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Felicity Tiggs

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Waywurru Country. Victoria, Australia. History, archaeology, political science, economics, sociology, meteorology, climate science. Join your union.

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Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · Sep 13

Yet again the left have to play the serious mom figure who has to be responsible and play by the rules of civility while the right gets to be a deadbeat dad who ties firecrackers to his friend’s testicles and lights them up just to see what happens and everyone has a jolly laugh and a beer 😒

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Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 17h

One day the person who fired that missile will say they were just following orders…

Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 17h

Speedrunning indeed. At this point it looks like things will get so bad by 2035 that too many Americans will be champing at the bit to have the chaos ended by a modern Octavian dictator figure. Democracy done.

Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 17h

More Americans really need to read about the Fall of the Roman Republic. Analogies everywhere.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 18h

It’s a res publica, not a democracy, say people who support the wealthy demagogue ruling without the senate or popular assembly and suggesting paying the army from private funds.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 18h

Bingo!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "If somebody is doing a bad job and if I feel there is unsafe conditions, I would call Gianni, the head of FIFA, and I would say, 'let's move it to another location.' And he would do that ... I could say the same things for the Olympics."

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Vasabjit Banerjee @vasabjit.bsky.social · 2d

Recent troop movements indicate the Afghanistan-Pakistan border clashes will escalate. Afghanistan claims 58 Pak soldiers were KIA. Pak claims 23 Pak and 200+ Afghan soldiers were KIA.

These aren't small numbers. Pak's bet on Taliban has turned sour and, thus, U.S. bet on Pak to access Bagram.

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Jon.B @jonbright.bsky.social · 3d

In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast, to become the world's only maritime lions. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

'Their resilience is a lesson to us all': The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach

In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast and are now thriving as the world's only maritime lions.

www.bbc.com

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Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder if those TradCaths felt empowered as American Catholic conservatives were tussling for dominance, but now they’re feeling a bit on the outs. Kind of like a Jewish convert who feels the pinch of imposter syndrome lurking. Cradle religious know this tradition stuff in their bones.

Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 3d

Catholics Assemble!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3d

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 3d

So at this point this stuff has value because people keep buying into the scheme. Are we dealing with Glorified Amway, or at the minimum some serious gambling addiction problems?

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 3d

May as well just call it a pyramid scheme at this point. Glorified Amway.

Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 3d

Ugh. I guess we’re going to have to go through this stupidity every 20-30 years now, aren’t we. Although judging by the pace it could become 10-15 year Stupidity Cycles. Meanwhile the billionaires at the stop just keep on fleecing everyone else below them.

Regulate and tax these reckless MFers 😠

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Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 3d

Again and again showing themselves to be the worst people.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 4d

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 4d

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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Felicity Tiggs @fiztig.bsky.social · 3d

That in turn highlights that there really isn’t going to be a ‘return to normal’. If/when Democrats are reelected they will be existing in an even more hostile media environment. Difficult to see current Dem leadership surviving that, let alone thriving.