Bridget
@bbcoop.bsky.social
A tired millennial expat of the (former) bird app
42 (she/her). Enjoys movies, theater, travel (especially to NYC), music (self proclaimed Swiftie). Votes blue. A big fan of the repost button.
DNI: Trump supporters, conspiracy theorists
42 (she/her). Enjoys movies, theater, travel (especially to NYC), music (self proclaimed Swiftie). Votes blue. A big fan of the repost button.
DNI: Trump supporters, conspiracy theorists
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My takeaway is that we have not been mean enough to the New York Times this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My takeaway is that we have not been mean enough to the New York Times this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...
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CNN reporting that the DC pipe bomber was motivated by Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. It’d be nice if we had an FBI run by people we could trust to tell the truth about these types of things.
ICYMI from Sept. at @atrupar.com’s PN.
www.publicnotice.co/p/kash-patel...
ICYMI from Sept. at @atrupar.com’s PN.
www.publicnotice.co/p/kash-patel...
Kash Patel's FBI is a total mess
A new lawsuit indicates he's too busy chasing online clout to notice.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
CNN reporting that the DC pipe bomber was motivated by Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. It’d be nice if we had an FBI run by people we could trust to tell the truth about these types of things.
ICYMI from Sept. at @atrupar.com’s PN.
www.publicnotice.co/p/kash-patel...
ICYMI from Sept. at @atrupar.com’s PN.
www.publicnotice.co/p/kash-patel...
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The theatrical releases are "not our business model" company is better for movies? Further consolidation hurts creatives who are already fighting for work. This should be fought vigorously. Anyone who appreciates creatives knows this. It is "none of the above."
I think the Netflix deal is ultimately better for movies and for WB than a Paramount deal (which I 100% believe would end WB) or a Comcast deal (which would take the two best-functioning studios in Hollywood and reduce them to one). I'm open to arguments, but "None of the above" isn't one.
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The theatrical releases are "not our business model" company is better for movies? Further consolidation hurts creatives who are already fighting for work. This should be fought vigorously. Anyone who appreciates creatives knows this. It is "none of the above."
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It’s a public service not a business. Losses are not relevant. It’s in the goddamn constitution. Gonna lose my mind. AAAAAAAAAHHHHH
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s a public service not a business. Losses are not relevant. It’s in the goddamn constitution. Gonna lose my mind. AAAAAAAAAHHHHH
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That this is happening the same year Warner Bros. released SINNERS makes even more depressed about it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
That this is happening the same year Warner Bros. released SINNERS makes even more depressed about it.
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Yeahhhhh this could legitimately be a death knell for theatrical distribution. Every time major studios merge it means fewer wide release films get made in general - which means fewer jobs for filmmakers and worse times for theaters - but in this case it could wreck the whole system.
It remains to be seen what Netflix's plans are for Warner Bros but my money is Netflix just in it for the IP and has no intention on releasing movies theatrically, something they've never been prevented from.
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Yeahhhhh this could legitimately be a death knell for theatrical distribution. Every time major studios merge it means fewer wide release films get made in general - which means fewer jobs for filmmakers and worse times for theaters - but in this case it could wreck the whole system.
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All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
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It’s increasingly clear that we live in a world by and for billionaires now, but the movies have always been a stridently democratic art form. The spaces where indie films thrive need to be protected and we are losing sight of that in an ever growing sea of corporate content.
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s increasingly clear that we live in a world by and for billionaires now, but the movies have always been a stridently democratic art form. The spaces where indie films thrive need to be protected and we are losing sight of that in an ever growing sea of corporate content.
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The pro shot version of Merrily We Roll Along with Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez hits theaters this weekend. I don't see any reviews, so maybe there's an embargo, in which case it would be completely inappropriate for me to say "Do not miss it."
December 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The pro shot version of Merrily We Roll Along with Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez hits theaters this weekend. I don't see any reviews, so maybe there's an embargo, in which case it would be completely inappropriate for me to say "Do not miss it."
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What is this dig at BlueSky doing in a judicial opinion? www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What is this dig at BlueSky doing in a judicial opinion? www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
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It turns out, financially incentivizing viral slop, rage bait, hate, divisive politics, porn bots, and other generally horrifying vaudevillian behavior was a really quick way to destroy that app. Who could have seen that coming, except for everybody who used it?
October 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It turns out, financially incentivizing viral slop, rage bait, hate, divisive politics, porn bots, and other generally horrifying vaudevillian behavior was a really quick way to destroy that app. Who could have seen that coming, except for everybody who used it?
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This meme made me laugh.
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This meme made me laugh.
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Screaming. Guys will literally install Grok in their cybertrucks instead of going to (real) therapy.
October 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Screaming. Guys will literally install Grok in their cybertrucks instead of going to (real) therapy.
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It feels like this is becoming a more common mass shooter profile: Someone who's interested in politics but not as a vehicle to express clear values or a coherent viewpoint. He just wants to mock anyone who takes it seriously.
