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dfdunham.bsky.social
I have never felt more patriotic
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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refrag.bsky.social
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.

Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Nerdy kid at keyboard: Hi guys, I've noticed that it is International Men's Day today, and I'm confused. Why do we need a day to talk about men? We're not a marginalised group like women, queer people, or people of colour. The media is already full of stories about men. Big buff shirtless dude at keyboard: I'm glad you asked, champ. Whatever your view on men's place in society, it's still true that we face a lot of issues - like social isolation, risk of suicide, health problems, and attitudes towards sex and child rearing. Having a day to talk about those doesn't take away from anyone else's problems. In fact, having a day to talk about them helps us be more mindful, and listen better at other times. Second shirtless buff dude on a couch at his laptop: The chief here is really on to something. I want to echo what he said, and also point out that the idea we should remain silent about our problems actually contributes to a lot of our issues. We are human beings, with human needs. Seeking mutual support and understanding isn't the same thing as placing a burden on others. Especially if we're providing it for each other. Third buff dude at his laptop: Right on, my fellow kings. We've inherited a social legacy of competition and division, and a lot of what makes a man in our era is under question. IMD is a chance for us to examine and rethink what we are together, and build the bonds of solidarity and support that will make a better way possible - like in this meme. Because in our hearts, we're all curious kids and buff guys on keyboards.
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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patblanchfield.bsky.social
Burger King in Yellow
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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joef-3.bsky.social
Lincoln has this figured out 160ish years ago. It isn’t enough for them to get their way, they will only be happy when those who opposed them stop suggesting they are wrong and instead concede they are right.
A selection from Lincoln’s address at Cooper Union: “Will they be satisfied if the Territories be unconditionally surrendered to them? We know they will not. In all their present complaints against us, the Territories are scarcely mentioned. Invasions and insurrections are the rage now. Will it satisfy them, if, in the future, we have nothing to do with invasions and insurrections? We know it will not. We so know, because we know we never had anything to do with invasions and insurrections; and yet this total abstaining does not exempt us from the charge and the denunciation. The question recurs, what will satisfy them? Simply this: We must not only let them alone, but we must somehow, convince them that we do let them alone. This, we know by experience, is no easy task. We have been so trying to convince them from the very beginning of our organization, but with no success. In all our platforms and speeches we have constantly protested our purpose to let them alone; but this has had no tendency to convince them. Alike unavailing to convince them, is the fact that they have never detected a man of us in any attempt to disturb them. These natural, and apparently adequate means all failing, what will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly - done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated - we must place ourselves avowedly with them. Senator Douglas' new sedition law must be enacted and enforced, suppressing all declarations that slavery is wrong, whether made in politics, in presses, in pulpits, or in private. We must arrest and return their fugitive slaves with greedy pleasure. We must pull down our Free State constitutions. The whole atmosphere must be disinfected from all taint of opposition to slavery, before they will cease to believe that all their troubles proceed from us.”
September 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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People say Boston is a white city because they don’t know Boston is a city in a majority minority metro where the Taiwanese American mayor succeeds in part because she campaigns in Haitian Kreyòl
September 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Seeing this again and thinking of all the MAGA men whining that they're afraid to walk down the street.
August 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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terfs protecting women once more
joyurcaba.bsky.social Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · Aug 12
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom

The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.

For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
www.nbcnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
PICARD: Mr. Data, we need to discuss these anomalies in your latest reports DATA: Respectfully sir, the odds I would make a mistake in my work are 43,650,000 to- PICARD: On this map of the alpha quadrant you've labeled Klingon "Krisphon" and Vulcan "Vuvutrishpo" GEORDI: Captain, be reasonable! He's not supposed to be good at that. Just ask him to write another poem about cats
August 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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citizencohn.bsky.social
He's widely considered to be among the smartest people on the planet...

He's won every award... produced research essential to MRIs and cybersecurity... is loved by peers...

And now he's a cautionary tale, bc he lost his funding in the latest wave of Trump cuts www.thebulwark.com/p/terence-ta...
He’s the ‘Mozart’ of Math and Trump Killed His Funding
The latest casualty in the administration’s assault on higher education is a legendary researcher who embodies the best of America.
www.thebulwark.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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theophite.bsky.social
it is absolutely grim that the US government is contemplating major restrictions on my rights as a citizen and effectively reinstituting Jim Crow in education, using Jewish community safety as a pretext, with the enthusiastic support of Jewish community institutions captured by the right wing
utopia-defer.red utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · Jul 31
i am going to die in a world that is more antisemitic than the one i was born into and it will be entirely thanks to what the israeli state has done in the name of fighting antisemitism. i think about this constantly.
August 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
this is a good illustration of what “compromise” on trans rights looks like. there’s no “everyone gets rights but we take it easy on the pronouns.” if you head down that road you will end up denying that trans people are real.
daveweigel.bsky.social Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Jul 22
Rahm Emanuel criticized Dems for talking about "pronouns," but Megyn Kelly is the first interviewer I've seen drill down for his views.

Boys + girls are "fundamentally, physically different." No "men claiming they're women" in women's prisons.

"Can a man become a woman? No."
July 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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July 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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when i take my kids on vacation and tell them that screen time is over
June 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
"big dawg" - enthusiastic endearment between friends

"big man" - connotes respect & authority

"big guy" - condescending & rude

pretty funny language we've got here
abbyhiggs.bsky.social Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · Jun 26
“Big dawg” is my favorite genderfluid term of endearment
June 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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missmollymary.bsky.social
i honestly do not know what to say, other than if you’re trans, i love you, and if you have trans loved ones, i love them too
June 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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markpopham.bsky.social
CORMAC MCCARTHY: He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

JOE ROGAN: sure. I've met guys like that
December 18, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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theserfstv.bsky.social
Ms.Rachel is showing more humanity than our politicians
May 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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mnateshyamalan.bsky.social
wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey?

guard: [looking away] fine

wife: did something happen?

guard: [tearing up] no

wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
May 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Gold medal Fell For It Again award, no competition
May 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM