The D.C. Universe

@dcuniverse.bsky.social

Is this context-free tweet about something that happened in the Olympics just now or did something terrible occur that might precipitate World War III? Half the time, I can’t tell!

Jacob Earl

@jacobearl.org

the Beatles catalog sounds so wildly multifarious in retrospect, and it is, but mostly that because context is lost in retrospect, and that context is, for some reason, the hollies

James McLeod

@jamespmcleod.ca

The thing about the United States is that it's not just the Supreme Court that's bent, or the Congress that's inert, or the media system that's crooked, or the economy that's tilted.

It's that all of those things are amplifying each other, in ways that make the situation intractable.

Anti-Trumpism

@forabettertomorrow.bsky.social

During her sworn Congressional testimony, Pam Bondi declared that there was “no evidence Donald Trump committed any crimes.” But we’ve had enough time now with the Epstein files, and there are enough intrepid investigative reporters, to prove this was false.

statuskuo.substack.com/p/theress-cr...

Lady with an opinion

@ladymitopinion.bsky.social

The secret to being a successful villain is to be prolific. The more you inundate your victims with chaos, the more you break down their resistance.

We can’t let this orange twatwaffle win because he’s burying us with corruption.

Rob Dunson

@wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social

remarkable moment in a Film Comment podcast from around when Mother! came out where the great Nick Pinkerton torturously admits, in spite of his antipathy for Aronofsky, that the film indeed "has some moves." Which coming from him might as well be a Thumbs Up

Jon Reinsch

@jonreinsch.bsky.social

"Memories of past discrimination spelled demise for LDP's Mio Sugita in Japan election"
Too bad; she's a perfect fit for today's LDP. Takaichi likely has similar views—just knows enough to be circumspect about blurting them out.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260217/p2a/00m/0na/023000c

@loganhspants.bsky.social

On serve but a Henry and Harry seem listless, definitely the worse of the two teams. They’ve had to save a few break points already, Henry in particular doesn’t have his usual volleying touch.

Gregk Foley

@gregk.co.uk

It just makes you wonder: If you can’t trust a venerable institution like the British Royal Family, then who can you trust?

Virus Consciousness

@grape2024.bsky.social

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