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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 36m

Yeah its been a well enough calibrated combination of own-goal and wakeup call that I'll hopefully be making some meaningful lifestyle changes.

Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 10h

If the last two days have taught me anything, its that a badly aggravated back injury and diarrhea really work better as "either/or" scenarios.

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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 11h

Okay I genuinely assumed this was common knowledge. Where'd you all think those local news van bloopers came from?
But yeah, bent-pipe satellite communications are intentionally as simple as possible in order to be as effective as possible as often as possible. Its a lot of data.

WIRED @wired.com · 12h

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.

www.wired.com

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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 11h

I remember the Memphis, TN Pizza Hut delivery number ca. 1993 because jingles used to be devastatingly effective, unlike those Liberty Mutual hacks I would happily kill with these hands.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 19h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 11h

I have learned that you are all horny for Jack Skellington, and possibly other skeletons as well.

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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 15h

SIR!!!

Thank you.

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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 11h

I'd have a lot more room in my heart for Morris sleeping on the bed if he'd lay on the food of the bed and not on top of my face.

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 15h

things bullets say

Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 15h

Almost every time I go thru JFK something weird happens.

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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 15h

That probably would have been the last straw for DIA. You can only cram so much shitty in one enormous structure. www.westword.com/news/denver-...

Why Denver Airport Isn't Playing Kristi Noem's Finger-Pointy TSA Video

"Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government, and because of this, many of our operations are impacted," she claims.

www.westword.com

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 16h

"I just like the car" no, you just don't mind supporting white nationalism

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 19h

a) screaming "antisemitism" at everything robs the phrase of its meaning, opening the door to real hatred;

b) the internet is lowering the planet's collective IQ.

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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 20h

Not even particularly small countries

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 20h

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 20h

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 20h

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 20h

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 21h

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 22h

That blows my mind.

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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 21h

Call me crazy but I anticipate that the last living hostages being returned and Hamas detainees and prisoners going back to Gaza likely presages a rapid and incautious orgy of violence but what do I know? Not like that's something Bibi would typically do right?

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 21h

Marc Maron ends his podcast with final guest Barack Obama after 16 years and nearly 1,700 episodes www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

Marc Maron ends his podcast with final guest Barack Obama after 16 years and nearly 1,700 episodes

Obama gave new status to Maron and to podcasts in general when he visited Maron’s Los Angeles garage studio while still in office a decade ago.

www.nbcnews.com

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 22h

Old CBS would’ve probably spelled the guy’s name right, too.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 22h

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 21h

I'm enjoying the casual low-information Fox News viewers being exposed to knowledge of the No Kings protests against their will.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 21h

I don't know who this woman is anymore. I don't know true north. I am without bearings. Nothing makes sense. Just let the cats fuck the dogs and be done with it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

All facts

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

One of Trump’s few consistent positions is pro-corruption.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

Trump calls on the Israeli President to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Cigars and champagne - who the hell cares about it?"

Netanyahu is currently on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, including allegedly accepting 700,000 shekels (approx. $210,000) worth of luxury goods in bribes.

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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah we should never have let these people remain in public life after blowing Orban for years.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump in Egypt: "This country is doing very well. It has good leadership. It's nice when you say, 'How is your crime situation?' and they don't even know what you're talking about. Because if he has crime he puts it out very quickly. Some people think that's not nice, but I think it's great."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h

Beginning to suspect Caitlin Flanagan did not tell me the full story

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 23h

In which John Oliver methodically unpacks how thin it is to claim you’re all about “the truth” when you’re only running essays don’t get properly fact-checked — and don’t hold up to even basic reporting scrutiny www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 1d

Dear body: thank you for the four hours sleep between rounds of gastric distress. More than I deserve.

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Patagucci Mane @sagsefid.bsky.social · 1d

When we wrestle this all back to a vaguely manageable state for the next generation to make a project of repairing, I'm getting a PhD in "Okay But For Real Was Someone Behind This To Defeat The USA Or Were These People Just Huge Assholes Who Wanted To Break Shit Because They Hate Everyone"

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