@theotherpenn.bsky.social
Tabletop gamer, SCA member, old nerd.
Literally shaking. Absolute monsters. DHS's Secretary Noem reassigned agents away from saving a child rape victim and arresting the depraved rapists and traffickers because she's obsessed with Trump's effort to stop immigrants from "poisoning the blood" of the nation.
17.11.2025 16:29 — 👍 238 🔁 97 💬 7 📌 11Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
17.11.2025 04:53 — 👍 12481 🔁 2685 💬 129 📌 85Good girl. :)
17.11.2025 04:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0DHS was an unnecessary agency created to be a more racist Customs and Border Protection agency.
ICE was an unnecesary agency created to be a more racist Customs and Border Protection agency.
Both are completely unnecessary.
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16.11.2025 23:20 — 👍 23 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0We saw you almost win the first giveaway. :)
15.11.2025 02:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I will be spending my next week watching this, as is tradition.
14.11.2025 23:19 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Google spent 2 decades training people to trust the results it gives, and then threw that all away in 2 years with AI.
Now it lies all the time.
A four-panel meme from Star Wars Episode II showing Padmé and Anakin in a meadow. Anakin says the opposition has been taken over by extremists. Padmé smiles and asks if he will pass proportional representation so they cannot win a majority with only 40 percent of the vote, then looks concerned when he does not answer.
Politicians love to warn that the other side has a radical agenda. Yet, they don't seem too concerned that first past the post means they can win a majority with less than 40% of the vote.
Fear alone will not fix democracy. Proportional representation will.
Given the new Canadian federal budget, Trudeau isn't looking so bad after all, is he?
10.11.2025 23:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
One thing that strikes me is just how fake all of our problems related to government are
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
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And to spice it up just a little bit, I will match the first 100 donations of $5USD exactly that are made before the start of the run. Obviously it’ll be great if we get more, but I figure that’s likely what my goof would have cost me 😃.
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I just realized listening to speeches that over 1% of New York City residents volunteered for Mamdani’s campaign, which is WILD.
05.11.2025 04:19 — 👍 68 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0I read a good book.
03.11.2025 15:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Is chemistry a valid science?
That is a fantastic costume. :)
01.11.2025 00:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It was capitalism all along!
01.11.2025 00:52 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The best thing about Bluesky for me is that it shows me the things I am subscribed to and not the things I am not subscribed to.
If they ramp up the algorithm with this supposed 'dislike' button I may have to seriously reconsider being here.
This time his promises will be the BIGGEST EVER!!!
31.10.2025 00:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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One plus one equals one.
I mean, if you defended the guy and then discovered the Nazi stuff that's fine, as long as you stop at that point. Unlike fanatics, sensible people re-evaluate with new information.
Also, even if it was an honest mistake, do you really want a candidate known as the Nazi tattoo guy?
Demolishing all buildings and converting the entire surface of the US into an unbroken paved surface could provide US road and parking needs until at least Q4 2028. Why, then, do legislatures hesitate?
23.10.2025 22:07 — 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 01: As soon as the US Congress comes back, it will trigger the revelation of the Epstein documents.
2: There is no legal deadline for when Congress must come back into session.
Conclusion: It will never happen. The US government is done, because it is hurting the feelings of the rich.
Prove me wrong.
"Your kid needs an updated dental form ASAP. So if you can fax that over or bring it to pick-up, that would be fantastic. I am asking you and not your husband because you are a master ace of paper and fluoride and knowing your kid’s birthdate and not because you’re female."
21.10.2025 13:30 — 👍 82 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 6Netanyahu continued the one-sided war of extermination? This is my shocked face.😐
19.10.2025 00:18 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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17.10.2025 23:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Electric Callboy.
15.10.2025 22:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest
Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)
Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion
