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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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horse massacre @torqpenderloin.bsky.social · 15/07/2023
everyone's talking about some guy. who cares.
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Joey Clift @joeytainment.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hear me talk about my Native history comedy book We’ve Been Here The Whole Time! on Secretly Incredibly Fascinating with @alexschmidty.bsky.social and @katiegoldin.bsky.social - Jim Thorpe. One of my favorite podcasts to guest on. Alex and Katie are so knowledgable and so funny!
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jimmy Carter saved Canada from becoming Chernobyl ☢️🇨🇦 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyL25CkG/
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Jimmy Carter saved Canada from becoming Chernobyl ☢️🇨🇦 #history #science #heroes
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 23/09/2026
going forward you should assume that any video which neatly and cutely supports your views about the world is AI-generated
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gary’s anatomy @sablaah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“I don’t have a problem with trans people, I just don’t think they should be able to use public bathrooms or play sports or get healthcare—“ ok so that’s segregation. you are functionally a segregationist. and you want me to believe that fights fascism somehow. ok.
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
You can’t have it both ways. You can’t be “It’s simple math, vote blue no matter who, grow up” and ALSO believe you are fighting fascism by making calculations as to who’s expendable. The world we’re in now demands more from us. More from everyone.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.
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The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

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maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The US Congress has proposed both a strong Democratic version of this law (the PRO Act) and a weak bipartisan version (Faster Labor Contracts Act) and neither has passed because Republicans hate worker power and all claims to the contrary are frauds.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Never forget the years of credulous reporting about how Republicans are becoming the party of the working class!!!!!! www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-the-wo...
hamiltonnolan.com
How the "Working Class Republican" Scam Works
A brief description of how this is all gonna go.
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yes, how dare the National Museum of the American Indian give the Indigenous perspective on US history. Washington was just helping the Haudenosaunee re-develop their villages. Once he tore down their towns, they could construct fancier ones with ballrooms.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I wrote about who is actually making America “poorer and dirtier.” It’s not immigrants. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Who is responsible for this terrible state of affairs? The opposition party and immigrants, apparently. Vance went on to say, “The Democrat legacy of the last few years was that they bankrupted our country and left us poor. They left our country weaker. They left our border wide open and our communities less safe.”

But this account represents a preposterous inversion. Almost every problem Vance lists, the Trump administration has made worse.

The administration’s environmental policies have made American water and air dirtier. Its health-care, tariff, and tax policies have worsened inflation and increased the financial burden on most American households, even as incomes have grown. And its public-health policies have led to outbreaks of contagious disease.
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Cornplanter (Seneca) to George Washington, 1790: "When your army entered the Country of the Six Nations, we called you the Town-destroyer and to this day, when that name is heard, our women look behind them and turn pale, and our children cling close to the neck of their mothers."
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I need younger generations to understand how weird it is that trump is such a unique terrible fuck up that it’s actually correct to blame the president for a demonstrably shittier economy and costs
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 09/09/2026
There are a lot of people who think their parents got their brains destroyed by Fox News, but somehow they’re not getting their brains destroyed by staying on Twitter.
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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 14/09/2026
"they" here is "other democrats"
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
now THIS i need to hear!
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Realizing the extent to which this is true wildly changed my opinions about how to deal with Trumpism, since they're never going to be satisfied unless they're actively dominating everyone else. You can't give them some concessions and go back to the status quo: they're reactionary revolutionaries.
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yay!!!
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I hope you and @danagould.bsky.social connect someday 👍👍
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Snooki has WHAT?!?!
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ceej @ceej.online · 02/09/2026
we’re gonna pin every single one of these motherfuckers to this rancid shit. adopting a generational bigotry for no other reason than naked self-ambition deserves a permanent seat in the dunk tank. eat shit
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
the liquid in this fountain is mercury 👨‍🏭 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDXc2Hc2/
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Alexander Calder built a fountain where the liquid is mercury 👨‍🏭 #science #art #history @SecretlyIncrediblyFascinating
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The Battle Of Long Island: when George Washington almost lost the American Revolutionary War 🇺🇸 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDx5SUCL/
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on this day in history George Washington almost lost the American Revolutionary War 🇺🇸 #NYC #1776
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Good news: your garden is not overrun by giant prehistoric beavers 🦫 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDuRkWUU/
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Good news: your garden is not overrun by giant prehistoric beavers 🦫 #Science #Groundhogs #GardeningTikTokContest
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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you're a fan of my books and/or a greedy reseller, I'm offering SIGNED hardcovers of the new book at the normal retail price but they are PREORDER ONLY, and you can ONLY GET THEM AT THIS ONE BOOKSTORE! Direct link: bit.ly/signmycrab I sign them with my own two sticky hands!
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 20/08/2026
im the dumbest motherfucker on the planet and i fell for a guy on you tube saying that polio is good for you. you have to be nice to me and treat my views as if theyre normal things an adult with a functioning brain might blelieve
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hey. It’s John Moe. If you go to your podcast app today and look up The Hilarious World of Depression, you will find a new episode. Hosted by me. First one in six+ years. This is not an error. This is the present tense.
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Judge John Hodgman @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Ummm.... propose????
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
in the 1950s Revlon rigged America’s favorite game show 💅📺 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDhRpx3B/
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in the 1950s Revlon rigged America’s favorite game show 💅📺 #history #TVhistory #makeup @SecretlyIncrediblyFascinating
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
IF WATER WORKED YOU WOULDN’T NEED TO KEEP DRINKING IT
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IF MEDICINE WORKED YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO REFILL YOUR PRESCRIPTION
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
this gif is yummy mummy
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
drive-thru funeral homes are real and wonderful 🚘🪦 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTA74uUuC/
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drive-thru funeral homes are real and wonderful 🚘🪦 #history #Atlanta #Japan @SecretlyIncrediblyFascinating
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
the Declaration of Independence didn’t reach Britain for more than a month 🇺🇸🇬🇧 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAGGyHAE/
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the Declaration of Independence didn’t reach Britain for more than a month 🇺🇸🇬🇧 #history #1776 #onthisday
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/08/2026
Every single Republican and gender critical person, including JK Rowling, supports this happening to you. They brag about building a future in which this type of humilating incident is common.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It is funny that this person thinks “immigrants defended the union while native born whites sought to destroy it in the name of slavery” is an argument against immigrants being Americans. This is precisely the point, nothing about being born here makes you better bsky.app/profile/aphc...
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Clint Barmes injured by Todd Helton’s venison gift ✨🤌 www.espn.com/mlb/news/sto...
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Barmes blames fall on deer meat, not groceries or ATV
Colorado Rockies rookie shortstop Clint Barmes says he was lugging a package of deer meat he got from teammate Todd Helton, and not a bag of groceries, when he fell and broke his collarbone.
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Hahaha
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
air conditioning almost had a totally different and cooler name ❄️ www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAjF8Rpo/
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air conditioning almost had a totally different and cooler name ❄️ #history #technology #AC @SecretlyIncrediblyFascinating
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“…..bathroom, need to go”
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Mike Swaim @trillionpixels.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I was an archaeologist during this time and never knew about these. Very cool deck.
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Alex Schmidt @alexschmidty.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
the U.S. Army made archaeology playing cards in the second Iraq War 🃏 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTSw69qqx/
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the U.S. Army made archaeology playing cards in the second Iraq War 🃏 #history #2000s @SecretlyIncrediblyFascinating
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