Nick Ostrem

Nick Ostrem

@nickostrem.swifties.social

My cats are staring at you, you’d better follow me just in case they decide to pounce

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As an Iowa voter its important to note that even beyond his extreme views on trans people Josh Turek sucks His ads are almost exclusively fellating cops, fearmongerong about immigrant crime and talking about his ability to work with Trump specifically on things like immigration. R in a blue shirt.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

The elections are on next Tuesday, and so much is at stake, including the soul of the Democratic Party when it comes to transgender people. I am asking you to leave a very small number of races blank in which a Democrat has embraced extreme anti-trans hate. I make my case here.

This isn’t a “he would be good but for this one issue” thing I don’t trust him to do shit about shit. Straw that broke this donkey’s back. I’ll still vote for Sand and Bohannon because the latter is more important and less obnoxious and Bohannon is cool and didn’t bite on the anti-trans stuff.

Slok is this true?

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

SLOK: “.. Revenue per worker is rising for the Mag 7 but is flat for the S&P 493. .. Mainstream corporate America is pulling back and starting to view token spending not as a source of growth but as a cost center that weighs on margins.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Josh Turek removing any doubt in my mind about not voting for him since he clearly doesn’t want it He’s clearly going the wrong direction and not only do I have no hope that he could be convinced otherwise I’m fairly certain the stronger he does on Election Day the more anti-trans the Dems will get

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

It’s gonna be so much fun watching this team eat shit for an entire year, enjoy Miles Bridges and Dillon Brooks and your hostile work environment, Mat!

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social

The Phoenix Suns have decided not to play basketball this season

I’m sad I know too much about how horny Adam Conpver is now between this and the Aella connection it puts a weird light on the stuff I liked about his work Like he’s not a terrible person he just sucks

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This is my son Muppet. He’s 2.5 years old and he’s the light of my life. Sadly, he got really sick this weekend and this morning went to the vet where he was triaged and diagnosed with Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). Up until a couple years ago, FIP was a death sentence for cats.

It’s really funny to me that Josh Hutcherson snd Mackenzie Davis apparently just *sound* like a short king and tall lady

Nexus Point News@nexuspointnews.com

New look at Mister Miracle and Big Barda in DC Studiosʼ ‘MISTER MIRACLE.’ Starring Josh Hutcherson and Mackenzie Davis.

Olivia Rodrigo is not exclusively a power pop artist but every year she does write the best, hookiest power pop song in that year so maybe she should sit down and write a whole power pop album so Alex Chilton’s soul can finally be at rest

If she joined this website I think she would immediately become Queen of Bluesky in a way that very few other people could. Maybe Rachel Zegler, she’s got a poster’s spirit but isn’t 38 enough.

Sam Adams@samadams.bsky.social

Our most precious un-media trained celebrity.

Me: “I don’t understand why all these players and coaches thank god he has better things to do than care about a football game Also me: “God wanted Pat Fitzgerald to lose to the Northwestern Wildcats”

it was a little disheartening at the time but doing shows for like 3 people is exhilarating, especially if they’re flexible with the 4th wall like a lot of the stuff I did was. Luckily public health has also offered me many opportunities to speak to disappointingly small audiences! Skills cross over

Gianmarco Soresi@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

My dad came to one of the last plays I ever did and ended up being the only person in the audience that night. At one point he went to the bathroom and we just stopped

One shift at Mariano’s, it was in the middle of them buying a bunch of stores and expanding greatly. I got a job as a night baker at the biggest fanciest one that was a week away from open and after one shift it was really clear it was gonna be a mess so I bailed. Still have the hat!

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This was aided by me immediately getting another, better night baking job at a much smaller bakery that I stayed at until I left Chicago. Incredibly great decision

You know what the biggest disappointment about @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social is? He has the power to change the conversation on this. If he was a better person he could have fought back against this BS as an athlete. As a white man looking for power. He’s not a better person. This is it. Cruelty.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Josh Turek: "I do not believe that biological males should compete in female sports…I do agree that this should be decided by sports governing bodies because we don't want to see a patchwork of 50 different standards in place."

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“But Nick, surely Ashley Hinson winning will be significantly worse for trans people and everyone else!” Honestly I don’t know, and the fact that I don’t know tells me everything I need. The senate, relative to the house, governor, or the state house is useless unless 60 people get voted in.

Perhaps Turek losing a winnable election while Texas and a bunch of other red places go blue will be a good signal of what sort of candidates the democrats need. His particular kind of stupid cruelty should have no place in the party.

You know what the biggest disappointment about @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social is? He has the power to change the conversation on this. If he was a better person he could have fought back against this BS as an athlete. As a white man looking for power. He’s not a better person. This is it. Cruelty.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Josh Turek: "I do not believe that biological males should compete in female sports…I do agree that this should be decided by sports governing bodies because we don't want to see a patchwork of 50 different standards in place."

Nice that one person on my ballot isn’t a shithead about trans kids playing sports

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Iowa Democratic Congressional Candidate Christina Bohannan breaks with other Iowa Democrats and releases an ad that does NOT throw transgender people under the bus. She answers "unfairness in sports" with "unfairness in prescription drug prices." Subscribe to support our journalism.

