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David Raffin

@davidraffin.bsky.social
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Theoretical Metaphysicist. Poet laureate of the Comintern. Author/Performer. davidraffin.com Degree in philosophy— very charming man. Allen Ginsberg said I was a god of storm. Joe Bob Briggs loved me. Maximum Rock‘n’Roll said voice of generation.

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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 1h
“There’s no AI Killswitch.“ It runs on power dumbass. We can turn it off right now. 
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 2h
The singer from the band Venom has left us. He has laid down his soul for the God’s rock ‘n’ roll.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 2h
The wicked witch didn’t respect the munchkins, but she did respect the lollipop guild. Because she had to. It was in the contract. 
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 2h
I insist we use vegan food for the food fight. Even though we’re at war keep it civil. This fight has nothing to do with those animals! And, as always, I have no beef with the vegans. For the record.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 2h
Today’s Christians believe Jesus went too far feeding those people. He should have stayed in his place.
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🇨🇦 Mike O'Doyle 🇨🇦 @thetruemichael.bsky.social · 4h
Advertisements about gambling are passe. Now we're moving on to NEWS about gambling odds. Elections? Military erections? Find out the odds on Kalshi, THE FUTURE OF CNN.
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Kalshi to become CNN’s official prediction market partner
Kalshi’s data will serve as a powerful complement to CNN’s reporting.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 4h
Constant advertisements about gambling sure does mean that we are in a peachy economic situation by gosh.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 4h
Begin long saxophone solo. Oh no, it’s that stage of capitalism. 
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 7h
I read the statement of the governor of Tennessee and he sounds like a blood thirsty brain dead monster. So it’s hard to tell if he’s a democrat or republican.
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 20h
"I’m thinking of a labor movement, but one very different than the kind we’ve already seen. A labor movement that manages to finally ditch all traces of the ideology that says that work is a value in itself, but rather redefines labor as caring for other people." - David Graeber
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🔪🎃The Kyler Feyville Horror 2: The Possession 👻 @kylerfey.bsky.social · 19h
An essential thread.
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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 20h
I was meant to make two visits to the US last year -- I had tickets for a music cruise I was looking forward to, and I was asked to give a talk at Harvard, which would have been a dream come true for me. I didn't do either, and very strongly suspect I'll never return there again.
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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 19h
Christ. It's bad enough that the US regularly murders prisoners, but the way it regularly tortures them to death with this pseudo-medical barbarism makes me want to vomit.
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🔪🎃The Kyler Feyville Horror 2: The Possession 👻 @kylerfey.bsky.social · 20h
No kink-shaming. But still.
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People Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It's a Miraculous Cure-All
Urine therapy fans share tactics to bypass AI safeguards in order to reinforce their belief in the medicinal qualities of pee.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 20h
Does anyone have Tim Matheson‘s phone number? 
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 20h
Since I talked about food fighting, I do want to remind you that I did once pop a guy who worked with John Belushi in animal House. Foodfight. Popped him in the nose. On stage. Blood everywhere. He was not good at stage fighting. Anyway. I hit this old guy.  I’m not proud. But a colorful story. 
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 21h
My secret weapon? Potatoes. Eat them. Throw them. Eat them after thrown. Throw them cooked. It’s a utilitarian root vegetable. One can also use beans as a weapon. Best results. Use them in a can. Or while boiling. Or you can eat them. A utilitarian legume. But enough about food fighting. 
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 21h
No lie at all. Remember how people got all excited because Biden was getting out of the way. After being a complete and total genocidal nutcase and total failure domestically. And then his dumb vice president said there will be no change so she lost. To Trump. That’s the Democrats. 
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 21h
People getting indignant when I blame the neoliberal Democrats. They’re like. What do you think they can do about it? Do you think they can just fight the Republicans. They need their votes. They need to tour with the Cheneys. Then they told me they don’t need my vote. Ok pal
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 21h
You don’t just get diarrhea from eating a sandwich in the United States you get explosive diarrhea. That’s the power of capitalism. 
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 21h
A veggie burger in Europe doesn’t even give you diarrhea from the lettuce. It’s basically communism. 
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🔪🎃The Kyler Feyville Horror 2: The Possession 👻 @kylerfey.bsky.social · 21h
I love this movie! It’s so wonderfully weird and sick.
