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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)

@merovingians.bsky.social

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Extremely Online medieval archaeologist. Stubborn electoralist, your fave needs a primary. Gerontocracy hater. 🌹DSA for my sins. ADHD. He/Him. #nomoresenators

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · Aug 21

they do not have enough men. destroying USAID didn't end the protests, or switch off the woke. they aren't successfully intimidating their enemies, they are inspiring them. they aren't gerrymandering because they are confident about the midterms, or their ability to prevent them occuring

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1m

the Stove is Gender to the extent that men need to touch it with far more alacrity and severity

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 39m

>eleven percentage point lead among male voters

Men are never beating the allegations

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 5h

"NJ Governor's Race: Sherrill 50%, Ciattarelli 44%, Quinnipiac University New Jersey Poll Finds; Ciattarelli Holds Edge On Enthusiasm" -- poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

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Shaz @demsocdems.bsky.social · 29m

The Vermont State Senator mentioned in these chats, 27 year old Sam Douglass, represents a Harris+2 District 💀. He won it by 20 points.

For context, VT Dems had a downballot massacre in 2024, and these chats were unknown at the time.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 22m

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 2m

I mean shedding anyone with both a brain and a soul has got to impact that

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 19m

shriek, baby nazi, shriek

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1h

Oh they mad

Aidan @aidanxitter
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A friend of mine got blackmailed into leaking these chats. A total fucking coward and a useless piece of shit
One of the people in here, he attended his wedding with me and still sold him over to the devil
All over some useless YR beef
And then the GOP condemned them
Fuck these people
The GOP treated to fire my friend and vice chairman from his AG job because of tiktoks I posted about immigration
I wasn't allowed to talk about "replacement theory" or any mainline immigration stans They asked me to resign over Trump's gr card diploma mill comments

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 13m

It's honestly funny as fuck that the US government is being run by podcasters so they also have Discord server drama

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1h

Oh they mad

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Airship Chronos says TRANS RIGHTS @airshipchronos.bsky.social · 9m

There are children starving right now because Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Elon Musk decided to abolish USAID and murder them.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 9m

Big Albania Theory is a theory like gravity is a theory. We'll have a fully scam based economy by the end of this administration and it's only a matter of time until it melts down

YouTube star MrBeast lays groundwork to get into financial services, including crypto

Top YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is eyeing an expansion into financial services, per a trademark filing and investor deck.

www.businessinsider.com

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 6m

keeping it going long enough to make ICE operations difficult is probably the best outcome in those terms

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 8m

if they do, get everything you can. but they have already greatly exceeded my expectations

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 10m

yeah man that's what primaries are for, catch up

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 10m

because they don't want to give up power and have no actual beliefs

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 12m

they were going to do that anyway and they've already rescinded a number of firings...again. don't buy Vought's bullshit

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 14m

Andersons Clayton

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 15m

not caving pre-empitively, but the fillibuster at a stretch

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1h

I don't love gambling on our future that's why I voted for Kamala Harris. alas...

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1h

if, and it's a big if, the GOP coalition shatters, we will have the majorities, for a time, to fix a lot of this, but it depends on well, if the US in still here, among other things bsky.app/profile/harr...

Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 1h

That and the fact that without Trump, the entire coalition collapses (and even *with* him it's already beginning to crack).

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1h

well, quite bsky.app/profile/wand...

Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 1h

The last time it happened to *any* political party in the US, we got Reagan.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1h

most of the financial crisis and its aftermath unfolded during the Obama administration. much of the worst of COVID happened under Biden.

it's going to be just this, and worse, for three years of Republican governance. the last time that happened, the result was the New Deal

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1h

I think the difference will be that there are three more years of this ahead of them

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 2h

i do actually think the american electorate will respond pretty drastically to this administration, but the key thing is does that reaction actually stick? i really dunno, we've lost a lot of the institutional glue and machinery that would socialize voters into a mostly stable majority

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sasha @silverknyaz.bsky.social · 2h

this more than anything is what keeps me awake at night

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 2h

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 1h

i think this is a misunderstanding of sex work. the appeal is intimacy

i don't think it'll work simply bc i dont think consumer facing products can work at a break even price point but i think it's going to be pretty popular until investor money runs out

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2h

see the theoretical appeal of this is catering to hyper-specific fantasies - bear in mind it has to compete with Amazon 'leopardman billionaire breeding dubcon' levels of fetish here - but the inherently *generic* nature of chatgpt combined with the necessary restraints will probably make this flop

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1h

by not paying ICE?

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1h

in that regard the ACA subsidies strategy was a very good one!

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1h

love to hear it! bsky.app/profile/lebo...

David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 2h

The NC Dems are putting together a free meal for veterans not getting paid

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