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The treadmill screening of ‘THE LONG WALK’ took place, where every person had to walk on a treadmill faster than 3MPH for the whole movie. If they stopped, they were escorted out of the theater.
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The treadmill screening of ‘THE LONG WALK’ took place, where every person had to walk on a treadmill faster than 3MPH for the whole movie. If they stopped, they were escorted out of the theater.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
🤭
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Appreciate it, sir. 🙏🏽
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Rarely do I get incensed by bad behavior anymore -- I've engaged with some terrible humans in my life -- but this Polish CEO snatching away a fucking hat hit me harder than I imagined. #emotionalarousal
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
I'm just gonna flip on some corporate media really quick... ABC: ads CNN: ads Back to CNN: Trump's Chicago "immigration enforcement" MSNBC: Protests in Chicago Back to ABC: A "federal judge getting in the way of Trump's immigration crackdown" Back to CNN: Weekend travel Nothing about Trump MIA
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Russia, Russia, Russia!! HOAX!! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted
It took 20 years of the “war on terror” to chip away at America’s reputation, but Trump bulldozed what was left in under nine months.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe it was a glue-on hairpiece all along. #JustSayin
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Where's his hair? He looks like he's on death's door. He needs to address the media.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm gonna have to look into the ASUS. Heard nothing but praise about its performance. Thank you, sir. ✅
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
The thing I don’t get is the same press that is being kept at a distance from an obviously not hale and hearty president isn’t screaming for answers?
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Tisiphone (@tisiphone.bsky.social) reposted
Couldn't indict sub sandwich guy nor Sidney Lori Reid...🤔 A judicial theme emerges? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
ICYMI — NPR: “The effort to deal with the emerging humanitarian crisis was complicated by a president (Biden) who felt a deep responsibility to 🇮🇱 and its security, and whether to openly confront 🇮🇱 or use punitive measures, like withholding military aid.” www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
I don't *think* this is what's going on, but we should at least be aware that close to death rumors can be useful if you need a strong man saved by God moment to buck up flagging poll numbers.
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
Given he's doing everything the sane staffers and guardrails stopped him from doing last time, have any double XL T-shirts been delivered to the White House this week?
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
Has anyone asked RFK Jr for his recommendations on Trump's situation?
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
Remember when obituaries would lead with the deceased's name?
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: Judge Sooknanan gets all 76 children trump tried to send to Guatemala back home, trump has been MIA for almost a week, the Epstein estate is going to hand over some actual Epstein files, and a discussion with @rweingarten.bsky.social about her new book. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Channeling. 😁
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social)
It has the internet domain .ai and is earning a fortune selling the address to tech firms. Find out more here: bbc.in/4oZDarU
Fuk-T (@fuk-t.bsky.social) reposted
Trumps policies will relegate the USA from the league of "Super Powers" and hand the world to China, Russia and India. edition.cnn.com/2025/09/01/c...
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
It is a cabal of GOP governors. Each of them is trying to outdo Gov Abbott's redistricting efforts in Texas.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you, sir. For sharing. You make economics fun and understandable. 🙏🏽💙🙏🏽
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) reposted
A friend (okay, the youtube algorithm) just reminded me of this lovely—and very personal—interview I did with Jack Stafford (@podsongs). It's a brilliant conceit: He interviews you about your life and work, then draws it all together into a song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJh3...
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Exacerbated by the fact that Kabul is quickly running out of potable water.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
The party of "family values," indeed.
Rabbi Jill Zimmerman (@rabbijill.bsky.social) reposted
They loaded up those planes with children - some as young as 10. I don’t believe they had a safe place to go in Guatemala. And the government did not care. This admin is the least compassionate of any in my lifetime.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Indeed. The Indian press have remarked on this pivotal shift, in turn, blaming the Trump administration's 50% tariffs on Indian exports.
