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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 23h

This is so fucking silly. Hey @cnn.com, it’s not Canada’s fault that our president started a trade war.

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 1d

So many of these people deeply believe that they should be celebrated for having opinions.

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 1d

Kind of obsessed with all of this as it is a remarkable demonstration of how broken “elites” are. The poster is mad that people read her take and told her which is exactly what an “idea exchange” is, but because the responses were “this is fucking stupid”, the poster accuses people of gagging her.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1d

Oooooeeee there are a lot of people with gags in their hands on this site. Used to be a nice open space for idea exchange.

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 1d

The “we hired this rabid monkey to edit the opinion page of the NYT” would also be no worse of an experiment but you’re not out here arguing for that.

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 1d

TBC, I’ve never been in a position where 100 people are saying I’m a fucking dunce to every one who applauds me, but I think I’d take a hard look at why I’m getting dunked on this badly.

Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 1d

This approach to “being wrong on the internet” is so fucking exhausting. If you’re getting ratioed this badly, why not take a minute to examine that? Why assume that a ratio of 100:1 is 100 people acting in bad faith to every 1 person who is ACTUALLY INTELLECTUALLY HONEST?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1d

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes.

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 1d

The AAUP is absolutely right, “viewpoint diversity” is a terrible goal and anyone arguing for it has no fucking clue what academia is supposed to do.

Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 1d

It’s incredibly brave of you to have such a brazenly stupid take in public like this.

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 2d

This isn’t journalism.

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Citizen K @citizenkryptik.bsky.social · 13d

People remain infinitely more mad at hypothetical Democratic sins than the actual GOP sins that said hypotheticals would be responding to.

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 2d

Not encouraged by our newly installed president’s response. He needs to listen to the people who have a long history of helping to build this university not some unaccountable donors in Phoenix.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2d

As a Professor Emerita from the University of Arizona and an alumna, the UA *cannot* accept Trump’s “compact” aka selling their academic soul to the Devil.

This moment is when UA decides whether they will stand by academic freedom and integrity or become a tool of The Regime.

U of A president breaks silence on White House compact

University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella sent an email to the campus community about the White House’s proposed higher education compact, a week after receiving it.

tucson.com

Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 3d

Once again, @jaketapper.bsky.social wrote a whole book about Biden’s mental acuity being a major scandal but when Trump actively decomps in real time, that clout chasing fucker is no where to be found.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

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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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 3d

The right answer is Josh. The guy got bounced from TGS to then become an edgelord podcaster.

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 3d

I love so much about my university @uarizona.bsky.social but to sit at another inflection point where the faculty who’ve dedicated years to this community get ignored while administrators who have no connection to this and our students overrule us is fucking exhausting.

Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 4d

As a faculty member at one of the other universities that have been asked to sign this (looking at you @uarizona.bsky.social) it is refreshing to see another university act with moral courage.

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 4d

Four cheers for MIT.

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 4d

As a faculty member at one of the other universities that have been asked to sign this (looking at you @uarizona.bsky.social) it is refreshing to see another university act with moral courage.

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 4d

Four cheers for MIT.

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 4d

The “leftists” who yawned about the threat of Trump 2.0 have not faced anywhere near the level of scorn they deserve.

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 4d

Looked for Jeff Tweedy in this thread and was absolutely shocked to see him missing.

Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 5d

a cartoon character named charlie brown is running in a field

Alt: a cartoon character named charlie brown is running in a field and Lucy swipes the football away

media.tenor.com

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 5d

As another alum, I am also asking this question about @uconn.bsky.social

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 5d

hey @uconn.bsky.social out of curiosity would you say that you are now anti anti black racism. just asking some questions as an alum www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

UConn may rescind Anti-Black Racism course requirement due to Trump administration: 'Slippery slope'

The "U.S. Anti-Black Racism" course at UConn is part of the general education curriculum.

www.ctinsider.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 6d

so theres a possibility the attorney general has seen evidence the president raped children and now the entire republican party is helping to cover it up?

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 6d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 7d

This is just incredibly reckless.

Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 7d

The wide scale use of insincere actors to undermine the left is a story that deserves way more attention.

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 7d

Remember Wikileaks? That website that was very much earnestly concerned about government overreach and abuse and not just an op?

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Tactical Toughskins Fan @mattalap.bsky.social · 7d

Who gives a shit?