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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 1h

This is extremely funny but now we have to legitimately wonder how many more fishermen he's going to murder over this because Americans elected a psychopath.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2h

This is even better www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 13h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 8h

The levels to which I do not understand the appeal of Taylor Swift cannot be articulated in the English language but it's fascinating how people simply cannot be normal about her. She's reached the level of stardom where instead of herself becoming insane, it's everyone else on planet Earth.

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 8h

Somehow, on the same day in which I watched the Health Secretary and President of the United States muse on how circumcision leads to autism, this is the most insane take I've seen all week.

Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 1d

The conservatism that's resurgent in the U.S. wants women to get married and have babies—so Taylor Swift's latest lyrics about getting married and having babies genuinely bummed me out.
www.jezebel.com/the-life-of-...

The Life of a...Tradwife?

The conservatism that's resurgent in the U.S. wants women to get married and have babies—so Taylor Swift's latest lyrics about getting married and having babies genuinely bummed me out.

www.jezebel.com

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 11h

What can you say, "everybody be an asshole, all the time, hell yeah, make everything suck, forever!" was a winning political message. I'm not sure Americans even know the difference between good things and bad things, anymore.

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 11h

Enjoying Yooka-Replaylee so far. Feels great compared to the original, and it's quite affordable if you already own that one. Even if you don't, you can get it for under $30 during the introductory period.

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 11h

I appreciate Marc openly admitting that there is no longer any customer base for this newspaper.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11h

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 12h

They let Trump take credit for 'saving' Gaza and let him take credit for 'saving' TikTok. Wildly different stakes of course but both such baffling own goals, before we get to the moral catastrophe of the former.

Just historically inept politics from a historically inept party.

Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social · 13h

This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 12h

I won't spoil it but having just finished this, I definitely have a favorite line, and also elicited one or two Jesus Christs while watching.

The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile today at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 13h

Everyone who matters has decided they want fascism so I'm not sure what else to tell you.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13h

2028: Trump wins all 50 states and wins big in California.

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 17h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 13h

i’ll never get over this

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15h

This isn’t just “Charlie Brown had hoes” levels of wrong it’s “Charlie Brown never had a dog” levels of wrong

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 17h

wtaf are you talking about

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 20h

It’s kind of crazy that Nazis and the KKK have recently become controversial bad guys because a bunch of bitter online dorks assumed it was about them

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 1d

Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post-Civil War era

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Players would fight the emerging KKK

• Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash

(Source: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...)

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20h

Wolf being absolutely destroyed in Jeopardy by Andy Richter

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 22h

Chuck D was right, slow jams fucking suck.

WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 23h

Holy shit they have their own Scott Pressler

British rightwing weirdo with hair like Donna from the good seasons of That 70's Show.

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 23h

"Meet 3 ugly and horrible people."

No. I do not want to do that. I would like for newspapers to stop asking me to do that.

LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 1d

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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WhimsickleSquirrel @whimsicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 23h

We need to stop saying 'conservative' when we mean 'asshole.' It's the politics of jerks. There is no ideology there other than 'be an awful person.'

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Just an incredible selection of 3 young British conservatives

LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 1d

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 3d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 3d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 2d

I’m a single-issue voter from now until the day I die: “hold the people who did this and all these other crimes responsible, no matter what it takes”

I’m gonna go to town halls and congressional field offices and bring it up ad infinitum

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Jul 25

Few “don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone” examples as potent as an independent DOJ

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1d

they tried to create something too cool for this earth

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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