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The mourning star

@ikwezi.bsky.social
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Shedding a tear for the nation that could have been and that we thought was possible

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 11/10/2026
this story happens all the time btw. like constantly. everywhere
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
operator: 911, please state the nature of your emergency me: hey. why was liberty biberty beheaded operator: he constructed the forbidden fractal me: i don't know what that means operator: some 300 light-years from earth, there exists what you might describe as a "palace of time." the me: nevermind
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
forbes.com
Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
<stares in Thomas Cromwell> wait, he's a papist?
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 16/09/2026
Former lunch lady here--FEED THE KIDS FOR FUCK'S SAKE
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This would be amazing
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I mean…
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Chris DeRose @scratchyderose.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Be Strong enough to be gentle.” Peter Cullen tells the story of how his brother inspired the voice he would use to play Optimus Prime. It’s a simple yet poignant quote that sums up why Optimus and Peter are so beloved. Til All Are One. 💔
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Why is it so hard for Democrats to just be authentic? I have thoughts on eight possible answers... amandalitman.substack.com/p/why-is-it-...
amandalitman.substack.com
Why is it so hard for Democrats to "be authentic"?
A few theories...
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 24/08/2026
as a mercury enjoyer i've never understood this. there's still a miserable ball of scrap metal in the solar system you can project insecurities onto, and the fact that it's either blasted with the full intensity of the sun or frozen to the touch by its total absence makes for much better metaphors
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,
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Will Wilkinson @wlknsn.xyz · 14/08/2026
The best response to the pangram and watermarking panic is to to forget all the "clear and simple" prose propaganda and just let 'er rip syntactically and vocabularically. Robot would never.
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Jim Henson didn’t muppeteer a tiny green frog that was singing and playing the banjo, with rubber gloves while totally submerged underwater in a airtight aluminum tank just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable”.
Comic page depicting how the did the scene in the Muppets Movie with Kermit playing the banjo in a swamp
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Glad it’s over, thrilled by the results, and, I regret to inform you: The MI Senate primary (much like the TX one) is pretty good foreshadowing for what the 2028 Democratic presidential primary is going to feel like.
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Sbooks @bemorelikeharper.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Going to say something…please stop saying the kids don’t read. You aren’t either. People are not reading past headlines and repeating misinformation about recalls, outbreaks, etc.
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 09/07/2026
Credit to Bluesky, “Nazi tattoo bad” managed to nail the litmus test on the first go-round.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Anyway there is no "middle." There are just actual policy positions and POWER.
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
What is concerning is that this is ALSO what they are telling their credulous boss
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
What a journey from my childhood, we have so many Desi electeds now, they can clown on each other online across parties and states
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
They think Americans are idiots and they gleefully base their propaganda entirely on lying.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I just want to add, since this is breaking containment, that this can't be made right. these people, each one a whole universe, are gone. there can only be justice for the perpetrators; public remorse & restitution; & reform to ensure future aid systems are more just and less prone to imperial whims
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
May it be the first line of his obituary, rocket company owner should not come before mass murderer or white supremacist
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Looks like someone in the regime has read The Power Broker (maybe AI summarized it for them)
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"Bluesky will never be Twitter." Then how come I look at it every morning and it makes me sad, hmm? Explain that.
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This scotus majority is like the Legion of Doom for popular democracy and the Reconstruction Amendments; Alito got a few good licks in with Janus et al, Roberts just took down his longtime nemesis, and Citizens United was like all of them teaming up to take down Superman first. Whose turn is next?
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Worth noting that *in the wake of this requirement* the prosecutors dropped the conspiracy charge.
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Pour one out for the nipple mouse, still the goated one
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/04/2026
Napkinless Man With Grease-Covered Fingers Realizes He Trapped In A Prison Of His Own Creation theonion.com/napkinless-man-with-gr…
Napkinless Man With Grease-Covered Fingers Realizes He Trapped In A Prison Of His Own Creation
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I mean, he uses superlatives for everything and he's a coward and an idiot so
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Gen X!! WYD!!
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
So gross, and the fact that real-life Ari from Entourage (Rahm’s brother) is the instigator is just
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 19/03/2026
"i don't want to join the platform if it doesn't already have the network effect of 900 million users" is a tough nut to crack but i think we do see it happening gradually, i got the exact feeling of being on old twitter when the oscars and world baseball classic were happening on the same night
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Her name is Alberta, she lives in Vancouver
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
today at the World Metaphors Classic the leader of the USA didn't bother to find out the details of the situation his team was in and blindly assumed they would win a matchup they ended up losing, jeopardizing their long-term standing for no good reason
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Evergreen tweet
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Tell me you think Alito is going to retire without telling me...
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 19/02/2026
The Press Secretary confirms: Donald Trump posted the racist video of the Obamas.
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sam stroozas @samstroozas.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.
mpr.org
Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio
Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
In fairness, if I'm ever up for a confirmation hearing, all I'm bringing to the table is a copy of the Constitution and a burn binder of every dumbass thing the Senators have said so I can roast them.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Apart from any moral revulsion or just plain exhaustion, isn't it more informative to interview nonvoters than these people (again)?
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Basically Ring advertised the technology Batman used to find the Joker that Lucius Fox refused to be a part of except for that one time.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
theguardian.com
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
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The mourning star @ikwezi.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
There is no more flattering light than the reflected light from snow or ice below
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/02/2026
The fuck it was
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Three thoughts. 1. It’s always been about the white nationalism 2. He is returning to the old favorites because his support is waning 3. He dabbled with this trope before but would always leave a hair of deniability. Going straight there also seems like a sign of weakness
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Lauren Girardin @girardinl.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Let's bury the haters by all reading about this amazing Black woman scientist, Gladys May West!
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