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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 13m

Soen had absolutely no right to put a guitar riff as heavy as that in the back half of this song. Should be illegal

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Slithering

YouTube video by SOEN - Topic

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 39m

Posting for no reason at all

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Thus, Always, To Tyrants

YouTube video by Anaal Nathrakh - Topic

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 5h

fuck me what new fresh hell is this?

A time-sensitive calendar alert about an invitation from an obvious spam email with a title “We’ve verified your recent payment”

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

This is a really good example of something I’ve noted before: talking about this with most normal conservatives WILL have an impact on them. They respond negatively when they’re being objectively lied to!

I’ll explain how I would approach it below

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 3h

I know my shtick is to summarize these for ya'll, but I am speechless. Without speech.

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Berryman’s trial would not take place for 1,233 days—the result of a
series of delays that the Tishomingo Country trial court dubbed a “comedy
of issues.”
Although Berryman was arrested in February of 2017, he was not
indicted until approximately seven months later. On September 22, 2017, a
grand jury indicted Berryman for violation of two offenses under Mississippi
law: (1) shooting into a dwelling (“Count I”) and (2) possession of a firearm
subsequent to sustaining a felony conviction (“Count II”). Regarding Count
II, the only firearm identified in the indictment was a “Marlin .22 Rifle.”
Berryman would not be arraigned for another fourteen months after
his indictment—on November 7, 2018—because his name was
“negligently” left off the arraignment list. Marshall Edge, a witness
expected to testify in Berryman’s defense, died during this delay. It was also
during this delay that Berryman filed two pro se motions seeking
appointment of counsel and dismissal based on the denial of his right to a
speedy trial At Berryman’s arraignment, he was also appointed counsel, but
the attorney appointed to represent him was disqualified because he had been
elected to the circuit court without opposition the previous day. The
arraignment order stated that the case was “continued on motion of the
Defendant and set for trial during the next regularly scheduled term.” On

November 21, 2018, Berryman filed a third pro se motion requesting a trial,
dismissal of the indictment, and appointment of counsel.
On January 7, 2019, the court appointed Berryman a second attorney.
But the order was never filed due to a clerical error, so Berryman was never
informed of this appointment. Further, the second attorney also had a
conflict because he was the district attorney who previously prosecuted
Berryman for capital murder. The second attorney informed a third attorney
that he would need to take over as Berryman’s counsel. Berryman, however,
was not informed.
Berryman filed his fourth pro se motion for a speedy trial on April 18,
2019. On June 21, 2019, the court entered a continuance order signed by the
third attorney, purportedly on behalf of Berryman, but “without [his]
consent.” Berryman tried to appeal the continuance, but the appeal was
dismissed for lack of an appealable final judgment. In October 2019,
Berryman filed another pro se motion seeking dismissal on grounds that his
right to a speedy trial had been violated.
Between September 2019 to April 2020, the assigned trial judge was
unavailable, and a second trial judge entered an order that cancelled the
January 2020 term of court for Tishomingo County. Berryman filed a motion
requesting that the second judge to recuse himself since he had previously
prosecuted Berryman for robbery. The motion was granted.

motion, and the Mississippi Supreme Court dismissed the mandamus
petition. Days before the hearing, the trial court appointed Berryman a
fourth attorney, as the third attorney was elected to the Mississippi Senate.
At the motion to dismiss hearing, Berryman alleged that his right to a
speedy trial had been violated given the various continuances and highlighted
that he had lost a defense witness in the process. Berryman submitted Edge’s
obituary and stated that a neighbor claimed Edge intended to testify that
Berryman did not have a gun when he walked to Thacker’s trailer the second
time. Berryman further asserted that the signatures on the waiver of rights
and written statement, which the State claimed he had signed, were not his
signatures and misspelled his name as “Bryan” instead of “Brian.”

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 3h

TC
But Blacksky takes it one step further.
It targets minorities and marginalized individuals and has an algorithm that can filter out racial harassment. Unlike X, where a user might block one racist person and then see another, users on Blacksky can completely filter out whatever they want from their timelines, providing a custom social media experience.
"Sometimes you need a global stage.
Sometimes you just want a cozy corner with close internet friends where you can control who sees what," Fraser told TechCrunch.
Users own their data and can decide to host such information on Blacksky rather than Bluesky, giving them control over who has access to their content.
People also vote on decisions together, Fraser said, such as what the community guidelines should be and if non-Black users should be allowed to post in the community.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

Tapping the sign

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · Jul 3

Once again, bullying professors is a good thing

Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · Jul 2

Is yours? Oh wait, you don't have a PhD. 😂

Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

Here’s where I did something similar with Fox News:

bsky.app/profile/mstr...

Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · Nov 29

Good example of how the pernicious the conservative media is but how there is some hope.

Apparently during one of the debates, Harris and Trump feuded about crime rates with Trump saying that crime rates were up.

The moderator, David Muir (?), fact checked Trump and asserted that he was wrong.

Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

The whole thing will sit in their head gnawing at them, making them slightly less taken by the stuff they see. Keep doing this periodically and, over time, I promise you’ll have some success.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

Don’t do anything else, don’t argue about anything else, just let them sit with it...even if they respond that the video is truthful!

Why? Because they’re just avoiding the harsh reality that they’re stuck with and don’t want to admit it.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

If they agree it’s not being entirely truthful, ask them how they feel about the government trying to manipulate them into believing something that isn’t entirely true.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

If they respond by making an excuse to defend the video, tell them that you believe that they’re purposefully trying to manipulate the people you’re talking to and that you think thats inappropriate, especially when the government is doing it.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

Fourth, ask them if using clips from conservative states but representing them as being from Chicago is being truthful.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

Third, tell them that however many of the clips from the video aren’t in Chicago and list the different states they’re from. To the extent some are from liberal states put those first. After listing them, list the ones that are conservative states again, noting that they’re conservative states.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

Second, once they’ve watched it, ask them how it makes them feel. The answer SHOULD be something negative about Chicago or pro-sending troops to deal with the crime.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

First, show them the original video; show it directly from the White House Twitter page and make sure to make it clear that this is the actual, 100% official White House page.

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 3h

This is a really good example of something I’ve noted before: talking about this with most normal conservatives WILL have an impact on them. They respond negatively when they’re being objectively lied to!

I’ll explain how I would approach it below

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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WIRED @wired.com · 6h

"I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle," says Roger Davis, a Cybertruck owner.

Davis also uses the Grok feature in the car: "Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist."

www.wired.com/story/owning...

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 5h

fuck me what new fresh hell is this?

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 19h

Austin now requires multifamily housing to have composting services available and apparently the service provider will leave the bin and fine the complex if people fuck it up and put non-compostable things in there.

Based on what I've seen with our recycling this is going to be a nightmare.

Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 19h

Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 21h

The problem is that it’s based on a blatant mischaracterization (or two) and so it’s easy to defend against. You should pick any one of the million other things (like videos of ICE beating people) instead

Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 22h

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 22h

Every now and then I remember how many honey pots are having success during this administration and have myself a little chuckle

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Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 23h

Ah, it was a couple of weeks ago anyways.

Blake Stovall @mstrofbass.bsky.social · 23h

How recently? Someone (@walterolson.bsky.social maybe) created a Cato starter pack and shared it recently and I think you were on it.

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