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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1h

How many journalists are left who write for people who aren't random rich dudes thay haven't seen an uncooked egg in 50 years?

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 2h

Oh my, someone wrote based comments online, my stars and garters.

Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 2h

Hit piece? Seems like free advertising, dude's based

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 4h

As long as amateurs are involved in setting the direction professional planners must follow we will continue to allow an ignorant understanding of how property values are assessed to ruin our cities.

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 4h

Being appropriately active is a moving target. No one is protesting until a protest is happening then the protest doesn't matter because the people who voted for this won't show because also the protest is cringe since people make signs that make fun of MAGA so we should just do nothing in the end

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 6h

How impactful something is in the moment is for future generations to figure out...

Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 22h

"They" litigated Trayvon's life and potential for being threatening over and over and over again to give an armed racist cover for murder but calling out people self identifying as Nazi's is a bridge too far.

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 22h

Unconstitutional memorandum, see was that so difficult?

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 22h

And? Most of us normal non-centi-millionaires are already squeezed to the max, this barely registers.

Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

These are the people currently in charge of the country

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

When I lived in NYC in 2013-2014 the only problems I experienced were unaffordability and Queens apartment brokers. I don't think more cops will fix either of those.

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

They mastered turning a handful of stories about a thing among a sea of that thing not happening into sufficient justification for old white people to vote for a dictator

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

Can Cuomo provide evidence that 5,000 more cops will have a meaningful impact on any problem ailing NYC?

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

Arguing from authority shows you are weak of mind

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't realize Mamdani was campaigning for dual mayorship of Gaza City and Tel Aviv...

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

This seems stupid...

Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

They are really doin a fasch

Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

The "funny" thing is the No Kings rallies are your grandparents rallies because its largely older people there...

Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

Its a bad time to live in a place with high pile carpet

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

She should go milk some cows and stop bitching and moaning

Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

That tracks for southwest Washington

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

I'd like to believe that hundreds of hours of video and audio of him saying vile shit would be disqualifying but...

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 1d

I am looking forward to being told the people who caused the economic collapse are getting a bailout while the rest of us are getting thoughts and prayers

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Ryan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 2d

We all know no compelling argument for this exists other than "If we say they are drug smugglers and they are from one of the every other countries with fewer guns than the USA no one will care enough to do anything"