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Josh Dobbin
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Father's Day (Josh Dobbin)
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My pinned post: A story I got to tell at a Mark Twain Storytelling event at the Twain House & Museum: youtu.be/PameYRkyh9U?...
Anybody who ever read MANUFACTURING CONSENT and didn't realize this is Chomsky's MO toward *any horrible thing* was a chump. I read it in college, thinking it was gonna be revealed wisdom, but was hate-reading by the 40th page. He's always been the fucking worst.
Christ Chomsky
Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
January 31, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Anybody who ever read MANUFACTURING CONSENT and didn't realize this is Chomsky's MO toward *any horrible thing* was a chump. I read it in college, thinking it was gonna be revealed wisdom, but was hate-reading by the 40th page. He's always been the fucking worst.
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When ICE takes videos of protestors & says "We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist."
Minneapolis replies: "Hey asshole, you're going to need a bigger fucking database."
Minneapolis replies: "Hey asshole, you're going to need a bigger fucking database."
January 30, 2026 at 8:55 PM
When ICE takes videos of protestors & says "We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist."
Minneapolis replies: "Hey asshole, you're going to need a bigger fucking database."
Minneapolis replies: "Hey asshole, you're going to need a bigger fucking database."
This guy is such a mensch. ❤️❤️
Push through your fear and they don't control you any more! And many people are in places where they can't push their fear - they're old, frail, have children, have people depending on them. So those of use who have to less to be fearful of should push even harder to stand in front of them.
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 AM
This guy is such a mensch. ❤️❤️
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People keep saying "Getting arrested is bad, actually" and while I'd certainly prefer not to be, the administration's entire strategy is built around the idea that I will live in fear of it, and shape my behavior to avoid it, and cry in shame if I am. That is how THEY CONTROL YOU.
January 31, 2026 at 12:48 AM
People keep saying "Getting arrested is bad, actually" and while I'd certainly prefer not to be, the administration's entire strategy is built around the idea that I will live in fear of it, and shape my behavior to avoid it, and cry in shame if I am. That is how THEY CONTROL YOU.
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Putin just attacked and murdered civilians on a train.
Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Putin just attacked and murdered civilians on a train.
Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
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MY LATEST: It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...
DOJ’s legal machinery to subvert the 2026 election is already in place
It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:45 PM
MY LATEST: It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...
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Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
When I was a kid,4th-5th grade, not everybody in town had access to cable TV. We did, as the cable company was close. I used to go to school & just **explain** stuff from SCTV to my friends at lunch & we'd all laugh, from my 2nd hand account.
Catherine O'Hara has been beloved for most of my life.💔
Catherine O'Hara has been beloved for most of my life.💔
January 30, 2026 at 8:19 PM
When I was a kid,4th-5th grade, not everybody in town had access to cable TV. We did, as the cable company was close. I used to go to school & just **explain** stuff from SCTV to my friends at lunch & we'd all laugh, from my 2nd hand account.
Catherine O'Hara has been beloved for most of my life.💔
Catherine O'Hara has been beloved for most of my life.💔
I loved her so much and I'm so sad
Midnight at the Oasis - Waiting for Guffman HD
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January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I loved her so much and I'm so sad
I don't need this letter notarized, I need this letter YESterized.
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I don't need this letter notarized, I need this letter YESterized.
Reality is what you can get away with!
BREAKING: Judge dismisses murder, weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealth CEO killer Mangione reut.rs/45Fin56
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Reality is what you can get away with!
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Schumer and Jeffries negotiating to limit the number of journalist arrested by the Department of Justice each year to a maximum of 20.
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Schumer and Jeffries negotiating to limit the number of journalist arrested by the Department of Justice each year to a maximum of 20.
we are in desperately dangerous times. Watch the footage of Navalny being taken off the streets in Russia and know where that ended up to see where we are going.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:30 PM
we are in desperately dangerous times. Watch the footage of Navalny being taken off the streets in Russia and know where that ended up to see where we are going.
this is a photo I took in 1984, of my parents visiting me at jewish summer camp for parent visitation day. You can tell where my bunk is, by my Two Aspirational Bruces.
