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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 4h

It’s liberals being too self-hating and naive to imagine that most of the country is wrong.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 4h

He’s not prepared for when I appear with leather cannons and French subsidies

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 10h

The “fury” of nuclear war movies

NPR @npr.org · 16h

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 8h

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 9h

If you’re above the age of, idk, 23 it’s bizarre and unseemly to comment on anyone’s appearance or sexuality on main.

Pathetic, unnecessary, attention-seeking behavior. Someone should spray you with a garden hose. Calm down.

Except for Michelle Branch. That light will never go out.

Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 9h

Imagine being 60 years old and going on TV and complaining about what a 19 y/o woman wears to class.

Loser energy that competes with Jamiroquai (I know his name, stay with me) complaining that his ex g/f Winona Ryder was too hot and voluptuous for his delicate tastes.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 8h

Just to make sure we're all on the same page- the Democrats *are*, in fact, pushing for the prosecution of anybody who assists Trump and Vought in their illegal RIFs:

democrats-budget.house.gov

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 8h

There’s still the act of judgment in terms of deciding what to cook, whether to accept what the AI recommends, to prompt it further, or to look elsewhere. And there’s still the actual cooking being done.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 8h

I don’t see this as particularly worse than googling the same question. You could easily imagine a person who hasn’t done much dating would want to know whether cooking certain things would seem like coming on too strong for a first date. You used to have etiquette books on this stuff.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 16h

I realize we're all distracted by a lot of other things right now, but I was still shocked by just how little coverage this got. I hardly saw any other media sources write about it. So I had to write about it myself.

Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org · 18h

Joel Swanson on VPOTUS' casual, horrifying antisemitism

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JD Vance Trivializes Jewish History by Referring to ICE Criticism as 'Blood Libel' — But Reveals What this Admin Thinks of Jews

Last week, in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Vice President JD Vance accused critics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of committing “blood libel” against ICE agents. As Va...

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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 9h

they kicked me out of a bar for going forty-eighter mode once. fucc u college delly

Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 9h

"please don't go forty-eighter mode in front of my parents"

me:

An engraved eagle from a recruit poster for the Union army aimed at Philadelphia area German speakers. The eagle flies downward witha radiant pattern behind him, as well as an American flag on a pole topped with a Phrygian cap. In its mouth, a German language inscription in Fraktur font, translated as "Union and Freedom forever! 👉 Death to the Traitors!"

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 12h

Invoking it *without justification* is a rubicon. If a governor is defying federal authority, its invocation is no longer the overreach it would otherwise be.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 12h

Any random person would be better than any of Trump’s picks if only because they are very unlikely to have their superhuman arrogance and so are likely to find experts they can delegate to.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 13h

Holy cow. This screenshot is like saying “because I have an idea it must be possible.” The plumber analogy is instructive but wrong. It’s more like if she had a plumber over and asked her to make her laundry do itself. It’s not something a plumber can do. It’s not something anyone can do.

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 13h

This is basically magical thinking. It is the thought process of a small, frightened child who just wants mommy to make the pain stop and is getting angry that she can't.
The issue is that this is a grown adult, not a small child, and also when the Democrats do things it's never good enough.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 12h

Which is fine! The big bad doesn’t need to be complex, it just needs to be a big enough problem that the effort to solve it makes a compelling story. Many things work better hinted at than revealed.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 13h

There’s a reason there weren’t secrets revealed about the One Ring when they get to Mt. Doom. The goal is simple, but Herculean, which makes achieving it a triumph. Complication for complication’s sake robs it of its emotional power.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 13h

It’s one of those cases where the desire for a twist or revelation in the ending is really just a negative. The whole super weapon that solves the reapers was introduced poorly, but it gave a clear direction to the effort. Undercutting that is going to be unsatisfying.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 13h

It’s very good as one big ending to the series. The problem it has is in both the very end (catalyst mystery box) and as an epilogue.

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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 17h

"How would you be reacting if this was about Pete Buttigieg" is a test I apply to a lot of things on this website and it is always a fun thought exercise.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 15h

The lion does not concern himself with the pay of his praetorians

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 16h

The lion does not concern himself with the midterm elections

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 15h

Something that I think has saved Trump in many cases is his short attention span. You can’t renege on a deal if you’ve forgotten the matter entirely.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 16h

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 18h

I definitely prefer Platner to Mills but like if he can't beat her with Democrats that does not say good things about his odds in the general. So long as a primary doesn't devolve into a deathwar having it be a real contest is good!

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 18h

I don't even care that much about the Maine race, but the whining from the "primary everyone" crowd about a contested primary is negatively polarizing me here. Just win the primary, man.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 2d

note that since mid-2010s you can always get a standing ovation in blue social media by denouncing the idea of civility or politeness more broadly. the experiment in how this has worked out keeps on yielding predictably unpleasant results

Ed @ed3d.net · 2d

I lack the words to describe what is wrong with these people.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 18h

It’s just example # 486 of “reasonable nuanced critique of liberalism gets flattened to meaninglessness through a game of telephone”. Cogent critiques of aspects of respectability politics get turned into “it makes you a brave revolutionary to be the biggest asshole possible to everyone”

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 2d

note that since mid-2010s you can always get a standing ovation in blue social media by denouncing the idea of civility or politeness more broadly. the experiment in how this has worked out keeps on yielding predictably unpleasant results

Ed @ed3d.net · 2d

I lack the words to describe what is wrong with these people.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 17h

Musk’s wealth was important primarily because of the social capital it gave him, which taxes wouldn’t affect. Consider that Stephen Miller has much more power than Musk. The state is still the leviathan and in a personalist system, it’s sway with the ruler that counts.

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