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I finally finished it!! I #crochet 🧶this blanket over the past couple of years. The edgework has needed finishing for almost 8 months lol. But it is done and beautiful. Made with amazing yarn from @isasaxonists.bsky.social Republic of Yarnia. The yarn is amazing and beautiful

Cops. Pissing. On. The. Unhoused. ACAB.

If game studios are shifting to the Hollywood model, game workers are going to have to shift more quickly to the union model in order to survive.

The right is spending the day complaining that Abdul El-Sayed was "rude" and "a bully" to Tommy the Republican Operative at his town hall, which is hilarious given how they had nothing to say about a woman getting beaten up at a Trump rally as the president cheered on.

Perryman on East Potomac golf course: This is a public course. It’s a public park, a national park, and really of historical and current significance to the community. This is another place where has sought to violate federal law in order to try to remake things in his own image here.

She had script control over King Vidor’s adaptation of The Fountainhead, refusing to change a word of the climactic monologue, even when Gary Cooper - a fan! - said he didn’t understand what he was saying. It’s an amazing thing to witness now, an actor sternly prattling on and on, himself lost.

In 2025, a majority of S&P 500 CEOs made more in 1 day than the median US worker made the entire year. Meanwhile, the median US worker would need to work 43,154 years to earn what Trump made in 2025 thanks to his crypto scams & various grifts. When I say the system is broken, this is what I mean.

@yinizhang.bsky.social tracks elites use of AI in political messaging & suggests that because news loves novelty & AI messaging is strategically ambiguous, this use of AI by leaders is rewarded with news coverage. She also shows that when people perceive AI in their feeds, their trust goes down.

I just spent two days in Madison with the brilliant scholars of @cccr.bsky.social at @uwsjmc.bsky.social and others studying media and the crisis of American democracy. Bad news is that things are bad. Good news is scholars are still tracking and studying what’s happening and how to fix it. 🧵

NYPD keeps doing what it's doing because there's never been an organized voting majority that can instill more fear in City Hall than the police. Constructing such a majority is the governing-power Left's responsibility; until our orgs undertake it, the city will never be safe—let alone affordable.

“A.i.” is for fraud.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright admits that Trump is giving "a carrot to Russia" Martha Raddatz points out that just a year ago Wright himself was berating countries for buying Russian oil -- the very thing the administration is now encouraging!

Correct. It closes if a beloved loop for bikers and runners as well as several spots known for hosting large family gatherings. And it manages to leave the space with fewer golf holes than it had before. It’s a travesty.

Donald Trump doesn't limit his mob-boss style interference with elections to the United States.

“Whatever Trump’s worst instincts are, he had those bad instincts in the first term, but in his second term, he’s been able to follow through on them, and his worst instincts may get worse in the next 2 years.” @stevelevitsky.bsky.social in @atrupar.com’s PN: open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

This election is not really a choice between two parties. Nor will it be a choice between the “left” and the “right.” The real choice is between ever more concentrated wealth and power at the top VS. more wealth and power in what used to be the American working middle class. Some thoughts 👇

TikTok “Permanently Suspends” the ‘Musk’ Film Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive)

This is fucking trash. The "A.i." industry is a business of predatory surveillance and theft. Resist it wherever and whenever you can.

ZELENSKY: “Of course orders for the disruption of Starliknk and Starshield services came directly from the 🇺🇸 government — and SpaceX did it… Starlink speed hasn’t been fully restored despite assurance from (Musk).” Putin is pleased.

Colorado parolees shouldn’t have to choose between their beliefs and staying out of prison. After years of advocacy by atheists and allies, the state has agreed to offer secular recovery options. Here’s how organizers made it happen. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorado-p...

In other words: “You brown people should be grateful to live in a country where the vice-president calls you weasels in public”

"That's not where I would be" -- even Mike Rogers can't defend Trump waiving sanctions on Russia

Woot woot!!!

Just saw an exchange every politician should note. Someone said their dad was considering Ashley Moody because of negative ads about Angie Nixon. Angie showed up in the replies, addressed his concerns & made it personal. People want to feel heard, not talked at & Angie’s response is perfection 🔥

Had a hard time with an idea for this prompt... but spiderwebs are something that amazes me, especially in autumn! So I took the liberty to draw them for my next one. ~15~ mystery #traditionalart #ink #mouse #spiderweb

Wow! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK...

Part of the answer to "how did we get here?" is that many major journalists—since 1998, Crawford has covered SCOTUS for PBS, ABC, and CBS—are lying bigots. Here Crawford is praising a guy who asked a dumb racist question, glitched out when asked why, then admitted he wanted a Christian theocracy.

both CBS and CNN are fully aboard the Ellison bullshit train

since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42

this man knows ball

WELKER: Who do you think is to blame for the disruption to the Starlink and Starshield services? ZELENSKYY: Of course the message came from the American government WELKER: Has the system been fully restored? ZELENSKYY: No, no. We have limitations.

This is the correct version of the post, @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social. Feel free to repost this! bsky.app/profile/greg...

BASH: There was a protester during your debate with Susan Collins. She responded by saying 'this must be a Troy Jackson supporter' and you told the senator 'shut up.' Do you regret saying that? JACKSON: No. I'm not going to be talked down to by Sen. Collins. I'm not going to apologize for that, no.

LSTM, Jodrell, Diamond Light Source & other STEM centres are damaged by government cuts & indifference. This isn't a Humanities problem, tho we've been the testbed. This is the destruction of national knowledge, creativity & innovation, shrinking UK futures & happiness & erasing national security.

Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia is kind of like Eastern State Penitentiary's lesser known yet more violent younger sister. That's not even counting the years of unethical medical tests conducted on the inmates. More at www.abandonedamerica.us/holmesburg-p...

The way those folks in the audience have little smiles of anticipation as this begins…

Leave it for the dogs to piss on

someone would like a word...

yesterday musk said that companies that "overstate claims about their product" will be banned from advertising on X, today he says that his cars are alive

Prop. 40 is the California billionaire tax ⌛ www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

if you’re not for taxing billionaires…