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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 15h

They created a fairy tale land for one grandpa and he's having the time of his life. His entire reality is like that thing where the brain releases a bunch of euphoric chemicals when it's dying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 4h

Most of the reasons people think British food is bad are actually true about Nordic food

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Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social · 5h

“There will be no more mercy.”

“No one deserves pity. Spare me your whining.”

Those are captions to videos of Russian drone operators attacking civilians in Kherson city and region.

Living in Kherson means risking execution from the sky.

www.wsj.com/world/russia... (read free)

Russian Drones Turn the Streets of Kherson Into a Civilian Kill Zone

The attacks on Kherson are part of Russia’s growing strategy to terrorize civilians in an effort to sap Ukrainians’ strength to resist in the fourth year of war.

www.wsj.com

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 6h

Still can't get over they're using straight up unencrypted chats for official communications, let alone the actual content or the mistake

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 11h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 7h

This guy butt-dialed a constitutional crisis. Amazing.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 11h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 8h

My ideology is that we should give a super-competent guy lifetime dictatorial power so we can build a high-public-sector-capacity developmental state. Now to take a big sip of my coffee and see the competence level of the guy we've elevated to lead the country I live in.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 8h

two thing that annoys me about Lee Kuan Yew worship is that nobody who does it seems to care about *modern* singaporean politicians and American right-wingers who do it would never accept LKY's policies of, e.g., massive public housing projects in a country that makes posting racism illegal

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 7h

Is this a naruto headband for guys who think they're alpha males?

LOWρUFO 🐁🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 8h

Fascinating ad on YouTube

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 16h

the "I prefer not to speak. If i speak I am in big trouble." meme

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 11h

wsj seems nervous that the caudillo is destroying the rule of law

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 11h

In his second term, Trump has taken control of the Justice Department in ways he could have only dreamed of during his first.

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

on.wsj.com

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Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 13h

Listening to even liberal Europeans talk about immigration is enough to make even the most accommodationist Democrat go pale

politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 16h

MAKE IT STOP

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 8h

Have we considered that Sam Altman is trying to create AGI because he isn't even sapient himself?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23h

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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Dimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social · 8h

This is how we sleep. Just cot beds in the underground bunker. It's getting very cold under ground, about 0 Celsius. Especially having a "shower" with wet wipes is getting more problematic.

Many people asked about the day-to-day life.

Ask your questions, will try to answer!

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 8h

Before God, I swear this creed. My hammer and myself are the defenders of consensus reality. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.

So be it, until victory is the Butlerian Jihad’s and there is no enemy, but peace!!

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 8h

THE BUTLERIAN JIHAD HAMMER CREED:

My hammer is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 8h

THIS IS MY BUTLERIAN JIHAD HAMMER
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT
BUT THIS ONE IS MINE

a hammer with the text "USE IN CASE OF AI APOCALYPSE // APPLY WITH VIGOR" scrawled on the handle in sharpie

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 8h

Tech enthusiasts: my entire house is smart

Tech workers: the only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don't recognize

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

had never before considered that the inflatable costumes offer pepper ball protection

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 9h

My confederate neighbor told me the submarine keeps drowning his sailors so I asked how many sailors he has and he said he just goes to the navy and gets new sailors afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding sailors to the ocean and then his commanding officer started crying

“The confederacy sent into action the world’s first combat submarine, the CSS Huntley, which sank three times in trials, drowning the crew each time (including its inventor Horace Huntley) before sink a blockade ship near Charleston in 1864 while going down itself for the fourth and last time”

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Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 1d

❗️Russian drone struck a house in the village of Krasnopillya hromada, Sumy Oblast

A family was injured — a 4-year-old girl, her mother, and her grandmother were hospitalized

The child has severe burns. Doctors are fighting for her life and considering transferring her to Kyiv

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 10h

this is why I watch MSNBC, at least the ads there are just Tony Hawk shilling joint pain medication

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

illustrated, helpfully, by a man in an inflatable frog costume gyrating salaciously at a line of federal shock troops shooting him with pepper balls and tear gas

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 11h

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 11h

tlaxcallans, 1519:

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 11h

Are white Monsters any good?

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 10h

overhyped, the Arnold Palmer one is the best one

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 11h

"treats based politics" appears to be a universal human constant lmfao

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