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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 24m

They did.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

😈😈

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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 1h

The internet is a what now?
youtube.com/shorts/ZWqqd...

I find this DELIGHTFUL to imagine as I scroll ✨️🌈✨️

YouTube video by Hannah Fry

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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 1h

Why don't we do that?

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 19h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Lisa F. Moore @femlfm.bsky.social · 1h

I’m headed to my local ANTIFA headquarters for our weekly meeting. 📚🥂💙

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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 1h

You mean white men giving out a prize because they created a deadly weapon and feel bad about it isn't working out? Who knew?

Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 1h

It's a tried and true method.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Pranksters vs. Autocrats by Srdja Popovic and Sophia A. McClennen | eBook | Cornell University Press

The Lawrence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations....

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 1h

Trump didn't "lose" The Nobel Peace Prize because he wasn't nominated for it.

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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 1h

I hope Venezuela hid all the boats. 😶‍🌫

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 14h

congress should all have to wear one big t-shirt together until there’s a deal

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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 2h

This also describes Maduro, the current dictator in Venezuela. They all look alike.

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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 3h

Who else was aware that applications deadline for the Nobel Peace Prize is in January? All that jabber flapping was agitprop. #january #nobelpeaceprize #venezuela

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t know if y’all can tell or not but AG Letitia James is pissed😂😬

Baaaaaaaaby do these people know state crimes can’t be pardoned by the President?

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 4h

🧵This post could also be a basis for dismissing the case against Letitia James and any effor against Adam Schiff.

The post "order[ed] Attorney General Pam Bondi to make haste in prosecuting Comey and other MAGA enemies, i.e., Senator Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James."

Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 16h

What a dumb ass: Trump meant to DM Pam Bondi when he mistakenly ordered her to prosecute his enemies via public tweet

China, Iran, Russia: If you're listening, Trump is using Twitter DMs to communicate with Cabinet officials

newrepublic.com/post/201529/...

Trump Accidentally Posted Message That Could Destroy Entire Comey Case

It turns out Donald Trump didn’t mean to make that Truth Social post public after all.

newrepublic.com

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DMC ❌👑 @dcombes.bsky.social · 3h

‼️NYC EMERGENCY RALLY ‼️
HANDS OFF LETITIA JAMES

TODAY, Friday, October 10th
5:30 PM, Foley Square, NYC

On October 9th, Attorney General Tish James was indicted by a prosecutor handpicked by Trump. New York will fight back.
#Pinks

www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

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The Cola Corporation @cola.baby · 12h

Why does everyone love Cam Skattebo?

Family Guy skin tone meme. Hand in foreground holding chart with light and darker skin tones.

Note next to light tones= Exuberant, infectious personality

Note for darker tones = Showboat, arrogant, selfish

Graphic of Can Skattebo dieting in a car

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 3h

The Nobel Peace Prize is rigged against men who express their leadership thru armed occupation and masked thugs

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 3h

Obama has a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 3h

Using click bait headlines to protest click bait is (chefs kiss)

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 16h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 3h

The applications closed in January. There was never a chance the orange one would win. His jabberflapping about being a candidate has always been agitprop.

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Tusk Jenkins @tuskjenkins.bsky.social · 10h

You know what it is, the mind yearning to commune with the night and knowing not to say day things like talking to ambience solves nothing let's fuck up afternoons

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 18h

Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray.

No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.

Thank me later,

An actual expert

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Smarter Than a Waffle @smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social · 3h

This is a great source of facts.

Lee 🦋 @leegallyred.bsky.social · 4h

Sanity has prevailed. Congratulations to this worthy winner, and may this news drive a certain malignant narcissist to move to another planet.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

www.bbc.co.uk

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