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The Infinitely Prolonged

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he/him/his Either way - patriot or treason it's gonna be one long hard ride - Melissa Etheridge

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 8d

"Nothing — markets, bots, or machines — can rescue us, except our imagination"
- William Davies
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Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 8d

The critique of pure idiocy

The critique of pure idiocy - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Hannah Arendt, the year Hitler came to power William Davies has published an essential critique of Trumpian stupidity. This could not be more relevant to my current interests, but quite aside from that this is one of those essays that open up whole new vistas for thinking about fundamental social developments and patterns. I’d like […]

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1h

Perhaps if rich pedophiles contracted it Congress might become interested in protecting America from this malpractice.

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The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 p.m. EDT

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 2h

This is our city!
You keep your distance!

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 2h

While I think someone like Musk or Kennedy is about the soft eugenics, Vought and his crew are motivated by very different reasons—and one barely has to read between the lines to see what they are. But a lot of people literally haven’t done the reading & given Vought’s power, they probably should.

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 2h

Don't cry for me Portland Frog Man
You were supposed to have been immortal...

Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 4h

They keep leaving out an essential preposition, "at", which completely changes the meaning of the sentence from a self-aggrandizing lie to a banal truth: She stared down AT protesters. Big deal. What next, "Steven Miller looked out of a window"? "RFK Jr examined his fingernails"?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Illidani @dani-lslmlv.bsky.social · 17h

Of all the moments of social change I've lived through, Operation Desert Storm is the one that I think people sleep on the most, CNN's 24 hour format going from industry joke to vindicated model to follow is just one of the reasons why.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 17h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 18h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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IndivisibleLasVegas ❌👑 @indivisiblelasvegas.org · 3h

RIP Diane. You were a classy lady and a wonderful actor.

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Diane Keaton, 'Annie Hall' and 'The Godfather' Actress, Dead at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress known for a prolific career in uplifting comedies, has died at the age of 79.

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 3h

I cannot shake the feeling that the window is closing fast on the main stream media's opportunity to honestly report on this before they are fully captured.

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Martin Longman @booman23.bsky.social · 3h

Greg Sargent Chides the Mainstream Media Over Portland Coverage open.substack.com/pub/martinlo...

Greg Sargent Chides the Mainstream Media Over Portland Coverage

It's not enough to correct the lies of the administration and their citizen propagandists.

open.substack.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

The SpEd system in this country is set up in a way that families know they're entitled to certain things but also know they have to fight tooth and nail to get what they deserve.

They're tenacious experienced fighters who'll do anything for their kids. These assholes just sucker punched them all.

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 3h

The exact motivation for ICE activities is terror. For political purposes. This is the textbook definition of terrorism.

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 3h

Republicans desperately trying to wag that dog

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 4h

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 4h

It was @sarahjeong.bsky.social and we’ve been pounding this drum for years - especially since all the promises of metadata to prove images are real have gone nowhere www.theverge.com/2024/8/22/24...

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 4h

I cannot in good conscience recommend that my undergraduate or masters students go to graduate school in the USA. I will support them if they apply but I cannot recommend it to them. This is a change from 30 years of practice in which that was my strongest recommendation.

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 4h

We are currently led by people with a grade schooler’s understanding of the military, and for that matter everything else.

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 4h

Ironically, about 75% of The Art of War is just stuff like “I cannot overemphasize that your army needs to eat”

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 18h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 4h

Ironically, about 75% of The Art of War is just stuff like “I cannot overemphasize that your army needs to eat”

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 18h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 4h

Not yet.

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 4h

fascism begets fascist brain drain

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 4h

fascism begets fascist brain drain

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Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 4h

If we lose Joe, Trump will either reuse to order flags lowered or will directly order that they *not* be lowered. This will have absolutely no impact on his approval rating.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/joe...

Joe Biden undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer treatment

Former President Joe Biden is now receiving radiation therapy for his prostate cancer, a spokesperson for the former president confirmed to ABC News.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 5h

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

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Sciencematters @totoroandscience.bsky.social · 4h

Although there are not official numbers released, there is peer reviewed research on the topic. Conservative estimates suggest they have killed 34 people (mostly women and children) for each Israeli killed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualt...

Casualties of the Gaza war - Wikipedia

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