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Photoshop is > AI
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Photoshop is > AI
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@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social ?
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What's it doing now?
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I want the book.
Adam Keiper (@adamkeiper.com) reposted
A Labor Day classic: www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
“Well, Mr. Mayor, these are the little citizens of the nation and they also produce its wealth. Aren’t we entitled to enter your city?” Amazing article.
Adam Keiper (@adamkeiper.com) reposted
"I put the little boys with their fingers off and hands crushed and maimed on a platform. I...made the statement that Philadelphia’s mansions were built on the broken bones...of these children....They did not care that these children were to be the future citizens of the nation."
Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal.bsky.social) reposted
Good question, feckless answer
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
What Dafuq was that?
David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social) reposted
Jerry Nadler ends his remarkable career, conceding that his brand of politics on the Middle East is over. “I don’t know what to say at this point,” he said. “I can’t defend what Israel is doing.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
Jerry is a good man.
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
He's a good man.
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There's a vaccine, but it's in Canada. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
Indivisible Oregon (@indivisible-oregon.bsky.social) reposted
Portland, OR Rush Hour Resistance/I-5 Overpass Challenge action on the Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian bridge. Fri, August 29. #WorkersOverBillionaires 🇺🇸 "Help Save Our Democracy" 🇺🇸
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Platner: Our taxpayer dollars can build schools and hospitals in America, not bombs to destroy them in Gaza.
Stonekettle (@stonekettle.bsky.social) reposted
You know who benefits most from antivaccine conspiracy theories as national health policy? Our enemies.
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
One thing they’ve been very successful at is making it so when sober experts put their careers and reputations on the line to issue grave warnings, it gets mostly a shrug.
John Pfaff (@johnpfaff.bsky.social) reposted
Journalists, in the red circled area: “Progressives just have to accept the numbers abt rising homicide and stop pushing for reforms.” Journalists, in the green circled area: “Progressives have to stop trying to make ppl accept the numbers abt falling homicide and stop pushing for reforms.”
The Intellectualist (@theintellectualist.bsky.social) reposted
🚨 James Yokeley, a Republican election official in North Carolina, is accused of spiking his step-granddaughter and her friend’s Dairy Queen Blizzards with MDMA and cocaine. Police say surveillance video allegedly caught him in the act. open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Normal guy: what a huge protest, amazing Me: thats the ship they used to film Master and Commander (behind the bigger ship with the white sails) bsky.app/profile/iwil...
Jenn Budd (@jennbudd.bsky.social) reposted
$1,000,000 a day.
Miles Grant (@milesgrant.bsky.social) reposted
Leading @bostonglobe.com right now 👏 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/01/m...
Jenn Budd (@jennbudd.bsky.social) reposted
8 cops making over $100k each to arrest one man. But your food, water & air are killing you. Your daughter is carrying her rapist’s baby to term & will probably die when it becomes complicated & your veteran son in jail for being unhoused. But at least that Brown guy sitting on a bench is gone.🙄
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
Who did he say it to?
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I was taken aback when I saw it on the news.
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Waymo teen accounts. youtu.be/0aIdL7cslx4?...
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
Tourists flying over the Drake Passage... landing in Antarctica. 🤢
NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) reposted
The General Staff has confirmed the liberation of Novoekonomichne in Donetsk region, as first announced by the 425th “Skelya” Regiment, whose soldiers raised the Ukrainian flag. The village holds strategic value, lying on the key T0504 highway linking Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, and Kostiantynivka.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
GOLDMAN DESK: “.. September is comfortably in first place as the worst month of the year for the S&P 500 with an average return of -1.17% looking back to 1928 ..”
Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social) reposted
Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside. Big Brother is watching.
✊Larry Colvin✊ (@larrycolvin.bsky.social) reposted
MAGA Host’s Wife To Die Thanks to RFK Jr., But He Blames Biden www.thegodpodcast.com/p/maga-hosts...
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Beef prices have hit record highs this Labor Day Weekend — in part thanks to Trump's tariffs. Remember when Trump said he would bring down the cost of groceries? https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?feature=shared
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) (@newsjennifer.bsky.social) reposted
Maybe now the conversation will zero in on the trump immigration /ICE lies…specifically that he was going to arrest & deport convicted criminals. These are KIDS, not convicted criminals. KIDS.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
* Trump Family Amasses $6 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch @wsj.com
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
“.. Memphis, after all, has long been one of the most dangerous cities in the country, with a murder rate about twice as high as the nation’s capital ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Brian J. Karem (@briankarem.bsky.social) reposted
Happy Labor Day! Trump is once again stranded on the back nine digging out of a sandtrap. As per the pool: In total, he has visited golf courses he owns on 66 of the 225 days of this term, meaning he has played golf at his courses on 29.3 percent of his days since Jan. 20.
