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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's worth noting that the level of fentanyl and methamphetamine in his bloodstream would not be sufficient to intoxicate, let alone overdose, a first-time drug-user of unusually-frail health

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Is there ever a time now when he's not trying to ignite a race war?

Derek Chauvin was unjustly convicted of murder, therefore he should be freed.

The facts show that he was not the cause of death, nor did he at any time intend for a death to occur. Whatever else he may be, he is not a murderer.

That is the truth.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/08/2026

unfortunately it's a web novel that's caught on and has the ear of probably more educated people than any other since Eli Yudkowsky came out with his horrible Harry Potter fanfic that turned Silicon Valley into a cult

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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff

Vimes knew about life below stairs, hell, yes, he did! Not so long ago a policeman summoned to a big house would be sent around to the back door to be instructed to drag away some weeping chambermaid or not-very-bright boot boy accused without evidence of stealing some ring or silver-handled brush that the lady of the house would probably find later, perhaps when she had finished the gin. That wasn’t supposed to be what coppers were for, although in reality, of course it was what coppers were for. It was about privilege, and young Vimes had hardly worn in his first pair of policeman’s boots when his sergeant had explained what that meant. It meant private law. In those days an influential man could get away with quite a lot if he had the right accent, the right crest on his tie or the right chums, and a young policeman who objected might get away without a job and without a reference.

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good news, you're working through what's pretty universally considered the absolute weakest of his work. you're in for some serious fun

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as a person who enjoys both RPGs and literature, the whole concept of a "LitRPG" makes me feel like this is Hell and I'm strapped to the cross at Golgotha

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I think that's true in some cases, and in some cases (Neera Tanden's crew and Schumer's orbit come to mind) the real problem is that they were always Romney Republicans at heart and don't make sense being in this coalition anymore, as their demotivating presence alienates more than it wins over.

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It's a bad system, perhaps the only idea genuinely and unambiguously worse than traditional FPTP and party primaries. I'm an electoral reform nerd and I would vote against it. California's very likely to repeal it soon, it's been such a complete failure.

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CT-9902 @mindorese.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

You try to trace the internal lines of the cheese slices, realize that they are non-Euclidean cheese slices, and then your lizard brain rightfully assumes the burger is some sort of extradimensional lure from some n-th dimensional anglerfish trying to make you into an equally off-putting dinner

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AI food always looks like turds, worms, and buttholes.

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right

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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Again, if you lost two national elections to a functionally illiterate child rapist who can’t stop shitting his pants in public, it’s time for you to sit down and let someone else drive.

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 19/08/2026

Looking forward to the mission where you have to lead the cops on a Ford Bronco-style low-speed chase because if you get the lead out you'll run out of gas in the first minute

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also why vance couchfucking stuck

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 02/01/2026

it's going to be really interesting seeing how the Democratic establishment navigates this new normal in which normie Dem voters and liberal activists have, effectively, the same stance as the DSA left on foreign policy, and will not trust any Democrat that doesn't also

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The parents of the first baby born in 2026 in this county outside Baltimore got their name ideas from ChatGPT. Hudson Oakley Winkler. www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...

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ChatGPT named Carroll County’s first-born baby in 2026

The first baby born in Carroll County in 2026 was named with help from ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot.

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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is Natalie Harp, the close aide to President Trump. These clips are from 2021 when she worked at OAN. She ended her program with a daily Bible quote. Sometimes she swapped out the Bible for a quote from Trump leading with "And remember what Trump said..."

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I think the ultimate test of this is actually Boris Johnson. Boris *was fired from his first job* for making up stories, only to go on to be hired into a prestigious role at the Telegraph and spend years lying about the EU at Brussels. And I mean literally lying here; not bad punditry.

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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

i’m sorry but it’s just so funny for steven cheung, who looks like kirby ate mao zedong, to be calling anybody a cuck

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

many "centrists" agree with Cofnas and when they complain about "wokeness" and "political correctness" they often mean that they are not allowed to express this stupid idea — that black people in smart-guy jobs shouldn't be there and should be like, sprinters and jazz musicians instead — explicitly

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I would argue this belief in scientific racism is in fact one of the main animating beliefs of "elite centrism" as practiced today. Important to realize this if you're trying to understand what motivates these people and how to deal with them.

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Evelyn D. R. "Dell" Adams @dell-adams.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"Make intelligence property, and its manager will have his match; he is met at every turn by an opposing will, not in the form of down-right rebellion and defiance, but yet, visibly, an ever-opposing will." Part of why slavers tortured the enslaved. Who wanted this returned to the world?

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So that’s the thing to know, if you’re a tabloid that’s going to name-check me in another round of transphobic shit about Bluesky discourse. I don’t stand with you. I stand with my trans friends and family members. ⏹️

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My TV job is apolitical, but I’m proud that one of the things we make is a space that’s trans- and nb-friendly, and that’s not going to change either. ⬇️

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Anyone who knows me even a little, or has even followed me long on social media, already knows this about me. Our institutions are literally trying to erase trans people right now, and it pisses me off. A snarky reply to one bad take on Bluesky doesn’t mean that’s changed at all. ⬇️

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For the record: NOPE. Honestly, I don’t think there’s an issue today I care about on a personal level more deeply than trans rights. And it’s rough out there right now. Bigots on one side of the political aisle and too many cowards on the other. ⬇️

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I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️

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He seems too perpetually pleasant, energized and happy for them to coexist in the same world. They want him to have the same tiger-orange stains all over his sweatshirt and sweatpants, cum, Dr. Pepper and Dorito-bits fused into a melange as unholy as their depression is, that they do. "Sad!"

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every day I dream of lab-grown meat but mostly just because the ranch lobby is right up there with the car-dealership lobby in terms of harm caused as a proportion of their economic activity. sure there are eviler industries but they tend to at least produce some useful things like plastics

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Hey Luis... can you please dm me this so I can send it to my friends (or just paste in a reply)

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"If you see police on campus, just walk past with no worries, they're not there to fuck with you." One PTSD later...

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there is the same pleasure to being a 5'10' guy with a loose shoulder and long arms and grabbing things off the top shelf for 5'11" guys

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I have completely lost any faith that moral intuition can be learned, three years into hearing Democrats tell me how Israel has the right to defend itself (against thrown rocks with bunker-buster bombs)

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and then someone comes around who wants Medicare for All so they have an unusually intense media opposition campaign and they're going "Vote blue? No, matter who!"

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