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Project Monarcha Lewinsky @felrender.bsky.social · 3h

hopefully the reception means they're less likely to spring this type of thing on their design team, this survey question is 1000 percent ass-covering from a marketing jerkass

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 5h

young republicans weren’t openly racist until the tail end of the clinton years. yes my job is writing about politics why do you ask

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Project Monarcha Lewinsky @felrender.bsky.social · 4h

that is literally what happened and the design team has been pretty transparent about that fact, yes

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 4h

Some Westerners are going to ask themselves why their own countries aren’t improving, take a long hard look in the mirror, and decide they have to become even more racist.

collie.bsky.social @collie.bsky.social · 1d

At some point the public will realize that China is racing past us in every way that matters and I don’t know what that will do to the country

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

The Chinese are likely going to return to the moon before Americans and it's going to hit the American space establishment like a nightmare

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 4h

It’s fun how the Neo liberals are openly saying they don’t plan on defunding the Gestapo. They’re just going to to ask them to stop wearing masks nicely and that’s it. The national level Democratic Party is completely unwilling to do what is going to be needed to regain democracy.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.social · 3d

If the US can ever vomit this stupid era out we're gonna need widespread all-ages education on basic facts like when you'd see old billboards or MST3k shorts advertising the concept of hand washing or being good. Stop Using Gasoline To Wash Clothes. Springs Are Ubiquitous & Essential To Modern Life

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Bearhat @fussybabybit.ch · Jun 27

hot air water that hurts you and you can open envelopes with it in movies or mystery books sometimes. next question

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Project Monarcha Lewinsky @felrender.bsky.social · 4h

Impossible to tell if his daughter is Munchausen by proxying him, or is too incompetent to finish the job on account of being raised by Jordan Peterson

Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 6h

Jordan Peterson critically ill with pneumonia, neuropathy, and sepsis

Jordan Peterson is sick, and suffering from "spiritual attacks" (and surely it's not the drugs, or long COVID, or a meat-only diet, or...)

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brendon bigley @bb.wavelengths.online · 5h

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Project Monarcha Lewinsky @felrender.bsky.social · 5h

cannot rec this series highly enough

Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 5h

after spending all year behind the paywall, part 1 of my documentary series FOOL TIME is now unlocked and free to watch for everybody: www.patreon.com/posts/fool-t...

FOOL TIME, Part 1 of 4 | Pretty Good | Secret Base

Get more from Secret Base on Patreon

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 6h

whole thing is a really good read; i screamed out loud when i read this part

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Project Monarcha Lewinsky @felrender.bsky.social · 6h

but have you considered that I've spent my entire journalistic career dictating from a palanquin while being hand-fed grapes

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Project Monarcha Lewinsky @felrender.bsky.social · 6h

"this may be somebody's first time learning that their Republican colleagues are racist" is already bordering on unacceptable naivety in an office setting, journalists/political analysts claiming it are either 100 percent lying or too incompetent to hold their position

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Allan @allancheapshot.bsky.social · 1d

Keiji Muto dressed as a Barbarian for a Sega Golden Axe II commercial

Keiji Muto dressed as a Barbarian for a Golden Axe 2 commercial

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Moni 💫🇵🇸 @venusleo.bsky.social · 8h

they’re going to beat some ass 🤠

#wrestlingart // 🤼🤼‍♀️🤼‍♂️

cartoonish drawing of speedball, willow, and kevin skipping and holding hands. above them in yellow is the phrase “jetspeed babes!” with a star at the end of the exclamation point

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Curb Your Malthusiasm 2.0 @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 8h

Greta Thunberg is a hero and those who treat her like this are unequivocally villains

Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 10h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

tinyurl.se/crR

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 1d

Anyone saying the word tankie online in 2025 will be forced to relocate to a place currently collapsing due to climate change. Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Project Monarcha Lewinsky @felrender.bsky.social · 19h

nobody wants to be in the house when the floors give out

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⛓️ 𝔱𝔢𝔢 ⛓️ @cowboyteebop.seeks.quest · 13d

tiramisu on a beige plate with a gold fork on the right side. the text reads "the tiramisu fandom is dying" "repost if you love ladyfingers in your mouth"

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 20h

a lot of the way homophobia works is by preemptively attributing homophobia to others. "I would love to sell you this house because I'm not racist, but the neighbors would object."

If you're LGBT identity keeps you off the ticket, that's homophobia. it doesn't matter what was in Harris' heart. 1

Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 22d

Seriously, if you actually believe (falsely) that @KamalaHarris is homophobic, as opposed to simply making a pure political calculation re: her analysis of the best running mate in order to optimize her chances of defeating Trump, just...WTF? bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues... h/t @magi_jay

Magdi Jacobs: "Harris was describing the nation as she sees it, not the way she wants it to be. We all need to put a stop to these forced conflations; They put us on a path where we cannot tell the truth in pure descriptive terms w/out fearing moral condemnation of our normative values."

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yoshimi red @yoshimired.bsky.social · 21h

and the Habsburgs. The king of Spain. Did you know about him? He's got a jaw. He's having trouble conceiving. He's having a hard time of that. And lemme tell you here in the colonies we don't have, that's no problem. (Hand gesture) It's the papists! It's all the papists

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 20h

Does this guy have some kind of Producers situation where he only gets paid if there’s a junta

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Project Monarcha Lewinsky @felrender.bsky.social · 21h

Indigo Prophecy/Farenheit, anyone who speaks positively about a David Cage game around me gets put into a special section of the mental rolodex

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 23h

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 1d

“Israel” killed most of the people who died on October 7th and it killed most of the hostages who died in Gaza. But all we hear in the West is Hamas, Hamas, Hamas, who, under international law, have the right to resist occupation by force. Any real peace will not include “Israel” at all.

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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 1d

this is the most like a mike tyson's punch out guy i have ever seen anyone look

Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick making an intense face as he prepares to throw the ball

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