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stronk @flag-division.com · 4h

ya sure

stronk @flag-division.com · 4h

quirked up white boy with a little bit of swag busts it down union style and goated with the sauce

Sherman had bigger things in mind. He persuaded Grant that he should march north through the Carolinas instead, destroying everything of military value along the way, similar to his 'March to the Sea' through Georgia. Sherman was particularly interested in targeting South Carolina, as the first state to secede from the Union, for the effect it would have on Southern morale. Grant acceded, and Sherman received the go ahead on Christmas Eve. The rest of the year was spent in preparations.

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · Feb 25

Big Game Hunter

A man dressed in a safari outfit including a pith helmet, monocle, and a big fluffy mustache, sits in a fluffy chair holding a glass of liquor on top of a rug that looks distinctly like Tigger from Disney's Winnie The Pooh's flayed skin. Further, behind him are mounted heads that look remarkably like Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear, and Mickey Mouse. The man opines "there is just such an exquisite thrill in the hunt- Even though they are such simple, oblivious creatures, God's innocents, it is a primal battle of wits. The really clever ones say things like 'No! Please! I'm not really Mickey, this is a costume. I'm just a guy in a suit. Someone call park security-' but I know their tricks. Oh no no, you shan't be dropping an anvil on MY head."

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stronk @flag-division.com · 6h

im so angry because i want to play this and finish radical reconstruction so much

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

It's now considered controversial to fight the KKK in a video game.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 15h

Curtis Sliwa (the GOP nominee for NYC mayor) has launched a devastating ad against Andrew Cuomo (still running as an independent) featuring Donna Johnson, who claims that Cuomo's COVID policies regarding nursing homes killed both of her parents.

This hits home with Cuomo's prime demographic.

Andrew Cuomo’s Deadly Leadership: Meet Donna Johnson

YouTube video by M. Sliwa Public Relations

www.youtube.com

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stronk @flag-division.com · 16h

probably yes but probably delayed

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stronk @flag-division.com · 17h

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 1d

This feels like a great place to bring up Watershed Democracy, the idea that we should rearrange the divisions of government along the literal lay of the land, with the equivalent to "states" perhaps being the major Water Resource Regions and further divisions being the sub-regions within those.

Water Resource Regions map of the United States, depicting the major watersheds. In roughly east to west order, the continental ones are:
New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic Gulf, Great Lakes, Ohio, Tennessee, Upper Mississippi (or Illinois), Lower Mississippi (or just Mississippi), Arkansas-White-Red (or just Arkansas), Souris Red Rainy, Missouri, Texas-Gulf (or just Texas), Rio Grande, Upper Colorado, Lower Colorado, Great Basin, Pacific Northwest, and California. Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico are each considered their own.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 20h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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stronk @flag-division.com · 1d

bzzzt wrongo

stronk @flag-division.com · 1d

not going to take protest advice from the woke fbi agent

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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stronk @flag-division.com · 2d

you can get the brain chip
first

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stronk @flag-division.com · 2d

who is a pirates favorite dark enlightenment philosopher?

curtis yarrrrrvin

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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · Jul 9

reskeet if you think women are fucking GOATed or paul frazee is a CIA plant

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stronk @flag-division.com · 2d

k

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 2d

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

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stronk @flag-division.com · 3d

dudes rock

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t expect any further rewards or handclaps. This is how normal people are all the time.

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stronk @flag-division.com · 3d

orbs! orbs! orbs! orbs!

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dabxdee.bsky.social @dabxdee.bsky.social · 3d

Blue states need to stop funding the Red States

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stronk @flag-division.com · 3d

Do something about it

stronk @flag-division.com · 3d

the old world is dying the new world is suffocating in the birth canal

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stronk @flag-division.com · 3d

use the illinois ng to block them at the illinois border and start prosecuting ice agents for assault or your talk is meaningless

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

I’m sorry WHAT??

LINK HAS BEEN BANNED?

WTAF @jay.bsky.team

Miriam @miriamboosh.bsky.social · 3d

Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.

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