Boyd Blundell
@boydblundell.bsky.social
Research Director, Ethics Professor, Gamer, Musician, Arsenal fan.
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Really enjoying ICE finding out North Carolina is an open carry state with a stand your ground law. My current favourite genre of TikTok videos is ICE agents in full camo in the woods being hunted by North Carolinians
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Really enjoying ICE finding out North Carolina is an open carry state with a stand your ground law. My current favourite genre of TikTok videos is ICE agents in full camo in the woods being hunted by North Carolinians
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The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
Ten-dimensional-chess version of Dem cave: Johnson can on longer sell the "Congress not in session because shutdown" snake oil. Now it's almost impossible to not swear in Grijalva, leading to Epstein files vote, which is where the real action is.
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Ten-dimensional-chess version of Dem cave: Johnson can on longer sell the "Congress not in session because shutdown" snake oil. Now it's almost impossible to not swear in Grijalva, leading to Epstein files vote, which is where the real action is.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
Series won almost singlehandedly by a Japanese pitcher. Ohtani was pretty good too.
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Series won almost singlehandedly by a Japanese pitcher. Ohtani was pretty good too.
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WILL SMITH WITH ANOTHER SLAP
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WILL SMITH WITH ANOTHER SLAP
The Dodgers are out of starters, so there’s that.
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Dodgers are out of starters, so there’s that.
Best response to hit by pitch is to hit the pitcher.
November 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Best response to hit by pitch is to hit the pitcher.
To be fair, they aren't in charge. They've ceded that to Trump.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
To be fair, they aren't in charge. They've ceded that to Trump.
Can someone educate me on the rules for calling the house back into session? Is there any deadline at all? I'm wondering what the over/under is on the house reconvening, and whether there's a "never" option. @danahoule.bsky.social @joshtpm.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Can someone educate me on the rules for calling the house back into session? Is there any deadline at all? I'm wondering what the over/under is on the house reconvening, and whether there's a "never" option. @danahoule.bsky.social @joshtpm.bsky.social
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I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk:
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk:
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
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Trump destroying Eleanor Roosevelt‘s legacy (the east wing) feels a little on the nose.
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Trump destroying Eleanor Roosevelt‘s legacy (the east wing) feels a little on the nose.
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
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One of my favs
October 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
One of my favs
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im not exactly a constant churchgoer but its just wild to purportedly be a follower of *jesus christ* while arguing that the poor aren't priority one.
you didnt do the reading. you didnt even read the damn cliffs notes.
you didnt do the reading. you didnt even read the damn cliffs notes.
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
im not exactly a constant churchgoer but its just wild to purportedly be a follower of *jesus christ* while arguing that the poor aren't priority one.
you didnt do the reading. you didnt even read the damn cliffs notes.
you didnt do the reading. you didnt even read the damn cliffs notes.
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Shouts out to Max Scherzer, doing it for all the guys over 40 who experience neck, shoulder and back pain because of the violent repetitive movement of their bodies, whether that's Pitching to Major League Hitters or Shifting Slightly in Bed
October 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Shouts out to Max Scherzer, doing it for all the guys over 40 who experience neck, shoulder and back pain because of the violent repetitive movement of their bodies, whether that's Pitching to Major League Hitters or Shifting Slightly in Bed
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Am I the only one having trouble imagining Pete Hegseth with that spreadsheet?
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Am I the only one having trouble imagining Pete Hegseth with that spreadsheet?
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“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold
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I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.
Red Summer of 1919
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October 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.
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in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
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Release the Epstein Files.
October 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Release the Epstein Files.
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I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.