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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 7d

“There IS a spoon and liberals ignore it at their peril” - Ezra Klein in The Matrix.

Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 11d

If Raiders of the Lost Ark came out today it would be viewed as political and divisive. Well anyway, One Battle After Another is really great.

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 11d

Obama vetoed a bill that would have allowed 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia, but Pete found a loophole. www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

Bill allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia vetoed by Obama

President Obama has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.

www.pbs.org

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 11d

Unless Davidson’s team really sucks at negotiation, we can confidently say the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. tdhj.org/blog/post/9-....

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 11d

Did Saudi Arabia spend more money to get Pete Davidson to do stand-up or to kill Pete Davidson’s father?

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 13d

Saw a stranger post online about how much they love a show I think is pretty bad, and I really let them have it*

*Their own opinion. Some people have bad taste, and you can just quietly feel superior to them.

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 13d

People write about Trump the way they write about AI, projecting intellect and intentionality onto something that is just stringing words together.

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 15d

Did you take the classic photo posing with him both in costume?

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 15d

Was this your first time having a stunt double?

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 15d

If you’re pregnant and taking medical advice from Trump, your child has a lot more to worry about than autism.

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 16d

I still think about the family in this article by @ashleyrparker.bsky.social from 2011. The parents believed the rapture was coming and spent all their money getting the word out while their children could do nothing but watch. I wish someone would follow up on them. www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/u...

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 20d

The only upside to this one is that I can actually do something since like a normal person I don’t have Paramount+

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 21d

Taking Kimmel off the air because he displeased the President is about as clear cut as fascism gets. Bad, bad, very bad. But to do it right after the Emmys when it will be least helpful for Jimmy to win one next year? Cold blooded.

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 21d

Me: Gets on the subway

My phone: Ahh, where are we? Are you lost and dying? Should I connect to a satellite to save us?

Subway pulls into station

My phone: Here’s a text from Maybe Jon Ossoff that came in a minute ago

Subway leaves station

My phone: TAP THIS BUTTON AND I’LL CALL US A MEDIVAC!

Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 22d

When people I agree with do something, it is okay. When people I disagree with do the same thing it is not okay. This is not a double standard, it’s a single standard: Do I agree with you? Be someone I agree with and you’ll find me to be very fair.

Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · 29d

My cartoon in this week’s issue of The New Yorker

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Alien: Earth asks really interesting philosophical questions like what if there were other types of aliens that also killed real good?

Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · Aug 26

Weird that you didn’t mention the time you voiced an alien that got [redacted] to death

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · Aug 26

I can’t stress how much I hate websites like Bored Panda. They need people’s work to make money but won’t pay money for people’s work.

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · Aug 26

Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio 1601

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · Aug 21

To anyone working for the Eric Adams campaign, please let it be known that I will quietly accept any and all cash payments. I won’t vote for the guy, but I will take his money.

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Having a 5 year-old boy and a 3 year-old boy is a great way to understand the world. Every conflict in history has happened in miniature in my living room over a Tonka truck.

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · Aug 18

I knew I shoulda taken dat left toyrn at Alqualondë

Much thanks to tolkeingateway dot net, I couldn’t have done it without you

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · Aug 18

Someone needs to make a horror movie that’s a metaphor for not wanting to get killed

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Adam Sacks @adamsacks.bsky.social · Aug 18

So THAT’S why he wrapped the Reichstag!

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