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Shedeur Sanders has shown enough that it would now be officially funny if he leaves after his rookie deal is up
January 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Shedeur Sanders has shown enough that it would now be officially funny if he leaves after his rookie deal is up
Damn, you say you were in awe of our incredibly well funded military carrying out a kidnapping…would you also say you were shocked by it bsky.app/profile/kept...
the most braindead kind of take in these situations. we've had the unquestioned power to turn most countries into glass parking lots for most of our lifetimes. who on earth is still impressed by this?
January 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Damn, you say you were in awe of our incredibly well funded military carrying out a kidnapping…would you also say you were shocked by it bsky.app/profile/kept...
Rooting for Arsenal has been a real slog since Wenger hung it up (and was for much of the last few years before Wenger hung it up), which makes them being top of the league with a squad of world class players again all the weirder
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Rooting for Arsenal has been a real slog since Wenger hung it up (and was for much of the last few years before Wenger hung it up), which makes them being top of the league with a squad of world class players again all the weirder
The Jags have a quirked up white boy with the sauce, and thus are infinitely more dangerous bsky.app/profile/fant...
Cam Little bends in a 67-yard FG, the 2nd-longest in NFL history!
January 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
The Jags have a quirked up white boy with the sauce, and thus are infinitely more dangerous bsky.app/profile/fant...
The funny thing is if Hunter had just been smart enough to switch the Gunther result with the Styles result, people would be so much easier on the booking and say “he stuck the landing” and all that shit bsky.app/profile/murd...
The Cena retirement being a year long dud is really something when you see how easy and effective the Tanahashi one was. But sure, wwe is the storytelling company because guys talk during matches
January 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The funny thing is if Hunter had just been smart enough to switch the Gunther result with the Styles result, people would be so much easier on the booking and say “he stuck the landing” and all that shit bsky.app/profile/murd...
What are we on now, like state media rag #200 bsky.app/profile/news...
President Trump tells The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with US wishes. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump: Delcy Rodríguez Might Be Next
The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
What are we on now, like state media rag #200 bsky.app/profile/news...
I didn’t see those black Niners jerseys until this morning, and they shouldn’t have let that get off the designer’s tablet or whatever, let alone have the team wear them on national TV
January 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I didn’t see those black Niners jerseys until this morning, and they shouldn’t have let that get off the designer’s tablet or whatever, let alone have the team wear them on national TV
and this is with a full court press from the media on Day One, let’s see how it’s going in March when Trump has moved on to trying to bomb Nicaragua bsky.app/profile/usap...
Support For The US Running Venezuela:
All:
⚫ Oppose: 41%
🟢 Support: 34%
Support Among:
🔴 Republicans: 60%
⚪ Independents: 26%
🔵 Democrats: 16%
YouGov / Jan 3, 2026
All:
⚫ Oppose: 41%
🟢 Support: 34%
Support Among:
🔴 Republicans: 60%
⚪ Independents: 26%
🔵 Democrats: 16%
YouGov / Jan 3, 2026
January 4, 2026 at 2:26 AM
and this is with a full court press from the media on Day One, let’s see how it’s going in March when Trump has moved on to trying to bomb Nicaragua bsky.app/profile/usap...
but if they beat those teams, they wouldn’t be the Falcons bsky.app/profile/cele...
consider: if the Falcons had simply not lost to the Dolphins or Jets, they could be playing to WIN the division and not simply to decide it for someone else
January 4, 2026 at 12:57 AM
but if they beat those teams, they wouldn’t be the Falcons bsky.app/profile/cele...
they’re going to run into a problem, which is that unlike Iraq, which competent maniacs could semi-plausibly tie to 9/11, these incompetent maniacs can’t tie it to jack shit bsky.app/profile/eeho...
everyone on the tv wants you to know that this is good actually
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
they’re going to run into a problem, which is that unlike Iraq, which competent maniacs could semi-plausibly tie to 9/11, these incompetent maniacs can’t tie it to jack shit bsky.app/profile/eeho...
Now playing: Faust IV, in which Richard Branson gives a bunch of German goofballs the free reign to record an art rock classic that defies categorization
January 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Now playing: Faust IV, in which Richard Branson gives a bunch of German goofballs the free reign to record an art rock classic that defies categorization
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“He was a dictator” fat nazis in plate carriers abduct your neighbors from the parking lot of target and send them to gulags.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 PM
“He was a dictator” fat nazis in plate carriers abduct your neighbors from the parking lot of target and send them to gulags.
the world finally got to meet a famous Korean and was shocked to learn that not all of them love America unconditionally bsky.app/profile/ruem...
anyway PSY was right
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
the world finally got to meet a famous Korean and was shocked to learn that not all of them love America unconditionally bsky.app/profile/ruem...
