Platypus
@platypus4ever.bsky.social
The phrase "That begs the question" does not mean what you think it means. Please stop using it.
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Platypus
@platypus4ever.bsky.social
· Sep 28
As a general rule, don't waste your energy on what a dude naming his kid X Æ A-12 wonders about.
I am so sorry, Ukraine. So incredibly sorry.
November 6, 2024 at 9:17 AM
I am so sorry, Ukraine. So incredibly sorry.
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However stressed you are today you're probably not as stressed as the Polymarket French whale who as $30 million riding on Trump.
November 5, 2024 at 8:23 PM
However stressed you are today you're probably not as stressed as the Polymarket French whale who as $30 million riding on Trump.
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the simple fact is that the “guardrails” of the american system have completely failed. the only thing that has kept us from going over are the voters and we’ll see if that holds.
October 23, 2024 at 1:35 AM
the simple fact is that the “guardrails” of the american system have completely failed. the only thing that has kept us from going over are the voters and we’ll see if that holds.
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Tim Walz: "This dude is nearly 80 years old. He damn near killed himself getting in a garbage truck."
October 31, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Tim Walz: "This dude is nearly 80 years old. He damn near killed himself getting in a garbage truck."
Good news everyone! It's Halloween!
October 31, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Good news everyone! It's Halloween!
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October 31, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Everybody, now do your Prime subscriptions.
October 29, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Everybody, now do your Prime subscriptions.
That billionaires will ditch newspapers for music labels.
I will say if it turns out that the cultural weight of NYT and the Washington Post was outweighed by the heft of Taylor Swift, Taraji P. Henson, and Beyonce, we will have learned something important
October 26, 2024 at 3:22 PM
That billionaires will ditch newspapers for music labels.
The Fourth Estate is in bad shape. Not entirely due to ill-intentioned outside forces. I'll leave it at that.
October 25, 2024 at 4:14 PM
The Fourth Estate is in bad shape. Not entirely due to ill-intentioned outside forces. I'll leave it at that.
Nothing wrong with that.
We’ve reached the cannoli-for-breakfast portion of the pre-election stress eating.
October 25, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Nothing wrong with that.
Elon. Musk. Is. A. Dangerous. Man.
Don't let it slide. Throw the (law) book at him. Hard.
Don't let it slide. Throw the (law) book at him. Hard.
October 25, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Elon. Musk. Is. A. Dangerous. Man.
Don't let it slide. Throw the (law) book at him. Hard.
Don't let it slide. Throw the (law) book at him. Hard.
Same
as some one with no sense of direction i am also happy GPS exists in my life time helen
October 25, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Same
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one reason Musk thinks laws don’t apply to him is that we don’t enforce the laws when he breaks them. I humbly submit that we should.
Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin since late 2022
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
October 25, 2024 at 1:17 AM
one reason Musk thinks laws don’t apply to him is that we don’t enforce the laws when he breaks them. I humbly submit that we should.
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I resent that as long as my kids have been aware of politics, they've had to hear about that fuckin guy
October 24, 2024 at 2:51 AM
I resent that as long as my kids have been aware of politics, they've had to hear about that fuckin guy
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there’s literally nothing complicated or interesting about trump. he’s bad. everything he touches is bad. that’s it! it’s very simple. and the desire to be clever about it has produced a lot of terrible work
October 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM
there’s literally nothing complicated or interesting about trump. he’s bad. everything he touches is bad. that’s it! it’s very simple. and the desire to be clever about it has produced a lot of terrible work
How can it be that I, as an Austrian, who lived in the US for 10 years, and is really into True Crime has not heard of Jack Unterweger until today?
I am disappointed in myself and my...
I am disappointed in myself and my...
October 23, 2024 at 2:18 PM
How can it be that I, as an Austrian, who lived in the US for 10 years, and is really into True Crime has not heard of Jack Unterweger until today?
I am disappointed in myself and my...
I am disappointed in myself and my...
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🚨 BREAKING: Moldova has voted yes to joining the EU by a tiny margin.
Read the developing story: trib.al/SxPOk2g
Read the developing story: trib.al/SxPOk2g
October 21, 2024 at 9:37 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Moldova has voted yes to joining the EU by a tiny margin.
Read the developing story: trib.al/SxPOk2g
Read the developing story: trib.al/SxPOk2g
Me from now on until election day, especially if the news cycle is about some dude's (I've never heard about) dick instead of elder care, public schools, abortion, and the openly fascist campaign of one of the candidates.
October 20, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Me from now on until election day, especially if the news cycle is about some dude's (I've never heard about) dick instead of elder care, public schools, abortion, and the openly fascist campaign of one of the candidates.
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It should be illegal for a donut shop to be closed on Sunday
October 20, 2024 at 4:41 PM
It should be illegal for a donut shop to be closed on Sunday
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My rule and also my privilege is to work at news orgs that if the former and perhaps future leader of the free world is up there on stage, hollering ethnic cleansing, rambling about another dude’s massive dick, you go to town on that in the article, probably put that in the fucking headline
October 20, 2024 at 1:07 AM
My rule and also my privilege is to work at news orgs that if the former and perhaps future leader of the free world is up there on stage, hollering ethnic cleansing, rambling about another dude’s massive dick, you go to town on that in the article, probably put that in the fucking headline
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One fun game to play when someone says that the left went too far left so they had to become conservative in response, is to try to determine, based on when they claim this happened, exactly which marginalized group's rights they decided were a bridge too far.
October 18, 2024 at 5:04 PM
One fun game to play when someone says that the left went too far left so they had to become conservative in response, is to try to determine, based on when they claim this happened, exactly which marginalized group's rights they decided were a bridge too far.
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went running yesterday for the first time in 3 months and today i am walking like a giraffe that has just been born
October 18, 2024 at 3:22 PM
went running yesterday for the first time in 3 months and today i am walking like a giraffe that has just been born