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TruelyEsoteric

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What do I know about anything? I am still mad about the Punic Wars.

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 40m
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I want my defense/war secretary/minister to be an out-of-shape asshole who knows every excruciating detail on how to deliver MREs to Diego Garcia. No, I don't want to see them jogging with the troops. That isn't their fucking job.
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NPR @npr.org · 20m
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say. n.pr/3VnwOIG
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Police questioning can shape a sexual assault case. Their approach is often wrong
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10h
I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”
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Physgal ⚛️ @physgal.bsky.social · 14h
Just needs alt-text:
How to avoid sexual assault! A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE* 

sexual violence centre cork 

1 DON'T PUT DRUGS IN PEOPLE'S DRINKS 

4 WHEN YOU SEE A WOMAN WALKING BY HERSELF, LEAVE HER ALONE. 

3 WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO IS DRUNK OR ASLEEP, THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT RAPE THEM. 

6 CARRY A WHISTLE. IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT RAPE SOMEONE, BLOW THE WHISTLE UNTIL SOMEONE COMES TO STOP YOU.

2 USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! IF YOU CAN'T STOP YOURSELF FROM SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SOMEONE, ASK A TRUSTED FRIEND TO ACCOMPANY YOU AT ALL TIMES TO STOP YOU. 

5 IF YOU ARE IN A LIFT AND SOMEONE STEPS IN, REMEMBER NOT TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM.

*for perpetrators.
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 22h
Well I got another Covid vaccine. Here is hoping the seventh time is the charm for getting those super powers.
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What I am seeing in the limited amount of algorithm induced views is that there are men who are bringing to task the 50 men who sat in the group chat and did nothing. They are putting the blame on all of them and encouraging dudes to call out other dudes for even misogynist comments It's heartening
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 29/09/2026
A reminder that America cannot have a multiracial, multicultural democracy if the United States Supreme Court is allowed to continue to exist in its current form
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Bruce Bourgoine @brucebourgoine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Psssst…pass it on… #MESen #mepolitics #VoteBlue Elect @troyjackson207.bsky.social
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You say 'not all' and I agree that it is not all, but it is definitely you.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
gentle reminder: the void is for screaming, the abyss is for staring, please don't mix that up and ruin the experience for the rest of us
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So many people out there touting their calorie deficit like it's a moral virtue.
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Peg @peglet13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I find it a little hard to keep an open mind when this is the official statement sent by a lawyer. This is the one who snap chatted. abcnews.com/US/district-...
"I did not participate in any sexual activity or drug use. I was not found responsible by Cornell for any of the accusations involving sexual activity and drug use for which others received serious consequences. I thoughtlessly engaged in Snapchat and briefly stopped in the room where misconduct happened but not when it happened," he said.
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They're saying 100+ dudes knew what had happened to her now? And no one said anything? GET. THEM.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s not remotely hard to do this. And yet ….
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University.
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Annelise @annelise.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This isn’t just Cornell either. There is persistent rot everywhere.
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wait until Science Magazine hears about actors.
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
7 hours. It lasted 7 hours. I am really too angry to post my feelings on this.
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My mantra this year.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There literally have been studies about how there have been zero trans people who have harassed people in the bathroom. Studies to prove a negative. I mean what are we even doing.
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New rule. To be CEO you must at least know the basics about yourself. If you become this far removed from reality you have no ability to lead anything, you are not part of society and you are going to create the torment Nexus.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
GIRL DINNER GOALS
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Put it all in a blender and then forget about it. (And then go have a conversation with that neighbor who used to have a Trump sign.) #MEpolitics
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What radicalized you? Well I just filled my tank home, not car. That did it.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire until we have his testimony...no one – not even the president’s son – is above the law.” - Tom Emmer, 1.17.24 "Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere," Tom Emmer, 9.23.26
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Crisp @crisp91.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thousands of years ago, two great powers chose diplomacy over destruction. A surviving fragment of the world’s oldest known peace treaty offers a remarkable glimpse into ancient Egypt and the Hittite Empire, and a reminder that humanity’s search for peace is ancient. 🏺🕊️
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Archaeologists Find a Lost Piece of the World’s Oldest Known Peace Treaty Signed More Than 3,000 Years Ago
The 3,200-year-old fragment spells out protections for people who fled across borders.
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fucking what
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lots of good polling for Democrats right now. Keep in mind, however, that polling in the last few cycles has been significantly off (~4 points in big races), generally to the benefit of Republicans. My sense is that this is because voting for Trump drives shame. So respondents simply lie.
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Some while vacuuming times I wonder what you people without dogs are even vacuuming up? (Cat people I know you feel me)
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@propublica.org reporter @mtredden.bsky.social pushes back on Susan Collins claim that there's nothing to see here because she was exonerated on all this years ago. #MEpolitics
Maine Public interview with ProPublica reporter Molly Redden: 

