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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 15h

And once again seeing signs and hearing people that say they disagree with you and you should be ashamed is not a breach of "civility." Civility encompasses disagreement in a free society, what these people demand is enforced niceness & adoration

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David Thornton (Pilot Pundit) @captainkudzu.bsky.social · 14h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but using massive military force to reopen a strait that was already open without achieving any of your other military aims is not a victory.

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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 14h

I would like to see a wargame between Pete Hegseth and a 6th grade Destination Imagination team.

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 13h

In 1999, John Peel made a list of 411 recorded musical tracks from the 20th century, four from each year, with a few extra in the 1960s. Here is track #281 (1967):

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Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes, I Do

YouTube video by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Topic

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

Calling Vance "the most ordinary man imaginable" is so softly savage, you have to admire it.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Justice Kavanaugh, please explain to me — and Christa Pike— how this is an “interim” decision? Justice Barrett, please explain to us how this is merely a “preliminary” ruling?

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

a lot of liberals do not seem to believe that their values include respecting their workers and that this is fine because of their values.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 01/10/2026

slightly hotter take: software people are going to regret not building their unions on their own terms and not the terms of traditional labor

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In 1999, John Peel made a list of 411 recorded musical tracks from the 20th century, four from each year, with a few extra in the 1960s. Here is track #280 (1967):

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Granny Takes a Trip

YouTube video by The Purple Gang - Topic

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robert j bennett, ceo, results omega @robertjbennett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I react very poorly when any proposed policy or plan is met with "but what if someone like Trump gets hold of it?? then it would be not good, but very bad" because there really is no law or institution that can work when a population is willing to elect the stupidest, worst asshole alive

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is one of the most maddening thigns about this court: Not just the substantive rulings, but how they think about “irreperable harm.” If the Most Special Boy has to wait a month to do a thing he REALLY wants to, that’s irreperable harm. Actual large-scale human suffering? Meh.

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Gary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Greek life is so cool because, even if they aren't cooking meth in the basement and some are, they create similar disincentives to blow the whistle or confront other members as the mafia: doing the right thing risks blowing up your housing situation, current social life, and future networks.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I just wanted to separate families leaving five year old kids orphans. Not this!

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In 1999, John Peel made a list of 411 recorded musical tracks from the 20th century, four from each year, with a few extra in the 1960s. Here is track #279 (1967):

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Summertime Blues

YouTube video by Blue Cheer - Topic

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Huge bummer when you’re just innocently trying to join and promote a movement that hates Black people, immigrants, and Jews — but then you discover that they have a dark side. apple.news/A9g-feRPSTme...

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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026

There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 28/09/2026

The concern about trans women in women’s sports is low key about protecting men from raping the “wrong” person

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Wallenstein Appreciator @marbleliberal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Be autodidact. Be dropout. Love unethical sex. Sponge off phds, surround yourself with people who are professionals at the thing you pretend to be. Use this professional association to funnel sex toward yourself. Meet politicians. Have pseudoscience views. Be Epstein. Pic unrelated

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the Heroic Protector Fantasy is rarely of real use to women, it's just wish fulfillment about male posturing and it frequently exacerbates violence it's also much easier to imagine yourself kicking the ass of an obviously villainous stranger than to to actually intervene where you have influence

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Also helps engineers avoid becoming terrorists, since they are wildly overrepresented in that group in the modern era, probably because of overly rigid systems thinking that can’t cope with the messy realities of diverse human societies

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Question for @indotav.bsky.social: Case Keenum is still playing football? REALLY!? I have to remind myself that he wasn't already at UH during the Dimel Era.

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I imagine the Golden Sands where these skits are set as either being in an impossible liminal space between Orange County and San Diego County in California, or way down the New Jersey shore, south of Atlantic City. It is a tribute to @rachellichtman.bsky.social that it works perfectly either way.

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Easy AM 66 — Programme 4

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In 1999, John Peel made a list of 411 recorded musical tracks from the 20th century, four from each year, with a few extra in the 1960s. Here is track #278 (1967):

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The Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by ABKCOVEVO

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

An assertion was made recently that "Your Love" by The Outfield was the archetype of the one hit from an '80s one-hit wonder of a group. Perhaps. BUT...I owned that whole album, listened to it often, and the track that still stands out for me is this one.

