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Barrista @onbluskysku.bsky.social · 1h

Democrats are going to need to get good at saying clearly that people in minority groups can invoke their identity to make a political point either in bad faith or in ways that are just plain wrong, and they are going to need to get good at saying this *even when they are not in that group*

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 3h

Zohran is speaking at my synagogue. These folks are outside.

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Matt Real @mattyistalking.com · 3h

You gotta be absolutely off your rocker to get cancelled, lose your tv show, finally get a movie made with Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer, who could not be a better trio to rehab your image and then think “I’mma go to Saudi Arabia and cash a check” a week before release.

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

as an aside to this gag it is pretty interesting to me that both Frank Oz (Cookie Monster) and Jim Henson (Rowlf) played vastly different characters who both nonetheless had intense Tom Waits energy

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 3h

I knew we had good people on our side and this is just confirmation

Tom Waits/Cookie Monster mashup - God's Away On Business

YouTube video by cookiewaits

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4h

A bunch of grandmas standing and hooting for Nuremberg 2? Something for the opposition party to think about

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 3h

yeah no argument there, that's the tightrope any popular artist walks. large fanbases mean any strongly expressed opinion is going to alienate some portion of his fans. even his quote in the advocate article is worded pretty diplomatically for that reason.

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 3h

there's been a deliberate effort from the right in the past 20 years to paint the genre as inherently conservative when its history is working class solidarity and takes like this just help do that work

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 3h

he's not an artist i listen to regularly but it's pretty ironic to accuse others of being close minded while making sweeping generalizations about an entire genre of music's fanbase

he's been like this a while and there are many left leaning country artists old and new

Country Music Star Zach Bryan Calls Out Transphobia

It’s after some musicians freaked out because Bud Light featured a transgender influencer in its marketing campaign.

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christina @formeresq.bsky.social · 4h

Thiel reading 1100 chapters of one piece and somehow not grasping that luffy would instantly and brutally beat him up bugs bunny style

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4h

1) I once again take this opportunity to remind you: to keep its basic functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

2) is...is it happening?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 6h

this is exactly why "pUrItY tEsTs" are so important and we need to be suspicious of everyone advocating dems need to lurch further right

how do we recover from this if we replace those doing the evil with those that think 80% of it is a good thing?

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 6h

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 6h

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 7h

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

Zoom in on any of the hands and you’ll see that it absolutely *is* AI.

Why are you doing this shit when there are so many legit photos and videos of ICE terrorizing communities?

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 6h

at least he's committed to the bit?

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Mx. Moz @mleelunsford.com · 21h

I've made this scale to help people out during this holiday season

a scale of Dracula to Not Dracula going from right to left: Dracula (Dracula), Count Orlok (Legally Distinct Dracula), Drake from Blade Trinity (Might Be Dracula), Vlad the Poker (Probably Not Dracula, and Morbius (Not Dracula)

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 21h

real alt NPS energy

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 21h

it's even worse, her whole bit was being a libbed out former CBP officer

she also spent like an hour arguing with anyone pointing out it was clearly fake last night so this smolbean shit is extra egregious

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 22h

gonna find a way to lose that bye week mark my words

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okpoke.bsky.social @okpoke.bsky.social · 1d

Oklahoma State Sec 231 started as one dude with his shirt off and grew..

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

the inverse of this is how much of politics is now just accepting that you have to vote for people who hate you, so your best option is to vote for people who hate other people more than they hate you

dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 1d

I think the main refreshing thing about Mamdani, for me, is that he actually likes New York City and wants to see it thrive for everyone.

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 1d

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 1d

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 1d

they're calling him the Josh Smith of pitchers

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