Can you imagine someone talking about world war 2 this way “We can certainly condemn the American army’s violence but let’s remember how horrible the Nazis we’re”

Erik Loomis@erikloomis.bsky.social

And we can certainly condemn his violence. But let’s step back and remember just how horrible slavery was. On December 20, 1858, Brown, who had briefly returned to Kansas, led a party into Missouri to free slaves.

Man Who Doesn’t Live In State Wants To Keep People Out Of State

Heartland Signal@heartlandsignal.com

Iowa GOP gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn says he wants Iowa's public universities to stop issuing H1-B visas. His opponent, Democrat Rob Sand, says the state should welcome potential Iowans. "I'm so proud of this state and I think we should have more confidence in ourselves."

Still upset that he got traded but love to see him thriving, there are a lot of players that seem like they suck as people but KAT is just a genuinely nice guy.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com

NBA champion Karl-Anthony Towns repping Novavax! As a science communicator I really appreciate KAT’s consistency in advocating for COVID vaccines, years after the start of the pandemic. For him it’s personal, he lost his mother to COVID.

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The Chicago Cubs won a permanent injunction shutting down Wrigley View Rooftop’s ticket sales. Now the case is headed to the 7th Circuit. The appeal could test how far a sports team’s property rights extend beyond its ballpark, and whether a neighbor can profit from what it can lawfully see.

sportico.comCubs’ Defeat of Wrigley View Rooftop Faces AppealThe Cubs defeated Wrigley View Rooftop in a federal district court, but the win is being appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

This is extra funny because the exact same ad (minus much of the believability because he doesn’t have a voting record and isn’t a Republican) is running about her opponent Her *best* ads are the ones that are just carbon copies of ones running against her (Epstein, misses votes). Negative juice.

Uhh

I hope Chappell’s verse in here is a plea to Olivia to just be gay and all her problems will go away

Pop Base@popbase.tv

Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan stun for the ‘expectations (remix)’ music video. Out this Thursday.

I’m sure this is good work but it’s really funny to post this on a Substack considering how much that website loves to monetize white supremacy by publising assholes who blend racism, evangelical Christianity, sexism, and being too online

Phil Williams@philinvestigates.com

How a growing network of Reformed pastors and influencers is blending segregationist theology, the manosphere, and internet outrage to monetize white supremacy. open.substack.com/pub/confront...

Megan adopted a stray orange cat named Miso which alone rockets her up the list of coolest people on the planet but the video she posted telling the story uses a fucking mixtape-era Childish Gambino song Perfect woman

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Gavin Newsom’s only deeply held principle is “Gavin Newsom should be president” and the only way that will ever happen is a bunch of billionaires backing him, so he’s gotta suck up to them hardcore

CalMatters@calmatters.org

Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.

Katie Gavin is literally from Winnetka her family was in Chicago for the show she references the Purple Line in my favorite song why on earth did I think they were from Kansas City

Nick Ostrem@nickostrem.swifties.social

Why tf did I think MUNA is from Kansas City??

That’s not the opposite of farm to table the opposite of farm to table is giving cows in a field a Michelin star meal

William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social

The money pit restaurant I would open as a billionaire would be the opposite of farm to table. What are the most unnatural flavors possible? Hiring top food scientists, giving a blank check and telling them to really explore the dark corners of the flavor latent space. I want to taste eternity.

I’m starting to think that Sky Ferreira had a premonition of 2026 when she wrote Everything Is Embarrassing because Jesus Christ everything is so fucking embarrassing

if I was a writer about this show and they said “alright we got some Sixers for an episode this year what do you got” I would pitch an episode where the players pop up and expect everyone to make a big deal of them and instead everyone just asks if Lebron is gonna show up

Erin Grugan@eringrugan.bsky.social

Quinta Brunson posted this to her IG to celebrate the start of Abbott Elementary's 6th season... looks like some familiar Sixers faces will be in the newest episode!

I think having a Space that I can call My own is great! Some ideas: *changing background, font color and font is crucial, it needs to be as unreadable as humanly possible *I need to let people know who my 8 favorite users are *must be able to see what my favorite emo singers are doing at all times

alex benzer@alexbenzer.com

we have an idea for communities in the app that we're calling "spaces" — places where people can gather around shared interests or social groups. here's a peek at some early prototypes. these are explorations, not polished or final. looking for feedback, esp from community builders 👀

This game looks good and I want to buy it but someday I want to see one of these posts that’s like: “I am now legally allowed to say that I was a writer for Call of Shooting 12. It sucks and everyone I was forced into email communications with to work on it was a huge dill. Buyer beware! -Shane”

Duncan Fyfe@duncanfyfe.net

Really pleased to finally say that Chris Remo and I were the lead writers on Star Wars: Galactic Racer. The team at Fuse are the absolute best in their field, and it really shows. It was a great project to work on and is an even better game to play. Sebulba forever

The funniest part about these guys is that if the AI does manage to win them their league, their reward is gonna be all their colleagues/friends talking to them more about sports, a thing they apparently hate

Matt Binder@mattbinder.bsky.social

can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base