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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 10m

I switched to hot coffee from iced this morning

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1h

What if British Columbia decides to attack Qatar via a South Pole route you didn’t think of that did you

Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1h

I wonder if connected to Qatari Air Force One “gift”?

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1h

Legionnaires of The Antichrist opening for Queens of the Stone Age

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1h

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

wapo.st

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1h

Somehow a grift

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 2h

I know we do this a lot but just imagine how apoplectic Fox News would be if Obama announced the construction of a Qatari Air Force base in Idaho.

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 2h

WTAF

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 4h

More like doom causing

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 5h

I can’t bring myself to read an article about it but am I correct to say MAGA is upset with the NFL halftime show solely because Bad Bunny isn’t white? No more dog whistles, just outright racism?