Sam (ABeardedPanda)
@abeardedpanda.bsky.social
Paradox Interactive School of International Relations (ongoing)
I hate your favorite dictator. Spicy liberal.
(He/Him)
https://www.offensive-bias.com/
I hate your favorite dictator. Spicy liberal.
(He/Him)
https://www.offensive-bias.com/
Pinned
Greetings new arrivals. I'm Sam and for the most part I am but a humble shitposter.
I have a background in studying Nazi Germany, the late Russian Empire and the early USSR which I thought would be a neat party trick but then Timothy Snyder started appearing on MSNBC and now I hate everything
I have a background in studying Nazi Germany, the late Russian Empire and the early USSR which I thought would be a neat party trick but then Timothy Snyder started appearing on MSNBC and now I hate everything
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Guy Who Explicitly Tweeted That Harris Is Going To Cause A Pointless War In The Middle East: I voted for the Coconut Lady who I definitely don't have weird misogynistic hang ups about with that nickname and duh yes Trump's not pro-war, stop reading the words I wrote so literally you illiterate trogs
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Guy Who Explicitly Tweeted That Harris Is Going To Cause A Pointless War In The Middle East: I voted for the Coconut Lady who I definitely don't have weird misogynistic hang ups about with that nickname and duh yes Trump's not pro-war, stop reading the words I wrote so literally you illiterate trogs
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Pulling up to my midterm exam today on 3 hours of sleep and shaking from explosions
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Pulling up to my midterm exam today on 3 hours of sleep and shaking from explosions
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Spent the night in the bomb shelter cause the peace negotiations were exploding over Kyiv just so damn loud
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Spent the night in the bomb shelter cause the peace negotiations were exploding over Kyiv just so damn loud
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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The most stoned moment of my life was probably at Rock Im Park 2007, staring at the Speer-designed stage and visualizing what I could've accomplished at the 1935 rally with the door minigun on a Blackhawk.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The most stoned moment of my life was probably at Rock Im Park 2007, staring at the Speer-designed stage and visualizing what I could've accomplished at the 1935 rally with the door minigun on a Blackhawk.
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Gonna be seeing this exact segment in my dreams for the next 20 years
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Gonna be seeing this exact segment in my dreams for the next 20 years
This is more meaningful resistance to Putin than the Russian "liberal" opposition has managed in almost 4 years
Nine Russian “volunteers” killed their escort after deciding not to go fight in Ukraine. Taken straight from prison to the front under contract, they murdered the convoy driver en route and are now on the run in Leningrad region. Russian police are actively searching the outskirts of Kudrovo.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is more meaningful resistance to Putin than the Russian "liberal" opposition has managed in almost 4 years
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A lot of my boys write for Liberal Currents, and if you're going to give your money to something besides Ukrainian Military units so they can kill Russians—you should actually give them money.
It's very much worth having a liberalism that's confident in itself.
It's very much worth having a liberalism that's confident in itself.
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
A lot of my boys write for Liberal Currents, and if you're going to give your money to something besides Ukrainian Military units so they can kill Russians—you should actually give them money.
It's very much worth having a liberalism that's confident in itself.
It's very much worth having a liberalism that's confident in itself.
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Propaganda works
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Propaganda works
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getting my beverage before mnf
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
getting my beverage before mnf
I know none of the left nimbys have thought about their logic this much but I really wonder if they understand the implication of supporting immigration and refugees but also not wanting to build any housing
the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I know none of the left nimbys have thought about their logic this much but I really wonder if they understand the implication of supporting immigration and refugees but also not wanting to build any housing
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Late November 2025.
Mali is still under heavy siege by Al-Qaeda forces.Burkina Faso in quagmire.Niger not any better. And Islamic State is clearly gaining power.
How did we get here? Can Al-Qaeda run the show or cannot as others say?
🧵A three-part thread. Sorry for the delay.
Mali is still under heavy siege by Al-Qaeda forces.Burkina Faso in quagmire.Niger not any better. And Islamic State is clearly gaining power.
How did we get here? Can Al-Qaeda run the show or cannot as others say?
🧵A three-part thread. Sorry for the delay.
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Late November 2025.
Mali is still under heavy siege by Al-Qaeda forces.Burkina Faso in quagmire.Niger not any better. And Islamic State is clearly gaining power.
How did we get here? Can Al-Qaeda run the show or cannot as others say?
🧵A three-part thread. Sorry for the delay.
Mali is still under heavy siege by Al-Qaeda forces.Burkina Faso in quagmire.Niger not any better. And Islamic State is clearly gaining power.
How did we get here? Can Al-Qaeda run the show or cannot as others say?
🧵A three-part thread. Sorry for the delay.
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People who already hate AI focusing on the (greatly overblown) environmental impact of AI are giving themselves the permission structure to not examine their own carbon footprint.
Who cares if you're driving everywhere and scarfing down beef? You're a good person for not using AI.
Who cares if you're driving everywhere and scarfing down beef? You're a good person for not using AI.
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
People who already hate AI focusing on the (greatly overblown) environmental impact of AI are giving themselves the permission structure to not examine their own carbon footprint.
