Orbweaver
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Dog person. Will cycle for tacos and just about anything else. Submitting facts to a candid world.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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I may have just purchased a domain
Feels like the Democrats should maybe put up a website showing all of the Trump Flight Cancellations?
United starting to post its Trump Flight Cancelations for Friday and the #CursedRoute is taking a 50% hit.
“Your flight is canceled due to FAA-mandated airspace restrictions during the government shutdown.“
“Your flight is canceled due to FAA-mandated airspace restrictions during the government shutdown.“
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I may have just purchased a domain
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Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
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just because the polite young fascist asked how your grandkids are doing does not make them any less fascist or dangerous
the Senate particularly is worse for this because they all pride themselves on decorum, whereas the House Republican caucus is mostly made up of shit-flinging monkeys
the Senate particularly is worse for this because they all pride themselves on decorum, whereas the House Republican caucus is mostly made up of shit-flinging monkeys
the number of elected dems who actually understand the republican party is shockingly small. rather than giving them better insight, knowing and working alongside republicans has blinded them. it’d be fascinating if it wasn’t such an existential threat
NEW: Sen. Angus King admits he made "a mistake" when he voted Tuesday to confirm Josh Divine, an 35-year-old archconservative with a long record of attacking abortion rights, to a lifetime federal judgeship.
“I took Josh Hawley’s advice." www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social
“I took Josh Hawley’s advice." www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
just because the polite young fascist asked how your grandkids are doing does not make them any less fascist or dangerous
the Senate particularly is worse for this because they all pride themselves on decorum, whereas the House Republican caucus is mostly made up of shit-flinging monkeys
the Senate particularly is worse for this because they all pride themselves on decorum, whereas the House Republican caucus is mostly made up of shit-flinging monkeys
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I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
www.comicsbeat.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
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When a famous white person dies in the US and people start using ‘complicated legacy’, it’s because the person was racist and sexist. Usually racist.
July 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
When a famous white person dies in the US and people start using ‘complicated legacy’, it’s because the person was racist and sexist. Usually racist.
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pretty telling comment here. Britain and America absolutely did feed and clothe Nazi and Japanese POWs during WWII. and they provided food and supplies to occupied territories as the war was won. the Hunger Plan by contrast was a Nazi thing
July 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
pretty telling comment here. Britain and America absolutely did feed and clothe Nazi and Japanese POWs during WWII. and they provided food and supplies to occupied territories as the war was won. the Hunger Plan by contrast was a Nazi thing
Ummmmm
July 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Ummmmm
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scoop: donations to NPR and PBS stations have exploded, with donors across the country giving in unprecedented numbers since Congress cut federal funding
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
Donations to NPR and PBS Stations Surge After Funding Cuts
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
scoop: donations to NPR and PBS stations have exploded, with donors across the country giving in unprecedented numbers since Congress cut federal funding
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
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Had an issue ordering something online and after two pointless back and forth emails I wrote back “hey I can tell this is AI please direct me to a human”
Got connected to a person who solved it in less than an hour. Feel like this is the new norm?
Got connected to a person who solved it in less than an hour. Feel like this is the new norm?
July 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Had an issue ordering something online and after two pointless back and forth emails I wrote back “hey I can tell this is AI please direct me to a human”
Got connected to a person who solved it in less than an hour. Feel like this is the new norm?
Got connected to a person who solved it in less than an hour. Feel like this is the new norm?
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Border Patrol says he was at the red mark, 65 feet south of the border, when he "made an abrupt starboard turn and struck the port bow of the Coast Guard small-boat," causing him to capsize.
He says that's ridiculous, he was in Canadian waters and was going to shore to talk when they hit him.
He says that's ridiculous, he was in Canadian waters and was going to shore to talk when they hit him.
July 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Border Patrol says he was at the red mark, 65 feet south of the border, when he "made an abrupt starboard turn and struck the port bow of the Coast Guard small-boat," causing him to capsize.
He says that's ridiculous, he was in Canadian waters and was going to shore to talk when they hit him.
He says that's ridiculous, he was in Canadian waters and was going to shore to talk when they hit him.
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I am deadly serious that he should be criminally investigated by a future administration for what he did in the J.G.G. case.
Bove, 44, is on track to be confirmed as soon as Monday to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
Put another way, a guy who's been using his DOJ job to seek retribution against Trump's perceived political enemies is on his way to becoming a decadeslong federal judge. 🇺🇸
Put another way, a guy who's been using his DOJ job to seek retribution against Trump's perceived political enemies is on his way to becoming a decadeslong federal judge. 🇺🇸
July 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I am deadly serious that he should be criminally investigated by a future administration for what he did in the J.G.G. case.
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NEW: Tomorrow’s front page of Scottish newspaper, The National.
July 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
NEW: Tomorrow’s front page of Scottish newspaper, The National.
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Andry José Hernández Romero after hugging his best friend, who had been relentless in pleading for his cause. I’ll stop posting these some day. But not today.
July 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Andry José Hernández Romero after hugging his best friend, who had been relentless in pleading for his cause. I’ll stop posting these some day. But not today.
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If you look at the Epstein story through the lens of his victims and their life stories you get a story about every powerful institution in public life failing on any measure of accountability but repeatedly being outmatched by the courage of teenagers, sex workers, and runaways
July 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you look at the Epstein story through the lens of his victims and their life stories you get a story about every powerful institution in public life failing on any measure of accountability but repeatedly being outmatched by the courage of teenagers, sex workers, and runaways
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Trump: It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion
Powell: I’m not aware of that.
