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Most Excellent Theophilus

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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 3h
Ora contra eum
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Januarius - Wikipedia
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Secretary Of Diarrhea @senorgreygoose.bsky.social · 4h
One of the best takedowns of the "rationalists" and Libertarians is in Fargo, season 5: Roy: "I want freedom without arbitrary rules.” Lorraine: "So you want freedom without responsibility? Son, there's only one person on Earth who gets that deal." Roy: "The President?" Lorraine: "A baby.”
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 3h
Winning lifelong fidelitous marriage in the culture war
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 23h
Jesus Christ dude
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 17h
i’m sorry, but i have to post this political ad
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 8h
Big fan of John but!
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 17h
shutting down frat houses won't end rape culture, but it will disorganize a lot of rapists, and i think that's probably worth doing if only to destabilize what is apparently an ecology of organizations that functionally exist to rape women per the whole "purpose of a system is what it does" insight.
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 16h
I wouldn't mind a second and longer and more thorough MeToo tbqh
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 17h
Fratres fraternitatis delendi sunt
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17h
What good has ever come out of the Greek system? Rape, hazing, binge drinking, sororities leading women to the slaughter. And sure, I be persuaded to set aside the Black frats, never really hear about gang rapes at them.
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Jeremy Fassler @jfassler.bsky.social · 18h
Katie Britt watching Eric Schmitt destroy his career, brought to you by Larry David.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 18h
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 19h
It’s cool the president of the United States had a stroke and they covered it up!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 19h
we're offering free daycare to stay at home parents.
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Urban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 20h
I’m da communist poster who pays Elon musk for x verification. I’m building communism by paying Elon musk to post on his Nazi website that produces AI generated CSAM.
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 19h
I never want to hear about political correctness again in my life
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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People are also upset about non-economic things that get expressed in economic terms, like the fact that everything seems wildly out of control and we have a maniac in charge of the country
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maxine Waters needs to beat this creep up again
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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 28/09/2026
theonion.com
Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’
BUENOS AIRES—After exhausting a significant amount of his intellectual energy in a series of company launches, a creatively tapped-out Peter Thiel announced Tuesday a new startup called “Frodo, But Ev...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/09/2026
I think Trump should keep bringing politicians from red states that are suddenly in play to the oval office and forcing them to talk about how great he is let's get Ken Paxton in here
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Are people who don’t listen to modern pop country better than people who do listen to modern pop country? Yes, obviously.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/09/2026
If only there were a more concise word for “an overtly political campaign advertisement paid for by the government.” If only there were a roomful of writers and editors one could consult…
Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com
What an odd moment in United States history.
A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.
Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit.
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
we really need to start calling out these conservative christians for just straight up not believing in christianity. if you don’t believe christian teaching, nobody is forcing you to call yourself a christian! free yourself!
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
very funny that a community and culture that litmus tests itself by answering hypotheticals like "would you sacrifice a million lives to avoid a 0.1% chance of AI eliminating humanity" now has a lot of people adamantly refusing to trade-off sex parties for AI safety
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Graham Marbles @grahammarbles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Me going to make new friends with men
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ceej @ceej.online · 27/09/2026
the tech titan backlash to “woke dei hr ladies” makes a lot more sense now huh
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yeah. rocket man very bad
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One day I hope to convince conservatives that we should enforce the rule of law, reduce the deficit, and not carelessly tear down the institutions prior generations built, but today is not that day.
First tweet:
Harry Heymann  @harryh · 16h
The GOP literally cut funding to IRS enforcement so more people could commit tax fraud.
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Austen Allred @Austen
It cut funding to IRS because the assumption that the way to catch tax fraud is to hire tens of thousands of auditors to look through paper tax returns by hand is insane
7:18 PM · Sep 26, 2026 · 196.2K Views
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules.
Line chart titled "Revenue per audit," subtitled "In-person audits, 2010-2014." It plots average revenue and average cost per audit by taxpayer income percentile, poorer to richer, from the 0–5th percentile to the top 0.1%. Source: Boning et al. 2023, "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution."

Across the bottom half of the income distribution, revenue and cost track closely, both around $3,000–$6,000 per audit. Above the median, revenue pulls ahead of cost: about $10,000 vs. $5,000 near the 90th percentile, and about $17,000 vs. $8,000 at the 95th–99th. At the top, revenue jumps to about $31,000 for the 99–99.9th percentile and about $90,000 for the top 0.1%.
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prop @jailrespecter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
thiel is a comedy genius though. "consider watchmen. the villain, adrian veidt, is a gay german billionaire resident in the us who considers it his prerogative to murder millions of people in order to achieve his vision of a lasting peace. the person alive who most resembles him is greta thunberg."
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*record scratch* *freeze frame* Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got here.
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John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"Violence does not build up the kingdom of God, the kingdom of humanity. On the contrary, it is a favorite instrument of the Antichrist, however idealistic its religious motivation may be. It serves, not humanity, but inhumanity." —Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 27/09/2026
NEWS — At TribFest, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) appears to misspeak, calling himself a “lifelong Republican,” and declines to commit to being the “51st Democrat” if Democrats win the majority. “Let’s revisit after the midterms, and let’s see what happens if I happen to be 51.”
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
X is blocking the Brazilian Catholic Bishops' Conference account as polling shows Catholics backing Lula. The Church has denounced outside interference in the election
paydayreport.com
X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
bringing an entire cup of ice to the interview and just chewing it the whole time. incredibly important to never blink
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If Trump invades Cuba and the Cubans manage to blow something up in Florida, they're going to try to spin it as a post-9/11 time for unity type bullshit and I want to put down in writing in advance that's stupid and you don't have to be a communist to see it.
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Irenic Bro @irenicbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I do sort of think the flattening of a lot of class distinctions has something to do with this. Why is this guy who's dressed like everybody else from my apartment building acting like he's a Vanderbilt at the Applebees
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Irenic Bro @irenicbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
a lot of society is built around renting the fantasy of having servants and people go insane when the help doesn't adequately fear them
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this could only be a requirement for a fake job
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Coffees are for closers
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why don't you get the fuck out of here before shove your quotations book up your fat fuckin' ass?
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 22/09/2026
this is also a not enough goons problem
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Most Excellent Theophilus @optimetheophile.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As I was reading @quinnae.com's essay this morning, this is who I imagined as The Last Man. "We do not have to yield to the car dealership owners who have made their midlife crises a geostrategic problem for the entire world.
nytimes.com
Clavicular, ‘Looksmaxxing’ Influencer, Charged With Raping a 17-Year-Old (Gift Article)
The influencer, whose real name is Braden Peters, is accused of giving the girl alcohol and having sex with her when she was unable to give consent. One of his lawyers said he was innocent.
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Irenic Bro @irenicbro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Father Dominic S.J.
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