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YouTube video by The Outfield - Topic

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

people respect people who act like they actually believe the stuff they keep saying* is what it comes down to voters prefer someone who says he’ll slap your grandma and does over someone who says he’ll slap your mean boss and doesn’t *yes, the president has somehow obtained a personal exemption

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This map reminds me of so many ones that depict World War I military campaigns.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Pope in Metz: “Today, relations between individuals and States are becoming increasingly uncivilized. The value of keeping one’s word is dismissed; instead, people boast of lies and deceit. “

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein.

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“To burn a heretic is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.” — Sebastian Castellio, 1554

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A lot of the psychosis of the last 2 decades is these people realizing their liberal peers are actually liberals, and said peers ceasing to pretend to respect their "whites-mostly" country clubs and the like.

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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They're just thieves who think the whole world belongs to them now.

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My gradual adoption of this philosophy over the last few years has led to my getting better sleep than perhaps ever before in my life.

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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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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 28/09/2026

Our nonpartisan statistical agencies are not just pillars of our public service, but of democracy itself, because the facts they produce are necessary for citizens to hold their government accountable. This atrocity at our Census Bureau must be understood as a trial balloon.

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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is only happening because a courageous woman filed a lawsuit after the school and police denied her justice. And then you all cared enough to be outraged over what was done to her. Cops, electeds, schools seldom do the right thing until we demand it be done.

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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'

Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I, too, will choose Texas. The ambiguity between its sincerity and its irony is what makes this one great.

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Screw You, We're From Texas

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Latest simple recipe: Three 5" corn tortillas with a slice of Tillamook cheese on top. Microwave for 40 seconds. Add hummus as a filling. Consume voraciously.

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In 1999, John Peel made a list of 411 recorded musical tracks from the 20th century, four from each year, with a few extra in the 1960s. Here is track #277 (1967), which was the only early Who track that I loved when I was growing up.

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I Can See For Miles (Full Version)

YouTube video by The Who - Topic

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Aaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com · 27/09/2026

I don't think you have an obligation to maintain social ties with someone who makes you miserable, especially if that misery is persistent and, in your considered judgment, they are unlikely to change.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal

Someone on Twitter writes to me: "People should follow your advise if they want to look gay."

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In the mid-2010s, I switched from @firefox.com to Safari as my primary desktop browser. After the misfortunes I have experienced with macOS 27 (on top of prior macOS 26 frustrations), I have started switching back to Firefox. It is going much faster and more smoothly than I had dared hope.

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Here’s a fun business cycle: "Step one! Something has something fun that people find interesting or entertaining. "Step two! A period of growth as this interesting and attractive thing acquires more users/fans/aficionados.

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It was a stunt for United Way, the corporation-endorsed charity that everyone's employer pressured us peasants into payroll deductions so the CEO could look like a caring humanitarian. I worked at the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1986. The publisher was the head of United Way! Not unethical at all.

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"What it means to be a socialist in the Trump era has less to do with Marxist theory [...] and much more to do with a series of ethical commitments that remain largely unwelcome within mainstream liberal politics even as they continue to sharpen in salience." -- Paul Crider

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Because nothing new ever happens: this was the exact same pattern after the Black Death lead to crippling labor shortages in Western Europe - the ruling class's reaction was increasingly harsh and deranged attempts to crush worker power via laws and violence

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Revenge for MeToo (which severely constrained their ability to rape employees), Revenge for Black Lives Matter (which called out how racist many of them were) and most of all Revenge for the 2021 Labor Market where they suddenly had to compete for scarce labor instead of the other way around

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Just generally the story of the last 5 years is Revenge of The Bosses, including Trump's win in 2024

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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

These are the 3 Bitter Revenges that drove so many elites & institutions into backing Trump for 2024 and then in 2025 acting like Trump was a Completely Victorious God Emperor who must be allowed to change all of life to His will.

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