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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 3h

wow who are these people who refuse to get vaccinated? what is their malfunction?

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 5h

Directing an interview with council candidate Jaime West (D-IN).

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 4h

always good to remember the main drivers of inflation in 2022. first you had a rebound in demand from Covid supply issues. Next you had a 10% cut in Russian and Saudi Arabia oil output.. brokered by Trump in Fall of 2020. This drove up diesel and that created inflation across the board.

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 9h

Today I found out that Umberto Eco crafted a version of this meme in the 1980s…

Beware the
alibi of photocopies ! Photocopies are indis-
pensable instruments. They allow you to keep with you a text you have already read in the library, and to take home a text you have not read yet. But a set of photocopies can become an alibi. A student makes hundreds of pages of photocopies and takes them home, and the manual labor he exercises in doing so gives him the impression that he possesses the work. Owning the photocopies exempts the student from actually reading them. This sort of vertigo of accumulation, a neocapitalism of information, happens to many. Defend yourself from this trap: as soon as you have the photocopy, read it and annotate it immediately. If you are not in a great hurry, do not photocopy something new before you own (that is, before you have read and annotated) the previous set of photocopies. There are many things that I do not know because I photocopied a text and then relaxed as if I had read it.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 14/10/2026

Israel's foremost natsec think tank says Israel's new doctrine rests on these principles 1. Jewish supremacy over democracy. 2. Peace is illusory 3. No such thing as an independent Arab state 4. War is key to security 5. The US is declining, Israel does not need it 6. Settlement is key to security.

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 7h

Maybe just maybe they won't be able to find a copy of it when the time comes.

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I was on a Bronze ACA plan from 58 when I retired and 65 when I went on Medicare. The insurance was almost free, because I had enough income to get a full subsidy.. but.. I never made a claim because the deductible was $8,000 and then co-pays. I had my 1 free doc visit and used GoodRx for meds.

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

But I was told that Biden Environmental Radicalism was to blame for diesel prices.....

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Vote for some broad. Not my type. Too old. I could still do her if I wanted...

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Oh that's not a thing. Municipal departments work effectively, efficiently, and seamlessly. You should know this from your own experience.

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Lol so it's a lie! Not the first in that debut performance either. Today: "Well when I said we asked it to resign I just meant that Trump told me that. He said it in his head that he wanted her to resign and that's as if he spoke to her. I can't be clearer than that. Why are you people so mean?"

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Obama thought he really would unite the country and save it from itself. The Republicans just needed to be shown the good way and they would gladly work for the betterment of the country and the people. Hahaha he got played he got played so badly

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Newt Gingrich put that to bed. He destroyed all civility in Congress. whatever shreds were left. Pete Kegsbreath thinks he's one of the smartest guys in america. Imagine that.

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Wait wait. Crockett got convicted of fraud and sent to jail? When did that happen?

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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The US is going to have *someone* whose job it is to secretly raid a DPRK facility in the dead of night if the need arises--if we don't have one planned ahead of time, we'll just improvise on the fly & probably fuck it up. What we really need is some dismembering of the unitary executive here.

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The 3" Ordinance Rifle is a great gun. The 12lb Napoleon is a good canister cannon but way too heavy. First chance I get in GT ACW I import the British 6 & 12lb Whitworth breechloaders.. and the versatile 3" Armstrong Rifle. from England. Can't afford the Prussian guns..

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

historic trip to Alaska? for election year promotion? because it's the first time they at losing there as well?

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Inquiring minds want to know: was that rare-ass porn? Or rare ass-porn?

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

60 other soldiers were given purple hearts but they would just pussies lying around crying. these three guys were brave men with testosterone!

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It's good to remember that one of the main drivers of inflation was the deal that Trump struck with Russia and Saudi Arabia to cut oil production by 10% in the fall of 2020. This was a reason for the large gas price spikes during 2022, along with demand rebounding from covid lows.

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I recommend that, no not a ball, but rather *wrap the food in foil.

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

?? what do gerrymanded House Rep districts have to do with statewide Senate races?

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Scott Wigner 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @thescottvigne.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is real data I should be taken seriously. It shows how Star wars has alienated people from the means of production. It's alienated people from their communities and has alienated people from the fruits of their labor.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 11/10/2026

Catching up on this @doctorow.pluralistic.net interview. The first third explains the AI bubble as a shell game. I'm usually tilting my head like a confused dog when the stock market comes up, but this was straightforward enough that I'm a dog who's realized we're boned.

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AI and the Enshittification Era w/ Cory Doctorow | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

yes very much so. there are things put on a bagel.. lox creamcheese. but not a full sandwich. at home I would arrange correct sized slices of cheddar cheese and put some peanut butter on them.. on a pumpernickel raisin bagel... and take it on the boat. from Ess-a-bagel on 2nd.. long gone now.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026

LOL: Right wing media released a Jack Smith (Vol II) document showing he put a pen register on Susie Wiles' phone. He did that b/c Trump showed her a very highly classified document. Wonder if @knightcolumbia.org knows the White House violated Judge Cannon's order. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...

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How the White House Manufactured a Narrative About a Trump Aide’s Call Logs

A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.

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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

data centers love to fire up diesel generators during peak summer loads and belch air pollution. collectively northern virginia data centers have more than 4,000 generators capable of spitting out 11 GW of power, more than all of the state's natural gas plants combined

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

He'll make an exception for his friends and you can be his friend for about 100 million.

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Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This will give me an opportunity to pitch my big idea. I think we can save the Littoral Combat Ship program by strapping multiple Stryker armoured combat vehicles to its deck. this will give us a flexible modular multi-capability asset that we can deploy swiftly to trouble spots

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