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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1h

I don't think Burgerville is endorsing this shit, more like someone drove up to the drive-thru and ordered a bunch of burgers, and Burgerville sold them the burgers.

Which is pretty typical of them.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 3h

When you think about it, aren't we ALL just a defederated mastodon instance?

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 11h

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 7h

"Revealed" is a ballsy word choice.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 9h

When you look at the fascist project, starting from Fox News' debut, it's all about the primacy of emotions over reality. Sure, crime is down, but it doesn't FEEL that way! If I'm not oppressed as a white man, then why am I still unhappy? I want a news channel that's about fear and anger, not facts!

Jae H @considermycat.bsky.social · 19h

The reason why KPop Demon Hunters is the most important film of 2025 is that it understands fascism to be fundamentally an *emotional*, rather than an intellectual or political, phenomenon. In this essay I shall

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Jae H @considermycat.bsky.social · 19h

The reason why KPop Demon Hunters is the most important film of 2025 is that it understands fascism to be fundamentally an *emotional*, rather than an intellectual or political, phenomenon. In this essay I shall

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 9h

Ohhhhhh man, flashback to my gender-blogging days.

It's like looking back on a battle that my side lost, and wishing I could warn my younger self about all the stuff he doesn't know and is doing wrong.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

Malcolm X also used to hang around with Redd Foxx when they were young. Not kidding.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

Have to side with Maggie here, sorry. That's rough, buddy.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

So... human-sized fondue pot.

Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

Well, he finally did something people genuinely liked.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

"Men are becoming wimpy" is one of those statements like "The younger generation has no work ethic" and "Christ will return any moment", in that it's been a constant refrain for centuries without any change or update.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

Those motherfuckers don't deserve Burgerville.

Let them eat Arby's.

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 1d

imagining the cleaning lady standing in shock as all seventeen fall one after the other through the door of a cupboard which could surely never have contained them in the first place

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

Peruvian bishop accused of having 17 lovers exposed by cleaning lady

www.thetimes.com

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

If I might venture a suggestion...

An image of a white pumpkin inside an orange pumpkin. The white pumpkin has been painted to resemble a human eyeball, and the orange pumpkin has been cut out to resemble an open eye. It looks like the pumpkin has opened its eye and is staring at you.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

Say what you will about Timothy McVeigh, it's hard to deny that he's getting everything he ever wanted.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

In fairness, as a US Senator, his job is primarily in Washington. That's where they keep the Senate.

What we want to see is city and state officials standing up. Which, in fact, they are. So... good.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

It's clear that the troll farms have successfully identified a wedge issue on the left, and are HAMMERING on that wedge.

And it's working.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

In the comics, he was revealed to be the unholy offspring of two long-dead corpses, an Egyptian mummy and a pickled freak with two heads. That feels like it would give a person issues.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 1d

I was on the writing team for that musical but I got fired because I kept suggesting the wrong rhymes for "lox".

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 1d

Have we not eaten while another starved? Will you punish us for that? Will you reward us for the virtue of starving while others ate? No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 2d

Just for the record, right-wing assholes are currently showing up at the ICE building. They're almost certainly there to try and gin up some violence.

This will be reported as "violence erupted", except on Fox News, where it will be "antifa attacks patriots", but it's the chuds starting shit.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 2d

Trans people have a profound firsthand understanding of what a PAIN IN THE ASS it is to change your name.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social · 2d

What is going ON with the lettering?

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