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Day 2 in the books for #festive500 #bluesky500
I suffered on this one.
December 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
fencepostmalone.bsky.social
I’m going to do a workout every day, I’m not going to make it to 500km, I have little kids and this is precious time.
Big props to everyone doing #festive500 #bluesky500
December 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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colincarlson.bsky.social
Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million more have inadequate access to c...
www.thelancet.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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winderwinder.bsky.social
You had political scientists replying to you with white papers and you’re crying like a fucking baby.
mcuban.bsky.social Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 2d
No shock. This app has turned my mentions, and others, into mostly hate. But there are a few people worth connecting with

CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
December 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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jessehawken.bsky.social
It’s a Christmas miracle on Junk Filter: TWO episodes with the author of “Die Hard: An Oral History” @brianabrams.bsky.social!
Part one: DIE HARD! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
Preview of part two: the sequels!
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
Patrons of the pod can listen to both RIGHT NOW
Japanese poster for DIE HARD 2 (Renny Harlin, 1990)
December 24, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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charleskeener.bsky.social
Israel’s genocide in Gaza set a global norm that views extermination as a 'natural' part of how nations and paramilitary groups wage war. We are already seeing this in Sudan.
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 4d
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:

⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year

Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
In Covid's Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us by Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee. A New Yorker Best Book of the Year; An Economist Best Book of the Year; A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
fencepostmalone.bsky.social
Nice little country you got there, sure would be a shame if something bad happened to it.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Greenland Envoy Gov. Jeff Landry: "Look, the United States has always been a welcoming party. We don't go in there trying to conquer anybody and trying to take over anybody's country. We say, 'Listen. We represent liberty. We represented economic strength. We represent protection.'"
December 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
fencepostmalone.bsky.social
What the people want: Student Loan Debt Cancellation.

Right wing “populist”: wage garnishments for loan default
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d
The Trump administration will begin seizing the pay of people in default on their student loans early next year, marking the first wave of new wage garnishments since the pandemic.
Government to resume garnishing wages for defaulted student loans in January
The Education Department had stopped collecting wages to repay defaulted loans during the coronavirus pandemic.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
“‘My most daring idea is to refuse,’ she said to applause.”
Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything
Renowned sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom says that AI is a tool for the rich to cement control over society.
futurism.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
fencepostmalone.bsky.social
You don’t have to apologize for being a pedophile anymore!
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
fencepostmalone.bsky.social
Fucking brutal, father of two.
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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mehlerpaperny.bsky.social
When the police call for police to be taken off mental health calls - as police chiefs have done in Toronto, Victoria and elsewhere - we should listen, ask who responds instead, and where the money comes from to pay for that service. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Police officers shouldn’t be leading mental health calls, Toronto police chief says | CBC News
For years, police have been on the front lines of mental health crisis calls in Toronto, but the city's police chief believes it's now time to rethink that approach.
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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dly.bsky.social
Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
fencepostmalone.bsky.social
The whole “baby death” sector is thriving, I think at last count health supplements were worth 400 billion worldwide.
socialistdogmom.bsky.social molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 6d
they've all bought 10,000 shares of baby coffin stock
ryanmarino.bsky.social Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d
67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
December 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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danschkade.bsky.social
I hadn't seen a photo of Gavin Newsom in a while and forgot how much be looks like when the Joker disguises himself as a regular guy so he can go through airport security
December 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
ICYMI Canada’s prisons plan to experiment on prisoners with opioid withdrawal treatments that may constitute torture.

The move appears linked to lobbying by the pharmaceutical company holding the patent.

Hundreds of experts are sounding the alarm.
drugdatadecoded.ca/150-experts-...
150 experts demand Correctional Service Canada reverse "coercive" opioid treatment guidance
A new policy in federal prisons removes methadone and Suboxone opioid treatments, leaving only a patented once-per-month gel injection available to prisoners. A large group of experts is raising serio...
drugdatadecoded.ca
December 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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symbo1ics.bsky.social
STOP
TALKING TO
DAVID FRUM
WAR CRIMINAL
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d
FRUM: “They were best friends. The only photos you ever see of Trump where he’s authentically smiling in the presence of another human being is with Jeffrey Epstein.” (H/T @thebulwark.com )
December 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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pattymo.com
Donald Trump with Shrek, Curious George and the Universal monsters but his face is redacted
December 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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silly.bsky.social
white people on instagram in 2020:
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d
The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
STRICKLAND: Participate in the UFC White House event?

