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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 7h

Too far fetched

Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 7h

Imagine a timeline in which the Portland inflatables are Trump's cabinet letting off steam.

Instead of ingratiating themselves, and losing all self-respect, they've decided to make a stand

Fly out to Portland. Don an inflatable animal suit. Give a big F U to Donnie

And keep your job

Nope.

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 7h

Benioff: I'm melting

wicked witch from the wizard of oz is melting in a cave

Alt: wicked witch from the wizard of oz is melting in a cave

media.tenor.com

Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 8h

It's all because no-one paid attention to Kurt Gödel.

In 1947 Gödel showed how the USA could, legally, be turned into a dictatorship

Gödel's Loophole - Wikipedia share.google/5xBBKOyGS6DH...

Gödel's Loophole - Wikipedia

share.google

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 8h

It's the ear.

Trump does not like this picture.

𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 12h

Great analysis from a photographers point of view on the Time magazine cover photo. Thanks to dairyfreecatlady on TikTok for breaking this down!

Spoiler alert: it’s all about the ear

Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 8h

There is NO COMMON GROUND

Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 8h

How many Republicans have to out themselves as nazis before you believe them?

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 11h

Are we quorate?

I ate before I got here, thanks for asking.

Have we got the bear necessities?

Don't you mean bare necessities?

No, that was the Portland naked bike ride.

And, whoosh, like that, he was gone

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 13h

Where's the plaque commemorating the service of Capitol Police on 2021-01-06?

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Reposted by Neil

🎸 SHRED 🎸 @tshred.bsky.social · 13h

www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-...

Jan. 6 Officers File Suit Over GOP Refusal To Install Honorary Plaque

A plaque commemorating police who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 is missing in action four years later.

www.huffpost.com

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 17h

Media: there's a coup in Madagascar

Me: no there isn't

Media: there's a coup in Madagascar

Me: no there isn't. I've seen it 5 times and there's no military coup in the film

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 17h

Motivation comes in many guises

Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 1d

They sent this man death threats by mail because he was on the cusp of breaking a white man's home run record. He used their hate mail for inspiration to go on and break that record.

It was Hank Aaron's big "f**k you" to all of those racists.🖕🏾😝

🔥☕️

people.com/sports/hank-...

Hank Aaron Used Record-Setting Hate Mail for Inspiration Before Breaking Babe Ruth Record

“If I was white, all America would be proud of me,” the baseball legend said before passing the record in 1974

people.com

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 17h

Hyman Kaplan, in 1937, declining the verb to fail - "fail, failed, bankrupt".

Hyman Kaplan jr, in 2025, declining the verb to fail - "fail, failed, bankrupt, Trump".

Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 18h

I'm 6'0".

I'm not against people reclining for some of a long flight. It's more when a whole row reclines at the earliest opportunity and stays that way.

Sometimes they rise for food service and then recline while the person sat behind is still eating.

No awareness of what's happening behind

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 20h

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