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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 4d

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Factchecking The White House “Mythbuster” on Medicaid Cuts and Immigrants

On June 2, 2025, The White House posted a “Mythbuster” fact sheet in defense of the House-passed reconciliation bill. However, the sheet is full of inaccuracies and advances more myths than facts—t…

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 4d

Now I'm super curious: What is an example of a storyline where the light cycles were just inserted? Like, did they make any sense there or were the characters in the show watching TV and the light cycles were on?

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 6d

#spoutible, I'm sorry I strayed. Who has a whole ass whale and goes off chasing a flimsy little butterfly?

Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 8d

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 10d

How can her face simultaneously not age a day while every thought she has spoil like raw milk as soon as she writes it?

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 11d

TIL how to unlock character limits. Great story!

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 11d

And she's only got the one language to do!

Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 12d

News Alert: Irony is not dead.

Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 12d

Cute candle. Consistently enforce the TOS.

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 14d

*Defense* leads to overreach and mission creep? Defense?!? Like we started out defending democracy but we got carried away and now we're like the helicopter parents of democracy? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 14d

Dude if the Democratic Party has a place for anti-trans and anti-abortion candidates then I’m not a democrat and I won’t vote for one

I don’t know what to tell you man, there’s already a political party who believes these things

It’s not a “big tent” to have zero fixed values in pursuit of power

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 18d

Since they are so concerned about accuracy in their broadcasts, I hope those who get one of their stations hold them accountable whenever they fail to call out any other "inaccuracies."

Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 19d

Edgelords stopped writing in gag candidates when the Republican party gave them the human embodiment of Pepe as their candidate.

Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 19d

It's all the same. The furthest left this administration will *currently* tolerate is the centrist right. Any toes crossing that line are attached to Enemies of the State.

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 19d

An "apolitical edge lord" shot up an ICE facility and the problem is Democrats opposing the arrest and confinement of hundreds without due process?

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 19d

The violent rhetoric of "the left," calling Nazis out for being Nazis has led to (big wave) all this?

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 19d

Dems lost while being weak-kneed about trans rights and Gaza, and they won't win until they welcome forced-birthers into the tent?

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 20d

"Sorry everyone, when we bought the pitch, approved the scripts, went into production, and ran the finished episodes through QC, we thought it was a FICTION. But *now* it just hits a little too close to home."

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 22d

Took me three days of searching but I finally got the paydirt this afternoon. And one MAGA hat actually being worn by a person. That's it. This time last year I would have lost count.

Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 22d

So a vote for Democrats is a vote for eternal life? Come, come now elucidate your thoughts.

Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 22d

In 30 years, that popular boy will look like Jabba the Hut's less attractive cousin while you will be a handsome trans man.

Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 22d

Same thing happened to me once. I didn't even get it, just tried to gently let my "crush" down. He had no idea what I was talking about. If she's anything like I was, this might help: (1/2)

(Reddit post)
Teen daughter crying over this

My freshman in high school daughter has “popular” boys randomly come up to her and mockingly say that their friend has a crush on her. She ignores them but it clearly bothers her because she was in tears today saying she is ugly. This happed twice this year already. She doesn’t want me to talk to the guidance counselor saying if they get in trouble they will make her life miserable. I don’t know what to do. I reassure her she’s not ugly, they’re think they’re cool, etc but none of that solves the issue. I need advice.

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veraeikon.bsky.social @veraeikon.bsky.social · 23d

This is a complete misreading of this paper's conclusions. For unbiased coverage of this paper, please read this. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Journal Club: A Robust Debunking of Myths About Trans Youth — Assigned

A 2025 paper studied over eleven years debunks the harmful myths that trans youth don’t know what they want.

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 22d

If I was being a Nazi I'd want someone to punch me in the face for it. I'm not a hypocrite!

Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · 23d

Moving between trans and NB isn't the gotcha you think it is. The age of irreversible interventions isn't as young as you seem to think, either.

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