Jeff
@themiddlewest.bsky.social
NE -> East Coast. Progressive politics and college football. Nebraska forever.
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There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
My most used words in 2025. On brand
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My most used words in 2025. On brand
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File under "charts that need no explanatory context to make the story clear" wapo.st/4iC8oCR
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
File under "charts that need no explanatory context to make the story clear" wapo.st/4iC8oCR
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Putin is a far more successful manipulator of Western psychology than he is a conqueror of Ukrainian defensive positions share.google/t4tDq7zXBj7o...
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Putin is a far more successful manipulator of Western psychology than he is a conqueror of Ukrainian defensive positions share.google/t4tDq7zXBj7o...
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"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
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i think we should chase these people through the streets
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
i think we should chase these people through the streets
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These people desperately needed to get into art, music, theater, literature, film--fucking *anything* in the humanities, because this shit barely qualifies as human.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
These people desperately needed to get into art, music, theater, literature, film--fucking *anything* in the humanities, because this shit barely qualifies as human.
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
“Drivers are not psychopaths”
This is how I can tell you don’t live here
This is how I can tell you don’t live here
DC is nice, man. the bike lanes are coming along, Metro is pretty good, drivers are not psychopaths, etc. miss this place
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“Drivers are not psychopaths”
This is how I can tell you don’t live here
This is how I can tell you don’t live here
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
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There are men out there being told that THIS is why women don’t want to have sex with them, and that is very sad.
Yes where else could men possibly receive this scorching insight
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There are men out there being told that THIS is why women don’t want to have sex with them, and that is very sad.
C’mon, man. This is an easy catch
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
C’mon, man. This is an easy catch
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i think the financial incentive to bait people into engaging with dogshit is a big part of how we got where we are.
Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Review: Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Political journalist Olivia Nuzzi has dazzled the media with scandals, but her prose is less sparkling. Her much-anticipated new memoir is rife with arrogance and thin on sourcing.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
i think the financial incentive to bait people into engaging with dogshit is a big part of how we got where we are.
That’s how you end up with Bill Callahan
He appears in every Penn State comment section as "guy they'll just settle for if they can't land a current head coach." What happens to comment sections if even the Settle For guy is gone
USF is targeting Ohio State OC Brian Hartline as the Bulls' next head coach, @ChrisVannini and I can report.
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
That’s how you end up with Bill Callahan
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Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post are at it again.
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post are at it again.
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the amount of time and energy spent pretending the avatar movies are interesting is endlessly amazing
Avatar: Fire and Ash First Reactions: An Epic, Immersive, Visual Feast that Must Be Seen in Theaters
Critics on social media say the latest installment is bigger, darker, and more moving that the previous two films, even if it sometimes feels too familiar.
editorial.rottentomatoes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
the amount of time and energy spent pretending the avatar movies are interesting is endlessly amazing
It’s been a fine upbeat year, why do you ask
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It’s been a fine upbeat year, why do you ask
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Every single study about giving people money yields these results.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Every single study about giving people money yields these results.
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Usually the Defenders of the Tardy (a little known religious order) cite the variance among people's internal clocks. I'd take that argument more seriously if we did not have actual clocks literally everywhere.
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Usually the Defenders of the Tardy (a little known religious order) cite the variance among people's internal clocks. I'd take that argument more seriously if we did not have actual clocks literally everywhere.
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These headlines kill me, especially because of all the other headlines saying that Gen Z is blowing all their money on little treats.
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
These headlines kill me, especially because of all the other headlines saying that Gen Z is blowing all their money on little treats.
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One of the country's biggest problems is that there currently is no ceiling!
The biggest problem with "Strong Floor, No Ceiling," besides being structurally unsound, is the enemy it identifies.
It’s whoever is trying to put “a ceiling” on the top-earning Americans.
That should be the Democratic Party. It's a slogan that runs against its own party base!
It’s whoever is trying to put “a ceiling” on the top-earning Americans.
That should be the Democratic Party. It's a slogan that runs against its own party base!
It’s time to start the 2028 primary and step over this donor-coddling "Strong Floor, No Ceiling" nonsense.
For @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com's @theframelab.bsky.social, I wrote about why DC Dems won't appeal beyond the donor base.
There's another way to put an expiration point on Trumpism.
For @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com's @theframelab.bsky.social, I wrote about why DC Dems won't appeal beyond the donor base.
There's another way to put an expiration point on Trumpism.
December 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
One of the country's biggest problems is that there currently is no ceiling!
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Gender criticals: "Listen to women! Unless you're Girlguides or the Women's Institute or you disagree with the male judge who wrote this decision or if you don't 'look like a woman' or if you're a trans man because then you're definitely a man."
Everyone will suffer from this madness. Everyone.
Everyone will suffer from this madness. Everyone.
December 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender criticals: "Listen to women! Unless you're Girlguides or the Women's Institute or you disagree with the male judge who wrote this decision or if you don't 'look like a woman' or if you're a trans man because then you're definitely a man."
Everyone will suffer from this madness. Everyone.
Everyone will suffer from this madness. Everyone.
DC wheatpasters are undefeated
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
DC wheatpasters are undefeated