@derpgently.bsky.social
Meat Popsicle, player of games, reader of books, jaded optimist.
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We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
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According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
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They want Dems to become Republican because Republicans became Nazis.
August 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
They want Dems to become Republican because Republicans became Nazis.
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
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He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
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ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻
July 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻
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RT=endorsement
From "Newsrooms Need to Get Tougher on All That Lying" by Richard Tofel. dicktofel.substack.com/p/newsrooms-...
July 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
RT=endorsement
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Here's Willie & Joe from Stripes' WWII archives by award-winning illustrator Bill Mauldin ✍
July 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here's Willie & Joe from Stripes' WWII archives by award-winning illustrator Bill Mauldin ✍
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> "humans need to argue"
> I can't do that on bsky, somehow
I feel like saying "skill issue" here would be like standing at the shore of the mighty Pacific, firstborn and heir of Panthalassa the World Ocean, as the waves heave and crash, and going "bit damp"
> I can't do that on bsky, somehow
I feel like saying "skill issue" here would be like standing at the shore of the mighty Pacific, firstborn and heir of Panthalassa the World Ocean, as the waves heave and crash, and going "bit damp"
July 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
> "humans need to argue"
> I can't do that on bsky, somehow
I feel like saying "skill issue" here would be like standing at the shore of the mighty Pacific, firstborn and heir of Panthalassa the World Ocean, as the waves heave and crash, and going "bit damp"
> I can't do that on bsky, somehow
I feel like saying "skill issue" here would be like standing at the shore of the mighty Pacific, firstborn and heir of Panthalassa the World Ocean, as the waves heave and crash, and going "bit damp"
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Today, USAID shuts down.
Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.
Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.
This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.
Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.
This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
July 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today, USAID shuts down.
Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.
Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.
This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.
Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.
This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
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Consentagenarians
June 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Consentagenarians
One of the things I haven't seen mentioned in the discussion re: Trump admin's use of Marines/NG is that they want the military complicit and compliant.
June 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
One of the things I haven't seen mentioned in the discussion re: Trump admin's use of Marines/NG is that they want the military complicit and compliant.
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More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
June 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
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When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
June 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
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Another pro wrestler with better politics and a more clearly articulated moral stance than 99.9% of elected officials
Brody King shared a post about what is happening in LA right now on Instagram. #AEW 🤼
June 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Another pro wrestler with better politics and a more clearly articulated moral stance than 99.9% of elected officials
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This is what people should read to get a basic summary of the protests in LA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Los Angeles protests: from immigration raids to sending in the marines – a visual timeline
The Trump administration’s immigration raids in the California city prompted mostly peaceful protests, which escalated when the president sent in the national guard – and then the US marines
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is what people should read to get a basic summary of the protests in LA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Seth gets it
June 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Seth gets it
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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Rewording my earlier post.
RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress.
I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good.
If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?
RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress.
I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good.
If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?
June 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Rewording my earlier post.
RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress.
I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good.
If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?
RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress.
I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good.
If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?
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@governor.ca.gov @lacity.bsky.social she was just trying/asking to go to her apartment. Shot at point blank range. Nothing says "to protect and serve" like firing on a girl at point blank range.
June 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
@governor.ca.gov @lacity.bsky.social she was just trying/asking to go to her apartment. Shot at point blank range. Nothing says "to protect and serve" like firing on a girl at point blank range.
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@mayor.lacity.gov What in the fuck are your police doing?
@governor.ca.gov
@LAPD
Fire that monster immediately.
@governor.ca.gov
@LAPD
Fire that monster immediately.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
@mayor.lacity.gov What in the fuck are your police doing?
@governor.ca.gov
@LAPD
Fire that monster immediately.
@governor.ca.gov
@LAPD
Fire that monster immediately.
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BREAKING: Police were CAUGHT ON CAMERA destroying their own squad cars to frame protestors — and your government still calls them “heroes.”
Nah. These are operatives running psychological warfare against the public.
This is fascism in plain sight.
Nah. These are operatives running psychological warfare against the public.
This is fascism in plain sight.
June 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
BREAKING: Police were CAUGHT ON CAMERA destroying their own squad cars to frame protestors — and your government still calls them “heroes.”
Nah. These are operatives running psychological warfare against the public.
This is fascism in plain sight.
Nah. These are operatives running psychological warfare against the public.
This is fascism in plain sight.
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I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
June 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
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Really, fuck looters. If you use legitimate civil grievance to steal shit, you are at best a nihilist.
If "violence" means throwing a tear gas canister back at police then I can defend that, but if "violence" means robbing the local small businesses then eat shit.
If "violence" means throwing a tear gas canister back at police then I can defend that, but if "violence" means robbing the local small businesses then eat shit.
June 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Really, fuck looters. If you use legitimate civil grievance to steal shit, you are at best a nihilist.
If "violence" means throwing a tear gas canister back at police then I can defend that, but if "violence" means robbing the local small businesses then eat shit.
If "violence" means throwing a tear gas canister back at police then I can defend that, but if "violence" means robbing the local small businesses then eat shit.