@rdotinga

Indie scribbler, "incorrigible," & "some know nothing hack." Board member, @ahcj. Former prez, @asja_hq. Book agent: @annasproul. 🏳️‍🌈 [email protected]

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Joined April 2009
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Conor Fitzpatrick@CTFitzpatrickOct 22
The appropriate Politico response to the White House’s letter:
Shashank Joshi
@shashjOct 22
Quite a letter from White House to Politico.
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Jake Sherman
@JakeShermanOct 19
>>>great thread
Ally Mutnick@allymutnickOct 19
Replying to @allymutnick
Next cut is #CA48 -- open redrawn seat where it's Marni von Wilpert (D) vs Jim Desmond (R) HMP is making more cuts here in a show of confidence that they can flip it without too much outside spending
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Hughes-on-the-Wold@NotThatHughesOct 18
The piano. Absolutely howling 😭
John bach rose
@johnsixx256Oct 17
Este manifestante Frances es mi puto ídolo!!
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𝙊𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧@GreenOscar94Oct 18
Could have Édith Piaf singing on top of the Eiffel Tower with a cigarette in one hand and a decapitated head in the other and it would still somehow be less French than this photo
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This viral image of a person in a Pink Panther costume running from a CRS water cannon in Paris was made with AI. It is not a real photo from the French protests. Fact-checkers including Newtral confirmed the image was created with AI tools. tribunanoticias.mx/la-pantera-ros…
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beth@alltoomaroonOct 17
US SNL FOUND DEAD IN A DITCH! #snluk
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Furrend
@hifurrendOct 17
In 1945, a Coast Guard plane took off from San Diego to rescue a Navy pilot downed at sea. The crew completed the rescue and returned to base, only to discover three unexpected passengers: a cat named Salty and her two kittens. The cats had stowed away without anyone noticing and spent the whole mission hiding aboard the plane.
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DanielFireCopter
@DanielFireTruckOct 16
What in the world did I just hear… this coming from an Engine at San Diego Fire Department.
USA Incident Tracker
@incidnt_trackerOct 16
Hey friends down at @SDFD you all good over there?
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the thicc husband & father@lukeisamazingOct 16
she’s becoming a noble gas
*Walter Bloomberg
@DeItaoneOct 16
TRUMP: KATIE ZACHARIA WILL STAY IN SOME FORM, BUT MAYBE ANOTHER FORM
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POLITICOEurope
@POLITICOEuropeOct 16
While waiting for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reporters are trying to solve a mystery: Who keeps farting in the European Council press briefing room? 💨 Live 👉 vist.ly/5nnrx
Article about a phantom farter in the European Council press briefing.

ALT Article about a phantom farter in the European Council press briefing.

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Bad Spit
@BadSpitOct 15
CNN prepared a doomsday end of the world video to be broadcast by the last surviving employee. It was leaked by a former intern in 2009. It is a low-res video of a US army band playing a mournful redition of Nearer My God to Thee.
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Janus Films
@janusfilmsOct 14
It does.
ْ@y6zzcOct 11
i hate when people act like watching older movies automatically makes their taste superior.
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K A C E Y
@KaceyMusgravesOct 12
I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it.
Kristi Noem
@KristiNoemOct 12
I’ll take @ellalangleymsic over Kacey Musgraves any day. And if I’m choosin’ Texas, I’ll take Ken Paxton over James Talarico.
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Ethan Lambeth
@LambethEthanOct 10
Two ant colonies have been fighting a war outside San Diego for decades. ~30M die a year. The front line is miles long.
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NWS San Diego
@NWSSanDiegoOct 9
Here are the latest rainfall and wind gust forecasts for our area this Sunday. A Flood Watch has been issued for the Riv/SBD County mtns and deserts, and all of San Diego County. Stay tuned through the weekend as the track of TS Rachel continues to affect the forecast.
Map showing rainfall totals for Sunday. Rainfall chances increase Saturday night, with widespread rain expected on Sunday. There still remains some uncertainty in the details of the rainfall forecast, but periods of moderate to locally heavy rain are expected on Sunday, especially in San Diego County, the mountains and the deserts.

ALT Map showing rainfall totals for Sunday. Rainfall chances increase Saturday night, with widespread rain expected on Sunday. There still remains some uncertainty in the details of the rainfall forecast, but periods of moderate to locally heavy rain are expected on Sunday, especially in San Diego County, the mountains and the deserts.

Graphic of peak wind gusts forecast. Gusty southwest to west winds expected across the area Sunday. Preliminary forecast has wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph for the coastal waters and coast, 25 to 40 mph for the valleys, and 40 to 60 mph for the desert slopes of the mtns and into the deserts. Gusts near 70 mph through the San Gorgonio pass and other wind-prone east-facing slopes.

ALT Graphic of peak wind gusts forecast. Gusty southwest to west winds expected across the area Sunday. Preliminary forecast has wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph for the coastal waters and coast, 25 to 40 mph for the valleys, and 40 to 60 mph for the desert slopes of the mtns and into the deserts. Gusts near 70 mph through the San Gorgonio pass and other wind-prone east-facing slopes.

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Nathan J Robinson@NathanJRobinsonOct 8
the most "america circa 2026" sentence in the newspaper this AM
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Paul McLeary@paulmclearyOct 8
NEW: Pete Hegseth says the execution of Fort Hood killer Maj. Hassan will be public. Hegseth: “He’s going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be. And we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public…”
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Steve Herman
@newsguyusaOct 7
It's really a feat when you outlive the AP reporter who wrote your obituary. apnews.com/article/eva-marie… ift.tt/1Dnw9Im

Eva Marie Saint, star of 'North by Northwest' and 'On the Waterfront,' dies at 102

Oscar winner Eva Marie Saint has died at the age of 102. Saint’s family announced that she died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles.

apnews.com
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hari raghavan
@haridigressesOct 6
Objectively funny.
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Excuse me
Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1Oct 6
Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay, and it's going to be over very soon. It's essentially almost over with, and they might keep going a little long. You know, they always say they have a big threshold for pain. They need it."
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Dollarita@FashyFitOct 4
This man is alive and well in Macon, Georgia
Wylfċen
@wylfcenOct 4
Reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon from the 400s↓ (He was found in Sussex, near Brighton.) What do you think he’d think of England today?
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