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Robert Wallace
@philosobobby.bsky.social
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Philosophy Prof. @ Cal Poly, Free Will + Moral Responsibility but interested in everything.

https://www.roberthwallace.com/

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 7h
Begging leftists not to dismiss the crucial role of radical clergy in mass protest movements as happened so often during his first term. At every one of my most formative experiences, they’ve been there. The most brutal violence I’ve experienced at a protest was side by side with radical clergy.

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Matthew Stienberg @matthewstien.bsky.social · 9h
Hemmingway's assessment in For Whom the Bell Tolls that "there are fascists and those who don't know they are fascists" rings true.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 9h
Explaining the American Catholic Great Awakening of 2026 to my grandkids like "okay so it started when this guy named Bob from Chicago got made pope and then the Bears suddenly won a playoff game"

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 9h
broke: great man theory of history

woke: great idiot theory of history

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 13h
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

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Mon Mothra @flobbert.bsky.social · 15h
We gotta take back the original meaning of the Gadsden flag
ikemakos.bsky.social Ike Makos @ikemakos.bsky.social · 17h
“I know, we’ll take this one American city, regarded as a hotbed of seditious sentiment, and subject it to a heavy-handed punitive crackdown. and that will cow the rest of the Americans into quiet submission and snuff out the embers of opposition at their source”

the ghost of General Thomas Gage:
the “first time?” meme

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 16h
Renee Good should still be here.

She was a beloved child of God, with inherent value and infinite worth.

She was murdered by her own government in broad daylight in what is supposed to be the greatest democracy on the planet.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 20h
Grim and true thoughts from the departed-from-Bluesky Adam Kotsko

adamkotsko.substack.com/p/thought-an...
Thought and its vicissitudes
Reflections on some deadlocks in contemporary culture
adamkotsko.substack.com

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 23h
It may not seem like it, but right now is a great time to think about the different world we want.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 1d
How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d
"You think you’re watching a woman drive away with an ICE agent following, then shooting her four times in the face, but what you’re really watching is an ICE agent in fear of his life and acting in self-defense."
What You’re Watching Isn’t What You’re Really Watching
“Federal and local officials dispute the circumstances that led an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to fatally shoot a 37-year-old woman...
buff.ly

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d
becoming a left-Straussian (returning to the books to understand the nature of tyranny)

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 1d
The everyday courage of normal people is breathtaking

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 1d
So there's a connection here, right? It's SPECIFICALLY her saintly demeanor that aggravated the guy. Anger and hate he's prepared for, he knows what those are, how to process them

But Good was placing herself above him, morally; literally being the better person. And that's just intolerable.

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conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 1d
ah. they all got the memo
xcancel.com/JDVance/stat...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d
they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.
raffi: regime change in America

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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 1d
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith claims that every single one of the Founding Fathers "by today's standards, would be labeled a far-right Christian nationalist."

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d
which writer do you think most anticipated 'an AI system controlled by the world's richest man is producing pornographic images of a woman murdered on video by US state security'

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2d
Apple and Google have previously removed apps providing nudify services from their app stores.

So why havent they taken action against X and Grok?

@carolinehaskins.bsky.social reports
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com

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Carrie Jenkins @carriejenkins.net · 2d
Simon Weil, Gravity and Grace.
An open page in a book reads: “You could not be born at a better period than the present, when we have lost everything.” Carrie’s fingers with glittery gold nail polish are holding the page open.

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 2d
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

Reposted by Robert W. Wallace, David R. Miller, Mark Rice

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Andrew Scott Waugh @aswaugh.bsky.social · 2d
Yeah I just don’t understand why the government behaving immorally on a minute by minute basis isn’t worthy of coverage.
whstancil.bsky.social Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d
I keep going back to this. This is a taunt. They're taunting us. There is no other possible interpretation of what they're doing.

But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 3d
imagine getting cooked by Thomas Chatterton Williams over your policing takes

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d
"I just don't see how the cold blooded murder of a mother in Minneapolis is going to bring back the 5 for 5 deal at Arby's"
whstancil.bsky.social Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3d
Guys this is deranged. The Consultant Democrats are hopeless, utterly incapable of meeting the moment

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 3d
My kitchen table issue is “don’t shoot people at their kitchen tables”

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d
Abolish ICE. Really.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense. Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital. The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis. They are just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE. We need to stand by and protect our Law Enforcement Officers from this Radical Left Movement of Violence and Hate!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense. Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital. The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis. They are just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE. We need to stand by and protect our Law Enforcement Officers from this Radical Left Movement of Violence and Hate!

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 3d
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.