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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 37m

If you can’t get the news from the news then they’re not really the news are they

if the president does something so awful it would be indecent to describe and ask about then you very obviously need to describe and ask about it, thats the entire job

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 1h

He looks like the human embodiment of a Bored Ape

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 22h

Older woman in a frog costume holding up a sign that reads

No Kings
No Kings
No Kings

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 23h

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

No kid should ever have to protest or advocate for their friends’ basic humanity.

But they’re standing up at No Kings anyway.

A little boy holds a handmade sign with hearts glued to it. It reads, “leave my friends ALONE Donald Trump”. He’s bravely protesting at the No Kings Evanston protest.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23h

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 1d

@ryancordell.org Your sign is getting many honks at our little rally up here in Rockland County, NY! #nokings

A sign that reads No Tyrants! & No Kings! at a rally. Flying rather poetically next to me and the sign is an American flag.

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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 1d

the battery in my son’s jumperoo is dying and it sounds like animal collective

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 2d

My job as a citizen is to know what's going on around me, so that I can be an informed voter. Isn't it this guy's job to know (and do) things in order to get those votes?

(I know, I know. It's infuriating regardless.)

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 2d

My mother inexplicably took me to see Cujo, in the movie theatre, when I was NINE.

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 2d

Absofuckinglutely 1000000% this

C.V. Danes @cv-danes.com · 2d

My feeling is that the most important opportunity for the 2026 midterms is not flipping Congress to the Dems, but flipping the Dems to an actual opposition party.

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, 10000% me too

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like “I study history” is one of those classic dumb guy phrases that 99% of the time comes before the dumbest fucking thing you’ve ever heard

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 4d

I went to a Christian Science elementary school (long story) and every morning during chapel there was a mix of hymns and patriotic songs. "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic" always got the most rousing bursts of singing. Real crowd-pleasers for 7-12 year olds!

[Sic] Burns @sicburns2.bsky.social · 6d

Alexa what’s the best time to start trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored

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[Sic] Burns @sicburns2.bsky.social · 6d

Alexa what’s the best time to start trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 4d

Does nobody remember W Ketchup? (I remember W Ketchup!)

Ketchup bottle, George W. Bush, 2004

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americanhistory.si.edu

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 4d

Late 90s, I crashed at a friend's place in Red Hook, Brooklyn, & my car got broken into, window smashed, in an attempt to get my car radio. When that failed they grabbed the 2 CDs in my center caddy. AND it had rained! So a soaked interior & broken window, all for Yo La Tengo & Beastie Boys cds.

John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 4d

What meaningless thing/experience are you still mad about? Like it should not matter at all, DOES not matter at all. But you’re still MAD.

And how long has it been?

I bought some bagels at Hy-Vee four years ago. So bad. Too big. Hard. Bland. WORTHLESS.

I’m still FURIOUS.

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 4d

Lloyd Dobbler went duster-adjacent, with resounding success! (The boombox bit tho, yikes.)

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 4d

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 5d

Our senior dog is living his best life, snoring and farting all day long. His little sister, the boss lady of the family, would like a word about the farts.

A large beige mastiff mix is asleep on a dog bed in the foreground. Further back, on a grey couch, is a medium brindle hound, looking alert.

Super close up of the brindle hound's face. She looks pissed.

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 5d

I'm currently in "Surely I Don't Need My Wool Hat Yet!" denial

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 5d

She's parlayed "Sounding Like That One Person in Your Grad School Seminar Who Says Pithy Things But Hasn't Actually Done The Reading" into an entire career.

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Jeremy Hot Wheels @kateneely.bsky.social · 5d

my therapist: sometimes you simply have to experience an emotion instead of thinking about it
me, nodding sagely: and then it goes away
therapist: well not necessarily
me, shaking my head furiously: no, I don't like that

Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 5d

Me: I just don't understand why I can't just out-think my anxiety and emotions and simply react and respond in the most ideal way every single time and never feel bad
My therapist of eight years: *audibly loading gun*

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 5d

I sunk cost fallacied my way to reading the entire thing, a not insignificant amount of time lost to a book I truly disliked.

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