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@zas.bsky.social
· Jun 15
“Ruby Bridges and ruby ridges” is the prescription for 21st century liberalism
i am not talking about arresting them. we need a ruby ridge every week for four years.
New QT’ing to pin
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Some day Dems will stop trying to get their bullies to like them and just do the smart thing which is demobilize them, split them, and do good things whether they like them or not
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Some day Dems will stop trying to get their bullies to like them and just do the smart thing which is demobilize them, split them, and do good things whether they like them or not
what's the take on the zohran transition committee things? seems a bit neither here nor there?
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
what's the take on the zohran transition committee things? seems a bit neither here nor there?
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Look, you go back 2,000 years, and there were legionnaires destroying their entire families by hiding dice anywhere they could so they could gamble their entire paychecks. It's just what the troops do.
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Look, you go back 2,000 years, and there were legionnaires destroying their entire families by hiding dice anywhere they could so they could gamble their entire paychecks. It's just what the troops do.
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Statue of Liberty, detail: face. c 1885.
www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Statue of Liberty, detail: face. c 1885.
www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
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the notion that well educated or smart people can't be delusional is kind of loadbearing on the rat ecosystem, the racial component is like a nice garnish
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
the notion that well educated or smart people can't be delusional is kind of loadbearing on the rat ecosystem, the racial component is like a nice garnish
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A truly staggering amount of calories and brain power gets wasted on sites like this between people arguing about what to do to revive these communities, win their votes, policies to make their lives better, and the people themselves can barely even agree on their being a problem to address
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A truly staggering amount of calories and brain power gets wasted on sites like this between people arguing about what to do to revive these communities, win their votes, policies to make their lives better, and the people themselves can barely even agree on their being a problem to address
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Something notable in this article is how much the life long locals don’t seem to give a shit. Which was an entirely predictable outcome if you've spent any amount of time among people like this
How life changed in a rural town in Virginia that lost its sole health clinic after the passage of Trump’s megabill. The residents voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2024, and now they’re suffering for it.
How life changed in a rural town that lost its clinic after Trump’s megabill, even if the politics haven’t | CNN Politics
As the final hues of autumn linger in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its only health clinic.
www.cnn.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Something notable in this article is how much the life long locals don’t seem to give a shit. Which was an entirely predictable outcome if you've spent any amount of time among people like this
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I don’t even really think this is the problem. The Constitution prohibits basically every terrible thing Trump has done. The problem is that our institutions have decided to ignore the Constitution. Can’t fix that by changing what it says.
This regime is making the best arguments possible that we need to fix the foundations of our democracy if we want to keep it.
November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I don’t even really think this is the problem. The Constitution prohibits basically every terrible thing Trump has done. The problem is that our institutions have decided to ignore the Constitution. Can’t fix that by changing what it says.
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The fact that voters have never rewarded a party in power for delivering cheaper gas is probably worth exploring.
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The fact that voters have never rewarded a party in power for delivering cheaper gas is probably worth exploring.
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In fairness to Jeffries, "strong floor, no ceiling" would be a very good slogan if the Democrats were campaigning in late 12th century Erfurt
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In fairness to Jeffries, "strong floor, no ceiling" would be a very good slogan if the Democrats were campaigning in late 12th century Erfurt
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The whole thing about American right wing politics is its lumpen and petite bourgeois.
The "If only Trump knew about this" response is such medieval peasant behavior. He knows: he's happy that he is taking stuff away from you.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The whole thing about American right wing politics is its lumpen and petite bourgeois.
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what do you even do about journalists like this. biggest megaphone on the planet at the times and choosing to promote lies. it doesn't do shit if we all block her, and we can only cancel subs so many times.
i guess you hope for a sense of shame that you know isn't there
i guess you hope for a sense of shame that you know isn't there
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
what do you even do about journalists like this. biggest megaphone on the planet at the times and choosing to promote lies. it doesn't do shit if we all block her, and we can only cancel subs so many times.
i guess you hope for a sense of shame that you know isn't there
i guess you hope for a sense of shame that you know isn't there
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Funny how when a person is killed in traffic, according to the Post it’s the “car” that did it but when anyone comes along to make streets safer it’s an attack on “drivers.”
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Funny how when a person is killed in traffic, according to the Post it’s the “car” that did it but when anyone comes along to make streets safer it’s an attack on “drivers.”
So what I’m getting from this book is that the confederacy lost because they were fucking moron idiots
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So what I’m getting from this book is that the confederacy lost because they were fucking moron idiots
Being made to check in your carryon at the gate is the worse man
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Being made to check in your carryon at the gate is the worse man
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Looking at my search history:
- books as good as piranesi
- books like piranesi
- piranesi more how
- susanna Clark new book
Please someone help me
- books as good as piranesi
- books like piranesi
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- susanna Clark new book
Please someone help me
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Looking at my search history:
- books as good as piranesi
- books like piranesi
- piranesi more how
- susanna Clark new book
Please someone help me
- books as good as piranesi
- books like piranesi
- piranesi more how
- susanna Clark new book
Please someone help me
This is actually a monumental achievement.
We have officially arrived at the “DSA candidates are just Democrats who want to do something instead of nothing” stage
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is actually a monumental achievement.
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currently weaponizing: despair, uncertainty, and bronze
November 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
currently weaponizing: despair, uncertainty, and bronze
Lock in. Ty @josephpolitano.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Lock in. Ty @josephpolitano.bsky.social
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[seeing some turd i flushed float back up in the toilet bowl] "oh wow, i'm expecting great things from this gránd reëntrance"
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
[seeing some turd i flushed float back up in the toilet bowl] "oh wow, i'm expecting great things from this gránd reëntrance"
I want high density, stable services, and high taxes :)
It's budget time so at the end of our interview w/ Mayor Bachynski, we gave him a printed poster of the image below. It's the density vs services vs taxes venn diagram that @brenttoderian.bsky.social often shares around. It includes Regina-related explanatory notes. #yqrcc
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I want high density, stable services, and high taxes :)
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boogie woogie piano is what electrons hear when they transfer
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
boogie woogie piano is what electrons hear when they transfer
My zoning code would only have two rules: glass tower skyscrapers should be adjacent from stonework ornamented ones to maximize cool reflections and there should be a Jamba Juice in every airport terminal. Otherwise, build whatever you want.
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My zoning code would only have two rules: glass tower skyscrapers should be adjacent from stonework ornamented ones to maximize cool reflections and there should be a Jamba Juice in every airport terminal. Otherwise, build whatever you want.