Michael Lapinski
@mlapinski.bsky.social
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The only people who endlessly complain about color revolutions are dipshit leftie campists and Q-pilled right-wingers and the thing they have in common is they're both huffing Russian propaganda
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "This is the language of a color revolution where you're calling on military men and women to disobey orders."
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The only people who endlessly complain about color revolutions are dipshit leftie campists and Q-pilled right-wingers and the thing they have in common is they're both huffing Russian propaganda
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The GOP is scrambling to hold a R +10 district that Trump won by 22. It’s going to be close.
Help @aftynbehn.bsky.social if you can.
Help @aftynbehn.bsky.social if you can.
Star power, door knocking, hints of election denialism and a speakerphone call with the president on the homestretch of the D7 special election:
nashvillebanner.com/2025/12/01/m...
nashvillebanner.com/2025/12/01/m...
Democrats, Republicans call on big names ahead of special election - Nashville Banner
The 7th Congressional District special election in Tennessee heats up, big names among Republicans and Democrats step up as Election Day draws near.
nashvillebanner.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The GOP is scrambling to hold a R +10 district that Trump won by 22. It’s going to be close.
Help @aftynbehn.bsky.social if you can.
Help @aftynbehn.bsky.social if you can.
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I’ve cried almost every election night that I can think of since the mid-00s - happy tears like after the recent Dem wins last month and sad/mad tears after November last year.
Tomorrow is my birthday and I just know the universe wants happy tears again. Please vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social !
Tomorrow is my birthday and I just know the universe wants happy tears again. Please vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social !
Let's get @aftynbehn.bsky.social trending all night!
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I’ve cried almost every election night that I can think of since the mid-00s - happy tears like after the recent Dem wins last month and sad/mad tears after November last year.
Tomorrow is my birthday and I just know the universe wants happy tears again. Please vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social !
Tomorrow is my birthday and I just know the universe wants happy tears again. Please vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social !
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Patel on Sept 11 in Utah in his borrowed lady jacket with the two patches Salt Lake City SWAT members reportedly had to rip off their own jackets to give him so he would agree to get off the plane.
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Patel on Sept 11 in Utah in his borrowed lady jacket with the two patches Salt Lake City SWAT members reportedly had to rip off their own jackets to give him so he would agree to get off the plane.
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This FBI “pulse check” report on the dept under Patel and Bongino is a mixed bag - the fibbies love having no more sensitivity training but many hate going on ICE raids and think leadership is weak - but this anecdote is clearly gold: K$H Patel wearing the traditional FBI Director’s ladies clothes.
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This FBI “pulse check” report on the dept under Patel and Bongino is a mixed bag - the fibbies love having no more sensitivity training but many hate going on ICE raids and think leadership is weak - but this anecdote is clearly gold: K$H Patel wearing the traditional FBI Director’s ladies clothes.
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I never thought the leopards would eat *my* face, sobs admiral who committed war crimes for leopards.
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I never thought the leopards would eat *my* face, sobs admiral who committed war crimes for leopards.
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One of the reasons servicemembers, from admirals and generals to the greenest private, should know “don’t follow illegal orders” is that this administration is a goulash of dishonorable character flaws like cowardice and dishonesty. There is no bus under which these pissants will not throw you.
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
One of the reasons servicemembers, from admirals and generals to the greenest private, should know “don’t follow illegal orders” is that this administration is a goulash of dishonorable character flaws like cowardice and dishonesty. There is no bus under which these pissants will not throw you.
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Pretty funny to see elected Republicans milk the “Aftyn hates Nashville” thing when Nashville has had 3 Republican congressmen and 2 Republican U.S. senators and between them they have held 0 town halls - as the GOP supermajority attacks & undermines Nashville constantly.
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Pretty funny to see elected Republicans milk the “Aftyn hates Nashville” thing when Nashville has had 3 Republican congressmen and 2 Republican U.S. senators and between them they have held 0 town halls - as the GOP supermajority attacks & undermines Nashville constantly.
