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Josho

@skragenoth.bsky.social

Fuck around, find out. Love this.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

wow. with this announcement, all of ed sheeran's openers for this tour have pulled out:

Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 5h

Lukas Graham, another support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour, also now withdrawing from the tour.

September 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM

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𝑺🏀𝑳𝑰𝑺

@solisreport.com

“Reacher isn’t THAT big” -me, also all the goons about to get clobbered by tv’s biggest guy

Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 12h

Prime's new Reacher spinoff Neagley raises the question of whether the parent show's cheeseball formula works if the main character isn't really, really, absurdly big. My review:

Review: Does 'Reacher' spinoff 'Neagley' work without the big guy around much?

Maria Sten steps to the forefront in new Prime action series

www.whatsalanwatching.com

September 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM

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Rob Delaney

@robdelaney.bsky.social

Join the conversation!

September 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM

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Jay Willis

@jaywillis.net

Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted).
As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-

September 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM

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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

the modern republican party is a white supremacist, nazi-aligned organization. full stop.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20d

a million pieces/segments sneering at hasan piker and the co-chair of the DSA, meanwhile a republican congressional candidate in upstate new york named peter oberacker is the grandson of an actual nazi germany soldier and his former staffer was part of the 'i love hitler' young GOP group chat

September 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM

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Hamilton Nolan

@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

Lone Progressive Dissenters have the highest batting average of being correct in history, yet that does nothing to change the widespread conviction that today’s Lone Progressive Dissenters must be crazy wackos.

Inequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 4d

Trump's massive surveillance state and attacks on our civil liberties wouldn't have been possible without the PATRIOT Act.

Watch this prescient warning from Russ Feingold, the only Senator to vote against its passage after 9/11.

September 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM

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Denny Carter

@dennycarter.bsky.social

The Niners injury thing reached absurd levels a long time ago

Seth Heder @sethhed.bsky.social · 4d

I’m finally convinced that there needs to be an investigation into the niners. Like what are we doing? How is this happening?

September 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM

Josho

@skragenoth.bsky.social

Yo, this fucking sucks.

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 6d

Raiders All-Pro and Pro Bowl TE Brock Bowers underwent a meniscus trim Tuesday in Dallas with Dr. Daniel Cooper and is expected to miss “a game or two”, league sources told me and Adam Schefter.

Bowers got banged up “a little in camp” and the injury was diagnosed last week.

September 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM

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mtsw

@mtsw.bsky.social

it's insane they do this bend-over-backwards "critics say it raises questions" shit when the actual law just says "its illegal to put living people on currency"

Reuters @reuters.com · 11d

The U.S. Mint releases video showing the manufacturing process for $1 coins featuring President Trump, issued to mark the United States' 250th anniversary in 2026. Critics have raised questions about the design's legality.

September 4, 2026 at 4:33 AM

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Tommy Tomlinson

@tommytomlinson.bsky.social

So here's a quote from @pablo.show that applies to not only his Clippers investigation but the best of what journalism can be:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/756...

"I think that we have the ability to do something that the rest of our culture is yearning for, which is make people who are too rich to care about anything resembling the public interest worry that maybe they need to tell us the truth."

September 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM

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Madeline

@fauxedo.bsky.social

The greatest days in a Swan Boy fan’s life: when you see a huge block of newspaper text to read.

Dreamboat Branny 🦢 @bransonreese.bsky.social · 11d

swanboy.com/comic/swan-b...

NO ARRESTS, MANY SCOLDINGS IN CARRABBA'S FRACAS
Frustrated police urge restaurants to "knock this off."
By Adrian Victim
Police responded to a distress call last night after a 2019 Toyota Sienna crashed into a Giuliani Gardens Carrabba's, several minutes after two armed Bertucci's agents entered the establishment on "official business." Although the police refused to speak to reporters on site they were overheard speaking to several employees of both Carrabba's and Bertucci's and begging them to "please stop doing this 'every kitchen a castle' thing. People die."
Due to an unusual quirk in Giuliani Gardens law dating back to the late 19th century when potato baron Julius O'Tammany declared himself
"accountable only to the starches and butters which feed and delight my children and wives," all fast casual dining establishments within the city limits have been considered legally autonomous
"landsteading zones" answerable only to their corporate headquarters.
A police officer tries to touch our new camera. But it's not his. It's ours.
Most fast casual restaurants take advantage of this libertarian loophole in order to implement individualized policies in regards to shooting their patrons. Hooters is known for opening fire on any family dining together, an inversion on The Olive Garden's famous "when you're here, you're family" slogan, written in the blood of many a first date. When reached for comment, Carrabba's corporate insisted "we do not shoot our customers. We could. We really want to.
But we do not shoot them. That's the Carrabba's difference." Carrabba's founder Chris Carrabba also reached out to us: "I was also in Further Seems Forever. People forget that."

September 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM

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Prem Thakker ツ

@premthakker.bsky.social

My gosh. Fetterman pretended to be sick to avoid meeting three paralyzed veterans from rural PA…and then went to do a Fox interview on Israel.

He agreed to meet a lawmaker who drove from PA to talk about homeless and working people…and then bailed & met pro-Israel Bruce Pearl.

