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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

HOW WILL WE KNOW IF WE DON'T TRY?

Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Americans don't understand the idea of Democratic Socialism, where the citizens get to vote on how to use tax money, because they're so used to Republican Socialism where the government takes money from the citizens and gives it to their supporters.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

"There are two sexes" is basic biology. Yes, yes it is. "There are also outliers and exceptions" is intermediate biology. "Sex is a combination of dozens of diverse and variable factors" is advanced biology. Which illustrates a quick way to tell if someone has read a book since grade school.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

If Democrats regain control over anything, the first thing they should do is rename the Palantir data mining contract as THE DONALD J TRUMP NATIONAL GUN OWNERS REGISTRY AND CONFISCATION LIST.

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Shane💀Blackheart (they/them) @shaneblackheart.com · 27/06/2025

A very scary bill just passed in Ohio for transgender folks. No one but local LGBTQ+ orgs are talking about it. First, Ohio is only recognizing sex assigned at birth, male or female. You can get in trouble for stating otherwise on documents, I imagine. I may need to change my state ID back. 1/5

Sec. 9.05. (A) As used in the Revised Code:
(1) "Boy" means a juvenile human male.
Am. Sub. H. B. No. 96 136th G.A.
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(2) "Female" means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large
reproductive cell.
(3) "Gender identity" means an individual's internal and subjective sense of self,
disconnected from biological reality and sex and existing on an infinite continuum, that does not
provide a meaningful basis for identification and cannot be recognized as a replacement for sex.
(4) "Girl" means a juvenile human female.
(5) "Male" means an individual belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small
reproductive cell.
(6) "Man" means an adult human male.
(7) "Sex" means the biological indication of male and female, including sex chromosomes,
naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present
at birth, without regard to an individual's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience of gender.
(8) "Woman" means an adult human female.
(B) It is the policy of the state of Ohio to recognize two sexes, male and female. These sexes
are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I'm 46% loving the Trump-Musk bitchfight, and 54% remembering that he's a fame and image obsessed reality TV figure who did guest appearances on pro wrestling. I give it a 71% chance of being real.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

First Due Process, and now Republicans are after Birthright Citizenship. If they pull that off, EVERY Democratic governor, mayor, and police chief needs to start just flat-out rounding up anyone with a Trump flag and deporting them. Don't care where to. Yemen sounds good. Maybe Burkina Faso.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

THE PENTAGON BUDGET JUST HIT A TRILLION DOLLARS. Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!” Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

People who don't believe in due process should be rounded up and summarily executed.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Yes, it’s a bit hard to see now, but allowing the president to become a king who can kidnap citizens while also demolishing the global financial system is a small price to pay for getting to keeping 23 trans women from playing college sports.

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Scott @scottswk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Exactly. These folks need to become way more self-aware, and own it.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

US Senators from every one of these states—AR, TX, KY, MO, OK, MS, TN—(1) approved Trump/Musk/Doge cuts to NOAA and FEMA, and (2) said Calif would need to change its internal policies before getting federal help for LA fire disaster. Every one of these US Senators happens to be MAGA/GOP.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Here’s hoping today is the day Trump pulls off the mask, reveals himself to be Andy Kaufman, and apologizes for things getting out of hand.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

On Trans Day of Visibility, these transgender scientists ask for help and support, and note that bringing diverse perspectives can identify biases and improve science. www.science.org/content/arti...

science.org

‘We’re hurting.’ Trans scientists call for recognition and support from research community

“Rigorous science demands” it, authors write in landmark commentary

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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The annual State Department human rights report “will remove all sections covering the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and the disabled as well as sections dedicated to discrimination against indigenous people and corruption in government.” www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...

lgbtqnation.com

Marco Rubio removes LGBTQ+ people & women from annual human rights report - LGBTQ Nation

He also removed sections on women, people with disabilities, and government corruption.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

One of the most delightful moments of my adult life was encountering the word "heuristic", and not knowing what it meant, I had to look it up.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

If seeing a man in a dress is enough to turn a kid gay, but making one straight requires weeks of torturous conversion therapy that's only marginally effective, maybe it's time to reconsider which one is unnatural.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Who could have possibly imagined Republicans doing the thing that they said they would do, and published a massive book detailing exactly how they were planning it all prior to the election while saying that that was their plan for after the election? If only we had known!

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Crypto is Scentsy for guys who are still mad about female Ghostbusters.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Each time you choose not to do the right thing, the right thing becomes more difficult, and the next wrong thing becomes more automatic. This is the recent history of America. We could have easily increased the minimum wage by a dollar a year. Instead we chose not to, again and again 1/

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Hey Dudes, it's like, the first day of Hangover, so a quick reminder that: 1: That rug really tied the room together. 2: Donnie is out of his element. 3: You do not fuck with The Jesus. But, that's just like, your opinion, man.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 26/02/2025

Is it bad if only 78 percent of Trump-loyal Republicans view democracy positively but 55 percent view an unchecked strongman positively? Asking for a fairly large nation. Gift link: wapo.st/4hLudP3

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Americans prefer hypothetical individual freedom over actual relevant freedom. We would rather own a car we can't afford to drive than have free public transit to anywhere in the country.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Allright, let’s break down just how and why tariffs work, which are really two situations: First is to incentivize American manufacturing jobs. If a Honda is priced 10% lower than a comparable Ford, then a 10% tariff on Japanese cars equalizes the price and makes the American car more appealing. 1/

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Democrats are nowhere near as bad as Republicans, just like Brock Turner is nowhere near as bad at Ted Bundy. While Republicans gleefully destroy our country, Democrats are firmly holding the line so ALL Americans, regardless of race or gender or disability can be EQUALLY fucked by the oligarchy.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

"The old world is dying, and as the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters." --Antonio Gramsci

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Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files. It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

If you can get out of the red states and north/east/west to freedom, please do. Shit's gonna get real bad real soon.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Look, I get the whole "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" thing, but I feel like everyone is overlooking Gremlins.

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Scott @scottswk.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

This will open up such a horrible can of worms that could not only affect abortion but LGBTQ+ rights too. :(

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/12/2024

i think it is important to clarify that this — the exclusionary distribution of benefits on some sort of ethnic or national basis — isn’t socialism. it’s, you know, something else.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Maybe we should push that. Get Hillary and George Soros to go on FOX and talk about how important the Electoral College is and that the Republican base is too stupid and useless to be trusted with one person one vote, and needs the EC to ensure that they vote the right way.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

No matter what Trump promises, we're not going to be deporting illegal immigrants. Not while we need farm labor. Not in an era when private prisons and "convict labor leasing" are a thing. Go take a look at Louisiana's prison labor system. That's what border control is going to look like.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

These CEO memes are brilliant. They're so good they almost make the OceanGate memes look sub-par.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Thanks, Nicko. Great run, get some rest.

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David Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

When one side of the political spectrum actively fights scientific knowledge and processes, scientists are thrust into the arena whether they want to be there or not. We need to be both prepared and willing to advocate for fact and reason.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

A Trump supporting, anti-trans, anti-gay Republican was elected commissioner of the county where I grew up. He won despite being in jail on election night for a sexual assault in Vegas. It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter. fox59.com/news/indycri...

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Politician pleads guilty in sexual assault case after being elected to Hancock County Council

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. — A current central Indiana county commissioner has pleaded guilty in a Nevada sexual assault case, days after being elected to his local County Council. John D. Jessup – a cur…

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Just a couple pics from þingvellir National Park.

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Mike Dolan @mikewanderingbard.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Climhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds

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