Josh Baraniak
@nihilisticoptimist.bsky.social
Hobbit in another life, geek of all things sci-fi/fantasy/nature/space/metal, animal lover and rights advocate, human tolerator, intolerant of intolerance. I identify with Arthur Dent and my role model is Aragorn.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
September 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.
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Russia is a vision into the future of the United States under MAGA and Trump. If you are asking yourself how Putin got so far and away with so much, just look at the United States right now.
September 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Russia is a vision into the future of the United States under MAGA and Trump. If you are asking yourself how Putin got so far and away with so much, just look at the United States right now.
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Walz: This is North Korea style stuff. And it's being done because this is a weak, thin skinned man who's failing as a president. All of the things he promised are not happening.
It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president
It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president
September 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Walz: This is North Korea style stuff. And it's being done because this is a weak, thin skinned man who's failing as a president. All of the things he promised are not happening.
It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president
It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president
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STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
“What a wondrous life this would have been
But I'm outnumbered Like the stars at night
There's so many of us
That need to die
Like a swarm of flies
There's too many of us
We need to die
Can this vengeance please be mine?”
youtube.com/watch?v=lXGS...
But I'm outnumbered Like the stars at night
There's so many of us
That need to die
Like a swarm of flies
There's too many of us
We need to die
Can this vengeance please be mine?”
youtube.com/watch?v=lXGS...
Cattle Decapitation - Bring Back the Plague (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Metal Blade Records
youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“What a wondrous life this would have been
But I'm outnumbered Like the stars at night
There's so many of us
That need to die
Like a swarm of flies
There's too many of us
We need to die
Can this vengeance please be mine?”
youtube.com/watch?v=lXGS...
But I'm outnumbered Like the stars at night
There's so many of us
That need to die
Like a swarm of flies
There's too many of us
We need to die
Can this vengeance please be mine?”
youtube.com/watch?v=lXGS...
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The Epstein Investigation is so much bigger than you can imagine. It is not only about justice for survivors—it is also about the institutions and systems that protected rich and powerful men they knew were abusing women and children: the banks, the government agencies, and other powerful people.
September 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Epstein Investigation is so much bigger than you can imagine. It is not only about justice for survivors—it is also about the institutions and systems that protected rich and powerful men they knew were abusing women and children: the banks, the government agencies, and other powerful people.
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this doesn't look like a normal distribution
September 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
this doesn't look like a normal distribution
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I need a news app that never even comes close to mentioning politics so I can know what’s going on in the world unrelated to our disaster here.
September 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I need a news app that never even comes close to mentioning politics so I can know what’s going on in the world unrelated to our disaster here.
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The UN Independent International Commission has found Israel has committed genocide.
“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
September 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The UN Independent International Commission has found Israel has committed genocide.
“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.
@nbcnews.com
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September 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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The Charlie Kirk assassination is that little dot on the map of gun deaths in 2025.
September 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Charlie Kirk assassination is that little dot on the map of gun deaths in 2025.