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Roger Cormier @yayroger.bsky.social · 2d

Two dudes whom despite their best efforts have no power in Canada.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26d

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 10d

looking into it

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 10d

Seeing Curtis Yarvin tweet is like if you watch a horror movie that sets up this mysterious evil villain, and then at the end of the movie comes the grand reveal… and it’s just Alf. And you can’t help but laugh and also feel a bit let down. That’s it??

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11d

More than anything, they want to be patted on the head and told they're a good boy by the liberal elites

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 14d

Trump in the presidency is also like this, so I guess the question is why did we give the keys to the orange baby that handed them to that other, more feral baby

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 14d

RFK at HHS is like if a baby crashed a car in to a crowd of people. Sure I'm mad at the baby, if not particularly surprised by the outcome - but my bigger concern is all the adults who handed the baby the car keys and insisted it'd be fine.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 14d

Goldbugs are so insane

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 15d

How it started // How it’s going

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 15d

Very little, as it turns out lol, mostly swam and snorkeled and lazed on the beach

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 15d

Conservatives love to darkly say stuff like “you aren’t prepared for what’s next, we’re not going to be moderate anymore, you have no idea what you’ve unleashed” and then cry like babies when you call them fascists

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 31

both

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 31

I'm going on vacation, what books should I read?

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is the make or break moment for Powell's @federalreserve.gov. If they do not defend Lisa Cook and treat her as still on the Board, the fight over the Fed as an independent agency will officially be over. see my Friday piece.

www.crisesnotes.com/trump-vs-pow...

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 24

In conclusion, the human lifecycle is a land of contrasts

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 24

The case against worrying about pre-transfer poverty

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 22

So sad to erase Cuomosexuals under the +, we should hold space for them in the LGTBQIAC community

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 22

It’s funny that Cuomo used “unhoused” in his big callout post, while Zohran uses “homeless”

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 22

MY president 🫡

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 22

After years of suffering with a single hose portable air conditioner, I have finally upgraded to a far more efficient dual hose unit. Thank you, TechnologyConnections youtube channel for changing my life.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Aug 19

when @jdcmedlock.bsky.social writes a webtoon:

THIS IS THE CUMULATIVE POWER OF OUR TAXPAYERS

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 18

He did some bad votes but I think he's more transactional/wants to buy them off rather than a true believer. Could be worse

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 18

If you want an electability focused dem who has moderated on key issues but hates the GOP with a burning passion and is willing to fight fire with fire, Gallego would be so much better than Newsom

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 17

Gallego on Mamdani: "It's okay to say 'I disagree with this, this, and this, but I agree with that.' But the idea that we're just gonna throw out people that are really bringing in new ideas to the fold, exciting people, just because they're slightly to the right or to the left of us is dumb."

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 17

On the one hand you have 14 year olds who want to say the n word. On the other hand you have highly educated former voices of moderation in their cohort, who have been pushed to the point of spending the rest of their lives on a mission to destroy the right. Good luck!

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 17

Conversely, I had dinner with a bunch of professors the other day and I don't think the right is prepared for the radicalization of formerly centrist types against them

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 17

I love that tricking umpires is such a valuable and quantifiable skill in baseball

Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · Aug 17

Most MLB Framing Runs
(Since Patrick Bailey's MLB Debut):

Patrick Bailey, 57 😮
Alejandro Kirk, 30
Austin Hedges, 24
Cal Raleigh, 23
Austin Wells, 21

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