Kevin Kostka
@mpbx3003.bsky.social
Chelsea, Disc Golf, Politics.
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Wisconsin, #161820, He/Him, ❤️💜💙
TERFs will be blocked without warning
Wisconsin, #161820, He/Him, ❤️💜💙
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in a certain abstract sense, this is the most boring political story, one that would be equally understandable in 1880 or 1980 -- a backbencher revolt against an unpopular, lame duck president who doesn't want to relinquish power
but it's playing out via death threats and pedo conspiracies
but it's playing out via death threats and pedo conspiracies
Trump literally putting Marge’s life in danger because she wants to see the Epstein files
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
in a certain abstract sense, this is the most boring political story, one that would be equally understandable in 1880 or 1980 -- a backbencher revolt against an unpopular, lame duck president who doesn't want to relinquish power
but it's playing out via death threats and pedo conspiracies
but it's playing out via death threats and pedo conspiracies
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Puking and crying at the thought of trans people in Ghana getting access to microcredit
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Puking and crying at the thought of trans people in Ghana getting access to microcredit
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The guy whose credentials are "dad" is right about pampering these kids.
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The guy whose credentials are "dad" is right about pampering these kids.
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"gender critical" beliefs make people insane.
Even in conversations about saving the planet from catastrophic destruction, regressive anti-trans voices are trying to derail things by demanding climate agencies collect data about 'biological sex' rather than gender 📊🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"gender critical" beliefs make people insane.
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Ancient philosophy is 50% profound eternal wisdom and 50% that same exact guy declaring with supreme confidence two paragraphs later that pee is stored in the armpit.
Aristotle in his books on nature insisted men have more teeth than women.
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ancient philosophy is 50% profound eternal wisdom and 50% that same exact guy declaring with supreme confidence two paragraphs later that pee is stored in the armpit.
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the scramble for GOP hopefuls to distance themselves from Trump as the ship goes down is going to be crazy and the most important thing to do is sink all the lifeboats
none of them are allowed to escape his legacy
none of them are allowed to escape his legacy
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
the scramble for GOP hopefuls to distance themselves from Trump as the ship goes down is going to be crazy and the most important thing to do is sink all the lifeboats
none of them are allowed to escape his legacy
none of them are allowed to escape his legacy
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the core problems with sports gambling legalization are the ones that have always attended it
-the inherently predatory power law structure of the house's profits
-the denaturing effect of large gambling concerns on sporting competition
but this one is new and bad in its own way
-the inherently predatory power law structure of the house's profits
-the denaturing effect of large gambling concerns on sporting competition
but this one is new and bad in its own way
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
the core problems with sports gambling legalization are the ones that have always attended it
-the inherently predatory power law structure of the house's profits
-the denaturing effect of large gambling concerns on sporting competition
but this one is new and bad in its own way
-the inherently predatory power law structure of the house's profits
-the denaturing effect of large gambling concerns on sporting competition
but this one is new and bad in its own way
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the combination of unregulated sports gambling and social media is its own peculiarly bad thing
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
the combination of unregulated sports gambling and social media is its own peculiarly bad thing
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I have thought about this a lot. If you can find community based on the most repulsive part of yourself and also face exile from that community if you fix it, that’s what many psychologists would call “not good “
truly one of the skeleton keys for our modern age.
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have thought about this a lot. If you can find community based on the most repulsive part of yourself and also face exile from that community if you fix it, that’s what many psychologists would call “not good “
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At least I've heard of them but terrible value and short term are two of the big markers they staked this one.
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
At least I've heard of them but terrible value and short term are two of the big markers they staked this one.
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could i make it any more obvious
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
could i make it any more obvious
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Everything’s coming up Mulhouse
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Everything’s coming up Mulhouse
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I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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They are straight up robbing taxpayers blind at this point and not even trying to hide it. Just ransacking the treasury out in the open. This motherfucker pleaded guilty! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
They are straight up robbing taxpayers blind at this point and not even trying to hide it. Just ransacking the treasury out in the open. This motherfucker pleaded guilty! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I really wonder how much people are running with the Bill Clinton thing because it's funny and how much they're trying to protect themselves from the psychic damage of it being something magnitudes worse.
[Assuming it wasn't entirely a joke in the first place, as is likely.]
[Assuming it wasn't entirely a joke in the first place, as is likely.]
November 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I really wonder how much people are running with the Bill Clinton thing because it's funny and how much they're trying to protect themselves from the psychic damage of it being something magnitudes worse.
[Assuming it wasn't entirely a joke in the first place, as is likely.]
[Assuming it wasn't entirely a joke in the first place, as is likely.]
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This isn't the 2024 coalition, if this holds it's a crack in the Trump 3x voter base
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This isn't the 2024 coalition, if this holds it's a crack in the Trump 3x voter base
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the crazy thing is that the clinton BJ email is from a tranche the republicans released
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
the crazy thing is that the clinton BJ email is from a tranche the republicans released
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you: it probably is not actually true that donald trump blew bill clinton
me: it depends on what your definition of is is
me: it depends on what your definition of is is
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
you: it probably is not actually true that donald trump blew bill clinton
me: it depends on what your definition of is is
me: it depends on what your definition of is is
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he has a three-vote margin in the House and declared war on three House members
So...remember that whole thing I posted about Trump's behavior becoming more self-destructive the more desperate he gets?
Yeah,
Yeah,
Trump un-endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
he has a three-vote margin in the House and declared war on three House members
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I finally listened to "Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party" this week, and, frankly, as a fellow Elder Millennial With Anxiety, I can say Hayley Williams did some really good work.
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I finally listened to "Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party" this week, and, frankly, as a fellow Elder Millennial With Anxiety, I can say Hayley Williams did some really good work.