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Mercenary Apothecary

@mercapothecary.bsky.social
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Political scientist focused on WI higher ed, elections & conspiracy theories during the day, Scotch and jazz after hours...

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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I love that show.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Google and Apple immediately update their maps.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just for the record, ARG is one of the less reliable polling operations in the nation. They do not have any clear partisan bias, but they are off by larger margins than many other national firms. Nate Silver gives then a "C"...
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And we never even asked you to define fascism. That's peak Midwest Nice. 😉
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Spent a lovely day at the University of Wisconsin at lovely Eau Claire. Thanks to the students and the public for attending the Constitution Day event and to the university for hosting me.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great having you here--thank you for coming!
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Look, I find Ed Sheeran's music about as interesting as b-side Lawrence Welk, but can't we all agree the real villains here are the promoters and venue owners??
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
God I miss Tom Lehrer
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I truly hope Apple does not cave, but I'm not hopeful.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Well, at least as of 8/30 @ 6 PM , Apple Maps has NOT done this. Delete Google Maps from your phones.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Local petty criminals accidentally offend drug kingpin and are reprimanded for it.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Fuck this timeline. I'm done.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Wisconsin has entered the chat.
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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Nothing he’s saying here should illicit the reaction we’ve see from so many in the admin tonight. He scored a direct hit on something.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Someone would like a word....
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Mike Lindell's Brain on Fire with Beck Bennett on SNL
ALT: Mike Lindell's Brain on Fire with Beck Bennett on SNL
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Reason #43,328 I will not resubscribe until Bezos sells it.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The best part about watching @radiofreetom.bsky.social play Whack-A-Mole with these folks is that it gives me a whole new list of people to block.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Having played it many times, I can vouch for the hate.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Look at that suffering.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Saw her in concert last year--still an ABSOLUTE boss!
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
More convinced by Harris than Davis, but I'm far more concerned about the historical accuracy and the agenda of the studio behind it.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
There are so many Chopped fans whose hearts just dropped at the sight of this.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The three branches of the United States government, as delineated in the Constitution, are the God Emperor, The High Council of the Six Ayatollahs, and the Federal Reserve
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Friends, they’re not even trying to hide their voter suppression. ⬇️
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I have a lot of respect for Mark, but this is the thinking from the institutionalist wing of the Democratic Party that has allowed so many of our guardrails to be overrun.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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George Takei's Oh My Reaction
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It looks like something straight out of the Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" video...
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Joey Tribbiani Surprised Meme
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The Scandinavian folks are super pissed. Wow.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 17/06/2026
"WITNESS HISTORY IN DALLAS" is certainly a *choice* for an advertising slogan, FIFA.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
That first sentence should be in every Dem ad campaign for the next five months.
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Matt Oswalt @mattoswaltva.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
NBA is rigged! when Spurs had 29 point lead the game should have been immediately stopped and Spurs declared winner. Instead officials decides to play "4th quarter?" and Knicks "somehow" score enough baskets to win. Fraud!
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
He says they are NOT performing www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump-backed concerts for America’s 250th birthday want to make 1990 great again
Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair is making 1990 great again with Milli Vanilli, Vanilla Ice and Bret Michaels
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Buddy Rich Pearl Bailey and Louie Bellson Stevie Wonder Rush Sonny Rollins Dirty Dozen Brass Band The Police Dave Mathews Band Jon Cleary Alan Doyle For starters.... there are many more...
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Copenhagen is amazing. Depending on how you define "Northern Europe" Scotland is also worth a look.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
His performance at Farm Aid was embarrassing. I maybe recognized a dozen words through the entire set.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Joey Tribbiani Surprised Meme
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is gonna hit pocketbooks VERY quickly.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Nothing screams intellectual freedom more than mandating students take conservative thought classes. Iowa, the Oklahoma of the Midwest #academicsky
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Hello, it's Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Got a notification from a medieval copyright lawyer
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/04/2026
The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar. Apparently like every day.
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Albania is hard to rhyme.
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a man is laughing while playing a guitar with snl written on it
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
White House porters are busy hiding all of the ketchup bottles
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Absolutely stunning
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Reminder #56,413 as to why they will never get another dime from me.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
All of this is rooted in the "The King cannot be wrong, so he must have been deceived by those around him" trope that dominated aristocracies around the world for centuries.
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Holy smokes! Ours are up in my part of the Midwest, but not like that!
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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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