As you know, Collins' response to these allegations is throughout your story, and today her deputy chief of staff released another statement. It accuses ProPublica of relying on Kao's 'outlandish statements' and seems to dismiss the story by saying the FBI already investigated the matter and that Collins' campaign fully cooperated. It goes on to say that the issues were resolved in 2021.

Sure, I mean, none of that is really true. We did not simply take the word of Kao. We conducted our own investigation of his claims. You know, we've got the receipts. We put together timelines. We published emails that we looked at that undergird a lot of our reporting. You know, we really stress tested his claims, and also the FBI stress tested his claims, and that's part of what we're reporting here. But not only that, you know, I think they're hiding the ball here a little bit. They claim that all of this was resolved, but we reported, and we show our evidence, that anti-corruption agents at the FBI were asking about Collins, probing her activities and her campaign staff's activities as recently as late 2024. This was a new investigation that might have implicated her and and her staff. This was not something that was tied up in a bow several years ago. This was something that was happening. It was a live issue right up until Trump's DOJ leadership totally dismantled the FBI and DOJ teams that were handling this public corruption probe.
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I was reading reviews of a non fiction book and one reviewers complaint was 'a person would show up and then never be talked about again'. My dude, do you not understand how real life works? A person can have lots of influence and then never be part of your life again as you go down the rabbit hole
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Early voting starts Oct 5th in Maine. It's just going to town hall. Let's get this done. (And over with) #mepolitics
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Related: “how can you write when you’re young/poor/uneducated/have never traveled?” Writing isn’t just for people of means. It can’t be.
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yeah. This person cannot be our senator. #mepolitics
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ladies, if this happens to you, it's time to be real loud about your outrage. Air Justice is so in right now.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A post that’s so eye-opening because this is exactly what liberals will say is GOP distraction tactics, almost as a parody— and here it really is what Gaetz is saying unironically as his GOP message.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Kat @mainekat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan needs to go. She is a MAGA. They are all corrupt. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/09/22/p...
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The FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — until Trump got in the way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made
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TruelyEsoteric @truelyesoteric.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh no, it's not supposed to happen to me.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 21/09/2026
For my newsletter, I wrote about Democrats coming out against "trans surgery for kids" (which do not happen) and how the myth took over our politics. www.burnsnotice.com/the-trans-ki...
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The "Trans Kid Surgery" Myth
The big lie worked because it played on your protective instincts
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/09/2026
It's happened, Trump has officially cracked the 20's with his approval rating. 29% of Americans approve of Trump.
Screenshot of a post on X by InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) showing Donald Trump's job approval ratings from an American Research Group poll conducted September 16–20. The post states approval at 29% and disapproval at 68% (Disapprove +39), noting it as the lowest approval recorded with any pollster in either term.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Huh. Weird that arguing any price is worth it to stop Iran from fulfilling its nuclear ambitions hasn’t gone over better. Well, I’m sure this new line will get those poll numbers up.
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's been three days since he said this, but I think it deserves an encore: “If we buy $2 billion worth of bananas from Brazil, we’re actually losing $2 billion. So if we stop eating bananas, we actually save $2 billion.” And this guy is in charge of the world's largest economy.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist…
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