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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 10h

Not recommended. The last country to attack the US still has a handful of citizens that glow in the dark.

pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 19h

"But are the flags that now bedeck our suburbs and estates patriotic or racist? It’s a nuanced notion unlikely to be adequately interrogated in a world where the main forum for public debate is an algorithmically amplified digital dogfighting pit presided over by a ketamine-cranked egomaniac."

Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 20h

I love Stewart Lee.

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 20h

2 fucktard authentication, then. Must be serious.

pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 21h

How should we respond to these allegations? Via Signal, Truth Social or 747 with a bow on top?

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 1d

He's right. Israel did not replicate the barbarism of the enemy. They multiplied it like a drunk Jesus with a basket of fish.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 2d

Something tells me every boat, ship and yacht off the coast of Norway is loaded with fentanyl and headed to the US, suddenly.

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 2d

Studies show a greater incidence of autism among kids who were mean to RFK Jr in school.

pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 2d

No. You're confused. He's ended 7 wars and appears in the Epstein files 27 times.

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 3d

meta af

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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social · 3d

Pam Bondi, responding to every committee question

Donald Sutherland, pod person, in Invasion of the Body Snatchers

…or Pam Bondi testifying to Congress

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 4d

Those Russia's-victory-is-inevitable guys have gone kinda quiet lately, especially since the images of 3 hour-long queues at gas stations in Russia began surfacing.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 4d

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4d

😂

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 5d

That's some mealy-mouthed bullshit, right there. Civilians are not "bearing the brunt of this conflict". They're being murdered by the IDF. They're the victims of a genocide perpetrated by a malevolent right-wing nationalistic government, headed by a war criminal.

Say it how it is.

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 5d

Since the darkest day in Israel’s history, we have continued to see civilians bear the brunt of this conflict.

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 5d

What you've got here is the US Attorney General actively protecting pedophiles, plain and simple.

The Dems should not vote to reopen the government until the Epstein files are released.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 5d

OTD in 2006 journalist & activist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead. Whoever is responsible for having her killed is still at large. And turns 73 today.

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 5d

The same people who lament the loss of empire are the same people who lament the empire following us home.

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 6d

Wait. So if I remember and long to return to these days... am I future MAGA?

Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 6d

I remember when I used to go DAYS—WEEKS EVEN—without thinking about the President of the United States because I wasn’t worried about him starting a civil or world war, making a gestapo police force, or ripping our constitution to shreds.

pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 6d

I would laugh about 6 French PM's in 21 months, but there's a possibly still edible head of lettuce in my fridge drawer warning me I'm British.

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pale blue dotty @palebluedotty.bsky.social · 6d

Why that's just crazy talk. You crazy

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