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LawnChairMedia @lawnchairmedia.bsky.social · 56m

No exaggeration JD Vance has like never answered a direct question in an interview.
Reporter: the sky is blue, correct?
JD: Look, we can play this games all day but let's talk about the real issues...Democrats are forcing tampons on boys locker rooms.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 1h

Jesus fucking christ the sadism of these people is insatiable

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 32m

A hill I will die on is that white nationalist evangelicals and white atheists are the two most religiously illiterate groups in the country, and equally so.

enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 37m

Some more educational information for you.

youtu.be/c5KHDR8jdbA?...

What Is Religion?

YouTube video by ReligionForBreakfast

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enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 49m

Wild deflection.

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What is Atheism?

YouTube video by ReligionForBreakfast

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Eddie @doctaughtme.bsky.social · 1h

Removing people from this country has never been the only goal for this administration. They want to do that but they also want to do it in the cruelest manner possible. They get joy from inflicting pain during the deportation process.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 5h

In the 1950s, my father was teaching communism to what was then the NSA - precursor to the CIA. When moving offices some of Karl Marx‘s books fell out of his boxes and a guard turned in him in to the McCarthy cronies — he was accused of being a Communist. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 2h

And this is how it’s done.

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Tiffany @webinista.com · 4h

At some point people started conflating “contrarian” with “smart.”

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enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 2h

*hard* agree. That and that they will disaggregate all of our data that doge fucked with. I’d personally like new social security cards as well. No traffic cams, no facial recognition. I think Dems could do well running on an anti surveillance state platform.

enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 2h

I live in the most conservative state, and even cooked is an understatement. They are truly delusional.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 8h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 2h

Sally is one of the worst public figures on this site. Truly.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4h

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h

wHiCh pArTy hAs MoVeD fUrThEr FrOm tHe PoLiTicAL cEnTeR iN tHe 21sT cEnTuRy?

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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 4h

💀. Quite literally.

Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 1d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Electric Kool-Aid Bechdel Test @i-rohl.bsky.social · 3h

I can't get over how many people who want to think of themselves as liberals (especially among politicians and pndits) behave exactly as you would expect them to if they were more afraid of Mamdani than of Trump.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6h

"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3h

Despite seeing clearly for the past few years who the U.S. criminal punishment system is for and what it's purpose actually is, people are still all in...

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3h

whole thing is even worse than the headline when you think about what 'play' means here

“I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”"

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 3h

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

www.theguardian.com

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enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 3h

Out of all the Stance stands that annoy me, the “the economy is actually great, and people are just perceiving it badly” is the most exasperating. Like, I can’t afford rent Will. Rent is part of the economy. Please be serious.

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enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 3h

Apostate is definitely an accurate description for a lot of them. And vipers. I really enjoy religious studies & wish it was taught in schools. Everyone, including atheists, in this county has the religious literacy of a flea.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8h

I guess some other time we can talk about the reactionary professional atheists who literally built the secular foundation for today’s anti-DEI arguments

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enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 14h

It literally was. One of the first things I read coming out of Ukraine after Russian invaded was from a leftist who talked about the far right presence during Maiden in part of his open letter, before promptly telling campists and tankies to fuck off.

enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 14h

A good barometer for people’s political and moral integrity is their positions on Syria, Ukraine, and Palestine.

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