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@aferg.bsky.social
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Painfully shy. I am what time and circumstance have made me.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 26/09/2026
A meme (not mine!!!) in which the guys from the Sopranos suffer the linguistic fall of humanity after the Tower of Babel incident
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the clintons have a lot to answer for for the shitty people they put in positions of influence throughout the democratic party. it has significantly hobbled progress for over 35 years now.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And the democrats won’t talk about it.
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aferg.bsky.social @aferg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@duckworth.senate.gov www.c-span.org/clip/public-... This is why Dems hate their own party. YOU are the problem.
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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
it's so awesome that it doesn't matter if you're a radical leftie or a VBNMW type who just wants to see some basic consequences for the prez, and it doesn't matter how popular the demand you have is, these motherfuckers just don't care what you think regardless
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Thom @thwphipps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Foyle’s War. Good telly
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
January 8, 2020 All of this was totally foreseeable and foreseen. youtu.be/j_zJVt32fTk?...
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Hayes: A War With Iran Is Madness, And Don’t Believe Anyone Who Tells You Otherwise | All In | MSNBC
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I like how much of the “low information” working or middle class voter discussion implicitly goes hard at the idea that they’re poorer and more susceptible to bad, dumb (mis)info, and I’m not saying people aren’t, but have u seen how rich highly educated people vote?
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.youtube.com/shorts/LZhS_... Blumineck giving a great response to unfuckable incel weirdos transvestigating his wife
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Educating haters (again)
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nancy Pelosi comments on the Iran War: "Our country is at war. We always root for our country under any circumstance. So let's get this done, Mr. President."
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Johnny Normality @probgobl.in · 13/09/2026
The reason a lot of dems are eating shit on simple questions is that they're going into the lion's den to make friends. El-Sayed is going into the lion's den to make a coat.
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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's interesting to see a former top Biden aide explain "No amount of public support in polling or public protest will influence how or when those in power drastically change Israel policy" — ie, he's just straight up saying the US is not a democracy. x.com/MichaelLaRos...
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looserudder.bsky.social @looserudder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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onion person @junlper.beer · 09/09/2026
hunter biden spending months trying to recreate his image to ultimately just do a crypto scamcoin is amazing. 10/10. so glad we don’t have to pretend to take him seriously as a 2028 presidential candidate anymore
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Cuckoo 🔞 @cloudcuckoocountry.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I can solve this mystery: conservatives don’t actually believe that every job deserves comfort, dignity, and safety because they genuinely believe that society should have a slave class. They won’t say it like that, but functionally they believe that slavery makes for a better society
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
They aren't just morons, they have grounded their identity in moronic beliefs, which is worse. Ordinary morons could hypothetically be convinced, but these clowns are committed to being angry about decent things
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Whether it’s Chuck Schumer’s daughter getting a spot on OpenAI’s board or it’s Kirsten Gillibrand’s son getting millions in backing for a crypto startup, the children of New York elites always prove that with hard work, anyone can beat the stimga of a family name by A. G. Sulzberger
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
it’s very validating that there’s no one who’s extremely pro-Israel but then otherwise a normal, kind person. it’s all guys who are disgusted by children’s hospitals.
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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/08/2026
"Look at the last 3 GOP presidents. One oversaw a double-dip recession with a savings & loans scandal that looted the Treasury. That was Bush I. Another oversaw near meltdown of the whole capitalist system. That was Bush II. Then the next presided over a pandemic-driven collapse. That was Trump I."
publicnotice.co
Are voters finally realizing GOP presidents are disasters?
Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 26/08/2026
Tapping the sign:
Gilbert's lasting contribution to the Nuremberg trials came in his work defining the nature of evil. In his 1950 book The Psychology of Dictatorship, Gilbert wrote, "In my work with the defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants, a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 24/08/2026
Republicans spent 50yrs for this moment: to disenfranchise millions of Americans. They are one step closer. Instead of following this myopic playbook of attaining a liberal SCOTUS, today’s Democrat leadership is meeting with the wannabe dictator’s son in law to find “common ground”.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 24/08/2026
Hummingbirds.
A four panel comic. In panel 1, a rufous hummingbird flies down toward a large hummingbird feeder with as many as 6 holes on top. He thinks "The humans put up a new feeder!" In panel 2, he lands on the feeder and gazes down at it. He thinks "It's huge. Many of us could feed here at once." In panel 3, we see a close up view of the hummingbird, and he's thinking "This could end the ancient rivalries. Usher in an era of peace. Interesting." In panel 4, an Anna's hummingbird hovers over the feeder and says "Hey, can I have some necta-" and the rufous hummingbird says "No."
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
help, academic freedom is under attack. no, not like that.
The Right cripples American research, attacks entire fields, targets minority/int’l scholars
i sleep
1 racist gets suspended
real shit?
