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@iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social
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Bay Area nerd. Interests: Pets, astronomy, film, politics, books, ttrpgs, video games, board games.

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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Once again it must be national Park in the Bikelane Day
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

LOGOS:
The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today's Connections is *infuriating* Connections Puzzle #1179 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟦🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟪🟦🟪🟦
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/09/2026
“No matter how much you want to hold back the tide, you can’t escape this obvious fact: The future of editorial writing is Noonan-based.” — Paul Gigot, editorial page editor
theonion.com
‘Wall Street Journal’ Defends Decision To Publish Peggy Noonan–Generated Article
NEW YORK—Justifying the move as simply the next stage in journalism’s continual evolution, The Wall Street Journal on Monday defended its decision to publish a Peggy Noonan–generated article. “No matt...
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Is it pronounced biopic or biopic?
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Dems got so lost in the sauce trying to co-opt Reaganism that they forgot about the greatest centrist president we've ever had! You can do it! You can save capitalism and lay the foundation for 50 years of Democratic Party dominance.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The only possible solution is to create a durable politics that recognizes the pain but also names the right enemies. You can't only do the first part. FDR gave you the playbook, use it, or it's only a matter of time before it's over for all our asses
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The thing about the country shrugging every 2/4 years and smashing the "Other guy" button at the polls because of ~affordability~ is eventually you get someone who takes the button away. Untenable situation
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Watching House of the Dragon and my wife just called the dragon Carfax 😭
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Breathe easy, InfoWarriors! Sen. Mitch McConnell just called in with a reassuring update from the space between life and death!
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/07/2026
"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 11/07/2026
Wasn't there a good writeup somewhere about the marked rightward pull on the media and policy people who stayed on Twitter/X? Or was that just a bunch of good skeets?
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Is there a mercy rule in MLB? #sf #giants #bluejays
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The subtext here: the Trump admin banned Anthropic's latest model, and lifted it when they inserted a backdoor.
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I, too, talk to my plants.
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Turducken Carlson @liberalbubble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Apparently it's called the 250 Celebration because 250 people showed up
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I gotta say, the referee bodycam is a good innovation to the sports watching experience.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
As with some other things, i suspect if we have another dem president we will discover that the court did not so much transfer power to the executive as to themselves, ie they will find novel bullshit reasons to block a dem president the same way the find novel bullshit reasons to enable trump
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is the way.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
guy has a trillion dollars, 0 friends, and has never landed a joke. I know a pact with the devil when I see one.
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Weird bird spotted, weird bird alert
A Black-crowned Night Heron perching on a city railing. It is a distinctive-looking bird with a pointed beak, grey wings, and a black back.
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My reporting finds that sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli authorities is widespread. I'm grateful to these assault victims for sharing with me the brutality they endured. Whether we're pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian, we should unite in being anti-rape. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 14/05/2026
Absolutely fuck you, Amazon. When I bought this device there was no mention of my purchase being time limited at your discretion. It does not require software updates, so the only "support" necessary is that kindle books are available in a format that can be sent to it. This shouldn't be legal.
Dear Customer,

Thank you for being a
longtime Kindle customer.
We're glad our devices have
served you well for as long as
they have. Starting May 20,
2026 - 14 to 18 years after
their initial launches - we are
discontinuing support for
Kindle devices released in
2012 or earlier. Here's what
this means for you:
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Not only should the Virginia legislature set the retirement age for their SC justices to 55, they should make it retroactive and render their redistricting ruling null and void because the judges were already retired. Take their pay back too. Send the judges into collection for their salaries.
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🖤🌹🪦MorTosha Addams @headintheclouds13.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother's Day to those of you that celebrate!! 🖤🩷🖤
A drawing of a Xenomorph queen in a pink apron and a Xenomorph baby newly bursted out of a man's chest holding a card with a heart on it.
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Meme featuring Robert De Niro from "Heat" with a speech bubble.
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Does Link have a speaking role?
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Wait until we find out that the placebo effect isn't real, sugar pills are just an incredible medicine.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I’m annoyed that it’s obvious we’re in phase 1 of this 3-step cycle 1. Republican president tanks economy and gets us involved in a forever war. 2. Democratic president fixes the economy. 3. People get impatient about things not being as good as they used to be so they vote Republican.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 07/04/2026
Completely unstable and perilous. The House must bring up impeachment articles, and the Senate needs to remove a president who wants to commit war crimes. We cannot sit idly by as Donald Trump threatens to end an entire civilization.
Washington Post
Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die’ if Iran doesn’t make a deal
The president had issued a deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern time for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz, pledging destruction by midnight if leaders don’t comply.

April 7, 2026 at 9:22 a.m. EDT26 minutes ago
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Thinking now isn't the day to poke him for TACO Tuesday
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
My biggest problem with this app is that I was briefly enjoying the hopecore notion that maybe, just maybe, it had happened, but then everyone decided it hadn't happened and at no point had anyone indicated what made them think that way in either direction.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 13/03/2026
I love the "could this be a solution" post because it's a perfect example of Founder brain. You have to be a special kind of stupid to imagine that you are the first person to come up with the idea of driving around the Strait of Hormuz. It's being so dumb that you think everyone else is even dumber
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Trump’s power and by extension his entire movement are built around the idea that by asserting something you manifest it in reality. Even if it’s not true many people will behave as if is so you can get away with it. It is alarmingly effective in law, domestic politics. It cannot unblock a strait.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Do we have a Constitution anymore, or is it just optional? Because if it’s the second thing it opens up a lot of options about what to do with these guys
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"Hess was found guilty on two counts: crimes against peace (planning and preparing a war of aggression), and conspiracy with other German leaders to commit crimes. He was found not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Hess was given a life sentence[.]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_...
en.wikipedia.org
Rudolf Hess - Wikipedia
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I like how my dog's medicine says "Caution: May cause drowsiness" on it. Well shit, I'll stop him from driving then.
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Which news agency is going to be the first to say Trump takes a "new tone" at tonight's SOTU? I'm going with CBS.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/02/2026
Trump: "I can do anything I want to do to them ... I'm allowed to destroy the country."
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Therapist: The David Bowie dog can't hurt you, he isn't real. The David Bowie dog:
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Noticing a dramatic increase in the number of obnoxiously loud pickup trucks in SF for Superbowl Weekend.
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Goat @iconoclasticgoat.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
PLEASE make Elon Musk experience a consequence. PLEASE. www.npr.org/2026/02/03/g...
npr.org
Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images
The prosecutors raided the offices of X as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They also summoned owner Elon Musk for ques...
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Today I learned Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem Her initials are KLAN Fitting
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