@tomscocca.bsky.social great article on the Orioles and our country’s ongoing descent into fascism! The current Democratic leaders are quite clearly not cut out for what we’re facing. After a decade they’re still wagging their finger and saying how naughty Trump is.
October 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
@tomscocca.bsky.social great article on the Orioles and our country’s ongoing descent into fascism! The current Democratic leaders are quite clearly not cut out for what we’re facing. After a decade they’re still wagging their finger and saying how naughty Trump is.
This is exactly right. All their talk about the standard being the standard, it’s horseshit. If that were the case let them have a shot at meeting the standard.
“It’s a signal that identity, not ability or achievement, determines who stays in uniform and who gets a fair shot.”
Forget about merit or achievement. The Trump-Hegseth military is all in for identity politics.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Forget about merit or achievement. The Trump-Hegseth military is all in for identity politics.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
New Air Force Policy Denies Transgender Troops Hearings Before They're Discharged
It is the second policy change the Air Force has taken in recent weeks to crack down on transgender service members.
www.military.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is exactly right. All their talk about the standard being the standard, it’s horseshit. If that were the case let them have a shot at meeting the standard.
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AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
They lie all day, every day. You can’t be press secretary for Donald Trump and tell the truth, it’s simply impossible.
The Library of Congress is a research library.
You have to be 16 to access it.
Leavitt is lying.
You have to be 16 to access it.
Leavitt is lying.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
They lie all day, every day. You can’t be press secretary for Donald Trump and tell the truth, it’s simply impossible.
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One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social hello Sean, I have maybe a stupid question about black holes. A couple AMA episodes ago I heard you describe something that crosses their event horizon as being pulled toward the singularity at the speed of light. My question is, if something crosses the event horizon…
April 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social hello Sean, I have maybe a stupid question about black holes. A couple AMA episodes ago I heard you describe something that crosses their event horizon as being pulled toward the singularity at the speed of light. My question is, if something crosses the event horizon…
@edzitron.com when I read articles like this it just makes me wonder, what the hell product are these people using? Do they just take the founders at their word that AI is going to be revolutionary?
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
What ‘Silicon Valley’ Knew About Tech-Bro Paternalism
The show anticipated what can happen when masculine entitlement and artificial intelligence meet.
www.theatlantic.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
@edzitron.com when I read articles like this it just makes me wonder, what the hell product are these people using? Do they just take the founders at their word that AI is going to be revolutionary?
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
BITERS - BEAT STREET. REMASTERED [HD]
YouTube video by HIP HOP MUSIC HISTORY
m.youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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that major league baseball isn't called "major league baseballs" is a perpetuation of the one-baseball myth, one easily dispelled in the age of streaming. one can now simultaneously watch two games, in different cities, played with different baseballs. mlb does not use one ball and hasn't since 1997
March 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
that major league baseball isn't called "major league baseballs" is a perpetuation of the one-baseball myth, one easily dispelled in the age of streaming. one can now simultaneously watch two games, in different cities, played with different baseballs. mlb does not use one ball and hasn't since 1997
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social hey Sean! Just listened to the new AMA and re: NBA trades, the most important component to me is that the rules governing trades are collectively bargained. So in a sense the players have agreed to allow them in exchange for monetary compensation.
March 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social hey Sean! Just listened to the new AMA and re: NBA trades, the most important component to me is that the rules governing trades are collectively bargained. So in a sense the players have agreed to allow them in exchange for monetary compensation.
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Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer is on tonight.
The classic tale of when people treat you like shit until they find out you can do something for them.
🦌🦌🦌
The classic tale of when people treat you like shit until they find out you can do something for them.
🦌🦌🦌
December 6, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer is on tonight.
The classic tale of when people treat you like shit until they find out you can do something for them.
🦌🦌🦌
The classic tale of when people treat you like shit until they find out you can do something for them.
🦌🦌🦌
@christhompson.bsky.social “i would rather have a rodent poop on my eyeballs than watch bulls- hornets again”
has defector submitted that line to the pulitzer committee yet??? if not they need to asap.
has defector submitted that line to the pulitzer committee yet??? if not they need to asap.
