Kip Kesgard
@kipkesgard.bsky.social
IT analyst/agilist/ret soccer blogger/cat dad/OG TA/traffic cone for hire, hates clowns, loves pie #rctid #GoZags #sfgiants #RipCity #whufc #broncoscountry #vegasaces IG: @kipkesgard Profile: me at Vegas sign w TA scarf; Banner: Vegas skyline
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
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Deceptive headlines
December 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Deceptive headlines
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"Sir, we're getting a lot of buzz from your comments attacking that beloved director who was slain. Whom should we go after next?"
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
December 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"Sir, we're getting a lot of buzz from your comments attacking that beloved director who was slain. Whom should we go after next?"
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
"Maybe an astronaut?"
"Brilliant, sir. Everyone hates them."
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Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
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Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.
#NoWords 🤮
#NoWords 🤮
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.
#NoWords 🤮
#NoWords 🤮
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It is not unreasonable for an industrialized nation to view health care as a human right and not a perk for the few who can afford it. And the Red Herring that the cost of healthcare is the real culprit is just that: noise.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Obamacare Changed the Politics of Health Care
It’s one thing for Republicans to deny hypothetical care. It’s another to take this tangible benefit away.
www.theatlantic.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It is not unreasonable for an industrialized nation to view health care as a human right and not a perk for the few who can afford it. And the Red Herring that the cost of healthcare is the real culprit is just that: noise.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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A friend of mine who teaches at Brown is still locked in his office (as of an hour ago at least). This automated text is periodically being sent to students and faculty:
December 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A friend of mine who teaches at Brown is still locked in his office (as of an hour ago at least). This automated text is periodically being sent to students and faculty:
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He’s a former local television news anchor whose new gig involves using FB to monetize the reactionary rage of white Christian Oregonians. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Over the past 3 months Rick Dancer has acquired 9000 more FB followers. His FB content primarily consists of emotionally-inciting, Christian Nationalist rage bait leavened with reactionary nostalgia about how great Oregon used to be until "they" ruined it. bsky.app/profile/seth...
I know most folks on Bsky have left Facebook & for good reason, but I think it's important to note how that platform is distorting our information environment & breaking the brains of our fellow citizens. See, for example, the case of former local TV news anchor & shameless propagandist, Rick Dancer
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
He’s a former local television news anchor whose new gig involves using FB to monetize the reactionary rage of white Christian Oregonians. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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JFC. This right wing influencer (based in Montana, but mostly focused on Oregon politics) is encouraging his 50K followers to nuke their lungs with hydrogen peroxide.
December 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
JFC. This right wing influencer (based in Montana, but mostly focused on Oregon politics) is encouraging his 50K followers to nuke their lungs with hydrogen peroxide.
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Beware misinformation online.
December 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Beware misinformation online.
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I really wish someone with a nose ring would sharply tell Nate Silver that it’s important to talk as much as possible, so he would in reaction absolutely shut the fuck up forever
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I really wish someone with a nose ring would sharply tell Nate Silver that it’s important to talk as much as possible, so he would in reaction absolutely shut the fuck up forever
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The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
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He absolutely does not care that your healthcare, is about to run out.
Zero fucks are given.
Zero fucks are given.
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
He absolutely does not care that your healthcare, is about to run out.
Zero fucks are given.
Zero fucks are given.
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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We are not just going to sit around and put up with this. We are going to omit his entire second presidency and undo it all. As soon as we're able to get all this corruption out of the government and start over. It's bullshit. We have so much technology, so many resources. We can do better.
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
We are not just going to sit around and put up with this. We are going to omit his entire second presidency and undo it all. As soon as we're able to get all this corruption out of the government and start over. It's bullshit. We have so much technology, so many resources. We can do better.
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These two are now teammates
I love baseball
I love baseball
December 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
These two are now teammates
I love baseball
I love baseball
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
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And that’s why we’ve stopped reporting GDP and jobs numbers.
Leavitt lies: "Every economic metric does in fact show that the economy is improving"
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And that’s why we’ve stopped reporting GDP and jobs numbers.
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“Going to the World Cup” used to be something normal people did.
Not with these ticket prices.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Not with these ticket prices.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
‘Going to the World Cup’ used to be something ordinary people did. Not with these ticket prices
The World Cup is about so much more than just the football. FIFA's pricing structure for next summer's tournament ignores that
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“Going to the World Cup” used to be something normal people did.
Not with these ticket prices.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Not with these ticket prices.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?