Testing out my "you can never have too many chickpeas" theory. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifw3s6hyxmgkdux7z46hxz2sd4oxjilgryzf4vpk6ki3axad46mja
You simply cannot be a political journalist today if you don't know the deep ins-and-outs of the nonsense conspiracy theories. Because people will just constantly say stuff that is blatantly false and you NEED to be ready to call it out with receipts. RE:
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Lankford: "I think now history has proven that Russiagate was a hoax. It was actually formed by James Coney and Brennan and others that were behind...
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I will not give up my m-dashes. RE:
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I have no idea who to root for or against this World Series. Can't stand the Dodgers, but guess I'll root for Ohtani to do something cool? Can't stand the Blue Jays. Hmm.
This administration has a real problem with the truth. It lies constantly, and then also tries to hide anything truthful that damages its narrative or debunks its lies. RE:
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Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social)
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing https://www.w...
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Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social)
Still appalled at how paltry and terrible the NYT coverage of the protests were and how nobody there feels any responsibility to address the critic...
Day two. Going with the pandan flavored (green) version... RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
In case you're wondering, I think I do know how to eat douhua: and it's with boiled peanuts, sweet red bean, and some ginger syrup. Yum.
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Kind of amazing to think about how different the world might be today if PayPal had just... failed early on and shut down. You can trace so much nonsense today back to PayPal getting bailed out by eBay.
HOLY SHIT RE:
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Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social)
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. β€œAnna, Lindsey Halligan here,...