Jacob T. Levy (@jacobtlevy.bsky.social) reposted
I will admit that I have sometimes worried about (obviously) Trump's relationship to Putin and (importantly) the prospect of a Trump-Modi authoritarian nationalist axis. But actively pushing India into an embrace with China and Russia via trade & migration policy is a strategically terrible outcome.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social)
There's more to #Crete than beaches and #Greek mythology. During #WorldWarII, it was the site of a pivotal battle between Germans and a united front of British forces and locals. Today, artifacts are still scattered across the island, with large collections to commemorate this enduring legacy.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
As such, he's still a low-rent maggot.
Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted
Troops in the streets and he thinks he’s going to get a Nobel, peace begins at home
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Mr Duffy is a dummy.
Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted
👀
Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted
"the Ukrainian crisis"🙄
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
Kieran Healy (@kjhealy.co) reposted
Workshopping an ecumenically viral culture skeet that goes something like “It’s always charming to see English people defending English food; it’s like watching Americans championing literature; or Medievalists pretending the Middle Ages wasn’t a cesspit of pestilent ignorance that stank of eels”.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
AXIOS: “(Trump’s) tariff policy will cost midsize businesses $82.3 billion, according to a new report from the JPMorganChase Institute…” www.axios.com/sponsored/mi...
christy14.bsky.social (@christy14.bsky.social) reposted
The new world order
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Courtesy of a diseased 79-year old retread in the White House.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social)
#Wordle 1,535 3/6 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 😬 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😁 (Took less than a minute) #WQuers
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Wasn't DeSantis head over heels in love with this idea that he used Florida taxpayer money and not federal dollars?
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
AP: “Florida could be on the hook for $218 million… Alligator Alcatraz may soon be completely empty as a judge upheld her decision late Wednesday ordering operations to wind down indefinitely…” apnews.com/article/flor...
Kevin Mc (@kevinmac27.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Brilliant strategy from Trump to drive India into the arms of Russia and China with his dimwitted tariffs and threats. Maybe there's more to diplomacy than a sick dumb 79 year old saying that he "gets along" with people.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
He sees the world from within his narrow self-interest.
Ronald "Humanistic" Hemenway (@rehemenway.bsky.social) reposted
Why? So trump can deliver America to Putin!
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
... they called me America's Mayor! (gasp)
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
I also think "he's sick as shit." Hope his medical staff is foreign-born and people of color. That I can work with.
Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) reposted
I'm going on record. You don't cover up dead. He's not dead. However, he's sick as shit. That you can cover up for a bit. But just a bit. Mostly I hope he feels like absolute shit and is very scared of death. That I can work with.
Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted
If you know California voters, tell them that if Trump rigs the next election and Republicans keep Congress, they will most certainly not certify the election in 2028 if they don't like the result. No one is saying gerrymandering is good, but unilaterally disarming could be the end of our democracy.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social)
👇👇
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Okay, but with whom? Their side is convinced Cheeto is in the pink of health and is able to scale tall buildings with a leap. Can you see a Rubio or a Noem discussing the 25th, and if they did, we won't know?
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
I think it's time to discuss the 25th Amendment.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social)
The leaders of #China, #Russia and #India, the three #largest #powers not aligned with the #West, smiled and laughed like good friends as they greeted each other at a summit on Monday.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social)
At least 210 #journalists have been killed in #Gaza since October 7, 2023, IFJ said, making the #conflict the #deadliest for reporters in modern times. Meanwhile, #Israel has barred #international #media from reporting freely in #Gaza, leaving #Palestinian journalists to report under #fire.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll wager that alcohol was involved. Why? C'mon...its Rudy!
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Has anyone said whether Rudy was driving or whether he had been drinking? www.cbsnews.com/news/rudy-gi...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Not sure why everyone is doubting Giuliani’s spokesman’s story it sounds totally plausible and not suspicious at all
Bunny 🕊️ 🦋 🌊 🔔 🌈 🌲 💙 🌊 (@pittsburghlady.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump wars are : making America hungry again, poor again, unhealthy again and illiterate again.
