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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Weird, “I want to pay off the people who tried to overthrow the country ” has always been a rubberstamp

WaPo new bulletin reading:
Why it matters: Trump and Senate Republicans found themselves at odds over several issues. But Trump’s payout fund has sparked an unusual level of pushback.

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Drop your crime fighting Catholics Wait I fucked it up

Image of Solomon Kane, who is famously a Puritan. I guess "famously" might be a bit strong. If you know who Solomon Kane is, you know he's a Puritan -- but you probably don't know who Solomon Kane is.

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Hemingway once said “the world is a fine place, and worth fighting for.”

One-star Letterboxd review of the movie Primate which begins “As a cinephile and a furry, I am disappointed.”

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

May they never pee in peace again cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...

Today, Border Patrol agents who were in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area as part of a targeted enforcement operation were repeatedly harassed and blocked by hostile crowds while simply trying
to take bathroom breaks. At each gas station where the agents stopped to use the restroom, groups of agitators appeared, yelled at them, stalked them, and even tried to prevent law enforcement vehicles from leaving, creating unsafe conditions. At one stop, individuals in the crowd threw food at the agents. At their final gas station stop, someone spit on an agent. When an agent moved to detain the person who spit on him, the crowed tackled and attacked the agents
while surrounding them. To safely clear the area agents had to use crowd
control measures to disperse the hostile crowd.

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Azazel: I told you language was going to be a bad idea in the long term. Everyone doubted me but look at this shit.

Bluesky post from @drewharwell.com summarizing a screenshot of a feature update from Truth Social.
Drew’s post reads:
“New Truth Social update gives all Patriot Package subscribers access to Truth gems, which Truth+ users can (by using Crypto.com’s digital wallet infrastructure) convert into Cronos”
Which sounds like satire but is in fact an accurate description of the screenshot which reads:
“The update adds premium features on Truth Social for subscribers to the Patriot Package, the paid subscription service to the Truth+ streaming platform. These enhancements include:
* Edit truths
* Server-side drafts (access to draft truths from different devices)
* Schedule truths
* Access for all Patriot Package subscribers to Truth gems, which are planned to comprise part of an updated rewards system that allows Truth Social and Truth+ users to Crypto.com’s digital wallet infrastructure to convert gems, earned for participating in various activities across the platforms, into Cronos (CRO) and other benefits.”

As of that’s all something normal to say, and now I need a shower.

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I have once again been left unattended

Screenshot of a Letterboxd diary showing an excessive number of films watched over a short time period.

August 12: The Suicide Squad (3 1/2 stars, liked, rewatch)
Also August 12: The Naked Gun (2025) (3 stars)
August 11: Drive My Car (5 stars, liked)
August 10: 2046 (3 stars)
Also August 10: Uncle Vanya (2020) (4 stars)
August 7: In the Mood for Love (5 stars, liked)
August 6: Happy Together (3 stars)
August 5: Fallen Angels (4 stars, liked)
August 4: Days of Being Wild (4 stars)
August 3: As Tears Go By (3 stars)

Page 2 of that excessive Letterboxd diary.

August 3: As Tears Go By (3 stars)
Also August 3: Sunset Boulevard (5 stars, liked, rewatch)
August 2: The Thin Red Line (4 stars)
August 1: The Beast (4 1/2 stars)
July 31: Chungking Express (4 stars)
July 30: Under the Skin (5 stars)
July 29: Persona (4 stars)
July 27: Orlando (4 stars)
July 25: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2 stars)

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Listen, video game from 1998, get in line

Screenshot from the video game Star Ocean: the Second Story, featuring several characters standing around a bar. One character (“man”) is speaking: “Man. When did life start feeling so hopeless?”

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

OOOH if only there were some sort of judicially agreed *right* to privacy...

Tweet from Ken Paxton, responding to his sudden divorce and the weirdly vague implications of its phrasing: "After facing the pressures of countless political attacks and public scrutiny, Angela and I have decided to start a new chapter in our lives. I could not be any more proud or grateful for the incredible family that God has blessed us with, and I remain committed to supporting our amazing children and grandchildren. I ask for your prayers and privacy at this time."

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

You didn’t need the picture we knew which actor from the headline

Photo of Dean Cain above the headline “former Superman actor doesn’t like James Gunn calling the hero an immigrant.” The photo is of Cain in his Superman heyday, not today where he has a very stern lecturing face and wants to Tell Us All Something despite us all knowing his thoughts on every subject by watching One America and dialing it up half a notch.

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

There sure is Gavin: “trans rights”

Text message begging for money which begins “Gavin Newsom here, asking if there is ANYTHING I can say to convince you to donate to help me continue to fight back against the attacks and threats from the Trump administration.

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Just sent this to both of my senators and my representative and by God if they do anything else on Monday there will be consequences.

In the last 30 days this administration has abducted people and with no due process has shipped them to a foreign prison where they will likely die. It has admitted that not all of those it has sent were the intended targets. It has repeatedly refused to halt this process or to return those that were sent "in error." It has suggested that judges who oppose this should be overruled or impeached, and has now gone so far as to arrest those it considers unaligned with its horrific mission.
This is not a government, it is a criminal syndicate.
I need stopping this to become your full-time job. The President is not above the law; you know this. The Constitution is not up for debate; you know this. We cannot be a nation that emulates the worst authoritarian impulses from history -- you know this, and yet that is what we are doing.
This is the part where I am supposed to urge you to suspend all regular business and use your congressional authority to subpoena and hold in contempt those who are abetting these crimes, but the facts are that 1) you know more of the tools at your disposal than I and 2) these are not regular times and likely cannot be remedied through regular means.
The president has openly spoken about refusing to leave office at the end of his term and has already attempted to do so once. He has openly stated that he wishes to send citizens, without trial, to the same prisons I spoke of earlier. I need you to stop him before this happens.
You were elected to serve the best interests of your constituents and right now that means stopping a pogrom.
Go.

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I hate this shit with the fury of a thousand white-hot suns. Setting aside that almost half the state probably *didn’t* vote for this, you don’t hold someone’s hand to the stove because they wondered what would happen if they touched it.

Bluesky post reading “red states deserve to feel some hurt for the things they vote for and convinced their constituents to vote for. Their elected officials constantly drone that the “fed govt is bad”. Their rhetoric should have real consequences for them and it should be pointed out to them that THEY VOTED FOR THIS”
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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

"They say America First; but they mean America Next."

CNN reporting from a press conference captioned
"Trump's Trade Wars
Bessent: "America First Does Not Mean America Alone"
Scott Bessent | Treasury Secretary"

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

If life is getting you down have you tried biting on a squishy tennis ball? 5 out of 5 Makas recommend it.

Close up of a pit terrier biting on a squishy tennis ball. The dog’s name is Maka, that’s probably helpful context that shouldn’t have been relegated to the alt text.

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Anyway I called my senators and left the following message, we’ll see if it does any good

My name is Nicholas Peterson and I’m a constituent from Washington county. I’m calling in regard to Senator Schumer’s comments today on meet the press that “if donald trump defies the courts democrats will fight it.” I believe we are past that point. This administration is sending people to concentration camps; arbitrarily selecting people and shipping them out with no due process to — I have to emphasize — concentration camps. Senator Schumer’s response is tepid and defeatist. He cannot be the voice of the democratic opposition. Congress has the right, the authority, and the moral responsibility to oppose the autocratic actions of the executive and I insist that it began doing so immediately.

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Nicholas Peterson @fencingmonkey.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This is so fucked up. Powell burned all of his credibility during the second gulf war but after the first there was a very real chance he’d become president. If that isn’t “notable” nothing is.