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The Scorpio King 🏳️‍🌈 🦂👑
@arcoar.bsky.social
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Beaver Stater born on the bayou. He/Him. Attorney at Love and professor of chit-chattin.
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To the right-wingers who want trans people dead, these concerns are not abstract. To the trans people who want to be alive, they are not abstract. These concerns are only actually abstract to *Democratic elites*—like 22-year-old rich Yale grads with a public megaphone they got from their name.
On the flip side, words like "Black," "white," and "Latino" were up 1,000 percent, “LGBT" was up 1,000 percent, words like "equity," "hate," "justice,” ”reproductive," "democracy," "criminal justice," “environmental justice," “climate," "guns,"—all of these words increased dramatically in frequency. I think that's pretty telling of a party that has shifted our priorities away from some of those working class issues that used to define us and towards these more abstract cultural concerns that are higher priorities for Democratic elites.
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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This already bonkers analysis still manages to hit quite differently (worse) when you realize it’s coming from a 22-year old. “Stuff sure has changed a lot since… I was 10.”
Simon Bazelon: There are a number of things going on here. First, the Democratic Party is a lot more liberal and left-wing than it used to be. For example, the share of congressional Democrats who support Medicare for All or paid family leave or an assault weapons ban or expanded abortion rights has gone way up in the last 12 years. And as that shift to the left has happened, we see in public polling that the share of voters who think Democrats are too liberal has gone up a lot.
December 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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But hey, at least they're bringing us value like this AI summary which claims that One Battle After Another—basically one long action scene—has few action scenes and stars director Guillermo del Toro.
Google (search) One Battle After Another budget AI Overview "One Battle After Another" (a 2025 film by Paul Thomas Anderson starring Leonardo DiCaprio) had a reported budget between $130 million to $175 million, with marketing costs adding tens of millions more, making it a costly production despite positive reviews, leading to projections of significant financial loss, though it still achieved strong box office numbers for an adult-oriented film. The high budget sparked debate, as it had few action scenes but featured major stars like DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Guillermo del Toro.
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Ok, so if we (?) weren’t mad enough soon enough or loud enough about parts of the firehose of fascist shit being sprayed upon us… does that mean it’s our fault that it’s happening? What’s the angle here?
REMINDER: Sex workers and people with OnlyFans accounts have been screaming at the top of their lungs about being turned away at the borders (even from Canada) due to CBP checking people's social media and WARNED this was coming. And yall said nothing. What happens to the "least" happens to ALL
December 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Meme of two men’s arms with hands clasped in agreement; the black man’s arm on the left reads “Bluesky Bots” and the white man’s arm on the right reads, “Me” and where they join in unity reads, “Hoping there’s a secret dick in these”
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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I used a mini hacksaw like this to spatchcock my turkey this year and it was so much better than a knife or kitchen shears.
Black mini hacksaw, with a thin, long, narrow blade, and a hard loop that attaches by screw to the top of the blade and the handle.
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Why is this incredibly condescending post making me so irrationally angry? Just move on, me. Just move on.
The primary issue with the thanksgiving meal is not the lineup (though it usually needs more crunch and acid, so I do like a shaved butternut salad, maybe some collards). It's that people are cooking a giant weird piece of meat and a multi course meal with no planning or practice. Nov 26, 2025, 6:31 AM Some people can reply
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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A fun game is thinking of two people whose conversation you’d rather hear less. Tommy Chatty Billy and the new CBS news chief come to mind. But there aren’t many more.
NY Times screenshot: “Cory A. Booker and David Leonhardt. Cory Booker on What It Takes to Believe in American Again.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Still from the movie Black Sheep, shady oppo agent appears against dark background, as he tells politician how he wants payment: “My best friends call me cash.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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No, this.
BINGO grid with space B6 (bottom left) circled in red.
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Yesterday’s birthday celebration crew!
Five people sit smiling around a restaurant table, facing the camera, with a couple of mostly eaten pizzas between them.
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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You and your macho head games!
One of the Mandelbaums in an episode of Seinfeld preparing to lift a TV set that doesn’t need to be lifted, which will throw out his back. His dad lays behind him in a hospital bed, and Jerry Seinfeld stands behind him on the other side looking on.
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
(This made me realize that my favorite year for music ever… also happens to be the year I turned 16.)
Album cover for Built to Spill’s Perfect From Now On.
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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It’s my birthday!
Cartoon rendering of Jeb Bush, in a tan sweater against a navy colored background, saying “Please Clap”
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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It's hilarious that the Starmer team regarded themselves as political geniuses when every data point made clear it was dissatisfaction with a 14-year incumbent party that won them the election. This number especially:
Screenshot from Wikipedia article on the 2024 UK general election, with one sentence highlighted: "The party's vote share was 33.7%, the lowest of any majority party on record, making this the least proportional general election in British history."
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Falcon Studios presents:
Pete Hegs... * @PeteHegseth Follow ... OPERATION ROUGH RIDER = Freedom of Navigation for U.S. ships OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER = Obliteration of Iranian nuclear sites OPERATION SOUTHERN SPEAR = Destroy Narco-Terrorists killing Americans @POTUS Trump means business — and the world knows it. Peace Through Strength. 8:16 PM • Nov 14, 2025 • 2.5M Views
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men, sitting in a chair, saying, “If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule??
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Seinfeld wearing a puffy shirt, with text overlay: Doctor, how long will the surgery be taking?
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Perhaps it ees life zat ees bad for us.
Cartoonishly French-looking man in a beret and striped black and white shirt, with a cigarette dangling from his lips and also one in his hand. He’s holding a glass of wine in one hand and a large baguette in another. He has a pencil mustache drawn on.
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Looks like the Times hired Ben Wyatt for the culinary beat.
NY Times screenshot: EASY WEEKNIGHT DINNER Move Over, Pizza, It's Calzone Time "Changed my world!" one reader wrote. Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt on Parks and Recreation holding a calzone and saying, "What I'm talking about is a portable, delicious meal."
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Nope, looks like it’s *still* Democrats who face all the political tests. After all, they’re the only ones with agency.
ANALYSIS The Democrats Just Took a Big Step Toward Getting Their Groove Back. Victories in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere were decisive, but new *political tests loom* for a party still rebuilding its brand. 7 MIN READ
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Which party faces a difficult political test? The one that just had its best night of elections in maybe 17 years, or the one that got beaten up and down the ballot in every corner of the country? According to the @nytimes.com, the answer may surprise you!
ANALYSIS The Democrats Just Took a Big Step Toward Getting Their Groove Back. Victories in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere were decisive, but new political tests loom for a party still rebuilding its brand. 7 MIN READ
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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I am certain this is full of good faith advice and not a bunch of sour grapes concern-trolling from @nytimes.com, the institution that used every ounce of its considerable power to stop him but still failed. So in that case I don't even need to read it.
Opinion. THE EDITORIAL BOARD. How Mayor Mamdani Can Write New York's Next Chapter. 9 MIN READ [Picture of Mamdani in front of crowd with credit, "Damon Winter/The New York Times".]
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM