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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 5d

This is a fake quote. ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-p...

Fact Check: Pope Leo XIV didn't say Trump 'chose the road of darkness, bitterness and lies'

"His words mislead, his attacks divide, and his greed for power is tearing this nation apart," Pope Leo XIV allegedly said of Trump.

ca.news.yahoo.com

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 6d

Will Forte in “The Jeff Foxworthy Story”

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 7d

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 7d

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 7d

🎵”wolves and cougars ate our roast beef”

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 7d

Great point, Josh.

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 8d

Just another example of their deep commitment to the idea that the American people are absolute rubes (I will confess I’m not sure they’re wrong).

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 11d

I mean they needed a late busted coverage to beat Iowa (!) so I think they should take what they can get.

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 13d

a cartoon of a man holding a piece of paper that says you are technically correct

ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a piece of paper that says you are technically correct

media.tenor.com

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 13d

*pushes up glasses* “technically Dimetrodon was a synapsid not a dinosaur”

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 18d

Holding is turned off.

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 19d

"To invoke Nietzsche, the problem with Shapiro’s dives into philosophy and spirituality aren’t just that they fail to be deep. It’s that they aren’t even superficial."

Oof. Great review by @mattpolprof.bsky.social and Nathan Robinson.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ben-sha...

Ben Shapiro’s Latest Book Adopts a Horrifying “Creators vs. Parasites” Worldview

Supposedly, the world is divided into good, noble “lions” and evil, grasping “scavengers.” Guess which one Ben thinks he is?

www.currentaffairs.org

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 22d

And we’re all always disappointed.

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 22d

My man. The post I responded to said “Charlie Kirk’s MAGAs friends killed this young man”

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 22d

Yes, much more responsible to assert it was a lynching and assign blame without evidence I am very smart.

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 22d

"You engagin' in languages games with me?"

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 22d

Man, you have to be better than MAGA and not spread disinformation. There isn't any indication yet this was a homicide, let alone that it was done by your political foes: www.wlbt.com/2025/09/16/w...

What we know about the hanging deaths of two men in Mississippi

On Monday, two hanging deaths were reported in Mississippi, one in Vicksburg and another on the campus of Delta State University.

www.wlbt.com

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 24d

It’s just what the Mr ordered.

Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 26d

That comment section is certainly something in the internet.

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks for the response. I saw after I posted that you have a book on this topic so I ordered a copy. My philosophical background is mostly history stuff and ethics so looking forward to someone convincing me I can read Being and Nothingness without slogging through Husserl.

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 29d

darth we are suffering from a debilitating lack of content we need robot podcasts for robots

Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · 29d

Looks really interesting - from the first section of the table of contents I’m thinking you aren’t as convinced of the importance of the phenomenological roots of ex-ism as say, Bob Solomon? Or maybe your publisher didn’t want it to be 1000 pages.

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yep.

Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · Aug 31

You: haven’t decided.

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Leigh Jackson @oystermonkey.bsky.social · Aug 30

Coach Satt heading back down south with all his connections makes a lot of sense for him and Bama.