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Lost Mike
@lostmike.bsky.social
· Sep 24
"Defoe says, that there were a hundred thousand stout country-fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse."
- William Hazlitt, "On Prejudice"
- William Hazlitt, "On Prejudice"
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"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
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Reminds me of when MAGA chuds say things like: “Well, King XYZ married her when she was 16, it’s natural, that’s how life was then.” No, the highly inbred royal houses were freakish outliers from normal folks actually.
Polygamy, while permissible in conservative interpretations of Islam, is widely regarded as weird hillbilly shit throughout MENA and is rarely actually practiced, but expecting these boors to know that would require that they know anything about the world beyond their nose
JD Vance: "I don't know if you saw this media circulating on social media, but the president met the president of Syria, al-Sharaa, in the Oval Office a couple of days ago, and he asked him, 'How many wives do you have?' Heh heh heh heh heh! Haaaaaa! Amazing comedic timing."
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Reminds me of when MAGA chuds say things like: “Well, King XYZ married her when she was 16, it’s natural, that’s how life was then.” No, the highly inbred royal houses were freakish outliers from normal folks actually.
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Joe Biden was a failure because he did not prevent Trump from becoming President using every legal means available..
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Joe Biden was a failure because he did not prevent Trump from becoming President using every legal means available..
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My Big Senate Conspiracy Theory is that it's basically a 100 member "Good Vibes Only, No Drama, Drama Banned" groupchat with legislative powers
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My Big Senate Conspiracy Theory is that it's basically a 100 member "Good Vibes Only, No Drama, Drama Banned" groupchat with legislative powers
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Tom Nook Presents The Great Outdoor Fight
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Tom Nook Presents The Great Outdoor Fight
1948's "Drunken Angel", for the curious.
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
1948's "Drunken Angel", for the curious.
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COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT PETRO ORDERS SUSPENSION OF INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH U.S. SECURITY AGENCIES — VIA X
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT PETRO ORDERS SUSPENSION OF INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH U.S. SECURITY AGENCIES — VIA X
If you do want to give food instead of money, and a lot of people do, check with the food bank, they will often post lists of items that they need that they can't get any more cheaply than you can. Some include Amazon wishlists for food and other items.
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you do want to give food instead of money, and a lot of people do, check with the food bank, they will often post lists of items that they need that they can't get any more cheaply than you can. Some include Amazon wishlists for food and other items.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Written by a man living in exile in Hungary, a country whose strongman pretty openly premises his rule on anti-semitic fear-mongering.
But how could anyone get the idea that Viktor Orban's politics are good, asks Rod Dreher, who relentlessly promotes them.
But how could anyone get the idea that Viktor Orban's politics are good, asks Rod Dreher, who relentlessly promotes them.
Rod Dreher putting on a hot dog costume as he sits down to type this out..
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Written by a man living in exile in Hungary, a country whose strongman pretty openly premises his rule on anti-semitic fear-mongering.
But how could anyone get the idea that Viktor Orban's politics are good, asks Rod Dreher, who relentlessly promotes them.
But how could anyone get the idea that Viktor Orban's politics are good, asks Rod Dreher, who relentlessly promotes them.
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Their political philosophy hinges on a vision of white supremacy in which people who aren’t white are here at the privilege of white people, which they can revoke at any time, which they expect to be received with gratitude.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Their political philosophy hinges on a vision of white supremacy in which people who aren’t white are here at the privilege of white people, which they can revoke at any time, which they expect to be received with gratitude.
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We fed dozens of MQ-9s to the Yemeni mountains for 2 straight years! Three SEALs drowned themselves in the Red Sea for no reason! US army guys got themselves crushed to death by a floating dock so Biden could get a headline in the NYT! Forest Service guys hid from the IDF rape gangs at Sde Teiman!
The United States expended 25% of its entire missile defense capacity to prevent Israel from facing consequences for its war of aggression against Iran! The US Navy pushed maintenance schedules back years to kill Yemenis on behalf of Israel! They poured F/A-18s into the Red Sea for Israel!
