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Whoever wrote the wheel of time show really fucked up. The casting director nailed it, the special effects were great. It’s like baking the best cake on earth and covering it with gravy

Eric Crumble @goodjobnicework.bsky.social · 2d

Reddit letting people hide their comment history is such a scummy move considering it was the best way to identify a bot

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 3d

🅸🅲🅴 = 🅺🅺🅺

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Eric Crumble @goodjobnicework.bsky.social · 4d

Too much truth in this summary I guess

Editing the Blue-Gray Lady @nytdiff.bsky.social · 4d

Change in Abstract

Before: If the justices decide that lawmakers cannot consider race in drafting maps, redistricting could result in congressional seats flipping from blue to red throughout the country.
After: In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the justices grappled with whether there should be a time limit on using race as a factor in carving up voting districts.

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Eric Crumble @goodjobnicework.bsky.social · 4d

80% of white people who claim they've never said the n-word are lying. Just admit it and, acknowledge it was wrong, and make it clear you regret it and had to do better. Its that simple

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 4d

So when I say that when I was a young Republican, I didn't realize it was inherently racist, okay, disbelieve me. Pretend I used the n-word or whatever. I didn't, but whatever you need to feel superior.

But remember: when your rule is "born perfect or GTFO," you are limiting your coalition.

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Eric Crumble @goodjobnicework.bsky.social · 4d

Have a professional development today and the work we have to do is 100% chatGPT generated, must be nice to make that much money doing no work

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

A few of my thoughts:

www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-13-yea...

There is a natural inclination, especially among Americans steeped in our culture of mass incarceration, to judge the propriety of a person’s punishment not based on what they’ve done, but on how deserving one believes they are of receiving justice. On its face, any 13-year-old kid that allegedly made threats and was found to be in possession of a knife should be afforded the rights of due process in the juvenile court system. But because this boy was born in another country, because he and his family were asylum-seekers (authorized to work legally in the US) and not American citizens, and regardless of any piece of his personal story or history that led him to this point, some believe he is not owed those same rights. This boy—this child— deserves to rot in a federal facility, they say, and to be dragged across state lines away from his home. And for some, his mere existence in this country is crime enough.
But it’s important to bust these myths. It’s crucial to remember, as so many speakers at the Everett City Council meeting reminded us, that all of our safety is intertwined. DHS and its many agencies are trying to turn neighbors against one another. But our neighbors are not our enemies—in fact, they are the ones most likely to protect us.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 5d

#tdih 1916 An opposing team refused to play against an African American.

Instead of standing by full team, Rutgers pulled Paul Robeson from the game.

After 1956 HUAC testimony, they removed his name from 1918 College Football All-American roster.

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www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pa...

Oct. 14, 1916: Paul Robeson Excluded from Rutgers Football Team

As a sophomore, Paul Robeson was excluded from the Rutgers Football team because another team refused to play against a Black player.

www.zinnedproject.org

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 6d

After years of advocacy and growing awareness of Columbus’s human rights abuses, some states and cities switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. Now, we are witnessing the backlash to that modicum of change. Full post on my substack now:

The racist edict that allowed Columbus to colonize and slaughter Indigenous people is still the law in the U.S. today.

What holiday we celebrate on the second Monday in October matters because it reflects the beliefs we hold about who we are and where we come from as a country.

open.substack.com

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Eric Crumble @goodjobnicework.bsky.social · 7d

that was Simpsons Road Rage, this one is the GTA copycat

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Eric Crumble @goodjobnicework.bsky.social · 8d

Watched Fantasic Four that shit was ass

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West Coast Cheese 🏴‍☠️ @cheeseofthewest.bsky.social · 9d

Honestly, the Nobel Peace prize is bullshit.
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Maria Machado is a right wing fascist that supports Donald Trump, and a whole list of bad policies.

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Eric Crumble @goodjobnicework.bsky.social · 9d

“Grassroots” my fucking ass

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Eric Crumble @goodjobnicework.bsky.social · 9d

Giants fans are lucky they get this performance and then get all weekend to celebrate their favorite child abuser, Columbus