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lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · 21h

Big turnout in St. Louis even with non-stop rain. #NoKings #STL #StLouis

No kings stl with arch

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · 3d

JD Vance is a whiny scold. “You didn’t even say thank you.”

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · 3d

So they are in favor of kings? Good to know.

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · 3d

My kids wouldn’t talk like that because they were raised to be respectful of others and that all people deserve respect and dignity.

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · 12d

Boycott flying then. The airline oligarchs will fight for us.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 12d

If the blockchain was real instead of a cokehead thing it would be able to solve this deplatforming problem according to the cokehead blockchain people. But it’s not so it can’t

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 12d

Identifying public officials isn't "doxing." People have the right to know who is working for their government. Nor, for that matter, is it "radical left-wing terrorism." So it's frustrating to see platforms caving to these bad faith characterizations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

www.technologyreview.com

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · 13d

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · 19d

Better to have dumb, inexperienced people who look good on camera for national security. Right?

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · 19d

How about this awkward gesture?

Elon Musk making white power gesture on snl

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · 20d

So another war resolved by Trump?

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · 22d

True. They love the cruelty. They think empathy is woke.

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · Sep 17

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · Sep 17

This you Clay?

Hypocrite Clay Higgins on Paul Pelosi attack.

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · Sep 7

a man in a dark room with the words not theon reek reek my name is reek on the bottom

ALT: a man in a dark room with the words not theon reek reek my name is reek on the bottom

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lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · Sep 7

How is he a law school grad? How did he get into law school?

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Vacation in Florida and return home with Measles, Polio, etc. who knows?

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bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · Aug 31

who would be the funniest journalist to break the news

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · Aug 24

She said that after she was moved to a nice prison and probably on the way to a pardon.

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · Aug 22

Did he have war plans in his bathroom? No wait that was….

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · Aug 19

Are they bringing it back? I mean what the fuck? Why would anyone think, much less say, that slavery wasn’t bad?

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Clark Valentine @clarkvalentine.bsky.social · Aug 11

If “A Guy named Big Balls got beat up by a couple of unarmed teenagers” ends up being our Reichstag Fire, I’m going to be very angry.

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · Aug 8

Back in my day, modems screamed when you connected to the Internet. The screams were a warning.

We didn't listen.

Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · Aug 8

The great thing about the dial-up noise was it really felt like the Internet was trying its hardest for you.

lizmcb.bsky.social @lizmcb.bsky.social · Aug 3

People will know that the fake numbers don’t reflect reality.

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i can be your long lost pal @pallavi.bsky.social · Jun 8

we need more research funding asap