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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 8h

he expects us to take him seriously but at this point his closest intellectual and ideological peer is like, Kanye West

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 8h

in a more just world, Peter Thiel would be yet another insane podcaster/blogger/poster we all agree to ignore

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14h

The tech billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel says the antichrist is ... Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 15h

when will donald trump recognize the dangerous militia group "STAN LOONA" as a terrorist organization?

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 16h

right for sure man, yeah

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 1d

it must be exhausting to be in a demographic expected to have opinions about taylor swift

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 1d

it is rather bad that the outcome of senseless violence is that the professional racists get more fluffy press coverage

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

From @theathletic.com: Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, announced that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, to rival the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny.

Turning Point USA, group founded by Charlie Kirk, announces Super Bowl halftime counterprogramming

Turning Point USA is calling its Super Bowl halftime show a celebration of "faith, family and freedom."

nyti.ms

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 4d

have been desperately looking for this old erotic Spanish comic I stumbled on almost 10 years ago called "El secreto de Frankenstein" and I'm so happy to report I finally found it

black & white comic panel depicting a sexy, thicc Frankenstein's monster disrobing in 3 different poses - pulling his shirt of his shoulder, seen at an angle; from the front, shirtless, beginning to take his pants off; then almost totally nude as seen from behind. the words at the top read "Strip-tease de Frankenstein..."

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Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · Aug 27

Never ask a woman her age, instead ask her what tales have carved their mark on her flesh. Ask if she is wizened, bent low from the sins of the past. Ask her if she believes in retribution

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

bit.ly

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 4d

I was kind of surprised they got the variance right but I guess there are like 1000 different blog posts explaining Yoneda to programmers or something

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 4d

if this is what it's like maybe teaching kindergarten would be awesome

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 4d

it's unfortunate that the antiwoke reactionary tulpa known as "bari weiss" has fully manifested

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 5d

hey man. Noah. I know you must get asked this all the time, but what the fuck are you talking about

Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 5d

what the fuck is going on

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5d

this is awesome

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 6d

finale has an all-time great car chase sequence. this is pretty much as good as it gets

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 6d

what a rich character piece. I walked out of the theater knowing exactly what Leo's character Bob/Ghetto Pat/Rocketman smelled like

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 6d

I hope Thomas Pynchon liked it

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Evan Washington @eewash.bsky.social · 6d

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER fucking rules

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