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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1h

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 1h

there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 18h

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 3h

A woman says "hi, I'm here for the Magic: The Gathering tournament." A man at the registration booth says "of course. and ma'am I hope it's not too presumptious of me to say that your transition is going incredible." The woman says 'uh... I'm cis actually." Another man comes up and says "hi... wow ma'am your transition..." The first man interrupts him shouting "Tony! No!"

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alboo @captainacab.airbud.website · 2d

personally i think shouting into the void is probably a frightening experience for the void. maybe that’s why the void won’t answer back and you’re all alone? just a thought

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 17h

I will never forgive Taylor Swift for trying to rebrand kandi as family-friendly "friendship bracelets", permanently cross-pollinating searches and online communities based around both types of accessories.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 22h

Sappho says it better than I can:

someone will remember us
I say
even in another time

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 23h

They're really trying "let them drink coffee" huh

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 23h

I say this as a tea drinker who does a fucking gong fu tea ceremony most mornings --

Coffee people are scary as hell. This has the potential to get real bad.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

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The Cat Hive @thecathive.bsky.social · 1d

The Criminal

Doodle of an orange cat with a piece of crumpled plastic in his mouth. He is running away quickly, wide-eyed. There is text from someone shouting "WHO IS EATING PLASTIC!!!"

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Cassidy Percoco @mimicofmodes.com · 1d

I think a lot of people don't quite grasp how little documentation of a legal identity anyone had before, like, the 1930s. No social security number, no green card, no driver's license. This made you reliant on your social network; OTOH nobody could force you to write your name a certain way.

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ErinWillBeStardust @moonshoterin.bsky.social · 1d

The Hero's Journey loop is writing version of paint by numbers

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is better understood as a gothic horror novel about the horrors of parent-child incest with science fiction elements than its more popular interpretation as a science fiction novel about the hubris of creating life with gothic horror elements.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

To truly understand the genius of Moby Dick, one must have all the scholarship of a fujoshi.

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Frankenstein is undeniably extremely horny. I would even go so far as to say the main conflict is being forced to trade socially abhorred homosexual desire for socially approved incest which is a take others may think of as unhinged but I'm sure is normal and correct.

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hanzo @eduardohanzo.bsky.social · 1d

moby dick é mais gay que call me by your name mas menos gay que fight club

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

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Paul Knipe @paulknipe.bsky.social · 1d

Smerdyakov did that family a huge favor.

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

An excellent take actually

Librairie Série B @librairieserieb.bsky.social · 1d

When we don't like a book we always complain about bad writers, but there's bad readers too

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

Truly unhinged opinion: many classic novels would be improved by a laugh track.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

To truly unhinge this opinion: maybe what people need to truly understand Moby Dick these days is a laugh track. They need permission to giggle at the "sperm" chapter. Without a cue they don't understand that they're supposed to anymore.

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

"ThErE aRe tOo mAnY DiGrEsSiOnS aBoUt wHaLeS" yeah I love when I go to the comedy club and hear the set and the guy just gets straight to the point without any digressions. I am not listening to the stand up comedian to waste my time. Get to the point already. This is how these people sound. Oy.

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

Too hinged, maybe. I gotta figure out a better one.

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

Moby Dick makes a much better audiobook than text because it makes it easier to appreciate what it is -- an extremely long, whale-themed standup routine.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

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The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

Found a great new reaction image:

The Male Hysteric @graay.bsky.social · 1d

👀!!!

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Aug 26

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