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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 1h

people believe what they believe (and claim that) they believe

this is true for us, it is also true for them, it was true for people in the ancient world who seem like weird space aliens to the modern episteme

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 1h

yeah I think this is downstream of a lot of your personal misreads and fear of the situation and, probably, a lot of other people On Here as well

it's a messy culture divorce and neither side is conclusively, comprehensively winning right now but I know which side I'd give better long run odds

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 1h

this was the whole emotional draw of the Grey Tribe shit, "Cthulhu swims slowly but always to the left", this being their Last Chance At Securing Freedom For White People oops ha ha oops hahaha how did that hahah oh gosh sorry how did that "White" get there oh my gosh sorry hahaha whoops

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 1h

it is impossible to overstate how Actually Mortally Afraid these people are of cities, to the point where the evidence of their own eyes upon visiting a Horrifying On-Fire Liberal Hellscape City either makes them fully Westworld out or breaks them down

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 2h

andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat... oh thank god someone finally wrote this and did so competently:

The AI water issue is fake

On the national, local, and personal level

andymasley.substack.com

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 5h

as a practical matter I'm legitimately unsure how this would work with DFAS, like this might actually Break Something Important

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 6h

I understand the optics here but this is also literally why Charles met his end in Whitehall, either Article I means what it says or it doesn't and the Constitution is dissolved

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 6h

So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 6h

So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4h

they have four days to figure out how to (probably illegally) shift like ten billion dollars across a bunch of different accounts

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4h

so two different circuit court rulings now, in both instances, guard can be federalized but can’t be deployed, while the guard members who have been moved to chicago or Portland aren’t getting paid

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 3h

I'm willing to say a lot of radical things, but if you think "someone making money" or "the existence of corporations" is the main reason things suck, you are not playing in the intellectual league I'm interested in being in

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 3h

me last week: you know, I'm really reconnecting with my leftist roots. some people are annoying but the system really is super unjust, and raw Marxism and stuff like Maoism isn't all leftism
me today: *posts about health care in the US vs. Europe, gets replies* ah. ah. yes. I remember now. right.

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 7h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV... This is just… really, really good, damn

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

Funny they can't say the name of protests because saying "No Kings" makes it soooo clear it's the opposite of a "hate America rally"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Son of Sandor @sonofsandor.bsky.social · 20h

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 17h

i'm also the kind of person who... i really WANT to see the people who put their heart and soul into their program but weren't One Of The Ones That Got Clipped? I feel like that's important on like a spiritual level? so I'm always like... giv whole show. giv. *bongocat gestures*

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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 1d

Online progressives: "primary everyone!"

also online progressives: "no not like that!"

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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 1d

"we don't trust the Democratic process or voters to select the best candidate, it's too hard for a progressive darling to defeat an old lady UwU"

Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 1d

dems: we need fresh new voices! young, authentic candidates with new messages!

also dems: not like that!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins, AP sources say.

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 17h

i grew up watching ice skating with my grandmother every time i was visiting (and people were shocked? that i was a homosexual? shocked. absolutely mindblown.) and while there's always clips available of the really cool shit i miss just watching an entire ice skate program every now and then

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 17h

so you're in excellent company xD

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 17h

the other night my beloved - who plays rugby, watches several sports, and is the reason I got into watching sports in the first place - cycled through four different sports in a fit of ADHD trying to get to that he was watching a football game and eventually just yowled "i'm watching the sportsball"

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · Apr 7

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

photo of a red shopping basket filled with turnips, under the headline:
If you’re worried about food tariffs, adopt a frugal mindset and cook smarter
Learn to shop for groceries like a thrifter and work on eliminating waste
By Sheryl Julian Globe Correspondent,Updated April 7, 2025, 7:21 a.m.

caption: The big question is, writes Sheryl Julian, are we expected to remove all the pleasures from the table and turn the nightly dinner into a feast of locally grown turnips (above) and leafy greens?Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

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larelli @larelli.bsky.social · Apr 8

Jimmy Carter suggested turning down the heat a smidge and wearing a sweater during the energy crises and the caterwauling shook the very earth

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Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · Apr 7

in the early 70s when the 1st gas crisis drove up prices of everything, the Nixon admin advised people they could save on beef & chicken by buying organ meats instead and said they were quite tasty if given proper seasoning and cooking. even in a very different cultural environment it didn’t go well

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · Apr 7

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

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