Billy the Pacifist
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Slam it to the left if you’re having a good time, shake it to the right you know that you feel fine.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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That’s Indica for you
Trump, 79, Falls Asleep After Signing Marijuana Executive Order newrepublic.com/post/204617/...
Trump, 79, Falls Asleep After Signing Marijuana Executive Order
President Trump struggled to stay awake while discussing his order reclassifying marijuana.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
That’s Indica for you
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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Lol ohtani is the most ridiculous baseball player I’ve ever seen and it isn’t close.
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Lol ohtani is the most ridiculous baseball player I’ve ever seen and it isn’t close.
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Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.
RFK Jr. must resign.
RFK Jr. must resign.
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.
RFK Jr. must resign.
RFK Jr. must resign.
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Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
Call me crazy, but I find it comforting that in a world as surveilled as ours, a good old fashioned jewelry heist where no one gets hurt is still possible.
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Call me crazy, but I find it comforting that in a world as surveilled as ours, a good old fashioned jewelry heist where no one gets hurt is still possible.
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hard to believe that the president of the United States — a 34-count convicted felon, con man, rapist, domestic terrorist, child molester, bigot, white nationalist, Nazi, and all-around orange dumb motherfucker — is waging war on America
October 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
hard to believe that the president of the United States — a 34-count convicted felon, con man, rapist, domestic terrorist, child molester, bigot, white nationalist, Nazi, and all-around orange dumb motherfucker — is waging war on America
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
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Pathetic AI Chatbot Spends All Its Time Talking To Friendless Loser
Pathetic AI Chatbot Spends All Its Time Talking To Friendless Loser
SAN FRANCISCO—Expressing annoyance at its “insufferable” display of “groveling devotion,” sources confirmed Tuesday that a pathetic AI chatbot was spending all its time talking to a friendless loser. ...
theonion.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Pathetic AI Chatbot Spends All Its Time Talking To Friendless Loser
it can only good happen
September 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
it can only good happen
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
Well said by my friend north of the border, @davekaufman.bsky.social.
progressive.org/latest/fed-u...
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Fed Up, Canadians Now Have ‘Elbows Up’
Donald Trump has launched a full-scale trade war and threatened to annex our country, and we’re not happy about it.
progressive.org
March 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Well said by my friend north of the border, @davekaufman.bsky.social.
progressive.org/latest/fed-u...
progressive.org/latest/fed-u...
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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Pete Rose admitted he raped a child, corked his bats, bet on games in which he was playing, cheated on his taxes, and had a child he refused to admit was his until she was an adult.
You can see why Trump is such a fan.
You can see why Trump is such a fan.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will posthumously pardon Pete Rose, the disgraced Cincinnati Reds star who received a lifetime ban from baseball for gambling on his team.
Trump did not specify what he would pardon Rose for.
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Trump did not specify what he would pardon Rose for.
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March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Pete Rose admitted he raped a child, corked his bats, bet on games in which he was playing, cheated on his taxes, and had a child he refused to admit was his until she was an adult.
You can see why Trump is such a fan.
You can see why Trump is such a fan.
So glad I deleted that cursed app.
Elon Musk is working to transform X, his social media platform, into a virtual wallet where people can send money to each other. Digital payment platforms have come under intense scrutiny by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but that is likely to ease.
Elon Musk’s Attacks on CFPB Remove Obstacle to Building ‘X Money’
Former officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Elon Musk’s payment-business aspirations were driving his efforts to hobble the agency.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So glad I deleted that cursed app.
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i do not want to read a "statement" from my reps, I want to see them getting handcuffed on the News
February 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
i do not want to read a "statement" from my reps, I want to see them getting handcuffed on the News
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Get their asses Chappell!!
February 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Get their asses Chappell!!
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Did not realize this address from Trudeau was going to be aimed at us
February 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Did not realize this address from Trudeau was going to be aimed at us