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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8h

To be clear I think he should drop out. But I also recognize that I will not have a ballot in the spring with his name and Schumer's candidate's name on it, so what I think also doesn't matter.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8h

probably isn't gonna make a difference - and, I would argue, *shouldn't* be making a difference - to who Mainers chose to represent them.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8h

I mean, yes and no. The publicity about the whole thing is good (shining a bright light on dark things and all) but then I see people on this site chasing their tails about whether he's the most strategic choice and like... that's not a choice we can make. The endorsement of BlueSky leftists

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 9h

Something I've observed being gay and Christian is that when you don't actually have skin in the game when it comes to making a difficult choice, it's a lot easier to hold unyieldingly idealistic positions because you never have to actually follow through.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 9h

Like obviously I do care who controls the US Senate and I don't think someone dumb enough to even accidentally get a Nazi tattoo should be a senator. However, most of us on this site don't live in Maine and so don't actually have to make a choice in that election.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 9h

It's a kind of funny/exhausting side effect of the world getting smaller via the internet that now we're all invested in elections we don't vote in.

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Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 1d

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 2d

Love being a pass-out risk for blood draws

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 2d

The packet loss rate of IPoAC is really the biggest barrier to global adoption

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oscar wilde women do 🇯🇲 @adrierising.bsky.social · 2d

the aws outage should be evidence that running half the internet on a single company's servers is a terrible idea but i fear nothing will change

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 3d

Lmfao the president shelled his own VP. A purge being run by clowns.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

Los Angeles Times reporting that Trump’s artillery over 5 freeway stunt DROPPED SHRAPNEL ON THE POPO

*THAT WAS PART OF JD VANCE‘S DETAIL*

Y’all I cannot

Pence must be like 👀👀

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latimes on Instagram: "The U.S. military exercise that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel onto a Califor…"

The U.S. military exercise that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel onto a California Highway Patrol protective services detail for Vice President JD Vance, agency officials said Sunday.The incident occurred shortly after the detail had escorted Vance to the Marine Corps event at Camp Pendleton. The CHP said that the shrapnel was from an explosive ordnance that was fired over Interstate 5 and “detonated overhead prematurely, striking and damaging a CHP patrol vehicle.” A CHP motorcycle with the detail also was struck.The shrapnel fell in an area where CHP officers were gathered to close traffic along the I-5 in northern San Diego County, which cuts through Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.Read more at the link in bio. If you’re enjoying our work here on Instagram, the best way to support us is by subscribing at latimes.com

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 3d

Blue

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 4d

Hmm maybe I'm depressed.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 4d

Please don't use AI to make a protest sign. Break out those markers like a real person.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 5d

It's very "I had to suffer through this as a kid and so you should too." God forbid our children have an easier time learning than we did...

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 6d

There was some about a month ago. Generally there's some minor discourse about the protests being for wine mom liberals, but usually from people that can be safely ignored.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 6d

Alternate universe! Very good, do recommend picking up.

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WereCodes 🏳️‍🌈 @itscodes.codyshipman.com · 7d

With Spotify being horrible for musicians in general, but now also running ICE recruitment ads, I best not see any of you f-slurs posting your Spotify wrapped this year.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8d

"God uses imperfect people," etc., etc., etc. It's never been important that Trump et al. were morally upstanding, just that they were doing what the Christian right wanted them to do.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8d

Great minds think alike

Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 8d

a close up of a robot with the words thank the maker on the bottom

Alt: a close up of a robot (C-3P0 specifically) with the words thank the maker on the bottom

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 11d

This is a powerful image

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 13d

I feel like the inverse is more prevalent - lotta uncut neurodivergence (which arguably is more damning?)

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah, KUOW had a segment on this yesterday. It sounds like the strategy they're trying for is to get people to actually show up to the theatre ("You have to actually attend shows if you want the theatre to stick around"). But getting butts in seats is a problem all theatres are having.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 13d

From what it sounds like I think it was the continued maintenance that would have done them in. SIFF is not doing well financially from the sounds of it; the Cinerama is also struggling.

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