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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 1h

On the plus side, he’s going to give up his House seat in the attempt, and I don’t think he has much of a chance against Markey.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 3h

When your student leaves the fourth s out of assess in a paper…

I suppose they could have missed the third s. The effect is the same.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 4h

I just left a message for one of my Republican Senators saying that he needs to get the majority to end the filibuster and pass this budget bill to reopen the government. If they really think it’s going to be good for the country, they should want sole credit for passing it.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 4h

Until I lived in a place with seasons I never really understood that experience. And depending on how cold it’s been, even 30 degrees can feel balmy in March.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 17h

What is it about Republicans idolizing monumental losers? The Nazis got the shit kicked out of them. The Confederacy got the shit kicked out of it. The Italian Fascists got the shit kicked out of it. Can’t pick a winner to try to emulate?

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 17h

What is it about Republicans idolizing monumental losers? The Nazis got the shit kicked out of them. The Confederacy got the shit kicked out of it. The Italian Fascists got the shit kicked out of it. Can’t pick a winner to try to emulate?

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 17h

When I was a kid a neighbor had a dog that was the product of a long-haired collie and a basset hound and I know exactly what Niko means here.

Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 17h

our dog is part corgi part German Sheppard and whenever people hear this fact they say "oh imagine those two dogs making him" and like, yeah imagine true love in a doomed world, I don't know what we're all so afraid of.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 17h

I feel it’s important to say that if you work for ICE in any capacity, answering phones, writing memos, whatever, you’re carrying the same responsibility that those agents kidnapping people off the streets do. You’re not clean just because you’re not personally laying hands on folks.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 1d

You know, it feels like a word an LLM hasn’t internalized yet, and I hate that I’m in this place but I am.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 2d

Is my yard overgrown or am I creating holistic Halloween decorations?

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 2d

Was the professor running the class in on this? I keep thinking about how I’d feel if some stranger came into one of my classes uninvited interrupting things even if we didn’t live in a world where safety is always an issue and no, I’m not having it.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 2d

It’s been a long time since I worked in a warehouse, and it was a grocery warehouse at that, and even so the face I just made was a lot.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 2d

For some reason that also looks like the fork is giving someone the finger

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 2d

I feel seen

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 6d

Ki-tan the helpful but clumsy onion is the mascot for Kitami City in Hokkaido.

An onion-headed mascot in a light green T-shirt stands in a crowded courtyard.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 2d

That’s Colossus.

Columbus is a series of columns placed at regular intervals, often framing a walkway

Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 2d

That’s Columbia.

Columbus is the super hero who can transform his entire body into super strong steel.

Helluva Bottom Carter @nicju.blacksky.app · 2d

That’s Columbo.

Columbus is an Ivy League University in Upper Manhattan.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 2d

As a Saints fan, I have to say he’s more than exceeded expectations. Some of that’s because he has actual players to throw to in Olave, Shaheed and Kamara, and we’ll see how his play goes after one or more of them is inevitably traded away soon, but he’s certainly not the problem with this team.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 2d

Joey Buttafuoco

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 2d

This is the social media version of thinking you’ll look good in a Chotiner interview

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 2d

All the gambling stuff has made it hard for me to stay a fan of live sports, but I listened to the radio feed of the Cubs game last night and don’t remember hearing a single mention of it, so maybe that will be a haven for a bit?

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 2d

Am I just being a Puritan?

I think it’s bad enough that the MLB allows betting advertising in between innings, but putting up an ad with the betting line or whatever in a graphic on screen during play?

Given the prevalence of problem gambling it’s IMO inexcusable.

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David Rosenthal @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social · 3d

Now is an excellent time to register for this:

David Rosenthal @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social · 4d

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 3d

I had a friend in college who would go to LSU games with a Camelbak of Jack and Coke hidden under his jacket but this is next level

Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 3d

Or even ask him why he directed the FBI to make it look like there was an insurrection on January 6th.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Braaaaaaaaains Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · 3d

Now that the Cubs are out of it, I’m pulling for the Blue Jays just because it will drive all the right people out of their minds if a Canadian team wins the series.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4d

If GOP wants to abolish the filibuster over this, awesome. It helps Rs way more than Ds. It’s also a central reason for loss of faith in government over the last 25 yrs. Rs can reopen the govt tonight if they want. If they want to do it to make sure 15 million lose their health care that’s on them.

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 4d

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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