Edward Blaylock
@ehblaylock.bsky.social
He/Him, Teacher, Progressive Catholic, Lapsed Fechter, Distributist.
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Me: This is a pretty big donut, maybe I'll just eat half of it
Donut: Motherfucker I did not put on all these sprinkles just to gummed on by a QUITTER
Me: You make a compelling point, donut
Donut: Motherfucker I did not put on all these sprinkles just to gummed on by a QUITTER
Me: You make a compelling point, donut
November 24, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Me: This is a pretty big donut, maybe I'll just eat half of it
Donut: Motherfucker I did not put on all these sprinkles just to gummed on by a QUITTER
Me: You make a compelling point, donut
Donut: Motherfucker I did not put on all these sprinkles just to gummed on by a QUITTER
Me: You make a compelling point, donut
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I know this is stupid, but the thing about Bathroom Bans I can never get over is that bathrooms are supposedly hot spots for sexual assault because genitals are present, but invisible, at those locations, which is also true of literally any place where people are gathered and wearing clothes
November 24, 2024 at 3:14 PM
I know this is stupid, but the thing about Bathroom Bans I can never get over is that bathrooms are supposedly hot spots for sexual assault because genitals are present, but invisible, at those locations, which is also true of literally any place where people are gathered and wearing clothes
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one of the problems with political analysis of all stripes is that it's a bunch of mostly moderately smart people for whom politics is essentially their lives trying to analyze the behavior of mostly slightly dumb people who barely think about it
the thing about being a political junkie is you have extremely difficult time conceptualizing how someone could be totally ignorant of politics but i would strongly encourage you to imagine the kind of person who googled “did biden drop out?” on november 4th and then cast a ballot on november 5th
November 18, 2024 at 3:10 PM
one of the problems with political analysis of all stripes is that it's a bunch of mostly moderately smart people for whom politics is essentially their lives trying to analyze the behavior of mostly slightly dumb people who barely think about it
I needed this snort-laugh.
Sorry about all the screaming, also
The bidet in this hotel room has three settings: 'soft,' 'medium,' and 'pressure-washing a soot-stained white marble piéta in one of the world's most devout yet polluted cities'
I feel violated
The bidet in this hotel room has three settings: 'soft,' 'medium,' and 'pressure-washing a soot-stained white marble piéta in one of the world's most devout yet polluted cities'
I feel violated
November 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM
I needed this snort-laugh.
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I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
November 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
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I support the legal and social equality of trans people, view the ongoing hate campaign against them as evil, and support their autonomy and freedom. I know several young people who grew up with my kids who are trans and I am concerned about their well-being. /1
November 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM
I support the legal and social equality of trans people, view the ongoing hate campaign against them as evil, and support their autonomy and freedom. I know several young people who grew up with my kids who are trans and I am concerned about their well-being. /1
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
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We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea
Trump is reportedly expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services
Trump expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS
The choice will roil many public health experts after his years of touting debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:51 PM
We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea
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the big bad wolf, writing for the Atlantic: building brick houses might be popular with insular academics afraid of intellectual debate, but in practice they are a stifling barrier to free speech
November 16, 2024 at 1:19 PM
the big bad wolf, writing for the Atlantic: building brick houses might be popular with insular academics afraid of intellectual debate, but in practice they are a stifling barrier to free speech
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So Biden's winning independents, doing pretty okay among Dems, and most of the rest of them will come home. And I just don't see how Trump gains a single vote over 2020.
January 31, 2024 at 7:56 PM
So Biden's winning independents, doing pretty okay among Dems, and most of the rest of them will come home. And I just don't see how Trump gains a single vote over 2020.
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isn't combatants impersonating medics blatantly a war crime
January 31, 2024 at 8:19 PM
isn't combatants impersonating medics blatantly a war crime
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trump pulling 41% of white women is like a death knell for the republican party
January 31, 2024 at 8:22 PM
trump pulling 41% of white women is like a death knell for the republican party
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What a time to be alive... we *might* have found life on another planet 120ly away.
www.nasa.gov/universe/exo...
www.nasa.gov/universe/exo...
January 16, 2024 at 5:28 PM
What a time to be alive... we *might* have found life on another planet 120ly away.
www.nasa.gov/universe/exo...
www.nasa.gov/universe/exo...
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I truly do agree with this
More people would be behind him if he just started talking like this on the stump, America's really fucking tired of policy discussions
just call Trump a fucking asshole every day and watch numbers go brrrrt
just call Trump a fucking asshole every day and watch numbers go brrrrt
Biden's "Who is this asshole?" when interacting with Bill Ackman would have been a good model for universities to follow: www.foxbusiness.com/politics/joe...
January 16, 2024 at 5:35 PM
I truly do agree with this
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Trump will refuse to do debates but if Biden called him an asshole on the debate stage I would forgive his many faults
Biden's "Who is this asshole?" when interacting with Bill Ackman would have been a good model for universities to follow: www.foxbusiness.com/politics/joe...
