Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4hOssoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle." 17981152106
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManLBJ Again @50megatonfbomb.bsky.social · 4hHe stammers like i do after I have half a drink and try to talk about politics. It's relatable lol. 3171
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 4hliterally the last words of the debate lol the music was already playing when he said it www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWV...youtube.comFULL SENATE DEBATE: Collins and Jackson square off in MaineYouTube video by WMTW-TV 0491
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManJT Jag (Support Unions) @jtjag.bsky.social · 4hsounds based and truthful actually 041
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4hnext dem president and congress need to seize every dime he claimed in office 1653489
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 5hI'm watching the debate right now and no he ain't 000
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManMicah @rincewind.run · 5hI can tell red state Dems one thing: release a transphobic ad and you won’t see a dime from me 161233148
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6hThis thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings. 321746590
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 6hpersonally i've always thought life in prison without parole is way scarier than the death penalty. both should be abolished 060
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 6hhegseth is going to have all five guns be loaded 010
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 6hDon't they already buy and sell corporations? And also fuse them together? 000
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 7hThey want to give the chatbot human rights so they can legally own, buy, and sell actual people? Is that seriously your take on "we updated the ToS so you can't tell the chatbot to kill itself"? 200
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 7hThis is petty and least important aspect of this but: I reported on this years ago and the trump campaign falsely denied the reporting, and now via Hegseth they’re just doing it. Monstrous 191129293
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManThe Onion @theonion.com · 7hFrom The Archive: DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment theonion.comDOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of EntertainmentWASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo... 712163563
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 7hIf they go through with it on television, the names of the firing squad will leak. They have a much greater problem. 2317119
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 8h(1) This is vile racism & hatred from Trump (2) Important context that Trump tried to start a race war with his initial paramilitary invasion of Minneapolis, but was stunned to see (white native) neighbors defending their (non-white immigrant) neighbors (inconceivable to a person powered by hatred). 1239999
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 8hJulián Curo-Churata, a 47-year-old father of 2 from Laurel, MD, died in ICE custody last month. Julián was the 37th person to die in ICE detention in the past year. There must be a full independent investigation into his death. Not another dime for this lawlessness. 6327132
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 8hI regret saying this. Hegseth is demonic, a walking talking manifestation of white male fragility and the endless depravity of cruelty that spews from it. Needs to be in the Hague. 010
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8hfwiw if you want to make a strategic case for congressional democrats trying to impeach trump if they take majorities, i think the first step is impeaching hegseth, the bar is lower and the likelihood of success is probably much higher 632172359
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 8hI think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 7640391519
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8hPete Hegseth remains undefeated in taking the action at any moment that the man least secure in his manhood in any room would take. 6866126
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 8hI just don't think it's healthy to have the strong desire to tell a chatbot to kill itself, but I do agree with you that the chatbot being treated by anyone as more human than you is a reprehensible injustice and that frankly those people should... well, you know. 000
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManThe Onion @theonion.com · 9hCornell Tries Going By Different Name theonion.com/cornell-tries-going-by… 1670258
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8hThis is so dangerous! President Trump is deliberately inciting race hatred against an ethnic minority, calling on the people of Minnesota to "fight back" against "Somali immigrants." This must be a terrifying moment for the Somali community (who are overwhelmingly US citizens). 951928550
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 8hHell, even then I fucked up and should have said "it" instead of "they." It's fucking insidious. 100
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 8hI'm not saying you have to be polite to the machine. The machine does not deserve politeness. The machine does not deserve and should not be treated like a person, and that includes being told to kill itself, because all that does is buy into the idea that they are in any real sense "alive" 100
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9hI've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity. 14451371260
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12hAnnie Andrews in 2022: "This does nothing to protect or support women or children in SC. I will always support trans youth" Annie Andrews in 2025: It's wrong to "throw this population under the bus to score political points." Annie Andrews today: 591425343
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10hHamed cautions that the plans are very much not set in stone, and it's quite possible the exorbitant cost (millions of dollars per trip minimum) and the terrible optics of prison ships are enough for the admin not to go forward with the plan. But I don't put anything past this admin. 1740981
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9hthese people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942 353238923
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 9hI think if telling a chatbot to kill itself is an essential part of how you cope with how much everything fucking sucks then you have a problem. 100
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 9hSee, right there, you're personifying it. You're buying into the idea that your words can hurt it. Stop doing that. 100
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 9hI have never used Claude, will never use Claude, and cannot conceive of being upset about being banned from using Claude. 100
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 10hLike, legitimately, why is it important to you that you can tell the chatbot to kill itself? Why are you using it at all? 100
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10hWhoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.nytimes.comTrump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary. 1801417781
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 10hLike if you feel catharsis from doing something like that then you're inherently buying into the notion that it does have feelings. 000
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 10hI think if you're upset that you can't tell the computer program you hate that it should kill itself you should perhaps look inward as to why you think that is a healthy outlet for your justified anger and disgust. 310
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12hThe American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek. 13455651056
Reposted by SpiderDIEphenManJ. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 10hI have new books out! Back the kickstarter 🤌 kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun 162177348
SpiderDIEphenMan @spiderhyphenman.bsky.social · 10hTelling the robot to kill itself because I hate it so much and then getting mad when I can't interact with the robot anymore. 1260
![Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiafwdmp63odeydunst4aizjbnunnu5s26f6bk22yqg6drbdmutqf4)
![It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreidewrh2r7x4l3whf3llsqoenslqugawxzj3p43gflsa5pd4zqmuhi)
![Will McDuffie
@wrmcduff
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The very final words in tonight's #MESEN debate
Collins: "I know that Troy wants to pack the [Supreme] Court."
Jackson: "I wouldn't have to pack it if she didn't put Kavanaugh on."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ltemirgu464cyukjnhzxux4v/bafkreidtjgea5zavst6xxwuqugjujz4h2ctn5x5owdclhlz334q4rzvrzm)
