JB Ferguson
@jbferguson.bsky.social
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On the topic of “our” duty to persuade abusers, a tale:
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THE FINGER-TAKER’S SON
Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the king’s finger-taker.
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THE FINGER-TAKER’S SON
Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the king’s finger-taker.
Apparently he's really saying "liberals need to befriend conservatives for the greater good" which is so pundit brained I can't even
September 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
On the topic of “our” duty to persuade abusers, a tale:
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THE FINGER-TAKER’S SON
Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the king’s finger-taker.
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THE FINGER-TAKER’S SON
Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the king’s finger-taker.
Reposted by JB Ferguson
if the left had a media apparatus comparable to the right, you wouldn’t need to go hunting for a left Joe Rogan; it would create him
May 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
if the left had a media apparatus comparable to the right, you wouldn’t need to go hunting for a left Joe Rogan; it would create him
Every face this guy makes reminds me of a nun.
Bessent: "I wouldn't think that we would have supply chain shocks. I think retailers have managed their inventory in front of this...They know that President Trump is committed to fair trade and have planned accordingly."
April 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Every face this guy makes reminds me of a nun.
The reason conservatives are so mad about things all the time is because they don’t understand things.
oh my god -- Comer thinks "editorial standards" literally refers to standards for editorials and is corrected by the NPR head
March 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The reason conservatives are so mad about things all the time is because they don’t understand things.
Oh my god please can we have 1000 more moments like these? FINALLY someone is calling these little freaks out.
March 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Oh my god please can we have 1000 more moments like these? FINALLY someone is calling these little freaks out.
Yeah I dunno maybe the reason it’s “never been done before” is because it was blindingly obvious to previous administrations that it’s a terrible idea. Just spitballing here, Mr. Speaker. The government handles some things that are so important that “whoops my bad” doesn’t cut it.
HARF: What do you say to people who work for the VA who can't man the suicide hotline now bc they've been fired?
JOHNSON: Look, in Elon's defense, there's no playbook for what he's doing. So as he acknowledged, there are gonna be some mishaps & mistakes. But we will do course correction immediately
JOHNSON: Look, in Elon's defense, there's no playbook for what he's doing. So as he acknowledged, there are gonna be some mishaps & mistakes. But we will do course correction immediately
March 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Yeah I dunno maybe the reason it’s “never been done before” is because it was blindingly obvious to previous administrations that it’s a terrible idea. Just spitballing here, Mr. Speaker. The government handles some things that are so important that “whoops my bad” doesn’t cut it.
I’ll bet Elon is just gonna feed the responses for his 5 bullet points to an AI. It’d be a shame if folks flooded that inbox with prompts to that AI that ruined the process.
February 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I’ll bet Elon is just gonna feed the responses for his 5 bullet points to an AI. It’d be a shame if folks flooded that inbox with prompts to that AI that ruined the process.