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C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · Apr 18

Call me Bernard, or even Sam. Apparently I write socialist fables.

♂️ - He/Him
📏 - 178cm (5ft 10in)
⚖ - 136kg (300lb)
🐷 - Sus sapiens (Berkshire pig)

🇺🇸 - Native-born US citizen
🗳 - Socialist
✝️ - Congregationalist Christianity

🎞 "Better a pig than a fascist."

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Brush & Quill Co-operative 🖌️ 🪶 @brushandquill.bsky.social · Jan 1

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C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 11h

And pour out gasoline from above.

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 13h

It really is the parable of the cookies.

Rich man takes all the cookies from the table, leaves one, then points to the under class individual and looks at the middle class worker and says, "They're trying to take your cookie."

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

the conversation we should be having is that AI is developing and will certainly displace many workers, and we should develop government programs to even out the losses and gains between workers and capitalists. but instead we argue about whether a trans person was on netflix

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 13h

Being out there in the entertainment industry - big and small - its wacky. Just be true to yourself, no matter what hits or misses. It's all still you.

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 13h

Hey. I came across Tom 'n' Artie first. That's what I "know" you for. The rest of the stuff is cool.

I've not been keeping up in reading and responding back about it as much because stuff has been up and down. But you do good work, man. Don't doubt yourself.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 14h

Tried to sneak a photo of a cute doggo and accidentally had long exposure on and I believe I have created man’s greatest expression of art

A white poodle leans out an suv with neon light streaks flashing across the surface of the car

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C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah. I know, man. But a dude telling the truth about what's going on should at least hear condolences from somebody on the other side of that ethnic line. Because it sure as shit ain't coming from anyone in charge.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h

I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 14h

"Divide and conquer", man.

And I am just... sorry.

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 14h

Wherever you are, Sir George Cockburn, may your spirit return to Washington, DC to cleanse the landscape of this private pleasure palace.

"Portrait of George Cockburn": an 1817 portrait painting by the English artist John James Halls depicting Sir George Cockburn, a British admiral of the Royal Navy. Amongst the most notable events of his career was his participation in the Burning of Washington during the War of 1812. The painting commemorates his role in the 1814 raid on the American capital. He is shown at full-length in the dress uniform of a Rear admiral, with the Burning of the Capitol, Treasury and other public buildings in Washington as a backdrop.

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 14h

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 14h

The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom

www.independent.co.uk

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 1d

Son of a bitch. I fell asleep at an odd hour, woke up 135 minutes ago and realizing I have been unable to go to sleep again.

Looks like it's going to be some real "sleepyheaded middle-aged man" hours today. 🐷💢

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 1d

Mistakes teach more than success.

Yes, even that one that causes you to cringe and/or cry in your bed at midnight.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

He murdered a Colombian citizen in violation of domestic and international law. He’s now promising to illegally impose tariffs on Colombia because its president had the temerity to publicly criticize him for murdering one of that country’s citizens.

Yes, we are the baddies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump says he's imposing new tariffs on Colombia but won't say what the rate will be

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C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, that's respectable body positivity. Go for it.

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 1d

SURPRISE: It's just the Klan.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

This, it seems, is an early preview of Trump’s lasting political legacy: Republicans are no longer apologizing, nor are they pushing out racist, bigoted allies when they inevitably find themselves embroiled in controversy. trib.al/Zhl2amF

JD Vance Just Gave Us a Preview of Trumpism Without Trump

The vice president doesn’t see why full-grown Republican men should have to apologize for being racist Hitler lovers.

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C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 2d

Heh. You know how English-speakers have a love for wandering into other people's stuff.

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, the ink jet system remains the fevered dream of a weary apprentice who must keep this whole thing properly inked.

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 2d

Nice of them to put the chant in writing for guests.

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C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 2d

With the right tools, you can turn wood into anything.

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 2d

Now you're just being cheeky.

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 2d

Well. In terms of the "NEW Normal."

Which I think is good enough for anyone, really.

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry. It's just that I recently discovered and have been thoroughly entranced by Michael Klodzinski's chip metal remix of "Fastest Thing Alive" by The Noisy Neighbors.

Fastest Thing Alive (from Sonic SatAM) - CHIP METAL VER.

YouTube video by MichaelK

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C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 2d

HEY!

Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 2d

RFK Jr. Demands Records of Everyone Who Has Played a Sonic Game

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RFK Jr. Demands Records of Everyone Who Has Played a Sonic Game

WASHINGTON — As part of his alleged plan to find the cause and cure for autism, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ordered…

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C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 3d

Not a good sign that I missed six of the last ten days for entry writing.

I made up for it, tonight.

Gotta be diligent, though...

C.S. Bernard 🐷🪶 @csbernard.bsky.social · 14d

Well, then. Had a minor emotional moment. Was finishing my nightly reflections for my diary and thought about my appointment later and teared up.

A lot will be happening this week and later on into this month. And I just... allowed my body to react for a moment, I suppose.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA folks don’t understand that the culture of Bluesky involves everyone just blocking people they don’t like without any engagement.

They think they’re “shadowbanned” by some unseen force from above.

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Every single government agencies all joined at once tonight.
Including the White House!
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What are they losing it over?!!!
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Every single government agency joined BlueSky all at once tonight. Including the White House.
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I'm shadowbanned on bluesky. As soon as you say anything remotely conservative, you get shadowbanned and no one can see your posts there. I can't even make fun of these folks there.
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