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Lie Detector @dementiawatch.bsky.social · 12h

“A giant puppet is the mockery of the idea of a monument, and of everything monuments represent: the inapproachability, monochrome solemnity, above all the implication of permanence, the state’s (itself ultimately somewhat ridiculous) attempt to turn its principle and history into eternal verities.”

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Lie Detector @dementiawatch.bsky.social · 12h

“Revolutionary action is not a form of self-sacrifice, a grim dedication to doing whatever it takes to achieve a future world of freedom. It is the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free.”

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On the Phenomenology of Giant Puppets Broken windows, imaginary jars of urine, and the cosmological role of the police in American culture

What follows is an essay of interpretation. It is about direct action in North America, about the mass mobilizations organized by the so called “anti-globalization movement”, and especially, about the...

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Lie Detector @dementiawatch.bsky.social · 13h

“As many activists have observed, the forces of order in the United States seem to have a profound aversion to giant puppets.”

davidgraeber.org/articles/on-...

On the Phenomenology of Giant Puppets Broken windows, imaginary jars of urine, and the cosmological role of the police in American culture

What follows is an essay of interpretation. It is about direct action in North America, about the mass mobilizations organized by the so called “anti-globalization movement”, and especially, about the...

davidgraeber.org

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Lie Detector @dementiawatch.bsky.social · 13h

Did Bill ever collect royalties?

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User Clip: Bill Clinton: "Make America Great Again"

Bill Clinton 1991 announcement speech calls to "Make America Great Again"

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Lie Detector @dementiawatch.bsky.social · 13h

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As Mills Enters Maine Senate Race, Platner Says Election Is Fight to 'Retake Our Party' for Working Class | Common Dreams

Maine Senate race heats up as Mills enters primary against Collins. Will Mainers choose to stand up to Trump and the GOP with Mills, or opt for political novice Platner's anti-oligarchy platform? Exci...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19h

Nearly every media outlet is announcing they will refuse to sign the Pentagon’s new rule stating they cannot report information if it’s not government “authorized.”

Even Newsmax is refusing to sign.

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Lie Detector @dementiawatch.bsky.social · 13h

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Royalties?

User Clip: Bill Clinton: "Make America Great Again"

Bill Clinton 1991 announcement speech calls to "Make America Great Again"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 1d

A 15-year-old girl who had recently had a surgery was thrown to the ground by ice despite screaming “I’m not resisting”.

The holocaust HAS begun.

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Lie Detector @dementiawatch.bsky.social · 15h

Macrodosing on Mencius Moldbug?

“Thiel praises the CIA of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, for being "sort of this rogue thing outside the State Department," which he says was full of communists.”

reason.com/2025/10/14/i...

I listened to over 7 hours of Peter Thiel's leaked Antichrist lectures. They're surprisingly libertarian.

The PayPal and Palantir cofounder warns about the dangers of government overreach and a one-world state in a series of lectures.

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Lie Detector @dementiawatch.bsky.social · 15h

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Lie Detector @dementiawatch.bsky.social · 15h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
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Lie Detector @dementiawatch.bsky.social · 16h

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Etsy at work:

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18h

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Trish Owen @trish0116.bsky.social · 22h

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 19h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.