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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Jean-Charles Geslot @jcgeslot.bsky.social · 1d

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 18h

Here's one for the "it can't happen here" crowd: People are hiding women & children from violent raids by masked agents who have intel on private gun ownership. If anyone needs me, I'll be here waiting for the "Don't Tread On Me" crowd to leap into action.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 19h

a close up of a man with #theexpanse on the bottom

ALT: a close up of a man with #theexpanse on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 19h

"(just ask Egypt, Iran, or Malaysia)" Or India, or Northern Ireland...you get my point.

Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 19h

I wish the American Empire would follow its example. Like, you dumb fucks. We were supposed to collapse like our British predecessors, not give ourselves over to a tyrant like our Roman heroes. America's always empired incorrectly, but this may be the most incorrectly it's ever done so. (4/4)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 19h

But the point is that over a period of just a few decades — a shockingly short amount of time, in imperial terms — it sort of slowly, (relatively) gently collapsed into a more-or-less modern, liberal democracy. (3/4)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 19h

Now, that's a crazy oversimplification. The process was long and difficult, met with great resistance from British society and the British government, and was far from bloodless (just ask Egypt, Iran, or Malaysia). (2/4)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 19h

The British Empire took a terrible toll on the human species — uncounted indignities and immeasurable suffering. But it did at least do one thing less-destructively than most other empires: When it fell apart, it mostly just liberalized until it stopped being an empire. (1/4)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 20h

I've said this before after the first time I saw this, but I still maintain that "Brother, what are you ordering at Buffalo Wild Wings?" should be come dude short-hand for when your friend says something a little off-sides and needs to be gently checked.

☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 20h

feels relevant

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 21h

Don't threaten me with a good time, Thune.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I had a "sapience" knob that I could turn down just like, 10% every once in a while. Meta-cognition is overrated.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

He was sipping a Zero Sugar Vernors Ginger Soda, and listening to Of Monsters and Men. Because he’s a TOUGH CUSTOMER.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

2025-10-10 07:05 UTC: With autumn having finally arrived in his local area, having had his windows open for a little over 24 hours, and finding himself on the upswing of a minor head cold, Sam donned his Big Grey Hoodie™ for the first time in seven months. Mark it on your calendars, kids.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

A weird product of getting older: The almost Marge Simpson-like "hmmm" of disapproval with which I've always greeted unexpected and/or unwelcome events has deepened in pitch and become more resonant, so now it just sounds like I growl at things that upset me.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

Listen. If he's going to be the blood-thirsty ideological executor of MAGA's white nationalist agenda, we should at least make Stephen Miller wear those little round Himmler glasses.

Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

Much like "Closer," I find the most enjoyable part of "Terrible Lie" to be the end when the keyboards go completely ham. So insofar as that's concerned, it *can't* be too long (for me) 😆

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

(I am not *from* any of those places, but I'm from *very near to* a couple of them.)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to Indiana, where we specialize in this!

— Carmel = nope, we pronounce that "CAR-muhl"
— Lebanon = "LEB-uh-nuhn" (or more often, "LEB'nuhn")
— Russiaville = that's "ROOSH-ah-vil" to you
— Versailles = if you don't think we pronounce that "VER-sales", you're out of your goddamned mind

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like most years, my album of the year is a toss-up between a blackened metal band that sounds like a fucking jet engine, and a quirky Icelandic pop band that sounds like several cartoon characters on psilocybin. Apparently I have *two* types, and they're both medium-unwell.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 3d

OCTOBER is when we DIE from going to too many MEETINGS.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 4d

Someone I know is going to be taking a Greek island cruise, including a stop on Crete. I joked that they should watch out for German paratroopers, and got crickets. Not sure "very regionally-specific WW2 trivia disguised as a joke" is as universal a laugh language as I'd like it to be.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 7d

Oh for fuck's sake. It's not only possible to think that Nicolás Maduro is a bad dude AND it's illegal and immoral for America to throw missiles at speedboats, it's basically the only reasonable opinion. This is geopolitics, kids. Most of the time, both sides suck.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 7d

Also: 'Mother Night'. The book's fantastic (<3 my boy Kurt V.), but the movie w/ Nick Nolte isn't half bad. My point is that there are ways to explore how you might feel if you do nothing while everything burns, and to think about your relationship with moral evil.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 7d

(Also: I have no solution for this feeling. I cycle through phases each day. Heavy engagement and semi-constructive outrage, then distract myself with work, then distract myself with entertainment, rinse/repeat. So it's not like I'm actually helping.)