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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1h

I was today years old when I learned that "Ferrari" is a common profession-derived last name in Italy, and that it means "Smith".

The sexiest sports cars in the world are Smiths.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 4h

I've had that discussion before. Told them Biden wasn't POTUS until January 20, 2021. "Nuh-uh! He was elected in 2020!" Told them to check the Wikipedia article on Biden or Trump to see their in-office dates. "Wikipedia is fake news, it's run by Libs."

We live in different consensus realities now.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 13h

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 17h

Ea-Nāşir's perfidy seems eternal!

Comic

Panel one. Stick finger singing, "Raindrops on rose/ And whiskers on kittens."

Panel two. Same stick figure holding pot and singing, "Bright copper kettles leave/ ...Flakes on my mittens!?"

Panel three. Same figure still holding pot and singing, "Hey, these are stone with a copper veneer!"

Fourth panel. Same stick figure has put down pot and is singing, "I've been bamboozled by Ea-Nāşir!"

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 16h

In the absence of legal consequences or accountability, social shunning is the last and best sanction against people who support this. They want to be liked and respected, and they're extremely vulnerable to the pariah treatment by their community and their peers.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 18h

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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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 18h

Oh, the fair trial comes after the chasing and the shrieking, of course. Unlike them, we believe in due process even for people we hate. Especially for people we hate. I just think a little righteous fear of consequences may be good for his character arc.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 18h

If there is a good and loving God, He can prove His existence to me and gain my eternal worship by letting me live to see Stephen Miller get chased down the street in his boxers by angry citizens, shrieking for his life at high volume in the pitch of a Sixties teenager at a Beatles concert.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 19h

Ridicule is kryptonite to authoritarians.

They want to be respected. They want to be feared.

They do not want to be made fun of by a bunch of people in inflatable costumes. Above all, they hate being laughed at.

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Too Lazy to Fail @toolazytofail.bsky.social · 19h

Don't let anyone tell you that protesting is pointless, especially folks who mock it as "baby's first resistance."

First, it's wonderful to be among a bunch of people who feel the way you do about the way things are going.

Second, it drives the administration CRAZY.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 22h

Aye, I can croak that.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

Reading a lot of negative opinions on the iOS/iPadOS/macOS 26 "Liquid Glass" look.

I actually like it. It pulls together the GUI across all devices, from laptop to tablet to phone and smartwatch, and helps them really appear as a cohesive whole.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

It's not about the watch. It's about wearing a visible symbol of fealty to show off in public. It's a higher-status version of the MAGA hat.

Greg Wells @gbwells.bsky.social · 1d

Why anyone would want any politician’s signature on their watch baffles me. People buying them are probably big invicta fans. Like literal big 47mm clonker invictas.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

These right-wing kooks spend decades nattering on about the Antichrist, and when he finally shows up, they wear his hats, do his bidding, and spend their money to get him into power.

Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Thiel is Palantir co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is president of Thiel Capital, and a partner of Founders Fund, a venture capital firm.

Everyone who remains in his circles is complicit.

www.commondreams.org/news/peter-t...

Instead of Charity, Peter Thiel Told Elon Musk to Use Billions for Right-Wing Crusade Against 'Antichrist' | Common Dreams

Billionaire Peter Thiel urges Elon Musk to hoard wealth to battle future "Antichrist." Thiel warns against giving to left-wing nonprofits.

www.commondreams.org

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

See, I think they did Firefly a mercy by turning it into a single-season legend before Joss Whedon could fuck it up by being Joss Whedon.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

I almost can't blame him for all the grifts he's running on his base. These are some of the most dim-witted cretins ever to walk the planet. It's like being mad at someone for plucking ripe apples off the trees.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

I love the image of al-Assad in his underwear, munching on Hot Pockets, his desk littered with half-empty bottles and food wrappers.

"You can't spawn-camp me! I'm the Lion of Damascus! <mutes mic> Asma! Hey, Asma! Are you going to the store? Get me some more of those Dubai chocolate bars."

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 1d

Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

Give someone a lot of money and the power to kill or fire everyone who tells them "no", and that's what you get more often than not.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

As a watch guy, I can tell you that these are Chinese-made generic diver-style watches of merely okay quality that are hilariously overpriced for what they are at $499.
You can find a comparable watch with those exact specs for $70-100 on Amazon or eBay.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Watching the news report on the president's greasy little grift as a customer satisfaction story and not, you know, This is Deeply Unconstitutional and Also Fucking Embarrassing as Hell

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

This job is often a lonely grind, but I'll tell you that there are few better feelings than when you finish a book that manages to complete a great character arc *and* bookend the beginning of the series perfectly.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1d

The noble frog's reclamation from fascist pervert associations is so long overdue

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

I want to go back in time and tell them, "The test of your true opposition to tyranny doesn't come when the goon squads grab people you like. It comes when they grab people you hate."

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

"Fuck them kids."

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

I see we've reached the "hiding your neighbors from the goon squads" stage of fascism. Awesome.

I want to have a long and harsh talk with the gun nuts who used to be my friends, the ones who were nattering on about the "Jews in the attic" test for tyranny. This is it, people. This is your scenario.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

He'll get started on that in two weeks.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

At this point, I'm 99.9% convinced that Miller and the rest of the goon brigade are both a.) controlling access to him, and b.) feeding him a steady diet of AI-generated bullshit to curate his media intake and have him see what they want him to see. This is a total detachment from facts and reality.

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

AI videos being sent to him by Miller, Noem et al, right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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