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@mrcontrariwise.bsky.social

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Democratic Socialist. I block for adding me to bitcoin lists. Relocating from that dead bird app.

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Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 24d

“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 (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 1h

Even for someone as cynical as I am regarding the average person's alertness and acuity, I'm still shocked at just how goddamned oblivious everyone still is. They're sitting in the middle of a burning house telling me that I'm being unreasonable and that I should stop with my "divisive rhetoric". 🫤

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Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 2h

More reasons for the above:

www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leo-t...

Pope Leo: Treating Migrants Like Garbage Is a “Serious Crime”

After weeks of denouncing Trump’s raids, Pope Leo says mistreating migrants is “a grave crime against humanity.”

www.thelettersfromleo.com

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 2h

They keep prattling about "extreme" leftists.
We don't even *have* a far-left movement in this country.

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 2h

Way to publicly admit you never watched Buffy
You're canceled

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 3h

I'm an atheist, and I find your new Pope inspiring.

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 3h

I'm somewhere between an Agnostic and an outright Atheist. I have a lifelong pathological aversion to organized religion.

Yet somehow this new Pope is rapidly on his way to being my favorite person of the year.

www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/in-magna-c...

In Magna Carta Address, Pope Leo Calls for a Church That Washes Feet, Not Wields Power

“Let us dream of a Church that heals, not judges,” Pope Leo pleads in a sweeping homily that laid out the blueprint for his papacy.

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 3h

Go big or go home 🤣

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 3h

Ultimately the entire planet and all its resources will be owned by 10 old men, who will rent everything back to us at rapacious prices.

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 3h

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 17d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 17d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 22h

He’s right

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 1d

Please don't give him any ideas

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Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 17h

He has that enormous smug self-confidence of someone who was born rich, and fully believes that it makes him smarter and better versed on any topic than everybody else.

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 17h

Would it matter if they did? They're just letting Pumpkinhead run the country however he pleases anyway.

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 17h

My plan, if I ever get a plastic shed, is to pay someone else to build it, while I sip iced tea on the deck and comment on what hot weather we're having.

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 17h

Reminds me of the number of times I got called hysterical by goddamn fucking idiots like him, for pointing people to the downloadable PDF of Project 2025 and telling them what it said... 🙄

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 1d

In times like these, we owe ourselves nothing less

Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 1d

It's especially annoying when the story arc goes like this:
1. idiot fucks up their life
2. idiot runs crying to god
3. idiot becomes condescendingly sure that everyone who hasn't done step 2 is leading a wrong life

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

Threatening to arrest governors for seditious conspiracy. Getting dark fast.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d

A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

In Oakland, California, an ICE GOON shot a local clergyman point-blank.

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Matt @sandiego-619.bsky.social · 2d

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Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 2d

The best compliments are that than one work colleague when moving on has dropped me a thank you note for the mentoring that I have done, and how much it has helped them.

But my *favorite* complement was that a few players have told me that I ran the best TTRPG game that they have ever played in. 😜

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scubapopeye.bsky.social @scubapopeye.bsky.social · 3d

Whether you like it or not.

This is the apocalypse we warned you about.

Don’t say you didn’t know.

You were warned years ago.

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