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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 2d

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Aide: Sir the protesters have started dressing up as kid rock. ICE doesn’t know what to do.
Boss: I was afraid of this.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 7h

You could always post something on Bluesky and wait for the unsolicited suggestions...

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 16h

How do you know when the stage is level?
The tuba player is drooling out of both sides of his mouth.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 1d

Though I respect that a lot
I'd be fired if that were my job

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 1d

That's worth over 67 pesos.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 1d

I think she's dynamite.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 1d

Not accidentally.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 1d

In my analogy we are talking about the first 10 lightbulbs in Edison's lab.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 1d

It's sad that Musk has become such a polarizing figure that people can't separate his personal destructive behavior from what is objectively a huge advance in space technology.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 1d

By this logic light bulbs should not work.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 2d

We refer to it as a ++verb.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 2d

It's a perfectly good expression that refers to a specific logical fallacy. The problem is that people use it when they mean "raising the question".

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 2d

Born July 4 (1807).

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 2d

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Giuseppe Garibaldi - Wikipedia

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Scot Close @scotclose.com · 2d

He is assuming that everyone operates the same way Republicans do.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 2d

If it's flipped, you can't see the vampires.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 2d

Not to be confused with the Bobcat, also known as a Lynx.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 2d

Negotiating the terms of her pardon?

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 3d

That's marvelous.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 3d

AMPHIFA: AMPHIBIANS AGAINST FASCISM

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 3d

"To be a Republican in 2025 represents a clear public confession that you either don't know the difference between good and evil and you're so morally empty that you can't be bothered to begin to try, or that you do know the difference, and you prefer evil." Great essay from @juliusgoat.bsky.social

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 3d

Cool hwip

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 3d

They arrested people on the job, so it’s not about being unemployed. They arrested people in court seeking legal status, so it’s not about legality. They used the IRS to track the undocumented, so it’s not about taxes. This is about punishment, not justice. #crueltyIStheONLYpoint

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 3d

What is Knock-knocksville?

Scot Close @scotclose.com · 3d

They're great for steel cut oats, too.