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Sascha_Vykos2 @saschavykos.bsky.social · 1h

I bet it was was this:

"You don't win a war by doing whatever it takes. You win by doing what's right."

It's from an episode called "Why We Fight".

Or maybe "If nothing we do matters, them all that matters is what we do".

You've roused the Buffy fans I hope you make it out alive ;)

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 2d

Of course, the Young Republicans of Texas won't denounce the Nazis among them who were caught. This is the Republican Party of today. How much more evidence do you need?

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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 22h

ICE has reported 20 detainee deaths in custody since Trump took office — the most in a single year in decades — reports Politico.

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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 23h

Rent is reaaly interesting here considering we have a one bedroom condo crisis in like every city

Phil Smith @philsmith26.bsky.social · 23h

Here's a selection of price changes from Statistics Canada's CPI release today. Overall inflation is up compared to August, but still within the 1-3% target range, while core inflation very slightly exceeds that range. #cdnecon

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Sascha_Vykos2 @saschavykos.bsky.social · 1d

I'm guessing "controlled substance" conveniently excludes alcohol?

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Sascha_Vykos2 @saschavykos.bsky.social · 1d

If people have to take drug tests to own guns that's going to be a whole lot of white people.

I know they always find ways to make everyone else bare the burden, but it still will will fivk a whole lot of white people and create an even bigger black market.

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Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️ @pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 1d

"The Supreme Court will consider taking guns from Black people."

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns

The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.

apnews.com

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Sascha_Vykos2 @saschavykos.bsky.social · 2d

The longer I live the more I question my atheism because this has got to fucking be hell.

It's just. The other explanations just don't add up for why everything must be such a fucking nightmare.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“At toilet time, you sign in via a fingerprint sensor so that the device knows who's using the facilities. (Please wash your hands before signing out or tracking your progress.) Then, check in with the app for the day's analysis and trends over time.”

Kohler Wants to Put a Tiny Camera in Your Toilet and Analyze the Contents

The company's new Dekoda toilet accessory is like a little bathroom detective.

www.cnet.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

via @oriion.bsky.social: A majority of Americans (53 percent) believe transgender adults should have access to gender-affirming care, while 37 percent believe that trans minors should have that same access. 19thnews.org/2025/09/poll...

More Americans see a future where gender-affirming care will be harder to access

A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll shows that the share of people who think gender-affirming care will get less accessible jumped to 38% from 20% in 2024.

19thnews.org

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Sascha_Vykos2 @saschavykos.bsky.social · 2d

Yup. They do that thing where they first say it didn't happen and then say it's not as bad or they deserved it, or as ever, it was a joke.

Like which is it, pick a lie because you can't have them all.

And why do they sound exactly like the fascists doing it if they are so fucking above it all.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 2d

I simply do not believe that it is possible to have a serious conversation when you're saying shit like "smexual assault" and "grapist"

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 2d

the forced self-censorship gibberish we all have to do on social media now is having a devastating effect on the way people communicate with each other. nobody in a healthy society is saying "unalived"

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 5d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Sascha_Vykos2 @saschavykos.bsky.social · 2d

Unalive is the fucking worst.

After stan also fuck that word but that's not really ethical it just fucking annoys me cuz im old.

Sascha_Vykos2 @saschavykos.bsky.social · 2d

I don't get it tbh. You can only use a different word until that one gets added to the list.

It's not like they can't see you doing it.

Maybe it will take them a minute to catch up but they're gonna catch up.

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Null convention @nullconvention.bsky.social · 2d

The last time our news media captured a war with any kind of credibility whatsoever was Vietnam, and Chris Hedges wrote a whole book about what media embedding does to journalists during war. Right now, media is a business and it's owned by billionaires actively involved in destroying democracy.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 4d

Peaky Blinders meme: No fighting with regime-run accounts. No fucking fighting with regime-run accounts!

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Sascha_Vykos2 @saschavykos.bsky.social · 2d

I noticed it was extra trolly i guess that's why.

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Taylor Nichols, MD FACEP @tnicholsmd.com · 4d

Everything is Gamergate.

If you do not understand what Gamergate is or how that has not only shaped the internet but our entire current reality.

Keep this in mind, and protect yourself accordingly.

www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/u...

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Sascha_Vykos2 @saschavykos.bsky.social · 2d

There is no line.

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Sascha_Vykos2 @saschavykos.bsky.social · 2d

We should extradite the people who carried these orders out to Columbia and let them prove that their actions were justified.

They can provide the exonerating evidence there if they won't do it in US courts.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

love to see it. curious which unions will respond

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 2d

What is especially rich about this is that the targeted professor was a willing lapdog for the Governor and Pres, Hartzell, shutting down DEI, ethics, and cultures requirements at the university without making a peep about it. I shudder to think what orders he finally refused to follow.

Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 2d

They aren't really targeting professors in Texas, are they?

Me:

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 2d

There was a sign I saw yesterday that I really hated. It said: "2% Native, 98% Immigrants" ... cue the Curb Your Enthusiasm sting.

Not only is that just wrong, but pleaseee, for the love of Creator, don't put shit like that on your signs.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2d

One factual point I tried to hammer home in this discussion—including in response to questions from people supportive of the strikes:

These strikes in the Caribbean are not about stopping fentanyl from reaching the U.S.

Fentanyl is almost certainly not aboard the vessels the U.S. is bombing.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2d

Thankful for the opportunity to join Washington Journal on @c-span.bsky.social to discuss the lethal US strikes in the Caribbean and saber rattling towards Caracas.

www.c-span.org/program/wash...

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