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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4h

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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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 4h

The semi regular being weird about Ukraines because the 'look Asian' on here is pretty close

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 9h

They are but it's not the same as libs and stone because leftists objecting to tankies are decidedly the exception. Most are all to happy to support genocidal imperialism if it's got a red flag

Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 9h

Like the current interm leader of the federal dippers flat out shared russian imperialist propaganda years ago and still ended up interm leader!

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 9h

The flat out unwillingness of most leftist her to offer even mild criticism of imperialist, genocidal, fudelist autocratic nonsense is terifiying.

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 9h

They might not have money behind them but Canadian leftist fucking love them. Every single communist I've meet has been more than happy to explain to me why I should be genocided and all the non tankies leftist were more than happy to nod along and not say shit.

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 10h

In Canada?

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 10h

This fucking timeline need needs to stop getting more and more borked by the day.

24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 10h

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦”Melania Trump has been diligently working to call attention to the approximately 19,000 children kidnapped by Russia during the war.”

- Lindsey Graham
United States Senator

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 11h

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 10h

That said his veiws are awful enough on thier own that they can't really be tarred by association. It's just more to support his awfulness.

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 10h

I really have no interest in anything bilshevyk for obvious reasons but this really isn't suprising

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 10h

From what I gather talking to friends in the US and my experiences in Canada: Canadian leftsism is way fucking worse when it comes to imperialist, racist and pro-genocide bullshit.

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 11h

They're*

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 12h

The current ndp interm leader is awful on this and generally their not great about disavowing racist bullshit

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 12h

Yup! Not to mention his fucking wild views about Ukraine

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 13h

Why am I not suprised the Rwanda genocide denial guy is also a grifter www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Aspiring NDP leader who has raised thousands may be breaking party rules, official says

Yves Engler, an author who has written several books criticizing Canadian and Western foreign policy, said he has already raised the money for his leadership bid.

www.thestar.com

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 13h

Sorry saw your original post after I wrote this

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 13h

His claim to fame is Rwanda genocide denial.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14h

if we'd treated their obvious baldfaced lies and deflections more like this over the past eight years maybe we wouldn't be in this situation

shocking how easy it is when you actually see it done

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 1d

“my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models)”

what

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
@NateSilver538 • 5h
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 1d

I challenge you to find a political scientist who hasn't played a pdx game.

Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 1d

and its terrifying older sibling "clearly still plays paradox games"

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Ілля @illya.bsky.social · 1d

Прекрасні!!!

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