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@809explorer.bsky.social
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Transit and bike fanatic Szechuan peppercorn appreciator Budding Midwest convert

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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 3h
Our side is finally taking the “don’t tell no lies about us, we won’t tell truths about you” approach and it’s about time
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 7h
This is antisemitism. This isn’t leftism. This isn’t anti-Zionism. This isn’t progressive activism. This is just blatant antisemitism.
Guy Christensen being antisemitic
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 5h
Mamdani should just continue implementing this while they appeal
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 7h
Remember all these memes lol
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Adam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"i'm james talarico and i approve this message"
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Marmots: Hol up, let him cook
ALT: Marmots: Hol up, let him cook
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
it’s genuinely fascinating how establishment democratic politics in big cities has become so ossified and incompetent that they’ve created a huge lane for the left to embrace good government reforms and build a broad coalition of socialists and technocrats
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 25/09/2026
"china is charging their cars in less time than it takes you to fill up your F-150" is the kind of banal jingoism i always assumed would get us finally kicking it up a notch on serious infrastructure buildout but we were a lot more directly addicted to gasoline in addition to racism than i thought
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Do Republicans have agency” is the simplest way to test someone’s ball knowledge and most of our elites and media give the wrong answer every day
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Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A shot from Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You.
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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place
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TashasEv @tashasev.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You all gotta see this
Zuri sleeping in her cot with one ear jauntily folded up, one eye creepily peeking open, and her tongue dangling out from the side of her mouth ridiculously draped onto the side of the cot like a soggy bacon strip
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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026
every day for the next six weeks we are going to be treated to a bunch of Republicans going “oh god oh god we’re so fucked” and I think we should all take some time to savor it
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
trump take brisket
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026
“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 22/09/2026
NIMBYism destroys your commercial property tax base: “Occupied space has climbed in parts of Dallas, Atlanta and Miami along with growing populations…On the flipside, Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland…are among the metro areas where vacancies continue to grow.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
holy shit can we do this for the Sunday shows too
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Marty McFly: Hey I've Seen This One!
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Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is 100% pure uncut reactionary fear of the newcomer disguised in a purportedly-leftist wrapper, and we must wholly reject it out of hand. America welcomes the newcomer, no matter where they are from or where they choose to live.
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“The only costs going up faster than housing are electric and the gas pump and your biggest issue is which team a 14-year-old gets to play volleyball on? Kids should be able to play sports with their friends, we have real problems to address” should be a slam-dunk message
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What can you even say at this point #COYS
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
¡¡Dems in disarray!!
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 16/09/2026
Everything's falling into place
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ossoff by 20 ⏳
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
GEFILTE PHISHING
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I want to believe in Mathys tel but he ends up creating more unnecessary culdesacs than 1950s urban planners #COYS
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Chicago Bears Fan Calls Team 'TRASH'
Alt: “trash”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For these guys, it was never about illegal immigration, it was never about cultural assimilation. You can be born in America, drinking beer as you cheer on the Longhorns, but its not enough if you are not white.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/09/2026
the reason my likely presidential candidate tier list has two people at the top - Ossoff and AOC - is that they are by far the most effective messengers of I Am Fucking Furious And There Must Be Consequences, which is the most deeply held conviction of the Dem base
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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is particularly crazy when you see how many NFL venues are scheduled to host Kanye West, a guy who literally released a song about Hitler. Including two of the stadiums who threatened Sheeran! But he didn’t say anything good about Palestinians so it’s fine.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
if you ever wonder how Americans became the richest major country on the planet but most of us still feel so poor, looking at what we spend on cars — not just directly but in tax money for infrastructure and space in the built environment — is the answer.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I don't know if Matt Levine's theory about what's behind recent calls for AI regulation is correct. But it does sound plausible! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/09/2026
i think it is bad that the president is that helm of a deranged cult of personality
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Baltic Takes (formerly badbaltictakes) @baltictakes.com · 09/09/2026
A Chinese official attempted some of that Wolf Warrior Diplomacy ™ shit. It did not go well. Philippines' Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro was speaking up for smaller nations and international law at a forum in Korea when he was handed a note from a Chinese official, meant as intimidating.
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merritt @merrittk.com · 07/09/2026
Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
a lot of people want to believe that right-wing beliefs are rooted in some legitimate material grievance. that makes it easier to imagine that if we simply solved the material problem, they’d deradicalize. but they won’t, because they aren’t disillusioned, they’re just morons.
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 07/09/2026
i really cannot maintain enough that my current theory of donald trump is that he is utterly gripped by the terror of death, and is desperately attempting to leave some mark on the world that history cannot erase--this is the point of the wars, the annexation threats, the dc vandalism
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
found this in the top posts and it succeeds in being very funny while also inducing a borderline homicidal rage
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school. If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“In a meeting over oysters and wine in his Clacton constituency, Mr Farage… said the polling was “amazing” and provided “bang for buck” adding “It worked. Boom.” Corrupt polling. Corrupt funding. Nigel Farage - prison James Orr - prison Dan Jukes - prison channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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waow based
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Evergreen
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boyzantium (samoyedcore) ("deathcore doggy @deathco.re · 02/07/2023
hey "nice" manbun haha it fuckin sucks you hipster asshole [he turns around and reveals he is a samurai from the tokugawa shogunate] oh fuck
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jesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I just sort of feel like if we're going to be talking about an explosion of antisemitism, we should be talking about Elon "sometimes the wily Jews disguise themselves as whites" Musk
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ bsky.app/profile/809e...
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Swedens Softest Kitty @chizita.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You would repost a frog

a picture of a frog
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well yeah she's an adult
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Ben @809explorer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
also, no reason to give them a potential lane of attack while they step on rakes hourly
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