost my job, there are no toys on the shelves, and the only hospital within 100 miles of my house just closed. But at least I know that now there won't be any non-binary characters on Paw Patrol.
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
shiraz0.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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sarahtaber.bsky.social
Rolling Stone: clearly documents a 30+ year long con job. A rural county's own leadership lined their pockets by helping ag interests destroy the water supply.

Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
Has this been posted yet
2+7= _ I caNnot aNswer this qwestion, as it is agaiNst My reLigious principles. ٠١٨٨ IT'S WORTH A SHOT. aMI, 7 january 1986 NAITION
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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junlper.beer
i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Opinion | I know Trump and Hegseth's murders of Venezuelan fishermen are illegal. But if I don't allow them to do it, I'll be primaried by someone who also allows them to do it—but who lacks my chummy relationship with the DC press corps.
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
i have a similar rule for friends and colleagues: engage in human trafficking up to sixteen times, that's all well and good. seventeen? you done crossed a line, son.
hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 26d
17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
By and large, however, the allegations against the other social media platforms are less detailed than those against Meta. The internal documents cited by the plaintiffs allege: Meta intentionally designed its youth safety features to be ineffective and rarely used, and blocked testing of safety features that it feared might be harmful to growth. Meta required users to be caught 17 times attempting to traffic people for sex before it would remove them from its platform, which a document described as “a very, very, very high strike threshold." Meta recognized that optimizing its products to increase teen engagement resulted in serving them more harmful content, but did so anyway. Meta stalled internal efforts to prevent child predators from contacting minors for years due to growth concerns, and pressured safety staff to circulate arguments justifying its decision not to act.
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
By and large, however, the allegations against the other social media platforms are less detailed than those against Meta. The internal documents cited by the plaintiffs allege: Meta intentionally designed its youth safety features to be ineffective and rarely used, and blocked testing of safety features that it feared might be harmful to growth. Meta required users to be caught 17 times attempting to traffic people for sex before it would remove them from its platform, which a document described as “a very, very, very high strike threshold." Meta recognized that optimizing its products to increase teen engagement resulted in serving them more harmful content, but did so anyway. Meta stalled internal efforts to prevent child predators from contacting minors for years due to growth concerns, and pressured safety staff to circulate arguments justifying its decision not to act.
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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spacetwinks.bsky.social
this is what happens, again and again, with varying levels of politeness or volatility.

"you don't know what happens behind closed doors. you don't know what we're REALLY doing."

"you're right. i don't. are you gonna show us what's happening behind closed doors?"

"no."

so we're left in the dark.
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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rajandelman.bsky.social
God, what a punchline
daniloc.xyz Citizen Platano 🇵🇷 @daniloc.xyz · 28d
Larry Summers’s co-teacher at Harvard:

“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”

Student:

“NO WE WON’T”

dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM