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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 14m

"the death of those who truly deserve it...is normal, good, and aligned with our natural and national order" Please remember you said that after Americans realize what you've been up to for the past few years.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 20m

I may be cynical, but every time I see a story like this my first thought is that the company did it itself to get the kind of media coverage and social buzz that KitKat got earlier this year.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 24m

So the BBC blurs out a t-shirt asking for love and then provides an hour-long platform to a bigot spewing hate and my license money is for what, now?

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 54m

So maybe instead of telling people not to insult AI agents you should be focusing on how to kill them.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Am I the only one who thinks you just made the book 100x better?

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Newsom: "I am pretty sure the voters in 2028 will be looking for a politician who prooritizes the interests of the bllionaire donor class. All I have to do is be slightly less corrupt than Trump."

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Surely there is a lettuce somewhere that has sold more books than this.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Most of those crises were caused by external events, or a rational response to external events. The crisis we are in right now was one chosen by those at the top, a deliberate choice to impoverish millions of ordinary Americans to enrich a corrupt few.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

You can stop the "takers" taking everything... or at least you can force them to give some of it back.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Arsenal vs Leeds until Arsenal take a lead, then West Brom vs Birmingham

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What's next? Is Samsung going to come to my house and take away my TV if I yell at the screen?

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There is literally no difference between Islamo-fascists and Christo-fascists. The clue is in the "fascists."

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The best example of this isn't Kennedy; it's Hegseth. Both equally terrifying.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"We refuse to pay a living wage to people who work a five-day week but we will pay so much for a three-day week that your spouse can quit their job" is the sort of corporate bullshit not even a MAGA supporter can take seriously.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

As a writer I would like to point out that the word "accidentally" serves no purpose in this sentence except to indicate what the journalist wants you to believe.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The theory that best fits the facts is that Hegseth is deliberately attempting to degrade America's military readiness and undermine national security.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The next time one of America's enemies decides to livestream the beheading a captured soldier, I don't want to hear any of these people calling them "animals" or "savages."

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is the sort of thing that happens after you've driven all the actual scientists after the country.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Also, if you speak rudely to your toaster, expect a very heavy knock on your door.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Also Val Kilmer's Doc. "I'm your huckleberry"

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Useful rule: whenever someone says "cutting red tape" substitute the three words "eliminating consumer protections" to understand what they're really saying.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Either they didn't read the story all the way to the end or they're trolling him, right?

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just for fun, let's all imagine what would have heppened if Ilham Omar had said this.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As tech bros increasingly anthropomorphize their glorified Clippys, I keep thinking of this

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Hey Janet... can we shut you down? | The Good Place

YouTube video by The Good Place

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So now we know, though this is unpleasant way to learn that USA Today reporters can't be trusted. Nobody should agree to an interview with USA Today unless they get a written contract with conditions very clearly spelled out.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Try to stay with me here, NYT, maybe what he meant was "Let them take out Los Angeles." Not sure you need an advanced degree in semantics or semiotics to figure this out?

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There are not enough special prosecutors in the world to clean this mess up in four years, no matter how big the Dems win in November and in 2028. The good news is, thanks to ICE and DHS, we have places to put them all.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Not that anybody asked but I believe the following 3 things about this mess: 1. The "fair play" rules were written to protect established big clubs and need revision. 2. City clearly broke the rules and should be serverly punished. 3. The owners of City are not "fit and proper" in any sense.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One question: why do we even allow private schools to exist? First, it perpetuates a rigid class structure that many Amerians don't understand or acknowledge. Second, it ensures that the elite have no stake in public education, so won't finance it properly.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And for the youngsters out there, yes there was a time when the Washington Post employed real journalists and not just stenographers for a Republican president.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I believe what you meant to say was: "Child molestor Dennis Hastert, who also served time in jail for violating banking laws, has died. He also reprsented Illinois in Congress and was Speaker of the House."

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bringing on the apocalypse one messed-up fast food order at a time.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's a metaphor, not an analogy.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This would seem to be prima facie evidence that these are not "fit and proper persons"?

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have a number of women in my life and I can say with 100% certainty that if I spoke to any of them about a rapist in this way, every single one of them would punch me in the face (at a minimum). But of course, no real man would say anything like this in the first place

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Read the story, saw all the photos. My frst thought, "Most of these look like AI." I'm (almost) sure they're not, but here's the thing: AI images are undermining human-made art.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Is there any moral difference betweem threatening to withdraw billions and offeribg a bribe worth billions?

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Interesting how every "next big thing" is about alienating ad distancing people from one another, rather than bringing them together. Probably just a coincidence.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They could give away seven of those players and literally not one fan would object.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Has anyone one considered an animated talking paper clip?

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Feels like only a short time ago that all the career advice was basically "learn to code." Hope nobody took that seriously.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of the underappreciated dangers of AI is the desire of tech bros to anthropomorphize their creation. The only real purpose this serves is to feed their god complexes and for that reason it deserves mockery. But it is dangerous if it changes how we think about a bunch of circuits and wires.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How wonderful would it be if, when these young women graduate, there were real outlets willing to pay them to speak truth to power, rather than corporate media whose only ambition is to suck up to their sources and appease their billionaire owners.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Joe Biden must be the most powerful president in the history of the Unted States. Two full years after he left office, he is still entirely responsible for job losses, inflation and every other thing wrong with the US economy.

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Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The rule of threes is needed here: Marxists, Muslims and MAGA"?

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