I don't want to directly quote tweet but there are apparently still people who think the US is somehow only "indirectly" involved in the genocide in Gaza. We've spent probably $50+ billion to make sure it happens! American soldiers have killed and died making sure it continues!
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We fed dozens of MQ-9s to the Yemeni mountains for 2 straight years! Three SEALs drowned themselves in the Red Sea for no reason! US army guys got themselves crushed to death by a floating dock so Biden could get a headline in the NYT! Forest Service guys hid from the IDF rape gangs at Sde Teiman!
The USS Gerald Ford cost $17 billion for the warship alone, not including aircraft, operational costs, etc. And now it's sitting in the Caribbean to scare Latin American countries that have the misfortune of sharing a hemisphere with us.
US aircraft carrier moves into Latin America region, officials say reut.rs/486sCAN
US aircraft carrier moves into Latin America region, officials say
The Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group has moved into the Latin America region, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, dramatically escalating a military buildup in the Caribbean that has stoked tensions with Venezuela.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The USS Gerald Ford cost $17 billion for the warship alone, not including aircraft, operational costs, etc. And now it's sitting in the Caribbean to scare Latin American countries that have the misfortune of sharing a hemisphere with us.
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The more war crimes the US commits, the less cooperation the US will get from allies.
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The more war crimes the US commits, the less cooperation the US will get from allies.
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Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
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with all due respect, senator. shut your Excuse Hole
Many feel betrayal and frustration, and the feelings are hot right now.
I get it. I have my own feelings.
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I get it. I have my own feelings.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
with all due respect, senator. shut your Excuse Hole
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We murdered six more people in boats
The latest US strikes on alleged drug boats kill 6 in the eastern Pacific
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced the latest in a series of strikes on boats accused of ferrying drugs, killing six people in attacks on two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
www.nbcmiami.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We murdered six more people in boats
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In this case, the alleged problem -- men pretending to be women so they can dominate women's sports -- does not exist, and policies to prevent even any potential abuse of the system are already in place. This leaves the policy proponents actually want: banning trans people from public life.
See, the path to victory is telling people that their bs moral panics are real. Then don't offer any solutions (because there are no real solutions, just the eliminationist politics of the con artists who promote the moral panics). Then, if you still somehow get into office, cave. People love that!
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In this case, the alleged problem -- men pretending to be women so they can dominate women's sports -- does not exist, and policies to prevent even any potential abuse of the system are already in place. This leaves the policy proponents actually want: banning trans people from public life.
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it's nice to have my shitty senator finally take a turn in the spotlight to get yelled at by everybody
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
it's nice to have my shitty senator finally take a turn in the spotlight to get yelled at by everybody
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
These doofuses are going to shoot somebody someday, and I really hope it's one of their own.
Oh my buddy is flipping the fuck out and has drawn his service weapon. Lemme just come around the corner real quick and stick my head in his window 😂
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
These doofuses are going to shoot somebody someday, and I really hope it's one of their own.
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
Bananas. Wisconsin already sent out its November benefits and I suspect a lot of families have already spent them. Trump and the GOP are spending what little political capital they have left quite literally trying to take food out of the mouths of the poor.
SNAP update. Insane one. So USDA is now saying on a huge lag:
- issue partial payments using a bad-math formula;
- CLAW BACK full issuances that any state sent *properly* under last week's guidance;
- if you don't CLAW BACK benefits, we won't pay the federal share of SNAP administrative costs (??)
- issue partial payments using a bad-math formula;
- CLAW BACK full issuances that any state sent *properly* under last week's guidance;
- if you don't CLAW BACK benefits, we won't pay the federal share of SNAP administrative costs (??)
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Bananas. Wisconsin already sent out its November benefits and I suspect a lot of families have already spent them. Trump and the GOP are spending what little political capital they have left quite literally trying to take food out of the mouths of the poor.