Dr. Heck
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Oh I don’t play games. I prefer playing good games criticism.
He/Him.
He/Him.
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with the holiday season now officially upon us, it's time to start playing our favorite christmas songs
here's one of mine
here's one of mine
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
with the holiday season now officially upon us, it's time to start playing our favorite christmas songs
here's one of mine
here's one of mine
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So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this
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the actual contrast is between spanberger/mamdani (focused message, vigorous campaigns) and sherrill (unfocused, half-hearted)
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
the actual contrast is between spanberger/mamdani (focused message, vigorous campaigns) and sherrill (unfocused, half-hearted)
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the only way out is through. i think we need to welcome this development. the old world is dying and the new one needs active midwifing
October 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
the only way out is through. i think we need to welcome this development. the old world is dying and the new one needs active midwifing
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Imagine if newspapers instead wrote something like, "According to police, the suspect tried to hit the officers with his car. In 35 out of 37 statements issued by this department over the past 5 years, police gave false initial statements, later contradicted by their own bodycam footage."
October 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Imagine if newspapers instead wrote something like, "According to police, the suspect tried to hit the officers with his car. In 35 out of 37 statements issued by this department over the past 5 years, police gave false initial statements, later contradicted by their own bodycam footage."
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The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.
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🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
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Bad Bunny will perform at the next Super Bowl halftime show 🏈
September 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Bad Bunny will perform at the next Super Bowl halftime show 🏈
This was a very excellent crossword this week - go do it!
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September 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This was a very excellent crossword this week - go do it!
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Now this is Content
September 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now this is Content
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Frame: this man is here illegally
Negation: actually his paperwork is in order
Kirby: this is a racist attack by fascists bc a Black man is
leading a school district, and the better he's doing the more they hate him
Negation: actually his paperwork is in order
Kirby: this is a racist attack by fascists bc a Black man is
leading a school district, and the better he's doing the more they hate him
Updated post with more context. DSM school district says:
-"third-party comprehensive background check was conducted" when Roberts was hired
-Roberts "completed the I-9 employment eligibility verification form and submitted the required documentation" 1/
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
-"third-party comprehensive background check was conducted" when Roberts was hired
-Roberts "completed the I-9 employment eligibility verification form and submitted the required documentation" 1/
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Frame: this man is here illegally
Negation: actually his paperwork is in order
Kirby: this is a racist attack by fascists bc a Black man is
leading a school district, and the better he's doing the more they hate him
Negation: actually his paperwork is in order
Kirby: this is a racist attack by fascists bc a Black man is
leading a school district, and the better he's doing the more they hate him
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For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.
September 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.
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September 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Me: sometimes I stay up all night and I don't go to bed. It's called "bonus time".
My loved ones: no it's not.
My loved ones: no it's not.
September 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Me: sometimes I stay up all night and I don't go to bed. It's called "bonus time".
My loved ones: no it's not.
My loved ones: no it's not.
Soccer should adopt Hockey-style penalties. I want to see Power Plays. 11-10? Yes please. 11-9?? Right into my veins!
Everybody should absolutely view this as an invitation to drop your spiciest soccer takes.
lol I’m gonna need bluesky’s biggest soccer post ever to balance out all the politics engagement im burying myself under.
September 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Soccer should adopt Hockey-style penalties. I want to see Power Plays. 11-10? Yes please. 11-9?? Right into my veins!
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If we don’t want to use the word “defund”, I am fine with going back to the more academic terms: the United States needs transitional justice and security sector reform. We need to “disarm, demobilize and reintegrate” the armed groups known as US domestic police.
September 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If we don’t want to use the word “defund”, I am fine with going back to the more academic terms: the United States needs transitional justice and security sector reform. We need to “disarm, demobilize and reintegrate” the armed groups known as US domestic police.
This is also why ChatGPT et al. are so dangerous. Now everyone can have a little devil on their shoulder telling them all their ideas are actually great
Peter Thiel giving lectures about the antichrist is just another illustration of the fact that the most dangerous thing about billionaires is that they exist in a world where nobody tells them their stupid ideas are stupid and are therefore prone to inflict their stupid ideas on all of us.
September 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is also why ChatGPT et al. are so dangerous. Now everyone can have a little devil on their shoulder telling them all their ideas are actually great
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Peter Thiel giving lectures about the antichrist is just another illustration of the fact that the most dangerous thing about billionaires is that they exist in a world where nobody tells them their stupid ideas are stupid and are therefore prone to inflict their stupid ideas on all of us.
September 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Peter Thiel giving lectures about the antichrist is just another illustration of the fact that the most dangerous thing about billionaires is that they exist in a world where nobody tells them their stupid ideas are stupid and are therefore prone to inflict their stupid ideas on all of us.
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to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)
Opinion | This Is About So Much More Than Lisa Cook
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)
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The word “autism” was first used to describe behavioral differences in children in 1911 but autism has been documented using available records going back to the 1700s (definitively) and further.
Acetaminophen (Tylenol, paracetamol) was discovered in 1878 and first sold in the United States in 1950.
Acetaminophen (Tylenol, paracetamol) was discovered in 1878 and first sold in the United States in 1950.
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The word “autism” was first used to describe behavioral differences in children in 1911 but autism has been documented using available records going back to the 1700s (definitively) and further.
Acetaminophen (Tylenol, paracetamol) was discovered in 1878 and first sold in the United States in 1950.
Acetaminophen (Tylenol, paracetamol) was discovered in 1878 and first sold in the United States in 1950.
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how do I explain the concept of anesthesia to a cat. I am not starving you, I am trying to keep you from aspirating when the vet cleans your teeth tomorrow.
September 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
how do I explain the concept of anesthesia to a cat. I am not starving you, I am trying to keep you from aspirating when the vet cleans your teeth tomorrow.
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The regime has been overextending itself for a while, now.
But now that it has openly DEMONSTRATED that weakness, I think we are going to be seeing a lot of folks suddenly growing a spine
But now that it has openly DEMONSTRATED that weakness, I think we are going to be seeing a lot of folks suddenly growing a spine
Idk it feels like something is shifting. This tweet was also the language of the AP push alert, and just now the Times chimed in:
September 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The regime has been overextending itself for a while, now.
But now that it has openly DEMONSTRATED that weakness, I think we are going to be seeing a lot of folks suddenly growing a spine
But now that it has openly DEMONSTRATED that weakness, I think we are going to be seeing a lot of folks suddenly growing a spine
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I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad