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Shadowlee
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theonion.com
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About https://theonion.com/democrats-sick-of-being-blamed-for-cowardice-on-issues-1847675639/
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
January 30, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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wolter.bsky.social
Middle aged white men (and I’m 49, so I’m in the demographic) absolutely need ridiculous Dad Hobbies or they get squirrely. I think if you’re can’t prove you have a preexisting Dad Hobby or 2 by age 45, you get entered into a national hobby draft and get assigned one. It would solve so many things.
lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 1d
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
January 28, 2026 at 10:37 PM
shadowlee.bsky.social
🥵
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
Oh, I see we're doing "knitting hats as political expression" discourse again.
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Renmark in South Australia reached 49.6C and had 67km/h wind gusts.
January 27, 2026 at 4:09 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
Instagram has starting showing me a bunch of ice hockey and related content, which is fun. It has also taught me that lots of Canadians and Americans will go skating in the streets if the roads ice over, which is wild but also very awesome
January 26, 2026 at 9:40 PM
shadowlee.bsky.social
I think it's really weird that we host a major outdoor sporting event at the absolute hottest part of the year
January 24, 2026 at 12:20 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
Using my large screen to play a game from 1997;
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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infinitescream.bsky.social
death to fascism
January 23, 2026 at 3:04 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
My eternal pet hate is games announcements that use seasons instead of months. Not everyone has seasons at the same time of year you bastards
(I'm assuming they mean September - November 2026)
January 23, 2026 at 1:31 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
The next week is going to suck, weather-wise
January 22, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
All I have ever heard about every news story from Bill Clinton to drag shows is “it’s awful, parents have to explain this to their children, why can’t we just let kids be kids?”

Now an entire classroom is going to go home to parents trying to explain why their five year friend was taken by the govt
samtlevin.bsky.social Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 8d
Liam is one of four Columbia Heights, MN school district students who have been taken by ICE in the last two weeks, the school district said. Liam's teacher: “He is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He ... just brightens the room. All I want is for him to be back here and safe.”
smiling portrait of Liam, age 5, in a school picture witness photo, courtesy of the school district, showing Liam outside his front door with a masked agent by his side.
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
I'm re-reading the "Emily" books by LM Montgomery for the first time in ages, and I had completely forgotten how completely fucking creepy the character of Dean Priest is. A man in his 30s who thinks he's in love with a 12-year-old girl and straight-up tries to groom and control her
January 22, 2026 at 2:11 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
Me reading Bluesky every morning
Joke headline from The Chaser that says "Aussies miss when morning routine didn't involve finding out whatever the fuck this cunt did today" with a picture of Donald Trump
January 21, 2026 at 10:03 PM
shadowlee.bsky.social
A guy in my band has gotten big into the carnivore diet and has been promoting some woman who claims to be a nutritionist who coaches people in following it. I looked at her FB page in horrified fascination at the unhinged "health" posts she has there. I can't imagine taking it seriously
January 20, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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bbolander.bsky.social
who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
January 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM
shadowlee.bsky.social
Imagine looking at this and thinking "What an excellent leader, I'm so glad he's in charge of my country"
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10d
mad king moment

from the PBS Newshour correspondent
NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials: Dear Ambassador: President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state] “Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”
January 19, 2026 at 6:38 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
Some of my derby friends are a part of this!
australia.theguardian.com Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 11d
Mama Does Derby review – Virginia Gay’s Town Hall takeover is ambitious, entertaining and irresistibly warm
Mama Does Derby review – Virginia Gay’s Town Hall takeover is ambitious, entertaining and irresistibly warm
Sydney Town Hall, Sydney festival A mother-daughter tale inspired by director Clare Watson’s life, the family show has a fantastic cast, an innovative set and all the hallmarks of a hit Sydney’s Town Hall has transformed into a tennis court and a beach for recent iterations of the Sydney festival; this year, it’s a roller derby rink, with a moving set and music stage, and a live band belting covers. Inside the ornate Victorian interior of Centennial Hall, an oval flat track has been installed; on either side are stadium-style seating banks. This is the set for Mama Does Derby, the new family dramedy from Adelaide’s Windmill Production Company, premiering in Sydney ahead of Adelaide festival. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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adambonica.bsky.social
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
shadowlee.bsky.social
I tried installing and playing the original Fallout game off Game Pass a few times but could never get it to work. I'm assuming it was because the game was looking for a computer from 1997. I just bought a copy from GOG, and hey! It works!
January 18, 2026 at 8:31 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
The only game I seem to play on my Ally X is "download updates"
January 18, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Australians are deciding USA is not a place to visit… oddly they still are going to Canada. Almost like there is something specific about the US..
#ThePoint

thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Index Australians travelling to the USA and Canada - showing while travel to the US is falling it is rising to Canada
January 18, 2026 at 12:35 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
Watching the Leafs play in Las Vegas, and the venue is extremely Las Vegas
January 16, 2026 at 7:28 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
I know it's beyond cliched to say this, but can you imagine if Obama or Biden had said "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election"? We'd never hear the end of Republican screeching
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d
Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
MANAGING MIDTERM EXPECTATIONS The president expressed frustration that his Republican Party could lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate in this year’s midterm elections, citing historical trends that have seen the party in power lose seats in the second year of a presidency. “It's some deep psychological thing, but when you win the presidency, you don't win the midterms,” Trump said. He boasted that he had accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.”
January 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
shadowlee.bsky.social
It's very telling that all the replies are "don't come here"
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 AM