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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 3h

Why are we not allowed to judge the character of the voters who want this?

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Reminds me of the line from Apocalypse Now: "We cut them in half with a machine gun and then give them a band aid."

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I liked his characters in Heat and Desperado, though.

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I haven't thought of "The Nine Types of Reply Guys" in a while, but I think that this one belongs in the "Himpathy" box. (Credit to @sbarolo.bsky.social and @shrewshrew.bsky.social for coming up with these.)

Reply Guy #5: Himpathy

“...the flow of sympathy away from female victims toward their male victimizers--which I call 'himpathy'." @kate manne, Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (2017)

Too many profs are being fired due to unsubstantiated rumors with no due process!! No I can't NAME any.
If we start holding men responsible for their actions, where will it end?
She's just claiming harassment to get ahead, and he is suffering for it.
We can't start protecting women until you can prove that nothing bad will ever happen to a man EVER.
I'm afraid to work with women now :(
He is really going through a lot, the rules are changing, it's hard out there.
Censorship! Why can't I say whatever comes into my mind while everyone walks on eggshells around me.
If you keep this up, men will stop hitting on women at work and the human race will go extinct.

aka Witch Hunt, Whatabout, Oh the huMANity.
Problem: Only men are real to him.
Warning: Dangerous when cornered.
What he should do: Stop replying, start listening

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"I take it back — that was way easier than Loki, Ultron, and Thanos. My bad."

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This reminds me of the time I convinced a coworker that the mnemonic for daylight saving time was "spring back, fall forward."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I still can’t believe they refused to release the Epstein files and the media just dropped it entirely

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Last songs I heard from them were off Inhuman Rampage and Sonic Firestorm, so these vocals took me by surprise!

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The kids on the court need to understand that we don't need another hero.

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In other words, 59% of respondents trust a military junta more than JD Vance as president.

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not going to debate the first three, but true Star Wars nerds will tell you that the bad motivator on R5-D4 was not luck; R2-D2 convinced it to cause its motivator to malfunction on purpose.

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R5-D4

R5-D4, also referred to as R5 (Arfive) and called "Red" by Luke Skywalker, was a red and white-striped R5 astromech droid owned by a group of Jawas on Tatooine in the early days of the Galactic Civil ...

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Great, now I need to convince Claude to accept Jesus Christ as its personal Lord and Savior.

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Still one of my favorite Simpsons exchanges of all time.

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every host on Fox News would be defiantly eating beef on camera — "take that, Obama!"

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Here's the entry in Garner's Modern American Usage: dubious = (1) causing uncertainty <his credentials were dubious>; or (2) doubting <we are dubious about whether we'll be able to attend>. Although sense 2 has occasionally been criticized, it is now in good use.

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Donald who? Should I know him? Is he a country singer?"

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the patriots are at home this week and unrelated but did you know you can write stuff on a beach ball and if its deflated you can put it right in your shirt and no one will know until you bring it out to inflate it?

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ten bucks says that by the end of the week, Fox News will find a way to claim that Sheeran, not Macklemore, is the newest victim of cancel culture.

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Much bigger jump than going from Glass Joe to Piston Hurricane.

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm not familiar with the Umberto Eco quote. Where can I find it?

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

With regard to the single-vote-majority issue: I've been wondering about having an even number of justices, and requiring a two-vote majority for an opinion to count as precedent. (With a one-vote majority being limited to the facts of the case, and ties being treated as cert denied.)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/09/2026

I am old enough to remember a time when repeatedly lying about your experience on 9/11 to glorify yourself would be viewed as morally contemptible and a disqualification from public service.

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Donald Trump Lies a Lot About 9/11

Like... a lot, a lot.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Remember when John Kerry got swiftboated for his ACTUAL Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts?

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you have a problem with Mayor Mamdani attending the 9/11 ceremony you’re simply a racist piece of shit, I’m sorry, that’s on you, you’re gonna have to live with that until you figure out how to be a better human being

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It is journalistic malpractice that major news outlets are not producing 5-alarm-fire reports to warn the public that the president of the United States is out of his mind.

Trump posts a map of New Mexico with the word "Mexico" crossed out and "America" added in its place.

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

ok guys it is September of an election year. could we take a short break from left/liberal infighting until like November 4th

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This clip should be in every Dem campaign ad

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I've had worse times than watching him bomb on stage when he tried to do comedy with Dave Chappelle.

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

One of my favorite moments is in a later episode when the guy at the daycare center asks them, "Did you ever consider that you might not be as charming as you think you are?"

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What are the chances that by 2028 he will try to change the flag from the stars and stripes to a big picture of his face?

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty. It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/08/2026

Assuming all those 600 or whatever "defenders of academic freedom" who signed that letter in defense of the racist are on this? Right? Riiight?

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Peter Smith @peterfsmith.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Attempts to find meaningful patterns from a series of random events always come in groups of three.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

16 months ago: Never forget how it started.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

seriously though, Canada should target swing senate states with the retaliatory tariffs. Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas, Michigan, Kansas, Alaska, and Nebraska all need to understand the economic pain that our senile piece of shit president has unleashed

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottom

A nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Has Trump actually said anything negative about Jeffrey Epstein since the election?

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