Got unexpectedly dumped this weekend after the best first six months of a relationship I've ever had. Zero stars. Do not recommend.
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Got unexpectedly dumped this weekend after the best first six months of a relationship I've ever had. Zero stars. Do not recommend.
Perhaps the sickest part of the mind-numbingly cruel just-passed BBB is that the social cuts don't kick in until after the 2026 election. Hmmm, I wonder why they made it work that way?
July 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Perhaps the sickest part of the mind-numbingly cruel just-passed BBB is that the social cuts don't kick in until after the 2026 election. Hmmm, I wonder why they made it work that way?
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trying to imagine the reaction to two planes falling off an aircraft carrier with kamala harris as president
May 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
trying to imagine the reaction to two planes falling off an aircraft carrier with kamala harris as president
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Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
I have two sons, and I don't think I've ever seen messaging going "Don't be a boy" or "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
It's a brutal time for young men, and to be raising one. The primary message they now is get is "YOU'RE BAD" without any meaningful attempt to offer healthy pathways beyond "Don't be a boy."
Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.
Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
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Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk:
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
Now from Öztürk’s ACLU lawyer Esha Bhandari:
“Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is unprecedented and shocking. She has been held behind bars for six weeks while her health deteriorates for writing an op-ed.”
“Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is unprecedented and shocking. She has been held behind bars for six weeks while her health deteriorates for writing an op-ed.”
May 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk:
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
Can we all agree @theathletic.bsky.social NBA's "most overrated" poll really just awards to the guy opponents least like playing against? Pretty sure Tyrese is legit at this point.
May 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Can we all agree @theathletic.bsky.social NBA's "most overrated" poll really just awards to the guy opponents least like playing against? Pretty sure Tyrese is legit at this point.
@rodger.bsky.social possibly relevant to your interests medium.com/@drywall/hon...
Honest Draft Grades for Every NFL Team
The 2025 NFL draft is complete, which means it’s time to give out a grade for each team before a single player has stepped on a field.
medium.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@rodger.bsky.social possibly relevant to your interests medium.com/@drywall/hon...
@minakimes.bsky.social Possibly relevant to your interests: medium.com/@drywall/hon...
Honest Draft Grades for Every NFL Team
The 2025 NFL draft is complete, which means it’s time to give out a grade for each team before a single player has stepped on a field.
medium.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
@minakimes.bsky.social Possibly relevant to your interests: medium.com/@drywall/hon...
I read a LOT of NFL post-draft analysis and synthesized that with commentary from past draft years to come up with candid insights and grades for all 32 teams' 2025 draft picks.
Honest Draft Grades for Every NFL Team
The 2025 NFL draft is complete, which means it’s time to give out a grade for each team before a single player has stepped on a field.
medium.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I read a LOT of NFL post-draft analysis and synthesized that with commentary from past draft years to come up with candid insights and grades for all 32 teams' 2025 draft picks.
Attention @bestofnextdoor.bsky.social : the struggle is very real.
April 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Attention @bestofnextdoor.bsky.social : the struggle is very real.
Hold the line, Senate Democrats. Demand reasonable shit like restoring inspectors general, formalizing agency independence, and reaffirming Congress's authority over payments. At least TRY to save our democracy - to say nothing of actual policy like preventing tax cuts for billionaires.
March 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Hold the line, Senate Democrats. Demand reasonable shit like restoring inspectors general, formalizing agency independence, and reaffirming Congress's authority over payments. At least TRY to save our democracy - to say nothing of actual policy like preventing tax cuts for billionaires.
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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
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Utter failure to grasp what we are facing www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
An Unchecked Trump Rapidly Remakes U.S. Government and Foreign Policy
The president’s swift moves underscore the confidence of an administration with a much firmer grip on the levers of government than during his first term.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Utter failure to grasp what we are facing www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
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American institutions—from the media to Congress—continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy. Overseas our media would not hesitate to call what we’re living through a full-blown autocratic coup. Here's my attempt at the story they should write: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America
A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
American institutions—from the media to Congress—continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy. Overseas our media would not hesitate to call what we’re living through a full-blown autocratic coup. Here's my attempt at the story they should write: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
To infinity and beyond! #photography #blacksndwhite
February 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
To infinity and beyond! #photography #blacksndwhite
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I was previously told by Republicans that the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was one of history’s greatest scandals. But the chaotic withdrawal of *all* USAID from the whole globe?! Crickets.
Via Robbie Gramer at Politico, in a legal filing a USAID employee details trying to leave Kinshasa, Congo with their family and leaving their possessions behidn amid panic created by Trump and Musk's sudden shutdown of the agency
February 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I was previously told by Republicans that the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was one of history’s greatest scandals. But the chaotic withdrawal of *all* USAID from the whole globe?! Crickets.
How soon until he demands we rename New Mexico?
February 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How soon until he demands we rename New Mexico?
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Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.
February 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.
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According to too many,
there is white and then there is political
there is male and then there is political
there is capitalism and then there is political
there is straight and then there is political
there is cis and then there is political
there is non-disabled and then there is political
there is white and then there is political
there is male and then there is political
there is capitalism and then there is political
there is straight and then there is political
there is cis and then there is political
there is non-disabled and then there is political
October 22, 2024 at 1:20 AM
According to too many,
there is white and then there is political
there is male and then there is political
there is capitalism and then there is political
there is straight and then there is political
there is cis and then there is political
there is non-disabled and then there is political
there is white and then there is political
there is male and then there is political
there is capitalism and then there is political
there is straight and then there is political
there is cis and then there is political
there is non-disabled and then there is political
February 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM