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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 23h

So crazy to see a politician have values and then to craft policy around those values. Even crazier that those values are universal and not reserved for a select group of people.

What is this, a simulation?

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 1d

Oh we do, but only when it’s women. It’s called the Martha Stewart rule.

Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta give him credit. He did finally end the war between Alderaan and Azerbyjobwe’vedone it.

It was a tremendous war. Lots of killing. Both sides. He made a deal they couldn’t refuse and now we get heavy metal records for the ai data centers. Big abundance!

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 1d

If anything, now he’s resentful of temporary peace deal—as though the people of Gaza weren’t “grateful enough“ to get him the nobel prize.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 1d

The good news is that he is also against environmental regulations and has doubled down on the abundobro narratives.

Oh wait, that sucks too. Yeah, he's a turd. Great at trolling trump, but he sucks at actual being an actual leader.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 2d

I didn’t mean to preach to Wajahat Ali. It just seems that a lot of the people freaking out about this issue don’t also support the BDS movement (i.e. Kimmel, Cross), and we’re not talking about what that means.

Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re upset w/these hacks selling out to Saudi Arabia but are cool with ppl playing shows in Israel or Russia, u may just be an Islamophobe.

If you’re cool with ppl selling out to Saudi Arabia but believe in boycotting Israel, u may just be an antisemite.

Consistency is sometimes a virtue.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 2d

The thing is, the Gaza peace plan is complete crap. It exists to move US taxpayer dollars into maga and israeli pockets.

That said, it’s hope. Maybe some 1 yr old child who would have been blown up next week will have some more time to laugh at her mother’s voice or hold her brother’s finger.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 2d

It’s nuts. You can almost see the little hamster wheels in their brains spinning.

We don’t talk enough about how the dumbest humans some of the richest too.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 3d

[Thick Manchester accent] ”What you mean I can’t build more than one story on me house?! What kinda cockwopple nonsense is this, mate?
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So um, I can make the roof whatever daft shumpywomp shape I like, yeah?”

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 3d

Saw "One Battle After Another," it's pretty shallow and overrated.

The acting and cinematography are EXCEPTIONAL, but the plot and jokes feel more exploitive rather than critical of the current situation with ICE. Overall, more of a cheap homage to Tarantino than a quality PTA film.

B/B+.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 5d

A genocide with genocidal intent. Accurate.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 5d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 5d

But also, pilgrimage to a geographic place and affiliation with a nation state are two separate things.

A nation has an army and kills people. A religion and culture do not. This would imply that all muslims have an innate and religious connection to Saudi Arabia. They do not.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 5d

Trying to buy votes? Do your f—king job and stop being a human GPT for silicon valley billionaires.

Adding to the deficit AND increasing inflation with checks isn’t going to solve anything.

Abolish ICE.
Limit executive branch powers.
Defund Israel.
Protect lgbTq and all ppl’s EQUAL rights.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 5d

As always, Teen Vogue stepping up where NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, CNN, the Atlantic, and The Economist fail.

Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 5d

“It often feels like it's a dystopian world that we live in, and the only thing that is real is Gaza and what's happening there.”

Politics editor @leximcmenamin.com speaks with 23-year-old journalist Plestia Alaqad about her book, leaving Gaza and the impact all of it has on young people.

Journalist Plestia Alaqad Is Publishing Her Diaries From Gaza: "A Dystopian World"

"Every time I read it, I just feel disbelief — is this real? Did I really live that? Are there still thousands of people in Gaza living that?”

www.teenvogue.com

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 6d

The dude is a pea brain.

Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 6d

More experts say Israel's offensive in Gaza constitutes genocide

The accusation is vehemently denied by Israel, while others have rejected it or said only a court can make that determination.

www.pbs.org

Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 6d

Fool! Only a mech can uproot a tree and hurl it at a jet, or use a small car as a shield against hellfire missiles! Only a mech can crouch behind a building to avoid detection and then grab enemy combatants and fling them like darts against helicopters. You obviously don’t understand mech mechanics.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 6d

Oh goodness. He’s upset that we didn’t do more war crimes in Vietnam or Afghanistan.

War crimes, lawlessness, and even genocide, are diseases and they are contagious. It’s a very dangerous time to be alive.

Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 6d

What I don’t understand is how youtube, facebook, and instagram somehow escape unscathed. They’re not responsible for people’s posts, but surely if they’re enabling all these scams and profiting off of them (by selling ads), there is a civil case here.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 6d

Can we talk about how so many of these ICE f—ks are ppl of colour?

As a person of colour, may I just say that I’m deeply embarrassed by these pieces of s—t. They must hate looking in the mirror each morning, only to be reminded that they’re not white.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 7d

We are here, in part, because guys like Schatz would never say this to "ezra klein" - a rich media guy - but somehow think "adam" is suppose to be dismissed and ignored but also do unpaid comms work for them

Lifelong Democrats for Zohran #ImWithHim 🌊🌊🌊 @vodkasnowflake.bsky.social · 7d

brutal lol

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 7d

Maybe by “app” he means the 100m in ads that persuaded morons to vote for a kleptocrat.

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 7d

Mahmoud Khalil wants to have a word.

Or is it okay to imprison people for months simply because of their speech if they’re permanent LEGAL residents? Could it be that there is a slope, it’s slippery, and we’re on it?

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 7d

Ok, but “genocide” experts said you were wrong about this one. The problem with saying the experts are wrong and you’re right is that you dilute truth in the commons and spit in the face of the enlightenment.

If only someone had written a book on diminishing expertise :(

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