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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1h

Netanyahu was too busy bombing people trying to get food to do something about these creeps.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1h

When you put it like that, it kind of sounds like the U.S. Constitution is being used to wipe every asshole now governing us. But maybe it's just me listening to the words too closely.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3h

"We are a decade into Trumpism. These Young Republicans have never known any other type of Republicanism. We’re talking about a full generation of Republicans who only understand politics in the context of an authoritarian project."

www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...

All the Pretty Little Nazis

The shape of things to come.

www.thebulwark.com

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 2h

I will ally with Dick Cheney and Zohran Mamdani to stop fascism.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3h

"The best defense against this weapon is solidarity among groups who disagree ferociously on many questions, but who agree on the need to keep America democratic and rebuild institutions and social connections to make democracy more robust."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

www.nytimes.com

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 6h

Manifesto:

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 7h

Sign in a bookstore window:
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 8h

Waiting for the "you're violating my first amendment rights by calling me a nazi just because I'm a nazi."

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 8h

Sort of the opposite version of the line from the end of this scene! "The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost if you keep a secret!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpBA...

Dr. Strangelove (1964) - The Doomsday Machine

YouTube video by Stanley Kubrick

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 10h

A friend once told me to turn off autocorrect. Everybody can recognize a typo, but autocorrect can royally fuck you over.

David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 10h

Mamdani. Fat thumbs or autocorrect? We may never know.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 11h

Man, is Johnson trying to get hired as an ICE agent?

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 15h

The press corps spent the day clearing their desks, in some cases carting out remnants of years in the building — a yellowed Rolodex; a red-, white- and blue-corded Ameritech phone from the 1996 Democratic convention in Chicago. A pale sticky note clinging on to a pile of folders read: “Rumsfeld trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan. Dec. 20–25, 2005.”

Television networks tore down their broadcast booths, full of technical gear and soundproofing equipment, that had been used for live shots from the Pentagon. Journalists lugged out boxes and rolled suitcases full of gear. Hand trucks and black roller bins carried the bulk of the rubble.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 15h

At some point in time the blue districts will realize that if they just kept their own money, this wouldn't be possible.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Bill Cunningham, MPB @madpulpbastard.bsky.social · 15h

Sam Raimi's first horror movie in 15 years. Trailer here:
youtu.be/R4wiXj9NmEE?

This is the kind of poster that I love. Focused on the character with little clues all about that hint at what you're going to see in the movie. Simplicity works.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 16h

Feels a little short-sighted on Trump's part to justify sending assassins into another country on the basis they have an authoritarian leader.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING

“The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader.”

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 16h

Neanderthal GenX male here, and in private with my gaming friends, at my mostly blue collar white high school, we never, ever used the n-word in our trash talk.

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 16h

The evolution of InfantryDork continues to play out in the most predictable of ways… @mikeblack114.bsky.social @sharonk.bsky.social

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NamyCat 🔞 (Your friendly Tabby Artists) @namycat.bsky.social · 18h

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like it also has a lot to do with the politically powerful Christian leaders only ever sourcing the Old Testament for their policy positions, and never being able to justify them using the New Testament.

Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

Sucking up to insanely rich and powerful dirtbags and telling them how great they are and how the peasants don't understand their glory will always pay well.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

I do wonder if drones with drop weapons will completely replace mortars. Mortars would have a higher fire rate, but drones combine remote spotting and insane accuracy.

Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

Stripes using the scare quotes for trafficking narcotics because they actually care about service members and whether or not the troops pulling the trigger based solely on the orders of a corrupt administration get charged with war crimes down the line.

Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that U.S. forces had conducted another strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people in the fifth known strike the U.S. has conducted in the region.

US strikes another boat ‘trafficking narcotics’ off coast of Venezuela, Trump says; 6 killed

It’s the fifth known deadly strike in the Caribbean as Trump has asserted that the U.S. is treating alleged drug traffickers as unlawful combatants.

www.stripes.com

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

Man, where have I heard this kinda thing about black pilots before? Must've slipped my mind.

Well, I guess I'll go see who got a Presidential Medal of Freedom recently.

Mallory 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺 @sadboots.bsky.social · 1d

Why are we importing intra-Italian racism I thought there was a tariff on this shit

"If your pilot is a she and she looks ten shades darker than someone from Sicily, just end it there. Scream the no no word,"
Giunta wrote.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

A bit of cloud cover for the lights to reflect off and wet streets to keep them dark makes cities gorgeous.

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 1d

Minneapolis after dark

view down Marquette avenue downtown with yellow and pink lights in the rain, west streets, someone walking

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

At least you'll take less radiation from eating or drinking.

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Fallout 4 Perks and S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes.

Basic character attributes in Fallout 4 are Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck. Together they form a S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats system. Each attribute has 10 levels, e...

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

If you know the absolutely terrific board game, Root, and do philosophy, you will not find a better example of the Prisoner's Dilemma. (Otters are the Riverfolk faction, who made 13 units of profit in the pictured turn).

Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

California needs to get an army division back at Fort Ord and we need to be able to approve thexsenior leadership positions because we cannot trust Trump or the next iteration of him not to send the army to murder Californians.

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.

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