Simon
@simon-blone.bsky.social
I thought I'd wasted j-school but I've seen what j-school produces
35 Adelaide, Aus
35 Adelaide, Aus
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Anyone who still treats Edward Snowden with anything other than withering contempt is a mark
this is getting some traction on the other place, but might as well bring it over here
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Anyone who still treats Edward Snowden with anything other than withering contempt is a mark
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So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this
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Saddened by the demise of the national guardsman, the president spent whole of yesterday golfing. 😭
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Saddened by the demise of the national guardsman, the president spent whole of yesterday golfing. 😭
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in the emergency room for a snake bite and they rush in a camel to watch The Notebook
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
in the emergency room for a snake bite and they rush in a camel to watch The Notebook
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honestly this isn't as weird-when-you-think-about-it as Bacchus showing up (under the command of Aslan) in Prince Caspian.
What about Santa, he randomly shows up in the first movie?
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
honestly this isn't as weird-when-you-think-about-it as Bacchus showing up (under the command of Aslan) in Prince Caspian.
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it's important for children to learn about deep time, the inevitability of loss, and the end of all things.
If you loved THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, then you'll love its action-packed sequel, PRINCE CASPIAN! The Pevensie children are back, even Edmund, but what about all your favorite friends: Mr. Tumnus, the Beavers, the friendly giant? Well, they've been dead for a thousand years. Sorry.
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
it's important for children to learn about deep time, the inevitability of loss, and the end of all things.
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This is as vile as it gets and if you still think he’s on anyone’s side but his own you’re probably as vile as he is.
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This is as vile as it gets and if you still think he’s on anyone’s side but his own you’re probably as vile as he is.
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Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
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I tried cooling the apple pie on my windowsill yesterday and a hobo stole it.
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I tried cooling the apple pie on my windowsill yesterday and a hobo stole it.
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just a reminder that the current best explanation for why this was necessarily or desirable is that the President wanted to see some video of it
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
just a reminder that the current best explanation for why this was necessarily or desirable is that the President wanted to see some video of it
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if the New York Times covers it at all the headline will be “Is Tim Walz ‘Retarded’? The Truth Isn’t So Simple”
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
if the New York Times covers it at all the headline will be “Is Tim Walz ‘Retarded’? The Truth Isn’t So Simple”
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There is literally no reason for the military to be in D.C.
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
There is literally no reason for the military to be in D.C.
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the fact that the news media isn't blasting across every front page of the country how completely unhinged the president is on a 24/7/365 basis, tells me that the news media is completely complicit in Trump's regime.
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
the fact that the news media isn't blasting across every front page of the country how completely unhinged the president is on a 24/7/365 basis, tells me that the news media is completely complicit in Trump's regime.
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Disgusting. Truly. Absolutely incredible how obvious of a ratfucking job the media engaged in against Biden.
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Disgusting. Truly. Absolutely incredible how obvious of a ratfucking job the media engaged in against Biden.
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1. Wanting to ban all immigrants from poor countries
2. Using a slur randomly
3. Irrationally getting violent/threats of violence
You gotta hand it to Trump, he really is a true American President on Thanksgiving Day
2. Using a slur randomly
3. Irrationally getting violent/threats of violence
You gotta hand it to Trump, he really is a true American President on Thanksgiving Day
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 AM
1. Wanting to ban all immigrants from poor countries
2. Using a slur randomly
3. Irrationally getting violent/threats of violence
You gotta hand it to Trump, he really is a true American President on Thanksgiving Day
2. Using a slur randomly
3. Irrationally getting violent/threats of violence
You gotta hand it to Trump, he really is a true American President on Thanksgiving Day
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Four of Trump's five children have an immigrant mother, and the one who doesn't is married to the son of two immigrants.
Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Four of Trump's five children have an immigrant mother, and the one who doesn't is married to the son of two immigrants.
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Del Toro really had them turn to the camera and say, "actually, Victor, you're the real monster"
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Del Toro really had them turn to the camera and say, "actually, Victor, you're the real monster"
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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A lot of you will be quick to point the finger at the 2016 US elections but this was a more general soft power initiative and other goals included justifying the Annexation of Crimea, the War in Donbas, and the Russian intervention in the Syrian Civil War
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
A lot of you will be quick to point the finger at the 2016 US elections but this was a more general soft power initiative and other goals included justifying the Annexation of Crimea, the War in Donbas, and the Russian intervention in the Syrian Civil War
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Rania Khalek, Ben Norton, and even Max Blumenthal were at least notionally anti-Assad prior to 2015 (I know some of you have screenshots of this) but immediately following that event they changed their tune and became part of Russia's massive propaganda blitz that kicked into high gear in 2016
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Rania Khalek, Ben Norton, and even Max Blumenthal were at least notionally anti-Assad prior to 2015 (I know some of you have screenshots of this) but immediately following that event they changed their tune and became part of Russia's massive propaganda blitz that kicked into high gear in 2016
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When 1 of my Greek grandfathers immigrated to America as a kid with his mom, they ran a small lunch counter in Cambridge, Maryland in the 1920s. The KKK destroyed their restaurant & forced them to leave town. But later, they opened another restaurant & those racist losers had to hide in the shadows.
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
When 1 of my Greek grandfathers immigrated to America as a kid with his mom, they ran a small lunch counter in Cambridge, Maryland in the 1920s. The KKK destroyed their restaurant & forced them to leave town. But later, they opened another restaurant & those racist losers had to hide in the shadows.
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Vox looked at this farcical profile looking into Trump's deep soul, and the one about how his marginally older opponent was a cold-handed zombie, found out that she was sending graphic nudes to a guy angling for a job in the Trump administration, and quickly concluded "seems totally on the level"
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Vox looked at this farcical profile looking into Trump's deep soul, and the one about how his marginally older opponent was a cold-handed zombie, found out that she was sending graphic nudes to a guy angling for a job in the Trump administration, and quickly concluded "seems totally on the level"
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strange. I was informed that after his brush with death last year, Donald Trump had become more serious, self-reflective, & even spiritual.
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
strange. I was informed that after his brush with death last year, Donald Trump had become more serious, self-reflective, & even spiritual.
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But he also likes the attention and the Whitehouse press thinks it is all pro-wrestling
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
But he also likes the attention and the Whitehouse press thinks it is all pro-wrestling