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Dune Part 3 will probably be good.

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Which gets to your point about exclusion. Groups blended together and there was none of that high-school frostiness. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into the fact that I got along well with everyone.

I went to a small college with no Greek life. People naturally self-sorted into their friend groups, but it was like a series of wheels, and each spoke had some connection to another wheel. [I know that's not how wheels work, but still...]

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It WOULD be weird, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.

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As a hockey fan, I'm okay with it. You know, one of those 'post-grad' prep school years that high school players do could be a pretty good backdrop.

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You laugh, but between us Michael and I have 6 NBA championships.

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have a friend who was a religion major and worked for WebMD. Another who was a film major and worked for Pandora. It's about the person, not the major. [I know you know this.]

Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The way they talk about it revealing. "Oh, you just got heightmogged!" No, dude, someone just walked in who's taller than I am.

Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fargo not being on it is a travesty.

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bessent and Grenell have never hidden it, though. Hypothetically, if Mullin were closeted, it would mean that he placed a high value on keeping it a secret.

Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

But revealing his personal life could cost him the job that lets him do that.

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wait, which poll has the 4.9-point margin of error?

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Lelan Orser does traumatized so well [he's also one of the victims in Seven].

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream" from the same book is still a banger.

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I didn't click the link because I'm afraid.

Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Semi-counterpoint: the image of a crowd protesting can be a powerful thing.

Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm blocked. Who is it?

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not the point but connected to it: I love hockey, but *Arizona State?* Folks, what are we doing here?

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I would argue that the lesson of 1968 is "Don't do things like Vietnam," not "Don't protest against them."

And this started with the claim that "the far left screwed the Democrats." Which is an absurd take.

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Point taken, my apologies. However, you seem to be implying that no one should have spoken out against the war until that was the majority position, which misunderstands how public opinion is shaped.

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I never said anything about opposition being the majority. I talked about it existing.

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The lesson there isn't "Don't protest the Vietnam War," it's "Don't DO the Vietnam War."

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The answer is immediately and under Johnson.

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Screwed them? By not liking what the Democratic administration was doing in Vietnam?

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DSA had nothing whatsoever to do with Fetterman, actually.

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I cringed when I heard that Obama likened him to an Old Testament prophet, but as more people emerge for whom he paved the way, while he does little to burnish his own image, I can't help finding it prescient.

The things they're promoting it for are getting increasingly pathetic.

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For my 21st we grilled steak tips and, with great ceremony, made my first legal drink a mudslide from Trader Vic's on Block Island. Not really relevant, but this thread made me remember it, which made me happy.

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I don't think that's true.

Watch Spotlight and ask yourself if AI could have done that journalism.

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I've been wondering about that myself for years.

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I proofread books, and there are things that would help me that any decent programmer could probably do. But this is all being marketed to C suites and shareholders as job elimination software.

Exactly! Use it to improve Westlaw or something.

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You seem to think all of this is inevitable and good. That's the main problem people have with AI shills.

I guess the big question is, 1) Can he fix this? 2) What would that look like?

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I saw an ad for "Biblical Tours [or something] with Will Graham" [obviously a descendant of Billy] and couldn't help thinking "And God said, 'This is my design.'" [I really hope you're one of the handful of people who will get the joke.]

It sounded to me like you were saying "Why shouldn't trans people have to be punching bags? Look at how everyone else is suffering!" Which would be a psychopathic thing to believe. Apologies if I misinterpreted, which I seem to have done.

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Well, my original point was, there is a recent history of Democrats trying to thread a nonexistent needle on trans rights. The Seth Moultons of the world, basically. Talarico is falling into that trap.

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Is any Democrat running on the idea that those things are good? Because plenty of centrist Dems are actively taking up the anti-trans cause.

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

And slapped a security guard!

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Greg @greg813.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Can you name a single Democrat who has won specifically because they threw trans people under the bus?

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Once again you appear to be saying that Fetterman's perfidy - the core of which is supporting Israel to the hilt - is what Hasan Piker, of all people, specifically wanted. I only mention Israel to highlight the absurdity of your position, given that it's Piker you're talking about.

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We're not talking about Platner, who we both agree sucks. We're talking about Fetterman, specifically the 2022 edition.

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You honestly believe that Hasan Piker and other progressives supported Fetterman because they expected him to screw over Democrats? That is absurd.

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No it isn't. When Nixon's people sabotaged Muskie to get a McGovern nomination, that was rat-fucking. When progressives sincerely supported McGovern, that was not.

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