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Rick does Math and Stuff @mathandstuff.bsky.social · 1d

I seem to recall that the Dems gained power in the 1930s by moving left. And they lost power in the 80s and 90s when they were moving right.

Aside from Ike, leftism completely ran the country from 1932 to 1968.

And Ike gave us the Interstate Highway System.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2d

I guess here on Bluesky it's controversial to note that the Democrats, once the majority across this country, were reduced to national minority (in stages, from 1968, to 1980, to 2016) by moving left.
But if you'd rather think I'm just making Trump's point...well, whatever helps you cope.

Wishing You Well 🇺🇦 🌻 @klaaskid8.bsky.social · 2d

I'm questioning this statement, "the left started to lose the public (who to this day don't see Reagan the same way they do.)"
Who is this *public* you speak of? Wouldn't the left be a subset of it?
This feels like the current Trump regime's feelings that Democrats aren't real Americans.

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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 1d

“General Tso’s chicken,” could be either a takeout order or a military intelligence briefing.

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Bob Chipman 🔜PAX East @bobchipman.bsky.social · 2d

New commandment just dropped: Thou Shalt Touch Grass.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

why would he come for online trads like this

In recent years, many young people have approached the faith through social media, successful programs and popular online Christian witnesses. The danger is that a faith discovered online is limited to individual experiences, which may be intellectually and emotionally reassuring, but never “embodied.” Such experiences remain “disembodied,” detached from the “ecclesial body.”

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kirblinxy.bsky.social @kirblinxy.bsky.social · 2d

Friday Pauper Challenge 31-Oct; 51 Players. UB Fae wins and Fams gets 2nd place after its 1st last week. High Tide was the big winner with 3 in top 8 and most played in top 32 (4). Elves and Jund were the next most played (3). Where is the U Terror and Fae to save us from Tide? #MTGPauper

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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 2d

it costs $0 to link to @wired.com's story that broke the news here www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

Nancy Mace Curses, Berates Confused Cops in Airport Meltdown: Police Report

At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, US representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report.

www.wired.com

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Kav "The woke took Pepe le Pew from us" P 🍉 @kavp.net · 3d

I feel like one of the most awkward things about the way my ADHD manifests is I'm just absolutely BRILLIANT at EVERYTHING, some of the time. I go places, I take names, and the world quakes in my wake. Some of the time.

And the rest of the time I'm an amorphous blob

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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 3d

Happy Devil’s Night!

Sorry I haven’t been around that much this evening. In addition to board games my other big hobby is arson, and as you can imagine tonight is basically our Gen Con.

👹🔥🏠🔥👹

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 4d

Frame #60950 from S01 -E01 - Red Snapper-628390

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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 5d

My life is like a reverse Buster Keaton gag: the thin empty frame of a house collapses around me, any danger far away from hitting me aside from one small window that’s in the perfect position to strike me on the head, killing me instantly.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 5d

When you're right, you're right.

3 panel cartoon of a figure demanding of a 2nd figure that they must move toward a nazi to win the center. in the third panel, the 1st figure moves to the right of the Nazi, and as he passes says "on your right." the first figure, who has not moved, looks back to see that he is standing the the right of the sign that says 'the center" with an arrow pointing off panel to the left.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 5d

The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.

The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.

A screenshot of a tweet by Elon Musk (@elonmusk). The tweet reads:

“When Tolkien wrote about the hobbits, he was referring to the gentlefolk of the English shires, who don’t realize the horrors that take place far away.

They were able to live their lives in peace and tranquility, but only because they were protected by the hard men of Gondor.

What happened to the nice man who was brutally murdered while walking his dog will happen to all of England if the tide of illegal immigration is not turned.

It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die.”

Below the tweet is a grey box that says: “This post is unavailable" indicating that the Tommy Robinson tweet he's QT'ing is missing.

The timestamp reads: “8:02 AM · Oct 29, 2025 · 1.9M Views”.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 5d

If the Texas lawsuit against Tylenol seems a little out of the blue, well, it's because Ken Paxton's motives have nothing to do with pregnant women or children.

It's because he's losing his primary race. And he desperately wants Trump's endorsement.

www.salon.com/2025/10/29/t...

Texas sues Tylenol for the dumbest reason

Attorney General Ken Paxton beclowns himself to get Trump to endorse his Senate run

www.salon.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5d

Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?

Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.

www.ft.com/content/4855...

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Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform is to offer users the chance to trade on the outcome of elections and sports games, extending the US president and his family’s involvement in the booming prediction markets sector.

The Trump Media & Technology Group, which controls the social media platform, on Tuesday announced it would partner with Crypto.com to introduce “Truth Predict”, which would allow users “to react instantly to developments in major current events”.

Crypto.com previously donated $11mn to Trump causes. Earlier this year the Securities and Exchange Commission closed an investigation into the company, and on Friday, it announced that it applied for a US bank charter.

In August, TMTG also signed a multibillion-dollar deal to buy Cronos, the tokens issued by Crypto.com, which sent their price soaring.

“For too long, global elites have closely controlled these markets — with Truth Predict, we’re democratising information and empowering everyday Americans to harness the wisdom of the crowd, turning free speech into actionable foresight,” said Devin Nunes, TMTG’s head.

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 5d

Hypothesising a kind of Lore Kessler Syndrome where the quantity of online debris around an artistic property eventually makes further exploration impossible - fairly easy to argue Star Wars has reached this point

Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 5d

I guess it's the artistic equivalent of the way the switch from information scarcity to information glut has completely changed the value of "controversial opinions"; now everything comes haloed with explanation, art that sits in a less interpretative space feels more precious to me

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking: Mamdani’s story about to-MAY-toes alienating voters who say to-MAH-toes

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Stone Cold “Crazy” Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5d

CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 5d

My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie

"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family

"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community

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Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 6d

Congrats!

Jeff, colourful old coot @pattersonjeffa.bsky.social · 6d

Stunning. I ordered a piece for my steampunk garb (pics forthcoming) on Thursday.

It was coming from the UK to California. Arrived today, only 5 days after ordering. Well done, Royal Mail and USPS.

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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 13d

Yes we need to keep people and institutions accountable but if literally ALL you post about is how much you hate Democrats, liberals, mainstream news organizations, protests, allies etc then congratulations you've somehow made being a leftist indistinguishable from being a GOP psyop.

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Matovilka @matovilka.bsky.social · 6d

You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7d

i deeply love WIRED and their reporting, but that ed zitron piece was one of the most bad faith, head scratchingly bizarre pieces i’ve ever read

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

you will note that the latest report, like all the reports, spend no time dealing with with the media environment or attention economy. (it also weirdly treats political choices as untethered from events)

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