thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 7h(Also I work for a clinic where I'm mainly billing Medicaid - the government healthcare plan for the poor - and helping people sign up and maintain their coverage, so I'm part of the bureaucracy now.) 010
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 7hThat implies to me that most people in developed democracies never have to deal with the bureaucracy, tension, and heartache of applying for public safety net services. As someone who's previously relied on them, it's heartening that we keep most adults out of poverty and away from this experience. 110
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 7hFor me it's just (internally) "oh dear, I don't want to see this, muting it now" It's not anyone else's business what fetish content I do or don't like, except my spouse :) 010
Reposted by thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 18hIn this twisted worldview, killing Israeli civilians including children is “resistance.” The wave of antisemitism across the world is justified because of Jews’ connection to Israel. And a hotel cancelling on Jews for fighting antisemitism is “noble.” It’s sick. 1411542
Reposted by thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · 18hTheir service all in a singing way, and in Hebrew. And anon their Laws that they take out of the press are carried by several men, four or five several burthens, and they do relieve one another; and whether it is that every one desires to have the carrying of it, I cannot tell. 3354
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I imagine they have a TOTALLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL AND ENTIRELY CONSTITUTIONALLY SOUND list of certifying orgs within the state. 020
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Most commonly, in my experience, you learn about the certification orgs active in your food supply chain, decide which you want to trust (or specifically distrust, come to that), and stick with that pattern of certification. If you meant how does the state of NJ do so, 130
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I found myself thinking just now of how to build a press system that'll confirm to the subject's body so the new shell fits them perfectly regardless of size or shape. It would take a little longer to work, though, once the two halves of the press come together. 100
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I get it. I couldn't do that at a furry convention even if I were looking, because I don't think I would know anyone nor do I have name recognition. ^^ 000
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Ass-kissing doesn't much help, at least in my experience, because it so often seems insincere. 000
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Most networking is about social connections, a la moseying up to a friend: "Whatcha up to these days" "Oh, y'know, [whatever doing], might change that, do you know anyone in your sector" "I know you're a [specific type of skill] person, I might have a recruiter I can recommend/recommend you to" 200
Reposted by thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛Opinionated Terran @opinionated-terran.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Nothing says "I respect Indigenous People" like using a picture of an Indigenous person without their knowledge or consent or attributation But hey, thats just the cutting edge of dumbassery that makes The Onion so special! 18112
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026likely not significantly interfering in their continued operation in R&D, manufacturing, marketing & sales, and customer services. 020
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026their C-suite staff, but most of the actual productive work, likely including some negotiations with state buyers but definitely the design and production work, is done by VPs & attorneys and by engineers, respectively, lower down in the hierarchy. Knocking off their top execs will be a nuisance but 120
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026support for Ukraine among a substantial proportion of the states they target, rather than decrease it, maybe because people recognize the dangers of Russian imperialism: they might be ambivalent about Ukraine per se but they fucking hate Russia. And 2) arms companies are to some extent managed by 120
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I think part of their idea is to increase the cost to average Europeans to the point ordinary folks are hammering on their political leadership's doors demanding an end to support for Ukraine, and another part is trying to cripple arms companies. The problem for that plan is 1) it seems to increase 120
Reposted by thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026So not only has the Onion been making this exact same joke for several years, the fake name associated with the photo in the article, “Chief Longtoe” is pretty racist. And it turns out Ashley called them out about it *last year* as well. Ben has yet to respond. 527666
Reposted by thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 13/10/2026day 2 of skeletor voice. do you see this, he-man? do you see this, you pathetic worm? with your dork friends and your loser wizard? what is even the deal with the wizard anyway, did you get it free in a cereal packet 2122
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I'd call this "making the best of a tough situation" and sir, I wish you nothing but continued success in this endeavor. I hope you can see someone about it, if this is new or not previously addressed by your physician or advanced practice provider. 030
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I don't know. I just thought of the reasons why someone doing something so obviously self-destructive might not be eligible for a Darwin Awards-branded award. Apologies for not making that clear. 100
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Fake phone call? I thought he said it was a very good phone call. 000
Reposted by thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛CDan2022 @cdan2022.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Bonnie is the sexiest and she is at peak sexy in nylons and crushed velvet. 419059
