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sociologist of disasters pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. (views aren't even my own) roll tide. come on, come on, get down to goodison park.....wooh!

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · Dec 10

You might not know me from my other summer camp life Anyways- it overlaps this year as we are located in the mountains outside of Asheville and we don't yet know how the floods are going to affect camp. If you would like to help fund scholarships for kids in Appalachia: givebutter.com/t2VbFE

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 9h

Another extreme escalation. A protester was pinned and shouting in pain and calling for help, struggling to breathe with officers on top of them. Crowd was pushed down the block. 12 gauge flashbangs shot from shotgun I believe. Tons of gas. Residents in the area shouting from balconies that…

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 1h

Doing the old surfer thing: Going to stare at the ocean.

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 1h

Honest to god, a guy in my high school had a whole long monologue about how it was okay for him to be racist and like RATM.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 1h

"Hey, Chat.....uh, where do I put it?"

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 1h

My most radical political belief is that everyone should be able to go to the doctor.

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 1h

Just for the record- it would be great if undocumented immigrants could also go to the hospital.

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 1h

I hope this works for dude, because the sex is going to be amazing.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 8h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 3h

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 8h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1h

man, they can't even agree on how they're going to break the law lol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Vance claims "tariff revenue" will be used to pay the troops

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 2h

The perennial problem with Trump these days is it's hard to tell if he's speaking from dementia or just lying again.

I think that's one reason the press doesn't know how to cover it. It's unclear if he's really this deluded/forgetful, or if he's just lying.

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Trump Forgets He Was President During Capitol Riot, Blames ‘THE BIDEN FBI’ for Jan. 6 in Dead-of-Night Post

President Donald Trump blamed the Capitol riot on former President Joe Biden, claiming that “THE BIDEN FBI” had placed agents in the crowd that had assembled in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6. 2021.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 1h

“Souping” ruined his body.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 1h

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 7h

The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition…

We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 17h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 2h

This sounds indistinguishable from the young guy with Asperger's that we used to try and help find the confidence to date. Maybe just try talking to people like a normal person, dude.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 8h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 2h

Do any of them actually believe this? Does it actually matter? Is it enough just to have it repeated?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

ICE is up. Feds have been spotted in Rogers Park. Video is also circulating of Border Patrol grabbing someone near their usual hunting ground at the Home Depot in Cicero.

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 2h

Methinks that more male opinion writers posting on social media need the skin-toughening experience of a woman leading a truth-telling newsroom (including real racism history) in Mississippi and writing columns challenging power and systems and naming names in my home state for 23 years. Periodt.

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The Asheville Blade @avlblade.bsky.social · 3h

As the Salvation Army's enabling of ICE is drawing more attention to them, read our piece on their long record of anti-queer/trans hatred, classism and abuse of the poor.

@davidforbes.bsky.social wrote this when Asheville city hall gave the SA over $1 million. ashevilleblade.com?p=4827 #avlnews

No salvation |

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 13h

In an interview with WWLTV just now, Helena talked about the way contracting out city services is actually more expensive than doing them in-house a lot of the time. This is one line from her campaign that I've always liked and look forward to seeing how she applies it.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”