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@strumphs.bsky.social
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"That's not my name." Just here to chat and read. Comfort the afflicted and vice-versa. Some labels to easily judge me by: Atheist | Geek | GenX | White | Cis-Male | Progressive | Dad Pokémon Go: 3846 9631 4673

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
We are in a hostage situation with our billionaires. They've made it clear that their accumulation of wealth (and the attendant degradation of democracy) only works in one direction. If it moves even an inch the other way, they blow the whole thing up and inaugurate fascism. Completely untenable
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I used to check Bsky daily because of 3 people I followed who posted a LOT. Well, 2 of them left Bsky and I had to unfollow the 3rd, so there's almost no one for me to listen to here anymore. I glance at my feed every few days but I might delete it, not sure.
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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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CharliCenter-CX @cambrianera.radical.town · 12/09/2026
The trans rights position is very straightforward: Simply being trans should not exclude you from any part of society. If you can't get behind that, then maybe you really ARE a bigot.
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Fights🏳️‍⚧️4🇵🇸Love @hyenagirl64.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A donkey man yells at a fleeing trans woman with a black eye “bitch you better not leave! What are you going to live in the streets and vote for nobody? You’ll regret this! I’LL SEE YOU IN THE CAMPS, BITCH!”

Tag line “Vote Blue no matter how many times he hits you”
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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jester, roast this peasant child for saying i have no clothes on. more vulgar, jester. use the forbidden words
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Let me get this straight. Sometimes a famous person dies and everyone is nice about it? Merely because of their deeds during life?
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Impossible to hear "Anne Hathaway" and not reply, "Doth she?"
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026
if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 05/08/2026
media when maga wins an election: we must travel the country and speak to these voters and extend empathy to them and give credence to their bigotry and false beliefs media when the left wins an election: is this the end of the american experiment
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ashley (spooky) 🕸️ @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
if you are bigoted against trans folks you will not stop there and I know it you are either already racist, sexist, or homophobic or you are on your way there and I will not join you for your journey
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 30/07/2026
Squishiness on trans rights is a dealbreaker for me because (a) it’s a straightforward issue of personal freedom and bodily autonomy much like abortion, and (b) the right is obviously coming after us cis gays next.
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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
the whole "buy it once but buy it for life" thing doesn't really work when the product costs 40 times the median price
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 23/07/2026
There's a famous story about Joe Stalin making a speech in 1937. When he was done, the audience began clapping wildly but then everyone was afraid to stop. They kept going for 11 minutes. Finally one guy had enough and stopped, and then everyone else could too. That guy was imprisoned for 10 years.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
a lot of you are probably too young to remember this but obama reading off a teleprompter used to be a huge scandal because conservatives said it meant he didnt mean what he was saying
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Every day this guy does something like this and every day the same people who dress him up as a terrifying commie destroyer of civilization do a dozen things to sabotage the public good, to murder and destroy and hate and kill, and I can't anymore handle those who won't see the clear difference.
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We tend to gloss over the unconditional surrender of Congress to do its constitutional duties because we never had a fancy surrender ceremony. Just endless soundbites of cowardice
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham on Gaza: "Just flatten it, like we flattened Tokyo and Berlin." Lindsey Graham on the Iran War: "We are going to make tons of money." Lindsey Graham on Renée Nicole Good: "She deserved what happened. She provoked ICE." As grandma used to say: GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
👇 Stuff like this and the quoted skeet are why I just want to throw up my hands and give up on ever understanding this stuff. I've added a lot of complexity to my understanding of gender/sex/whatever issues over the years, but then I find out that a lot of it just makes me sound MORE offensive.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
All of these cases are basically litmus tests for any Dem nominee. Are immigrants Americans? Do trans Americans deserve human rights? Are corporations superhumans who get to spend endlessly on elections to put whoever they want into power? These are simple questions with simple answers.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I've wasted my life...
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Graphic design is my passion.
A sign that has two concentric rings of text but it's laid out in a confusing way so it looks like the first sentence is "it's against the law to keep alcohol out of the hands of youth" and the second sentence is "supply alcohol to minors."
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Every history book about this government will have a subtitle that's some variation of They Should've Just Left That Alone
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
They’ll get around to it eventually, but it’ll be titled “President Trump Showcases a Bold New Attitude on Economy” and “President Trump Optimistic About Inflation“
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
calling women who take allegations of domestic violence seriously “HR ladies” is a way to diminish the power we have worked so hard to gain and make women feel annoying for caring. i hope women in this category know it is never annoying to care.
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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
If any of us had predicted that Trump would demolish a third of the White House and build a UFC ring on the South Lawn, we would have been dismissed as the most unhinged conspiracy theorists to ever exist
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 22/05/2026
Genuinely appalling that Dick Durbin, the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, keeps (accurately) calling Trump's judicial nominees "MAGA loyalists," and has also personally voted to confirm NINE of them. What are we doing here, man.
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Senate Democrats Are Not Taking Their Jobs Seriously
If Trump is picking judicial nominees who will serve as “MAGA loyalists,” why are you voting to confirm any of them?
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/05/2026
I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This. If you straight up quote him in a story, headline, or newscast without any qualifiers, you're misinforming your audience.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Funny how after every SCOTUS ruling striking down some protection from government abuse, the officials those protections restrained — cops, prosecutors, Republican state electeds — immediately start acting in the precise manner SCOTUS assured us they no longer do.
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Every guy in a videogame:
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"My brain has evolved into like a super brain. They did a cat scan, which is better than a dog scan, and they showed me the picture and WOW you would not believe all the colors and shapes on it. They said I'm a miracle, just being alive, a miracle."
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I don't know why we should judge public figures based on some secret belief that might be in their hearts that they don't act on, rather than on their public behavior and contributions to public life.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I went peepee in the potty today. Aced it. There was a sink and a tub and a trash can but I didn’t peepee in any of those. I used the potty. The part where you should lift the seat cover first is very easy. They say “which part do you pee in?” And I say “the water part.”
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A reminder while Republicans bitch about Dems finishing the redistricting fight they started: they have full control of gov’t— they can pass a law banning gerrymandering any time they want. They won’t. Republicans aren’t mad gerrymandering exists; they’re mad that they’re not the only ones using it.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Future Me: Chin-up kid, eventually this breakup will seem insignificant Past Me: In light of all the joy I experience? Future Me: Well it's been great chattin'
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Molly Wood @mollywood.co · 12/04/2026
There are so many bad things about this administration but I keep saying that this guy is singularly murderous. This technology could cure cancer and that is not an exaggeration. This is CHOOSING disease and then forcing it upon Americans. I will never forgive those who confirmed him. Ever.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
there's a genre of take that boils down to "the reason trump is providing for his actions doesn't make sense, so there must be another secret reason that DOES make sense." it is always wrong.
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Gerard @groverxv.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Only the NYT, in a country with a population of over 330million, could base such a garbage story on those going to a church attended by 100 people. There are more people in the US who believe they are Jedis than listen to that freak pastor every week
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