Pierce “Mr. Pope” Smith
@piercesmith.bsky.social
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piercesmith.bsky.social
Palmer Luckey is the biggest fucking loser I’ve accidentally learned about since Elon Musk
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leahmillis.bsky.social
The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
50501movement.bsky.social
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.
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oliviamesser.bsky.social
In which John Oliver methodically unpacks how thin it is to claim you’re all about “the truth” when you’re only running essays don’t get properly fact-checked — and don’t hold up to even basic reporting scrutiny www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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piercesmith.bsky.social
This headline should result in the committee rescinding the prize.
piercesmith.bsky.social
Something poignant about reclaiming the frog symbol as the proverbial pot begins to boil.
surcomplicated.bsky.social
Gonna be hilarious when they tell us these blow-up frogs are terrorist antifa supersoldiers.

And it's gonna be hard to sell the troops on that, too.
piercesmith.bsky.social
One of the most affluent tech leaders is also as dumb as your dumbest drunk uncle.
Benioff showing himself to be a dipshit.
piercesmith.bsky.social
It’s easy to turn on one’s neighbor but the Portland frogs prove we’re so much better than our leaders.
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ryanpatrickrandall.com
Kinda want a "you are not immune to deceptive designs" meme to exist & complement the Garfield "you are not immune to propaganda" meme.

Maybe it should be Snoopy in his "Fighting Ace" helmet & goggles? Or Hobbes, or Wakko Warner… mostly just because they rule?
piercesmith.bsky.social
Obama could win another if he could convince Trump to believe he’s proud of him.
davelevitan.bsky.social
Like 97 percent of why he’s obsessed with winning the Nobel peace prize is that Obama won it
piercesmith.bsky.social
The entire totalitarian gambit is steeped in such profound cynicism that I choose to believe it's becoming the political equivalent of the Death Star's exposed vent.
tyleraking.com
“Scott Leiendecker, the founder of a Missouri-based election technology company who previously served as the Republican director for the St. Louis City Board of Elections, purchased the company this week for an undisclosed sum, according to a press release.”
Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics
Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.
www.cnn.com
piercesmith.bsky.social
Beckett still sniping normie rubes from the grave
luxalptraum.com
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.
piercesmith.bsky.social
”We do the fucking news.” will inevitably become the CBS News tagline.
jamellebouie.net
have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma
rawstory.com
Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.
piercesmith.bsky.social
98% of millennials grew up thinking the most appropriate thing to do if you meet a Nazi is to punch them in the dick. I know it’s controversial these days, but I continue to endorse this approach.
piercesmith.bsky.social
The Trump regime is pitching takes to TMZ like a fading real housewife
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ryancordell.org
Hey @queermedieval.bsky.social your illustration prints *beautifully*!!

Anti-fascist frogs hot off the press
A print made from wood type and linoleum. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

The ink is green on an off white paper. wood type and linoleum set for printing in a proofing press. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!
piercesmith.bsky.social
People like Pom Bandi make me wish I believed in Hell.
whstancil.bsky.social
She’s a seditious, treasonous usurper of America’s tradition of impartial justice and rule of law, and one day she should pay a terrible price for her betrayal of the Constitution and the oath she swore
atrupar.com
PADILLA: Do you believe govt officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not, yes or no?

BONDI: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump

PADILLA: I asked a simple yes or no question
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kleonardphd.bsky.social
GET OFF SUBSTACK
novicsara.bsky.social
Reminder that Substack helped launch Bari Weiss into CBS takeover position and the precarious media position in which we find ourselves generally. (And this is only one of multiple Bad Things about them!) The best time to have left there is, like, a couple years ago, but the second best time is now.
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milesklee.bsky.social
you can only work within the depraved attention economy you helped to create
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johnpfaff.bsky.social
Serious question: has the Fed govt ever arrested so many elected officials in such a short period of time, across multiple cities, and not for legit corruption reasons?

This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.
eric-reinhart.com
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.