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
🦞🕳? 🤔
Steve Peers (@stevepeers.bsky.social) reposted
This is a lie on an absolutely colossal scale - the figures show that tariff revenue has increased by $20 billion/month - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... would take over 30 years to reach $8 trillion at this rate
tomwellborn3rd (@patriotprogressive.bsky.social) reposted
Federal forces could arrive in Chicago by week’s end: Trump plans an ICE surge as Pritzker and Mayor Johnson push back with sanctuary rules. CPD data show shootings down sharply, revealing politics, not public safety.
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
Can they restructure loans?
tomwellborn3rd (@patriotprogressive.bsky.social) reposted
Nine former CDC directors warn RFK Jr. is endangering public health amid a measles surge. He fired Susan Monarez, replaced experts with loyalists, and cut vaccine programs. They urge Congress and medical groups to protect science.
Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) reposted
U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders. The move will stop travel for medical treatment, attending university, visiting relatives, or conducting business. How do the "Harris is too pro-Israel to vote for her" people feel now? Idiots. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
tomwellborn3rd (@patriotprogressive.bsky.social) reposted
Rural parents warn Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is a death sentence: nearly $1T in Medicaid cuts, six-month eligibility checks, and work rules. CBO says 10M could lose coverage. Doctors predict rural hospital closures and dangerous delays.
tomwellborn3rd (@patriotprogressive.bsky.social) reposted
Nine former CDC chiefs say RFK Jr. is endangering Americans. Amid a measles surge he fired Susan Monarez, installed unqualified advisers, and cut vaccine support. They urge Congress, medical groups, and philanthropy to defend science and public health.
Michael Clemens (@mclem.org) reposted
The US Administration had a highly qualified & nonpartisan expert labor economist, @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social, who could have explained this to them in five minutes—preventing the embarrassing error. She was fired for producing statistics the president disliked, and replaced with a hack.
Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) reposted
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Physicians for a Healthy Democracy (@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social) reposted
@brontyman.bsky.social
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
RIGHT Path? JFC 🤦🏻♀️
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
SpaceX launch last year. How appropriate. www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-...
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Trump insisted this guy needs to be in the baseball HOF. Coincidence? Skip to: Adultery accusations en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_C...
Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted
MORE: Sparkle Sooknanan is still awake -- and she wants a fourth status report from DOJ. The judge orders the government to update her when all putative class members have been returned to ORR custody.
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
How does she confirm it has happened? Send officers of the court?
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bsky.app/profile/notu...
Steve Peers (@stevepeers.bsky.social) reposted
Essex police have contradicted a false far right claim retweeted by Musk to millions of followers
Editing the Blue-Gray Lady (@nytdiff.bsky.social) reposted
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
Possible sentences?
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Trump isn’t just axing the Constitution. He’s axing something we all love. Watch. https://youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?feature=shared
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a horrible interview. Where's the follow-up question?
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
Why ruin the bacon?
Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar.bsky.social) reposted
“Single Person Clapping: The James Donald Bowman/ James David Hamel/JD Vance Story”
Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.bsky.social) reposted
The police version of the crash, as relayed by a local Manchester reporter, is unsurprisingly quite different from what Giuliani's spokesman says. The whole thing is even more murky now, however. manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff.bsky.social) reposted
Now a lot of you are going to be hearing about this incident so let me just get ahead of it and say
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
Fake. 🤔 He'd never tell the truth.
Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) reposted
Yes but who do you trust more: The nation’s largest nurses professional organization or the people who love raw milk www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...
Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) reposted
"O’Hanlon was captured at Trump’s first inauguration festivities in DC decked out in his full Eagle Scouts uniform." Highlighting this pic both because it's hilarious and as a grim reminder: the Trump era has been going long enough for teenagers to become cops with prematurely receding hairlines.
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
? youtu.be/WO23WBji_Z0?...
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Save money and be efficient, they said. 🤦🏻♀️
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
Was it Loomer?
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Getting fired was a blessing.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted
Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on. Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
The prelude kinda sounds like he was? 🤔
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
OMFG 🤦🏻♀️
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Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) reposted
"I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change."
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
In reverse...
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Was Superman rescuer Rudy driving or a passenger? 🙄
Katherine the Sixth (@luigithirty.bsky.social) reposted
www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri... lmao they’re activating them for 29 days over and over so they don’t get full active duty pay
Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social) reposted
The DeSantis regime will do more to protect sidewalks from chalk than children from bullets.
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
Mulching season?
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Scary.
Jonathan Howard (@joho.bsky.social) reposted
#neverforget
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
Laura (@lauraapollo.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, JFC!
Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS (@waitmanwbeorn.com) reposted
Begging the media (this time @npr.org) to stop asking TechBro AI CEOs who are literally selling "education" products about the value of AI in education. This is embarassing as hell, NPR. Anyone who thinks AI has a meaningful place in education is a fucking rube. www.npr.org/2025/08/29/n...