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Thakman📎

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Retired Semiconductor Engineer Devoted Human Dog Daddy Born and Raised in #BroncoCountry #WNCStrong Will block accounts that want to Chat

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · Nov 2

Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 11m

"Everything is really stupid" is a great statement about these times.

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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 11h

Someone I know has friends in the military and they're being apparently deployed to Idaho for no real reason but it seems connected to this Qatar thing. Everything is really stupid

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 15m

The resistance in general may not be aggressive enough but you know nothing about me so fuck off.

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Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 16h

1970's: CEOs earn 20 x more than average worker
2025: CEOs earn 122 x more than average worker
The richest 1% own 50% of entire country's wealth.

Obscene inequality has been normalised.

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 16h

Follow Hefseth's lead and use Signal to communication Antifa war plans.

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 16h

This was from the Japanese issue of Time

Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 17h

Under a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2016, the U.S. is committed to providing $38 billion in military aid to Israel through 2028, including $33 billion in foreign military financing and $5 billion for missile defense programs like Iron Dome. Based on this it was President Trump

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 20h

Isaac Herzog

Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 21h

Fascists always attack the comedians first because silliness is a weapon they can't fight.

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Mike Lowe @mike-lowe.bsky.social · 21h

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 21h

I agree with every item.

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Voice of Reason @raggapegs.bsky.social · 23h

Let's give her some more work on October 18th. 😅🤣

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Andy Merrill “Brak” & I maybe love🫘 @amerrill2.bsky.social · 21h

“Beating China to the moon” sounds a little abusive.

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 21h

WTF SpaceX is owned by China.

www.propublica.org/article/elon...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 21h

We now have a responsibility to separate Jewish people from Israel. Israel's government is responsible for Palestinian genocide and should pay the price.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 22h

In the end, Israel lost.

It didn’t defeat Hamas, but it did demolish global good will towards it and its future.

It achieved NONE of its strategic objectives and lost an entire generation of future decision makers.

Palestine tragically lost many many innocent lives,

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"More Than 200 Bodies Dug Out of the Gaza Rubble Since Ceasefire Went Into Effect"

More Than 200 Bodies Dug Out of the Gaza Rubble Since Ceasefire Went Into Effect - News From Antiwar.com

Rescue workers in Gaza have recovered more than 200 bodies of Palestinians killed by the IDF from the rubble and from areas they were previously unable to access since the ceasefire went into effect o...

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 21h

Israel has already violated the ceasefire. 5 more dead Palestinians.

Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 21h

Depends on who is writing the history.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

NFL is kind of cool this year, every team sucks at least a little bit

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 21h

Governor and a Senate seat is the best NC can do. State government has a firm gerrymandered grip on the state.

Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 21h

Democrats leaning into gerrymandering is not a winning proposition. There are more red controlled states and they are all following the Fascist Fuck's orders.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 23h

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

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Jim Owczarski @jimowczarski.bsky.social · 1d

Basically, 2 players worth $344 million beat the #Brewers $121 million team.

A great example of what payroll disparity means. At some point, the $160 / $180 / $365 / $700 million player is gonna do the thing.

And if you have that many of them, eventually, one (or two) of them will beat you.

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Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 21h

Professional sports in a nutshell

Thakman📎 @thakman.bsky.social · 21h

If one i white then it's OK to steal, specially from non-whites.