Opinion | The Sweeney ad 'controversy' is cancel-culture bait β Democrats beware
The Sweeney/American Eagle ad discourse offers Republicans a familiar line of attack on well-worn culture war grounds.
For @msnbc.com I wrote about the Sydney Sweeney ad and how tired I am of everyone ascribing every little social media comment from a left leaning person as an official position of the Democratic Party.
(Please read and share, I wrote this on my vacation this week)
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
04.08.2025 23:21 β π 163 π 27 π¬ 7 π 1
gonna take a moment away from doomposting to say that the Garbage cover of Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses fucking slaps
04.08.2025 21:08 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
PCA meteorologist Matt Taraldsen: "The fires that are burning in Canada are burning both above ground and below ground in the peat bogs, and they're not going to be put out by the time winter falls. So we're thinking that winter is going to be what finally puts them out."
04.08.2025 20:50 β π 16 π 7 π¬ 2 π 0
Love to stay inside for a week in the summer because we can't breathe out on our deck but at least it's a record??
04.08.2025 21:02 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Truly the Riley Gaines of war losers
04.08.2025 20:54 β π 33 π 4 π¬ 3 π 0
I think of this often when I'm selecting things for my writing students to read, and I often end up excerpting things so they don't feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of pages and ideas.
04.08.2025 20:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
your kid doesn't need a fucking online AI tutor, they need to sit in a classroom, ideally one where some kids are a little farther ahead than them and some are a little farther behind.
04.08.2025 18:12 β π 183 π 9 π¬ 8 π 2
Good christ. My neighborhood became a ghost town. Slumlords bought up so many houses too.
04.08.2025 03:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
it was basically un-buildable, because gehry's process is pretty much the Simpsons gag about balling up the piece of paper. After it was done there was a big brouhaha because the steel reflected the sun so much into surrounding apartments that i think those people might also have sued lol
04.08.2025 02:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I once had a document review job in a lawsuit between the company that built the Walt Disney Concert Hall, another Frank Gehry joint, and good god.
04.08.2025 01:57 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
this is an absolute twenty alarm fire and I just cannot bring myself to believe capital, in one way or another, isnβt going to reel him in on this.
we canβt have a real economy without the goddamn labor numbers. it just doesnβt work.
04.08.2025 01:03 β π 1983 π 349 π¬ 37 π 51
very dumb, very bad! @votealexlee.bsky.social, this is surrendering rather than taking a stand on principle. this is losing, not having integrity. Neville Chamberlain, not MLK.
03.08.2025 21:58 β π 364 π 29 π¬ 14 π 5
i'd take cigarettes any day
03.08.2025 21:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
my dad had two of the compaq luggables. wish i still had those.
03.08.2025 21:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
The very wonderful and talented Lara Trump, whose show is a big ratings success, put racist sleazebag Charlamagne "The God" (Why is he allowed to use the word "GOD" when describing himself? Can anyone imagine the uproar there would be if I used that nickname?). He's a Low IQ individual, has no idea what words are coming out of his mouth, and knows nothing about me or what I have done - like just ending 5 Wars, including a 31 year bloodbath between Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, where Seven Million people have died, and there was no end in sight.
He didn't know that, or India and Pakistan or, wiping out Iran's nuclear capabilities, or closing the horrendous open Border, or creating the greatest economy, where prices and Inflation have come way down, and where STUPID and CORRUPT JOE BIDEN set the record for doing the Worst Job as President, EVER. But this dope, Charlamagne, would vote for Sleepy Joe or Kamala? Remember, one year ago our Country was DEAD, now it's the "HOTTEST" Country anywhere in the World. MAGA!!!
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where did lara trump put charlamagne?
where did lara trump put charlamagne?
where did lara trump put charlamagne?
where did lara trump put charlamagne? where did lara trump put charlamagne?
where did lara trump put charlamagne?
WHERE DID LARA TRUMP PUT CHARLAMAGNE???
03.08.2025 10:36 β π 1702 π 240 π¬ 182 π 82
I remain baffled by his career β unfunny on SNL (where his biggest contribution was constantly breaking during sketches), bland as hell on late night, just a talentless suckup
02.08.2025 15:53 β π 2041 π 197 π¬ 211 π 23
It doesn't get much more John Roberts than the trajectory from "don't worry about us ruling preclearance unconstitutional when Section 2 remains in force" to "whoops, come to think of it Section 2 is also unconstitutional"
01.08.2025 21:57 β π 220 π 68 π¬ 11 π 1
Ian I am so mad at you for bringing this to my attention
01.08.2025 19:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Jones Day lol
30.07.2025 05:55 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
jesus lord
30.07.2025 05:50 β π 86 π 19 π¬ 2 π 1
The estate of Thomas Kinkade using their stewardship over these artifacts of evil for good
29.07.2025 21:12 β π 38 π 13 π¬ 4 π 1
seems about right. i haven't worn mine since we started having someone shovel for us in the winter lol
30.07.2025 05:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
not all heroes wear capes
30.07.2025 05:46 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
imagine appearing before the court and Bove tries to be a human and smiles like that. i'd be done for.
30.07.2025 05:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I have this automatic assumption all sorels are the giant moon boot type things every minnesotan has somewhere, even if we never wear them, and always forget that they have actual boots that look great
30.07.2025 05:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Oh jeez itβs even worse when he tries to smile
30.07.2025 05:27 β π 20 π 1 π¬ 4 π 0
absolutely just skin stretched tightly over a skull. stuff of nightmares
30.07.2025 05:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Rolling Dub Trio - Casper - Black Chromexcel
A thing of absolute beauty, the Casper Side Zip bootΒ in Oil Black from Rolling Dub Trio is made from a single piece of USA Horween Chromexcel leather that creates a beautiful seamless upper that sit ...
i wore them relentlessly for years until i decided to do the patina project, where you wear a pair of boots for 6 months straight and document how the leather ages. i am aware this is ridiculous and i do not care (plus the boots are dope. the teacore black wears away to brown underneath.)
30.07.2025 05:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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