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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 14h

...and that, my liege, is how we know the earth to be banana-shaped.

Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 14h

It comes across as dissonant. It ain't. And it'll sound less and less dissonant as society as we know it is forced to crumble.

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 15h

That "pro-natalist" couple who had a hundred newspaper profiles? They are his pitch, to both Silicon Valley and every holler in America. "Join us, toe the line, and we'll make you rich enough that you can have twenty kids. And an SUV that fits them all but can still go Warp 3 on the highway."

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 15h

But that was a Silicon Valley ascendant. We now have a Silicon Valley in decay. Instead of having guys making seven figures, we have guys who *were* making seven figures, or who *thought* they would make seven figures. Such guys are receptive to a good Dolchstoßlegende.

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 15h

His efforts produce tonal dissonances because, to this point, Silicon Valley has contained a lot of people who are smart, creative, educated, worldly - resulting in low levels of RETVRN proclivities.

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 15h

Peter Thiel's entire project is to create a union between tech and the religious right.

...which is basically saying "between capital and social conservatism," so like, not exactly novel.

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 17h

I saw a USPS Next Gen Delivery Vehicle and I thought it was a Stormtrooper parade float.

Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 17h

I conquer freedom AMA.

Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 18h

Norway, Maine would fw this so hard

He could drive in through Hebron and out through Paris, he'd be so stoked

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 20h

Genta wept.

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 1d

Hahahahahaha

Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 1d

Her former chief of staff, Jordan Wood, is in the Dem primary to face Susan Collins.

His answers about her are, shall we say, wooden.

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 3d

First pronouns, now articles.

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 3d

Michael Hobbes is not a 55 year old man. He is a 24 year old woman. Do better.

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 4d

"Free College, Free Palestine, Free Shmurda"

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 4d

"Herbert West: Reblogger"

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 4d

CBS: Fox News in a thong.

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 4d

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 4d

Release the Homan Cut!

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Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 5d

can't wait to answer the immortal question "what if the brownshirts weren't soldiers who'd survived the trenches but just guys who've been banned from multiple crossfit gyms"

Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 5d

[[[Liz Cheneying intensifies]]]

Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 5d

We're gonna get "I stopped 9/11" please please please

Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 5d

Bumpin' that www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvIN...

The Sinister Minister

YouTube video by Béla Fleck - Topic

www.youtube.com

Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 6d

I mean, in my synagogue, it's most of the people age 13 to 80. Feel like that's more than a generation.

Annie D. Piombo @prostoserdov.bsky.social · 6d

I notice that these polls never ask us American Jews if we think that Israel has a right to exist.

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