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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 8h

Dee Snider

Nicholas Goldberg: Twisted Sister's Dee Snider to MAGA 'fascists': Write your own damn songs

Frontman Dee Snider versus candidate Kari Lake is just the latest battle between recording artists and political candidates.

www.latimes.com

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Ⓐnarky Rules 🏴 @anarkyrules.bsky.social · 13h

Portland Frog be all like...

a man with a beard is sitting on a throne with the words `` you have no power here '' .

ALT: a man with a beard is sitting on a throne with the words `` you have no power here '' .

media.tenor.com

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 9h

It *is* both.

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 9h

Imagine taking Beethoven forward in a Time Machine, treating his hearing loss, and then showing him this.

AC/DC - Thunderstruck, but with Tesla Coils

YouTube video by Fabricio H. Franzoli

youtu.be

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 9h

It’s not just murder, it’s specifically piracy.

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 9h

When Brady left NE for TB, the pats went from 12-4 Super Bowl champions to 7-9, failing to make the postseason

TB went from 7-9 not making the postseason, to 11-5 Super Bowl champions.

And that’s tom Brady age like 40.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

had never before considered that the inflatable costumes offer pepper ball protection

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 10h

IS he a great Xs and Os coach? Or did he happen to draft a backup QB in the 6th round who turned out to be the greatest of all time?

Because when you control for that variable, Brady without belichik immediate won another ring with TB.

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 10h

House republicans blocking pay to the security forces is real Cool Zone shit

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 14h

lol

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 12h

He can’t be moon vicar. Archbishop Thomas Wenski already is. Under canon law, the moon falls under the archbishopric of Miami, since it’s where the expedition left from.

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 13h

Does “Schuylkill River” count?

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 13h

well this is timely
www.ft.com/content/0211...

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 14h

The issue is that you need a state which is highly capable and also staffed by cadres of civil servants who pervasively believe in ideas of equality under law

it’s like the central problem of institution building

it’s the same problem as everywhere

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 15h

I mean I know why, internal combustion engines are a miracle of mechanical engineering, you’re riding a continuous controlled explosion

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 15h

I have bad/good news for you about solitary confinement

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 15h

Okay but hang on

AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Official Video)

YouTube video by acdcVEVO

music.youtube.com

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robert j bennett, ceo, results omega @robertjbennett.bsky.social · 16h

fucking losers

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 20h

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

trib.al

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 15h

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · Nov 6

The correct response to January 6 was double envelopment

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 15h

You’re right, I’ll delete.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 19h

it should be a tell about what's happening in the media now that most mainstream commentators seem openly frustrated that polling does not blame democrats for the shutdown

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 16h

Policies that support family formation are policies of reproductive choice!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 17h

It turns out America was a load bearing hegemon

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 17h

Oh I agree things are worse now! Don’t get me wrong! I’m just saying that “my own subjective experience provides the necessary confirmation of that conclusion” runs into confounding variables!

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