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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 7h

The autocrat's toadies destroy functioning governance and launch crisis after crisis in order to create a nation that runs on patronage in which he's the only one able to do anything for anyone.

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 7h

Good thread here —

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Nov 13

another curmudgeonly thread for the many of you who will be entering organizing spaces.

all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think for me it is so much "criticism" as "if you were a comic I still listened to before you went this thing, that's not what you are anymore, so long and thanks but no thanks."

There are plenty of other funny people out there to listen to.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 8h

This is a close cousin to the argument against the lunch counter sit-ins and every economic boycott since. Comfort uber alles.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

People deciding they don't find you funny anymore isn't censorship. The first amendment doesn't guarantee you laughs or views on streaming or ticket sales. Be defensive or mad about it I guess, but that's not particularly funny either.

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 1d

Note the wording.. Ms. Machado receives the prize for:
- promoting democratic rights
- struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition
- At a time when democracy is under threat
- where democracy is in retreat
- more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norm
www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en

Nobel Peace Center | Museum of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway

The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo is the museum of the Nobel Peace Prize. Experience our exhibitions, events and guided tours inspired by the ideas and work of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates.

www.nobelpeacecenter.org

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George Kaplan @ambassadoreast.bsky.social · 1d

music.youtube.com/watch?v=7tY3...

The Mood That I'm In

YouTube video by Lionel Hampton - Topic

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 1d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter’s to the title:

John Carpenter’s Ishtar

Jamie Delaney L. 🏳️‍⚧️ @ljamied.bsky.social · 1d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 1d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter's Eyes Wide Shut

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 2d

This is the part that baffles me. Mitch McConnell in particular lives and breathes politics. If he had mustered half a dozen votes to pass the first impeachment, he’d never have to pay for his own bourbon ever again.

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 2d

a man with a beard wearing a cowboy hat looks at the camera

ALT: a man with a beard wearing a cowboy hat looks at the camera

media.tenor.com

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 3d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 2d

This is so tiresome …

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

There's a prestige that has eluded President Trump: the Nobel Peace Prize.

The annual award, set to be announced Friday, has occupied Trump for months, along with a recurring complaint that he’ll be overlooked. https://wapo.st/3KIatAf

Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 2d

What a bunch of bootlicking swill!

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 2d

“Debaaaaaate meeeeeeeeee!”

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 2d

I had a dream not long ago, where I was trying to get the 3-note pickup to the acoustic guitar part in Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s “From the Beginning.”

Not stressful, just odd, since I don’t play guitar.

Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 2d

I had a weird dream last night that I had to play guitar for Rascal Flatts, and they just threw me up onstage immediately without any rehearsal or even verifying that I know the songs (I don’t). Needless to say, it was a realllly stressful dream.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

I liked reading and recommend this essay by @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com, in particular for the argument that fighting does not mean mindless aggression or abandoning values, but does require eschewing procedural caution while remaining anti-doomerist. (Plus Clausewitz and Biddle references!)

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 2d

Does it though??

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 2d

Good one ..

a man in a suit and tie is smiling while sitting in front of a window in an office .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling while sitting in front of a window in an office .

media.tenor.com

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 2d

Democrats should demand the firing of Stephen Miller as a condition for reopening the government.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

bsky.app/profile/jame...

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 2d

… isolationism, and rise of Trump and MAGA authoritarianism — these all grow out of our reaction to the attacks.

Historians will study this era in light of that day. (2/2)

Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 2d

Hard for the Press to cover this, since it’s a meta-narrative, but I think the biggest theme of the past 24 years has been the ways America responded to September 11th.

The violence, collapse of the old political landscape, unhinged responses to Obama’s presidency … (1/2)

Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 2d

Name the biggest story of your life and media failure to notice.

Civil Rights Movement
LBJ’s Great Society
Voting Rights
British Invasion
Summer of Love
Vietnam
Watergate
Iran Contra
9/11
Iraq-Afghanistan Wars

Leonard Leo’s Supreme Court destruction of 250 years of US democracy.

I pick Leo.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 2d

So now Bibi has agreed to a consequence-free (for him) timeout on terms acceptable to what’s left of Hamas. Will getting the last two dozen hostages back end things, or just open the ground for the completion of the total seizure of Gaza in the short term? We’ll see!

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