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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 13h

Also "why is no one talking about it?" Or "the media isnt mentioning this".

Life is big and many things are happening! Just tell me about things!

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 16h

Ugh sure now everyone's talking about it. Where were you all when I was 25?

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 22h

Thats the thing I keep coming too. Either he knows and has an opinion, or he is incompetent. Both would be a worthwhile story!

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 2d

Wow your bouncing AI agent icon that i keep accidentally clicking cause it takes up the bottom right fifth of my mobile screen sure isnt helpful.

It really makes a rote and boring chore into a uniquely irritating experience. Thanks!

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 2d

I do not have love for the ISP and they generally seem be...you know...cops.

We should be mad about the real things.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 2d

The Priest pictured here has stated that the trooper was acting as his messenger at his request. ICE was not speaking to them, they asked the ISP trooper to deliver the request (to celebrate the Eucharist with those who were detained and wanted it), and here is delivering ICEs response.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 2d

To be clear, following statements from the clergy who were present, the state police were asked by the Eucharistic procession to deliver the request to ICE. The state trooper here is relaying the response that ICE gave him, not providing his own or adjudicating the interaction.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 2d

That wasnt the claim from the beginning and it should have been obvious.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 2d

I mean with Palantir yeah Thiel might be watching.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 3d

Looot of bad ideas in that era, if I recall "The storm before the storm" well enough.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 3d

I can already see how SNL is going to do the Mamdani head Bob. His way of puncuating and accenting with neck movements is going to saturate our language like Obama's "look" has become the standard filled pause at the start of a sentence.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 3d

"Um, excuse me Imperator, I should just like you to know i did not very much appreciate being forced to beat my friend to death. When his head collapsed under that rock I was swinging, I have to say it was most unpleasurable. 1/10, I will NOT be returning.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 3d

It meant 1/10 was killed. It was a collective punishment in some Roman Legions, for cowardice or insubordination. The legion would be separated into groups of 10, they would cast lots (i..e draw straws or similar) and the other 9 had to beat the loser to death, or they would all be executed.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 3d

Early Saturday morning, baby wakes me up 5:30a, so im makin' the yorkshire puddings.

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Mid morning Saturday, im Eatin' all the yorkshire puddings.

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 3d

A copy pasta horror from reddit:

"My son woke me up saying there was a monster under his bed. I just wanted to go back to sleep, so I got down on my hands and knees. Thats when I saw my son, eyes wide with terror. "Papa", he whispered, "theres something on top of my bed."

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 3d

Later, on *additional* drugs.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 3d

"Be louder" isnt really a choice people can make on a national scale.

One side has political power and media apparatuses, and a specific religious imperative to domination.

The other side doesn't possess or particularly desire those things.

Like I agree with you but the deck is hella stacked.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 4d

I bet François has a douchy little belt with energy gels and tiny water bottles and special blister protection socks.

You're running like 6k what are we doing here François.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 4d

I am patently against circumcision of infants outside of medical necessity. It should be illegal to modify the body of a child who we all recognize cannot give consent, except in medical necessity.

But not like this. This will just means circumcision without pain management.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah im living in the last days of ORD in the EPA. I will spend my whole life being the prettiest little sbit to anyone who carried this along.

If a Trump voter says a mea culpa I might move it along. But any admin officials are gonna have to START with ashes and sackcloth.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 6d

Somewhere waaay down the list of "shit im angry at these fascists for" is the general idea of robbing me of the notion that "things were going to keep getting better".

Maybe not fast enough, maybe not evenly, but as sure as water flows downhill, it was going to.

These fucks.

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 6d

(Caveat I am enjoying this conversation good-naturedly)

Thats a bit unfair. Its at least "Hebrew Bible (Jesus Remix)"

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M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 6d

Despite many Christian attempts at rewriting the OT, there is no good understanding of Christ's teachings (or Pauls!) outside of the context 2nd Temple Judaism in the Roman Period.

Its a Jewish splinter religion! Everything is downstream of that!

M. Jeffreson @mjeffreson.bsky.social · 6d

Preaching to the choir i know, but all those quotes are in the Christian NT.

The apostles call Jesus Rabbi in the Bible, and the several Gospels brag about his knowledge of the scriptures even as a little kid. Half his teachings are "yo follow the law of Moses ya dinks".

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