Reposted by thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛CDan2022 @cdan2022.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Nylons are a major pain in the ass when you are covered in fur, but they can be worth it with how they reduce unwanted friction. Thus, a furry girl in nylons is a strong indicator that she is looking for some fun. 022
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The official Darwin Awards (the person or people who collect stories and periodically publish a book) explicitly exclude someone dying from actions taken in mental or emotional derangement. No suicides Also, it's not really Darwin unless he's removed himself from the gene pool, he might've had kids 000
Reposted by thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026live masc with the new crunchbinder supreme 559556
Reposted by thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12/10/2026agreed with the caveat that i think taco bell should make it explicit in their marketing that the chicken crunchwrap, their boldest innovation in decades, is transgender 352998385
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Murines should have long feet. Kinda like this. Tbh I like everything about this. 000
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026[astronaut 1] so it's all penis? [astronaut 2] always has been. 🫠 030
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I chuckled. I'm not saying you're wrong, because I think you're more or less correct, just that it made me laugh. 110
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I think we've learned, by now, that "obscene" here means "acknowledging queerness", because queerness and queer people are judged to be intrinsically obscene in this worldview. I wonder why all modern autocratic ideologies seem so united on this. 33218
Reposted by thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Time to bring back the classics I guess. 1247787
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The family that includes seals and, importantly, sea lions. 110
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The fact he pairs "Third-world nationalism" and "Opposition to liberal feminism" with "International solidarity" and of course his username "averagegoy" tells me he's less about making the world better through enacting leftist practices and more about "autocracy, hatred, & contempt, but in red". 140
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026They don't like people who don't stay exactly where they're put. I'm torn between thinking it's jealousy ("How dare you explore or reshape your identity when I'm not allowed to?") and thinking it's some kind of genuine fear of anything behaving in an unexpected way. 082
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It dovetails nicely with his overt antisemitism and embrace of nationalism outside the Anglosphere. (With friends like him, the Palestinians don't need enemies.) 040
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026off cluster munitions - they're inherently indiscriminate and they litter the landscape with unexploded ordnance that can go off the moment it's disturbed by anyone, soldier or civilian, adult or child. And children are curious and like to pick interesting things up. You see how it is. 020
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026on impact. The problem is that the detonators often don't trigger if the submunition lands on something soft or if it lands sideways instead of vertically, leaving an armed explosive that can go off with a very small amount of disturbance. This is one of the reasons why many countries have sworn 120
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026For reference: these submunitions are dispersed by weapons (cluster bombs, colloq) that can be launched as artillery rockets or shells, or cruise missiles, or dropped from aircraft, etc. Each one of this type has a detonator that's supposed to arm as they fall toward the ground so they'll explode 120
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026a particular type of dual-purpose submunition (a combination of a hollow shaped charge and a steel fragmentation casing) to me, but I'm a nerd, I don't know if kids would know what it is. Clearly, that one didn't, or perhaps thought he knew it was inert, but was tragically mistaken. 120
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026and any other factory-made explosives, plus an infinite variety of IEDs, that only general rules will suffice, and I'm not sure how well curious kids with curious hands can keep the general idea of "Here's what an explosive might look like" in mind. Even teenagers. I mean, that thing looks like 120
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026on constant alert, which is not great for kids who are already dealing with aerial or artillery bombardment. The problem is there is no single handbook that can show young people what unexploded ordnance looks like. There are so many different kinds of mines, bombs, shells, rockets, submunitions, 130
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Ooooof. I've seen a proposal to teach kids: 1) If you don't know what it is, don't touch, tell someone responsible. 2) If you think you might know what it is, you don't, see (1). 3) If you do know what it is, and it's dangerous, don't touch, tell someone responsible. This puts the kidstimesofisrael.comInitial probe suggests teenager put Hezbollah rocket submunition in backpack during hike, and it then exploded* * * 120
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026He (among others) had something to say about it at about 12:30PM Eastern. jeffries.house.gov/2026/10/12/j... 000
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026He (among others) had something to say about it at about 12:30PM Eastern. jeffries.house.gov/2026/10/12/j...jeffries.house.govJOINT DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STATEMENT ON THE RAID ON ILHAN OMAR’S HOME – Congressman Hakeem Jeffries 001
thou_dog 🟨⬜✡️⬛ @thou-dog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026As I understand it, the bot traffic that went down was actual automated activity from Yandex-hosted services, not human-run, sock-puppeted influence operations, right? Unless those were specifically networked through their servers. 000