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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 9m

Totally getcha, and my condolences for all of that mess. <3

Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 21m

Partial nudity?! I don’t know when you all when to college, but frat bro nips are simply de rigeur. #boilerup

From @theathletic.com: "There’s something wholesome about this movement, despite the partial nudity," our columnist writes about the shirtless men taking over college football. Maybe it can help cure male loneliness. nyti.ms/48OJs8d

A large crowd of shirtless Oklahoma State Cowboys stand shoulder to shoulder in football stands. Some are wearing orange body paint or have orange shirts hanging from their shoulders. Text reads: 'Shirtless Dudes' Are Taking Over College Football

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 25m

Yeah, but they call it “Slack”. So I guess that’s different.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 27m

SNAP exists, for among other reasons, to subsidize Wal-Mart.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 5h

SNAP exists because politicians take campaign contributions from large corporations in exchange for letting those corporations pay a poverty wage so low that it must be subsidized with taxpayer money, paid by middle class workers barely getting by—all so 700 billionaires can have a few extra billion

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Braun is the worst kind of colossal fucking prick. Fucking taxpayer-funded helicopter isn’t enough for this “sharpest tool in the shed”.

www.jconline.com/story/news/p...

Gov. Mike Braun calls special session to redraw Indiana's congressional maps

Braun's call for a special session on mid-decade redistricting comes after multiple visits to Indiana from Vice President JD Vance.

www.jconline.com

Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah, but they’re Democrats, so of course they don’t.

Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 22h

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 22h

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 1d

Millions of Americans rely on benefits. This regime does not care if you eat, have adequate housing or healthcare. Our country is in crisis because of Trump. Now is the time where we must come together and provide support where we can.
#FeedTheShutdown

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Church feels different when the priest has to go “hey before we celebrate the Eucharist, uh, ICE was spraying tear gas like 800 ft from our parking lot yesterday, so we need to talk about our plan if/when they come back”

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 1d

Men for fucking sure. Also, the awful songwriter farms! Gotta crank out X pop hits a day or you’re sacked. (No doubt why we have “Yummy Yummy Yummy” and “Chewy Chewy”.)

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d

Thinking a lot recently about the outrage over Lizzo playing James Madison's flute

Photos: White House East Wing Demolished For Trump’s Ballroom

The privately funded ballroom will be approximately 90,000 square feet, much larger than the White House itself.

www.forbes.com

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like there ought to be a punk-ish or even grunge (clean on the intro / verse, distortion pedal for the chorus) cover of that one? But can’t find any evidence as such.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, that’s a bit spooky; it’s been on my mind in the last couple days, too, even before this news story broke!

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 1d

"A man and a woman on CityBus on Friday took each other for a ride in the back of the bus, resulting in their arrests”

A top-notch lede — but wait! There’s more!

"The man and woman got on the bus at 10th and North streets and got off about 20 blocks later”

www.jconline.com/story/news/c...

Couple charged after driver notices lewd behavior in the back of a CityBus

A man and a woman on CityBus on Friday took each other for a ride in the back of the bus, resulting in their arrests and charges of public indecency.

www.jconline.com

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 1d

I’m half-surprised this isn’t also captioned or alt-texted as “Go Back Into The Closet And Home To Your Wife!”

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

Openly Nazi propaganda and aesthetic from the U.S. Department of Labor’s official Facebook page.

From the US Department of laborers official Facebook page:

“The American Dream belongs to the American People. The process is in place and the mission is set—Project Firewall will restore the American Dream by ensuring American Jobs go to AMERICANS FIRST.”

This is accompanied by an AI illustration in the style of fascist propaganda, depicting a young Caucasian man standing in extreme foreground. In the background, rolling Hills dotted here and there with houses and a church; the caption reads “restoring the American dream.”

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2d

Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?

Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.

Indiana University banned its student newspaper from printing just days before homecoming weekend — after firing the paper’s advisor when he refused to censor critical coverage.

That would be bad enough on its own, but FIRE is taking this one personally, as the Indiana Daily Student reported this hostile campaign was due in part to its coverage of FIRE’s ranking Indiana University as the worst public university for free speech.

You read that right. The school’s response to the news that they are bad at free speech … is to censor the news. It’s ironic — and not just in the Alanis Morissette sense — that these actions will likely push its overall ranking even lower next year. At least we can’t fault them for consistency.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 2d

I will never not shoot the tentacles to open the core.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 2d

To be clear, I meant the guy walking his dog didn’t know, not the people who set it up wrong.

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 2d

In fairness, not a lot of folks (current company excluded, of course) 1) know what the MUTCD is or 2) has so much as thumbed through it or 3) keeps a current PDF copy on hand at ~all times just in case :D

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 2d

I’m gonna guess that you’ll run into problems with the tortilla chips. Seems like in that case, the one that is made locally and is bagged and on the store shelf within hours or at most a day or two is going to be a big winner.

Kettle Chips though? Hell yes, I can house a bag of salt & vinegar 👍

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Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social · 3d

PREPARE FOR REVERSION TO THE
MEAN

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Randall Grahm @randallgrahm.bsky.social · 3d

Air-dried Grenache (3days and 3 nights) from Popelouchum, heavily sorted this morning. Note the lignified stems. #paradise.

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Total Lowlife Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4d

I just saw a video that said cutting SNAP would lower food prices because it would cut demand.

I'm starting to think that Econ 101 either needs to be drastically overhauled or that you cannot take it unless you commit to taking four econ courses one heavily focused on externalities and elasticity.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

christ almighty what is this guy doing

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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