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Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · Nov 9

This has been my experience as well.

We should use social media that doesn’t make us feel terrible and anxious. This is the one I’ve found for this moment. That might change down the line, but right now this is the best I’ve found.

Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Nov 8

Bluesky is a social media platform and presumably poisoning all of our brains like any other.

But every time something bad happens in the world the Skyline is suddenly filled with fun, interesting people saying "I guess I'm gonna post here more, wow, it's so not-rancid" and I appreciate that

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Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 11m

And Ted Nugent.

Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 1h

Genuinely something I hadn’t considered. “First the came for James Comey and I said nothing because he kind of sucks…”

Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 4h

It also wasn’t very good.

Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 21h

White people like to pretend that racism doesn’t exist, so if there’s plausible deniability they’ll grab onto it.

There’s no plausible deniability in “I love Hitler.”

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Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 21h

I had like 80 followers and some groyper called me a race traitor for talking about my home state (Maine) and how successful the Somali resettlement program is there.

We’re all done over there, regardless of the ways this place is annoying.

Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 22h

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Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 1d

This is going to pop just in time for the next Dem to take office and have to clean up, as is tradition.

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not just an AI bubble. It’s a bathtub full of bubbles, all connected, that will pop together. And pop goes the economy. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...

The Frothiest AI Bubble Is in Energy Stocks

Concept stocks with no revenue have soaring valuations. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has backed the biggest of these energy companies.

www.wsj.com

Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing that the GOP has managed to push the normie dem stance to “abolish ICE” in just 9 months.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 1d

want cake? why not try "mug of cereal." that's right, mug of cereal: Its what you have

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 2d

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 1d

Leave it to Douthat to tell the Pope how to Pope.

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 1d

It makes sense for the Roman Catholic Church’s social doctrine “to take the form of general moral guidelines rather than a checklist of policy obligations,” Ross Douthat writes about Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation. “At the same time, however, there is a danger in vagueness and vapor.”

Opinion | Pope Leo’s ‘Dilexi Te’ Needs to Be More Specific

A pious vision of political economy should get more concrete.

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Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 1d

lmao

Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I have a feeling conservatives are *really* not going to enjoy the looming backlash.

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Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 2d

Goose meme, but “who’s the other person, Katherine?!”

Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this ought to be a huge scandal, but because it’s completely expected everyone will ignore it.

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Shocked Futurama GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY

Discover & share this Shocked Futurama GIF with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 2d

Reading through the replies here, it seems like most people think it’s the technology: what seemed futuristic 50 years ago seems anachronistic today. I think that’s definitely part of it, but it feels (to me) that there’s more to it.

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Thirst aid trap @lantro.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think there’s anything specific about sci-fi that makes it more susceptible to this phenomenon?

Comedy makes sense to me, because so much of what makes us laugh is embedded in culture, but I’ve noticed when I’ve recently gone back and read older sci-fi that it tends to age poorly.