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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 7h

You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today.

It takes way longer than one day to make a movie. If you wanted to make Blazing Saddles by today, you should have started months ago.

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 11h

Sickening. Revolting. Vile. This makes you want to throw up.

This is the kind of garbage that the worst kind of people say when they think nobody is watching.

And where are Republican leaders from Trump on down condemning these comments swiftly and unequivocally!?

I’m waiting to hear it.

A headline from POLITICO reads: "‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat"

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 11h

Came here to say this because yeah this is liiiiterally the opposite of neoliberalism, lol

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 11h

tbh stalinism in the current historical era is just kind of ridiculous and anachronistic altogether, I don't believe stalinists ought to be referred to by any kind of historically accurate terminology, it's better than what they deserve

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 11h

I haven't done much research if the venn is circled also with people who are also still obsessed with the murder of Trotsky 100 fucking years later but I suspect it is, which is... actually weird, now that I think about it lol

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 11h

doesn't hurt too much that this venn diagram is basically a circle with people who are still crowing about kronstadt

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 11h

I realize that the term "tankie" originally had a pretty specific and historically delimited meaning but I'm gonna keep using it for anybody who says stuff like "the kulaks deserved it" etc sorry

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 13h

I am once again asking my fellow progressive dems to stop being so fucking ageist

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

> @governor.ca.gov

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 15h

the hard/wrecker left fucking hates No Kings for the same reason Trump does, because it gives people hope and they hate that

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 15h

If you punish the entire party for the extreme minority of it that you don't like, it makes the situation worse for you

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 15h

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 15h

The fact that one or two prominent dems aren't loudly and proudly pro trans rights doesn't mean the rest aren't.

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 15h

The fact that one or two prominent dems aren't loudly and proudly pro trans rights doesn't mean the rest aren't.

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 7d

i like Platner too but just a quick reminder that Janet Mills is the governor who yelled "I'll see you in court" at Trump to his face over the trans sports executive order, so if you wanna trash her please be sure you're sending the signals you intended to send.

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 15h

can we please say they're stuffing ICE with extremists now?

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 15h

Members of the most extreme Proud Boys chapters are on encrypted appa sharing DHS recruiting materials and memes about joining ICE.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

In the New Trump Era, the Proud Boys Are ‘Not Apologizing Anymore’

To hear him tell it, Gavin McInnes’ recent return to the site...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 15h

If you've noticed an uptick in both cruelty and incompetence among ICE agents in the field, it's because ICE is overwhelming itself with proud-boys and couch-chuds who're going into the field with *forty-seven* DAYS of training.

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 15h

Members of the most extreme Proud Boys chapters are on encrypted appa sharing DHS recruiting materials and memes about joining ICE.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

In the New Trump Era, the Proud Boys Are ‘Not Apologizing Anymore’

To hear him tell it, Gavin McInnes’ recent return to the site...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 15h

I don't know what to do about East Jerusalem, it kinda seems like it needs to be shared in some way between the two states. It wouldn't make sense for Israel to give up Judaism's holiest site but it's a ton of Palestinians who live there too. It seems like it ought to be shared

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 15h

I favor the 2SS. I think Israel needs to withdraw from the West Bank, or failing that to redraw the Oslo-proposed boundaries in such a way that maintains territorial integrity and equity for the Palestinians. The WB situation as it stands is de-facto apartheid and it needs to stop. Gaza needs the PA

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Chisheq @chisheqart.bsky.social · 15h

Boobs are good for the soul

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 15h

I agree

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 16h

can we mutually agree to quit using meaningless or overloaded words in Online Discourse, as like a prisoner trade

no more "neoliberal" in exchange for no more "tankie" or something

CalmKitty @calmkitty.bsky.social · 16h

Jesus Christ, "neoliberal" has fully lost all connection to what the word actually fucking means when it's now used to mean "someone who hates coffee."

Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 16h

This is the ultimate joyless “optimization” of life neoliberals keep falling into. Coffee tastes good and I enjoy it, simple as

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ike, son of mike @i-bresnick.bsky.social · 16h

I remember people struggling to condemn a mass shooting at a Jewish museum in DC. I remember the excuses people made for Jews set on fire in Boulder. I remember the Pennsylvania Governor's mansion arson, and the lengths people went to in order to avoid acknowledging its motives.

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 16h

life's too short and so is my attention span

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 16h

Philosophy of ethics, ancient history, archaeology, linguistics... horribly interesting stuff, way more satisfying to read and think and write about than fucking banks of 0's and 1's and endlessly being left behind by people who are closer to the bleeding edge than I am

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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 16h

Point is I got my foot in the door with computer nonsense, I have 3+ years of work experience in tech and I realize that if I want to boost my career in this field, specialized certifications will go a lot further than a CS BS. I still want to get my BS so why not focus on actually enriching my mind

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