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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 15h

this has such lime lips energy

Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 15h

“you have befouled her, you rancid wretch of an amoeba” is like something niles crane might say if everyone in the writer’s room and on set had severe concussions

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 18h

My local newspaper wrote this up, read it instead www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

What you can do to help SNAP recipients keep food on the table

More than 1 in 10 Washingtonians use federal funds from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps, to pay for groceries.

www.seattletimes.com

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 18h

Are you people fucking kidding me with this shit @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

At the same time, there are legitimate debates about the best ways to feed the needy, how many should qualify and how much they should get. In the 1970s, 1 in 50
Americans received food stamps. Now, 1 in 8 do. On average, these households get $322 a month. Are 42 million Americans really in such danger of suffering malnutrition that the federal government should spend about $100 billion every year

Certainly, many need the help. The American Enterprise Institute's Kevin Corinth estimates that 2.9 million individuals willbe pushed into poverty if SNAP benefits are not paid in November, including 1.1 million children, 1.3 million working-age adults and about 500,000 seniors.
But no one should aspire for large segments of the population to depend on government handouts. The program could certainly be designed better to not discourage work.
Ultimately, the best way to help over the long run is to grow the economy, which leads to job creation and rising wages.

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Lord Piss @lordpiss.bsky.social · 1d

what bill stencil sees in his sleep

🎃 Spooky Chip bitney 🎃 @fragboner.bsky.social · 1d

When she's 5ft, 3" or less with an attitude

Kirby plushy out in the street following you with a big knife 🔪

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 1d

that’s a pretty long bow you’re drawing there, friend!

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 1d

and now you’re explaining why she deserves less solidarity. so we agree, you were being disingenuous, at best, here:

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 1d

See, that’s exactly it! I agree, she’s not entitled to any more solidarity or any less.

That almost nobody outside this district understands that is a big problem.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

Real saving grace that these nincompoops' first move was to purge the intelligence services of everyone who was in any way good at their job

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

“It claims the US would have blamed Venezuela for the attack on the USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, to justify aggression against it.”

This seems familiar

US accused of plotting false-flag operation to frame Venezuela

Venezuela says it has thwarted what it calls a CIA-linked plot to attack a US warship anchored in Trinidad.

www.abc.net.au

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.

It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 1d

“i’m saying they deserve no more or less solidarity than anybody else. but while i’m here, let me explain why they deserve more solidarity”

“you’re not as clever as you think you are”

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 1d

wait, so because they live here and they weren’t on msnbc, then they DO deserve more solidarity? directly contradicts what you just said in your very last reply here, but i’ve noticed you do seem to have trouble keeping your story straight

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 1d

haha this is such a disingenuous reframing of what you were initially saying.

“she’s not entitled to any more solidarity or any less” so when these other candidates were attacked, i expect you laughed about it and announced your intention to watch baseball?

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 1d

i’m only the tiniest bit surprised that i have to spell it out for you, but since you asked: dangerous because you’re unaware of the irony of you being the one saying it. pot, kettle, black, etc. does that bring you a little closer to understanding, or do i need to hold your hand all the way?

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 1d

and also conditional on their voting record apparently

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 1d

“you’re not as clever as you think you are” is a dangerous way for you to be closing your posts

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 1d

weird how your priority was never to say any of this stuff, which would seem more pressing and relevant to the moment. but instead, you chose to bring up her voting history (which you don’t even know, so you made an assumption) and dismiss her plight saying you’re going to watch tv. you’re not slick

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 1d

if she didn’t vote for biden (and honestly who cares, the real crime is that she isn’t constantly reminding us that she voted for biden) then she deserves to be assaulted and indicted and abducted and disappeared

- ancient white supremacist liberal proverb

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Portalrealm @portalrealm.bsky.social · 2d

Youtube has announced that all low-res videos (i.e. older ones) are to be automatically AI upscaled to HD.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).

When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.

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Catfisher of Men @mormonpartyboat.bsky.social · 2d

"All I can say is that the irony was not lost on us when we were in the middle of making the first game. Railing against corporate power and all this stuff — and we were bought by Microsoft!” Boyarsky says. “But we’ve only had support from them. They liked what we were doing with the first Outer Worlds, and they support us making this game. We’ve had absolutely no pushback or messages from on high telling us don’t do this, or make sure you do this.”

While it may be true that Microsoft has not interfered with Obsidian’s creative processes on The Outer Worlds 2, the company certainly had preferences on how the leads at the studio discussed it. The game, with Boyarsky’s interests in exploring the plight of what happens to those who aren’t in power when people with base interests come into power, seemed particularly relevant to Microsoft’s business entanglements with the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

Before we get further, a Microsoft rep interrupts to note that the company’s latest statements on the matter can be found online, and that they wanted to keep the conversation with Obsidian “focused on the game.”

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 2d

Incredibly exchange where Leonard Boyarsky says Microsoft has never told Obsidian what to do right before a Microsoft rep tells him not to talk about Israeli apartheid
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

The Outer Worlds 2’s satire has a Microsoft-shaped problem

The team at Obsidian talks about returning to the RPG series after becoming part of a giant corporation.

www.theverge.com

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Dan Fox @foxdaniel.bsky.social · 6d

Americans need to reconcile that this is pretty much what the Obama-era drone strikes were. Any time a prior administration abused its power and it was greeted by a shrug because “we’re the good guys” - this is why you shouldn’t do that.

Forbes @forbes.com · 7d

At least 46 people have been killed in the attacks.

Six Dead After U.S. Military Conducts 10th Strike On Suspected Drug Cartels

At least 46 people have been killed in the attacks.

www.forbes.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

The old days when Obama set a drone strike record and Biden unconditionally armed a genocide? You are all the real life version of this meme and it's embarrassing

Liberals under trump Liberals under Biden meme

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Ina Garten of BanBan @drizzyborden.bsky.social · 2d

ngl this was an embarrassing read

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

Having worked for Blackwater is worse than a Nazi tattoo. Y'all should be ashamed of yourself for not being able to set a bare minimum standard.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

Asked why he served in the Iraq War after protesting it, Platner said, "I thought I could do some good. And I wanted to play soldier."
He's not repentant for his 3 combat tours in Iraq, his additional combat tour in Afghanistan, his time at Blackwater or his Nazi tattoo.
You are talking shit.

grindizer.bsky.social @grindizer.bsky.social · 2d

First, never tell a guy who wants to repent, who wants to fix things & do good that it's too late.
Second, better late then never.

My point is I don't think we should close the door to anyone on the base of their past specially is they disavow it & regret it, it's a bad strategy.

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