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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 6h

What that shows us is that the GOP really is a political coalition of the worst people in society. It is also a mask off moment for "conservatives" who evidently only ever feigned decency. They are in reality people devoid of decency.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 6h

7 GOP senators voted to convict after Jan 6. Getting enough Republicans to do their duty is not likely, but it is not impossible either.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 6h

If he does, any soldier or federal agent that helps enforce his illegal act will make themselves into a mortal enemy of the people.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 6h

Absolutely, they just murdered a couple/few tens of thousands of protesters earlier this year. They just aren't much of a threat to the US compared to the fascists supporting Trump.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 7h

Well sure, but they also pose nowhere near the threat to the United States that the fascists do.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 7h

Sure, but the Italians are way, way down the threat list from the MAGAts. And we bear no small amount of responsibility for creating enemies in Iran. I'm not sure what we have gained by doing so.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 13h

-Michael Jochum Not Just a Drummer: Reflections on Art, Music, Politics, Dogs, and the Human Condition michaeljochum.substack.com/p/christian-...

michaeljochum.substack.com

Christian Nationalism is a Political Power Play

The “Office Of Religious Affairs”

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 8h

Back in reality, the state gets prosecutions wrong all the time. Our legal system just is not reliable enough to kill people. Cops lie all the time. Prosecutors don't care about the truth nearly as much as they care about securing convictions, and poor people typically have inadequate representation

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah Drew, I think I'll listen to sporting governance bodies over willfully ignorant culture warriors with an axe to grind.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 12h

So you're an imbecile and an asshole. Thanks for sharing.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 13h

That's rich. And bleeding hearts is such a silly vip out only used by the morally and intellectually bankrupt. It is an inherently bad faith statement.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Garland could have been more aggressive, but he probably could not have moved things along much faster than they moved. Ultimately, it was the American voter that is to blame. 1/3 supported an out and out fascist, and 1/3 couldn't be bothered to vote against fascism.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Then, we had a SC that just invented Presidential immunity out of thin air and then refused to promptly hear arguments on just how that would apply to the investigation. That is what pushed an outcome past the election.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That timeline just doesn't synch with reality. Back in reality, the investigation was stymied again and again by a recalcitrant institutions from the Secret Service to the FBI being the worst actor. The processes to compel those folks were slow.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026

The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)

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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump

Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fed minimum wage is a grand $15,000 for a year of full-time work. 40k is over $19/hr and still a very low wage.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Look at those two traitor trash morons behind Schmidt. Those are the sort of mediocre at their best scumbags that get let into places like Harvard Law and George Mason Law. That is white privilege. Thank goodness this white trash fascism is so riddled with incompetence.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And not a spoiled white trash traitor

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Another traitor that deserves a traritor's end

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Look at those white trash fascist rats squirm.

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thegladerunner.bsky.social @thegladerunner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Five years ago, when a Seattle burger chain raised employee wages & benefits the Reicht wing lost their minds, screaming the result would be $20 burgers & the company would end in bankruptcy. Today, the chain is even more popular than ever. Never let them try to tell you a living wage can’t work.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Josh Hawley is a fascist traitor to the United States of America who deserves to hang.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.

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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today before Senate.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From Josh Helfgott: ICE detained a Los Angeles car washer and father of four for six months. His kids ended up in therapy, his family lost its income, and he is still fighting to stay in the country. José Padilla, 41, was detained by ICE on January 27 while he

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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

His parting words: “I am confident Director Patel will continue to reform the FBI, combat violent crime, defend the homeland, ensure strong organizational accountability, and restore public trust in this institution of excellence.” He sounds like another fascist rat.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you actually want to get violent and survive, at least for awhile, you'll need people working with you because ICE travels in groups. You want to ambush their squad and finish them all quickly. Are you ready to be a killer?

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you want to be killed or the cause, go for it. Why are you telling others to do so when you're not willing to do it yourself.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Do you even know if they're good swimmers or not?

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Orange Dotard Slayer - 트럼프 엿먹어 @dotard-slayer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

WTF !!!!! - The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam

The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.

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I am disheartened by this as well. I already lost a bunch of followers for agreeing with @tautologer, but it's saddening to see local nerdy women being caricatured as Karen-like outsiders and getting pushed out of the scene. This is exactly why you hear so few concrete, names-attached stories of sexual harrassment and assault. I'm told there is a history of discrediting these because the "slut normalization" thing is top priority and these stories get inconveniently in the way of spreading this ideology.
I got roped into attending last year's Saturday Slutcon party because so many local and out-of-town friends were there (to echo sentiments @tautologer expressed about "slut events becoming central to the larger scenes). Mostly I hung out with people I knew and that was great. But in the course of my 3-ish hours there, there were 2 times my "no" was not accepted by a man I didn't know, and I was physically pushing a huge guy off of me who was rubbing his penis on me, who continued to do it despite my physical force against him, and after I finally wriggled away from him, told him I wanted to dance alone etc., he came back and did it again.
This was scary and bad, but it didn't even cross my mind to report this because one of the other people who didn't accept my "no" earlier in the night was the bartender (an officially sanctioned authority at the event), and I knew the event was organized exclusively by women into CNC (who are vocal about how rapey behavior turns them on), so I figured this sort of thing would just get me laughed at. And anyway, I heard there were a lot of other incidents like it. Later though, someone encouraged me to report this story to the organizers, and despite my embarrassment I did, so *they know* that this and other incidents happened. This is why they cut the Saturday night party this year and created a larger training program for the flirt girls - *because* of things like this last year. Yet the narrative bein…

People who haven't been to Slutcon are saying "it's just group therapy," "it's just innocent flirting." But the environment is much like a sex party in that many people are nude, there is making out and sex acts happening out in the open. I think it's pretty unreasonable to expect that every nerdy girl who likes rationalist bloggers or is into EA/AI safety should automatically be comfortable with this! That if she's not, there's something wrong with her, we don't want her in our scenes, etc.
Not to mention, it's explictly an event *for men*, where men are the clients and the "flirt girls" are the product. Last year I overheard an exchange where a man felt "led on" by a flirt girl and was trying to get her punished/kicked out. (A dynamic that seems inevitable in this context!)
Anyway- it does sound like they've upped their consent education a lot this year, are more organized, and that's good! As I've told my friends who are attending: I hope they have fun!
I heard several accounts last year of women who had no problems and really enjoyed the event. That's great!
Just... can we live in reality about this? There are real reasons why male-female sexual dynamics are tricky.
Encouraging autistic men who can't yet read body language to go around asking to see womens' boobs is maybe a bit ill-advised. Maybe not everyone should be/identify as a slut; maybe it's not for everyone.
And yeah, filtering the Bay Area Al safety scene down to only women who are super comfy with this eliminates *most* women - including many of the really smart, nerdy, weird women who've been in the larger scenes for years. What a loss for humanity.
I absolutely understand why people with a minority sexuality would want to create belonging, would want to create spaces for people like themselves. But why do it like this/at this cost?

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

To everyone that isn't a slobbering right wing dip shit, this is obviously about the hypocrisy of anti trans bigots like the piece of shit I am replying to. They would rather invent a problem to promote the persecution of the targets of their bigotry than grapple with real problems.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That fascist rat shouldn't be Able to go out in public in the United States after being such a god damned traitor.

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spriddler.bsky.social @spriddler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They are all a bunch of fascist rats, domestic enemies of the United States of America.

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