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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 23h

Let's just say it's best not to ask what a "morale server" was during the 2000s GWOT era.

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 1d

"The executive has usurped the power of the purse to pay for a standing army" is something that the Founders very explicitly wanted to prevent from ever happening but, ah, well, nevertheless

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 2d

i am literally never not tapping the "we need to fund public education and open the schools" sign. there is no moment or topic in which the dearth of basic reading comprehension is not a major force preventing any deeper discussion. a lot of people are functionally meat-based LLMs who parrot tokens.

pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 2d

so one of the things I’ve started to realize with having a notable following On Here is exactly how much of a reading comprehension problem we have in this country

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 1d

My brother in christ they thought the soviets would collapse within six weeks!

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 1d

World War II In 4 Panels

What If Nazi Germany Won? brilliantmaps.com/what-if-n...

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1d

It's actually good to point out Bari Weiss's shitty inaccuracies, her lack of any real journalistic experience or original ideas, and the fact that she's failing upward, promoted by antidemocratic oligarchs who have no interest in reporting the truth.

The middle-aged white guy standing up in a crowd from Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting.

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 2d

Sending Peter Thiel copies of *Puella Magi Madoka Magica* and seeing if he can detect the Christian symbolism in an anime that *actually* has it.

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 1d

If its on the government dime is a whole other debate

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 1d

I support coal workers to transition away from being coal workers

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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 1d

A satisfying takedown of all things Bari, but I especially enjoyed the description of Skydance failson David Ellison as having "resting checking-into-the-White-Lotus face."

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 2d

Seeing dudes try to step to the menswear guy makes me understand better the mentality of the regular Street Punks who keep hassling Kiryu in Act 3 of every Yakuza game when hes got all the abilities unlocked

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 4d

Point and laugh at nimbys

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 4d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 5d

Say it with me:

The developing nation off the coast of france

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 5d

Not even mentioning the Prigozin coup attempt smh

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 6d

@merovingians.bsky.social going to start doing voodoo in an attempt to get rid of Boone at this point lmao

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 7d

Also the classic

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 7d

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 7d

Saw someone on twitter accuse the blue jays of stealing signs and lmao come on are you looking at this team bro

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Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 7d

If liberty and law are to be conserved, ICE and CBP must go the way of the slave catchers of the 1850 Compromise from which they draw their lineage, and “progressive” concerns about immigration must go the way of the American Colonization Society and the 1820 Compromise from which they draw theirs

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty much what I was trying to get at. I was at a wedding recently and the Parisians I was talking to had almost exactly this reaction

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 7d

The funniest part of quebec french is that people from metropolitan france not only dont understand it they fucking *loath* it

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 8d

One difference between me and many people in the 40k universe is that I would simply learn about chaos enough to understand its mysteries and make use of its powers without becoming corrupting myself.

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 8d

Going to put my Darkest Hour and hoi3 knowledge to the test so I can get to the joint chiefs and axe the A10

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 8d

and if you win apparently you swap ranks or something

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 9d

The UNSC being that way in 2525 does actually kind of make sense in the context of them doing COIN for literal centuries and having some serious Galactic War on Terror brainworms to shake off

When you're still like that in 2552 it's a way bigger problem

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 9d

Hans ze transmission broke

Kane (in my working too much era) @kanexan.bsky.social · 9d

I am always going to bat that the Sherman was objectively a better tank for the purposes of war than its opponents, because reliability, serviceability, and affordability were what mattered most. The greatest tank ever from an engineering perspective doesn’t mean shit if it’s stuck in a ditch!

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Median American Voter (Derogatory) @medianhater.bsky.social · 9d

The DC commentariat are the worst of the worst imo.

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