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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1h

Waiting for the "you're violating my first amendment rights by calling me a nazi just because I'm a nazi."

Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1h

Sort of the opposite version of the line from the end of this scene! "The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost if you keep a secret!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpBA...

Dr. Strangelove (1964) - The Doomsday Machine

YouTube video by Stanley Kubrick

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 2h

A friend once told me to turn off autocorrect. Everybody can recognize a typo, but autocorrect can royally fuck you over.

David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3h

Mamdani. Fat thumbs or autocorrect? We may never know.

Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 4h

Man, is Johnson trying to get hired as an ICE agent?

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 8h

The press corps spent the day clearing their desks, in some cases carting out remnants of years in the building — a yellowed Rolodex; a red-, white- and blue-corded Ameritech phone from the 1996 Democratic convention in Chicago. A pale sticky note clinging on to a pile of folders read: “Rumsfeld trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan. Dec. 20–25, 2005.”

Television networks tore down their broadcast booths, full of technical gear and soundproofing equipment, that had been used for live shots from the Pentagon. Journalists lugged out boxes and rolled suitcases full of gear. Hand trucks and black roller bins carried the bulk of the rubble.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 7h

At some point in time the blue districts will realize that if they just kept their own money, this wouldn't be possible.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Bill Cunningham, MPB @madpulpbastard.bsky.social · 8h

Sam Raimi's first horror movie in 15 years. Trailer here:
youtu.be/R4wiXj9NmEE?

This is the kind of poster that I love. Focused on the character with little clues all about that hint at what you're going to see in the movie. Simplicity works.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 8h

Feels a little short-sighted on Trump's part to justify sending assassins into another country on the basis they have an authoritarian leader.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING

“The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader.”

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 9h

Neanderthal GenX male here, and in private with my gaming friends, at my mostly blue collar white high school, we never, ever used the n-word in our trash talk.

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 9h

The evolution of InfantryDork continues to play out in the most predictable of ways… @mikeblack114.bsky.social @sharonk.bsky.social

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NamyCat 🔞 (Your friendly Tabby Artists) @namycat.bsky.social · 10h

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 18h

I feel like it also has a lot to do with the politically powerful Christian leaders only ever sourcing the Old Testament for their policy positions, and never being able to justify them using the New Testament.

Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 21h

Sucking up to insanely rich and powerful dirtbags and telling them how great they are and how the peasants don't understand their glory will always pay well.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 23h

I do wonder if drones with drop weapons will completely replace mortars. Mortars would have a higher fire rate, but drones combine remote spotting and insane accuracy.

Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

Stripes using the scare quotes for trafficking narcotics because they actually care about service members and whether or not the troops pulling the trigger based solely on the orders of a corrupt administration get charged with war crimes down the line.

Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that U.S. forces had conducted another strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people in the fifth known strike the U.S. has conducted in the region.

US strikes another boat ‘trafficking narcotics’ off coast of Venezuela, Trump says; 6 killed

It’s the fifth known deadly strike in the Caribbean as Trump has asserted that the U.S. is treating alleged drug traffickers as unlawful combatants.

www.stripes.com

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

Man, where have I heard this kinda thing about black pilots before? Must've slipped my mind.

Well, I guess I'll go see who got a Presidential Medal of Freedom recently.

Mallory 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺 @sadboots.bsky.social · 1d

Why are we importing intra-Italian racism I thought there was a tariff on this shit

"If your pilot is a she and she looks ten shades darker than someone from Sicily, just end it there. Scream the no no word,"
Giunta wrote.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

A bit of cloud cover for the lights to reflect off and wet streets to keep them dark makes cities gorgeous.

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 1d

Minneapolis after dark

view down Marquette avenue downtown with yellow and pink lights in the rain, west streets, someone walking

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

At least you'll take less radiation from eating or drinking.

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Fallout 4 Perks and S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes.

Basic character attributes in Fallout 4 are Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck. Together they form a S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats system. Each attribute has 10 levels, e...

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

If you know the absolutely terrific board game, Root, and do philosophy, you will not find a better example of the Prisoner's Dilemma. (Otters are the Riverfolk faction, who made 13 units of profit in the pictured turn).

Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

California needs to get an army division back at Fort Ord and we need to be able to approve thexsenior leadership positions because we cannot trust Trump or the next iteration of him not to send the army to murder Californians.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

Future election after AI gets voting rights: "Where'd all these votes for Kim Jong-Un come from?"

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 1d

The people behind the inflated protests are performing a monumental service to democracy & peace in the US. The Regime wants riots, but these animal characters are not only an effective protest, grabbing attention & mocking ICE, they seem to reduce the risk of violent protests. It's perfect.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Steven Palmer Peterson @stevenppeterson.bsky.social · 1d

And also, we learned too late for our little horror movie that distribs want established actors as leads. No more Jamie Lee Curtis or Heather Langencamp for your young horror stars. Now you need a part for Ethan Hawke.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

NATO Secretary General Rutte:
…Now there is hardly any Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean left

There is a lone&broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol.What a change from the 1984 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October.Today, it seems more like The Hunt for the Nearest Mechanic

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Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 2d

Still looking for someone, haven't found a single person so far (that I can contact). I have a 46-episode script that I need translated. This would be a paid job!

Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 12d

Completely unrelated to my 2am doomposting but does anyone know an English to Japanese translator, ideally with experience in screenplays?

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