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Three goons in black literally drag a woman out of a public meeting, nearly pulling her shirt off, while GOP sherirff looks on & GOP official gloats over being “aggressive” with “that little girl.” Nobody admits to knowing who the men are. Under His eye. www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...

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If this is ever allowed to happen, employees who list just one thing like "I spent the week controlling air traffic at the airport" would be fired while people who made up five bulls**t things they didn't do described in conservative buzzwords would get promotions.

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Incredible kicker in this piece. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

submitted 9 hours ago • 4 comments

Write for local papers. Especially (but not exclusively) academics. Editors want to hear from you.

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Responding to Trump II by repealing S230 is like responding to Pearl Harbor by shooting down your own airplanes.

submitted 21 hours ago • 5 comments

#blueskysupperclub

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Chili and cheese baked potato with last night’s homemade chili. #BlueskySupperClub

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Shredded zucchini torta bound with chickpea flour and olive oil; served with a curried tomato sauce on the side. #BlueskySupperClub #WhatsCooking

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Tonight I sautéed some garlic, red bell pepper, dried red pepper, tomatoes and shrimp in olive oil and butter and then tossed it with whole wheat thin spaghetti ad sprinkled with green onion - and doused in soy sauce, served with pretty nice Costco red blend - cheaper than a box! #blueskysupperclub

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Tandoori chicken, rice, and a mint lime yogurt sauce...except of course I don't have a tandoori, I got an air fryer, but being the modern miracle of the home kitchen it is worked pretty good #blueskysupperclub

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Tandoori chicken, rice, and a mint lime yogurt sauce...except of course I don't have a tandoori, I got an air fryer, but being the modern miracle of the home kitchen it is worked pretty good #blueskysupperclub

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

I've had some chicken taking a pre-tandoori nap all afternoon, time to wake it up #blueskysupperclub

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People really need to let go of the idea that a social media website is the public square, with a free marketplace of ideas. That's already a stretch for a politically impartial website, it's nonsensical for a site with a heavily biased algorithm.

submitted 18 hours ago • 11 comments

This as from before the voting came in but was pretty much how it went; excellent explained on the German elections thats far better than the Musk/Vance/Trump focused coverage the US media has been giving it youtu.be/nbxGoer_Vq8?...

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For the uninitiated, this means the AfD will be frozen out of the coming government coalition and all the free press Elon Musk and JD Vance did to try and prop them up didn't move the numbers a bit

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I never even took the SAT

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I need to emphasize: this is comically ineffective You can't "overwhelm the algorithms" when the algorithms can be tweaked in realtime by malevolent actors who want the misinformation See, e.g., ExTwitter

submitted 18 hours ago • 94 comments

I still haven't stopped laughing about the fact that he posted this over a year ago on the platform that he literally bought, and paid $44 billion for.

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Onion rings #bkueskysupperclub

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If you missed it yesterday, I always enjoy getting to hash out the news of the day with Howard Monroe on The Watchdog Network yesterday. My bit at the 14:30ish mark Morning Show 02-21-25 Hour 3 Coach Delbrugge- Andrew Donaldson by The Watchdog via #soundcloud soundcloud.com/watchdognetw...

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If you take the totality of his public-facing career, Musk's hard turn deep into very online politigrift bubble because those folks made a concerted effort to gas him up to get him on the team, is going to turn into one an all-time Icarian falls, cause Elon Musk ain't built to handle public scrutiny

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Really good from @stevenadamswv.bsky.social on the legislative nuts & bolts of trying to get flood prep to where it should be

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Half-right Trump benefits from the greatest purposeful media ecosystem supporting one person we have ever seen. That audience/base is going to be there. But the "hold your nose and vote" folks who only periodically pay attention to politics will start noticing this, don't like chaos, & bleed off

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ICYMI @westvirginiawatch.com "Along the Tug Fork, words like community, family, rescuers, & service mean more today...Not because an algorithm or search engine optimized online platform made them so, but because when the water came to destroy, those building blocks of real life got them through"

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The daughter mentioned wanting tacos yesterday so stopped for some fixins on way home and made us tacos 🌮 #blueskysupperclub

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Substitute teacher lunch - kindergarten today and we have a language barrier. Relying on the power of dance to rise above #blueskysupperclub

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Lamb burger and fries from Mediterranean joint #blueskysupperclub

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wvmetronews.com/2025/02/21/p...

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And until the twain shall meet, or at least tolerate each others existence, sustained national electoral success will be elusive.

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My latest for @westvirginiawatch.com "A picture or a video clip cannot be smelled, mercifully for the viewing audience. Words can try to explain, but fall short of the dreadful experience of destruction followed by sludge and debris that have to be cleaned up before any rebuilding can start."

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Coastal Carolina is an impressive school and their growth has been a success. WVU is obviously a much bigger beast, more politics, more money, and some established issues to navigate but overall I'm hopeful for this hire wvmetronews.com/2025/02/21/k...

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Lee Child was on one for this

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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This perfectly aligns with my POV because it shouldn't be considered OK for adults to abdicate their responsibility to be minimally informed. If these people are only going to choose Sanders or a fascist, then even though I like Sanders, that means that group is hugely morally deficient.

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"In the predecessor to Vanity Fair, his practice book, maybe, The Book of Snobs¸ he popularized the word “snob” after its journey from shoemaker to merchant to member of the lower class as his “person who vulgarly apes his social superiors.” We’ve added some looking down and insecurity since."

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My latest @westvirginiawatch.com "Powerful words and images of hard times put upon West Virginians that are all too used to such things. Powerful words that ought to be a stark contrast to the usage of words in our politics and media as of late that span a spectrum from flippant to malicious."

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Important to recognize that breaking public orgs in lasting ways is the point. Definitely not efficiency. Making many things less efficient. Definitely not savings. Vast majority of taxpayers are losing out, not gaining. Destruction to facilitate oligarchical power, and should be covered as such.

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I'll be on Watchdog Network with Howard Monroe at 9:15am, talking West Virginia flooding, government reality vs social media rhetoric, and news of the day. Listen here 👇 watchdognetwork.com

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Trump's pick for federal prosecutor in D.C., Edward R. Martin Jr., has now sent a threat/investigation letter to a member of Congress over a hackneyed "bring a gun to a knife fight" figure of speech during a CNN interview. Martin sees fit to pretend that it's a threat to a public official. /1

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Elon Musk’s abilities have deteriorated dramatically

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Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE

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"Easy enough to smash send on a social media post demanding to rid ourselves of FEMA because of that agency’s limitations/failures in disasters, including in West Virginia and in Appalachia more broadly. But until something better comes along, the victims of today need federal assistance right now"

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Substitute teacher lunch - I’m helping two others with pre-K today (first time) and wow, I’m exhausted and impressed with the program to keep these young kids engaged and learning 😳 - Chicago Public Schools #blueskysupperclub

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Leek and spinach pie with capers and anchovies adapted from a Marcella Hazan recipe. The leeks are first covered & cooked slow, spinach added toward end. Put in Pyrex dish, add pie crust top and bake for a half hour till crust is crispy. Serve with grated Parmesan. #BlueskySupperClub #WhatsCooking

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Grill press sandwich; sliced london broil, mushrooms, and blue cheese #blueskysupperclub

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Schlapp groped bar customer, per sheriff's report Law enforcement report details incident at rural Virginia bar two weeks before annual CPAC gathering www.24sight.news/p/schlapp-gr...

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