David Monroe
@davidmonroe.bsky.social
Writer. Historian. Professional Graphic Designer. Bibliophile. Fifth Gen Hoosier. Cyclist. Anti-fascist. Was davidinindy on 🐦
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Buy me a ☕? https://ko-fi.com/davidmonroe
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
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Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
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The real poverty line is around $140k for a family of four, but it’s perversely hard to get there:
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The real poverty line is around $140k for a family of four, but it’s perversely hard to get there:
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
If you have cheesecake and don't eat it for breakfast it would be considered an insult to the cheesecake, and its ancestors.
It would be wrong of me to have cheesecake for breakfast. Right?
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If you have cheesecake and don't eat it for breakfast it would be considered an insult to the cheesecake, and its ancestors.
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Photos: People gather to demand safer streets in Indianapolis mirrorindy.org/photos-peopl...
Photos: People gather to demand safer streets in Indianapolis
Demonstrators gathered Nov. 23 at the corner of College and Mass avenues to advocate for cyclist and pedestrian safety.
mirrorindy.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Photos: People gather to demand safer streets in Indianapolis mirrorindy.org/photos-peopl...
Same
Add me to the people who liked Death by Lightning.
A tight miniseries with a great cast and surprisingly funny moments.
It's also timely to watch something about the end of the spoils system, since we currently have the first US president since the 1800s (except maybe Harding) who wants it back.
A tight miniseries with a great cast and surprisingly funny moments.
It's also timely to watch something about the end of the spoils system, since we currently have the first US president since the 1800s (except maybe Harding) who wants it back.
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Same
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The Thing (1982) is a Thanksgiving movie.
Thought of it while prepping a Friendsgiving turkey today.
Thought of it while prepping a Friendsgiving turkey today.
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Thing (1982) is a Thanksgiving movie.
Thought of it while prepping a Friendsgiving turkey today.
Thought of it while prepping a Friendsgiving turkey today.
The Battle of Yavin
therapist: pick your battles
me: okay helm’s deep
me: okay helm’s deep
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Battle of Yavin
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Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field — The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press. www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field — The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press. www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
If a country is meant to be run like a business, then all we did was select for bravado and incompetence. Amplifying and breeding this paradigm will lead to omission of function —
It'll be as if the Civil Rights movement had never existed.
It'll be as if the Civil Rights movement had never existed.
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
Abortion, DEI Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Officials Say
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If a country is meant to be run like a business, then all we did was select for bravado and incompetence. Amplifying and breeding this paradigm will lead to omission of function —
It'll be as if the Civil Rights movement had never existed.
It'll be as if the Civil Rights movement had never existed.
#LastFourWatched on @letterboxd.social
Not my favorite noir, but I got to see The Big Sleep in a theater (thanks @kankancinema.bsky.social!) with a cocktail and my partner, which was a fun experience
Not my favorite noir, but I got to see The Big Sleep in a theater (thanks @kankancinema.bsky.social!) with a cocktail and my partner, which was a fun experience
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#LastFourWatched on @letterboxd.social
Not my favorite noir, but I got to see The Big Sleep in a theater (thanks @kankancinema.bsky.social!) with a cocktail and my partner, which was a fun experience
Not my favorite noir, but I got to see The Big Sleep in a theater (thanks @kankancinema.bsky.social!) with a cocktail and my partner, which was a fun experience
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Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
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'Poetry defeats computer' feels like some early season Star Trek nonsense.
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
'Poetry defeats computer' feels like some early season Star Trek nonsense.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
I love the twist – that two guys found their mom's comic collection in the attic and almost threw them out.
Superman edition found in mum's attic is most valuable comic ever at $9.12m
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a new record after Man of Steel comic found in a California home is auctioned.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I love the twist – that two guys found their mom's comic collection in the attic and almost threw them out.
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
“If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am.”
― Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
― Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am.”
― Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
― Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
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How it feels trying to connect the couple of cool ideas you have into a coherent plot for a new story you want to write
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
How it feels trying to connect the couple of cool ideas you have into a coherent plot for a new story you want to write
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sometimes an insult is simultaneously so targeted and so uncalled for that it just straight-up unmoors you from reality, like the brief liminal space you inhabit when you hit your head. I think this is that
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
sometimes an insult is simultaneously so targeted and so uncalled for that it just straight-up unmoors you from reality, like the brief liminal space you inhabit when you hit your head. I think this is that