JenFriend

JenFriend

@somethinggaelic.bsky.social

Transplanted Michigander, forever Midwesterner. Food, books, TV, sports. Teacher of words. Mom. We'll muddle through somehow.

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Tom Bogert
@tombogert.bsky.social

St. Louis City goalkeeper Ben Lundy grabbed Roman Bürki’s jersey for the trophy lift. Nice touch. City don’t get to pens without Bürki.

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Heather and Jessica
@fuggirls.bsky.social

Schools don’t have enough pencils and Kleenex and classroom space, but they definitely have plenty of scalpels and operating theaters and gauze -H

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "We have 5 states where your child goes off to school as Tim and comes back as Tammy 3 or 4 days later. It's true. And teachers make a decision. 'Goodbye Timmy I love you so much, I'll see you later.' And you say, 'Where's my son? My son is in the hospital.' Can you imagine?"

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Quinta Jurecic
@qjurecic.bsky.social

back in the olden days DOJ would investigate a particular crime it believed had been committed, rather than just poking around to see if anything was wrong

NBC News@nbcnews.com

BREAKING: Justice Department issues subpoenas in investigation into progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration status, including to members of her family.

nbcnews.toDOJ issues subpoenas in probe of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration status, including to family membersThe subpoenas were sent just days before federal agents searched the progressive ‘squad’ member’s home.

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Frank Strong
@frankstrong.bsky.social

Replying to @frankstrong.bsky.social

Here’s an admin in Red Oak ISD telling a high school English teacher that he may not teach the entirety of Fahrenheit 451, only excerpts, because its content is too controversial. (Yes, they’re censoring Fahrenheit 451)

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Elsa
@erli.bsky.social

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

JenFriend
@somethinggaelic.bsky.social

Oh.

Mark Maxwell@markmaxwelltv.bsky.social

Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, citing texts he said placed Smith at a Hawks game in Atlanta. Smith was at an Iowa Hawkeyes game in Maryland. 5 On Your Side found the broadcast video. Schmitt says he stands by calling Smith a "dirtbag."

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Missouri Independent
@missouriindependent.com

On Monday, Eric Schmitt helped pass a bipartisan college sports bill. On Tuesday, he mixed up the Atlanta Hawks and Iowa Hawkeyes, used the bad information to accuse Jack Smith of perjury and called him a “dirtbag.” #moleg #mogov

missouriindependent.comCommentary: Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become • Missouri IndependentMissouri Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up, highlighting how his political style has changed.

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Sarah E. Bond
@sarahebond.bsky.social

“Archaeologists excavating near Naousa in northern Greece recently uncovered a roughly 2,400-year-old school complex, or gymnasium. The site which stood in the ancient Macedonian town of Mieza, may have been where Aristotle taught in the 4th century B.C.E.” 🚨 allthatsinteresting.com/greece-ancie...

allthatsinteresting.comArchaeologists In Greece Found An Ancient School Complete With Intact Benches Where Students Like Alexander The Great Listened To Lectures More Than 2,000 Years AgoArchaeologists excavating near Naousa uncovered a 2,400-year-old school that's believed to be where Aristotle taught a young Alexander the Great.

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derek guy
@dieworkwear.bsky.social

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Today, I see angry young men online LARPing as Catholics, often for the aesthetic. They celebrate strength and hate the weak. The use slurs against the disabled and fantasize about enacting Crusader violence against their enemies. I wish the Pope would speak directly on this.

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derek guy
@dieworkwear.bsky.social

The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor.

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with an estimated 800,000 people in Paris on Saturday, after spending the morning with migrants, the poor, and adults newly entering the Catholic Church. “For Christians,” he added, “the poor are not a sociological category, but the very ‘flesh’ of Christ.”

thelettersfromleo.comDrawing 800,000 in Paris, Pope Leo XIV Calls on the Church to “Make Room” for Migrants and the Poor“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass.

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Rob Delaney
@robdelaney.bsky.social

The BEST part of getting old (and there are many) is that you can ABSOLUTELY miss something wildly popular. Zooshas just flying by while you’re admiring someone’s sensible shoes or whatever. Bliss.

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social

This kind of take made a Rolling Stone writer so mad they wrote a whole piece about it.

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Bill DiFilippo
@billdifilippo.bsky.social

probably one of the more accurate applications of how the founding fathers viewed the second amendment tbh

Sophie Hurwitz@hurwitz.bsky.social

America is really beautiful and interesting. For example right now we have two different candidates for national office who are just straight up shooting surveillance cameras www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comMeet the candidates putting bullets in Flock camerasSome political hopefuls aren't just opposed to surveillance cameras—they're shooting at them.

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Greg Jenner (Historian)
@gregjenner.bsky.social

The Muppets ARE the premise! Get a celeb to sing a song, fall off a ladder, kiss Miss Piggy, and that’s your format. Do that 12 times. You’re welcome

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net

There are currently no active conversations for a full ‘MUPPET SHOW’ series revival. Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on. (Source: Deadline)