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Midwest Peoples Republic Member @ericleitzen.bsky.social · Mar 25

Ericleitzen.wordpress.com

I support taxing the rich and getting your money back

I support a shared wealth tax between blue states to guarantee m4a within our borders

I support a ubi and universal guaranteed basic needs.

I leg press 500lbs & I sing opera

I've baled hay & bagged bread

I'm ready

Eric Leitzen for Bluff Country

Visit the post for more.

Ericleitzen.wordpress.com

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Midwest Peoples Republic Member @ericleitzen.bsky.social · 4h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

If you think the problem in this city is that my rent is too low, vote for Andrew Cuomo.

If you know the problem in this city is that your rent is too high, vote for me.

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The Bearded Educator @literarybeardo.blacksky.app · 5h

The dichotomy of what "liberal" politics needs to work towards and what it's determined to be stuck doing doesn't get any clearer than Mandami and Cuomo.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

If you think the problem in this city is that my rent is too low, vote for Andrew Cuomo.

If you know the problem in this city is that your rent is too high, vote for me.

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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 8h

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Investigation of:
LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON JUNE 18, 2023
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Accident No.:
*********** * * * * * *
Interview of:
Co-designer/Pilot
Deepsea Challenger
DCA23FM036
via Microsoft Teams
Friday,
July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF
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BY LCDR
11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible
12 operations?
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A.
Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
When I
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set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did
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was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible
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program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named
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Professor
I. I did that through a mutual friend
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of ours, a guy named
, who is one of the preeminent
underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a
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submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the
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Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was
22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

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Midwest Peoples Republic Member @ericleitzen.bsky.social · 4h

Fascism speedrun continues I see

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 5h

This is devastating. NBC Asian America has done incredible work covering our community, especially given their greater resources and institutional clout relative to indie outlets like us.

www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Midwest Peoples Republic Member @ericleitzen.bsky.social · 5h

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Midwest Peoples Republic Member @ericleitzen.bsky.social · 6h

It's only illegal when the little people do it

Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 1d

It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.

Midwest Peoples Republic Member @ericleitzen.bsky.social · 7h

RLM on capitalism

Don't ask questions
Just consume product

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alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · 14h

i gather there’s been an influx of new folk- if you’re looking for some good #comics folk to fancy up your timeline, i would HIGHLY recommend everyone on this list;

go.bsky.app/FUN5iTP

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timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 1d

WEDNESDAY. The day you flumpty-foo! And you think boopty-bop and zippity-zoom but the truth is, razza frazza wuzza wooza. What I'm trying to say is, maybe your brain isn't working either, but that's OK, because you're great. PS you need a firmware upgrade in the form of "coffee."

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Midwest Peoples Republic Member @ericleitzen.bsky.social · 7h

Oh but me oh my why can't the liberals ever get a movement going 😭😭😭

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · Jun 17

With apologies to @bransonreese.bsky.social and no one else

Drawing of a cool guy in a “one fear” shirt by Branson Reese. Shirt has been edited to say “Some Kings.”

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Midwest Peoples Republic Member @ericleitzen.bsky.social · 7h

Civil rights law says I'm a good person and this is all about me and how good I am.

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Midwest Peoples Republic Member @ericleitzen.bsky.social · 7h

Wancil:

a cartoon character says i 'm normal in front of a computer

Alt: a cartoon character says i 'm normal in front of a computer

media.tenor.com

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🍉 batty 🦇 @mullhund.bsky.social · 9h

Normal behavior: going to the account of someone who has you blocked on here, screenshotting their posts (including one about having you blocked), and then whining about it to your thousands of followers because you can't handle literally any criticism at all.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14h

I am an actual expert on civil rights law. I have spent half my life studying the movement's victories. I have a bunch of civil rights material framed on my walls. But now it's going to be Bluesky canon that I don't care about civil rights because of a claim that I am told I was "implicitly" making

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 9h

Please elect this husband of a cartoonist, NYC

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

It's d̶e̶b̶a̶t̶e̶ bingo night in NYC!

And since Andrew Cuomo rarely has anything new to say, the odds are in your favor.

Download/print a board nd follow along starting at 7 p.m. on NBC 4 New York, Telemundo 47 and their digital platforms.

zohranfornyc.com/bingo