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Phil Seiler

@javamanphil.bsky.social

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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · Apr 14

Really enjoying living in a time when all those people that assured me for years they "would've done something" about Nazi totalitarianism continue to do nothing at all.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 7h

Everyone, I’m just <sniffs> I’m just so proud of us all.

We finally did it.

LibsOfTikTok finally targeted me.

<single tear rolls down cheek>

I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long <unfolds acceptance speech> and first I want to thank everyone who made it possible: Harambe, Kony2012, my fa

A post from failed real estate agent and local ghoul Chaya Raichik aka LibsOfTikTok targeting me. Text of the post reads:

“Leftist CA State Assembly candidate Chris Kluwe, who promotes the harassment of ICE online, was ARRESTED at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting earlier this year.

Chris was protesting a proposed library plaque that featured a phrase similar to ‘Make America Great Again’

Chris called MAGA a ‘Nazi movement’ before leaving the podium and approaching the council member, where he was grabbed by police and carried out.

This unhinged lunatic wants to be an elected official…”

Thanks for the free advertising, Chaya!

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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · 12h

Off to the Hoover Dam to wait!

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Defector @defector.com · 13h

Breaking: Some guy now aware of most revered country artist who ever lived defector.com/breaking-som...

Breaking: Some Guy Now Aware Of Most Revered Country Artist Who Ever Lived | Defector

Rare indeed is the headline-and-dek combo worth noticing, or caring about. In many publications these aren’t even written by the same person who wrote the actual blog; at any rate they’re many…

defector.com

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 14h

Really struck by how brilliant a protesting tactic this is not just in terms of optics, but as a form of both privacy protection and discouragement of violence.

It masks your face and has to give pause to anyone thinking about beating you up.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · 18h

Never let it be said I wasn't empathetic. I will be throwing ketchup against the walls in solidarity. ✊

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 20h

Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20h

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · 20h

Going to be a lot of ketchup peacefully thrown at the walls today.

kermit the frog is drinking from a cup of tea

Alt: kermit the frog is drinking from a cup of tea

media.tenor.com

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 21h

We don’t expect perfection - we just hope for honesty, admitting (and learning from) mistakes, and understanding subconscious bias. This last, most of all.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

Horrifically creepy and emblematic of this rape-coded administration, but also a govt employee staying at the fuckin ritz on a business trip shows you how much the DC world has changed since the DOJ muffin scandal of 2011.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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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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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · 1d

None of them were this bad, tbf.

Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · 1d

I am deeply thankful all my stupidest musical takes occurred on a blog nobody ever read.

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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · 1d

That seems generous.

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 1d

you could walk through Times Square buck naked with one of those car-dealership inflatable men tethered to your head, setting off bottle rockets as you go, and you would not be as desperate for attention than this sweaty twerp

a shitty post even by chris Cillizza's standards: "What if...Donald Trump actually deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?"

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

The only good news about having a bunch of white supremacists in positions of power is that, largely, white supremacists are really really dumb.

Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 1d

"You know, there’s many different factors that go into something like that...Then obviously the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you," Greg Bovino said before gesturing to a white reporter.

chicago.suntimes.com/2025/09/30/t...

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 1d

Fascist monsters. Completely soulless.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 1d

Also, Kristi Norm will host a "Shoot Puppy Bowl."

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of mascots, England and Wales take to the field with 22 men and women who are living with Alzheimer's disease or dementia ❤️

The players will also wear shirts without names in the second half to help raise awareness 👏

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · 1d

Started a freshman English paper after the NCAA BB final due 8am the next morning. Used Pascal as my word processor on an 8086 processor. Probably about Hemingway?!?! Got a B+

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 2d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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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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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 1d

There is an entire political party dedicated to indulging the fantasies of balding, middle-aged men who want to play army like they're eight year olds.

Juliette Rihl @julietterihl.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild.

A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy!

(Paywall free link below)

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Dauphin County pastor under fire for pointing assault-style rifle during sermon

In a move experts called a serious safety violation, he pointed the unloaded weapon at churchgoers, while asking for a 'violent action of faith.'

www.pennlive.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

i still think about the debate where marco rubio said donald trump had a small dick and look at where we are now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Marco Rubio kisses Trump's ass and the whole cabinet applauds

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 2d

One of my most John Brown coded opinions is that South Carolina should not have been readmitted to the Union after the Civil War and it's lands turned over the formerly enslaved who worked them.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2d

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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