January 16, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Trump will refuse to do debates but if Biden called him an asshole on the debate stage I would forgive his many faults
This is proof of two things:
1- police departments are publicly-funded gangs
and
2- police unions should not be considered "labor organizations" so much as "racketeering schemes."
1- police departments are publicly-funded gangs
and
2- police unions should not be considered "labor organizations" so much as "racketeering schemes."
Just absolutely amazing that the police union hasn't been investigated and prosecuted. All of this corruption just out in the open www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/n...
January 16, 2024 at 6:47 PM
This is proof of two things:
1- police departments are publicly-funded gangs
and
2- police unions should not be considered "labor organizations" so much as "racketeering schemes."
1- police departments are publicly-funded gangs
and
2- police unions should not be considered "labor organizations" so much as "racketeering schemes."
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There's a $10,000 hotline reward for tips that help jail a cop killer, and most states automatically impose harsher penalties on those convicted. To say nothing of the fact that of course cops/DAs close these cases.
Blue Lives already mattered MORE than anyone else, but they still threw a tantrum.
Blue Lives already mattered MORE than anyone else, but they still threw a tantrum.
January 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
There's a $10,000 hotline reward for tips that help jail a cop killer, and most states automatically impose harsher penalties on those convicted. To say nothing of the fact that of course cops/DAs close these cases.
Blue Lives already mattered MORE than anyone else, but they still threw a tantrum.
Blue Lives already mattered MORE than anyone else, but they still threw a tantrum.
You love to see it.
December 24, 2023 at 12:18 AM
You love to see it.
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Come ON.
Biden's campaign keeps linking Trump to Hitler *because Trump keeps echoing Hitler.*
The "extraordinary step" here is what Trump is doing, not Biden's response. www.politico.com/news/2023/12...
Biden's campaign keeps linking Trump to Hitler *because Trump keeps echoing Hitler.*
The "extraordinary step" here is what Trump is doing, not Biden's response. www.politico.com/news/2023/12...
Why Biden's campaign keeps linking Trump to Hitler
The Biden campaign warns that Trump’s rhetoric — from "vermin" to "poisoned" blood — could reflect history repeating.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2023 at 4:08 PM
Come ON.
Biden's campaign keeps linking Trump to Hitler *because Trump keeps echoing Hitler.*
The "extraordinary step" here is what Trump is doing, not Biden's response. www.politico.com/news/2023/12...
Biden's campaign keeps linking Trump to Hitler *because Trump keeps echoing Hitler.*
The "extraordinary step" here is what Trump is doing, not Biden's response. www.politico.com/news/2023/12...
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like I don’t know how effective you think organizing to support a more properly progressive & viable candidate will be when the goon squads with a license to open fire show up at every event
December 19, 2023 at 5:21 PM
like I don’t know how effective you think organizing to support a more properly progressive & viable candidate will be when the goon squads with a license to open fire show up at every event
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I think I can say with a clean conscience I’m not a shameless biden shill but to me the main reason you vote for him is the opportunity to vote for somebody better in 2028 will not exist if he loses
Trump is already laying the groundwork to coopt the military for domestic use if he wins next year.
How Trump Is Laying The Groundwork For A Coopted Military, Now And In 2025
It received little attention, but back in March 2023, Donald Trump had...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2023 at 5:18 PM
I think I can say with a clean conscience I’m not a shameless biden shill but to me the main reason you vote for him is the opportunity to vote for somebody better in 2028 will not exist if he loses
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This is a good thing (and the AmTrads are [even more] going to Lose Their Shit).
It's a blessing, not a consecration; but it accepts people as they are.
Doctrine does not change overnight.
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
It's a blessing, not a consecration; but it accepts people as they are.
Doctrine does not change overnight.
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
Pope says Roman Catholic priests can bless same-sex couples
Announcing the change, the Vatican emphasised that it continues to view marriage as between a man and a woman.
www.bbc.com
December 19, 2023 at 2:21 PM
This is a good thing (and the AmTrads are [even more] going to Lose Their Shit).
It's a blessing, not a consecration; but it accepts people as they are.
Doctrine does not change overnight.
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
It's a blessing, not a consecration; but it accepts people as they are.
Doctrine does not change overnight.
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
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Who wants to learn about the oldest kaiju story—which doubles as the oldest story we know?
Get comfortable—have a seat, pour yourself a drink, light ‘em if you got ‘em. We’re going back several millennia on this thread.
(Also getting political in the last third of the thread, sorry).
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Get comfortable—have a seat, pour yourself a drink, light ‘em if you got ‘em. We’re going back several millennia on this thread.
(Also getting political in the last third of the thread, sorry).
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December 15, 2023 at 7:01 PM
Who wants to learn about the oldest kaiju story—which doubles as the oldest story we know?
Get comfortable—have a seat, pour yourself a drink, light ‘em if you got ‘em. We’re going back several millennia on this thread.
(Also getting political in the last third of the thread, sorry).
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Get comfortable—have a seat, pour yourself a drink, light ‘em if you got ‘em. We’re going back several millennia on this thread.
(Also getting political in the last third of the thread, sorry).
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