Who cares if you're driving everywhere and scarfing down beef? You're a good person for not using AI.
Who cares if you're driving everywhere and scarfing down beef? You're a good person for not using AI.
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gonna make all these dudes play hoi4 strictly at speed 5 and whoever loses has to dress up as an anduril anime girl
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
gonna make all these dudes play hoi4 strictly at speed 5 and whoever loses has to dress up as an anduril anime girl
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I had to think of the most fucked up and cursed name possible for a new character and I think I got it
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I had to think of the most fucked up and cursed name possible for a new character and I think I got it
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It’s hard to decide which is more disturbing—that the president of the United States thinks that being disliked is a mitigating factor in the murder of a journalist; or that he considers reporters who ask questions he doesn’t like to be “insubordinate.” www.thebulwark.com/p/push-back-...
Push Back Against Trump’s Press Abuse
It’s long past time for the Fourth Estate to challenge the president’s unhinged hostility and unbridled misogyny.
www.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s hard to decide which is more disturbing—that the president of the United States thinks that being disliked is a mitigating factor in the murder of a journalist; or that he considers reporters who ask questions he doesn’t like to be “insubordinate.” www.thebulwark.com/p/push-back-...
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Signalgate ended up overshadowing everything but we still have very little idea the exact number of sorties, ordinance used, BDA’s, etc we ran against Yemen hence why there seems to be such little analysis (and what I’m currently writing about for my next article)
Military Refuses to Provide Details About Ongoing Bombing Campaign in Yemen
While some level of secrecy or information delay has always been part of military operations, the shift to actively refusing to provide even the most basic details about what service members are doing...
www.military.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Signalgate ended up overshadowing everything but we still have very little idea the exact number of sorties, ordinance used, BDA’s, etc we ran against Yemen hence why there seems to be such little analysis (and what I’m currently writing about for my next article)
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What’s amazing is the administration ran a month and half long case study 6 months ago using air power to coerce a political outcome and it didn’t do shit so why is this going to be different? secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/subscribe?si...
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
What’s amazing is the administration ran a month and half long case study 6 months ago using air power to coerce a political outcome and it didn’t do shit so why is this going to be different? secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/subscribe?si...
I know none of you will do this but if you go on the microsoft store (not the xbox app) and search "Halo 5 Forge" you can actually download forge and custom games for Halo 5 on PC and run around in the maps and see that I'm correct
I am also gonna get yelled at for placing Halo 5's gameplay at the top but it has been 10 years since that game came out and I have yet to play an FPS with movement that felt as satisfying as Halo 5 and that's before we get into how they made all of the enemy design actually fun to engage with
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I know none of you will do this but if you go on the microsoft store (not the xbox app) and search "Halo 5 Forge" you can actually download forge and custom games for Halo 5 on PC and run around in the maps and see that I'm correct
If we're dropping media hot takes today I'll rank the mainline Halo games but I gotta split this up between gameplay and narrative and I'm expecting all of you to yell at me and I want you to know right now that all of you are wrong
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If we're dropping media hot takes today I'll rank the mainline Halo games but I gotta split this up between gameplay and narrative and I'm expecting all of you to yell at me and I want you to know right now that all of you are wrong
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This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience.
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🔴 A Russian FPV drone attacked UNITED24 Media journalists during frontline reporting.
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🔴 A Russian FPV drone attacked UNITED24 Media journalists during frontline reporting.
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Terminating the Temporary Protected Status
designation of Burma / Myanmar is absolutely horrific.
"There have, however, been improvements in Burma’s governance and stability at the national and local level"
There fucking haven't...
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21069.pdf
designation of Burma / Myanmar is absolutely horrific.
"There have, however, been improvements in Burma’s governance and stability at the national and local level"
There fucking haven't...
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21069.pdf
![Billing Code: 9111-97
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[CIS No. 2839-25; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2021-0005]
RIN 1615- ZB88
Termination of the Designation of Burma (Myanmar) for Temporary Protected
Status
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the
designation of Burma (Myanmar) for Temporary Protected Status. The designation of
Burma is set to expire on November 25, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and
consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary determined that
Burma no longer continues to meet the conditions for designation for Temporary
Protected Status. The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the Temporary Protected Status
designation of Burma as required by statute. This termination is effective [INSERT
DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER]. After [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION
IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER], nationals of Burma (and aliens having no nationality
who last habitually resided in Burma) who have been granted Temporary Protected Status
under Burma’s designation will no longer have Temporary Protected Status.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xmpcty4bvrwkzigiob5fafex/bafkreigmjbzhgeqqfbswhh35q2n6a3hxoofsusa3q5y2rwjjq6jiaowhp4@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Terminating the Temporary Protected Status
designation of Burma / Myanmar is absolutely horrific.
"There have, however, been improvements in Burma’s governance and stability at the national and local level"
There fucking haven't...
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21069.pdf
designation of Burma / Myanmar is absolutely horrific.
"There have, however, been improvements in Burma’s governance and stability at the national and local level"
There fucking haven't...
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21069.pdf