@derksen17.bsky.social
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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We can add “properly sized shoes” to the growing list of means of transportation that the Secretary of Transportation is scared of
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We can add “properly sized shoes” to the growing list of means of transportation that the Secretary of Transportation is scared of
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The World Cup draw was what happens when you have a fantastic sports event, too much money, too little taste, a nose for corruption, and giant stupid man-baby to give a nightmarish gold trophy of the damned to, in the hopes that he likes it. www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
Bruce Arthur: The World Cup draw is a mix of too much money, not enough taste and Donald Trump. Just what you’d expect from the beautiful game
But the result next year will be football, and all the glories it can bring.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The World Cup draw was what happens when you have a fantastic sports event, too much money, too little taste, a nose for corruption, and giant stupid man-baby to give a nightmarish gold trophy of the damned to, in the hopes that he likes it. www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
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okay, what the fuck is going on with this dumbass franklin the turtle shit. this is even stupider and more embarrassing than normal, and these fucking clowns aren't within a country mile of normal to start with.
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
okay, what the fuck is going on with this dumbass franklin the turtle shit. this is even stupider and more embarrassing than normal, and these fucking clowns aren't within a country mile of normal to start with.
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Maybe I'm an outlier, but as a driver I have a strong preference for not injuring or killing anyone. I love bike lanes, and I love the ones with barriers even more.
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Maybe I'm an outlier, but as a driver I have a strong preference for not injuring or killing anyone. I love bike lanes, and I love the ones with barriers even more.
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Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
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It’s frustrating to watch interviews like the one between the @thedailyshow.com’s Jon Stewart & @elizkolbert.bsky.social tonight, suggesting we don’t know the solutions to the #ClimateCrisis, & better solutions aren’t “politically viable.” WE KNOW THE SOLUTIONS, AND ONLY CORRUPTION MAKES THEM HARD.
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
It’s frustrating to watch interviews like the one between the @thedailyshow.com’s Jon Stewart & @elizkolbert.bsky.social tonight, suggesting we don’t know the solutions to the #ClimateCrisis, & better solutions aren’t “politically viable.” WE KNOW THE SOLUTIONS, AND ONLY CORRUPTION MAKES THEM HARD.
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It’s not easy for Canada to completely restructure its economic system away from a partnership with the United States, a partnership Canada knows… that EVERY nation now knows… can’t be trusted. But it’s the right thing to do. And we’ll be stronger for it.
Will the United States? I doubt it.
Will the United States? I doubt it.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government announces that Canada is realigning Canada's economy away from the United States.
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It’s not easy for Canada to completely restructure its economic system away from a partnership with the United States, a partnership Canada knows… that EVERY nation now knows… can’t be trusted. But it’s the right thing to do. And we’ll be stronger for it.
Will the United States? I doubt it.
Will the United States? I doubt it.
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I had major surgery in April and I saw doctors 10% of the time. Otherwise it was all nurses, and they were as essential as water. they're professionals, period.
The Trump admin now says nursing isn't a professional degree.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I had major surgery in April and I saw doctors 10% of the time. Otherwise it was all nurses, and they were as essential as water. they're professionals, period.
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So awful Alberta Premier Danielle Smith cynically courts separatists and other alt-right extremist voters for her political benefit to leverage the rest of Canada with the threat of separation, and now those separatists don’t want ANY deal with Canada.
Who could have seen THAT coming? #Everyone
Who could have seen THAT coming? #Everyone
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
So awful Alberta Premier Danielle Smith cynically courts separatists and other alt-right extremist voters for her political benefit to leverage the rest of Canada with the threat of separation, and now those separatists don’t want ANY deal with Canada.
Who could have seen THAT coming? #Everyone
Who could have seen THAT coming? #Everyone
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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One of the three trucks in this picture can Carry full size sheets of plywood.
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
One of the three trucks in this picture can Carry full size sheets of plywood.
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“Critics have likened Jack the Ripper’s approach to the mass murder of women, while others have chalked it up to the cost of women existing at night in Whitechapel.”
Media in the United States is completely broken.
A crime is a crime. A criminal is a criminal. Media cowardice is media cowardice.
Media in the United States is completely broken.
A crime is a crime. A criminal is a criminal. Media cowardice is media cowardice.
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Critics have likened Jack the Ripper’s approach to the mass murder of women, while others have chalked it up to the cost of women existing at night in Whitechapel.”
Media in the United States is completely broken.
A crime is a crime. A criminal is a criminal. Media cowardice is media cowardice.
Media in the United States is completely broken.
A crime is a crime. A criminal is a criminal. Media cowardice is media cowardice.
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OK, who narced?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
OK, who narced?
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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World’s Worst Diplomat — ever. But Trump didn’t hire a diplomat. He hired a goon to threaten Canada.
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
World’s Worst Diplomat — ever. But Trump didn’t hire a diplomat. He hired a goon to threaten Canada.
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My lord this guy is an asshat.
US Ambassador to Canada: But let me tell you, I go around the country and people will say, “Pete, you just don’t understand why we’re so mad about the 51st state.” And it’s kind of like, “Yeah, you’re right. I don’t.
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
My lord this guy is an asshat.
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Imagine how bad Trump’s design intentions have to be in order for an architect he “hand picked” to hate it.
Trump’s design instincts have always been awful.
Never forget, before he was the worst president of all time, he was probably the most shady, awful land developer of all time.
Trump’s design instincts have always been awful.
Never forget, before he was the worst president of all time, he was probably the most shady, awful land developer of all time.
Exclusive: President Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the project, reflecting a conflict between architectural norms and Trump’s grandiose aesthetic.
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
wapo.st
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Imagine how bad Trump’s design intentions have to be in order for an architect he “hand picked” to hate it.
Trump’s design instincts have always been awful.
Never forget, before he was the worst president of all time, he was probably the most shady, awful land developer of all time.
Trump’s design instincts have always been awful.
Never forget, before he was the worst president of all time, he was probably the most shady, awful land developer of all time.
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Humans can always get lazier
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Humans can always get lazier
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Are you still massively against me breaking into your home and stealing all your stuff so I can sell it or have you moved more towards acceptance?
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Are you still massively against me breaking into your home and stealing all your stuff so I can sell it or have you moved more towards acceptance?
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This is how it’s done, U.S. negotiators. Learn from other strong leaders how to deal with criminal aggressors.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is how it’s done, U.S. negotiators. Learn from other strong leaders how to deal with criminal aggressors.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea