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M.A. in United States political history. Another end of the world is possible. Admin, Unnamed Leftist Gaming Discord https://discord.gg/sK7BNjXfXv.

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I think about this take more often than I'd like to.

04.03.2026 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2184    πŸ” 561    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

restaurant manager: hey so, sorry to bother you, but is that a service animal? it's just, we have a policy-

jabba the hutt: je wonna wonga, bazda wahota shonga

salacious b crumb: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

restaurant manager: ah. ok. cool

04.02.2026 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1158    πŸ” 211    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

so the reason "puppies need routine" is that if they miss their nap windows they become screaming land sharks

04.03.2026 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it's so cool that it looks like our best chance to dump this corrupt right wing asshole (Cuellar) was thwarted by nancy fucking pelosi

04.03.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The next time I see a criticism of the (US) anti-imperialist left that doesn't amount to "oh what do you think we should have done instead? not make things worse? you must be pro bad guys" will be the first time.

04.03.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"The CIA conspired to make me less cool than I was when I was 25" is the most succinct Gen X manifesto I've ever heard

04.03.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6151    πŸ” 1267    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 60

we appear to have four competing fascist movements jockeying for control: blood & soil nazism under miller and hegseth, darwinian ecofascism from rfk, technofascism under vance and musk, and one Big Wet Hitler who understands the true animating core of the american volk is a deep love for shopping

03.03.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7313    πŸ” 1750    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 62

current normal puppy issues: in a negative feedback loop of not finishing her business and not sleeping, so driving herself insane

03.03.2026 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I think the thing that makes me so mad is the author of that essay is a NYPost writer who consistently rags on gender affirming care for trans people, while I know for a fact The Atlantic would never run an essay entitled β€œThe Years I Lost Not Transitioning Sooner.”

03.03.2026 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/gary...

03.03.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about how I looked into the theory of thermostatic public opinion a few months ago, felt exasperated that it’s based on a single journal article from 1995. The author of the short piece that I read about it posted today that AI can do his job better than he. Just thinking about that

03.03.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Will Trump risk the Iranians sinking a US Navy ship to protect oil prices? If so, they're already calling it Operation No Subtext.

03.03.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

chemicals yeah for sure

03.03.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There goes that. It had a good 2 hour run.

03.03.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 753    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 59

why would you ruin perfectly good tap water with electric

03.03.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

ive had like a dozen sodas in my 40 years, im not a soft drink guy. similarly sparkling water is the worst invention ever, im with jd vance on that one.

03.03.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

id struggle with this more than the beer or huge piles of mcdonalds prompts tbh

03.03.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I fully believe Hegseth has it in him to lose an entire ship, up to and including an aircraft carrier, and more importantly I think there's no one in the White House who would argue against risking it

03.03.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 312    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
table showing NYS has enforced anti-discrimination law to ensure trans youth healthcare access while MA has not

table showing NYS has enforced anti-discrimination law to ensure trans youth healthcare access while MA has not

what are you waiting for, @massago.bsky.social? trans youth across the state need action now

03.03.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it means people should not interpret polls for a living

03.03.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Tapas" is now to be called "Freedom Apps" bsky.app/profile/fint...

03.03.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Watched it, it's really bad, I'll maybe do a thread later so you don't have to.

Brett's purpose here is to sell the war, Colbert asks no difficult questions and does not follow up on anything, and it ends with Colbert offering himself up to lead Iran as a laugh line.

03.03.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

just to get out ahead of any "what do you mean we" commentary. we produce guys like this in greater numbers than any civilization in history. there is currently no plan whatsoever to stop making guys. we should have a plan. we need to hobble these guys with crippling taxes and restrict their rights

03.03.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1266    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 10

It's like a degraded version of Resistance Democrats retweeting David Frum making some banal and obvious anti-Trump point in 2018, when there's a billion less cursed people they could have echoed.

03.03.2026 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
In which I reply to someone with a blacked out name that they are missing the joke and they inform me that in-jokes are virtue signals β€œused often by the far right.”

Kinda want to frame it.

In which I reply to someone with a blacked out name that they are missing the joke and they inform me that in-jokes are virtue signals β€œused often by the far right.” Kinda want to frame it.

And they keep saying Bluesky doesn’t have the juice…

02.03.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4537    πŸ” 481    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 39

I assume this is correct, we're a country that has 3,000 M1 Abrams tanks parked in the desert or whatever, but also I'm not sure if we make "medium and upper medium grade" interceptors that actually work. Which means the war would be politically untenable regionally well before we run out of bombs?

03.03.2026 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Personally I think it's funny that a bunch of young men signed up to kill foreigners for material gain only to find out their superior officers were religious nutjobs reaching spiritual ecstasy at the idea of throwing their lives away

03.03.2026 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 213    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

They still have to move the guys

03.03.2026 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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peggy flanagan’s campaign manager on twitter reporting that angie craig is down 13 points in the minnesota senate primary with 75% of voters saying that her vote for the laken riley act is disqualifying, which would certainly explain her suddenly apologizing for it just days after standing by it

03.03.2026 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 562    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 14