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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Cathrine Schmid @schmidcathrine.us · 5h

Today is #comingoutday.

Don't let others decide what gets written about you in the history books. Write your own story.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Captain Revo @captainrevo.bsky.social · 1d

DS9 was always on the money.

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think it's a coincidence that Elon Musk dropped out of the headlines right at the same time that his engineers figured out how to deploy lolita waifu skins onto Grok

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Cathrine Schmid @schmidcathrine.us · 1d

"Precision-forged bronze spearheads and unbreakable shields, hand-crafted using the most advanced geometry of the age" (illustrated scroll rolls open dramatically, showing a parabola)

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ceej @ceej.online · 1d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Cathrine Schmid @schmidcathrine.us · 3d

"The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came from, if he was really evil at heart. What lies or threats led him on this long march from home. If he would not rather have stayed there in peace.

War will make corpses of us all."

-Faramir

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Cathrine Schmid @schmidcathrine.us · 4d

There isn't a failsafe for military pay because instead of doing his job and ensuring the military is resourced, SecDef spent last week organizing a pep rally.

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Cathrine Schmid @schmidcathrine.us · 5d

Ive never once worn a little red ribbon around my neck so no

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 5d

I think we should be more worried about the murders of random fishermen.

The soldiers who followed those orders need to go to jail, along with everyone in the chain of command.

subvariety sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 5d

there was a lot of "the military won't obey illegal orders, don't underestimate its professionalism." since then 1) multiple cities are going under occupation and we have not seen any suggestion of resistance 2) we haven't heard a whisper about trump ordering them to murder random fishermen

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🎃 Really Spooky Smith @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 5d

If nothing else you can just look at the Vietnamese civilian casualties, which even at the lower estimates are just eye-watering.

Like we dropped millions of tons of bombs on the place that were almost entirely unguided.

Arguing we were too discriminate in our use of force there is psychotic.

Chris Levesque @levesque-chris.bsky.social · 5d

You can argue all you want about the strategy the United States employed during the Vietnam War, but we weren’t “politically correct” during the Vietnam War by any stretch of the imagination.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

PEGGY NOONAN: “.. You know why people say something’s wrong with this guy? Because it appears something is wrong with this guy.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 5d

Look, I’ve known for a long time that the US Army officer corps is full of fuckin’ doofuses who routinely fail upward, and now everyone gets to see what I’ve been talking about via the most egregious example ever.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 6d

This story actually rules cuz with even a lowkey understanding of American evangelical Christianity, this reads as very biblically accurate idolatry lol they put this kid straight up worshiping false idols in the English tabloids

Build-A-Bear staffer refuses to name girl's teddy after Charlie Kirk

A Washington teen is speaking out after she says an employee of Build-A-Bear refused to let her name her teddy after the late conservative podcaster.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 6d

queen shit, rest in peace

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 6d

Them: “The 82nd Airborne Division is elite”

Me:

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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 6d

If people REALLY believed in an afterlife that punishes all sinners for eternity, they'd abolish the police and prison system, wouldn't they? Wouldn't their afterlife be taking care of all that?

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 6d

fascinating that "no, the computer is not alive" and "yes, it's questionable to gleefully say anti-computer phrases modeled after racial slurs" are two thoughts people are struggling to reconcile

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middle distance starer @xenofawn.bsky.social · 6d

who is the villain in this picture?

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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 7d

The Marine Corps actually specifically raised standards for entirely sexist reasons.

But the fact is, there is no gender neutral fitness standard that excludes women AND also allows you to field full-strength infantry units.

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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 7d

I do enjoy people who talk about "erosion of standards" in the military "over the past two decades" as if the All Volunteer Force has existed in perpetuity.

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 7d

raise your hand if you've ever seen the parade of fall outs after an IN DIV run

keep your hand raised if you had infantrymen in your unit who couldn't pass a PT test

Keep your hand raised if you had infantrymen in your unit who couldn't stay awake while pulling security in a patrol base

Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s the shot.

Most American women can’t hack the infantry.

It must also be said -

most American men can’t hack the infantry.

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 7d

Sure, literally will not matter in big boy war

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