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Publius Maximus
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Giant nerd. I will like your selfies and reblog your pets. Jacobite Pretender for Tumblr clout. DNI if Jim Sensenbrenner I use a pronoun labler and would like if you did too: https://bsky.app/profile/pronouns.diy
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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · Dec 14
I don't know who needs to hear this, but:

The heliocentric view of the solar system is correct.
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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 9h
Like for real. The plot of Spirited Away is about a kidnapped child forced into a life of indentured servitude in realm of gods after her mother and father are magically forced into becoming pigs by a witch. Meanwhile, Princess Mononoke exists.
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 1d
Whenever someone uses Ghibli or Miyazaki as a synonym for "quaint, charming, unthreatening" I'm always like "bro did we watch the same movies?"
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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 1d
every ai bro who has reduced miyazaki to empty gentle aesthetic should no exaggeration get the judas cradle bc this man's markmaking & passion about telling WAR STORIES
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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 22h
I understand this is not as emotionally satisfying as fighting and winning on democracy but it turns out a core part of democracy is that the voters get to pick what they care about. They can’t be lectured or educated into it
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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 22h
I will add: this is not a reason for nihilism. Trump is unpopular and weak. But we can literally see where he is unpopular and weak: it’s above all on issues like the economy, inflation, and healthcare. This is the territory Dems should fight on because it’s the territory they are going to *win* on
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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 23h
Sorry but if there is one single US political proposition that we have tested to destruction in recent years, it’s the idea that a critical mass of swing voters see democracy vs authoritarianism as a crucial and salient issue in judging Trump. They simply do not! I don’t like it either
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13h
Literal
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 9h
ou trivia team lost tonight to Team Tylenol and I really don’t think it’s fair that people are using performance enhancing drugs for a casual little pub trivia.
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Democracy Dies in Dorkness @lizamazel.bsky.social · 9h
this is cognitive decline, not just "bullshit" or "he's stupid." None of these sentences are based in reality taken individually; (loosely) strung together, it's clearly a kind of free association, not a coherent train of thought at all.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 9h
There is plenty of evidence that using slur-like or slur-derived language makes you more likely to use actual slurs! I thought we all knew that edgelord ironic 4chan racism is still racism and is likely to incept you into being more open to actual racist beliefs by now!
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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 12h
Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls? Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.
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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 9h
GG!
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mojizele solarte (she/ her) @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app · 10h
He forgets, too.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 10h
I sometimes forget NYC currently has a mayor TBH.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d
please send me your candidates for the weirdest things Eric Adams has done in 2025
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swoon ganz @swoonganz.medsky.social · 15h
If you are perchance contemplating working a scab nursing contract while Kaiser nurses strike: consider not doing that. It undermines everything they are working to improve. Also, fuck scabs.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h
Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12h
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 11h
Some of my best friends are white monsters
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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 11h
Are white Monsters any good?
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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 10h
But her emails.
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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 12h
you can’t even occupy an american city without getting laughed at anymore, because of croak
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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 10h
on loan from the private collection of the artists
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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 14h
check out the amazing works that have emerged from this tho
a pumpkin with stickers and play do on it and a toy dinosaur next to it. it's labelled pumpkin hat this is play so with an avocado slicer and some cookie cutters i guess stuck into it. i've labelled it toad: a hug
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 10h
The lengths to which incumbent homeowners will go to negate the input of the next generation, even the people living in their community now, knows no bounds.
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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 10h
In the OT, she's the daughter of one of the founders (Bail Organa).

Mon Mothma is the actual leader of the Rebel Alliance (by virtue of creating an alliance of rebel factions).
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Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 10h
I'm sorry. That's the DAUGHTER of one of the founders of Antifa.
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Daniel Malmer @malmer.com · 11h
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia with her hair up, wearing a white poofy coat.
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Jeremy @floregonian.com · 11h
In case you missed it last night
The moon, taken as well as you can take it from an iPhone camera, which is to say, it’s pixelated and not nearly as detailed as it can but but it’s still beautiful.
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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 15h
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.
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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 13h
"“If a building transition occurs, the intent would be to transition ICE out, not to house or retain ICE as a tenant,” Bowman said."
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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13h
Among the endless fire hose of news, there was an interesting nugget buried in Mayor Keith Wilson's statement today.

The city of Portland is considering taking over the lease of the ICE facility and the city said it has no intention of being ICE's landlord.
Portland weighs taking over lease at ICE facility
The ramifications of the city taking over the federal facility lease were not immediately clear Wednesday.
www.opb.org
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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 14h
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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