MKSinSA 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 (@mksinsa.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Yup, right into Sweet Sweet Mara-Lardo
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Precisely.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
And the national media isn't chasing the story as it should. Typical.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Trump's dodging the cameras as much as he's been dodging the Epstein files
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social)
Former President Jair #Bolsonaro, who is set to stand trial on Tuesday, is being closely monitored by #Brazilian authorities, who fear he may attempt to flee the country.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Pol Pot, the Cambodian dictator, who was responsible the death of millions of his people, passed away peacefully in his sleep.
Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) reposted
NEW: 72 of the 76 Guatemalan children previously boarded onto planes have been returned to ORR custody, per DOJ, with the remaining 4 expected to be returned in the next 15 min. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
Robert Mueller has Parkinson’s disease, his family said, and will not be able to comply with a request that he testify before Congress
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
I’m not an ornithologist. Can anyone identify the bird in this photo?
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Unafraid to speak truth to power, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Dr. Susan Kressly joins @vinguptamd.bsky.social on Meidas Health for a powerful discussion on truth, conviction, and her deep commitment to ensuring optimal childhood health for the nation amid chaos at the CDC.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
He could very well be at Walter Reed. Look for heavy Secret Service presence inside the medical center and lots of DC Metro cops outside.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
If this is the “strong leader” they keep selling us, why are they hiding him like Weekend at Bernie’s? 👀
Patrick Lovell The Producer (@patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com) reposted
Trump Shrank Staffing of National Parks. See How Many Are Struggling. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
butterflygirl24 (@butterflygirl24.bsky.social) reposted
This guy was just trying to enjoy the day sitting at the park in DC. ICE Gestapo snatch him! 🤦🏻♀️ #iceout #dc #arresttrump
Jeff Melnick (@melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social) reposted
Ending my listening day with one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. From the epochal year 1954, there is something in the patient acceptance of strife and strain in Howard Seratt’s “Troublesome Waters” that I cannot get enough of. youtu.be/ZsepcjTO3BA
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social)
🙏🏽 Polish tennis player Kamil Majchrzak has met the young fan after a video appearing to show a man snatching his hat from a boy in the crowd at the #USOpen went viral Read more: bbc.in/4g2qmgj
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
That's gonna leave a mark.
Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted
Ouch.
Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) reposted
Those of you who predicted that I'd get sick if I pushed myself too hard on PROOF OF DEVILRY were correct. I am sick. It will cause a slight delay in the release of Book 3—albeit not a significant one. I really want Book 3 to be excellent, as it's very much a culmination of the 400 pp. before it.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Check Walter Reed Med Center patient intake. Any brave hero that works there could leak this info.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Way to go. 🙏🏽💯🙏🏽
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“Staggeringly dishonest” Tariffs are taxes on Americans, and Bessent (and Trump) know it
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
I have my own harsh criticisms of how the media has covered this era, but I'm mystified at this perspective.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
POPE LEO: “Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.” He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Even Grok isn’t buying it Tariffs are a tax on you
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reply parent
Makes sense. Natural body armor.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social)
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near #Jalalabad in #Afghanistan around midnight, according to the US Geological Survey.
dutchbellbeaker.bsky.social (@dutchbellbeaker.bsky.social) reposted
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-...
Ally to Democracy (@allyhartwell.bsky.social) reposted
🦋 RFK Jr. wants to rewrite science using vaccine critic David Geier in his Autism study Millions of scientific hours have been spent studying hundreds of thousands of children in hundreds of peer-reviewed papers To debunk a 12 child study by a gastroenterologist who was struck off in 2010 🦋 #MMR
Steve Hofstetter (@stevehofstetter.bsky.social) reposted
Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a car accident. I hope he gets the same expert medical care that he would wish for a disabled transgender immigrant.