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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 18h

Mindlessly doomscrolling my immediate surroundings like some kind of savannah-dwelling primate

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 1d

I have invented a new food: a baked potato filled with taco fillings. It's called a potaco

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16d

I'll continue to be "I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win"-posting, so figure I should address this point that seems to come up every so often

Q: "is it still 'winning' if only *some* good things happen in the near term instead of total planetary eco socialist revolution?"

A: yes

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

Fuck it, bring on the dancing bears!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 16d

This is referring to how many sunscreen truthers there are now.

Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing everyone that Gawd loves rich people

Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

When you have a negative balance, you need a blank check.
-Clarence Thomas, probably

Mike Godwin @mnemonic.bsky.social · 16d

The Supreme Court has clarified the Administration's theory of checks and balances: a blank check is a kind of check, and a negative balance is a kind of balance.

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

Aa a retired bartender, I can at least partially relate

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

Crack corn, but I don't care

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

Not the biggest Chris Hitchens fan but he was on to something when he called DC Hollywood for ugly people.

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

It ain't Jimmy the Greek

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

Beeline to the Bardo?

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

Got some notes from my agent I've been waiting on and the good news is I only have to fix the basic structure

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

Autistics actually can pull themselves up by the bootstraps

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16d

Only a good guy with autism can defeat a bad guy with autism

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 16d

The solution to autism is more autism.

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Charles E. Dahl @chuckedahl.bsky.social · 16d

people should just take paracetamol instead because it works just as well

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

Hey if you want more people to join your mass movement why not try making it fun and welcoming? Just a thought.

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

A sandwich is actually a hot dog

Pumpkinspacci Sequins @brentwaggoner.bsky.social · 16d

Folks on here love to QT with the worst take you've ever seen.

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

This is legit a great question

Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 16d

The Founders said a democratic republic wouldn't work without an educated and virtuous electorate.

We don't have that and we're not likely to anytime soon.

So, what if MAGA is right that democracy won't work anymore? An authoritarian state is a terrible response. What should we propose instead?

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

What even are qualifications?

Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 16d

The whole administration in one quote

Some ICE officials call Sheahan "Fish Cop" behind her back because of her previous stint running the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in Louisiana. Sheahan knows there are people who think that, without any law-enforcement background, she isn't qualified for a job usually occupied by veteran ICE officials. "I absolutely think Im qualified for the job," she told me. "Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?"

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

This guy wins

a man in a white turtleneck is dancing in a pink room with a lanyard around his neck .

Alt: a man in a white turtleneck is dancing in a pink room with a lanyard around his neck .

media.tenor.com

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 16d

hey it's another stupid cartoon

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Cartoon: Ugh, here we are...

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

My persinal bet is 60-40 asshole to nice guy

Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

I found this book to be very insightful, and it does offer specific answers to your question, backed by science and field-testing. Worth checking out imo.

www.davidmcraney.com/howmindschan...

How Minds Change — David McRaney

www.davidmcraney.com

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

This is legit a great question

Sophie the Bear @sophiethebear.bsky.social · 16d

The Founders said a democratic republic wouldn't work without an educated and virtuous electorate.

We don't have that and we're not likely to anytime soon.

So, what if MAGA is right that democracy won't work anymore? An authoritarian state is a terrible response. What should we propose instead?

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

I have some thoughts but they don't fit in a skeet. I keep thinking I'll write them down sometime but I keep writing fiction instead.

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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 16d

Seems like the Russians captured the GOP a long time ago via the NRA. One imagines that should that rock be overturned a lot more than Trump's ties might come to light. Just a guess.