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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · Feb 13

You can’t trust someone who doesn’t love Sesame Street.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 22h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 18h

Put a banner on every closed rural hospital

WE SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21h

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 1h

So they were Nazi salutes from the Presidential Podium on day one.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 7h

Spot on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1h

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 2h

Historical Note: An all white (non -DEI) Administration did this to us.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 3h

China mocks us as if we were foolish, racist white children.
apple.news/AGI_PdouYSV6...

Trump administration quietly canceled the nation’s largest solar project — CNN

The Trump administration’s cancellation of the largest solar project in the United States has sparked confusion and concern among Republicans and Democrats alike.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

Himes: You know, it's the Pete Hegseth insecurity that requires a constant marination in testosterone and fraternity-boy macho bullshit that, at the end of the day, would be funny if it weren't both lethal and counterproductive to actually dealing with the nation's drug problem.

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 11h

I would like to see the moron who would teach this utterly flawed economics in a business class.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 13h

Trump bailed out Argentina, who then undercut US farmers by selling their soybeans to China, who used be our biggest customer for soybeans before Trump drove them away with his tariffs.

This is Trump 3D chess in action.

Arrogance, Ignorance and Idiocy.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 11h

What a bunch of bitches.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Klippenstein: The memo says it considers as indicators things like anti-Christian sentiment, anti-government views, and anti-traditional family positions.

These are descriptors that would cover millions and millions of people in this country.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 12h

So much for God-given rights. The guy can’t even stop his commandments from being riddled full of loopholes and exceptions.

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Wilma Marlene Fine ✈️ @wmf5.bsky.social · 12h

ICE "insurrectionists" are popping up all over our city of Chicago. No place is off limits. They're using tear gas and smoke bombs near schools and churches. We're paying a price for not voting for the orange pedophile.

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 13h

Having to dress a girl while being raped, plus chemicals in the well water, is my guess for what little monsters are made of.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

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Lingua Franca @triplozero.bsky.social · 13h

A cartoon child.

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The Naked Gardener @thenakeddgardener.bsky.social · 15h

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