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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 17h

I mean this meme writes itself

Vince McMahon reaction meme where he becomes progressively more excited with each item:

NUKE FILLABUSTER
FOUR SENATORS FROM PR AND DC
PACK SCOTUS
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS RESTORED

dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 17h

If my workplace sent this out from the new CEO, it’s an instant red flag cue to get my resumé updated. Coming from Bari Weiss, even more urgently so. Honesty will not be rewarded.

Yet another news org about to be unreliable by default and until proven otherwise, on an article by article basis.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 20h

Here's the full memo.

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 18h

WHAT (and I can’t overstate this) THE FUCK

Pentagon agrees to host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and pilots at Idaho air base

Pentagon agrees to build Qatari Emiri Air Force facility in Idaho as part of the ongoing U.S.-Qatar partnership, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday.

www.foxnews.com

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 18h

Oh my that was much more cringe than I could’ve imagined before clicking for sound

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 1d

A more perfect gif-skeet pairing there may never be

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit. Buying the voting machines since their hacking claims all turned out to be nonsense.

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 1d

Considering that The Wire is literally peak television, the idea that AI could improve upon what David Simon created is so absurd as to be laughable.

Imagine after the New Day Co-Op, instead of an iconic line, AI decides that Stringer says: “Hey, my homie, we shouldn’t write down our crimes.” Slop.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: Columbus is in the bad place

(Label to hide possible trigger words.)

Janice the computer program entity in The Good Place explains in two panels:

Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 1d

Pick 2 chicken noodle in a bread bowl with either bacon turkey bravo or frontega chicken, side of kettle chips. Elite carb load.

Panera f/k/a St Louis Bread Co is so crappy now it’s barely recognizable. No sense ever returning.

(Stolen from Reddit’s r/stlouis page: www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/s/...)

Meme about how two different people would react to having a Time Machine.

Top row shows a girl saying “I am your
granddaughter” to another person who reacts with “Really?” and the line “Normal people with a time machine:”

Bottom row shows the line “St. Louisian with a time machine:” and a guy looking at an old classic St. Louis Bread Co location, the text below “I'll take a You-Pick-Two with turkey on sourdough with extra sprouts and broccoli cheddar soup in a bread bowl, please. Here's $7.50.”

dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 1d

Elite level Sickos content here, and I haven’t seen this version of the SLU Billiken in a long time outside of the same-named Jesuit high school SLUH.

Actor Ted Night in a blue St Louis University sweatshirt with a white shirt collar popping out.

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like every year in the playoffs the Phils have some hobo-looking greasy-haired lanky guy in their lineup. Like, this guy ate a room temperature can of beans in a boxcar pregame.

Baseball player Brandon Marsh in a baby blue retro Phillies jersey on tv in a playoff gave his team is winning 3-1 over the Dodgers in the 7th inning

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 3d

Haven’t seen Marlins Man on a broadcast in a while

Snapshot of a tv airing playoff baseball with the Yankees up 9-6 over the Blue Jays in the top of the 8th inning, viewed from the traditional broadcast angle as if over a shortstop shoulder, showing a guy in the stands in a bunch of orange gear that doesn’t match anyone else’s.

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 3d

I’ll say again that whoever is running for president as the Democratic nominee needs to clearly, repeatedly state that their administration will not honor any Trump pardons under any circumstances and every investigative and prosecutorial option, including extradition to The Hague, is on the table.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 3d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously, watch this. Descriptions won’t do it justice. There’s no technical difficulty.

The amazing pause here from Miller is him realizing he said the quiet part out loud (probably a few months early) and then freezing like a possum in the face of a coyote or something as a defensive measure.

CandyCoatedChaos @candycoatedchaos.bsky.social · 4d

Not Stephen Miller accidentally outting the regime in an interview. Let that "plenary authority" claim slip right out and then had to act like the audio cut out.

Sir! We heard you.. and the President does NOT have plenary authority.

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 3d

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neutral @neutral.zone · 3d

I wonder if people posting this in regard to content moderation -

some old IBM bullshit that still makes sense but is increasingly misused to score rhetorical points

dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 3d

The answer is 1992 (spoiler).

Zoom in to see gas in California under $2/gal and a sign for a pay phone inside.

Goose chase meme with WHAT YEAR WAS THIS PHOTO TAKEN? in the top panel and
WHAT FUCKING YEAR WAS THIS PHOTO TAKEN, CNN?! in the bottom panel

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 3d

“[B]ucking tradition and legal precedent” is what you say for a kind of minor deviation, not literally deploying troops to blue cities against the wishes of mayors and governors to crush peaceful opposition to your constitution-violating goon squads.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

n.pr

dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know why my wife would tell me - the most immature idiot on earth - that something called the Beaver Supermoon exists. Anyway, many sophomoric comments followed.

ALMANAC
Monday, October 6, 2025
=
ASTRONOMY: EXPLORE THE
HOME > WONDERS OF THE NIGHT
SKY
FULL
MOON > MOON
NAMES
Beaver Moon: Full Supermoon in November 2025
FULL BEAVER MOON
THE OLD
FARMER'S ALMANAC
Photo Credit Colleen Quinnell/The Old Farmer's Almanac Watch for
November's Full
Beaver Supermoon!

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 4d

Normally by this time in October the Brewers have been swept after making the playoffs by virtue of beating up a terrible division, but this year feels different. They’ve got Yelich, a Contreras brother, and 23 guys you’ve never heard of. That sweep isn’t happening until the NLCS. Good for them.

Brewers beating the Cubs 7-3 in the middle of the 5th

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 4d

If such a thrilled person actually existed (they don’t), rest assured they’d be fawning interviewed by Fox News already.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Stephen Miller: "The Black people in Chicago are thrilled that we're getting the illegal aliens out of their communities who are stealing their housing, jobs, and resources."

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 4d

"Can presidents negate trade agreements?"

"Do presidents have immunity from prosecution?

"Is this president the sun god?"

"May his holiness legally run for a seventh term?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "Beginning November 1st, 2025, all Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks coming into the United States from other Countries will be Tariffed at the Rate of 25%. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 4d

LOL holy shit it’s gotta be the same dude. Literal fake news.

Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 5d

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 5d

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5d

So much Democrat and pundit handwringing about the shutdown as if they're in charge of the government.

They're not. The only possibilities are Trump makes things worse with Democratic approval or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic resistance. Don't bail him out.

My latest (on @msnbc.com):

Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on

The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.

www.msnbc.com

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