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a CEO passed too close to being untruthful. Now she's spending 11 years in prison.

Ryan Fonseca@ryan-fonseca.bsky.social

It's a choice (a bad one) to tell readers this driver "passed too close to cyclists" when there's video evidence showing he drove his car into them, made contact and hurt someone. Fellow journalists: we can explore the nuances of punishment for drivers without obfuscating their dangerous behavior.

How are you gonna talk about being an adult while referencing every 17-year-old Young Life dude's favorite bit of scripture?

Michael Feinberg@michael-feinberg.bsky.social

I’m sorry, but adults who play video games should have no say in governance. Put aside childish things.

Struggling to explain why i like this movie but this mostly gets it.

Keith@mosheroperandi.bsky.social

Iñárritu kinda hates himself, kinda hates you, hates society, but really hates Republicans, and most of all hates Adam McKay. And while this makes it sound miserable. It's actually funny, eminently watchable, and the reason to see it in theaters is weirdly enough: the foley work

"Hey man, wanna grab go for a run/see this new movie/climb/go work out and grab a beer etc. after?" This is how I've met both most of my friends and also how I've met the most politically persuadable but non engaged people.

Snowden St.@snowden.st

This feels dead on. To raise a bit of a prompt: what do people think is the alternative to present to people who say “my life feels empty”? A. “Don’t look to politics for it” B. “You have no reason to/shouldn’t feel that way” C. “We have a better way to find meaning” D. Don’t care about these votes

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The sweetest moment in every capital markets banker's career is the moment he gets to explain to a stroppy investor thatn if they don't buy it somebody else will.

Premier League News@plnews.bsky.social

UAE warns Andy Burnham it may pull billions in investment for the UK's proposed Oxford-Cambridge tech hub—dubbed the UK's Silicon Valley—in retaliation over Manchester City's guilty verdict, per The Telegraph.

Okay fine I turned the song on and yeah, idk man, that's new to me. It's pretty mid. I wouldn't be mad if someone put it on, but I am happy with this bubble where i tend to hear better stuff. If Ohio loves this more power to them.

ex-Lethality Jane@lethalityjane.bsky.social

"Well I don't have a TV or a radio so it's not surprising I haven't heard the song" You live in a bubble. What you're describing is a self-curated bubble. If you haven't heard the song that's been #1 on the charts for 23 weeks, you live in a bubble and you should probably be aware of that.

Look, I don't exactly work for a bunch of angels either, but the "strongest possible" objection is resigning. You're an AUSA. You can go enjoy labor day weekend in Hawaii and get a new job next week.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

🚨NEW from @propublica.org: over "the strongest possible" objection from the Minnesota federal prosecutor in charge of the case, senior Trump officials reportedly rejected civil rights charges against the ICE officer who shot a man and then lied about it. He'll be charged with false statements only.

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Replying to @faineg.com

The reason you want an actual humanitarian aid system and *don’t* want to force everybody to rely on online mutual aid is because online mutual aid *forces people experiencing horrific trauma* to perform on the Internet for survival.

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I don’t think any court should be allowed to consider the question “is the president allowed to try to overthrow democracy?” and any court that does should be understood as having nullified itself, its authority, and all its past and future rulings.

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When I read posts I feel confused and unsettled but when I read a book I feel calm enjoyment. Ah well, time to read several hundred posts

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I am glad Ossoff made that offhand "Natali" remark. Now assholes like Wolff are forced to dump their shit, instead of sitting on it to publish a "tell-all" book in 4 years.

The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social

Trump’s biographer Michael Wolff is revealing two bombshell letters Harp wrote to Trump, calling him her “Guardian and Protector.”

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Let me introduce the crew. *points to enormous muscular guy.* This is Big Dog, we call him that because he's huge, ha ha! *points to slim average looking guy* and this is Medium Dog. I'm sure you can guess why! That's right — he communes with the spirits of the departed

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