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Senior Researcher, Critical Internet Studies Institute (@criticalinternet.bsky.social, criticalinternet.org). He/him/his. Views my own; shares, likes, etc. =\= endorsements.

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The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition
YouTube video by Secret Base The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition

Phew!

The Mariners aren't America's team, but maybe they should be

11.10.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats to the Aces on the 🧹!

A'ja Wilson stays steadily making her case to be in the GOAT convo: 4x MVP, 3x champ, and still only 29

11.10.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A sticker at the bottom of a light pole: text in red reads β€œMELT ICE BY FIRE.” Below that is an image of an AK-47 (I think?) engulfed in flames

A sticker at the bottom of a light pole: text in red reads β€œMELT ICE BY FIRE.” Below that is an image of an AK-47 (I think?) engulfed in flames

Street ephemera

11.10.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*TRUMP TO IMPOSE 100% ADDITIONAL TARIFF ON CHINESE GOODS

10.10.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10

YouTube has also reinstated Sneako. For those unfamiliar with Sneako, first of all, I envy you. Second of all, here’s one of his less inflammatory/bigoted moments:

x.com/Sneak0o/stat...

10.10.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A small brown dog laying on her back, exposing her stomach, on a blue couch

A small brown dog laying on her back, exposing her stomach, on a blue couch

Happy dog

10.10.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’― I imagine folks are still reeling from 2020 when polls either showed Gideon leading or it being a close race, and then Collins won handily

10.10.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tucker Carlson must be reaching unforeseen levels of depression

10.10.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed! I’m just saying, describing Mills as β€œextremely popular” is inaccurate. She’s not *unpopular*, but she’s also not some sort of universally beloved political figure in Maine

10.10.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Map shows states with mostβ€”and leastβ€”popular governors All but one governor has a positive approval rating in the latest Morning Consult poll.

Source #2

10.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More Mainers have higher opinion of Gov. Mills than Sen. Collins, poll finds Mills, who is nearing the end of her second term, has not ruled out challenging Collins, the five-term Republican seen as vulnerable by Democrats nationally.

Source #1

10.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fair take, but β€œextremely popular”? As recently as June, she had a 51% favorability rating. And according to Morning Consult polling in August, she was the second least popular governor in the U.S.

10.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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EISMAN: Tesla’s earnings β€œare down 60% from 2022 through 2025. And the stock is slightly higher. ..

β€œ.. it’s a cult.”

@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

10.10.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1967    πŸ” 440    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 39

A 17-year-old just asked me what websites I mostly hung out on when I was online in 1992 πŸ’€πŸ˜­ But truly nothing has ever given me more belief in the value of my work and everything I write about

I want to make this place better for her 😭

10.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

As my Federal employee friend says, β€œIf it was that easy to do during a shutdown, they would’ve done it already”

10.10.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Russ Vought just tweeted β€œThe RIFs have begun”

10.10.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Altoona pizza is truly a cursed food (and yet, I want to try it just to experience it)

10.10.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LFG!!!

10.10.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Suspect Guilty GIF Alt: A white man in a hot dog suit (Tim Robinson in I Think You Should Leave) tells a group of people in a clothing store β€œWe’re all trying to find the guy who did this” GIF

β€œExtremely angry at this trade hostility that came out of nowhere”

10.10.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every day it's just helicopters all day long now and people are somehow still unsure whether to call this an occupation

09.10.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 740    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 21

As I was explaining to other family members at this memorial service gathering, if you dig deep enough conspiracy theories usually come back to two things: antisemitism and misogyny

10.10.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hong Kong Protesters Love Pepe the Frog. No, They’re Not Alt-Right. (Published 2019)

Following in the footsteps of Hong Kong (sorta)!

10.10.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Funny how fans of a guy who gave lip service to the Great Replacement theory would indulge in antisemitic conspiracy theories…

10.10.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That line in particular is flooding social media! It wasn’t what my uncle was talking about (thank goodness), but holy moly, the β€œIsrael did it” narrative isn’t going away. Candace dropping the Telegram messages only cemented the β€œmotive” in people’s minds.

10.10.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She’s literally older than Collins

10.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In particular, one uncle doesn’t believe the official narrative about Tyler Robinson and Charlie Kirk’s murder. I asked where he’d heard the info he was talking about and he was like, β€œI dunno, I just heard it.” Point being, conspiracy theory beliefs cross over the political spectrum

10.10.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I spent the past few days with my Dad and uncles, all septua- and octogenarian white men who voted Republican once upon a time but no longer (some were turned off by W, others by Trump). Each of them mentioned at least one bit of brainrotted lib conspiracy theories. It’s… not great 🫠

10.10.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

YouTube has restored QAnoner Jordan Sather’s channels, though it’s unclear if he can upload any new material just yet

10.10.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada β€” the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm β€” has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

10.10.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2061    πŸ” 1099    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 183

Now I need to hear the Dersh’s β€œRisky Pimpin’l

10.10.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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