Dave LaFontaine
@davelf.bsky.social
Lead UX Designer, Author of various "... for Dummies" books, globetrotting professor, started as a newspaper reporter back when that was still a thing. Still cantankerous, mostly funny.
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Side note: Fairbank was among 44 people imprisoned in Kentucky between 1844 and 1870 for their efforts to help enslaved people to freedom. Eight died in prison. The last of these activists was released five years after the end of the Civil War.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Side note: Fairbank was among 44 people imprisoned in Kentucky between 1844 and 1870 for their efforts to help enslaved people to freedom. Eight died in prison. The last of these activists was released five years after the end of the Civil War.
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Douthat: “Sure, I feel bad for all the little kids whose bodies & souls are broken beyond repair. But on the other hand, I get to be mean to brown people.”
Douthat: “Sure, I feel bad for all the little kids whose bodies & souls are broken beyond repair. But on the other hand, I get to be mean to brown people.”
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Douthat: “Sure, I feel bad for all the little kids whose bodies & souls are broken beyond repair. But on the other hand, I get to be mean to brown people.”
Douthat: “Sure, I feel bad for all the little kids whose bodies & souls are broken beyond repair. But on the other hand, I get to be mean to brown people.”
Morton Downey in Predator 2?
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Morton Downey in Predator 2?
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It's beyond crazy that not a single person in the current administration can muster the energy or integrity to do the absolute bare minimum here.
The entire sitting government is okay with all of this.
That's truly shocking.
The entire sitting government is okay with all of this.
That's truly shocking.
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's beyond crazy that not a single person in the current administration can muster the energy or integrity to do the absolute bare minimum here.
The entire sitting government is okay with all of this.
That's truly shocking.
The entire sitting government is okay with all of this.
That's truly shocking.
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The superstructure that colludes to enable child trafficking is the superstructure that colludes to cheer on illegal wars of conquest and genocide and the same superstructure that colludes to enable massive wealth transfer to a handful of billionaire perverts and it's all held up by guns and prisons
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The superstructure that colludes to enable child trafficking is the superstructure that colludes to cheer on illegal wars of conquest and genocide and the same superstructure that colludes to enable massive wealth transfer to a handful of billionaire perverts and it's all held up by guns and prisons
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Republicans will never extend the ACA subsidies.
No matter what.
They're at the finish line of a 15-year quest to destroy it.
No matter what.
They're at the finish line of a 15-year quest to destroy it.
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Republicans will never extend the ACA subsidies.
No matter what.
They're at the finish line of a 15-year quest to destroy it.
No matter what.
They're at the finish line of a 15-year quest to destroy it.
Generation that grew up playing first person shooter games on their PlayStation‘s has an unrealistic expectation of how cool everything will be
Stench, fear and exhaustion don’t boost game sales, so they are excised
Stench, fear and exhaustion don’t boost game sales, so they are excised
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Generation that grew up playing first person shooter games on their PlayStation‘s has an unrealistic expectation of how cool everything will be
Stench, fear and exhaustion don’t boost game sales, so they are excised
Stench, fear and exhaustion don’t boost game sales, so they are excised
Left-wing accelerationists are just as bad as those on the right
“Burn it all down!” is a toddlers reaction to frustration
The usual result is civil war. And I’ve had a up-close and personal experience with what that actually looks like.
“Burn it all down!” is a toddlers reaction to frustration
The usual result is civil war. And I’ve had a up-close and personal experience with what that actually looks like.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Left-wing accelerationists are just as bad as those on the right
“Burn it all down!” is a toddlers reaction to frustration
The usual result is civil war. And I’ve had a up-close and personal experience with what that actually looks like.
“Burn it all down!” is a toddlers reaction to frustration
The usual result is civil war. And I’ve had a up-close and personal experience with what that actually looks like.
“Leprechauns are real and I’m going to barbecue one.“
a man in a suit and tie is laughing and says i 'm just playing
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is laughing and says i 'm just playing
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“Leprechauns are real and I’m going to barbecue one.“