DanTroy.bsky.social

DanTroy.bsky.social

@dantroy.bsky.social

North American. I like books, music, politics, ed policy, econ, baseball, GAA hurling, macarons, and the Criterion Channel. Who doesn't?

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Bloomberg News
@bloomberg.com

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came from behind to win Brazil’s runoff election, halting a right-wing wave sweeping Latin America and defying predictions that the 80-year-old political veteran had finally reached the end of his extraordinary career. bloom.bg/4BsvV24 📷: Maira Erlich/Bloomberg

DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

This way, the media will treat him as a Non-MAGA candidate when he runs for president.

Michael McFaul@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

I'm puzzled by Marco Rubio's role as Secretary of State. Why are Witkoff and Kushner taking the lead on major negotiations over war and peace, rather than America's chief diplomat?

DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

Just go see the Ringo film 4 times.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net

Sony is considering releasing all 4 ‘BEATLES’ biopics on the same day in April 2028. Another idea being considered is offering a 4-pack of tickets to encourage fans to buy tickets to all 4 films at once. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)

DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

I don't want to live in a dystopian 1970s movie.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Pete Hegseth says Americans will be able to watch a Trump-approved firing-squad execution. If he follows through, the U.S. could join a disturbing club of countries known for public executions—including Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea.

meidasnews.comHegseth Turns Trump’s Firing Squad Into a Public SpectacleThe Army has scheduled Nidal Hasan’s December 3 execution at Fort Hood — the first military execution since 1961 — while the Pentagon still will not explain how the firing squad will operate.
DanTroy.bsky.social
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Good stuff

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Troy Jackson: "As late as 2024, the FBI was circling around Sen. Collins ... then when President Trump came back, his administration dismantled the investigation. Now she votes with Donald Trump 96% of the time. Look, I don't owe Donald Trump nothing."

DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

Hard to argue.

Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social

This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate. The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.

DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

"Concern"

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

"Some Republicans have expressed concern that a small but growing faction of younger people in the party have interacted with or expressed fealty to white nationalist and racist ideologies that have long been considered fringe." O RLY

DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

Starting to think they won't support UBI, after all...

Sam@samd.bsky.social

The “head of strategic futures” at OpenAI just went on an unhinged rant against social security sometimes I feel like these tech companies are actively trying to alienate as many normal people as possible

DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

Don't do this

Ann Monster Lipton@annmlipton.bsky.social

"more than a quarter of Gen Z investors saying they see gambling on sports as part of their long-term financial strategy,...More than half of young investors said they had redirected money originally earmarked for investing into sports betting over the past year," www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comGen Z Is Moving Money From Stocks to Sports Betting in Wealth PlansSports betting is increasingly competing with traditional investing for younger Americans’ attention, with more than a quarter of Gen Z investors saying they see gambling on sports as part of their lo...
DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

I don't think Hong lost solely because she's DSA/Left. I think she lost because primary voters assessed that she wasn't good at politics.

Elizabeth Picciuto@epicciuto.bsky.social

breaking: sometimes the left wins and sometimes the centrists wins: stunning new evidence that voters use more than one criterion to judge candidates

nytimes.comHong’s Defeat in Wisconsin Shows the Limits of the Progressive MovementFrancesca Hong’s defeat in the Democratic primary for governor defied expectations and may have shown the democratic socialist wave cannot reach beyond urban centers.

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hammancheez but spooky
@hammancheez.bsky.social

Party that spent the last decade grooming and funding and encouraging blind nazi ideologues to run for office and government positions : uh oh

rawstory.com'We're in serious trouble': Senior GOP staff scared by 'rabid' young Republican 'idiots'Concern is mounting among high-ranking Republicans that the next generation of conservatives consists primarily of "rabid" "idiot" Nazis, according to a new report. GOP veterans have begun to fret tha...

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Steven T. Dennis
@steventdennis.bsky.social

One reason Social Security is running short of money in 2032 is because a small number of voters, faced w/a choice of voting for the guy who promised to use Clinton’s surplus for tax cuts & guy who promised a Social Security lock box, couldn’t figure out the Butterfly Ballot in Palm Beach County.

DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

I've seen and endorse about half of these. Interesting list!

David Rooney@david-rooney.bsky.social

Love these projects where the THR critics team wrestles over favorites. Proud of the range of work in our ranked breakdown of the 25 greatest docs of all time. And hats off to our amazing editor @jon-frosch.bsky.social for streamlining a mountain of copy. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-d...

hollywoodreporter.comThe 25 Best Documentaries of All Time, RankedFrom 'Grey Gardens' to 'The Gleaners and I,' 'Gimme Shelter' to 'Grizzly Man' and beyond, THR critics pick their favorite non-fiction films of all time.

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Mike Rothschild
@rothschildmd.bsky.social

The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.

DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

This guy is good.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ossoff: "Each day his allies are fewer & even they no longer deny his corruption, the obscene self-dealing while he plunges nation deeper into reckless war while he rakes in billions & builds himself ballroom & prepares again to attack elections. Let's be clear, one man attempted fraud in GA: Trump"

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Conor
@tiduslaughing.bsky.social

Seeing a lot of fellow Kerry people being gracious in defeat which I have nothing but contempt for. I am a real fan and am already conjuring a new, more wicked curse that will not only see that none of those young men wins an All-Ireland again but will bring death and illness to all they hold dear.

DanTroy.bsky.social
@dantroy.bsky.social

Titanic, Avatar, The English Patient, Damage, Class, and Dave come to mind. I'm pretty good at avoiding things I *know* I'll hate.

Defector@defector.com

What's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...

defector.comWhat's The Worst Movie You've Ever Watched In A Theater? | DefectorHere’s how we got on this. Billy was in soccer chat speculating on how soccer might have turned out differently if Lionel Messi had “accidentally” drowned baby Lamine Yamal in that bathtub. He then…

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Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social

In the realm of questions posed during Senate hearings, this one from Ossoff -- "Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this?" -- ranks right up there with "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...