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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · Feb 1

My avatar is from the Bernardo Bertolucci classic "The Conformist".
It is a peek into "how ordinary, even able and extraordinary men, under a national crisis, can delude themselves into the commission of crimes so vast and heinous that they beggar the imagination".

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The Conformist (O Conformista) - Full Movie HD (Sub Portuguese) by Film&Clips

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 14h

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judgment at nuremberg verdict

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 14h

Excellent thread from Chris Murphy
@foreignsubstance.bsky.social
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Thread by @ChrisMurphyCT on Thread Reader App

@ChrisMurphyCT: Senate is back in session Tuesday. 1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown. You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you...

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 14h

Surreal... Imagine if they had a kid together

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

I think the only thing Chief Justice John Roberts and I both enjoy is a gay dinner party on Martha's Vineyard. Glory!

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 20h

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Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear

Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 20h

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 21h

Fully captive...

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 22h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 22h

Excellent pod with Brad Setser on China trade

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What China is Really Doing With Its “Giant Surpluses” | Brad Setser on China’s Export Dominance, Trade Strategy, and Capital Flows

Podcast Episode · Monetary Matters with Jack Farley · 10/13/2025 · 1h 15m

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 23h

“Israeli leaders screamed their genocidal intent at the top of their lungs all the way through.

No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened.

But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this.” - Owen Jones

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 1d

I'm guessing it was a quip to his people.
Spencer Hakimian also posted around that time.

Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 1d

First furries then nude cyclists - I thought it was suppose to be a family-oriented paramilitary siege.
#MAGAConfused

Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: TRUMP TELLS CLOSE ADVISORS THAT HE CAVED ON CHINA IN LESS THAN 2 DAYS BECAUSE HE LOVES HIS SON BARRON AND DOESN’T WANT HIM TO BE IN “TOO MUCH TROUBLE” - SOURCE INSIDE WHITE HOUSE
- Mike Alfred

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 1d

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss is the Catherine Merteuil (Dangerous Liaisons) of our times
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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 1d

They are all reading from the same toxic-tech-bro manifesto

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“Corruption…..is why we win” #syriana #corruption #moviequotes #tiktok

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 1d

Addendum

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AI is the Biggest Bubble of All Time ft. ED ZITRON

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 1d

The shear depth of Leonard Cohen

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oldmansrock on Instagram

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Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 2d

There is “no caring in MAGAville”.

Sociopaths are just wired differently from the blues.

Standing for something when it's the most difficult @adagietto7.bsky.social · 2d

There is “no caring in MAGAville”.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. The day after crypto experienced its biggest one-day selloff, everyone in the industry was trying to figure out who was left holding the bag.

“.. More than 1.6 million traders were liquidated, according to data tracker CoinGlass.” 👀

@bloomberg.com #crypto
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