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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 1h

They're all doubling down afaict

like the millerites getting the rapture date wrong on the great disappointment, then getting more certain

two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 1h

that's possible, but I don't think so

the bots I've seen will gish gallop through hasbara, post meme images and then immediately block anyone replying to em

two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 1h

yup, expect her to only triple down at this point

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 1h

that game is wild

was clicking through the Star Trek Online ship name randomizer the other day and saw USS Israel and then did a double take at USS Rhodesia

like I don't think Starfleet would allow ships to get named after the failed colonial state too white supremacist for even the UK to support

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 4h

HYPOTHESIS: repeat exposure to the LessWrong discussion boards is functionally indistinguishable from mercury poisoning.

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 16h

Hell yeah, that's Jennifer Welch from the I've Had It Podcast

They've gotten pretty radical since '24, and are brutal interviewers, but dems just assume they're empty headed reality TV star moms.

eg. Jen asking a gubernatorial candidate if he will refuse AIPAC funds in his race

Jennifer Welch Doesn't F*ck Around

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

www.youtube.com

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 18h

going to be really funny if, err when, inflatable costumes get banned in America before guns

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 18h

Currently a small group of protesters including a green alien, and an pink axolotl, are on Lexington and 25th to see if the fence will be removed tonight.

two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 18h

i doubt that the people too cowardly to find an erotic role playing partner are a market lucrative enough to make chatgpt profitable

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 1d

you push these guys as to what they mean by "extreme" and it always comes down to "called me a centrist loser on a social media platform"

David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 2d

The extreme left’s weird soft treatment of Nick Fuentes is a reminder that if you go far enough in either direction, you loop back around

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 1d

are the extreme left all the people who called you David AIPAC-man?

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 2d

Can you try to be more specific in the future, like reference a dish. eg "California rolls were invented by Hidekazu Tojo in the 1970s."

It makes more sense than suggesting like, "Canadians are responsible for rice crab avocado and cucumbers"

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 2d

stating that a candidate's goofy tabloid quote is preferable to his opponent's advocacy for genocide is what aboutism to you?

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 2d

Federation diplomats and journalists embedded within a romulan refugee fleet would go so hard.
So many stories could be told. Intrigue, piracy, jury rigging salvaged warbird wrecks, an upended class system, people of a failed empire choosing to change or regress.

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 2d

I really enjoyed the submarine warfare episodes in ds9.

One of the things that annoys me about the franchise is the TNG movies ended with a blown up Romulus. Was the perfect opportunity to have a submarine warfare series, and they just never really did anything with it.

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, they don't even need to get rid of all the operator jargon.

You can have a faction be the poverty drafted grunts trying to pay for community college, and the opposition can be masked mercs that only speak in operator.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 3d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 4d

lmao, blocked for suggesting Democrats can be criticized

Vy posted These people are Democrats so when you complain about Democrats you are complaining about them. Or about Jerry nadler and nydia Velasquez who are both endorsing Mamdani. Is Mamdani lying about being a democrat?

two bears responds No, and Democrats are not above criticism. The distinction I'm drawing is between Democratic socialists, like Lander who you apparently like, and neoliberals. Understanding the party's internal politics and members ideological commitments is important if you care about its future and output

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 4d

No, and Democrats are not above criticism.

the distinction I'm drawing is between the democratic socialists, like Lander who you apparently like, and neoliberals.

Understanding the party's internal politics and members ideological commitments is important if you care about its future and output.

two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 4d

Lander is a soc dem too.

His staff are NYDSA, and dude was elected as a DSA candidate. Only publicly distanced himself on Oct 7th from the org, then acted as Mamdani's hypeman for the whole mayoral election.

afaict there's not a man alive today who HATES the NY Dem party machine more than Lander

Rival calls Cuomo a ‘sociopath;’ ex-gov attacks Mamdani’s ‘defund’ rhetoric in final weekend of NYC mayor’s race

The candidates barnstormed the city as the tight race heads into the homestretch.

www.politico.com

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 4d

Last person who allegedly tried got thrown out a window of a high rise

opal @defnotadino.bsky.social · 4d

Peter Thiel is not a well person and I’m confused about how NO ONE in his life has tried to intervene???

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 4d

Nah you were probably right. They turned off replies lol

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry not sorry servant of the false emperor. The first amendment applies to genestealer primus from hive City 9 too

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Blue Sky Rob- Looking For Work! 🏳️‍⚧️ @senorwoberto.bsky.social · 4d

A self-proclaimed “former fed” deliberately sharing AI-generated disinformation and blocking the ability to post comments underneath it is incredibly fishy! Hmm!

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two bears watching stuff @bearswatchingstuff.bsky.social · 4d

disgraceful the way the overseers will mistreat a genestealer primus just trying to do her job

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