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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 4h

“YOU are more reptile than man, George, so low and flat that the foot of man is incapable of crushing you!
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Yet even YOU, Pendleton - who should have been gibbetted for treason long before today - even worthless, unworthy you ought to be treated equally before the law!“ 3/3

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 4h

“How can I hold that all men are created equal when here before me stands, stinking, the moral carcass of the gentleman from Ohio? Proof that some men ARE inferior, endowed by their maker with dim wits, impermeable to reason, with cold, pallid slime in their veins instead of hot, red blood!“ 2/

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 4h

Johnson (and most of his compatriots) continually assert that they are better than others and it’s so clear that they are not.

It reminds me of the Thaddeus Stevens oratory from Lincoln

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 4h

Miller argues he has not violated the restraining order and looks this small because he is clearly 50 yards away

Stephen Miller walking next to a woman who is literally head-and-shoulders taller than he is

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 5h

Good news, I guess, but “one unit of power” offends my physics and math sensibilities.

They never define what this is, or clarify if they actually mean energy. It’s never compared to anything that would give it context. The number is arbitrary.

Euronews @euronews.com · 10h

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

Solar power named the world’s cheapest energy source

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

l.euronews.com

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PZ Myers @pzmyers.bsky.social · 9h

This new version of the Monster Mash is kinda scary.

freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

www.youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3g...

They did the Monster Slash

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

www.youtube.com

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 17h

What was your come-to-cheeses moment?

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 19h

Is he Lord Farquaad, or does he just look up to him?

LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 20h

AOC found a way to put a pea in the bed of Discount Goebbles

Fox News AOC Short Shames Stephen Miller

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 20h

Good thing nobody makes a living by fishing.

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?"

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 23h

I said it before: dems need to keep upping the ante.

No troops, and wording in the CR that no money can be spent on troops on domestic deployment.

TACO

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

This viral post has turned into a column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Dems must say: No troops, or no shutdown deal | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, billionaire saved by Penn wants to wreck it.

www.inquirer.com

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 23h

Waiting to see a gaggle of witches and wizards standing across the street, casting spells and hexes, and having ICE freak out.

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 23h

Everyone should have raum to fahrt

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 23h

I’ve seen ads for a beverage called Celsius, which is a bold decision in the backwards US

“Hey, metric boy! What’s this here Celsius? We drinks Fahrenheit ‘round these parts.”

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

I remember talking to someone describing a planned science video series, and I asked, “Kinda like ‘Connections’?”

“Well, James Burke kinda ruined it for the rest of us with that”

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

The Penguin from the Adam West Batman TV show, flanked by men in bowler hats and black t-shirts that say “henchman”

Biffs, Pows and Oofs can’t be too far away

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

Grad student, giving their first contributed talk at a conference

Evangeline Warren @evangelinewarren.com · 1d

assistant professor, associate professor, grad student

the coach of the KC Chiefs, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. From left to right they are wearing (1) a very normal grey suit with red tie, (2) a newsboy cap in brown with a shirt that looks like a bad motel wallpaper, and (3) a barbie-esque italian table cloth vest

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, the fucking news. A pivot to porn.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

True, MTG does not serve on the concepts of plans committee

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: Congresswoman Greene specifically said that Republicans do not have a plan to deal with healthcare

MIKE JOHNSON: Congresswoman Greene does not serve on the committees of jurisdiction that deal with those specialized issues. She's probably not read in. Not everyone knows everything.

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

Kicked out of the Lollipop Guild

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

AOC wants supporters to laugh at MAGA men starting with Stephen Miller who she claims is upset about his height

AOC calls on supporters to laugh at MAGA men including Stephen Miller

www.independent.co.uk

“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

The Gorton’s Fisherman mascot, WHO SOLVES MURDERS

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

Fascist Perimenopause is a thrash metal band from San Francisco

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 1d

How long until the audible/snap calls in football are actually advertising?

“Goodyear! Goodyear!” ”Pizza Hut Hut Hut”

Manning could have been yelling “Omaha Steaks!” for years

Given today’s atmosphere it’d more likely be “Fanduel! Fanduel!” or some nutritional supplement.

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Brynnester @brynnester.bsky.social · 3d

Me: *thinking to myself after someone wrongs me* You made an inconsequential and powerless enemy today my friend

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