September 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It feels like this is becoming a more common mass shooter profile: Someone who's interested in politics but not as a vehicle to express clear values or a coherent viewpoint. He just wants to mock anyone who takes it seriously.
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This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...
She Broke Off Two Engagements. She Couldn’t Commit. Now She’s Dating Chatbots Instead.
As chatbot romance grows more common, women are redefining what they want from a partner—even if they are just ones and zeros.
slate.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...
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In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
Trump admin 'seems to care very little about autistic people,' says advocate
In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
n.pr
September 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
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Too soon to circle back to all the people who said "The left did this"?
September 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Too soon to circle back to all the people who said "The left did this"?
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Institutional statements like this serve the same function as decrying “polarization.” They purport to diagnose the problem while studiously avoiding pointing out that the right bears much more blame for destroying norms and undermining any sense of mutual respect.
It's worth asking why every elite institution is issuing statements like this rather than pointing out the obvious fact that the institutional right commits and glorifies violence far more than the left. Is there a reason you feel you can't say that out loud?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
September 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Institutional statements like this serve the same function as decrying “polarization.” They purport to diagnose the problem while studiously avoiding pointing out that the right bears much more blame for destroying norms and undermining any sense of mutual respect.
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The thing that is hard to communicate is that that specific flavor of “brainrotted 4chan slug with incoherent beliefs” is also downstream of the right wing politics factories dumping glowing nuclear sludge into the river
there’s a reason nihilism has risen and it wears Rush Limbaugh’s face
there’s a reason nihilism has risen and it wears Rush Limbaugh’s face
September 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The thing that is hard to communicate is that that specific flavor of “brainrotted 4chan slug with incoherent beliefs” is also downstream of the right wing politics factories dumping glowing nuclear sludge into the river
there’s a reason nihilism has risen and it wears Rush Limbaugh’s face
there’s a reason nihilism has risen and it wears Rush Limbaugh’s face
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So after two straight days of Republicans saying trans people and the Left did this, threatening full on violence, it turns out the suspect is a politically unaffiliated white dude who was trained to use guns by his Republican law enforcement dad? Do I have that right?
September 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
So after two straight days of Republicans saying trans people and the Left did this, threatening full on violence, it turns out the suspect is a politically unaffiliated white dude who was trained to use guns by his Republican law enforcement dad? Do I have that right?
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Gamergate was a precursor to our modern Discourse(tm) and folks will look at you like you've grown a third head when you explain that to them
I feel we were fortunate to see Twitter transform in front of our eyes the way it did. Its insane looking back on it all.
August 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Gamergate was a precursor to our modern Discourse(tm) and folks will look at you like you've grown a third head when you explain that to them
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This is a pretty solid explainer about what e-bikes are and the rules around them.
What I'd love to see is more coverage of what e-bikes *enable* people to do. Stories about disabled people who use them to gain independence. Or lower income people who benefit from not needing the expense of a car.
What I'd love to see is more coverage of what e-bikes *enable* people to do. Stories about disabled people who use them to gain independence. Or lower income people who benefit from not needing the expense of a car.
This is a fairly center of the road article but I feel like there's a push out there to label e-bike riders as anarchistic hooligans and as someone who recently discovered the joy of cycling, I don't like it
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/09/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/09/m...
E-bikes seem to be everywhere around Boston. Here’s what to know. - The Boston Globe
Electric bikes grabbed headlines this week after a rider struck a pedestrian near Copley Square, causing life-threatening injuries.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is a pretty solid explainer about what e-bikes are and the rules around them.
What I'd love to see is more coverage of what e-bikes *enable* people to do. Stories about disabled people who use them to gain independence. Or lower income people who benefit from not needing the expense of a car.
What I'd love to see is more coverage of what e-bikes *enable* people to do. Stories about disabled people who use them to gain independence. Or lower income people who benefit from not needing the expense of a car.
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Ordinary voters who bought in should have a chance to change their minds. Pundits should be saddled with this error permanently
Ana Kasparian: "I supported what Trump CLAIMED he was gonna do with immigration when he was campaigning. But what we have seen is violations of people's human rights, heavy-handed ICE raids, talk about de-naturalizing citizens..."
Trump campaigned on deporting immigrants and called them rapists.
Trump campaigned on deporting immigrants and called them rapists.
August 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Ordinary voters who bought in should have a chance to change their minds. Pundits should be saddled with this error permanently
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He said immigrants were eating dogs and cats. What did you think his policy was gonna be?
Ana Kasparian: "I supported what Trump CLAIMED he was gonna do with immigration when he was campaigning. But what we have seen is violations of people's human rights, heavy-handed ICE raids, talk about de-naturalizing citizens..."
Trump campaigned on deporting immigrants and called them rapists.
Trump campaigned on deporting immigrants and called them rapists.
August 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
He said immigrants were eating dogs and cats. What did you think his policy was gonna be?