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Asia based. Veggie, humanist. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 I try to be open-minded & listen more than I speak; but wont engage w. purely hostile, zero-sum, X types. @Mac_Asean on other site. https://youkeepwalking.substack.com/

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Mac @maccatee.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Themelios

Humanist mindfulness app for daily reflection (for mobile)

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

Charlie Sykes: Her stuttering evasions, insults, and faux bursts of performative outrage are like a fake orgasm—“loud, theatrical, sweaty, and meant to trick just one man into keeping her around by flattering his ego.” This is unfair to orgasms.

Reason For Hope Amid the Wreckage

If you woke up this morning with the vague sense that you were missing a goodly portion of your brain cells, it’s likely that you watched Pam Bondi’s performance yesterday before a Senate committee.

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Mac @maccatee.bsky.social · 17h

All 50 Republicans voted "no," joined by 20 Democrats (including leaders like Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ)).

Mac @maccatee.bsky.social · 17h

In July 2025, the U.S. Senate rejected two resolutions (introduced by Bernie Sanders) that would have blocked over $675 million in arms sales, including 5,000 bombs and tens of thousands of assault rifles. The votes were 70-27 & 72-24, with bipartisan opposition maintaining the flow of weapons.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

has anybody ever been more obviously full of shit than Pam Bondi is at the end of this 20 second clip?

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

Pam Bondi is incapable of answering simple questions.

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 2d

Combined Scotland and Palestine flags on Glasgow's Victoria Road 🇵🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌𝘚: 𝘎𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴/𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘥 & 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴

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Mac @maccatee.bsky.social · 2d

"This situation highlights the risks of relying on AI without proper oversight. Deloitte's admission of using AI in a $440K government report, which contained errors and even an invented quote, underscores the importance of human review to ensure accuracy and credibility." (Grok)

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d

Setting the stage for an authoritarian crackdown

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4d

Can Miller really believe this? If so, he is delusional. If not, then he’s a reprehensible demagogue.