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“having a bizarre obsession with a daddy figure is not uncommon in right-wing households” good point Amy, people on the right are freaks. they’re freaks and they’re worse than us.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/08/2026
Whoa. Sherrod Brown’s new ad is devastating for Jon Husted. Sarah Bloom Anderson trusted Husted when he looked her in the eye and promised he wouldn’t cut Medicaid, the program that saves her daughter. One week later, Husted voted to cut Medicaid.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A group of Catholic nuns in New York has turned immigrant rights into their last great cause. They stage regular protests outside a New Jersey detention center and fund U.S. passports for children separated from parents held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. northeasttimes.com/2026/08/16/n...
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New York nuns challenge Trump immigration crackdowns in their final years - Northeast Times
The Sisters of Charity in New York are spending their final years protesting ICE detention practices and funding passports for children left behind after parents are detained.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The media is obsessed with the supposed 'extremism' of democratic socialists... Meantime you've got mega-MAGA dude running for statewide office in TX who wants to "round up" Muslims and Chinese people, calls Native Americans "savages," and has a dark nostagia for Rhodesia. My profile of Bo French:
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He Wants to “Round Up Every Muslim” — and Oversee the Oil Industry In Texas
Lone Star MAGA candidate Bo French is an unvarnished “bigot.” Just ask his fellow Republicans.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It's sociopathic that neoliberal leaders are smiling through all this while proposing more pipelines. They have the same access to information we do. What's even their end game? All marine life dies in the next couple years but worth it for the money no one can spend?
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Susan of Texas @susanoftexas.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
They did consent to being used, every time they let Trump mock and insult them to please his followers and to bully them. These are the words of people who thought Trump’s actions would never victimize them because they are part of the club. But there is only one member in Trump’s club.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So many issues get framed around how conservatives want them framed because - the media is in the tank - conservatives are assertive - liberals are timid It’s a perfect shit storm
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CyberPhoeno @cyberphoeno.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Just in case anyone doesn't know, you can go to a developer's Steam page and change a setting to ignore this creator. Steam will stop recommending any games they develop or publish. Same as ignoring an individual game but developer-wide.
Picture of Saber Interactive Steam store page and banner. A settings cogwheel is highlighted showing the options of ignore this creator and report this creator.
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Wow, journalist Wajahat Ali absolutely destroyed Pete Hegseth’s pastor Doug Wilson. Bravo 👏 👏👏👏
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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Tom Clancy: In my book I invented the concept of the evil rogue South American CIA targeted killing campaign as a cautionary tale. Trump Admin: At long last, we have created the evil rogue South American CIA targeted killing campaign from classic spy novel Clear and Present Danger.
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Ernest Penfold @penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
gotta say, i see libs pull this "but I HAD TO vote for the empower Hitler act! republicans would have said MEAN THINGS about me if I didn't!!!" too often and someone ought to tell them that this act is really fucking cowardly.
an excerpt from the Advocate article i quote-posted that reads: "Vindman told the room he still considered himself a supporter of LGBTQ+ people, then addressed the politics behind Republican legislation involving transgender rights.

“Why do you think the Republicans put forward a bill like that?” Vindman asked. “They put forward a bill like that so they can get Democrats in districts that are very purple where they can beat them over the head.”
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It's not just that this is, of course, an insane lie—it's that *just thinking about it for ten seconds*, without looking anything up, should make it screamingly obvious that the claim couldn't possibly be remotely close to true. You have to actively shut your brain off to say stuff like this.
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Goh_billy @gohbilly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
That time I made a birthday card with the infamous Ryu and Cyclops handshake.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
am i supposed to just sit here and not mention @chrislhayes.bsky.social biting my look
Chris Hayes in pink tank top and chain
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🔥 TEXAS: “Registered voters in Tarrant County has increased 30% — to be closing polling stations is blatant voter suppression… when I joined the Navy, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic…Talking to you, Comrades."
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10/08/2026
Yet another deep-dive into the world of Doug Wilson, Hegseth's pastor. Also, a journalistic subtext: Wilson, unlike some faith leaders, has been increasingly willing to talk to the press (myself included). If anything, he's become *more* vocal in recent years. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Pete Hegseth dreams of holy war. Meet his spiritual adviser.
Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon.
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guy in clown mask playing Papa Roach on guitar @conorhaloreach.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Horrible Bullshit Could Be Defeated, Says Villain
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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Love a good boat name. There's one I've seen a few times called "Change Order" on a huge cabin cruiser which is just perfect for a cackling, cigar-chomping general contractor www.beautifulpublicdata.com/boat-names/
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50,000 boat names
From SEA SLUT II to BILBOAT BAGGINS, a deep dive into AIS vessel data turns up 50,000 boat names packed with nautical puns, dirty jokes, and Tolkien deep cuts.
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Charredasperity (commissions open) @charredasperity.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Plants vs Zombies (the first one) is a relic of a time when Mobile games could be actual games and not scams
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
oh my god you guys the republicans might try saying their opponents are communists, a thing they haven't done since every day of my adult life
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Josh V @bruiserchgo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
OPINION
GUEST ESSAY
You Were In For a Dipshit lake As Soon As You Saw This Font
Feb. 23, 2026
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