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Kamala's perpetual "Veep" episode Read to the end for volunteer firefighter Spike the Bearded Dragon

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The future of MAGA after Trump Read to the end for a subtle message from The Dropkick Murphys

read to the end for a subtle message from the @dropkickmurphys.com
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Shocking news from the crypto world. A theoretically funny memecoin seems to have been a scam the whole time. The latest offender is a Solana-based coin called “360noscope420blazeit”, or just MLG for short. The token’s value zoomed up and back down again within 24 hours earlier this week, but it’s been around since last year. Before the spike, the most attention it got was in January after endorsements by offshore-casino-made-flesh Adin Ross and multiple members of FaZe Clan — once the world’s biggest esports team, now a cautionary tale about internet success, and the same kind of nostalgic punchline as saying, “MLG,” is.

slipped a disc reading this graf in @garbageday.email, invoicing you for my medical bills @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social: www.garbageday.email/p/the-future...

@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social really hitting dingers with this latest @garbageday.email

Here's @tchotchke.bsky.social on the never-ending discourse over delivery apps.
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You can say that laws don’t matter in Trump’s America anymore, but if you honestly do think that, well, you’ve already lost the game.
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Text of another quote from the essay: “As I wrote last month, Trump’s current use of executive orders is a clear evolution of how he once ruled via tweet. And it’s an evolution that illustrates how different things are now from where they were in 2016. During his first presidency, he influenced the country’s politics via a livetweeting loop, where he would watch Fox News, tweet his random thoughts, and wait to see which ones would make it into Fox broadcasts the next day, and, subsequently, Republican policy. But like all influencers, he’s now landed on a much more direct relationship with his followers. He signs an executive order and even if it’s blocked by courts — and many of them are, thankfully — he can still claim it as a win. And the other members of Trump’s regime are operating the same way. If Trump is MrBeast, he’s turning our government into Lunchly. A source inside the Republican party, in a recent Semafor piece, described the current Defense Department as, “30 blogging, podcasting, isolationist ideologues.” As we speak, the Trump administration is trying to negotiate the release of Andrew and Tristan Tate. It’s influencers all the way down.“

“Replacing the institutions that managed our democracy are platforms and, within those platforms, personalities.” And, last year … Trump finally fully embraced the new digital influence machine in a way he never had before.” — @garbageday.email www.garbageday.email/p/you-can-ne...

A fake picture of a Lamborghini stunting in front of the LA wildfires was one of the biggest pictures on Reddit last month. Which makes sense because every major platform has decided that entertaining slop is better for engagement than lifesaving information.
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Multiple former employees of a venture capital firm called Human Capital are now helping Elon Musk dismantle the goverment.
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According to contractors and staffers at federally-funded healthcare agencies, the CDC has a deadline of 5 PM today to remove "all references to gender ideology" from cdc.gov or the site will be taken down. They've told not to communicate about this in writing.
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The gooneral, explained
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Like many Americans, I spent yesterday trying to process the new reality we’ve suddenly found ourselves in. One where I am aware that *something* is happening, but I am largely unable to actually figure out the specifics. And corporate media is not helping.
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I don’t really have any qualms about calling Musk a fascist, but he’s also, like most fascists, an egomaniac who uses identitarian politics as a cover for much more personal and petty impulses.
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CONFIRMED: Federal Employees Are Receiving Suspicious “TEST” Emails, Likely Connected To Musk’s DOGE.
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I lived bitch

This week's Panic World features @rachelgilmore.bsky.social. We talk all about the long, dumb road that brought us to this month's not-quite TikTok ban. You can listen to it anywhere you get your podcasts. You can also click here:
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There is too much going on! And we'll be using our Friday issues to round up as much of it as we can. Welcome to the first week of the rest of our miserable lives.
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