January 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
@christhompson.bsky.social “i would rather have a rodent poop on my eyeballs than watch bulls- hornets again”
has defector submitted that line to the pulitzer committee yet??? if not they need to asap.
has defector submitted that line to the pulitzer committee yet??? if not they need to asap.
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What an age we live in
December 31, 2024 at 8:27 AM
What an age we live in
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time to rate some sums of money
$100: classic amount of money
$0.55: not very much
$320.13: not bad
$2.02: i think you can do a little better than that, don't you
$74,000,000: huge amount of money
$74,000,100: just when i thought it couldn't get any better!
$16: sure
-$7230: you GOTTA be kidding me
$100: classic amount of money
$0.55: not very much
$320.13: not bad
$2.02: i think you can do a little better than that, don't you
$74,000,000: huge amount of money
$74,000,100: just when i thought it couldn't get any better!
$16: sure
-$7230: you GOTTA be kidding me
December 13, 2024 at 2:28 AM
time to rate some sums of money
$100: classic amount of money
$0.55: not very much
$320.13: not bad
$2.02: i think you can do a little better than that, don't you
$74,000,000: huge amount of money
$74,000,100: just when i thought it couldn't get any better!
$16: sure
-$7230: you GOTTA be kidding me
$100: classic amount of money
$0.55: not very much
$320.13: not bad
$2.02: i think you can do a little better than that, don't you
$74,000,000: huge amount of money
$74,000,100: just when i thought it couldn't get any better!
$16: sure
-$7230: you GOTTA be kidding me
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i am declaring partial law!!! (only following the fun laws)
December 4, 2024 at 2:41 AM
i am declaring partial law!!! (only following the fun laws)
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Hm that’s one way to put it NPR
December 6, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Hm that’s one way to put it NPR
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[reunited with a friend I haven’t seen since we were babies]
Me: You still into peekaboo?
Me: You still into peekaboo?
November 22, 2023 at 5:20 PM
[reunited with a friend I haven’t seen since we were babies]
Me: You still into peekaboo?
Me: You still into peekaboo?
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Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine
NEW: Killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson appears to have left a message on one of the bullet casings - NY1
December 5, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine
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talk to your kids about drugs
learn which drugs are cool you don’t wanna be a nerd parent
learn which drugs are cool you don’t wanna be a nerd parent
December 5, 2024 at 2:39 AM
talk to your kids about drugs
learn which drugs are cool you don’t wanna be a nerd parent
learn which drugs are cool you don’t wanna be a nerd parent
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INTERVIEWER:
Tell me about a problem you encountered at your last job and how you handled it.
GREGOR SAMSA:
I felt worthless and unappreciated so l became a cockroach.
Tell me about a problem you encountered at your last job and how you handled it.
GREGOR SAMSA:
I felt worthless and unappreciated so l became a cockroach.
December 4, 2024 at 3:30 AM
INTERVIEWER:
Tell me about a problem you encountered at your last job and how you handled it.
GREGOR SAMSA:
I felt worthless and unappreciated so l became a cockroach.
Tell me about a problem you encountered at your last job and how you handled it.
GREGOR SAMSA:
I felt worthless and unappreciated so l became a cockroach.
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“I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said
December 5, 2024 at 2:38 AM
“I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said
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At this point I am running out of Legal Analyst ways to say that this man is a stupid and mendacious piece of shit
Justice Alito asks Chase Strangio if denying adolescents gender-affirming care *really* increases the likelihood of suicide
December 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM
At this point I am running out of Legal Analyst ways to say that this man is a stupid and mendacious piece of shit
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Tomorrow's newsletter will be free for everyone. I'm gonna warn you: there is something way worse than Ponderosa in it. And it's not because of the liveblog/breakdown/freakout about today's Supreme Court argument that's in there too. I mean, there's a worse food thing in it.
December 5, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Tomorrow's newsletter will be free for everyone. I'm gonna warn you: there is something way worse than Ponderosa in it. And it's not because of the liveblog/breakdown/freakout about today's Supreme Court argument that's in there too. I mean, there's a worse food thing in it.
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meanwhile, just a few blocks away, Samantha had her sights set on a rich CEO as well
December 5, 2024 at 12:25 AM
meanwhile, just a few blocks away, Samantha had her sights set on a rich CEO as well