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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 3h

For some reason I've found a lot of comfort in imagining him taunted relentlessly by the ghost of, specifically, Richard Nixon

mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 3h

I'm just a humble Tacoman but I presume to agree that Seattle needs public restrooms slightly more than an eldritch wall of AI necromancy

Athenaknits @theparthecraft.bsky.social · 3h

Bathrooms, Bruce. Bathrooms are needed, not slop versions of historical figures

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 3h

100% no!

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 3h

"Dr. King, I've always admired your dedication to the cause of civil rights and social justice. Anyway, is there anywhere in a six-block radius of this magic AI wall where I can pee without having to buy something first?"

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 3h

Absolutely not. Bruce, stop this right now I swear to god

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 3h

I will personally raise a kaiju that will raze the city and obliterate its memory if this comes to pass

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 3h

No.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Like every mayor before him, Harrell wants arts and culture events downtown. The difference is that "you're going to see a lot of AI in it."

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 9h

Haha I fell into that same trap! I watched Toxic Crusaders as a kid so I just assumed the movie was similar but with lots of cartoony ultraviolence. Oops! I mean, that's not *in*accurate; the ultraviolence was cartoony, but the Vibes were Different

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 9h

I would say it's the *contents* of the Polaroids that bothers me more there, but personally if I'd had a kid with me I don't think we would've gotten that far because I would've peaced out around the first head-crushed-under-the-wheels-of-a-muscle-car

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 9h

The original. We were going to do a double feature but will find another time to check out the remake

mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 10h

Hmmm far too late for that

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 10h

Oh boy yeah I might've scooted out a few atrocities earlier, if I had a fourth grader with me

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 22h

That was probably a good move parenting-wise

I can see why it's a classic—much to ponder.

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 1d

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 22h

I believe it was called Toxic Avenger, and I am having some grad-school-ass reactions as I process it now that it's though. My brain forming thoughts like "it resists complication" like it's 2006 and I'm flailing my way through a doomed seminar paper for a class I didn't understand

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Texan In Exile @texaninexile.bsky.social · 1d

"Father forgive the ones who do not know what they are doing."
Holy holy smoke he is comparing ICE to the people who crucified Jesus.
Maga heads (who know their verses) are going to blow up.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 22h

I can imagine this Whole Deal in a musical context, that tracks

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 22h

That was a rich text

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 23h

Learning in real time that I may not be built for whatever a "Troma film" is

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 1d

This is the actual reason I won't watch that movie. I am: Weak

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

You have to have politics that aren’t just “fuck you, mom and dad” or else you’re going to have a bad read on how politics works, but many fail this simple test

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 1d

I do, but I also write checks to pay bills and send monetary gifts to younger relatives, so I'm not going to claim to be representative of the zeitgeist

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 1d

Those are some relatable skeletons