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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 21h
Human life has no value at all to the people in charge of the USA.
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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 21h
It would be good if there was just, like, one good thing in the world, wouldn't it? Like if a nice thing happened, or if someone did something that made things better rather than worse, or if people weren't needlessly, pointlessly, cruel in an endless tragic cycle.
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 21h
Karl Marx’s “Capital” is filled with factory inspectors' reports on the exploitation of children, and those pages are some of the angriest he ever wrote.
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Karl Marx Was for the Children
The freedom and flourishing of children were central to Marx’s vision of human emancipation and his critique of capitalism.
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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 21h
Brilliant, bitchy, diminutive, deliciously scandalous Truman Capote was BOTD in 1924 & died in 1984 at 59. The openly gay Southern writer became a literary celeb w/ Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958) & his true-crime masterpiece In Cold Blood (1966)
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I had grand plans today of eating a sandwich. But my hubris has exceeded my grasp.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 30/09/2026
#OtD 30 Sep 1953 British communist boxer, Len Johnson, went for a drink at the Old Abbey Taphouse in Manchester, but was refused service because he was Black. Soon after, 200 people picketed the pub until the landlord agreed to stop discriminating. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1112...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 30/09/2026
#OtD 30 Sep 1946 sentencing at the Nuremberg trials began. 12 were sentenced to death, seven received prison sentences from 10 years to life in prison, and three acquitted. But thousands of fascists were reintegrated into society across Europe and the US
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J. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They are Rocky Mountain High.
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Michael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 23h
This is pathetic, babyish shit. These people will never admit how badly "their side" fucked up
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 23h
The challenge when playing any string instrument is not playing in tune; rather, it is playing out of tune. A song, once sung, can, in fact, be unsung; however, doing so insults the throat and is mostly bothersome.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 23h
The Demon committed acts of evil. But, when questioned later, he blamed the way in which he was raised. For when he was a small demon, very rarely was he praised. Don’t blame the summoner. 
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When someone calls themselves a moderate, they mean that they think the fascists have bad manners. That’s it. That’s all it means. That’s moderation. That’s your moderate. Your centrist.
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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Revolution is My Boyfriend: The Films of Bruce LaBruce, a 10-film retrospective curated by Raphael Martinez. This program at @facetschicago showcases LaBruce's work October 9–11, 2026 I will also be speaking at @DePaulU Tix: facets.org/programs/the... events.depaul.edu/event/filmma...
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The vegan diet is the healthiest diet, as it strictly forbids eating germs.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump is showing physical signs that he has had a stroke. I have moved the champagne to the refrigerator. I am thirsty.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump will host SNL again. For sure.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hilarious they are trying to replace writers with AI in this country. This country isn’t a nation of readers anymore. Literary magazines are dead. The average person can’t tell good writing from bad. Our education is crap.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have non-traditional rhythm and that’s the way I like it.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When monsters live in a house, it’s called a monster house. That sounds nice, right? Monster House is a new show on the A&E channel. You can’t look away. It’s a guilty pleasure. Because by watching it, you’re an accomplice.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am where the action is; or rather, I am action adjacent. She is not a heartless monster! She has a whole bunch of hearts in jars. In her heart room. All the great ones have a heart room. “Make room for more heart!“
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The cure for this is jailing all the leaders of the Democrat and Republican parties currently. Jailing the CEOs and the boards of directors. Real jail time. 
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remember. AI is all about the AI businesses failing and taking a government hand out. That’s where they get their profit. Government bail out. 
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Josh Olson @josholson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you want to know why I think @andrewhickey.500songs.com 's A History of Rock in 500 Songs is one of the greatest podcasts ever, consider the fact that his brand new 10 minute Patreon bonus episode is 2 hours and 20 minutes long. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
Music History Podcast · Updated Bimonthly · Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre.
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Michael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From my series 100 Years Ago Today: Real People Tell Their Real Stories. #1: Doorman
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The philosophy degree. Being a philosopher and what not. I’ve always had that in me. I was voted in high school most likely to crack wise.
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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You are literally living in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer world and refusing to fight against the demons.
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marco rubio’s coke guy @seriouspro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Feelin like a nasty woman in 2017
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