Protato
@protato42.bsky.social
Also known as Protato.
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He/Him
Twitch / Pokemon / Star Trek / Games / Movies / Tattoos / Dog Dad / Local Trash Pickup
He/Him
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This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
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Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
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Cryptic New Laundry Room Rule Hints At Tale Of Bizarre Infraction https://theonion.com/cryptic-new-laundry-room-rule-hints-at-tale-of-bizarre-1819579613/
January 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Cryptic New Laundry Room Rule Hints At Tale Of Bizarre Infraction https://theonion.com/cryptic-new-laundry-room-rule-hints-at-tale-of-bizarre-1819579613/
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god that's so funny. Dilbert did not have a mouth
January 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
god that's so funny. Dilbert did not have a mouth
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Maybe I'm a big dumb dumb, but everything else aside, if you shoot and kill the person driving a car towards you, isn't the car going to keep going towards you with no possibility of breaking or swerving? Like, that's exactly what happened after Ross shot Good.
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Maybe I'm a big dumb dumb, but everything else aside, if you shoot and kill the person driving a car towards you, isn't the car going to keep going towards you with no possibility of breaking or swerving? Like, that's exactly what happened after Ross shot Good.
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Sorry you can’t afford healthcare we had to spend at least $10 million on the Havana syndrome ray gun
The Department of Homeland Security spent an eight figure sum to buy what they believe is a Havana Syndrome device (lol)
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Sorry you can’t afford healthcare we had to spend at least $10 million on the Havana syndrome ray gun
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the google AI overview rocks
January 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
the google AI overview rocks
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This is the stupidest I think it has ever felt to just be going to work every day
March 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is the stupidest I think it has ever felt to just be going to work every day
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The developers of PEAK explain pricing
January 12, 2026 at 7:01 AM
The developers of PEAK explain pricing
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every few months I have to go to twitter to see some video or prominent person's post that isn't anywhere else, and I find that a lot of you are still posting there. anyway, it's not ok that you are doing that, no you are not the exception, fucking stop posting there
*posting on twitter* oh ho, I’ve made a wry observation. Better make sure a bunch of pedophiles see it
January 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
every few months I have to go to twitter to see some video or prominent person's post that isn't anywhere else, and I find that a lot of you are still posting there. anyway, it's not ok that you are doing that, no you are not the exception, fucking stop posting there
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A friend of mine cooked up a flag to show support for strong municipal services and this feels like the perfect emblem of the Mamdani Moment. I absolutely love it.
January 10, 2026 at 3:10 PM
A friend of mine cooked up a flag to show support for strong municipal services and this feels like the perfect emblem of the Mamdani Moment. I absolutely love it.
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GDQs for me are a reminder that you never have to tackle anything alone. Community makes even the hardest of challenges possible, and we are better together.
Let’s have an awesome last two days of the event!
#AGDQ2026
Let’s have an awesome last two days of the event!
#AGDQ2026
January 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
GDQs for me are a reminder that you never have to tackle anything alone. Community makes even the hardest of challenges possible, and we are better together.
Let’s have an awesome last two days of the event!
#AGDQ2026
Let’s have an awesome last two days of the event!
#AGDQ2026
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DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism https://theonion.com/dhs-warns-any-action-by-americans-will-be-treated-as-domestic-terrorism/
January 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism https://theonion.com/dhs-warns-any-action-by-americans-will-be-treated-as-domestic-terrorism/
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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i bought the domain ohhh.lol a while back just because and the other night i noticed it gets like 100-150 unique hits a day from people typing it in their posts and group chats where it tries to load the url preview. so i hope this annoys some people while they're trying to get their mack on
January 7, 2026 at 3:09 AM
i bought the domain ohhh.lol a while back just because and the other night i noticed it gets like 100-150 unique hits a day from people typing it in their posts and group chats where it tries to load the url preview. so i hope this annoys some people while they're trying to get their mack on
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Congress: ‘If You Wanted An Expensive Foreign War, All You Had To Do Was Ask’
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Congress: ‘If You Wanted An Expensive Foreign War, All You Had To Do Was Ask’
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January 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
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Me, sitting in front of my computer, overwhelmed, under-rested, with a brain that's being slowly poisoned by a constant infusion of infuriating, terrifying news and clumsy fascist propaganda masquerading as news.
"Boy, I'm having a lot of trouble focusing today!"
"Boy, I'm having a lot of trouble focusing today!"
January 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Me, sitting in front of my computer, overwhelmed, under-rested, with a brain that's being slowly poisoned by a constant infusion of infuriating, terrifying news and clumsy fascist propaganda masquerading as news.
"Boy, I'm having a lot of trouble focusing today!"
"Boy, I'm having a lot of trouble focusing today!"
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“Well, we must face a new reality. No more carefree days of chasing squirrels, running through the park, or howling at the moon. On the other hand, no more ‘Fetch the stick, boy,
fetch the stick.’”
fetch the stick.’”
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
“Well, we must face a new reality. No more carefree days of chasing squirrels, running through the park, or howling at the moon. On the other hand, no more ‘Fetch the stick, boy,
fetch the stick.’”
fetch the stick.’”