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Mild Rhetoric

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Unnatural philosopher.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 18/09/2026
Share if you agree
Fat little chihuahua puppy (maybe?) looking extremely round and smiling lying on a tan fleece blanket
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The plagiarism machine I created will likely kill us all, there’s a 40% chance, no, higher, like 75%,or more! But NO I will not “unplug it,” that’s an insane suggestion. The scientific solution is to *give me more money.*
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When old SVU episodes don’t hold up in modern times.
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 27/08/2026
Over before it started. The doomed recall filing that launched a million stories from Seattle's mainstream media.
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scari @cari.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Shut up and get in your pyramid mesh carrier
Bird in a yellow pyramid shaped mesh travel carrier with a zipper on one side
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I wrote down my argument for keeping a journal johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/why-to-kee...
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Why to Keep a Journal
Language, the present, and pleasure
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This is really the endgame of AI, AI quotes arguing against AI that people use online to say they don’t like AI instead of coming up with their own words about not liking AI
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avidreader8.bsky.social @avidreader8.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I LOVE YOU #booksky #books #Kindleunlimited #thriller #suspense #romance #novels #geopolitical #mythological #darkromance #women #contemporary #fiction #fantasy #crime #amazon #sifi #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #author #readers #indie
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: two friends are playing cards. There is a birdcage hanging behind them, just peaking out of frame. Friend 1 asks, “does your bird talk?” To which friend 2 replies, “Please… don’t.” Panel 2: friend 2 continues, head in hand, “he’s on this alpha male influencer thing right now.” Behind him, the bird - posed and wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket - is leaning forward on a tiny easy chair in his enclosure. Panel 3: with his hands clasped, easing back into his chair, the bird says, “stops eating seeds. Focus on your net worth.”
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onion person @junlper.beer · 25/07/2026
its really ramped up in the last week with a lot of influencers parroting the same “she’s growing on me!” language, its been very blatant but probably impacting the election for those less tuned in
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
It's such a bizarre experience having kids and regularly watching kids content and recognizing how many behaviors are displayed as villainous that are currently being lifted up as virtue in real life
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 17/07/2026
i love jimothy
two photos with corresponding doodles of a little raccoon with short-spine syndrome named Jimothy.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
losing my mind at how ruthless this sentence is
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I officially beat every stake of every deck on balatro, what do I even do now
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Mild Rhetoric @platoad.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"I called the witch doctor and this is what he said!" "You've reached the offices of the witch doctor, if this is an medical emergency hang up and dial 911. All calls are recorded for quality purposes. If you know your extension dial it at any time. To continue in English press 1."
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/07/2026
this guy has it
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Tom Kean Jr. was healthy enough to authorize stock transactions up to $190,000 during his nearly 4-month absence from the House. There’s more to this story than he’s saying.
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 29/06/2026
Checking in on MAHA day at the American State Fair. Managed to get pretty close to the stage
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Blaming sex workers for society's ills is as old as the profession itself. Never mind that men are the primary consumers! Even before the Montreal shooting, I saw so many posts about "Girls! Don't be Bonnie Blue!" when there's only 1 Bonnie Blue but 1,000 men who signed up to have sex with her.
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Opinion: The Montreal shooting revealed how antiporn rhetoric is being taken up by incels
The shooter’s 104-page manifesto made clear that misogyny was the clearest of his motivations
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"The report calls for hood height caps of 85 cm (33.5 inches), width limits of 192 cm (75.6 inches), taxes tied to vehicle dimensions, parking fees based on size, and regulatory incentives reserved for smaller EVs measuring less than 4.2 meters (165.4 inches) long."
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Researchers Want To Tax Cars By The Inch To Stop Carspreading | Carscoops
Researchers argue that stopping vehicle growth could save lives, space, and billions in energy costs
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Mild Rhetoric @platoad.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Use tokens at work to help write the ballad of the human printer.
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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
'The New American Gothic' Criselda Vasquez Oil on canvas 72” x 48"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: propub.li/4veRIqA
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Normal @normal_now. 15h

