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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 12h

Not only is Cash a known and respected country music star- he was THE coolest punk who played FOR PRISONERS.

“Live at Folsom” is my Fourth of July soundtrack.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 12h

Literally things that have never happened.

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 15h

wtaf are you talking about

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12h

Picking on Black women who had to claw their way through NYC machine politics to get to their positions is just not going to work out for old white senile fascists. That's all I will say on that.

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Sheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 1d

“Still punk as fuck” I whisper to myself as I leave early to get some cold pressed juice and ashwaghanda gummies on the way in

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Traveler @wanderer86.bsky.social · 1d

Americans looking down on “3rd world countries” like we’re not one ourselves will forever be hilarious to me.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly the only impressive thing about B*ri is that she is a grade A grifter that is so good at monetizing controversies and making sure rich people still have access to journalists

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 3d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4d

if you ask the average American to describe what they think a tougher immigration system should look like, they will describe something a degree of magnitude softer and more generous than the current reality.

The lesson here is that people are both better and dumber than they appear.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 4d

Stay Weird, Frog Back

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 5d

I am trying to be more open about it but I don’t think folks understand the brain washing that Christian nationalist schools have done about being pro Israel and the reasons WHY they did. And it’s important some of yall in your blue bubbles learn it.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 5d

There’s lots of folks in Massachusetts who think they’re too smart to fall for propaganda. And unfortunately I must say that if you’re not seeing this issue of Christian nationalists pushing Israeli government propaganda as something they’re falling for right now.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 6d

Hey the next time your running bestie is freaking out about how the weather is way warmer for big races than it used to be:

Remember to talk to them about climate change (gently)

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 7d

A huge issue with coverage of e-bikes is that journalists are taking their cues from police and local politicians, two groups that are fueling the negativity over e-bikes. There are legitimate concerns, but the coverage is so unbalanced.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 7d

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Maxim Dorky, the Delaware Decapitator @maxim-dorky.bsky.social · 7d

I also think the 2024 election makes a lot more sense if a lot of voters honestly believed that if they sat out the election, the election would go to "No President" and both sides would have to run someone new.

Maxim Dorky, the Delaware Decapitator @maxim-dorky.bsky.social · 7d

A lot of political talk online only makes sense if you assume that people honestly believe there's a "Make Everything Better" button that Congress is wilfully refusing to push.

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Maxim Dorky, the Delaware Decapitator @maxim-dorky.bsky.social · 7d

A lot of political talk online only makes sense if you assume that people honestly believe there's a "Make Everything Better" button that Congress is wilfully refusing to push.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 7d

I also wonder about the Venn diagram of electeds who are against safe injection sites but also were favorable to legal sports betting. Feels like that would be a fascinating look.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 7d

I just feel like maybe this is a thing we should unravel as people who give a damn with data.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 7d

Okay- genuinely not trying to start a fight- but is there anybody who can tie men’s perception of the economy being bad to the increased legal access to sports betting?

I say this as somebody who wasn’t favorably to it being illegal before but now I’m curious.

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 7d

% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society

22% in 2022
47% in 2025

No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 7d

But trans affirming accommodations of puberty blockers is the real issue…? Okay.

Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 7d

So a thing quietly happening in the background for awhile now is rich parents dosing their kids with growth hormone.

I think it's hilarious we're gonna have a generation of seven foot three ogres who claim a working class background and get mad when you ask how they paid for that trip to Europe.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 7d

lol the answer is no but I do feel folks most empowered to fix it are often too busy trying to have a much more existential question on neighborhood character than actually resolving issues of housing.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d

am i the only person who cares about housing prices? is this like a niche political interest or something?

Scott Greer tweets: "Some may say it's frivolous to care about Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime entertainment, but it matters for three reasons.

1) The Super Bowl is America's premier culture event. It reflects where mainstream culture is.

2) It shows the NFL willing to broadcast a middle finger to Red America in the form of an anti-Trump, anti-ICE, Spanish-only singer

3) An entire halftime show in Spanish is the clearest sign of America's Latin Americanization and an affront to our traditional culture."

Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 7d

Listen- it was a nice idea but I don’t think they anticipated the literacy rate being so dismal.

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 7d

Lmfao I’m so glad to be a lapsed Catholic. Evangelicals are objectively embarrassing

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 8d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 8d

any fat bearded troops who wanna quit .... please know there are many people in the world who think u are extremely hot

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 9d

Hating on OG rednecks out here

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 9d

they suspending people for being against racism??

UNC administration placed Dwayne Dixon, a professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, on administrative leave on Monday, effective immediately. The decision follows reports of Dixon's alleged affiliation with "Redneck Revolt," an organization that describes itself as an “anti-racist, anti-fascist, community defense formation.”

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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 9d

Honestly the thing that has begun to irk me so much is being called radical left for just doing the basic functions of government.

Home page of HUD with a note saying “The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people.”

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