Mead Poet (aka Ben)
@meadpoet.bsky.social
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Anti-racist
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Anti-fascist
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It took Nietzsche like four books to say this but this poster just...skeeted it out.
This is what happens when your entire politics is revenge, retribution, and anger. You can never build anything because building requires dreaming and dreaming requires joy.
April 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It took Nietzsche like four books to say this but this poster just...skeeted it out.
Thinking about all the folks who watched The Last of Us tonight but never played the video game. I know y’all going through it.
April 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Thinking about all the folks who watched The Last of Us tonight but never played the video game. I know y’all going through it.
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future historians debating whether dow jones, nasdaq, and S&P 500 were three separate gods of ancient America, or just three aspects of the same god
April 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
future historians debating whether dow jones, nasdaq, and S&P 500 were three separate gods of ancient America, or just three aspects of the same god
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Yeats talking smack again though perhaps not anticipating that in the future nobody would care about poetry unless it was uplifting short slogans with line breaks.
February 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Yeats talking smack again though perhaps not anticipating that in the future nobody would care about poetry unless it was uplifting short slogans with line breaks.
The pod has yet to save America.
"[Democrats] need someone willing to be out there, in people’s faces, every single day, for hours at a time—taking every question, afraid of no one."
‘Pod Save America’ Host Jon Lovett Knows What Democrats Need in This Moment—and It’s Child’s Play
America has “shaken the Etch-A-Sketch,” the former Obama speechwriter explains, arguing that it’s time for the party to draw a whole new playbook.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The pod has yet to save America.
“That’ll do it”
January 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“That’ll do it”
Nip that shit in the bud. Zero tolerance for Nazi’s
January 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Nip that shit in the bud. Zero tolerance for Nazi’s
WaPo fails to note in the social copy that this is unconstitutional.
Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.
Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship
The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
WaPo fails to note in the social copy that this is unconstitutional.
Anyone else in the US able to get back on TikTok? Because I can, and I’m confused
January 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Anyone else in the US able to get back on TikTok? Because I can, and I’m confused
I hope to find community here after the TikTok ban. Hi I’m Ben. I love D&D, cosplay, brewing mead, high fantasy and sci-fi. Anti-racist, anti-fascist, pro reproductive rights… you get the idea.
January 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I hope to find community here after the TikTok ban. Hi I’m Ben. I love D&D, cosplay, brewing mead, high fantasy and sci-fi. Anti-racist, anti-fascist, pro reproductive rights… you get the idea.
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Rumors swirling of massive ICE raids in predominantly blue state cities starting Monday.
DO NOT COMPLY.
-Do not talk to ICE officers or answer their questions
-Do not honor any warrant not signed by a judge
-Do not consent to searches
-And if you know any undocumented immigrants, NO YOU DON'T.
DO NOT COMPLY.
-Do not talk to ICE officers or answer their questions
-Do not honor any warrant not signed by a judge
-Do not consent to searches
-And if you know any undocumented immigrants, NO YOU DON'T.
January 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Rumors swirling of massive ICE raids in predominantly blue state cities starting Monday.
DO NOT COMPLY.
-Do not talk to ICE officers or answer their questions
-Do not honor any warrant not signed by a judge
-Do not consent to searches
-And if you know any undocumented immigrants, NO YOU DON'T.
DO NOT COMPLY.
-Do not talk to ICE officers or answer their questions
-Do not honor any warrant not signed by a judge
-Do not consent to searches
-And if you know any undocumented immigrants, NO YOU DON'T.
Biden’s warning about an American oligarchy is just as hypocritical as Eisenhower’s warning about the military industrial complex. They both had a hand in the creation of each.
January 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Biden’s warning about an American oligarchy is just as hypocritical as Eisenhower’s warning about the military industrial complex. They both had a hand in the creation of each.
This is dumb. Oh, and just a reminder that the Pod has yet to save America.
The hosts of 'Pod Save America' were utterly dumbfounded at how Liz Cheney received recognition over Barack Obama.
‘Pod Save America’ Hosts Call Out Biden for Not Giving Obama a Presidential Medal
Hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor also questioned how Liz Cheney received a recognition.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is dumb. Oh, and just a reminder that the Pod has yet to save America.
If y’all in the media keep talking about the Greenland, Canada, Panama bullshit, you’ll end up missing the truly horrifying things that could actually happen.
January 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If y’all in the media keep talking about the Greenland, Canada, Panama bullshit, you’ll end up missing the truly horrifying things that could actually happen.
Well he’s 83, so yeah. I’d say one more 6 year term should do it.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that his upcoming term in the Senate will probably be his last.
Bernie Sanders Reveals His Apparent Retirement Plan
The progressive Vermont senator was just reelected last month.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Well he’s 83, so yeah. I’d say one more 6 year term should do it.
Fuck off with this bullshit headline. Innocent until proven guilty, mother fuckers.
Nicholas Mangione built a dynasty out of nothing to make life easier for his descendants. His grandson Luigi chose infamy instead.
Luigi Mangione Destroyed His Grandpa’s Rags-to-Riches Legacy
Nicholas Mangione built a dynasty to make life easier for his descendants. His grandson chose infamy instead.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 12, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Fuck off with this bullshit headline. Innocent until proven guilty, mother fuckers.
Investigations into UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson’s murder will begin immediately… after the family fills out some paperwork and we confirm the detectives are in network
December 4, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Investigations into UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson’s murder will begin immediately… after the family fills out some paperwork and we confirm the detectives are in network
Sorry, your policy doesn’t include thoughts and prayers.
December 4, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Sorry, your policy doesn’t include thoughts and prayers.
Anthem might want to rethink this one after today. I’ve read the comments sections on the United Health guy and there is ZERO sympathy. Just sayin’
December 4, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Anthem might want to rethink this one after today. I’ve read the comments sections on the United Health guy and there is ZERO sympathy. Just sayin’
If the motive is a denied claim, this was always inevitable. And I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner or more frequently.
Breaking news: Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed Wednesday morning in front of a midtown hotel in New York, according to multiple reports.
UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in New York, according to reports
Brian Thompson, chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot Wednesday morning in front of a midtown hotel, the New York Post and New York Times reported, citing police sources.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:45 PM
If the motive is a denied claim, this was always inevitable. And I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner or more frequently.
Y’all watching’ football. Me, a scholar, watching the dog show.
November 28, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Y’all watching’ football. Me, a scholar, watching the dog show.
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This app is such a breathe of fresh air compared to the dead bird app.
November 21, 2024 at 3:36 PM
This app is such a breathe of fresh air compared to the dead bird app.