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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 3h

Blake, I’m going to try to be empathetic. I don’t know what I would do if someone stole all the consonants from my last name. But there’s no way you saw someone mention a family member getting last rights and thought they were asking you to roast their dead parent.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 5h

UCLA and Penn State switching talent levels last week is some monkey paw stuff.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 20h

37 years is too many years to be Kid Rock. At this point he’s at least Assistant Regional Manager Rock.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 16h

Otpor!, the student movement that helped topple Slobodan Milosevic, used very similar tactics of comedic spectacle. You can be self serious about violent revolution being the only kind of revolution that works. You’re just wrong.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 16h

Maybe it's okay if the revolution is televised.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 16h

Both of those are based in a fan fiction of a revolution - aesthetics over effectiveness.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 16h

I have two theories about why people would ignore something obviously working, both in attracting interest and combatting regime narratives. One of them is gate keeping. The other is prioritizing a self image of being a cool revolutionary over effectiveness.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 16h

Otpor!, the student movement that helped topple Slobodan Milosevic, used very similar tactics of comedic spectacle. You can be self serious about violent revolution being the only kind of revolution that works. You’re just wrong.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 17h

If the trailer is a rocking it’s probably not appropriate for kids.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 17h

Maybe we’re looking at this the wrong way. Igneous rocks can last billions of years. He’s still a kid in igneous rock terms.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 20h

37 years is too many years to be Kid Rock. At this point he’s at least Assistant Regional Manager Rock.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 1d

AI driving fascism in NL (this story, for non-Dutch speakers, is about far right politicians sharing fake AI fake images of pretty blondes being harassed by migrants).

De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 1d

Op sociale media delen PVV-fanaccounts levensechte AI-beelden, veelal van knappe, blonde vrouwen die worden bedreigd door migranten. Deze pagina’s blijken te worden beheerd door minstens twee PVV-Kamerleden.
👉 buff.ly/MFNFcU3

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

Home run derby.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

After several days hearing about Portland antifa setting the Pacific Northwest on fire, Mariners fans have a chance to do something funny.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Well the baseball game is over but the night is young for the 38 year olds of Bluesky, and that means it’s time to take a low dose aspirin and read about Bigfoot on your iPad for 20 minutes before falling asleep

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

It has been a really long week. Any way we can do a normal Saturday?

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Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com · 1d

American University is offering free professional training for fired and furloughed federal workers.

American University offering free training for fired and furloughed federal workers

The Classes Without Quizzes program at American University offers free learning opportunities to laid-off and furloughed federal employees. There are sessions on AI, leadership in times of disruption ...

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

That's the high protein baklava?

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

Black garlic is an underrated thing.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

If something is burning down every time you look at it, that's a Hannukah miracle.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

This would be like saying "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is burning down a church with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking."

You can't just make up a debate happening because you want to give deference to RFK.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

A fancy restaurant would make the dinosaur wear a jacket.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

I defend newspapers for not using words like "lie" that imply intent.

"Sparking debate" is too wild even for me. You can't say Kennedy spurred a debate unless there were people seriously discussing either side.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

Wait. Which one was the movie?