January 30, 2026 at 12:53 PM
this is a photo I took in 1984, of my parents visiting me at jewish summer camp for parent visitation day. You can tell where my bunk is, by my Two Aspirational Bruces.
I am finding WONDER MAN insufferable. SO so so so sick of Hollywood sucking its own dick in stories about itself and "satirical send ups" that are still just self-aggrandizing. And Ben Kingsley doing a cartoony Ringo is hammy & unfun.
January 30, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I am finding WONDER MAN insufferable. SO so so so sick of Hollywood sucking its own dick in stories about itself and "satirical send ups" that are still just self-aggrandizing. And Ben Kingsley doing a cartoony Ringo is hammy & unfun.
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MELANIA has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography in the FIFA Oscars
January 29, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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Trump's "I solved 8 wars" and his ceaseless, baseless repetition of it at every turn is absurd like @michaelianblack.bsky.social's "9 years, 2 rings" only not at all funny
January 29, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Trump's "I solved 8 wars" and his ceaseless, baseless repetition of it at every turn is absurd like @michaelianblack.bsky.social's "9 years, 2 rings" only not at all funny
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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social I AM BEGGING YOU: Please lead a vote of no-confidence in Schumer as Minority Leader. It's a closed door, secret ballot conference vote. We cannot let this man, who is not made for this moment, be our downfall. He's not a bad man, he's just not up to History's moment.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:49 PM
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social I AM BEGGING YOU: Please lead a vote of no-confidence in Schumer as Minority Leader. It's a closed door, secret ballot conference vote. We cannot let this man, who is not made for this moment, be our downfall. He's not a bad man, he's just not up to History's moment.
there needs to be mass arrests and jailtime of ice thugs when this is all over
🚨"They're stealing the car!"
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 8:41 PM
there needs to be mass arrests and jailtime of ice thugs when this is all over
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We are under attack by the absolute worst ghouls on the planet and the people with power who said they would fight for us are listening to the imaginary constituents in their heads instead
Caring about your neighbors makes you an activist these days. What the fuck is wrong with this country such that basic human decency is a political position?
January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
We are under attack by the absolute worst ghouls on the planet and the people with power who said they would fight for us are listening to the imaginary constituents in their heads instead
Learn the secret origin of the name Cincinnati— and why you shouldn't kink shame it. This and more, on my favorite YouTube show, Words Unraveled!
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How cities got their names
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January 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Learn the secret origin of the name Cincinnati— and why you shouldn't kink shame it. This and more, on my favorite YouTube show, Words Unraveled!
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@robwords.bsky.social
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yourself, but as a cartoon
January 29, 2026 at 9:23 AM
yourself, but as a cartoon
He's not the hero America deserves, but he's who we need right now
An unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume angrily confronted Santa Clara city officials during a joint meeting of the City Council, city authorities, and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority on Monday, using his public comment to condemn the city’s stance on cooperation with ICE.
January 29, 2026 at 7:39 AM
He's not the hero America deserves, but he's who we need right now
Five jobs I've had:
Stage magician's tech assistant
Video store clerk
Oriental rug washer & delivery
Computer/circus summer camp counselor
web designer
Stage magician's tech assistant
Video store clerk
Oriental rug washer & delivery
Computer/circus summer camp counselor
web designer
Five jobs I've had:
-lifeguard / swim instructor
-follow-spot operator
-gas station attendant
-lumberjack
-comic shop owner
-lifeguard / swim instructor
-follow-spot operator
-gas station attendant
-lumberjack
-comic shop owner
Five jobs I've had:
-sandwich artist
-bucking hay
-cash vault technician
-university administrator
-parking garage attendant
-sandwich artist
-bucking hay
-cash vault technician
-university administrator
-parking garage attendant
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Five jobs I've had:
Stage magician's tech assistant
Video store clerk
Oriental rug washer & delivery
Computer/circus summer camp counselor
web designer
Stage magician's tech assistant
Video store clerk
Oriental rug washer & delivery
Computer/circus summer camp counselor
web designer