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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30m

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 35m

Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
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Sincerity is not the problem

As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 5h

Good to have aspirations I guess

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 7h

Someday bb

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 20h

a man with a beard is saying no in a blurry photo

ALT: a man with a beard is saying no in a blurry photo

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 21h

What does malort have to do with Maine?

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 22h

What you know about this

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 1d

Jia Zhangke's MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART is leaving the Criterion Collection at the end of the month and I can't recommend it highly enough. Don't miss out!

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Videogame Workshop @videogameworkshop.com · 1d

We've been working on our game "Top Words"! Last time it was only a demo in Google Slides, but now we have two working Betas to test!

We're playtesting, discussing pros and cons, and planning our next steps.

#gamedev #indiegamedev #podcast

"Top Words" Beta Builds

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 2d

You been up there too long dawg

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, mechanically it's phenomenal imo! Still def worth playing. I was as disappointed as I was because I liked it so much

Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 2d

Agh sorry man, I prob shouldn't have posted about it this early

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 3d

Man, after such a protracted early access period, the Hades II ending feels like an unmitigated disaster. I really wonder what happened there

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 3d

Gang's all here

Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 4d

What a line-up we're blessed with this spooky season! This is another movie I could talk about forever (I JUST noticed how much the captain's gesture in this clip looks like a Nazi salute), so it was a real treat to talk about with Louis and co. Oh, and Polanski should be extradited and imprisoned

Trylove, A Movie Podcast @trylovepodca.st · 4d

𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞.

Trylon volunteer and regular Louis Gagnon makes his Trylove debut with ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968)!

An absolutely seminal work of domestic horror and a haunted movie in its own right, it's hard to deny its impact today. Tune in!

(links in 🧵)

#filmsky #halloween #spookyseason #horror

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 4d

Texted this to Charlie and she goes "this is what I say to mom when she gets mad at me for taking in more stray cats"

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⚰️ @metallicaisrad.bsky.social · 5d

Clearing out some space! Get in while the gettin’s good 🔪❤️🔪

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 5d

Well

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 7d

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 5d

Remember how this shit hits like a freight train tho www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWWJ...

Saw Gerrera and sister rhydo | Andor s02e05

YouTube video by ar2r

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 5d

Watched ROGUE ONE for the second time this year because a friend hadn't seen it and damn it's wild how, despite everything, it's still pretty much a lot of fun to go see a Star War

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 6d

"It's like the fuckin' regularness of life is just too fuckin hard for me or something"

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Mack the Knife @punishedtake.bsky.social · 6d

Hello Bluesky I am a little drunk and TONY SOPRANO IS HAMLET

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Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social · 7d

It has been upsetting watching the establishment hurl itself at Mamdani but I think the other way to read that is that there really is a *better* politics possible and he shows that it is REAL.

We could have this.

They wouldn't fight it so hard if it wasn't achievable.

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