@llcooljiv.bsky.social
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"It would be good if all the general and flag officers present could quietly agree ahead of time not to let themselves be used as pawns for political purposes." This is really not too much to ask. In fact, it's a bare minimum for a liberal democracy. www.thebulwark.com/p/remember-t...
Remember: They Are Not His Generals.
Tomorrow’s gathering of hundreds of general and flag officers has an ominous tone about it. Attendees should go in prepared.
www.thebulwark.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"It would be good if all the general and flag officers present could quietly agree ahead of time not to let themselves be used as pawns for political purposes." This is really not too much to ask. In fact, it's a bare minimum for a liberal democracy. www.thebulwark.com/p/remember-t...
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We're living in a nation ruled by a confederacy of losers. My latest for @thenation.com:
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
We’re Being Ruled Over by the World’s Biggest Losers
They effectively control our fates, but deep down, they know they’re sniveling, pathetic, and inadequate, and it eats them up.
www.thenation.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We're living in a nation ruled by a confederacy of losers. My latest for @thenation.com:
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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resolved: sandwiches taste better when cut diagonally
September 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
resolved: sandwiches taste better when cut diagonally
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This is what unity looks like.
September 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is what unity looks like.
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No matter what this meeting is about, Pete will always be a National Guardsman assigned to a Civil Affairs unit who got a bunch of crusader tattoos in his 40s because he wants you to think he's a cool, war-criming operator instead of an extremely online wife-beating loser
September 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No matter what this meeting is about, Pete will always be a National Guardsman assigned to a Civil Affairs unit who got a bunch of crusader tattoos in his 40s because he wants you to think he's a cool, war-criming operator instead of an extremely online wife-beating loser
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I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol.
Not because of vaccines.
Not because of some headline.
I’m autistic because that’s how
my brain works. Stop treating us
like a problem. Start listening to us.
Not because of vaccines.
Not because of some headline.
I’m autistic because that’s how
my brain works. Stop treating us
like a problem. Start listening to us.
September 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol.
Not because of vaccines.
Not because of some headline.
I’m autistic because that’s how
my brain works. Stop treating us
like a problem. Start listening to us.
Not because of vaccines.
Not because of some headline.
I’m autistic because that’s how
my brain works. Stop treating us
like a problem. Start listening to us.
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President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
September 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”
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A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
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it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
Lovely.
Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Lovely.
It’s true tho.
*nervous laughter from those in attendance*
Trump: “Smart people don’t like me”
September 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It’s true tho.
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Charlie Kirk WILL be remembered like MLK: Completely misinterpreted and misremembered by conservative white people to browbeat others into "decorum"
September 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Charlie Kirk WILL be remembered like MLK: Completely misinterpreted and misremembered by conservative white people to browbeat others into "decorum"
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wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
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This picture I just took of Peter Buck might be the best concert pic I’ve ever taken with a phone.
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This picture I just took of Peter Buck might be the best concert pic I’ve ever taken with a phone.
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“You think that you need to learn better communication skills but that’s not the problem. If a person really wants to understand you it doesn’t matter how you say it, and if somebody doesn’t wanna understand you, it doesn’t matter how you say it.”
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“You think that you need to learn better communication skills but that’s not the problem. If a person really wants to understand you it doesn’t matter how you say it, and if somebody doesn’t wanna understand you, it doesn’t matter how you say it.”
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GOP greatly overestimates the number of fucks GenX and younger give about Bill Clinton.
September 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
GOP greatly overestimates the number of fucks GenX and younger give about Bill Clinton.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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This hits harder than when I saw this movie the first time.
#CaptainAmerica
#CaptainAmerica
September 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This hits harder than when I saw this movie the first time.
#CaptainAmerica
#CaptainAmerica
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#OTD, 8 years ago, we lost Steely Dan co-founder, bassist-guitarist Walter Becker. He was the sensible half, the man with the dry grin and the sharper ear. Walter Becker co-wrote the songs and cast the players… Spin “Aja,” chase it with “Deacon Blues,” and raise a glass to the quiet architect.
September 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#OTD, 8 years ago, we lost Steely Dan co-founder, bassist-guitarist Walter Becker. He was the sensible half, the man with the dry grin and the sharper ear. Walter Becker co-wrote the songs and cast the players… Spin “Aja,” chase it with “Deacon Blues,” and raise a glass to the quiet architect.
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as i get older, i find myself more and more comfortable putting myself in situations that are uncomfortable. putting myself in a place where i need to exercise a muscle to get myself right. where i'm confronted with the grooves i've allowed myself to be caught in and make the choice to change
September 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
as i get older, i find myself more and more comfortable putting myself in situations that are uncomfortable. putting myself in a place where i need to exercise a muscle to get myself right. where i'm confronted with the grooves i've allowed myself to be caught in and make the choice to change
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Welch: As someone who lives in a red state, let me just tell you what MAGA supermajorities get you. We're 50th in education. The worst in the whole country for women to live. We're poorer, worst health care. And if you look at the bottom ten states, they are all MAGA supermajorities.
August 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Welch: As someone who lives in a red state, let me just tell you what MAGA supermajorities get you. We're 50th in education. The worst in the whole country for women to live. We're poorer, worst health care. And if you look at the bottom ten states, they are all MAGA supermajorities.
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smart people who disagree with you but are fun to talk to anyway are a precious resource
August 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
smart people who disagree with you but are fun to talk to anyway are a precious resource
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