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Dustin 𓅃

@librarydust80.bsky.social

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Mizzou/NWMSU guy. I have an MLIS that I don't use. Missourian living in Kansas. Landscaper, somehow. I like books & stuff. Maybe I'll be a librarian someday. https://boxd.it/5fzjD

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Dustin 𓅃 @librarydust80.bsky.social · 19d

Horse ebooks
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Unfortunately, as you probably already
know, people

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I wish I preferred food that didn't give me intense heartburn.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 2h

I know that when I like a piece of journalism, I have to preemptively yell at the readers so they appreciate how good it is.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 7h

Yarvin's writing sounds like a freshman philosophy major trying to do a rewrite of Deuteronomy

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 7h

My version of this is that Vought, Yarvin etc represent a kind of braindead right-Gramscianism, which leaves out all the interesting subtleties and treats civil society _only_ as a realm of indoctrination, where one ideological master-narrative can readily be substituted for another.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 9h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah I think people here have unrealistic expectations for like jailing all ICE agents and that’s just almost certainly not going to happen even in extremely cool zone scenarios. But they should 100% have to lie for the rest of their lives about their employment history in conversation with everyone

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 22h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 23h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 23h

I saw myself as maybe all in for J.B. Pritzker

But I am losing faith, rapidly.

Police state fascism in America is bigger than Trump. It's backed by Democrats just like Republicans. And it's not going anywhere

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Note: it's not even curfew yet.

State police just started pushing people off the business park corner. Here in the road, a brave group of demonstrators are attempting to hold their line.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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Dustin 𓅃 @librarydust80.bsky.social · 1d

Well...we're getting closer 🤷🏼

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All I got left in the world lol

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H2P tho

Dustin 𓅃 @librarydust80.bsky.social · 1d

Really been in a love/hate relationship with football this season.

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Dustin 𓅃 @librarydust80.bsky.social · 1d

They. Just. Can't. Get. Over. The. Hump.

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There for the taking.

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three men are driving in a car with the words we are back baby

ALT: three men are driving in a car with the words we are back baby

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Dustin 𓅃 @librarydust80.bsky.social · 1d

Alright, let's do something here, fellas.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

(watching a population vigorously oppose subsidizing the welfare state while also maintaining one of the world’s largest prison systems) these are people who love to be free

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 1d

Football is highly technical but it’s also highly vibes-dependent. The duality of man imo

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Dustin 𓅃 @librarydust80.bsky.social · 1d

Been dry heaving and breathing into a paper bag the whole game.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most satisfying things you can do as a human being is look at someone who's telling you what to do and go "Who's this asshole?" There are worse things to base a political philosophy on!

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the idea that freedom is in our DNA is just a misinterpretation of the fact that we’re a nation of finicky whiners who don’t like to be personally inconvenienced

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

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Dustin 𓅃 @librarydust80.bsky.social · 1d

I cringe at using the word "malpractice," but I don't know what else to call willingly taking your best player out of the game.

Dustin 𓅃 @librarydust80.bsky.social · 1d

I don't understand why they're not running the legs off Ahmad Hardy.

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

the inverse of this is how much of politics is now just accepting that you have to vote for people who hate you, so your best option is to vote for people who hate other people more than they hate you

dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 1d

I think the main refreshing thing about Mamdani, for me, is that he actually likes New York City and wants to see it thrive for everyone.

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