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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, so now I'm illiterate, too? Fuck you, man!

Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear, MAGA wants to ban transgender care, make it illegal to use chosen pronouns, prevent trans kids from playing in intramural sports, and legalize conversion therapy. This dramatically increases the rates of self-harm for trans and queer kids. The GOP wants our kids dead. No compromise.

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1d

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 2d

Sure, but the last Democrat they went for was Carter in 1976, and before that Humphrey (which was only because George Wallace pulled 20% of the vote). Texas wasn't going blue in 2024 and that's damning enough.

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 2d

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 2d

I think November 2024 was a pretty strong sign...

Poll showing Trump winning Texas with 56.2%

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 2d

"the people of Texas" is doing a lot of work there. I firmly that many people of Texas are the enemy and many are not. But fill in the blank: most people in Texas are ______

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 3d

I drink every time they reference the twelfth man. No, it's not a drinking game, I just have to.

Seattle sports coverage is so fucking obnoxious, but at least this is better than the storm broadcast team ...

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 3d

Love this.

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.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 4d

For the record, I first watched Hereditary while high and I almost had to stop halfway through I was so scared.

Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 4d

Okay, watching this one tonight, kids being weird really bothers me so this is going to be a trip. Edible time?

Poster for Weapons, with silhouettes of children running down a street with their arms outstretched.

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 4d

This is what terrifies me. As much as we're seeing, and as bad as it is, we know we're not seeing everything and there's not reason to think we're even seeing the worst.

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 4d

My worst fear is that we have barely scratched the surface of what ICE has been doing.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 4d

The fucking framing here... No one says Democrats lost the immigration debate, we just lost the election and now the fascists are handling immigration in a way that everyone hates

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

Senator Alex Padilla helped kill a bipartisan border bill last year. He defends that decision and, despite President Trump using immigration as a key issue in taking back the White House, says he doesn’t regret it. Read, watch or listen to “The Interview.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/m...

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 4d

But did you like it? It didn't even feel that unsettling to me, like the Blair witch project, I was more scared watching the trailers than I ever was watching the movie...

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 5d

It's fucking insane to me that the GOP is willing to cause serious economic harm to this country to avoid releasing the identities of sex offenders. But that is literally what is happening.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 5d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 5d

I'm starting to get alarmed by how many fascists are named Nick these days...

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 6d

"as honest as the day is long"

Just something about the delivery is always wrong to me

But now I want to watch the scene where they play La marseillaise

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 6d

There is exactly one line in that movie that isn't excellent. Such a fucking masterpiece. Just so many brilliant lines...

I know the answer but has she seen His Girl Friday? Bringing Up Baby? For some reason when I pitch those to younger people they are entranced...

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 6d

Best purchase ever

Three cats "sharing" a tiny Costco scratching pad house

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 6d

Oh that makes way more sense. Go get some fucking carrots and cauliflower and make some giardiniera (or whatever the fuck it's called). Gorgeous haul.

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 6d

Assumption of risk is a great affirmative defense here.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d

Breaking News: A college student’s family sued Tesla, saying faulty door design led to her death in a burning Cybertruck.

Tesla Is Sued by Families Who Say Faulty Cybertruck Doors Led to Two Deaths

A college student was trapped in a burning Cybertruck because electronic doors made it difficult for her to get out or be rescued, a lawsuit claims.

nyti.ms

Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 6d

That sounds dirty. I meant also for the singalongs and other absolute trash behavior we all engaged in. But not dirty.

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 6d

Some pepper questions obviously. In the lower right, are those some very plump habs and some scotches?

Kudos to the missus, whom I miss terribly and not just for her buffalo chicken dip.

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah but you don't know which is which. The answer might surprise you!

I said might! That's not technically a lie.

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 7d

The only difference between me and an MRI is one of us can crumple a steel table and one of us sometimes says "is this aluminum foil extra thick because it's harder to ball up"

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Nick G-B @nickgb.bsky.social · 7d

He's such a piece of shit

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