I'll start my annual ritual of muting "9/11" and any other related term.

Just asking if Natalie Harp's name used to be Natalia Arfa.

Note for the void: Social media kind of brings up those same feelings from back in school of wanting to belong but always being on the side.

Listening to the new Mohini Dey album, The Dey Way, and I love it. Her style, the pushing of the envelope, the introduction of new things is exactly what good music is - not an ossified tradition that can't be bent.

Brandi Buchman@brandibuchman.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: In my latest report for @huffpost.com, I spoke to state officials about whether they are ready to take on any attempts by Trump should he meddle in the midterms, dispatch ICE to polls or seize ballots. www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...

If the Abraham Lincoln went all SS Potemkin they have my support.

What the hell kind of low grade garbage is this Patriot Games stuff? Remedial Ninja Warrior featuring Donald Trump.

Sadly no longer a bodacious Tata.

Reuters@reuters.com · 2w ago

Exit of India's Tata chairman fuels concerns over power of controlling charity reut.rs/3S6UCPO

I got roped into doing some NY Housing and Vacancy survey. Half hour and my anxiety tells me I'm going to get screwed somehow.

I'm not 100% sold on MSNOW yet but I do like having more Alex Wagner contributions. I find her a lot more straightforward than performative which I like. I wouldn't mind their Saturday night podcast hour to also include some Joy Reid. I miss her show.

Saw The Odyssey on Saturday and I have to say that Robert Pattinson plays a great villain. Had a bit of that old Hollywood villain going on as well as a modern take on it. Great performance.

Just saw The Odyssey and it was really something else. I'll be thinking on it for a while.

Congratulations, Maine, for keeping that useless turd Susan Collins in the Senate.

Galloway is yet one more person who glosses over the unique circumstances of post-war America, its ideation in popular culture for decades after, and the pulling up of the safety net when non-whites wanted some too. Dear Incels: Blame who you voted for.

Judah Grunstein@judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 3w ago

"I want to touch on what you said: .. the economic challenges facing young people impact men and women. One hundred percent true. But this is the bottom line, and I don’t think we like to admit this: Beyoncé could work at [KFC] and marry Jay-Z. The opposite is not true." I heard the record scratch.

The only useful purpose I can think of for rich people is perhaps as food.

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I'll say that I've mostly enjoyed my time on Bluesky because it isn't filled with hateful assholes like X is. That said, yeah, more sports leagues and writers on here would be a good thing.

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Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

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This is some really sick shit from the Republicans reported here. Just change their name to the Epstein Party.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3w ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Big news. JJ Watt already named as replacement in the booth.

The Mercury News@mercurynews.com · 3w ago

Tony Romo has been sidelined indefinitely at CBS Sports after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.

I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't do drugs. I don't gamble. I just spend $100 on a whim on Chewy for my cat.

It's a work from home day in the radio business. Why? Because with this rain and flooding - I ain't going out there.

Social media can be such a lonely place for the regular user. It sometimes gets depressing. However, the key, I think, is to not give a shit and just say whatever you want and if people don't notice say it some more. Who cares? Say it.

The Mickey Guyton song "All Americans" still gets to me and makes me sad that so many people in this country just don't get it.

Love using this app as an audience member for the 20 main characters talking exclusively to each other. Great spectator sport.

I'm very proud of having graduated high school in the top 100% of my class.

I've noticed that the engagement for unverified people on Bluesky is even worse than it was on Twitter.

Just saw $4.19 a gallon on Union Turnpike in Queens. Great job, Trump.

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