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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1h

Bonus points for the Caps doing it in front of the Bruins: Boston had Halak on the roster at the time, so it doubled as exorcizing a demon of their past

David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3h

Bratt staying put working too

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 4h

it's always good when a judge breaks out italics for emphasis, right

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 6h

Anyone who was paying attention during Gamergate recognizes these tactics.

“Oh *we’re* against doxxing, of course, but that person who got doxxed totally deserved it, and yeah, sure we’ve been calling for them to be fired and their lives ruined, but *we* didn’t personally do it.”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.

Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else.

“I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday.
But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.”

For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 8h

@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 8h

"person appeals their sentence and gets a worse roll of the dice" is one of the funniest things that happens in the judicial system and I wish more people knew about it

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 8h

It is amazing how Drake and everyone in his orbit will not stop getting embarrassed, and similarly amazing that the only person to come out as Team Drake since was Jagmeet Singh after he lost his own seat in parliament

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 8h

@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social

David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 8h

I have to fight back against my urge to bring up Akira Yoshida because I'm glad he's saying the right thing and that deserves acknowledgement

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 9h

In the leadup to the Civil War, the southern states pushed all their chips into the idea of King Cotton - that the UK's reliance on cotton would force their hand to intervene on behalf of slave states.

Instead, the UK just got their cotton from India and Egypt.

Anyway, the moral of the story is...

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 9h

In the past few days, ABC11 and WRAL have run multiple stories about how soybean farmers in NC are facing trouble. I'm not naming names, you can look them up yourself, but every farmer mentioned is a registered Republican who voted in the most recent GOP Primary.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

SOYBEAN FARMER SOUNDS OFF: Trump’s trade war is crushing farmers. Now Trump is giving $20B to Argentina—the same country taking much of America’s soybean market.

Soybeans are the no. 1 cash crop in Tennessee.

Via @pulsereportnow on IG

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 11h

The Lonely Island once rhymed "Maybelline" with "dialysis machine"

Comedy music is one of the hardest creative things to do, period, not joking one bit

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 4d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 14h

NJ already has to deal with South Jersey, which is the last bastion of the Dixiecrats despite that making no geographic or historical sense

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 14h

Something that's really astounded me is how she hasn't capitalized on "damn right i didn't snitch" given that a significant chunk of North Jersey are suburban Italians with comfortable lives who somehow believe they are in the mafia

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 15h

Never great when you've got the two men with the most powerful Bullshit Detectors in the state doing audible, heavy sighs

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Andrew Ihla @andrewihla.bsky.social · 1d

The experience of realizing you procrastinated too much and you gotta pull an all-nighter to finish writing something and then you look back, strung-out and half-alive, and LIKE what you wrote, and could only imagine how good you could be if you were kinder to yourself

...that's the important stuff

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

The one and only thing I ever needed to know is that she told SAG and WGA that it wasn't worth striking anymore

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

SCOTUS denial is the one and only form of accelerationism I'm on board with. Not just because they're illegitimate, but also, why authority do they have? Is Alito going to come to my house personally?

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I see people praise Kshama Sawant, the one and only thing I'll ever think is "she resigned from elected office to start a podcast"

Literally nothing she ever says will change the fact that she resigned from the city council of the 18th most populace city in America to *start a podcast*

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't even have to wait for the picture to know

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

Jesse Palmer not showing up until the rose ceremony and collecting a full episodes paycheck is my life goal #GoldenBachelor

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

when you woke up, was a Greg Land lady looking at you

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

I do agree that Peg and Mel might not have chemistry but that's because Peg is an extremely vibrant person and Mel is the most boring man I've ever seen in my life
#GoldenBachelor

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

I live down the street from a place called Nantucket Grill, which put out a big sign months ago welcoming "fellow Nantucketer Bill Bellichek"

I need to see if that sign is still up

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

@primaryschool.bsky.social found the Waluigi to the Wario that is New Jersey Having An Election Year Every Year: The Durham Primary concluded last night. Early voting for the general starts in 8 days.