One morning in June, three paralyzed military veterans in wheelchairs from rural Pennsylvania arrived at the office of Sen. John Fetterman for a long-awaited meeting to discuss legislation that would improve their care.
Fetterman's staff greeted them with bad news: The Pennsylvania Democrat had to cancel. He'd told his staff he may have eaten something bad and wasn't feeling well, according to people familiar with the matter.
Less than an hour after his staffers met with the veterans in his place, Fetterman walked into his office, showing no signs of illness. He had an appointment he didn't want to miss, he told staff: an interview on Fox News to discuss Israel and the war in Iran.

"He was available. He just chose not to meet with us," Williams said.
Even when Fetterman does agree to meetings, he often cancels, according to former staffers.
Also last April, Fetterman agreed to take a meeting with another state lawmaker, Liz Hanbidge, who drove down from Pennsylvania to introduce herself, and to discuss programs that help the homeless and working poor in her county. But when Hanbidge arrived, according to staffers who were present, Fetterman claimed he hadn't agreed to the meeting. The aides spent more than an hour pleading with him to talk to her; staffers eventually met with Hanbidge in his place.
Fetterman did take another meeting that day-with Bruce Pearl, the former college basketball coach and Israel advocate. The pair discussed legislation that would affect college sports, and Pearl thanked Fetterman for his stance on Israel, Pearl said in an interview.

September 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM

Josho

@skragenoth.bsky.social

“We raised our prices to cover tariffs, passed the costs onto our consumers, and now have double-dipped via tariff refunds. It is illogical for our customers to want any of our double-dipped profits, and we will also not be lowering the prices of our consoles to their original level”.

IGN @ign.com · 12d

Sony has dismissed calls from PS5 owners to return some of the $500 million it will receive in tariff refunds, despite having already passed its extra costs onto consumers through console price rises. https://bit.ly/4iKR2Wm

Sony Says It Won’t Pass Tariff Refunds Back to PlayStation Customers, Calls Argument “Illogical”

September 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM

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Nathan Grayson

@nathangrayson.bsky.social

As we’ve pointed out in the past, rationale like this will never not ring hollow coming from Microsoft, one of several massive, highly profitable companies in a rush to transform themselves into AI firms—thus driving up the cost of hardware and services that draw on high-end components to support AI usage, like… the cloud. Microsoft is not just stepping on rakes; it runs the rake factory. Everything downstream of these AI efforts suffers. For example, Microsoft has also tested out ad-supported game streaming this year, another distracting interruption to Game Pass users’ experiences.

September 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM

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Puff the Magic Hater

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social

This man is a fucking monster who limped away from Chicago's mayor's office because he'd become unelectable after closing 50 schools and half of our city's publicly funded mental health care clinics, and covering up the fact that Chicago cops murdered a teenager. Stop whitewashing his ass!

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 13d

Rahm Emanuel: ‘You Don’t Like My Ideas? Show Me Yours’

The always pugnacious Democrat is ready to fight Republicans, the DSA, and Bibi Netanyahu. And maybe run for president.

Rahm Emanuel: 'You Don't Like My Ideas? Show Me Yours'

Rahm Emanuel wants to take on Republicans and Democrats from the "pragmatic center." He talks Israel, the DSA, a possible run for president and more.

rollingstone.com

September 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM

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Josh Gondelman

@joshgondelman.bsky.social

My heart goes out to the millions of people struggling to remember how to write "Thanks! Sounds great!" in an email.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 12d

ChatGPT down: OpenAI chatbot not working in major outage

ChatGPT just stopped working

ChatGPT has gone offline in a major outage.

www.independent.co.uk

September 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM

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Chris Towers is In a Pennant Race

@cptowers.bsky.social

i think part of the data center/AI backlash has to be that big tech made an awful lot of promises about how plentiful and abundant the future of technology would be and then have spent the past five years or so clawing it back and adding exceptions.

Sean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 12d

You don't own your digital Sony games, and now Microsoft wants you to pay PER HOUR to stream its games from the cloud www.theverge.com/news/989166/...

Microsoft slashes Xbox Cloud Gaming to just 15 hours a month for Ultimate subscribers

The new cloud gaming hourly restrictions come nearly a year after all Game Pass subscribers got cloud access.

www.theverge.com

September 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM

Josho

@skragenoth.bsky.social

Sony and Microsoft racing to see who can piss off their customers more. Incredible work.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 12d

Upcoming Changes to XBOX Cloud Gaming - Starting November, Game Pass plans include a set number of cloud gaming hours:

Game Pass Ultimate: 15 hours
Game Pass Premium: 10 hours
Game Pass Essential: 5 hours

non-Game Pass users can purchase cloud playtime hours

news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

September 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM

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onion person

@junlper.beer

what’s even the point of hakeem jefferies

No immediate plans to punish rogue House Democrats for bailing out GOP

A previously scheduled caucus rules meeting did not result in a firm proposal regarding Reps. Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.

www.politico.com

September 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM

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Joanne Freeman

@jbf1755.bsky.social

“To avoid the White House’s rage…”

The president as a classic abuser.

Any victim of abuse has lived/lives this dynamic. Do whatever you have to do to avoid rage.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14d

“Everyone considers it fucking nuts.”

Inside Apple, I'm told "not a soul" supports Donald Trump's Lake Ontario rebrand to "Lake America," but the company is also resigned to making such concessions to avoid the White House's rage.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/apple-maps...