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@phoenixfire.bsky.social

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27 | He/Him | Aspiring writer, unfunny poster, and socialist with too many opinions | Profile picture by @mannyandbo.com

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · Mar 19

I'm not ready to talk about the sci-fi novel I'm writing in too much detail yet, but here's a meme about what it's inspired by without any further context

Meme using the intro sequence of Powerpuff Girls Professor Utonium mixing Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice, but accidentally allowing Chemical X to enter the mixture. Each scene has something different superimposed over it to represent a different inspiration.

Sugar: The Expanse/Andor
Spice: Babylon Berlin/Disco Elysium
Everything Nice: Dune/Suzerain
Chemical X: Current Events

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

your tactic of protesting in an inflatable frog suit which gets normal people on your side is far inferior to my tactic of posting about laser blinding helicopter pilots which is both wildly illegal and, were it to succeed, would put basically *everyone* against me

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2h

when someone claims they’re making a joke but no one can tell they’re making a joke than that’s sumerposting

One of the earliest examples of bar jokes is
Sumerian (c. 4500-1900 BC), and it features a dog: "A dog walked into a tavern and said, 'I can't see a thing. I'll open this one'." The humor of it is probably related to the Sumer way of life and has been lost, but the words remain. (1]

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 7h

I really wouldn’t be shining lasers at helicopters if I were you. It’s illegal and could cause an aircraft to crash - and that could kill a LOT of people, in the air and on the ground.

And the ICE goons appear to be *salivating* at the chance to claim people that they arrest were doing this:

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 7h

Some people might laugh but there's something actually important in this as I have heard others talk about how a fear of dying is palpable among fascists. They carry hell with them in real life.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 7h

Lol

Above skeet labeled "Misleading" by Bluesky

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GONZO the Ghoastly 👻 @gonzo.bsky.social · 1d

Yez

Orange and white cat stares in the foreground. Behind him, an orange cat blurrily naps in a window basket. Text reads, "our enemies are cowards and we are going to defeat them."

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 10h

I feel like I'm gonna be getting a lot of mileage from this picture for as long as Bari Weiss remains relevant

Screenshot of Egyptian TV Host Tamer Amin saying "If you call this journalism I swear by Allah that I will shoot myself right here"

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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 11h

what’s stopping men from dressing like this (a wizard)

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13h

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1d

My wife is collecting signatures for a sweet ballot measure in Michigan that would tax income over $1,000,000 to reduce class sizes while recruiting and retaining great teachers.

But they're way behind.

So she was tasked with bringing in someone who could help gather signatures.

Could it be you?

Invest in MI Kids

Putting kids first. Building a stronger Michigan for everyone.

investinmikids.org

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 1d

Da pope

Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in no place to talk since my state has a town called Hell, which similarly milks the joke for all it's worth

Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 1d

Can't absorb the Morb

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 1d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited brick pic

The Pick-a-Brick section of a LEGO store

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 1d

the inability to view any stand you personally disagree with as motivated by anything except clout chasing is a true disease of the soul and the fact the sufferers walk around like asymptomatic carriers openly saying things like this and thinking they have been insightful is part of the pathology

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 2d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not under the illusion that ICE has ever been a noble and well-intentioned organization, so you're probably right in general. That said, I don't think that's reason to dismiss the possibility of ICE deliberately recruiting from fascist militia groups.

Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 1d

In case someone tries to pull a Waffles on me, let me be clear:

I'm not saying ICE was a noble and uncorrupted organization before this administration, I've always supported dismantling it in its entirety. This is just another reason to do that.

Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 1d

I take it the better trans rep is Testament? Man, why they gotta pit two bad bitches against each other

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 1d

I fully believe the theory that's going around that ICE has deliberately been recruiting from far-right militia groups, and the masking and refusal to identify ICE agents have been doing is an attempt to obscure that fact as opposed to being intended to "protect" them.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 1d

What even are the arguments for her being bad trans rep? Lol

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 2d

Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 2d

I'm calling it now, he ain't making it to the Midterms.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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