"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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akohan.bsky.social
Driver privilege is thinking a car is just naturally a better way to get around in the winter while the city spends tens of millions making the road specifically passable to cars (often at the expense of all other modes)
Crosswalk blocked by snow plowed up from street cleared down to the pavement
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
!! Two MPs denied entry to the West Bank, part of a delegation that saw a Canadian MP repeatedly assaulted by Israeli border officials, have sent a letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.

The letter calls Israel’s actions “serious affronts to Canada’s sovereignty.”
“The conduct of Israeli border officials toward Canadian parliamentarians, travelling on both special and regular Canadian passports, is unacceptable, unwarranted, and wholly inconsistent with the standards expected between allied democratic states. As you are aware, this delegation included sitting Members of Parliament whose travel plans, visas, and electronic travel authorizations had been approved in advance. The Government of Canada had also formally informed Canadian authorities of the delegation's purpose and itinerary. Despite this, the entire delegation was denied entry after waiting for hours at Allenby crossing, without clear explanation or individualized assessment. Of particular concern is the treatment of our colleague, MP Iqra Khalid, who was verbally assaulted and physically shoved multiple times by Israeli border officials while she attempted to remain near a delegation member who was undergoing questioning. The reported conduct— screaming, physical force, and statements asserting the right to touch her "as much as I want" — constitutes an egregious violation of personal dignity and basic diplomatic norms. Such conduct was directed at a sitting Canadian parliamentarian, identifiable by her official parliamentary passport, is alarming and deeply troubling. Equally disturbing is the manner in which members of the delegation who travelled with their regular Canadian passport were presented with a standardized form upon denial of entry. Delegates report being asked to acknowledge that their denial was based on unspecified "security and public safety concerns," without being provided any factual basis or individualized reasoning. Some signed the document under duress, effectively compelling them to accept a stigmatizing and unsubstantiated characterization as security risks. Many refused to sign on principle. This practice raises serious concerns about coercion, lack of transparency, and the improper treatment of Canadian citizens abroad. We are attaching a copy of the form here. We would like to know the practical and legal implications for someone who signed the form and those who did not. Are the people who were denied entry flagged in an Israeli government database as unable to travel to the West Bank and Israel and deemed as a security risk? Will this information be shared with any other countries? If yes, which? Will this impede future entry? If so, for how long? The form indicates that there is a 30 day appeal process. Could you please advise what is the process for the appeal? What practical and legal implications are there if the appeal was successful or alternatively, if it failed? As Parliamentarians and civil society representatives from Canada, we have the right to know our status in order to do our work. We would like to have support from you as Minister of Foreign Affairs and from GAC that the Canadian delegation on this fact finding mission are not deemed public safety or security risks. MP's who travelled with our Special Passport were not asked to sign the form, however, we were never informed-verbally or in writing— of the specific reasons for our denial. No opportunity was provided to respond to allegations, clarify intentions, or address concerns. This blanket denial, applied uniformly to a 30-person delegation that included elected officials from the Liberal government and NDP Caucus, undermines Israel's stated claims that entry decisions were based on individualized security assessments. Canada and Israel maintain diplomatic relations grounded in mutual respect, the rule of law, and shared democratic principles. The treatment of Canadian parliamentarians in this instance falls far short of those principles. The physical mistreatment of a Canadian MP, the arbitrary denial of entry to an entire delegation, and the imposition of stigmatizing security declarations are not minor diplomatic irritants. They are serious affronts to Canada's sovereignty, to the dignity of our elected representatives, and to the expectation that allies engage one another in good faith. We appreciate that you have indicated Global Affairs Canada has expressed objections regarding the mistreatment of Canadians involved. However, given the gravity of what occurred, stronger and more visible diplomatic action is required. Anything less risks normalizing conduct that should never be acceptable toward Canadian Parliamentarians or citizens. We look forward to your prompt response outlining the steps you will take to address this matter. Sincerely, Jenny Kwan Refimber of Parliament for Vancouver East Gurbux Saini Member of Parliament for Fleetwood-Port Letter showing the denial of entry, which non-parliamentarian delegates were made to sign, for reasons of “Public security or public safety or public order considerations”
December 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM