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Wonk_arama

@wonkarama.bsky.social

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I am not confused. I am deeply committed to a range of mutually exclusive positions on many topics. All my opinions are meh. Consternated in the extreme. Words putting into sentences making guy.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · Nov 11

My brain is a committee; 3 are playing on their phones, one is arguing with a plastic plant & the rest have gone off in search of biscuits.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

It really feels like they’re trolling our autocrat.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

I could use some snacks.

Meme image of an otter sitting by some containers, looking sad. Text reads "When you didn't buy any snacks at the store because you told yourself you need to stop snacking but now you feel snackish."

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 13h

Show your brain who’s boss by changing it up with the Weird Al version. That’ll learn it youtu.be/hEcjgJSqSRU?...

"Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins (Official Video)

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

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Pat Wahler @patwahlerauthor.bsky.social · 23h

When authors start the editing process. #booksky #writers

Image of frog kicking one stretched out leg high. Text: give em the ol razzle dazzle

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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Habu @flyinghabu.bsky.social · 2d

Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky.

But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭

#Astrophotography

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon taken from my backyard

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 1d

I love dictionaries but fuck you, make me.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Danny Cooper @dannycooper.bsky.social · 1d

Future generations are gonna be really confused about the etymology of “trumped-up charges”

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Pat Wahler @patwahlerauthor.bsky.social · 2d

#booksky #writers #writing

Text: Good writing habit: use active voice. If the words sense any weakness at all, they'll rise up and seize control of the page, sowing chaos and death. Beware the words... -The Writer's Mysterium

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 2d

Oh the humanity

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 3d

It’s all relative; to their left therefore left wing. Which is of course 🙄

Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 3d

Not accepting the premise of the question or ignoring it and answering with a preferred talking point are standard tactics but they come with the risk of clearly identifying what you don’t want to talk about, especially if your responses include attacking the questioner.

Repugs R Stinky @artfulscribe.bsky.social · 3d

Sen. Schiff opens an XXL can o’ whupass on Pam Bondi for her relentless refusal to answer questions.
(And, yes, Pam, he does have a law degree. Thanks for asking.)
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Schiff calls out Bondi’s refusal to answer

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 3d

When you have neither the law nor the facts on your side, slam the table.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d

Now is a good time to sign up for the best daily political news bulletin in the universe 👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 3d

Did someone tip a bucket of water over him?

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 4d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 3d

Great question. lol.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 4d

There it is

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Wonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 4d

A preemptive justification for State sanctioned violence at polling places to drive down voter turnout

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 5d

I apologize

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 5d

Trump is ignoring a judge's ruling, ignoring the sovereign right of governors to deploy their National Guard, ignoring the truth, lying about violence to justify his invasions.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 5d

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is waging war against America with our military.

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