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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 9h

I may or may not have yelled "Be silent, or be silenced" on more than one occasion at church events in the early 90s

Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 9h

I turned on the TV one day when I was in the fifth grade and thought I was just watching a really long episode of G.I. Joe, but instead I was watching a movie designed specifically to traumatize me and every other harmed child was a bonus. youtu.be/nT_KSx3hRCc?...

Trial of Cobra Commander

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 9h

Just straight up body horror thrown into the faces of children who weren't allowed to watch PG-13 movies

Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 9h

I can't wait til I can listen to "IOU" and other staples of my parents' terrible taste that I have fond memories of without giving money to MAGA.

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 9h

I turned on the TV one day when I was in the fifth grade and thought I was just watching a really long episode of G.I. Joe, but instead I was watching a movie designed specifically to traumatize me and every other harmed child was a bonus. youtu.be/nT_KSx3hRCc?...

Trial of Cobra Commander

YouTube video by Paladinbardo

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 10h

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 10h

Last shutdown, I watched a different DC animated movie on DC Universe every day (when it was mostly a video app and had 4 pages of every DC comic ever but only like a thousand complete issues). I need to find a gimmick for this time.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 17h

This also 💯 has the vibes of those Facebook ad t-shirts that say stuff like

“MY WIFE IS A MAMA BEAR WITH A HUSBAND (WHO IS ME) AND SHE MIGHT BE A LITTLE CRAZY BUT SO AM I AND IF SHE EATS YOU THEY WILL NEVER FIND YOUR BONES I LOVE THAT B-WORD AND GOD IN THAT ORDER IT’S A DOUG THING TRY TO KEEP UP.”

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 17h

Fuckin dying at the cold open

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 1d

If Dems cave over this I will be so fucking mad. If you're gonna make us suffer like this, get us ACA subsidies and fight tooth and nail for an end to impoundment and threats of RIF, don't just back down as soon as the elites squeal a little.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the FAA is warning.

Now on the seventh day of the government shutdown, the same scenario is playing out at FAA offices across the country, with ripple effects hitting flights almost everywhere.

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN

There are not going to be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administratoin is warning. In Nashville, so many are...

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 1d

Peace Walker has a lot going for it, but be forewarned that it is kind of hostile to solo play

Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, Orange got his logo video fixed? Well, partly.

Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 1d

Dinner tonight: can of SPAM, can of Veg-All. My parents' no-effort after-church meal of choice for my entire life.

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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 1d

If you are a Texan being investigated for your connections to "radical leftist" groups, I am interested in representing you against harassment by Ken Paxton's office.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Cookies (Rosie) ☘️🧸🎮 @rosie.posts.love · 2d

October is National ADHD awareness month, your brain is NOT broken and you are so valid 🧡🦋

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 1d

If he tries we will simply loot his towers and resorts to get our due.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: President Trump signaled that he may try to deny federal workers back pay after the shutdown, in contradiction to U.S. law.

Trump Suggests Furloughed Federal Workers May Not Receive Back Pay After Shutdown

Union leaders and Democratic lawmakers say the move would run afoul of a law adopted under President Trump’s first term.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

After a dozen years this is still my favorite remix

youtu.be/-aLYvZ5sX28

Taylor Swift - Trouble (Goat Remix)

YouTube video by V∆GUE

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

Superman's Song

Crash Test Dummies - Superman's Song (Official Video)

YouTube video by CrashTestDummiesVEVO

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2d

Desperately need a law that says something like running a federal agency is a full time job and not something you can do in your spare time from another full time job.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

The Trump administration has found its seventh leader for the IRS since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term: Frank Bisignano, the head of the Social Security Administration.

Bisignano will run both agencies.

Trump’s new IRS ‘CEO’: The head of Social Security

The Trump administration on Monday found its seventh leader for the Internal Revenue Service since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term: the head of the Social Security Administration.

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 2d

I found SO much stuff I never would have otherwise on eMusic. "Well I have 4 credits i might as well check out this thing on the front page in a genre I don't usually listen to...oh shit I guess I'm a goth now"

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 2d

Dems need to be crystal clear that this opinion is facially horseshit because of the lack of any credible linkage back to an AUMF and anyone conducting military action based on it is opening themselves up to legal liability

Ben Heath @jbentonheath.bsky.social · 2d

I think @bcfinucane.bsky.social said on here a couple weeks ago that there would have to be a secret OLC opinion, making it easier for the rank and file to go along with this murderous little campaign the US is waging in the Caribbean.

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 2d

'The opinion is significant, legal experts said, because it appears to justify an open-ended war against a secret list of groups giving the president power to designate drug traffickers as enemy combatants and have them summarily killed without legal review.' www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 2d

Well, as a Southern Baptist, he directly spends money to help protect sexual predators who happen to be pastors from consequences and to legally harass victims like Hannah-Kate Lee Osborne and Samantha Killary. So it's on brand

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Furloughed Balzac Asimov (trick or treat?)👨‍🦯 @balzac-asimov.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody had the foresight to launch the Church of the Lawn Dart before they were pulled.

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