Trump: It just came out
Powell: You just added in a third building
Trump: It’s a building that’s being built
Powell: It was built five years ago.
Powell: I’m not aware of that.
Trump: It just came out
Powell: You just added in a third building
Trump: It’s a building that’s being built
Powell: It was built five years ago.
July 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Trump: It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion
Powell: I’m not aware of that.
Trump: It just came out
Powell: You just added in a third building
Trump: It’s a building that’s being built
Powell: It was built five years ago.
Powell: I’m not aware of that.
Trump: It just came out
Powell: You just added in a third building
Trump: It’s a building that’s being built
Powell: It was built five years ago.
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Allowing ‘no Blacks’ and ‘no trans’ while banning ‘no zionists’ is insane
![Several users received an error message that says "The following are not allowed: no zionist, no zionists," when they tried to add the phrases to their bios on Thursday.
I tested this myself on a new Grindr account, nd received the same error message. I was able to add "Zionist" to my profile (without "no"), however, and could also add any phrase I could think of: "no Arabs," "no Blacks," "no Palestinians," "no Muslims," "no Christians," "no Jews," "no trans," "no Republicans," "no Democrats," and so on. "No Zionist[s]" was the only phrase that was blocked in my testing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/bafkreifxa65y63tbp3ywd2ptw7coae66emjr3tibqj7qkbpr5abyfaz66m@jpeg)
July 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Allowing ‘no Blacks’ and ‘no trans’ while banning ‘no zionists’ is insane
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Powell has been one of the unsung heroes of the past few years and deserves better than this.
So does our economy, which Trump is trying to turn into a Venezuela or a Turkey by politicizing the central bank.
So does our economy, which Trump is trying to turn into a Venezuela or a Turkey by politicizing the central bank.
yikes -- Powell shakes his head as Trump rips into him for the cost of Fed building renovations. Powell denies some of the claims Trump is making.
July 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Powell has been one of the unsung heroes of the past few years and deserves better than this.
So does our economy, which Trump is trying to turn into a Venezuela or a Turkey by politicizing the central bank.
So does our economy, which Trump is trying to turn into a Venezuela or a Turkey by politicizing the central bank.
Sometimes I think about the young man whose door I canvassed late last October who told me he couldn’t vote for Harris because of Gaza. I explained the likely outcome of staying home or voting for Trump, but he was not persuaded. His mind was made up.
Something many do not know: The Biden administration engaged in a public and private pressure campaign to compel Netanyahu to reject the ethnic cleansing calls of his far-right allies. It worked. Then Biden lost, the pressure stopped and Trump reversed everything.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
July 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Sometimes I think about the young man whose door I canvassed late last October who told me he couldn’t vote for Harris because of Gaza. I explained the likely outcome of staying home or voting for Trump, but he was not persuaded. His mind was made up.
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Without Hulk Hogan, Peter Thiel would not have been so effective in media-suppression
Without Peter Thiel, we wouldn't know today's Musk or JDV
Without Musk, we wouldn't have DOGE (and would still have Park Service, State Dept, NIH, etc)
So we note Hulk Hogan's passing, as we might Roy Cohn's.
Without Peter Thiel, we wouldn't know today's Musk or JDV
Without Musk, we wouldn't have DOGE (and would still have Park Service, State Dept, NIH, etc)
So we note Hulk Hogan's passing, as we might Roy Cohn's.
Real discussion:
CNN: Hey Dave it's CNN. Could you come on to talk about the death of Hulk Hogan
Me: Hulk Hogan was a racist scab and a liar. He hated unions, Black people, and the truth and that's why he loved Donald Trump. What time do you want me?
CNN: Great! Well.... so we'll keep looking
CNN: Hey Dave it's CNN. Could you come on to talk about the death of Hulk Hogan
Me: Hulk Hogan was a racist scab and a liar. He hated unions, Black people, and the truth and that's why he loved Donald Trump. What time do you want me?
CNN: Great! Well.... so we'll keep looking
July 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Without Hulk Hogan, Peter Thiel would not have been so effective in media-suppression
Without Peter Thiel, we wouldn't know today's Musk or JDV
Without Musk, we wouldn't have DOGE (and would still have Park Service, State Dept, NIH, etc)
So we note Hulk Hogan's passing, as we might Roy Cohn's.
Without Peter Thiel, we wouldn't know today's Musk or JDV
Without Musk, we wouldn't have DOGE (and would still have Park Service, State Dept, NIH, etc)
So we note Hulk Hogan's passing, as we might Roy Cohn's.
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If Trey Parker and Matt Stone successfully goad Trump into blowing up the Paramount/CBS deal it will be the funniest thing South Park has ever done
"White House lashes out at South Park over spoof of Donald Trump in bed seducing Satan: 'Desperate attempt'" ew.com/white-house-...
White Houses hits back at 'South Park' for depicting Donald Trump in bed seducing Satan
The White House lashed out at 'South Park' for depicting Donald Trump in bed seducing Satan on the show's season 27 premiere. A spokesperson tells EW the spoof is a 'desperate attempt for attention.'
ew.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If Trey Parker and Matt Stone successfully goad Trump into blowing up the Paramount/CBS deal it will be the funniest thing South Park has ever done
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So…not antisemitism.
Linda McMahon on Columbia settlement: "This is a monumental victory for conservatives who wanted to do things on these elite campuses for a long time because we had such far left-leaning professors."
July 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So…not antisemitism.