Duke Scorpio
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They're just like us...
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
They're just like us...
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This is what happens when you don't regulate prices for the things that people have no choice but to buy.
Also, would like to note on clothing and furniture prices: The prices may be level, but the products are *so* much worse.
Also, would like to note on clothing and furniture prices: The prices may be level, but the products are *so* much worse.
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is what happens when you don't regulate prices for the things that people have no choice but to buy.
Also, would like to note on clothing and furniture prices: The prices may be level, but the products are *so* much worse.
Also, would like to note on clothing and furniture prices: The prices may be level, but the products are *so* much worse.
This would be a great opportunity for an American news outlet to confirm. If true, this is ghastly on so many levels.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This would be a great opportunity for an American news outlet to confirm. If true, this is ghastly on so many levels.
Some of these assholes think they can outlive their detractors and reform their legacy. This is an elegant and honest summary of his life. And death should never be the protection these pariahs think they are owed.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Some of these assholes think they can outlive their detractors and reform their legacy. This is an elegant and honest summary of his life. And death should never be the protection these pariahs think they are owed.
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Jared Moskowitz: Dick Cheney's story is interesting, they used to call him Darth Vader. But, if you know the story of Darth Vader in the sixth episode, he throws the Emperor down the shaft to save his son. And Dick Cheney actually did that towards the end to protect his daughter from Trump.
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Jared Moskowitz: Dick Cheney's story is interesting, they used to call him Darth Vader. But, if you know the story of Darth Vader in the sixth episode, he throws the Emperor down the shaft to save his son. And Dick Cheney actually did that towards the end to protect his daughter from Trump.
Typhoid Mary was right! Their right to privacy and bodily autonomy is more important than society or the health of others. And their victims have the right to die with dignity, like the Founders™ intended, protecting one person's liberty.
In case anyone needs a reminder of how successful the Republican attack on public health has been:
A person who is the first probable measles case near Salt Lake City refuses to speak to the health department, so anyone they came into contact with can’t be warned.
This is especially insidious…
A person who is the first probable measles case near Salt Lake City refuses to speak to the health department, so anyone they came into contact with can’t be warned.
This is especially insidious…
Measles outbreak investigation in Utah blocked by patient who refuses to talk
The person refused to even tell health officials their address.
arstechnica.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Typhoid Mary was right! Their right to privacy and bodily autonomy is more important than society or the health of others. And their victims have the right to die with dignity, like the Founders™ intended, protecting one person's liberty.
One of the prime examples of our strange times.
how is this guy simultaneously completely fucking insane and a more honorable opponent than any republican in national office
I do not think he should be mayor, but this is so much healthier of an approach to take toward a democratic election than anything we are hearing from Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo is going to leave NYC the moment he loses. Sliwa seems to truly want to stay in this great city.
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
One of the prime examples of our strange times.
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"Can Donald Trump run for a 3rd term?"
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Why Has Trump Been Flirting With a Third Term?
Trump cannot be president again. But he and his loyal followers have every reason for wanting to make people think he can.
www.thenation.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Can Donald Trump run for a 3rd term?"
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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My neighbors got me an ice cream cake to celebrate me getting A Rank in Legends ZA lmao 🤣
October 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
My neighbors got me an ice cream cake to celebrate me getting A Rank in Legends ZA lmao 🤣
This is the prime example of the power of humans to breed for specific traits. An entire grocery aisle of one family.
October 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is the prime example of the power of humans to breed for specific traits. An entire grocery aisle of one family.
It's a true difference as time progressed. Went from old boy, all male crim justice to the surveillance state with a progressive bent. Jack McCoy was great, but he bent/broke the rules and became way too zealous as time went on
Weirdly, I have just been binge watching Law & Order from the beginning. What strikes me is how so much has changed, and not for the better. They say the past is another country, and the country of Law & Order seems (from the outside at least) to have disappeared.
October 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It's a true difference as time progressed. Went from old boy, all male crim justice to the surveillance state with a progressive bent. Jack McCoy was great, but he bent/broke the rules and became way too zealous as time went on
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Not being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
October 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Not being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
@thelouvreof.bsky.social This entire sub-skeet.
Neurotypical behavior is stored in the foreskin.
October 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
@thelouvreof.bsky.social This entire sub-skeet.
It's nice to see innovative design in the world. We'll see if reality meets the design, but the fact that the parts can be adapted to three unique configurations with one kit is impressive.
October 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It's nice to see innovative design in the world. We'll see if reality meets the design, but the fact that the parts can be adapted to three unique configurations with one kit is impressive.
Separately, I learned a new word today: Obloquy (ob·lo·quy): strong public criticism or verbal abuse.
Judge SLAMS the masking of federal agents in ruling finding Trump admin violated pro-Palestine protesters' rights:
"To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![And there’s the issue of masks. ... ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard them as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks. Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police. Carrying on in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it. “We can not escape history,” Lincoln rightly said. “[It] will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:353gzbhcjbznfxegvayffqek/bafkreia5wf5rzcvhhglwhbtnvcwom6sa6d4fli6qfbig6qdoe7myb62dt4@jpeg)
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Separately, I learned a new word today: Obloquy (ob·lo·quy): strong public criticism or verbal abuse.
Nothing more explains why this is not and should not become the norm. If you want law enforcement to be treated with respect, they must act with honor. Anything less, and they will be treated as thugs.
Judge SLAMS the masking of federal agents in ruling finding Trump admin violated pro-Palestine protesters' rights:
"To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Nothing more explains why this is not and should not become the norm. If you want law enforcement to be treated with respect, they must act with honor. Anything less, and they will be treated as thugs.
This is what every member of Congress and every executive of any major business, should be asked often and not be allowed to brush it off.
nwyarns.com/pages/openle...
nwyarns.com/pages/openle...
September 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This is what every member of Congress and every executive of any major business, should be asked often and not be allowed to brush it off.
nwyarns.com/pages/openle...
nwyarns.com/pages/openle...
I have been to 8 GWAR shows in my life, will be taking my niece and nephew next month. It's spectacle; it's guys in big rubber monster costumes. Having an outlet for fantasy, including exaggerated political violence, is a benefit to society.
September 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I have been to 8 GWAR shows in my life, will be taking my niece and nephew next month. It's spectacle; it's guys in big rubber monster costumes. Having an outlet for fantasy, including exaggerated political violence, is a benefit to society.
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its wild how slippery objective consensus reality is right now
September 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
its wild how slippery objective consensus reality is right now
@openargs.bsky.social This seems like a personal affront to Matt. Not a Garamond in sight.
Typography for Lawyers
Typography for Lawyers
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September 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@openargs.bsky.social This seems like a personal affront to Matt. Not a Garamond in sight.
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Like, I hate to be a guy who responds with just a meme, but this one is spot on and also true.
September 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
You can tell that the bots have gotten really good at Evel Knieveling the uncanny valley when it comes to human form. But there is still the fun "Find what's wrong with this image" when it comes to the background, especially when it comes to video. I've never seen a door work like that.
August 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You can tell that the bots have gotten really good at Evel Knieveling the uncanny valley when it comes to human form. But there is still the fun "Find what's wrong with this image" when it comes to the background, especially when it comes to video. I've never seen a door work like that.
It’s happening!!!
So apparently we are within the last 60 days of dial-up AOL being a thing.
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ht @mat.tl
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ht @mat.tl
August 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It’s happening!!!