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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15h

If you ever stuck up for "ideological diversity ' or good faith debate or whatever and thought guys like Thiessen were part of that congratulations you are a huge sucker and Thiessen and the other conservatives are laughing at you now that they won.

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 7h

More pots for me...

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 16h

He really doesn't panic, good to see in a young QB

Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 16h

Oh God...what did Grampa Heeler do...

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 16h

I liked it when Defector did it...

Alan Burdick @alanburdick.bsky.social · 1d

A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 16h

Windome Earle-Sears imo

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 17h

A lot of you posting about the Tush Push when you should be posting about uh, Tish being Pushed to defend herself in court? Does that work?

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 18h

Lol it's so annoying that Jaxson Dart might be legit

Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 18h

Auspicious first play for this Giants-Eagles game

Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 18h

God what if it is tho

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 18h

Maia does this even actually save Milei

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 18h

You gotta tell me how he got there. What heinous shit did this dude try to sell.

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 21h

Man what a sentence. I love the internet.

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 22h

I think this frankly makes RFK Jr's nonsense worse. He didn't even watch the video! He just read someone else's description!

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 22h

Ok, I have now seen the alleged video that fits RFK Jr.'s description. She is mocking the announcement but she is not "chugging" or "gobbling" Tylenol––she takes one. It's the right-wing outrage tweets that describe her as "gobbling."

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah, I mean, as a soft coward myself, I'm not going to judge anybody who is not committed to direct action

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 22h

Seriously, I think there's an opening for politicians to attack slop culture head on, and it's kind of telling that nobody wants to do it.

all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 22h

the actual dem pitch should probably be shit like: “your thanksgiving is gonna suck because these scumbags in silicon valley gave your uncle brain damage on facebook with the same shit as that awful copilot thing, and also cattle ranchers are stealing from you. donald trump did all of that”

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 23h

It's especially good in context because he spends some time carefully picking apart Emily Bender's "stochastic parrot" argument and then spends a page just being like, "and on the other extreme, there's this silly nonsense."

Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 23h

This from @leifw.bsky.social's Language Machines is appropriately brutal (sorry for no alt-text, copy and paste is disabled for my copy and I ain't typing all that)

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 1d

Man, like, you can pick apart the false claims there but you can also just step back and say, "Do you really think Biden was stopping the war. Do you really think he was reining Bibi in. Do you really think that."

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 1d

You love a book with a perfect epigraph

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 1d

Pop music lyrics are a funny thing though, I think in practice they're often better if they're a bit stupid. I think about The Mummies' "Soldier apes on horseback / Soldier apes on foot / Learned apes with orange hair / Give you dirty look" more than a lot of "sophisticated" lyrics.

Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 1d

If we're leaving out hip-hop, gotta think Bill Callahan's up there, yeah? John Darnielle for sure also

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 4d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 1d

You can ask anyone who teaches the Bible in a university setting. They inevitably get evangelical students, and these students straight-up have not read the book.

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