Joel Parramore
@parramorejoel.bsky.social
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
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He seems to be constantly fighting 'wokeness' these days...
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
He seems to be constantly fighting 'wokeness' these days...
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These meetings really demean the U.S. as a strong & independent nation. The world is watching while these incompetent morans grovel at the feet of a man who can’t even stay awake long enough to listen to all the undeserved & ridiculously contrived flattery.
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
These meetings really demean the U.S. as a strong & independent nation. The world is watching while these incompetent morans grovel at the feet of a man who can’t even stay awake long enough to listen to all the undeserved & ridiculously contrived flattery.
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We should be able to keep two thoughts together in our heads at the same time:
1) Attacking Iran would be really dangerous.
But also
2) Attacking Iran would be extremely dangerous.
1) Attacking Iran would be really dangerous.
But also
2) Attacking Iran would be extremely dangerous.
June 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We should be able to keep two thoughts together in our heads at the same time:
1) Attacking Iran would be really dangerous.
But also
2) Attacking Iran would be extremely dangerous.
1) Attacking Iran would be really dangerous.
But also
2) Attacking Iran would be extremely dangerous.
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I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.
www.bbc.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
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Pleased to announce that @eekhaut.bsky.social will be part of our magic-themed @starsandsabers.bsky.social anthology, Of Enchantment, Enigma, and the Infinite! www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-enc...
Of Enchantment, Enigma, and the Infinite – Stars and Sabers
www.starsandsabers.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Pleased to announce that @eekhaut.bsky.social will be part of our magic-themed @starsandsabers.bsky.social anthology, Of Enchantment, Enigma, and the Infinite! www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-enc...
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Schumer looked at 14 million timelines and picked the only one that would unite liberals and progressives and allow the party to move past the eternal relitigation of the 2016 primary
March 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Schumer looked at 14 million timelines and picked the only one that would unite liberals and progressives and allow the party to move past the eternal relitigation of the 2016 primary
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Cruelty’s victims have many faces.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Cruelty’s victims have many faces.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Charmed: *kills someone off in a horrible way*
The literal next scene: *upbeat folk music* 🥳🌺
The literal next scene: *upbeat folk music* 🥳🌺
March 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Charmed: *kills someone off in a horrible way*
The literal next scene: *upbeat folk music* 🥳🌺
The literal next scene: *upbeat folk music* 🥳🌺
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Live your life like you're a feral raccoon hiding in a trash bag filled with stale pizza bagels
March 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Live your life like you're a feral raccoon hiding in a trash bag filled with stale pizza bagels
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If #ChristianNationalism is a cancer (and it is), it’s fucking metastasizing.
Texas Senate poised to pass bill requiring classroom displays of Ten Commandments
Senate Bill 10 would require elementary and secondary school classrooms to conspicuously display a poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments.
www.dallasnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If #ChristianNationalism is a cancer (and it is), it’s fucking metastasizing.
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It's about constitutional rights.
"If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened here, then no one is safe."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened here, then no one is safe."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It's about constitutional rights.
"If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened here, then no one is safe."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened here, then no one is safe."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It’s been a week and it’s only Monday. 🙁
February 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It’s been a week and it’s only Monday. 🙁
😂
January 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
😂
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And this stupid mofo:
January 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
And this stupid mofo:
I continue to be mystified as to why all members of the press don’t start laughing in his face at the stream of lies and absurdities.
On Air Force One from Las Vegas to Miami, President Trump says Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated.
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
January 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I continue to be mystified as to why all members of the press don’t start laughing in his face at the stream of lies and absurdities.
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Photo from my collection that I call “The Talk”. Obviously ca. 1970s.
January 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Photo from my collection that I call “The Talk”. Obviously ca. 1970s.
🎶 Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long? (So long)
Where did we go wrong?
Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (So long)
Where did we go wrong?🎶
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long? (So long)
Where did we go wrong?
Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (So long)
Where did we go wrong?🎶
January 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
🎶 Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long? (So long)
Where did we go wrong?
Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (So long)
Where did we go wrong?🎶
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long? (So long)
Where did we go wrong?
Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (So long)
Where did we go wrong?🎶
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Separate but related thread to this one:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Thread 1/x: Now there are people cropping up telling left-wing activists that they can't be radical b/c it doesn't win elections. It's not just about the fight for trans rights, tho' Lordy that seems to be the most popular example.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Thread 1/x: Now there are people cropping up telling left-wing activists that they can't be radical b/c it doesn't win elections. It's not just about the fight for trans rights, tho' Lordy that seems to be the most popular example.
Thread 1/x: I have been arguing for a long time now that we need both outsiders/radicals and insiders who can sit down at the table with the other side and work out a deal.
This is NOT the same as embracing collaborationists or collaborationism.
This is NOT the same as embracing collaborationists or collaborationism.
January 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Separate but related thread to this one:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Thread 1/x: Now there are people cropping up telling left-wing activists that they can't be radical b/c it doesn't win elections. It's not just about the fight for trans rights, tho' Lordy that seems to be the most popular example.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Thread 1/x: Now there are people cropping up telling left-wing activists that they can't be radical b/c it doesn't win elections. It's not just about the fight for trans rights, tho' Lordy that seems to be the most popular example.
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I've never been under any illusion that laws stop fascists. How many times have I posted that laws don't prevent people from doing anything?
But that doesn't mean they're irrelevant.
Laws are expressions of our values.
That's why it's so important to fight to make them better.
But that doesn't mean they're irrelevant.
Laws are expressions of our values.
That's why it's so important to fight to make them better.
January 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I've never been under any illusion that laws stop fascists. How many times have I posted that laws don't prevent people from doing anything?
But that doesn't mean they're irrelevant.
Laws are expressions of our values.
That's why it's so important to fight to make them better.
But that doesn't mean they're irrelevant.
Laws are expressions of our values.
That's why it's so important to fight to make them better.