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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · Feb 5

my point isn't (merely) doom; my point is that the plaintiffs and lawyers and anybody else opposing the administration needs to be realistic and understand where this is actually going because SCOTUS has almost literally told us that they aren't a co-equal branch against this man

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 17h

famously (or not-so-), McCain campaign guy Steve Schmidt was part of the Univ. of Delaware young republicans who ratfucked the campus democrats ca. 1990 by running for and winning seats on their board then giving all their funding to the republicans, so, like, f-ck the Lincoln Project in particular

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 19h

you do not, in fact, have to hand it to the campus young republicans of yesteryear

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 19h

They have 100% always been this way, though notably the transition from helicopter rides and referencing crushing minorities abroad humorlessly transitioned to nazi shit, but like that's basically a new layer of paint instead of a new perspective.

Amanda Marcotte
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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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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 21h

TFW you called the trial judge a "f---ing c--t"; that judge held you in criminal contempt of court; you appealed the holding; and your case at the intermediate appellate court is heard by a panel of -checks notes- three women judges

abovethelaw.com/wp-content/u...

Before: LETICA, P.J., and RICK and BAZZI, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Marshall Tauber, appeals as of right the order entered by Oakland Circuit Court Judge Yasmine I. Poles that held him in criminal contempt and required him to pay a fine of $7,500. Appellant, an attorney, was appointed to represent a criminal defendant. A hearing addressing bond was held over Zoom before Judge Poles. After the court’s bond ruling, appellant apparently believed that the Zoom hearing had disconnected and used derogatory curse words apparently in reference to the judge. But, the judge heard appellant, and he was held in criminal contempt. On appeal, appellant alleges that he was deprived of due process and there was insufficient evidence to support the criminal contempt. We affirm.

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1d

dunno, the post showed up on my feed via somebody else's quote-post

I don't want to get into a suffering Olympics w/ young people, but it wasn't GenX fer chrissakes who climbed the ladder of post-war prosperity & then yanked the ladder up behind them; too bad Boomers wrecked public education, too

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1d

I was going to complain that the DNC simply failed to lay a pathway to leadership for GenX and never put serious energy into succession planning as the GOP has but, you know, whatever

A Doll In Every Pot @tobellz.bsky.social · 1d

The problem isn't the geriatrics. It's the generation after the boomers that decided that getting into politics was for losers.

The choices are long-in-the-tooth veteran whose been on one-too-many tours, or complete neophyte who has no idea what he's doing.

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1d

ridiculous W in Family Division this morning -- maybe I'll keep my court waistcoat and tie on all day so when someone in the office asks "oh, you in court today?" I can say "sure was, here's my W story" over and over again

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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · 2d

Miss Major has passed. One of the best of that generation of trans women of colour who started our fight.

The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 2d

"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."

- Miss Major, 2023 💔

One of the things I hear with some younger trans people I know is they feel, "I'm gonna get this surgery, and I'm gonna learn that way of speaking, and I'm gonna be done." You're never done. If you're a straight, cisgender person, you're never done. Things are always happening that have the potential to change you. So all I am today is not who I'm gonna be tomorrow, because of the things that happened to me today and later tonight. People forget that. "Oh, after I transition, I'm gonna be through." Well, good luck with that. 'Cause if you're through, then it's time to leave, you know, and I don't wanna go anywhere yet.
I'm in my seventies. Why didn't I stop? Number one is community. My gurls. I've had moments of thinking about stopping, but I didn't. I made sure I would step back, reju- venate myself, and then got back out there, and that's how you make a way. Our stories are not all the same, but the destination is: to get some place where we have some peace and harmony, and we can be at ease with ourselves and the people around us. You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you.

