Mike Simone
@fatherofgiants.bsky.social
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March 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Hey, Senator Cassidy, what do you think of your vote for Kennedy now?
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Hey, Senator Cassidy, what do you think of your vote for Kennedy now?
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GAVIN NEWSOM: So, again, you were talking about the importance of-
EDGAR THE BUG WEARING HUMAN SKIN FROM MEN IN BLACK: SUGAR WATER
GAVIN NEWSOM: Yes, sugar water. And my party hasn't acknowledged how much people love sugar and water. My son was shouting SUGAR WATER at me the other day on xbox.
EDGAR THE BUG WEARING HUMAN SKIN FROM MEN IN BLACK: SUGAR WATER
GAVIN NEWSOM: Yes, sugar water. And my party hasn't acknowledged how much people love sugar and water. My son was shouting SUGAR WATER at me the other day on xbox.
March 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
GAVIN NEWSOM: So, again, you were talking about the importance of-
EDGAR THE BUG WEARING HUMAN SKIN FROM MEN IN BLACK: SUGAR WATER
GAVIN NEWSOM: Yes, sugar water. And my party hasn't acknowledged how much people love sugar and water. My son was shouting SUGAR WATER at me the other day on xbox.
EDGAR THE BUG WEARING HUMAN SKIN FROM MEN IN BLACK: SUGAR WATER
GAVIN NEWSOM: Yes, sugar water. And my party hasn't acknowledged how much people love sugar and water. My son was shouting SUGAR WATER at me the other day on xbox.
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid
March 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid
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the absolute most charitable thing you can say about a lot of democratic lawmakers is that they want to hold onto a political order that no longer exists
The embodiment of Democratic Party resistance. “They’re throwing out the Constitution. I’m not sure how I’ll vote on it.”
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March 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
the absolute most charitable thing you can say about a lot of democratic lawmakers is that they want to hold onto a political order that no longer exists
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I think people are kinda missing the point of what Trump is talking about by dismantling FEMA. His vision is clearly that the federal government helps red states and lets blue states fend for themselves. Trump is not going to screw over red states, but he'll gladly punish blue ones.
Trump claims that disaster aid for North Carolina and California will go through his administration instead of FEMA
January 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I think people are kinda missing the point of what Trump is talking about by dismantling FEMA. His vision is clearly that the federal government helps red states and lets blue states fend for themselves. Trump is not going to screw over red states, but he'll gladly punish blue ones.
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We're Making Fox Great Again
The only Fox News you should be listening to.
"If they pounced to the north-east, they killed on 73% of their attacks; if they jumped in the opposite direction,,,, 60%. In all other directions, only 18% of their pounces were successful".
Nat Geo
The only Fox News you should be listening to.
"If they pounced to the north-east, they killed on 73% of their attacks; if they jumped in the opposite direction,,,, 60%. In all other directions, only 18% of their pounces were successful".
Nat Geo
January 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We're Making Fox Great Again
The only Fox News you should be listening to.
"If they pounced to the north-east, they killed on 73% of their attacks; if they jumped in the opposite direction,,,, 60%. In all other directions, only 18% of their pounces were successful".
Nat Geo
The only Fox News you should be listening to.
"If they pounced to the north-east, they killed on 73% of their attacks; if they jumped in the opposite direction,,,, 60%. In all other directions, only 18% of their pounces were successful".
Nat Geo
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it's like AOC is the only person who is expressing an actual emotion here
Four examples of Democratic messaging since yesterday. I know which one I'm supporting. And voting for.
January 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
it's like AOC is the only person who is expressing an actual emotion here
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Fearing the Reapers
Trump, Biden, and careers of evil
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January 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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For an FBI Director, I’d prefer an honest, careful, and serious person.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
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Kash Patel, Trump’s F.B.I. Pick, Pushed False Claims About Trump Investigations
Kash Patel, Donald J. Trump’s choice to run the bureau, has made a series of spurious assertions about the Russia, Jan. 6 and classified documents inquiries.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For an FBI Director, I’d prefer an honest, careful, and serious person.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
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“The effect — and I believe purpose — of these pardons is to encourage vigilantes and militias loyal to the president, but unaccountable to the government.”
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Opinion | I Prosecuted the Capitol Rioters. I Know Why Trump Pardoned Them.
Trump’s pardons will encourage more violence.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“The effect — and I believe purpose — of these pardons is to encourage vigilantes and militias loyal to the president, but unaccountable to the government.”
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I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
January 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.
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YES THIS HAPPENED. Also in a general sense if ASL interpreters are working one of my events and there is time, I try to give them access to any prepared materials and generally go over things that I suspect will present an issue for them. The idea they're not needed or useful is shitty ableist BS.
Reminds me of the time at WorldCon when an ASL interpreter completely stole the show from Scalzi by signing the HELL out of a short story filled with weird alien words. Scalzi was laughing too hard to read half the time.
ASL interpreters are valuable and amazing and must be protected.
ASL interpreters are valuable and amazing and must be protected.
Imagine being threatened and irritated by ASL interpreters. Shut this shit down. There is no validity to the "point", they are not valid, shut up, go away. Sick of these snowflakes.
In the meantime: here's the extraordinary Sarah Tubert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n4Y...
In the meantime: here's the extraordinary Sarah Tubert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n4Y...
January 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
YES THIS HAPPENED. Also in a general sense if ASL interpreters are working one of my events and there is time, I try to give them access to any prepared materials and generally go over things that I suspect will present an issue for them. The idea they're not needed or useful is shitty ableist BS.
Floods of Triton
Mastodon, Lamb of God · Floods of Triton · Song · 2024
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January 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Wednesday Night Awesome
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Flying Whales
Gojira · From Mars to Sirius · Song · 2005
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January 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Wednesday Night Awesome
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Francophone Ferocity
Francophone Ferocity
Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)
Gojira, Marina Viotti, Victor Le Masne · Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) · Song · 2024
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January 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Francophone Ferocity
Francophone Ferocity
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More Nordic Noise
More Nordic Noise
Freya
The Sword · Age of Winters · Song · 2006
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January 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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More Nordic Noise
More Nordic Noise
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Someone tell Ol Ball Coach that there’s an ocean on the other side where we actually have a lot of ships
Sen. Tommy Tuberville: "We've gotta take the Panama Canal back. We've gotta do something because if we were to happen to go to war with China over Taiwan and they were to shut the Panama Canal down, we'd have to go 8 to 10,000 miles just to get things back to the war zone."
January 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Someone tell Ol Ball Coach that there’s an ocean on the other side where we actually have a lot of ships
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from today's post —
link is here: bit.ly/4gF7Qdr
link is here: bit.ly/4gF7Qdr
January 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
from today's post —
link is here: bit.ly/4gF7Qdr
link is here: bit.ly/4gF7Qdr
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Has anyone pointed out that after the Trump regime has set up a huge incarceration system for immigrants, it could use that system for its native-born political enemies? Might be something to think about.
January 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Has anyone pointed out that after the Trump regime has set up a huge incarceration system for immigrants, it could use that system for its native-born political enemies? Might be something to think about.