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Petrarca

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Garden-Stater, MTBer, foodie, tequila snob, oenophile, aesthete. Petrarca was a scholar, poet laureate, and original Renaissance humanist, unaccidental tourist, and alpinist Born July 20, 1304.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · Dec 27

Tim Snyder:
"If you want to rip the heart out of a democracy, you go after facts. That's what modern authoritarians do."
Step 1: You lie. All the time.
Step 2: You say it's your opponents and journalists who lie.
Step 3: Everyone looks around and says "what is the truth? There is no truth."
Then resistance is impossible and the game is over.

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Montclair Dems @montclairdems.bsky.social · 11h

So many Democrats agree, the election is a no brainer! #voteMikie #NJ 👇

spintastic1.bsky.social @spintastic1.bsky.social · 11h

Bonus points for use of the word sycophant! It’s a no brainer, vote Mikie Sherrill for NJ Governor. 🗳️🔵

Via drnorton

#mikiesherrill #nj
#newjersey #governor #njgovernor
#voteblue #keepnjblue

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 9h

“I don’t trust this senator. I don’t trust the word of Democrats beholden to AIPAC. I want to see something substantive,” says ME.

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 9h

Need more of this:

Texas knife shop owner goes viral after rejecting customer’s request: ‘No Nazi bulls--t’

An East Texas knife shop owner is going viral on TikTok after refusing to transfer an emblem onto Hitler Youth knives, sparking widespread support online.

www.click2houston.com

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 12h

bUt oFfShORe WiNdMiLLs aRe uGLy

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13h

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 2d

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks to Hollywood films, Day of the Dead has evolved from a Mexican holiday to an international one celebrated by all of Los Angeles but long before that, the dead were already shaping L.A.’s story.

The full story: lataco.com/east-la-ceme...

By Erick Galindo

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 14h

Why is headline not gooder English? Perhaps consult The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, or alternately, fire your editor.

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 18h

If it was a job interview, he wouldn't have made it past "thank you for your resume." He has ZERO relevant experience and does not rise to the academic rigor required to be a US Senator. Cory Booker (my Senator) aside, I want my reps to be educated and have legislative experience.

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 18h

Iirc, by college we were mostly reading Shakespeare (for Creative 101 & 2) and American shorts, probably based on time constraints. I came away as a big WCW fan, Jersey guy, so maybe I'm partial as a homer.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 18h

I absolutely know we read Sinclair.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 18h

Do you recommend reading that, or something else by him? Should I be disappointed that he was never one of the authors I read in HS or college? (that I can recall.)

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

This is very good
clereviewofbooks.com/into-the-man...

Into the Manosphere—in Manuscripts - Cleveland Review of Books

Contemporary manosphere literature certainly paints a landscape of patriarchy in crisis, at war with itself about how it should wield its own power.

clereviewofbooks.com

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 19h

Guy with Swastika on helmet wearing a Flava Flav clock-sized, Totenkopf pendant around his neck: "what this? I found it in a thrift store and thought it looked cool."

1938-05 SA-Oberführer Horst von Petersdorff Berlin 1938-05 Commemorative ceremony Riga Latvia German Freikorps in Baltic 1919 Eiserne Division Und doch banners nazi propaganda Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe PD

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 19h

The secret to eternal happiness is to not argue with idiots.

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Tom K @samvega.bsky.social · 20h

That fools reveal themselves so easily is one of the scant benefits of the social media age.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 19h

I am equally qualified to be a Senator.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 20h

We got you covered: www.youtube.com/shorts/-hnAt...

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 20h

www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...

Trump's Ballroom Will 'Overwhelm' White House, National Trust Warns

Preservationists fear for how Trump's planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom will sit alongside the White House itself, which is about 55,000 square feet.

www.huffpost.com

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 20h

His entire political experience is being on the planning board for a town of less than 1300 people.
WTF?!
(More proof that policy is boring and the American electorate AND the pundit class have no interest in discussing it.)

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 20h

ABCNY7 loves Cuomo, which makes sense because they slobbered over Adams.

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 21h

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

okay, why does building a white house ballroom with private funds not violate the anti deficiency act. what am I missing here

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 21h

The frog has three eyes. Now i knt that may have happened in nature, but it's not normal.

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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 22h

The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster dataset is back and now at @climatecentral.org!

Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
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Map of US with purple and blue icons over central US indicating severe weather billion dollar disaster events in 2025 and one fire in LA.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 21h

That bear reads the Far Side.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 22h

As a Senate candidate, Fetterman guaranteed voters he’d be a reliable Dem, not another Manchin or Sinema.

Constantly. It was his core promise to primary voters.

Liar.

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