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David FT

@mothclub.bsky.social
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guess it's up to me now

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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
journalofdemocracy.org
Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy
The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.
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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
please do not call your protein bars “david”
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A universal conversation starter I plan to use: What the hell do you think happened to Kennedy?
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"I dont know nothing, Norris. Swear to god! Tonight I'm just a dumb white boy from Locust Point." -Frank Sobotka, The Wire
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Is it true, as portrayed in The Wire, that every single adult in Baltimore is divorced
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columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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JaneSlainLane @nyjanelane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If enough men cared to get loud about women dying, this would stop.
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 09/09/2026
more people should be aware that there are 3lb worth of copper, gold, and other valuable recyclable metals in each flock camera
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
imagine being sent to die in this pedophile's war, started because he's stupid and angry and racist and confused and easily led, one started illegally because hes too lazy and has no impulse control, and then after you die your family is denied death benefits because he lied and said it isn't a war
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rob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
340-pound cop reading flock data that his wife just pulled out of little caesers at 5:58pm and pumping his fist
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Recent movies set in the 80s or 90s so they dont have to include intrusive cell phones VS movies from the 80s and 90s in which people stop making out or having sex to answer their ringing landline
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Spicy Bonus Content @spicybonuscontent.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Yeah, the first $30K buys necessities, the next $70K buys comforts, and beyond that money is just agency. And if there are imbalances in who has agency, that's an easy problem to fix. Why should these assholes, of all people, have more power than a senator?
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DBJ @deadblossomjesse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The wolf you feed grows--this is true of internal and external evil. When you give the police and military money, they will use it, and use it more. Wolves can't identify what is "Correct" to eat. You can only feed them, or not. "Abolish/defund the police" is built on this understanding
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I'd have that ring on from day one. They'd say "news of black riders, sir, from the south." And I'd say damn
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
God owes me an explanation
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 14/08/2025
This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
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8 Matts in a Duffel Bag @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
i’m never gonna be able to fire a cruise missile yet the question of using my tax dollars for them has never been up for debate
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I only ever scolded someone once. And they deserved it — if I said their name everyone would agree
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Abraham Lincoln: they say that all men are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Robert E Lee and you can see that statement is not true. See, normally if you go four score with another wrestler, you got 7 years. But I'm a genetic freak and I'm not normal!
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
that we made no effort whatsoever to dismantle the post 9/11 security monarchy and in fact keep burnishing it and handing it to increasingly braindead assholes, to the point where a jibbering moron can take us into a land war in iran for no reason other than he wants to look tough, well. disgusting
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Not proud just true, I've been vegetarian for almost 20 years and taco bell has been the only fast food option* most of the time. If they go under due to some weird knee jerk anti woke MAHA thing it's just a matter of time for me *Can't eat Subway bread can't eat it
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Mom @milph.mom · 16/07/2026
Like how we’ve cleaned up polluted rivers, staved off acid rain, reversed extinction for multiple species, or stopped several famines: All it takes is one idiot who makes some reversals to soon make everyone realize why we pay attention to mosquitoes having sex or buy bug nets for other countries.
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Boring posts are my right. This is social media. I dont have to bring fucking insight and relevance. I dont owe you SHIT Anyway. My watch band was getting ratty so I had to buy a new one, online of course, and the company is sending me emails. WHY I have the watch and band I dont need more than one
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Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Hero paleontologist Sam Neill has died. He never would have crushed our dreams by suggesting Dinosaurs had lips, like the Sickos in the “scientific community” did. @theonion.com
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Movie called The Long Walk — really interesting that we're still making great movies about the Veitnam War
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Someone was humming Twinkle Twinkle Little Star kind of creepily in this movie and I thought wouldn't it be funny if she was doing the alphabet song. Then started singing and it was Baa Baa Black Sheep. Holy SHIT
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Why do I have this carpet tool that was built for pete holmes
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It took them so long to release the game that I became a Grand Theft Father
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It should be common knowledge by now that if this is your history you can't run for office. Not that this guy cares what the rules are! Shithead, waste of time, ruinous
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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
some roofing company left a flyer that “aerial imagery” had indicated my roof “may need attention.” yeah its short one SAM launcher
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
If you over-regulate capitalism you get totalitarian communism. If you under-regulate capitalism you get a ruling caste of insane monopolists. Please ignore the fact that one of these things has never happened and the other keeps happening over and over
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
ok they got wu tang clan instead and it worked
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
i have absolutely fucking had it with 100% of all of this shit. gambling websites, lies, cryptocurrency, rampant corruption, lies, deep fakes, lies, plagiarism, devaluation of expertise, lies, bile, abuse, violence, bombs, genocides, lies, plutocrats, oligarchs, and lies. fucking enough. rules time
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Frankenbert Graveyardko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
it’s like i’ve always said: you never want to bounce the ball off the back of your own teammate’s head from 10 feet away in the backcourt while tied in the final minute of Game 2 of the NBA Finals
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I learned a while ago that you really can't throw too much political support behind A Person, because you just don't know what you don't know about them, or when exactly you're going to find out (which is never a good time). I guess what you're left with is the ideas. Which also, fucking suck
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Nothing in my life has prepared me in any way to cheer for a team that's in the finals. I dont know what I'm feeling
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Bandwagon Knicks fans are going to be the worst people because normal Knicks fans are already pretty annoying and our only redeeming trait is hearts made strong by despair
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
As we entered the subway Sharon said "We're looking for the C" and I said "That's the spirit of the sailor."
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
One reason I hate death penalty cases is that capital punishment is incredibly stupid and irrational. It's cruel, expensive, and serves no deterrent effect. It's rarely imposed, except against a tiny minority of unlucky defendants—and in those cases, racism almost always plays a role. Just end it.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
If only we had an opposition party in this country who wouldn't even need to do a special midnight op to scoop these people up YOU JUST HAVE TO WALK DOWN THE HALL WITH SOME COPS but no, they're all telling us how China steals our car technology and that trans people are why Dems lose elections
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Relaxing in the evening: if I want to hear the video on Bsky I have to pause the podcast in my headphones and mute the Twitch stream on my 2nd monitor. I live like this
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The Bricked Up Homie @prefectbeanis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The world would be a better place if all the dumbfucks, fuckwads, fuckwits and shitwads of the world would shut the fuck up, and fuck off.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
What’s fun about both Fetterman and Bill Maher is that they vacillate between two modes: one of them is finding war and death and mockery and humiliation hilarious and the other mode is them going “why are you so cruel to me? Why can you not find decency in your heart towards me?”
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."
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How minimum wage hikes and food stamps fit in to suicide prevention
Studies show income, debt and access to basic needs shape mental health outcomes, but U.S. strategies have largely focused on clinical care.
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is a Woodstock 99 mud pit, way worse than the camera can capture, but its a little thrilling too
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Discourse about finding "the Rogan of the Left" or "the liberal answer to Fox News" rarely accounts for the reality that the entire conservative media universe is the enormously unprofitable vanity project of a few rich sociopaths. It "succeeds" because they don't care how much it costs.
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I dont even think I really even...give a fuck about Josh Riley. He has a recent post about gas prices and there are actually 1,500 comments screaming at him. I couldn't last a week holding onto my sanity let alone not collapsing into the lobbyists' gentle warm embrace. Looking into their dreamy eyes
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David FT @mothclub.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
If I'd known as a teen that I'd one day be excited to grow my country music cd collection — country music! — I would have invented a time machine to go forward in time and stop me. Knowing it's from the 1970s would have made it all the more urgent. I think I have a screenplay idea
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