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NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...

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Costco and Trader Joes are yin and yang. Together they form a harmonious balance. One sells big piles of normal food, the other sells small piles of weird food. These are the two food piles people need

submitted 1 day ago • 115 comments

And arrogant. Ive never encountered a class of people so convinced that they and they alone have the answers to everything, no matter what the subject in question is--from higher education to medicine to art and literature. They might have no training or skill in it, but are convinced they know best

submitted 4 days ago • 36 comments

Black women tried to warn y'all. Again.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Just the stupidest possible timeline.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

This week, @wired.com has gotten a lot of love on this here app. (Thank you!!) But I don’t think I can overstate what a force @bsky.app has become in influencing the entire media ecosystem. So refreshing to have a platform that isn’t actively hostile to hard news.

submitted 16 days ago • 315 comments

No one who voted for Kamala Harris will ever regret doing so.

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Is there any way to protect these government employees from the Republican administration? @wyden.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @senwhitehouse.bsky.social

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

submitted 18 days ago • 212 comments

These people look like escaped lab experiments.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Huge if true

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

BlueSky tonight...in Graphic form:

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Anybody currently screaming and huffing and throwing a fit at Ben Wikler for doing the things the future head of the DNC chair should do isn't helping. In fact, if you did this and you see this message, you should know you are doing the opposite of helping anyone, even yourself.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

If you see this post a gif from one of your comfort shows

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Vance is going to make me Catholic again just so I can call him a heretic.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments