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RS Benedict
@rsbenedict.bsky.social
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wrote that essay about superhero dicks * published in the New Haven Independent, New Haven Review, FSF, Fangoria, Blood Knife, Seize the Press, Typebar, Current Affairs * rs-benedict.com * RIP Rite Gud
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opinionhaver.bsky.social
for all they scream about "importing the third world" it's the most idiotic, base tribal clannishness they aspire too as well. fuck rule of law, fuck the law, fuck rules, fuck neutral institutions, fuck universalism, fuck meritocracy.
helldude.bsky.social rich traditions @helldude.bsky.social · 1d
i mean what are these "western values" these guys are so hopped up about? they are directly antagonistic to western europe. they don't believe in civil liberties. they reject democracy. and don't get me started on christianity, they hate their white neighbors almost as much as the brown ones
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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opinionhaver.bsky.social
JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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ericcolumbus.bsky.social
TRUMP: If you’re trafficking drugs to the U.S. via the Caribbean I will kill you.

ALSO TRUMP: If you’re doing time because you helped traffic 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S. via Honduras you get a “Full and Complete Pardon.”

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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump + If Tito Astura wins for President of Honduras, because the United States has so much confidence in him, his Policies, and what he will do for the Great People of Honduras, we will be very supportive. If he doesn't win, the United States will not be throwing good money after bad, because a wrong Leader can only bring catastrophic results to a country, no matter which country it is. Tito will be a Great President, and the United States will work closely with him in order to ensure the success, with all of its potential, of Honduras! Additionaly, I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly. This cannot be allowed to happen, especially now, after Tito Asfura wins the Election, when Honduras will be on its way to Great Political and Financial Success. VOTE FOR TITO ASFURA FOR PRESIDENT, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ ON YOUR UPCOMING PARDON. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE HONDURAS GREAT AGAIN! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP 3.15k ReTruths 13k Likes 11/28/25, 4:18 PM PRESS RELEASE Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Convicted in Manhattan Federal Court of Conspiring to Import Cocaine into the United States and Related Firearms Offenses Friday, March 8, 2024 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Hernández Conspired with Some of the Largest Drug Traffickers in the World to Transport Tons of Cocaine through Honduras to the United States According to court documents, from at least in or about 2004, up to and including in or about 2022, Hernández, the former two-term president of Honduras and former president of the Honduran National Congress, was at the center of one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world. Hernández abused his position and authority in Honduras to facilitate the importation of tons of cocaine into the United States. In exchange, Hernández received millions of dollars in drug money from some of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking organizations in Honduras, Mexico, and elsewhere, and used those bribes to fuel his rise in Honduran politics. Throughout his time in office, Hernández publicly promoted legislation and the efforts he purported to undertake in support of anti-narcotics measures in Honduras. At the same time, he protected and enriched the drug traffickers in his inner circle and those who provided him with cocaine-fueled bribes that allowed him to obtain and stay in power in Honduras. For example, Hernández selectively upheld extraditions by using his executive power to support extraditions to the United States of certain drug traffickers who threatened his grip on power, and promising drug traffickers who paid him and followed his instructions that they would remain in Honduras. In addition, Hernández and his co-conspirators abused Honduran institutions, including the Honduran National Police and Honduran Army, to protect and grow their conspiracy. Among other things, members of the conspiracy used heavily armed Honduran National Police officers to protect their cocaine loads as they transited through Honduras. Members of the conspiracy also turned to violence and murder to protect and grow their drug trafficking enterprise, attacking and murdering rival traffickers and those who threatened their grip on the Honduran cocaine trade. In total, Hernández and his co-conspirators trafficked over more than 400 tons of U.S.-bound cocaine through Honduras during Hernández's tenure in the Honduran government. Hernández was convicted of three counts: (i) conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison; (ii) using and carrying machineguns and destructive devices during, and possessing machineguns in furtherance of, the cocaine-importation conspiracy, which carries a mandatory consecutive prison term of 30 years; and (iii) conspiring to use and carry machineguns and destructive devices during, and possessing machineguns in furtherance of, the cocaine-importation conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
looking very normal sir, let's rush this photo out right away
From the Flickr description: President Donald Trump addresses the nation on the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 26, 2025, from his residence in Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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mattheweadie.bsky.social
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university

Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
rsbenedict.bsky.social
this is madness www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told
Normal People author Sally Rooney's books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to "uncertainty" caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the British High ...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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banalplay.bsky.social
Captionless pic of Krusty where he asks "does anyone hear me complaining about the breasts?"
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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knittingknots.bsky.social
Close relationship between US and Canada 'has ended': prime minister - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/canada-unite...
Close relationship between US and Canada 'has ended': prime minister
The "close relationship" between the United States and Canada has ended, according to its prime minister, Mark Carney. In an appearance to announce a series of economic measures to help and protect th...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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criminalerin.bsky.social
Idk wtf I was thinking lol
It's a meme that was originally the myth of consensual sex, with a man and woman both saying I agree and Jesus saying I don't, with "isn't there somebody you forgot to ask?" Only now it reads at the top: The Myth of Consensual bringing butter and eggs to room temperature on the counter. Eggs and butter both say I consent, but my little black cat, Familiar, who ate the butter and knocked the eggs on the floor says "I don't!" Because there IS somebody I forgot to ask, and it was her.
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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catbus.phd
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Pooh eating honey meme but it's City Pop and he turns into mariya takeuchi
February 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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katz.theracket.news
If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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fishtopher.bsky.social
how it started vs how its going! 3 years ago today, fish dad and i got the best black friday deal of all
Fishtopher 3 years ago, when he was first adopted. He is a brown tabby cat with green eyes and a wide head. He lays in the arms of the camera person and looks a little anxious. Fishtopher today. He is a brown tabby cat with green eyes, and is sitting very confidently and expectantly for treats.
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
rsbenedict.bsky.social
Got this in the mail
The Other Happy Place Chapter 0
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
rsbenedict.bsky.social
The Chair Company is like a 1970s paranoid thriller with a gas leak
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
on top of everything else, nuzzi has the sensibilities of your most embarrassing friend. a guy alternates between saying he wants her to have his children and ghosting her, and she's wringing her hands trying to figure out if they're really in love
The spring and summer of 2024 were busy for Olivia. Bobby was telling her he loved her and wanted to impregnate her, but he was also deeply confusing—he flipped back and forth between passionate engagement and total ghosting—and she was struggling to understand him.
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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lululenin.bsky.social
One of these days…

pic unrelated
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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threadotweets.bsky.social
lauren @NotABigJerk For everyone visiting their parents this week: LG tvs call it TrueMotion Roku/TCL calls it Action Smoothing Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus Sony calls it MotionFlow Panasonic calls it Intelligent Frame Creation Amazon Fire TVs call it Motion Processing 12/25/22
March 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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theradr.bsky.social
fuck you

the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased

i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
If I die of aids forget burial just drop my body on the steps of the FDA
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
REVERE, Mass. — A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts. The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother. Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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davey.bsky.social
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

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AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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phantomcobra.bsky.social
www.erininthemorning.com/p/nz-right-w...
NZ Right-Wing Government Bans Puberty Blockers: "Sacrificing A Generation Of Trans Youth"
The far-right coalition partner NZ First took a victory lap, calling the decision a "win in the war on woke."
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November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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artnau.bsky.social
Ancora un bacio, c.1885 by Italo Nunes Vais
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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artnau.bsky.social
El Castigo de la Chismosa, 1910 by Ignacio Salvador Díaz Ruiz de Olano
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM