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MAT-AT (aka Downtown Lars)
@08mms.bsky.social
M&A Lawyer, Semi-Stereotypical Dad, Michigan Wolverine, National History Day - Michigan Regional Runner Up (2000)
It would be nice if Obama was willing to come out of retirement more often with timely authentic blunt stuff like this with proposals for real solutions like this: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change | Gordon Brown
The abuse of women by figures such as Epstein, and of political power by the likes of Mandelson, must be confronted. As far as I am able, I will play my part, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brow...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:25 AM
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Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Reading this stories from the folks in the detention centers and John K. Samson’s Trump anthem is on repeat in my head: youtu.be/E-z9djgthqE?...
John K. Samson - "Fantasy Baseball At The End Of The World"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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This is an argument I am going to pocket and carry around with me for frequent future use
This is a god damn country, not the Montessori Academy of Diarrhea
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Josh Shapiro is a disgusting worm. Krasner’s opinion here should be the message of every elected democrat in the U.S.
February 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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I called my cable company to request Growlf in SD instead of HD and was placed on a psychiatric hold for 72 hours.
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
John Prine would be proud: youtu.be/aIbeWCl-ALU?...
Genuine American Hero (Talking Blowback Blues)
YouTube video by Joseph Terrell - Topic
youtu.be
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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went to watch Melania (2026) observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
February 1, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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thank you for the intrusive thought i needed to crappily photoshop
January 31, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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"microtransactions in games started by cabal of pedophile elites for the purpose of indoctrinating kids into an economy"

Ok. Well, we all knew it was evil somehow but I really didn't expect Epstein to be responsible for why video games are bad now. That's just not what I would've thought.
February 1, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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every epstein commentary is these immensely rich/powerful/influential people raving about what a genius epstein was, and every one of his emails is just “helo, my name jomfrie”
congragulations
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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January 31, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Naked Eye Astronomy
History of American Suburbia
Environmental Law and Policy
Ovidian Transformations (where the professor invited us over to her house to drink fancy beers underage and teach us medieval French folk dancing)
Political Modeling and Game Theory

Lordy undergrad was great
never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

adv. grammar (best writing class I took)

speechwriting (next-best writing class I took)

screenwriting (what a waste of time)

man’s food (buy outlines, never watch lectures)

organic chem (orgo 1 & 2 combined—huge mistake)
never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

children’s literature
the contemporary south
film studies
oral communications - french
fundamentals of acting - theatre
January 31, 2026 at 1:55 AM
👀
January 31, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Props to elected officials showing they are on top of important things.
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 28, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
This is thorough, brilliantly written and absolutely damning. Only quibble is even the half-hearted credit to jornos for whiffing on Greenland should be scrutinized now that stories are trickling out about his obsession with it in the first term and him cancelling a state visit after a first offer
One year into Trump’s second term, some journalists have been “surprised” by the administration’s organized agenda. But Project 2025 was publicly available. Advocacy groups read it and warned us. The press read it and… 🤷‍♀️ www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-li...
This is Literally the Job
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.
www.readtpa.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Sounds like he had an emergency and found the helpers
if you’re having a bad morning just think that you could be the person in the philadelphia office of emergency management who sent out a citywide text alert with a link to chubbyparade dot com
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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Now Greg Bovino can go back to his true calling: being a malevolent spirit that torments Redwall Abbey.
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Translation: He is staring out the window and we can't make him do anything else.
White House: Trump continues to monitor weather conditions
January 26, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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[stares directly into the camera]
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 12:45 PM