Chris Berez
@chrisberez.bsky.social
Liverpool, Freiburg, Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, Celtics, Lynx, tennis. I love comics and cats. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱
🎶 I've got to admit it's getting better (Better) A little better all the time (It can't get no worse)🎶
Strikes shut down key Saudi pipeline as Iran-backed Houthis tighten grip on crucial shipping lane — NBC News
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is urging President Donald Trump to take military action against the Houthis, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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BREAKING: U.S. diesel fuel prices just hit another record this morning — soaring past $6 a gallon.
Iran just damaged nine fighter jets with a barrage of those missiles that they’re completely out of.
US fighter jet loses a wing after Trump issues chilling threat to Iran
An A-10 Thunderbolt II, the jet known as the Warthog, worth about $20 million was hit and lost a wing.
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It was $4.19/gl for me to fill up on Saturday, asshole
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "I think we should call the Hormuz Strait the Trump Strait. I should get something out of it. The Trump Strait."
don't threaten Democrats with a good time
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d agoTrump: "So I'm asking you to pretend that I'm on the ballot. I'm on the ballot."
We need at some point to talk about American Evangelicalism as a heretical movement. We should not indulge the delusion of a bunch or nuts who cherry-pick the Bible to rationalize otherwise indefensible 21st century bigotries that they are representatives of a global faith.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTexas Lt Gov Dan Patrick claims Talarico "pretends" to be a pastor
Someone could write an awesome book on the evolution of American politics over the past two decades centered around the divergence of Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla
Dave Weigel@daveweigel.bsky.social · 2d agoA new if not surprising name on the RNC midterm speaking schedule: "Adam Carolla, Host of the Adam Carolla Show"
This study brought to you by the Institute for the Blindingly Obvious.
Semafor@semafor.com · 2d agoStudents who refrain from using AI perform better academically than those who use it, study finds. Students won’t learn without exercising their brains, “in the same way that we do not become fit by watching sports but by doing sports,” wrote an OECD researcher in a recent report.
Oh I just saw that Princess Sophia the First is available now, too! This poor girl is a senior and terribly overweight but oh my gosh she is desperate for love. Total velcro cat who just needs help getting to a healthy weight. www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...
ok but at least that trans kid cant play jv volleyball with her friends anymore
Patrick De Haan@gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 2d agoBREAKING: diesel history is about to be made. $6/gal nationally — never seen before, days away, it's now in the pipeline, unavoidable.
We’re talking about a dude who doesn’t buy birthday gifts for his own wife, so…. that’s what I have to say about that. Hey, you think the Trump kids are all paranoid the Old Man, addled state that he’s in, is going to leave it all to her in his will? She should lean to check her brakes frequently.
Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp, two other close aides
Financial disclosures show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. Experts say the gifts are without precedent and may violate the law.
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I’m sorry, I just can’t bring myself to take any of this remotely seriously. I think tech bros love these stories because they make the tech sound better than it actually is, and imply that it will be able to deliver on even a quarter of what they promise. It’s part of the reason we’re in a bubble.
Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears
Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control.
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FRANCES TIAFOE!!!!!! WHAT A COMEBACK!!!!! Down 2-0, battles back and gets the W. #USOpen
Not great, Bob
POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · 5d agoBREAKING: Germany’s far right is on track to claim its biggest electoral success since World War II, with exit polls predicting it will win about 44 percent of the vote in the eastern region of Saxony-Anhalt today. Full story: www.politico.eu/article/exit...
Finally listening to the LOST BOYS musical cast recording and man it’s really good. Makes me wonder if there could ever be a NEAR DARK (the vastly superior Kathryn Bigelow masterpiece) musical. Would there be a bar massacre song and dance sequence called “Finger Lickin’ Good”?
Ok, so to be clear about what’s happening here: the Fed can’t cut interest rates and probably has to raise them as a DIRECT RESULT of Trump’s policies; but because Trump is the stupidest human being alive, he is throwing a tantrum and threatening action that will… cause inflation to further spike.
Trump says he will cease trading with top partners unless Fed lowers rates | CNN Business
President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to prevent the US from trading with many nations unless the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates.
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The story behind Bartiromo’s exit was much funnier than I expected.
Maybe confirming a grossly unqualified raging alcoholic rapist weekend Fox News host was a bad idea?
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · last wk.More and more Republicans are sick of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he purges the entire Pentagon in the middle of a war. trib.al/32WLxXr
“‘Shut up, silly woman!’ Said the serpent with a grin…”
“If the czar only knew…” The caller is wrong, though. Trump isn’t oblivious, he just doesn’t care and never has.
Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · last wk.Republican C-Span caller: Trump is “oblivious to the situation most Americans are facing right now.”
Envisioning going back to, like, year 2002, and trying to explain this moment in time and everything that’s led up to it to College Me. You’d come off as a raving lunatic!
“Canada is ripping us off!” (If you don’t like the price of any particular consumer good, you’re always welcome not to buy it. But I’m wondering if you could tell me the last time you had to pass on buying something Canadian for being too expensive?)
Administrative Burdens: Policymaking by Other Means (2018)
Nate Raymond@nateraymond.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: The U.S. State Department has drafted guidance requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of President Trump's latest effort to limit birthright citizenship, @kristinacooke.bsky.social and I report.
