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David Colborne

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Opinion columnist for The Nevada Independent. Anarcho-Blueskyist. @wendycolborne.bsky.social wife guy. Manages IT people on the side (full time). 🧵: davidcolbornenv 🐘: @[email protected] 📖🪱: @[email protected] 🚦: dcolborne.64

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 11h

your tactic of protesting in an inflatable frog suit which gets normal people on your side is far inferior to my tactic of posting about laser blinding helicopter pilots which is both wildly illegal and, were it to succeed, would put basically *everyone* against me

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 16h

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David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 18h

Two out of Three

Mina, a black cat, is on my lap in the foreground. Behind her is Miles, a white van, who just finished a yawn and has his tongue out. We are all sitting on a couch in the living room.

David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 19h

I will politely but firmly note that, if any other public employees came out and said something similar following a conservative's primary victory, the response from conservatives would be along the lines of, "Good riddance to bad rubbish."

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 22h

There's a borderline-entertaining piece of potential fan fiction where someone compares the characters of Dragon Ball Z to various characters from the extended Christian universe (e.g. Vegeta and the demon Viné).

I wouldn't recommend basing a political eschatology on it, though.

David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 22h

It's at about the same level of thoughtfulness as a greeting card. Given how much water it takes to make one, it might even be somewhat more environmentally friendly.

David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 1d

Exec3: What if, while we targeted our advertising towards lanyard-class staffers with an occasionally overdeveloped sense of noblesse oblige, we argued that the NLRB was unconstitutional?

Exec1 and Exec2: Okay, now it's starting to get warm in here.

Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional

Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t funny. Judges only speak to the press when they’re in extreme distress

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 2d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Wendy Colborne @wendycolborne.bsky.social · 2d

parody of a WW2 propaganda poster that showed US soldiers images of soldiers from other countries who were allies. It has a purple bar at the top and bottom of the poster that has text inside that reads "This man is your FRIEND. He fights for FREEDOM"

in the middle is a black and white photo of the Portland frog, and it is labeled "Frog"

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David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 2d

Truly a bold and impactful quantum leap.

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Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social · 16d

"Class" dismissed.
@theonion.com

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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

we cannot reopen the government until the leaders of antifa agree to return the thousands of POW/MIAs lost in portland

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David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 2d

Effective Altruism was *this close* to moving the needle on this before it turned into yet another Bay Area tech grift.

David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a white shirt stands in front of a crowd wearing a hat that says ' sx ' on it

ALT: a man in a white shirt stands in front of a crowd wearing a hat that says ' sx ' on it

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David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 2d

Great head shot, love.

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David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 2d

It's true. I was in an urban coffee shop where I overheard several liberal Millennials bragging about how much money they raised for antifa by raising rent and fighting new housing construction in their "gayborhoods."

Then they reskeeted a post opposing gentrification and everyone clapped.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 2d

Few hundred here, few hundred there, and you start talking about a real pattern of violations.

The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 2d

Nevada regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of nearly 800 environmental violations in the last two years as it digs a sprawling tunnel network beneath Las Vegas for its Tesla-powered “people mover.”

Via ProPublica: thenevadaindependent.com/article/elon...

David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 3d

Apropos of nothing:

youtu.be/IozYbWIiycQ?...

The Midwife - Pig With The Face Of A Boy

YouTube video by moonhitler

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David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 3d

"I think circumcision should largely only be done out of medical necessity."

Reply 1: Oh, so you're an antisemite. 😡

Reply 2: Oh! So you're an antisemite! 😃

Reply 3, scanning like Kermit the Frog smoking unfiltered menthols for some reason: cIrCuMcIsIoN cAuSeS aUtIsM. 🐸

David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sure some Chicagoans wouldn't mind too much if "something" happened to the Brewers right about now.

But otherwise no, I think they're good.

David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 3d

The existence of K-Pop suggests the existence of K-Pop Tarts.

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Will Carless, USA TODAY @willcarless.bsky.social · 3d

As federal troops act almost without impunity in America’s cities, it’s worth noting that, not long ago, many conservatives claimed that sheriffs and local police chiefs should have ultimate legal jurisdiction — not the US government.

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David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 3d

They also started cults and had very problematic relationships with women.

David Colborne @davidcolborne.bsky.social · 3d

I mean this mostly earnestly, even if I have the chronological order wrong. Both loved to create works that functioned as integrated wholes (good luck replacing any individual part) and both failed to accept flaws in their designs (Wright's designs leaked and had major maintenance issues).

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