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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 52m

(watching a population vigorously oppose subsidizing the welfare state while also maintaining one of the world’s largest prison systems) these are people who love to be free

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1h

One of the most satisfying things you can do as a human being is look at someone who's telling you what to do and go "Who's this asshole?" There are worse things to base a political philosophy on!

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 18h

Every A.I. CEO is like “We invented a robot that can fuck your wife so you have more free time to mow the lawn!”

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 21h

Oh my God, we are gonna see so many of those frog costumes on Halloween.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 23h

I’m old enough to remember when the Republicans would not want to put a Qatari air force facility in Idaho.

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t fight fascism by protesting joyfully in a silly costume. You fight fascism by staying home and posting about how everyone needs to be serious.

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 1d

Do Republicans know that there’s a whole lot of porn—just worlds of it—that you can watch without logging into anything?

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 2d

Used the New Revised Standard in a graduate class and found it very solid. Get it as the New Oxford Annotated Bible if you can. Incredibly useful.

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think I care much for your tone, Your Honor.

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 3d

I Am a Camera is one of my favorite songs of all time.

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 3d

Magazine. John McGeoch’s band before Siouxsie and the Banshees. Can’t believe I only found out about them this year.

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 4d

My bandmate Paul made an ad for our new album. It’s just about the classiest shit I’ve ever fucking seen.

Rave reviews for The Big Cats' "Tell Me Where to Go"

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 4d

One of the worst things the 24-hour news cycle did was convince millions of people that dressed-up assholes shouting at each other around a table was the news.

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 4d

One of my most persistent stupid thoughts is a made-up classic-rock band called the Farm Boys that has a “best of” album called “Cornography.”

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 5d

Worth it, though, to experience all the culture and scenery of Lubbock.

Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 5d

Cities with a higher violent crime rate than Chicago:

Houston
Dallas
Lubbock
Amarillo
San Antonio
Corpus Christi

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 5d

“Go fuck yourself, Aunt Carol.”

CNBC @cnbc.com · 5d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 5d

Random line break. Really hitting the typo jackpot today.

Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 5d

If you use the dollar sign, you do not then need to use the word “dollars”
or “bucks.”

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 5d

“Give up them up”? Goddamnit.

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 5d

Pursue a hobby other than video games and computer. You don’t have to give up them up, but add something else in. Learn guitar. Get into model ships. Restore old typewriters. Crochet. Whatever. Interact with the physical world in some way that’s positive and fun.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 8d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

The bizarre phenomenon of the last decade, in which a cabal of RWers, lazy media pundits, and reactionary centrists convinced everyone that the *left* are the censors, that the *left* is coming for your freedom, was always, always, always about softening the ground for fascism.

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 6d

It really boils conservative dipshits’ piss that an autistic Swede named Greta is cooler than they’ve ever been and ever will be.

Clever Mia @readvesna.com · 7d

greta ily what an outfit

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 6d

What is it with the right-wing shitwads and those blueberry-colored suits?

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Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · 6d

This is such a terrific performance and Elizabeth Fraser is so cute that I can’t stand it.

Cocteau Twins - Wax And Wane (De Meervaart, Amsterdam 29th January 1983) [Soundboard Sync]

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