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isaacgraves.bsky.social @isaacgraves.bsky.social · 10h

Going to need a larger container than a basket for these deplorable people

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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isaacgraves.bsky.social @isaacgraves.bsky.social · 10h

Happy new @gailsimone.bsky.social omnibus day to all who observe. So excited for Birds of Prey!

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isaacgraves.bsky.social @isaacgraves.bsky.social · 2d

This has be that much more anxious to read @jimdibartolo.bsky.social’s forthcoming graphic novel, F*ck Billionaires. This kind of money just fully pickles the brain

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

isaacgraves.bsky.social @isaacgraves.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine hating liberals more than wanting children to live and thrive

NPR @npr.org · 5d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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isaacgraves.bsky.social @isaacgraves.bsky.social · 6d

When times were better…

LAD@STL Gm4: Adams crushes three-run shot for lead

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isaacgraves.bsky.social @isaacgraves.bsky.social · 6d

opposing lineup when kershaw touches the rubber after the sixth inning:

a picture of a monster with the words looks like meat 's back on the menu boys below it

Alt: GIF of “Looks like meat’s back on the menu boys” line as told by one of the Uruk hai in the lord of the rings: the two towers film

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 10d

wizard frog is insane

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 9d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 13d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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isaacgraves.bsky.social @isaacgraves.bsky.social · 10d

…after cleaning the couch? 😏

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Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · 11d

How the conspiratorial race to the bottom works: Marjorie Taylor Greene tweets that she is not suicidal and implies Israel would try to kill her but doesn't name them. Days later, Theo Von just says it straight out, because you need to keep upping the antisemitic ante to shock.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11d

Republicans believe free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/bern...

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 11d

Criticizing Charlie Kirk is a fireable offense that incites domestic terrorism. But calling political opponents "the party of hate, evil, and Satan" is proper and good. Got it.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 13d

If museums are makin' you sad, maybe blame your great, great grandpa instead of the museums.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 13d

When your weiner dog hears you defending a "Civil War monument" erected 59 years after the war and whatnot.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14d

reminder that this directive functionally massively discriminates against Black men and should be understood as part of an ongoing campaign to resegregate the military www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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isaacgraves.bsky.social @isaacgraves.bsky.social · 14d

The reanimated corpse of George Steinbrenner, but far less entertaining

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, the era of unprofessional appearance is over. No more beardos ... if you don't meet the male-level physical standards for combat positions, cannot pass a PT test or don't want to shave and look professional, it's time for a new position."

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 14d

Your history lesson for today. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Opinion | The Right Didn’t Catch Cancel Culture From the Left

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 17d

"IF YOU'RE ICE, THEN YOUR MOMMA RAISED A BITCH"

strong contender for protest sign of the year

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 17d

Just in from the ICE facility in Portland

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 17d

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
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Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 17d

This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 18d

Democrats: Please give the American people health care.

Trump: Go fuck yourself.

Excerpt from Politico: Democrats are demanding Republicans negotiate a bipartisan stopgap spending measure. Among their asks is for the GOP to extend certain Affordable Care Act subsidies, which were expanded by Congress in 2021 and are due to sunset at the end of the year.

President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed Democrats for making “unserious and ridiculous” demands, foreshadowing what is likely to be the go-to talking point should neither side blink ahead of the Tuesday night deadline.

“He read all the shit they’re asking for, and he said, ‘on second thought, go fuck yourself,’” the White House official said.

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isaacgraves.bsky.social @isaacgraves.bsky.social · 18d

Oh god was did she crash land on Epstein island??!!

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18d

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Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents

The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning, accor...

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isaacgraves.bsky.social @isaacgraves.bsky.social · 19d

Apparently, saying "Fuck ICE" incites violence according to the ghoulish matador in DC, meanwhile these pathetic weak men are abusing women, including one who watched the abduction of her husband. Everyone one of these foul ICE goons deserves jail time and public shame.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19d

I don’t think I’ve ever loved anything as much as ICE loves violently attacking women.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 19d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 20d

What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.

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