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LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 2h

I mean, she kinda did: she had a binder filled with oppo for every senator she could expect to be grilled by.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 3h

not to mention... they're gonna pass a resolution granting themselves powers that the Constitution already grants them...? And it's gonna work better this time somehow?

LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 4h

ha! I saw one about The Donut Man and it's what reminded me of Psalty... but I hadn't heard of the Donut Man and didn't know about any affiliation with Psalty, LOL

LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 4h

Psalty the Singing Songbook

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 4h

Which praise and worship band would Mike Johnson prefer to do the Super Bowl halftime show, wrong answers only

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LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 4h

She also did a bunch of garden-variety deflection, which is an entirely different (and lazier and easier to counter) thing.

LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 5h

If anyone's still struggling to understand what this looks like, go watch yesterday's Pam Bondi hearing before Congress. She's a fucking ninja master at it (and a LOT of MOC just repeatedly fell for it).
...Which I guess goes to show that it can be misused as well.

Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 14d

i made a helpful reference

$top right: a fractured black rectangle where one half is labeled "autism is bad" and the other side is labeled "FACT CHECK: autistic people are productive members of society". top left: WRONG -negating their frame reinforces it -starts with what it isn't instead of what it is - your argument is shaped like their argument bottom right: large image of Kirby, a pink blob inhaling and the "autism is bad" fragment, labeled THEY'RE DOING EUGENICS bottom left: RIGHT - you eat their frame -starts with what's actually happening -contains and explains what they're doing -your argument is shaped like kirby$

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LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 7h

I think that's literally what @faineg.bsky.social is saying though: remove cute friendliness as a factor, because of all the things pigs are, cute and friendly they ain't.

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LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 8h

ICE isn't uncomfortable with this suggestion that they can't take care of themselves?

LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 22h

would anyone hold it against me if I used one of those AI voice simulators to put Trump's statement in Ted Cruz's voice?

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LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 22h

You know you've arrived in the IT business when you take down a major service. Everyone gets their day in the wringer, sooner or later.

LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 22h

...and since the site itself is down (all the more reason to be grateful for @archive.org!)

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LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 22h

GUYS let's just be a little patient: @theatlantic.com's web page is down right now:
www.isitdownrightnow.com/theatlantic....