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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 13h

Motherfucker

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups"

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 1d

Look, they're Accurate, ok

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Deaths Are Reported in Explosion at Tennessee Munitions Plant

At least 19 people were missing after a “devastating blast” at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville, officials said.

ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 1d

Very clarifying moment for identifying the "I'd rather revoke civil rights for American minorities than allow anyone to raise the question of maybe there are war crimes" crowd

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 1d

And I remember who cheered on the response

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

it was obvious from the moment the attack happened that this was not only a tragedy for Israel but was going to become a tragedy for Palestine, and I still remember who was cheering it on.

Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 1d

If you were online on October 7, 2023, this is no surprise.

Overshadowed by the fact that Israel retaliated with a genocidal war is the reality that amid the attack seemingly professional/moral people spent days praising every report they found of Israelis, including children, being murdered.

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about Abbott is that he's incredibly easily bullied by certain people

The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 2d

Chaya Raichik, better known as Libs of TikTok, was dutifully bemoaning the fact that the city of Houston repainted a Montrose neighborhood crosswalk decked on in LGBTQ+ rainbow colors. Raichik wrote that the crosswalk “must be removed immediately.”

And our governor dutifully complied.

Cool! It Really Looks Like Greg Abbott is Taking Orders From Libs of TikTok

Acting on the orders of notorious cesspool Libs Of TikTok, the governor bravely stands up to the menace of decorative asphalt.

thebarbedwire.com

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 1d

Also true that the Nobel Peace Prize is generally ludicrous and it's weird to be so obsessed with wanting it

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d

During his speech in Lubbock this week, Ken Paxton told the audience he didn't have any money when he faced impeachment. But he became a multimillionaire on a $150K salary, and @wsj.com got Paxton's tax returns and other financial documents that show how.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | How Ken Paxton, a Rising MAGA Star, Got Rich as a Texas Politician

The state’s attorney general, who is vying to be the GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, became a multimillionaire as a public official.

www.wsj.com

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 1d

To put a different way: the issue isn't so much that billionaires are directly keeping money from other people, as that they can direct a disproportionately high amount of resources

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think so (unless you just define "advanced" to be a 600 lb deadlift)

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 2d

I find it all very confusing because, well, Ewers?

Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 2d

What do Arch Manning’s struggles this season tell us about him as a player—and the system that hailed him as the Next Big Thing? I talked to some folks and wrote about it. www.theringer.com/2025/10/09/c...

The Arch Manning Experience vs. the Arch Manning–Industrial Complex

What do Manning’s struggles this season tell us about him as a player—and the system that hailed him as the next big thing?

www.theringer.com

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Austin FC @austinfootballclub.bsky.social · 3d

Climbing to No. 4️⃣📈

Owen Wolff continues his ascent up the MLS 22 under 22!

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 3d

What pensions

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 3d

My most controversial take on this is probably that while I think reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct, I don’t really have any problem with additional taxes on (high income) childless people. Someone gotta pay into the pensions!

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 3d

"my commitment to housing policy transcends the left-right boundary!"
"strangely, some of the people I'm working with would be fine with me being arrested for my beliefs???"

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Austin FC @austinfootballclub.bsky.social · 4d

Etching his name in the MLS History Books.

Congrats to @bradstuver.com for breaking the record of most saves made in a 5-year-span!

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 4d

Ah, the Glasslash

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 4d

Huh, a mutual who I very much liked is *poof* gone

ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 4d

You put your Big Ange in,
You put your Big Ange out,
You put your Big Ange in,
And you shake him all about

ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 4d

There are a lot of countries - including the US - where citizenship via parentage is easier to establish if your mom is a citizen rather than if your dad is, for reasons which become clear if you think long enough

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 4d

Indeed, Bad Bunny is more American under Trump's "birthright" blather than Trump is. Both of Bad Bunny's parents were also born in America. Trump's mother, however, was not.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 4d

Indeed, Bad Bunny is more American under Trump's "birthright" blather than Trump is. Both of Bad Bunny's parents were also born in America. Trump's mother, however, was not.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

😭

IG newberlinlibrary

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 5d

Unlike some I really don't have a problem with accepting that we are, at a collective level, to blame for Abbott

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5d

yes, yes, plenty of good people in the south; yes, yes, gerrymandering and voter suppression, yes, yes, i understand, but, also, you have to understand that your governor is sending fucking troops to my city for the express purpose of hurting us.

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 5d

Last heavy day before testing. I hate metric

Deadlift, Barbell

8 x 259lb
6 × 314lb
5 × 375lb
4 x 430lb
2 x 490lb
2 × 518lb
2 × 546lb
10 x 430lb

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ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 5d

(not necessarily that we go extinct, but in the sense that I think if there are ever a hundred trillion of our descendants among the stars they won't be particularly "human")

ATXRambler @rambleratx.bsky.social · 5d

A low-key reason I'm not a longtermist is that I actually do suspect a version of the Doomsday Argument is true

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 5d

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