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for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
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‘Franklin the Turtle’ Publisher Condemns Hegseth’s ‘Violent’ and ‘Unauthorized Use’ of Character
‘Franklin the Turtle’ Publisher Condemns Hegseth’s ‘Violent’ and ‘Unauthorized Use’ of Character
The publisher of the children's book series "Franklin the Turtle" did not appreciate Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth featuring their reptilian mascot in a meme he posted, issuing a statement condemning the "violent" and "unauthorized use" of the character.
The post ‘Franklin the Turtle’ Publisher Condemns Hegseth’s ‘Violent’ and ‘Unauthorized Use’ of Character first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
‘Franklin the Turtle’ Publisher Condemns Hegseth’s ‘Violent’ and ‘Unauthorized Use’ of Character
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I would think Bradley’s reputation would have been harmed by, you know, committing a war crime, not by somebody noticing he’d committed a war crime.
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I would think Bradley’s reputation would have been harmed by, you know, committing a war crime, not by somebody noticing he’d committed a war crime.
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People on board the boat were said to have survived an initial strike and were killed in a follow-up attack. Officials said the boat appeared to have turned back toward shore. Three sources, including Sen. Rand Paul said the boat was attacked by one or more drones.
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
September 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
People on board the boat were said to have survived an initial strike and were killed in a follow-up attack. Officials said the boat appeared to have turned back toward shore. Three sources, including Sen. Rand Paul said the boat was attacked by one or more drones.
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres's "Untitled," 1991, originally appeared on a series of billboards throughout NYC. Gonzalez-Torres, a wildly inventive and influential artist, died of AIDS in 1996, age 38. #WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Felix Gonzalez-Torres's "Untitled," 1991, originally appeared on a series of billboards throughout NYC. Gonzalez-Torres, a wildly inventive and influential artist, died of AIDS in 1996, age 38. #WorldAIDSDay
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ICE is horrific...and also an extension of how policing has always worked, not a radical break from it.
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
ICE is horrific...and also an extension of how policing has always worked, not a radical break from it.
I named my fists “The” and “Cantos” cause they gonna Pound you
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
I named my fists Blood and Meridian because I’m fixing to Judge your ass.
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I named my fists “The” and “Cantos” cause they gonna Pound you
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There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
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In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
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This is less like appeasement and more like two mob families deciding how to divide up a rival's territory.
"Gentry Beach, a college friend of Donald Trump Jr. and campaign donor to his father, has been in talks to acquire a stake in a Russian Arctic gas project if it is released from sanctions.”
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is less like appeasement and more like two mob families deciding how to divide up a rival's territory.
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Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people
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“But the Trump administration cut the money, claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion.”
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“But the Trump administration cut the money, claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion.”
What a treasure - and a masterclass in story editing along with the world building available in the transcript of the Lucas/ Spielberg/ Kasden Raiders phone calls
Cool google doc comparing the Jeffrey Boam and Tom Stoppard versions of the Indians Jones and the Last Crusade script.
I knew Stoppard was a script doctor, but hadn’t realized how much of that movie was the result of very smart editorial decisions he made: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I knew Stoppard was a script doctor, but hadn’t realized how much of that movie was the result of very smart editorial decisions he made: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Last Crusade Script Differences PUBLIC
docs.google.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
What a treasure - and a masterclass in story editing along with the world building available in the transcript of the Lucas/ Spielberg/ Kasden Raiders phone calls
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He’s losing the crypto bros. Who is even left
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
He’s losing the crypto bros. Who is even left
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Because there's ~20 odd years of precedent for calling people terrorists and then drone striking them. But there's no precedent for double-tapping them instead of picking up the survivors for questioning in open water, like fuckin' psychopaths.
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Because there's ~20 odd years of precedent for calling people terrorists and then drone striking them. But there's no precedent for double-tapping them instead of picking up the survivors for questioning in open water, like fuckin' psychopaths.
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It’s not just MAGA, we’ve seen many people explain their support for Trump or some of his policies who otherwise wouldn’t because of this dynamic.
This doesn’t work against the “law & order” ideal in the mind of MAGA. That’s reserved for a certain kind of “criminal.”
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It’s not just MAGA, we’ve seen many people explain their support for Trump or some of his policies who otherwise wouldn’t because of this dynamic.