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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 9h

I was at the DMV today and when we were in line like *everybody* was asking me questions like I knew what I was doing or something, and I couldn’t figure out why until I looked around and noticed I was the oldest person there and fuuuuuck

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 2h

Except that they’ve already decided that Tylenol causes autism, and are now cherry-picking “data” to back it up.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5h

You can’t get into Heaven if you go around arresting innocent people and pardoning guilty ones.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Thomas [redacted] DO @tom.medsky.social · 7h

I can't believe I have to address this but here is a map of circumcision rates by state (left) and a map of diagnosed autism rates by state (right). The western US has the fewest circs and moderate frequency of autism. West Virginia has the most circumcisions and one of the lowest rates of autism.

A US map showing circumcision rate by state in general the lowest rates are in florida and western states and the highest rates are in the midwest and west virginia. Green represents low rates and red represents higher rates.

A map of the US showing autism rates by state. West virginia which has the most circumcisions is relatively low. White represents low rates and blue represents higher rates.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5h

Best way to consolidate authoritarian rule is to not pay your soldiers, this has historically worked out well for everyone who has tried it.

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Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 2h

It’s kind of crazy how a whole ass breed of dogs got totally tainted by cryptocurrency

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 3h

3/ American adults & kids. An important part of separating folks from their healthcare w/o blowback is first laying groundwork to convince them that they didn't want or need it to begin with; in fact, that it was hurting them.

And the first, just world belief (that you deserve whatever happens to

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 3h

Mini essay 🧵: I've posted about this grifter nominee for Surgeon General before, & about *why* this admin. gravitates to such awful people: Means, like Dr. Oz & RFK himself, doesn't just hawk products; she sells both the idea that people are to blame...

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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

She left the medical mainstream and rose to be RFK Jr.’s surgeon general pick

Casey Means, the surgeon general nominee, has criticized the medical establishment. She could be put in position to change it.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Count Otter Poppula 🧛🏼 Sr., III @peezkyweezky.bsky.social · 17h

Okay I was wrong there are Two problems with Mastodon

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The problem with Mastodon is that it makes you feel stupid for not knowing how it works.
That was the real hurdle Facebook and everything that came after cleared, you could just join, it didn't take any debugging or jargon. It just, worked. For a while.
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Trevor Goodchild
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Yeah you gotta at least try. Put a tiny amount of effort into your experience.
I you cant be bothered to think for yourself just a tiny bit then I guess just stay on this fascist friendly site with the CEO who hates you.

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I forgor my name lol @cheesecakechik.bsky.social · 9h

Mastodon users are the Linux users of social media.

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Sushi Umbrella @sushiumbrella.bsky.social · 13h

I like Mastodon, have been on/off for years & basically every time I try to Make It Do Something, I feel pretty stupid. The problem is that "a little bit of effort" is required constantly. That's good if your goal is to learn new things, but not if your goal is to, you know, post on social media.

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"Captain" "Ruck" "Cohlchez" @captainruck.bsky.social · 9h

Mastodon has been an interesting test case for the social media theory "what if the bosses don't suck but the users do"

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 2h

How would you know, though? You’d have to estimate. Mine are exact, according to Apple.

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 2h

My workouts are usually like I walked to the kitchen, or I bent over and picked something up. It would be hard to live post those.

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 2h

Watch battery, usually (including tonight). I occasionally also post phone and kindle battery updates, just to keep things interesting.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 7h

As the administration goes all in on an alternate reality about portland that bears no resemblance to fact and rule of law, continuing radical (and just plain funny, ridiculing) acts of the imagination along with other ways of getting out the reality on the ground may help curb their momentum.

fake film poster with a sunset and the portland frog protestor with words The Portland War, A Film by Ken Burns

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 7h

Dire as the stakes are, leaning into absurdist and lighthearted forms of protest seems like a great way to puncture the fantasy Trump & co are spinning to attempt to rationalize a violent crackdown.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 7h

As the administration goes all in on an alternate reality about portland that bears no resemblance to fact and rule of law, continuing radical (and just plain funny, ridiculing) acts of the imagination along with other ways of getting out the reality on the ground may help curb their momentum.

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Daisy @daisy91.bsky.social · 5h

One time my son put canola oil on his slip n slide and he didn’t tell me until I asked him why he was shiny and smelled like fried chicken.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h

Right? It's very Trumpian.

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Tzfardea Tzedek 🐸 @jsx.bsky.social · 8h

They've done it. They've reinvented "autism is a Jewish plot to weaken the West" from a brand new set of crazy ass starting assumptions.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

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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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 2h

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 3h

I’d argue that there is a rebellion, and it’s being lead by Donald J. Trump against the people, the Constitution, and the rule of law.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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