Wordle ain’t worth it bsky.app/profile/pgou...
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
Mamdani Called Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Wordle ain’t worth it bsky.app/profile/pgou...
damn I really gotta watch this show, huh bsky.app/profile/matt...
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
damn I really gotta watch this show, huh bsky.app/profile/matt...
I’m only going to say this once: opening the door for widespread legal sports gambling led directly to this, and everyone who helped that push for the former needs to reckon with their role bsky.app/profile/peop...
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I’m only going to say this once: opening the door for widespread legal sports gambling led directly to this, and everyone who helped that push for the former needs to reckon with their role bsky.app/profile/peop...
As with everything else, it’s a combination of “this is so bad” and “can you imagine how much worse this would be if they were competent” bsky.app/profile/grav...
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
As with everything else, it’s a combination of “this is so bad” and “can you imagine how much worse this would be if they were competent” bsky.app/profile/grav...
fucking crying that he wanted the Situation Room photo but is at his Xanadu so they had to do this shit bsky.app/profile/pale...
Trump is posting a bunch of photos without captions, presumably of him watching the Maduro kidnapping.
Is this the inside of a SCIF at Mar-a-Lago or did they just toss up some pipe and drape?
Is this the inside of a SCIF at Mar-a-Lago or did they just toss up some pipe and drape?
January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
fucking crying that he wanted the Situation Room photo but is at his Xanadu so they had to do this shit bsky.app/profile/pale...
All right, I'm going back to the thing I was doing that involved me not being on here before I have an embolism. I am *not* going to be outlived by the President
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
All right, I'm going back to the thing I was doing that involved me not being on here before I have an embolism. I am *not* going to be outlived by the President
nerds like this: we must uphold the Constitution and the rule of law at all costs
also nerds like this: the Constitution and the rule of law can't help us now, whoopsy doodle bsky.app/profile/squo...
also nerds like this: the Constitution and the rule of law can't help us now, whoopsy doodle bsky.app/profile/squo...
I love you all and am holding your hand as I say this:
Dems wield zero hard power levers
Dems wield zero hard power levers
it's kind of crazy that there's even any question that democrats are going to do anything about this
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
nerds like this: we must uphold the Constitution and the rule of law at all costs
also nerds like this: the Constitution and the rule of law can't help us now, whoopsy doodle bsky.app/profile/squo...
also nerds like this: the Constitution and the rule of law can't help us now, whoopsy doodle bsky.app/profile/squo...
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Literally using the same language that Mario Savio ripped to shreds 60-plus years ago, but at least you're being a condescending dick about it
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Literally using the same language that Mario Savio ripped to shreds 60-plus years ago, but at least you're being a condescending dick about it
Reposted by A K
who gives a shit about power levers. if you don't even attempt to start the process of impeachment, the fuck is the point of anything. "step on me daddy. please rig the next election, daddy" bsky.app/profile/squo...
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
who gives a shit about power levers. if you don't even attempt to start the process of impeachment, the fuck is the point of anything. "step on me daddy. please rig the next election, daddy" bsky.app/profile/squo...
Very NYT to worry less about the total immorality about this and more that Xi might do this to, I dunno, Mongolia bsky.app/profile/rgoo...
"By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors."
NYT Editorial Board
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
NYT Editorial Board
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Very NYT to worry less about the total immorality about this and more that Xi might do this to, I dunno, Mongolia bsky.app/profile/rgoo...
I’m sure I’m naive, but given how incredibly unpopular war with Venezuela is, this might be the one time most Dems actually call this bad? They won’t DO anything, but it’d be nice if they didn’t let the Blob do their messaging on this one
January 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I’m sure I’m naive, but given how incredibly unpopular war with Venezuela is, this might be the one time most Dems actually call this bad? They won’t DO anything, but it’d be nice if they didn’t let the Blob do their messaging on this one
Replace “scientists” with “administration”
a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket says yeah yeah but your scientists were so preoccupied
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket says yeah yeah but your scientists were so preoccupied
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Replace “scientists” with “administration”