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Minority Report, but for the globe. What could possibly go wrong?

New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social: ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday. Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events. Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:

He must be talking about Ozempic Farva.

In my nearly 50 years I’ve never seen a group of people who love the first amendment so much hate the first amendment so much.

The only reason colleges turn out libs is because it takes a whole bunch of people from different places and backgrounds and they all become friends, and that infuriates them

I don't know who in media needs to hear this (actually yeah I do) but just b/c someone uses Words when they drop that hard-R doesn't mean they get the social protection of "inclusive disagreement & debate." It's ok for civilized society to reject them--b/c there's no right way to be a fucking bigot.

Pivoted so hard they affected the earth's rotation

All this talk about d-pad arrows and video game cheat codes is making me nostalgic IYKYK

Tragic situation, and I hope for a swift recovery by the officer, who was reportedly struck and sustained "severe injuries." But this raises the obvious question; were the officers in uniforms and driving marked vehicles, or were they wearing plainclothes and facemasks and driving unmarked cars?

And now, we return to your regularly scheduled programming. (gift link)

If you’re like me and haven’t laughed all week, you’re welcome.

This seems bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/t...

Admittedly falls in the impotently whining category, but this is something we should’ve thought about before we let tech companies make all of *us* the media—but w/out the guardrails. Toothpaste is all over the countertop and on the floor, and I don’t see how it gets back in the tube.

That’s the spirit.

Today, peak anxiety is having a trans college kid at a school 500 miles away in the Wake of Everything. Spent a solid hour on the phone w/ him this afternoon having the talk, not unlike the one Black families have been having for generations--only for us new to the practice--and now I'm just angry.🧵

You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others? David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC. apnews.com/article/deka...

Speaking of great Americans…

Not getting on-board the AI train here, but definitely 2 clips stitched together. Cant have any more close-ups of that hand, I guess. On an unrelated note, I seem to recall someone having an issue with this sort of “deceptive editing.” Wish I could remember who…

The same people putting Bari Weiss in charge of CBS want to run CNN too www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

Photojournalist Bill Biggart died when the second tower collapsed on him on 9/11, but the film he shot that day and his flash card were recovered from the debris and developed, along with his flash card. You can see his amazing photos of 9/11, the last photos he took while alive, here:

I’ll be the first to admit the term “unhinged” has been assigned to so many demonstrably not-unhinged things that it’s lost all meaning. But, this is fucking unhinged.

NYT on the alleged messages on the shooter's weapon:

Not so gentle reminder that “transgender ideology” isn’t a thing - it’s a way of negating the existence of trans people

FBI just dropped person of interest photos.

Seems bad. Anti-democratic even. Some would say fascist.

While we're all discussing how it's wrong to murder someone, let's not forget this:

Just gonna keep beating this drum. B/c if true, everyone involved should be under oath and sitting in front of a microphone.

Spencer Cox: "Our nation is broken. We had political assassinations recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the gov of Pennsylvania. And we had an attempted assassination on a president. Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken"

Crazy world we live in that I'm still not sure if I should take this as confirmation, but nevertheless...

Second this as well. Of course ours walked in from school just as it was hitting the news--immediately turned it off.

I would second Mel's recommendation--and her assessment.

Ho-lee shit. 👀

This is how you turn a functioning government into a corrupt apparatchik court of fools

In case you were wondering who Whiskey Pete was talking about when he said he was getting pats on the back from other countries.

If, like me, you were appalled by the Caribbean strike last week, this lengthy 🧵 is for you. If you were *further* appalled by a lack of any real information or justification coming from our government, then it's especially for you. 1/x

“Officials briefed on the strike said that the video does not tell the entire story. It does not show the boat turning after the people aboard were apparently spooked by an aircraft above them, nor does it show the military making repeated strikes on the vessel even after disabling it.” (🎁 link)

Can we not. Plate’s full.

My entire kingdom for an edit button.

If, like me, you were appalled by the Caribbean strike last week, this lengthy 🧵 is for you. If you were *further* appalled by a lack of any real information or justification coming from our government, then it's especially for you. 1/x

I mean, if there’s one thing Johnson knows how to do, it’s yield—his integrity, patriotism, manhood, self-respect—so of course he can’t understand it.

“The Israeli military has confirmed that in cooperation with domestic security agency Shin Bet, its air force carried out an assassination attempt on the top leadership of Hamas in the Qatari capital.”

What’s crazy is I should ask “is this real” but it’s an honest toss up b/c shits so crazy

ThAt’a nOt TrUmP’s SiGnAtUrE www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

ZKM’s campaign is raking in so much cash they’re making their own SNL skits.

What a month today has been

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