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Stuart Semmel
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British history, political thought, history of consciousness, movies, snacks
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · Jul 14
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h
Remember, they're currently arguing that Biden's pardons are illegitimate because he signed the actual forms with an autopen.

Trump, meanwhile, repeatedly insists he knows nothing at all about one of his very controversial pardons. Never heard of the guy!

Sorta seems like a problem.
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O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
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Mike DeCillis @mikedecillis.bsky.social · 7h
"HOW WILL ZOHRAN PAY FOR FREE BUSES" screamed the Staten Islanders who have a free ferry
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h
God knows how many times this has happened: Zero.

Much like Vance lying about Haitian immigrants eating people's pets, this is 100% racist bullshit being spewed by an unabashed white nationalist.

Congrats to everyone who patronizes the Nazi bar he runs.
implausibleblog.bsky.social Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11h
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"

"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"

"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 10h
I love Steak Fries. Yes of course I will have 1/6 of a fried potato 46 times.
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 1d
I’m three handshakes/hops from John Stuart Mill. Not joking.
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 1d
“But Doctor,” the man says. “I am Ozymandias, King of Kings.”
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Clare M @clarem.bsky.social · 3d
My name was Ozymandias, King of Kings. My name is now Ozymandias Mountbatten Windsor.
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 1d
oops all souls day
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks and thanks!
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 1d
This Australian was just 18 at the time, and had only recently arrived in the US. I assume that further time here taught him more about American racism; I hope it also brought insights into his own country’s.
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 1d
(Utterly ignorant questions; please ignore if you feel like it!)

Are the colors intended to help us distinguish the two separate supernovas? Do they indicate different temperatures, different chemical compositions?
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 1d
an Australian told me this about his country once
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 1d
Wow
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 1d
The ad is inviting us to assume that the person beneath the Sliwa mask is Cuomo (which, in a real sense, he is!).
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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d
Conceptual Genius Goes As Self For Halloween https://theonion.com/conceptual-genius-goes-as-self-for-halloween-1819578390/
Conceptual Genius Goes As Self For Halloween
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 2d
I’ve taught Culloden maybe five or six times. Students are always pretty stunned. It requires a content warning.
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Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social · 3d
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 3d
It would just change its name to “<Waves Hands> Magic Glasses Something Something,” so it’s just as well.
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 3d
wowza
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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 3d
Philip Larkin’s this be the verse mangled into Ozymandias, the text reads They Oz you up, your mandyias. They may not mean to, but they do. They give you vast and trunkless legs A sunken shattered visage too. But they were Ozzed up in their turn By Mandyias upon the sand Who half the time had wrinkled lips And half in sneering cold command. Oz hands on mandyias to man. Like mighty works atop a shelf Look on them early as you can Ye mighty and despair yourself
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 3d
I deserve censure
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 3d
I’m not proud, just confessing
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 4d
Kinda addictive tbh
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 4d
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Stuart Semmel @semmiotic.bsky.social · 4d
Did the latter part sound familiar to them? Had they heard about this?
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