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This has happened before. This will happen again. But even dumber.

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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · Aug 21

OH HELL YES

Samuel @samuelgamester.bsky.social · Aug 21

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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 5h

This if one of the dumbest sentences I've ever read

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 6h

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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 18h

Just learned that cacti are exclusively native to the Americas but there is a species that grows throughout central Africa that's I guess technically invasive called the mistletoe cactus and it looks like spiky purple tentacles with big pale balls growing on them and I hate it

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 1d

These are directly linked. That fake reporter arrest video came out right after the real one gained steam. The point is to make you question reality, and you start to think that maybe both are fake. And most people aren't equipped with the skills to suss that out for themselves.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Because TikTok is an incredible place, every time we open the app now, we are shown that fake video of a reporter being arrested. Simultaneously, a bunch of commenters are convinced our video of state troopers in Broadview from yesterday evening is AI. Perfect, no notes

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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 2d

You're having a different conversation than I am

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 2d

Not an unprecedented action, but certainly rare, and definitely not good. Still, not the crisis it's being made out as. The real issue is that it's in your face quid pro quo. Trump is exchanging public resources for personal favors. It's dictator shit. He's staking his personal claim on common good.

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 2d

There's a common trend with the more dramatic freakouts at this administration. They'll do a bad thing for a worse reason and let everybody run with the most sensational aspect while the crux of the problem gets sidelined. Qatar isn't getting a military base. They're being trained on F-15s.

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 2d

They're doofs. There's no master plan. They have goals, but they're making up the steps to get there as they go. That's why it looks so chaotic. Because it is. They don't actually know what they're doing. They're using strongarm tactics and barreling through failure after failure with brute force.

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 2d

Murder doesn't require smarts

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 2d

He began with wealth and power from childhood. You don't need to be smart to get what you want at that point. If these people were smart, they'd be better at it.

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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know what this recent surge of love for John Carpenter's the Thing is all about but it can only make the world a better place

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 3d

He's a serial child rapist

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans overstate Democrat extremism and Democrats understate Republican extremism, which includes making explicit white supremacist talking points on the floor and in the press. Voters aren't party members. This essay is a dangerous lie and publishing it is unconscionable.

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🦋 @occhitristi.bsky.social · 3d

Being neurodivergent means you over-explain EVERYTHING in hopes of clear communication, then get anxious that your over-explanation was irritating and actually made things more confusing 🫤

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

Knowing who to be mad at truly is praxis.

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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 4d

You're a piece of shit

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 5d

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 5d

I think this is a thing about fascists. People talk about Trump being charismatic, too. Do people think charisma is just being rich, pushy, and loud?

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 6d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 5d

Hostile Dimensions is not a horror movie. It's a very clever comedy, and I think a good one.

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 5d

I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would ever cast Jared Leto for anything

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Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 6d

pritzker won't order the state police to protect chicago from the national guard and ice because they would disobey him, and then the game would be up

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No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 6d

The c suite might finally be catching on to the fact that the loudest most irate voices are usually the most impotent, and that kowtowing to them hurts more than helps in the end

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6d

Libs of Tiktok, Elon Musk, and Robbie Starbuck put everything they had into trying to push a boycott of Netflix over LGBTQ characters in their shows.

Netflix ignored them and the stock is back up. Turns out bots don't actually cancel accounts.

Screenshot of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock summary on October 7. The closing price is $1,191.06 USD, up +27.75 (2.39%) for the day. The day’s trading range shows a low of $1,177.46 and a high of $1,201.36. Previous close was $1,163.31. Market cap is $506.11B, P/E ratio is 50.75, with no dividend yield. The 52-week high is $1,341.15 and the 52-week low is $677.88. A line graph shows intraday stock price movement, peaking above $1,190 before settling at the closing price.

No lessons learned @snarkypotato.bsky.social · 6d

Okay but hear me out the only difference is the beard

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 7d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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