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Soren Bowie @sorenbowie.bsky.social · 2h

I’d like to apologize for the terrible and hurtful things I was proved to have done, there is no room for it in society and I will reflect, grow and also leave the door open to the possibility people will believe the evidence was doctored.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 3h

And they have the nerve to get all butt-hurt when people call them fascists 🙄 Pro tip, assbag: If you don't like being called a Nazi, stop promoting Nazi shit. (3/3)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 3h

That the Vice President of the United States would excuse **literal Nazi rhetoric** with the old "boys will be boys" chestnut says a lot about where we're at right now. (2/3)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 3h

Even in an administration elected largely thanks to a racist voter base with an insatiable urge to authoritarianism, nobody enables and excuses the outright Nazis in their supporters' ranks quite so eagerly or vocally as J.D. Vance. (1/3)

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.politico.com

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 3h

It's murder. It's nothing short of sheer, bloody, open murder — and mass murder, at this point. (3/3)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 3h

This is still illegal, by every standard of both international and domestic law. Calling someone a "narco-terrorist" (which I will remind you IS NOT A THING) doesn't mean you can kill them without due process. (2/3)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 3h

Please don't let the frequency with which this is happening, and the complicity of our federal legislature in enabling it and refusing to hold people accountable for it, allow it to become common-place and ignored. (1/3)

www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/p...

Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast of Venezuela | CNN Politics

The US military conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

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The Haunting of RandBall's Stu @randballsstu.bsky.social · 3h

Of all the things that didn't happen below, Eric Trump having four friends is the one that didn't happen the most.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Eric Trump: "Now every single time a boat goes out of Venezuela it's getting blown up into a million pieces. That's exactly what's happening every single day. I personally have 4 friends who have lost children to fentanyl."

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 12h

As an example, it took us two tries to spell "suspend" correctly.

Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 12h

SUSPEND. Suspend would've been a better word there. See? WE NEED SLEEP.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 12h

No, brain. This is sleeping time. This is not metacognitive ouroboros time. We gotta have some brain cells for these last couple of nights of the week. Be a good little soggy boy and cease consciousness. TEMPORARILY. Temporarily cease consciousness.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 18h

I'm a big fan of OMAM in general. Maybe my favorite non-metal band for the last several years. Those Icelandic weirdos get me.

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 19h

This single came out a couple of months ago, but the new Of Monsters and Men comes out on Friday, I think? I've had the singles they've released so far on pretty heavy rotation this week. It's either this, or fuckin' like...the new Violator album.

youtu.be/QU6Uq5ZLuNQ?...

Of Monsters and Men - Ordinary Creature (Official)

YouTube video by OfMonstersAndMenVEVO

youtu.be

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

That's why the sinister, authoritarian urge deep within humanity's psyche is so dangerous and must be opposed with tremendous speed and vigor. It is both immoral, and materially destructive to the welfare and future prospects of our species. (13/13)

Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

We're already seeing it. Lives will get shorter, suffering will increase, and our ability to meaningfully influence our own futures. (12/13)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

But even if it doesn't bruise your conscience, it should concern you because a world run by these people is a world thrust back into the darkest ages of our history. (11/13)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

So when you see a political movement that rejects evidence-based decision making and undermines the rule of law, it should concern you. First and foremost, it should concern you for moral reasons. (10/13)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

All of these things has been possible only in a post-Enlightenment world. They have not occurred as a result of divine revelation, petty tribalism, or the rule of might over right. In fact, I would argue that when they have occurred, they have mostly occurred in spite of those things. (9/13)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

...every technological innovation in the fields of agriculture or medicine that has permitted more humans to live longer and healthier lives, every financial instrument that has enabled the generation of wealth on a scale that would stun the ancients. (8/13)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

But think about every human advancement in the last 300 years: Every modern political instrument that has promoted human liberty, every scientific discovery that has given us an ever-growing and ever-more-accurate view of our place in the universe... (7/13)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

The answer, of course, was "yes". In the succeeding centuries, humanity made huge strides. Those strides happened in fits and starts, with a great deal of uneven, strained effort, not everyone benefitted equally from their fruits, and there have been many regressions. (6/13)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

Could humanity, by applying tools like reasoned analysis and a prioritization of what were viewed as "natural-born" human rights, create a society that was fairer and more prosperous? (5/13)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

But the movement as a whole concerned itself with a central question, in the wake of the scientific revolution happening in Europe at the time: (4/13)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

(There were a few awesome flies in the ointment of course, like Mary Wollstonecraft, the Marquis de Condorcet, and my boy Tommy Paine.) (3/13)

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Sam Ferguson @samferguson.bsky.social · 1d

Its leading thinkers were largely unconcerned with the cruelty (and hypocrisy) of slavery, the disenfranchisement of women, the marginalization of the poor, the theft of the sovereignty of colonized peoples, and so forth. (2/13)

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