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 2d

it FEELS like a spring training gaaaaaaame -cries-

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 2d

Sacco and/or Vanzetti

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Stevie Hate @steveeboy.bsky.social · 3d

ANTIFA ACTION MESSAGE

NOVEMBER
ECHO
VICTOR
ECHO
ROMEO

GOLF
OSCAR
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
ALPHA

GOLF
INDIA
VICTOR
ECHO

YANKEE
OSCAR
UNIFORM

UNIFORM
PAPA

NOVEMBER
ECHO
VICTOR
ECHO
ROMEO

GOLF
OSCAR
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
ALPHA

LIMA
ECHO
TANGO

YANKEE
OSCAR
UNIFORM

DELTA
OSCAR
WHISKEY
NOVEMBER

END

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 7d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think "refuse to eat," "never watch again," and "can't stand" necessarily mean exactly the same thing as "hate" but I do agree that it's not the most positive-thinking little Bsky game to pass around

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 3d

Portland brings out inflated costumes and the Unipiper

Chicago brings out Catholic ritual and pageantry

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4d

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.”

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand:

- Pineapple.

- Almost any movie, honestly. Too many movies, too little time.

- "This Must Be the Place" by Talking Heads. Just rubs me absolutely the wrong way.

Matt's In the Belfry 🦇👹🎃 @casarino.bsky.social · 4d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, once movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand:

* Mushrooms. (Uh, the eatin' kind.) Can't do it. Every bite gives me the willies

* Don't Look Up. Awful allegory made with snide misanthropy

* "The Joker" by Steve Miller

M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 4d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, & one song you can’t stand:

- Cucumber anything. However you think it tastes, that is not how it tastes to me
- Farewell, My Concubine (Beautiful. Brutal. Once was enough)
- Collective Soul, “December”

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 5d

TIL the Spooky Nook placename in Pennsylvania (vic. Lancaster) is pronounced "shpukky nuk"

next you'll be telling me that they don't pronounce all the letters in Schuylkill

etymonline @etymonline.bsky.social · 5d

In Halloween season 2025, is it acceptable to speak of "spooks" and "spooky?" Don't ask us; we live in the past. But those words have twisty history:

www.etymonline.com/columns/post...

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 5d

... 3) do I even want to ask about any reduced frequency of bus service to West Chester?

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 5d

travel to PHL booked for early December

1) OMFG these tickets are like 1/3 again more expensive than last year

2) is the Airport Line still running, or has the GOP in the General Assembly torn up the tracks?

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Nat Torkington @gnat.bsky.social · 6d

New music video just dropped! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKfM...

We had so much fun in the hall making this. Can't wait to share the album with you and tour it next year!

You, Me, Everybody - The Rest of Us - [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by You, Me, Everybody Band

www.youtube.com

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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 6d

I just hope all you people begging for them to blow up a 96 win team that came within five runs over three games of defeating the defending world series champion turn off the tv when the roster is mostly the same next year

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 6d

Up with People

oh, please, make it be Up with People

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

www.washingtonpost.com

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 6d

tell me you never attended one of your children's well-baby appointments without telling me you never attended one of your children's well-baby appointments

Screen snip of Acyn on X, embedding a short video of RFK Jr, some guy I can't identify, Marco Rubio, and the president sitting at a table:

"Trump on Autism: Obviously, something that is artificially induced, whether it's the vaccines in terms of these massive vaccines twice the size of a jar like that, a glass of water like that, into a baby's body."

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 6d

hoagiemouth detected and TIL he's a goddamned Blue Hen, too

youtu.be/jXRLeH2JCgI?...

Start Spreading The News B*tches! #BlueJays Manager Buries #Yankees After #MLB #alds

YouTube video by The Tall Can Audio Podcast

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 6d

yeah, the Spanish I'm more familiar with is Mexican heard in Philly; this has the sorta dropped final consonants that I want to say you hear in Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, etc.

I'm catching Vladdy: "[something something] always like this"

Papi: "give it! give it!"

Vladdy: "DAAAAA ..."

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 6d

the mister and I were joking the other day:

Yankees fan walks into a bar. The bartender asks, "Why the long face?"

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 6d

opening this post in a tab of its own so that I can click to it from time to time today and watch again

James G @orth.ca · 7d

Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"

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