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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 8h

My man looks like a villain from the Adam West-era Batman named Mister Unguent.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Got a lot of tmo.blackberry contacts in my phone. Guess this means I’m a digital hoarder?

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

No shit. Being angry makes sense. Making up or repeating lies (exaggerations? Bullshit?) makes less sense to me. Be angry, don’t be a liar if you want people to believe you.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Joke about whatever you want, but dude was saying (poorly and stupidly) that if he hadn't attacked Iran they might have been able to attack US cities, so he had to act (this is BS, obv). People saying that Trump wished those partic cities to be attacked are making shit up. Why make shit up?

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hard agree. The list of sports you’ll be able to follow if you can’t do this is pretty small.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s not about being nice, it’s about not looking like unhinged liars willing to bend the truth to score a point. There’s a near infinite supply of truly evil stuff the man says, why do any stretching or exaggerating if that might alienate people who aren’t liking ‘lying politicians’ these days?

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

every GOP accusation = admission of guilt.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Two double doubles, animal style.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This feels like a lot for dudes third (?) international retirement.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Robbie Williams will be sure to giggle.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So now it's illegal to take a road trip with 76 of your friends?!?

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was told that seven minutes was all we could get.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was told that seven minutes was all we could get.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

only 74.3% of the time ...

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm sorry - "lazy" ?!?!¿ I think you mean "battle tested."

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But what if I, an insider and consultant (who definitely hasn't lost 75% of the races I've been involved in) call up a legacy media outlet tell them I *know* 1000 voters that love Rahm? Sure, they go to another high school but I swear I know them!

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I also think 'zionist' is a term normies have only heard recently, at the very time when the term is being belligerently re-defined to score political points. I don't blame folks, even those with decently thoughtful politics, for not knowing exact definition. Same with left/liberal/progressive.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trejo opened several LA based businesses (tacos, donuts) that had brief periods of white-hot popularity and (I assume) profitability. Lots of expansion, new business partners and then unpaid taxes and chapter 11. I imagine he needs all the $ he can get.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Is the distinction the gauge of the track? The weight of the cars? What’s the dividing line between light/heavy? Are there other categories?

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What differentiates this distinction between (say) the A & B lines?

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

He def played a role in that happening when he was Mayor of Manchester. He worked hard to get 'investment' into the city - which maybe was the right call, I dunno. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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How success of Manchester City helped put Andy Burnham in power

PM has praised Abu Dhabi group as ‘huge partner’ in reshaping Manchester, but critics say this ignores public cost of city’s transformation

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Do you have a good resource for explaining what defines the various kinds of transit trains? Are LA Metro trains considered 'light rail' or is that Metrolink? I feel like I *should* know this but missed that class. (along with the who/whom class)

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Big 'just realized he selected the wrong cup from the Grail Knight' vibes.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It would seem more menacing if they didn’t look like googly eyes from the craft store.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Let's be honest - if this were happening, the letters from Saul Zaentz's estate would arrive first.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Baseball has long been calling out for a ‘most points is the champion’ combined with a Cup winner.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

But isn't a lot of that animus bc Madrid fans believe that Bale somehow made CRon feel bad so therefore he must be terrible? It hardly feels like that's about Bale's on field performances and rather demonstrating their faithfulness to the Madrista party line.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Apparently get the 'good' lethal injection drugs is harder than I thought. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOn3...

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Executions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A lot of smart and caring people I follow on here are into pro wrestling. They seem genuinely sad tonight. I wonder how many of these folks are doing the math that it isn't just a 'weird coincidence' this entertainment they care about so much is also very, very bad for the human participants.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The CIA is rarely the hero but ending USAID also eliminated huge swaths of US intel capabilities, especially in all the un-glamorous places around the world. The people in those remote and poor spots are dying, we won't know about it and we we won't have any idea what other problems that's causing.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

GOP officials expect voters confronted with wars/prices/tariffs that are kicking their asses to go along with the GOP's insane "what was I supposed to do, it's what Trump wanted" storyline. GOP candidates surprised "I'm powerless to challenge Trump and help you, please re-elect me" isn't flying.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

GOP electeds are trapped between what their voters want and what Trump wants - a not uncommon situation for midterms. BUT the big difference in 2026 is that R politicians have completely abdicated their own decision making to Trump admin and don't grasp that they had a choice in the matter.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There must be a name for this phenomenon - I tune my radio to the local classical station and imagine that *I* created Bach's concertos - ignoring the actual musicians, conductor, guy who invented radio and Bach. I look at a mass produced map of the world and believe that I discovered Belgium, etc.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was a very cool child ...

Poster for Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated Lord of the Rings film.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Don't tell people that wanted free college for everyone that this is how that program would have also worked.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Between the 'how many $$ was the pregnant lady arrested for' explanation & 'how many days did I make the pedophile stay in jail before releasing him' justification - today's been huge for "Is it time for GOP to stop digging the hole they're at the bottom of?" Answer is always 'no, keep digging.'

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As an Inland Empire (though no one called it that back then) resident in the '70s, I can confirm. Getting rid of Leaded gas was something "real men" argued against bc of - I dunno, "reasons." People in Los Angeles proper (or even SFV) have no concept of how bad it was in truly smoggiest parts of CA.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Do you have the same thoughts about voters for Brexit, Dutch PVV and German AfD? Politics is a lot more like creating a soap opera where we imagine ourselves as the star than most of us would like to admit.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The DC-based press has long worked *hard* to make sure everyone sees how they treat Fox as a real outlet and despite the raging racism of their opinion-havers, there are "real reporters at Fox." This is as ingrained in the journalists as the "respected members across the aisle" BS is in the Senate.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

yep, so I guess we'll all be waiting just a bit longer for this "my High School coach kept me from making the NBA" schtick to end.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

HBO currently has the rights to this doc (which is why it's four 1-hr episodes long) and the Warners/Para merger (partially funded by Musk) might swallow it whole.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I dunno, it started years back when economy was booming. It sucks for all the regular SAG folks who could be getting these payments and health care, but celebs have been bigfooting commercials for a decade+ now. Streaming killed A-lister residuals, so ad-work might be "replacing" that?

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'll be open to this idea once Bernie defeats a full-fat R who calls him a "commie" over & over while citing his 1980s trips to Moscow. Sanders seems like a good guy AND he's never ever had his biggest weakness tested. Until I see him hit that MLB-level fastball this consultant can hike on.

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Doug @dougstern.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They might. the right wing has built itself around not knowing things. They don't understand how vaccines work. Don't wanna know the difference between climate and weather. People who understand things are inherently telling them that they're dumb, simply by knowing stuff like 'water runs downhill.'

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