Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

Thicc Stauskas @thiccstauskas.bsky.social · 23h

Do u guys ever notice how when a left wing guy gets exposed for an “extreme” past it’s “free Palestine” and “I don’t like cops” and when it’s a right winger it’s literally “I love Hitler fr no cap”

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

A Marine veteran turned oyster farmer who is now a rising Democratic Senate candidate once called himself a “communist,” dismissed “all” police as bastards, and said rural White Americans “actually are” racist and stupid, according to deleted social media posts seen by CNN. https://cnn.it/47sXon6

‘I got older and became a communist': Deleted posts show Maine Senate hopeful's raw views on politics, war, and police | CNN Politics

Graham Platner, a Marine veteran turned oyster farmer, now disavows posts he made years ago, saying they came from a time when he felt disillusioned and angry and expressed those emotions online.

www.cnn.com

12 240 850

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 2d

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

32 550 2.2K

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 4d

Frank Frazetta shirtless outside in an armchair, posing with his palette and the original art for the Fire & Ice poster. Behind him Eleanor Frazetta poses in a bikini on a Honda dirtbike.

40 930 3.5K

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 5d

2 4

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 7d

@wskrs.bsky.social I think the thing with the timeline is that the gap between season 1 and 2 is longer than they acknowledge to build the new SeaQuest.

1

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 10d

lol, the early leave protection in GBO2 also triggers in A/B rooms. Amazing.

1

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 10d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

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

23 1.7K 5.2K

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 12d

Some
body once told me...

CNBC @cnbc.com · 12d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

1

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 12d

So many replies to this (or quotes of it) are some variant of "oh wow we won Vietnam??" and it's driving me up a wall. Vietnam was not between or before the World Wars.

Everything he's saying is wrong and unhinged; you don't need to invent things he didn't say to be mad at!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Trump: "We won World War 1. We won World War 2. We won everything in between. We won everything before. And all of the sudden they decide to change the name. They went woke then too, you know. Woke is a long term. Word."

1

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 13d

This is why Fire Emblem has been doing various fakes behind the scenes since it hit GBA

2

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 14d

30 860 2.9K

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15d

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15d

Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.

Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.

470 4.8K 21K

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 17d

This isn't that though? They ran the poll themselves. They know what they're doing and did it on purpose.

6

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 18d

"Look! We stacked the left wing numbers on top of the larger right wing numbers so they look higher! Also, look how far right wing terror has dropped now that we've reassigned the FBI to prosecuting Trump's political enemies and deputized all the terrorists."

🇺🇸 Pithy Packy 🇳🇱 @pithypacky.bsky.social · 18d

I can’t even.

3 4

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 18d

@apocrypals.bsky.social Not a source I would have expected this from

Ross Foubister @87th.bsky.social · 19d

Happy Michael Festival

1 1 7

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 20d

Once again, the moderate position is for ICE to be abolished and Border Patrol to be gutted, and massive civil rights prosecutions leading to prison time. Anybody running on anything less is kicking the can down the road.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 20d

Border Patrol agent talks about how he knows that the people he's arresting at this nutrition bar factory in NY are "literal street rats" who would "eat our kids"

42 1K 3.1K

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

Cybershell @cybershell.bsky.social · 21d

Underrated benefit of being an OG youtuber is you constantly get "Holy shit, you're old" comments.

32 490 2.9K

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 22d

No I didn't take Latin and yes I know this joke only makes sense with the specific English translation that it usually gets shut up.

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 22d

This is an incredibly stupid joke that I feel the need to spread, particularly because of some bad news also going around that I'm not in love with.

Someone suggested the Masterpiece Soundwave repaint called MPG-19 might not have diecast feet, to which I say:

Alea iacta non est.

1

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 22d

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 22d

Hmmm....

US Border Patrol docks along Chicago Harbor Lock as part of immigration blitz

U.S. Border Patrol is making its presence known on Lake Michigan, the only Great Lake without a foreign border.

www.chicagotribune.com

110 1.9K 8.3K

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 22d

Yeah, sure. Fair.

1

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 23d

i think this picture, from a public promo stream for a video games starring one of the most popular comic book characters of all time owned by the disney corporation, should be used on every single story about storefronts taking down lgbt content

61 2.9K 8.5K

Reposted by Azrael Bootype

furby hancock @furbyhancock.bsky.social · 25d

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

49 5.5K 19K

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 25d

On the plus side, since Trump is using the brand name instead of generic drug name in his weird rant, my senator is finally likely to do something more than talk for a really long time when no business was scheduled!

1 3

Azrael Bootype @azraelnewtype.bsky.social · 26d

A thing you have to understand about this song is that the single was released less than a whole week before their Greatest Hits album, and it was on the latter anyway.

And they were right.

Crispy Hanako @crispyhanako.bsky.social · 27d

4 18