Dan with Kerosene
@dancraw.bsky.social
Dissident.
Something to do.
Something to do.
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Large men screaming and punching each other to the tune of poorly compressed power metal is the peak of literature.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Large men screaming and punching each other to the tune of poorly compressed power metal is the peak of literature.
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"Orwell emphasizes the totalizing power of Big Brother and the seamlessness of historical revisionism. But Trump, unfortunately for him, does not have anywhere near this level of influence or power, even with the aid of the lickspittles at the Reagan Foundation."
1984, Idiocracy version
Trump is like Big Brother if Big Brother were an incompetent buffoon.
www.publicnotice.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Orwell emphasizes the totalizing power of Big Brother and the seamlessness of historical revisionism. But Trump, unfortunately for him, does not have anywhere near this level of influence or power, even with the aid of the lickspittles at the Reagan Foundation."
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Breaking News: U.S. inflation edged higher in September, rising 3% from a year ago, according to data released belatedly because of the government shutdown.
CPI Report Live Updates: Inflation Edged Higher in September
The Consumer Price Index rose 3 percent from a year earlier, accelerating slightly from the previous month. The report was delayed because of the government shutdown.
nyti.ms
October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Breaking News: U.S. inflation edged higher in September, rising 3% from a year ago, according to data released belatedly because of the government shutdown.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The heritage mythology conservatives are spinning is historically delusional, Leighton Woodhouse writes in a guest essay. “Americans have never been ‘a group of people with a shared history.’”
The heritage mythology conservatives are spinning is historically delusional, Leighton Woodhouse writes in a guest essay. “Americans have never been ‘a group of people with a shared history.’”
Opinion | The Right-Wing Myth of American Heritage
The United States isn’t exceptional because of our common culture; it’s exceptional because Americans have been able to cohere despite cultures that set us apart.
nyti.ms
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The heritage mythology conservatives are spinning is historically delusional, Leighton Woodhouse writes in a guest essay. “Americans have never been ‘a group of people with a shared history.’”
The heritage mythology conservatives are spinning is historically delusional, Leighton Woodhouse writes in a guest essay. “Americans have never been ‘a group of people with a shared history.’”
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You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.
September 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.
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What the Bible missed in translation from a story of David and Goliath, was that Goliath chain-smoked Lucky Strikes.
September 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
What the Bible missed in translation from a story of David and Goliath, was that Goliath chain-smoked Lucky Strikes.
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The reaction to Kirk’s murder on the right is a reminder that Republicans are the most bad faith people on the face of the planet.
September 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The reaction to Kirk’s murder on the right is a reminder that Republicans are the most bad faith people on the face of the planet.
These Maga freak lawmakers are looking more and more like characters from Deliverance and The Hills Have Eyes.
August 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
These Maga freak lawmakers are looking more and more like characters from Deliverance and The Hills Have Eyes.
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ITS FLAT FUCK FRIDAY
ROLL THE CLIP
ROLL THE CLIP
August 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ITS FLAT FUCK FRIDAY
ROLL THE CLIP
ROLL THE CLIP
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“I feel a troubling kind of opacity in my brain lately—as if reality were becoming illegible, as if language were a vessel with holes in the bottom and meaning was leaking all over the floor.” Jia Tolentino writes about how the internet broke her brain.
My Brain Finally Broke
Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.
www.newyorker.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“I feel a troubling kind of opacity in my brain lately—as if reality were becoming illegible, as if language were a vessel with holes in the bottom and meaning was leaking all over the floor.” Jia Tolentino writes about how the internet broke her brain.
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Earworms — or “involuntary musical imagery” in psychological parlance — are strange creatures that can drive us crazy, but scientists are mapping out their taxonomy, why some songs are catchier than others and how to de-worm yourself.
Why catchy songs get stuck in your head (and how to stop it)
Scientists studying earworms say they tend to be faster, simple, short and repetitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Earworms — or “involuntary musical imagery” in psychological parlance — are strange creatures that can drive us crazy, but scientists are mapping out their taxonomy, why some songs are catchier than others and how to de-worm yourself.
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I understand why the algorithm thinks I’m gay, I guesss. But why does it also think I’m a furry?
April 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I understand why the algorithm thinks I’m gay, I guesss. But why does it also think I’m a furry?
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“We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves.”
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves.”
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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US consumers are feeling worse about the economy than at any time during the Great Recession cnn.it/4cx3uE7
April 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
US consumers are feeling worse about the economy than at any time during the Great Recession cnn.it/4cx3uE7
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
This. There are only so many unsolicited dick pics I can see before I just delete this app. I signed up for the metaphorical circle jerk, not a real one.
yo @bsky.app get your content moderation together, this is beyond ridiculous
April 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This. There are only so many unsolicited dick pics I can see before I just delete this app. I signed up for the metaphorical circle jerk, not a real one.
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The Trump administration has cut funding that went to thousands of small farms, including many in Ohio, while it’s also expediting $10 billion in direct payments to commodity farmers, some of the nation’s biggest operators.
USDA cuts hit small farms as Trump showers billions on big farms • Ohio Capital Journal
The Trump administration has cut funding that went to thousands of small farms, including many in Ohio, while it’s also expediting $10 billion in direct payments to commodity farmers, some of the…
buff.ly
April 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Trump administration has cut funding that went to thousands of small farms, including many in Ohio, while it’s also expediting $10 billion in direct payments to commodity farmers, some of the nation’s biggest operators.
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Yet another American child shot and killed by Israel. The US president will meet with the Israeli prime minister in DC today. Not a word will be said about this killing.
America First!
America First!
Palestinian American teen shot dead by Israeli soldiers in West Bank, official says | CNN
Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian American teenager and wounded two others in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to Palestinian officials.
www.cnn.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Yet another American child shot and killed by Israel. The US president will meet with the Israeli prime minister in DC today. Not a word will be said about this killing.
America First!
America First!
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Retirees and disabled people are facing chronic website outages and other access problems as they attempt to log in to their online Social Security accounts, even as they are being directed to do more of their business with the agency online.
Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff
The worsening problems come as Elon Musk’s DOGE team pushes for more cuts at the agency, including in the department that oversees the website.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Retirees and disabled people are facing chronic website outages and other access problems as they attempt to log in to their online Social Security accounts, even as they are being directed to do more of their business with the agency online.