Sometimes on campus you accidentally walk by a Business class and the professor is writing like "profit = revenue - costs" on the board and everyone is taking notes like its actual school
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/06/2026
NPR is comparing a trans woman fleeing Texas for her personal safety with a conservative fleeing Seattle because he was annoyed with his neighbors. This is honestly insane both sides framing to a degree that is just blatant lying by omission.
A screenshot of an article excerpt that reads:
​Three years ago, Jessa Davis had an epiphany: After she came out as a trans woman, remaining in deep-red Texas felt untenable. So, she sold her house in Odessa and moved to the liberal bastion of Seattle, Wash.
​Davis describes herself as a trans refugee. Back in Texas, she says, lived in a "pretty hostile and frankly dangerous" place. "I had a lot of close calls, a lot of threats."​From blue state to red
​As Davis and others arrive in Seattle seeking refuge from hostile laws and rhetoric, some of Seattle's longtime residents, like Kirby Wilbur, have moved out, fleeing to conservative enclaves.
​Wilbur also describes himself as a "refugee." He relates an experience that is a virtual mirror image of Davis'. In Seattle, the local conservative talk show host — who also briefly served as Washington state Republican chair — felt like a stranger in a strange land.
​As he neared retirement, he and his wife Trina began thinking about an escape plan. A friend told them about McKinney, Texas, a conservative Dallas-Fort Worth suburb. Wilbur had never heard of McKinney, but decided to have a look.
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🇱🇹 4fouls @4fouls.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Trump is the first leader in history to “defeat” a country 50 times, then be forced to pay them $300 BILLION
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
the funny thing is, theres a lot of shows that you actually couldnt make on trump-capitulating broadcast tv today because of anti-woke. will & grace, for example. any show featuring successful minorities, things of that nature
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
It's really fucking weird to have the president of the United States doing a surprise morning show call-in to do punditry about the war he started!
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Doctor: it’s time to make some changes, I DEMAND you eat these Protein Doritos
Protein Doritos in a bag
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Mild Rhetoric @platoad.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Bill has been a remarkably terrible housing secretary, yet it may be possible he accidentally helps America.
NYT article describing how the presidents moronic pick for the intelligence agency could allow FISA section 702 to expire.
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Mild Rhetoric @platoad.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Glistening Gas Station Hotdog Brown. Color Definition: Traditionally described as a glossy, nearly reflective overexposed shade of the color Brown. Usually paired with a fading lusterless Blonde, hay bales and John Deere Green.
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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Life goal: Get a plaque this good
Stephen Hales DD FRS 1677- 1761

Curate, Twickenham, Middlesex. The first person to measure blood pressure (in a horse) and sap pressure in trees. Found how to stop a pie crust sagging
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Aaron Meyers @aaronmeyers.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We Rate Dogs is a good dude. The internet got lucky with him.
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Imagine being so unable to love your child that you set fire to the whole damn world instead.
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Jooli-AHH! Boolia 👻🍂🎃 @jooliaghoulia.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
BREAKING: Charles Manson backs out of the Freedom 250 concert
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I love you too Robocop
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Mild Rhetoric @platoad.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
If you're not 100% true you have secured Milli vanilli for some weird maga event, you probably shouldn't announce that you have secured them.
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Eye of Mysterioso @mysteriphoto.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” Dune (1965) Frank Herbert
Kaleidoscopic image of Frank Herbert’s Dune
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Ol' Chef Dan @olchefdan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Honestly, one of the funniest tweets I've ever seen.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
JFK completes mostly successful Dallas parade.
SpaceX Completes Mostly
Successful Starship
Rocket Flight
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Nodding along and then I peep the date.
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Sam Neill's Shocked Reaction After Removing Sunglasses
ALT: Sam Neill's Shocked Reaction After Removing Sunglasses
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Jimmer Cork-Bottle @jimmerthatisall.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This day in history. 1377. Pope Gregory XI issued five papal bulls in one day condemning the teachings of John Wycliffe. He the pope called him Wycliffe low IQ and a pencil neck loser from a shithole country and demanded that he Wycliffe take a cognitive test which he the pope had aced three times.
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