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@rickventurous.bsky.social
Genius who jogs a lot
just for me:
(don't click on this)
https://bsky.app/profile/rickventurous.bsky.social/post/3loztnl6ywk2a
(or this)
https://bsky.app/profile/rickventurous.bsky.social/post/3lqgwvwnjx223
just for me:
(don't click on this)
https://bsky.app/profile/rickventurous.bsky.social/post/3loztnl6ywk2a
(or this)
https://bsky.app/profile/rickventurous.bsky.social/post/3lqgwvwnjx223
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
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Happy anniversary to my favorite photo of Miga, like maybe a few days after we'd officially adopted her and introduced her into the house
January 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Happy anniversary to my favorite photo of Miga, like maybe a few days after we'd officially adopted her and introduced her into the house
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"I asked a number of Senate Democrats if increasing ICE funding is a red line for them in the upcoming budget negotiations. Most of the lawmakers I spoke with refrained from describing it in that way"
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE
Top Senate Democrats are focused on other priorities in the government funding fight.
www.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
"I asked a number of Senate Democrats if increasing ICE funding is a red line for them in the upcoming budget negotiations. Most of the lawmakers I spoke with refrained from describing it in that way"
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
at the stage of being employed where I hope they fire me
January 14, 2026 at 1:17 AM
at the stage of being employed where I hope they fire me
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I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
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We Demand More Ethical Pogroms
January 13, 2026 at 11:19 PM
We Demand More Ethical Pogroms
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Kristi Noem must be impeached.
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Kristi Noem must be impeached.
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For those asking why I am asking about ICE funding NOW, the government runs out of money this month and Congress has yet to pass the Homeland Security bill. ICE won’t be abolished, but Democrats can hold up the bill
January 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
For those asking why I am asking about ICE funding NOW, the government runs out of money this month and Congress has yet to pass the Homeland Security bill. ICE won’t be abolished, but Democrats can hold up the bill
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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Being right about trump was boring, tedious, partisan, ideological. Being wrong about trump? Heterodox, contrarian, free thinking.
January 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Being right about trump was boring, tedious, partisan, ideological. Being wrong about trump? Heterodox, contrarian, free thinking.
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in retrospect, it was amazing how much power people like Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell had at their fingertips in the pre-social media era. They could write an airport book claiming potato chips killed more people than all historical wars combined and it would become universal received wisdom
January 13, 2026 at 11:47 AM
in retrospect, it was amazing how much power people like Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell had at their fingertips in the pre-social media era. They could write an airport book claiming potato chips killed more people than all historical wars combined and it would become universal received wisdom
its annoying but yes my $100 carbon steel matfer really is heavenly to cook with. AND its not even poisoning me?? now i just have to use it for 5-10 decades to recoup my costs
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 AM
its annoying but yes my $100 carbon steel matfer really is heavenly to cook with. AND its not even poisoning me?? now i just have to use it for 5-10 decades to recoup my costs
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
sleeping well on a sunday night. could you imagine
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
sleeping well on a sunday night. could you imagine
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The news outlets that have so far covered this have omitted the description of the GoFundMe from the creator himself: "The stupid cunts wanna make a go fund me for the stupod bitch that got what she deserved i made one for the ice officer that did his job lets get this man some money." /
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 PM
The news outlets that have so far covered this have omitted the description of the GoFundMe from the creator himself: "The stupid cunts wanna make a go fund me for the stupod bitch that got what she deserved i made one for the ice officer that did his job lets get this man some money." /
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I lowkey hate how Dems have gone from "Trump's America First is a nationalist agenda that we should resist" to "We all wanted America First and Trump isn't coming through!"
While millions of Americans struggle to afford groceries, Donald Trump wants to spend their taxpayer dollars on invading foreign countries.
That's not America first.
That's not America first.
This is NOT America first.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I lowkey hate how Dems have gone from "Trump's America First is a nationalist agenda that we should resist" to "We all wanted America First and Trump isn't coming through!"
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We all know and love the airport as the place we go to cough on each other. But if you purchase a ticket you can also use it to get to other cities
January 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
We all know and love the airport as the place we go to cough on each other. But if you purchase a ticket you can also use it to get to other cities
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Mamdani is here describing a vision of working-class consumerism that resonates with the 19th century theorists of the “living wage” and shorter hours movements, whom I wrote about in my first book. “Eight Hours for What Will,” very much included the arts, education, and pleasure.
January 10, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Mamdani is here describing a vision of working-class consumerism that resonates with the 19th century theorists of the “living wage” and shorter hours movements, whom I wrote about in my first book. “Eight Hours for What Will,” very much included the arts, education, and pleasure.
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do you guys hear that bell tolling? wonder who it’s for. it’s so loud lmao
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
do you guys hear that bell tolling? wonder who it’s for. it’s so loud lmao
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Like 12 years ago my friend sent me this picture from his work and it immediately, permanently changed the name of this utensil in my head. The bytes were fully overwritten. I don’t remember the former name of this item and frankly I don’t care
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Like 12 years ago my friend sent me this picture from his work and it immediately, permanently changed the name of this utensil in my head. The bytes were fully overwritten. I don’t remember the former name of this item and frankly I don’t care
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Infuriating. Heartbreaking.
January 11, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Infuriating. Heartbreaking.
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Anyone who has read Copaganda knows that we are in the crucial early moments of virality after an extra-judicial police murder. It's extremely important for ICE that the media plays along with the idea that what happened is contested and there are multiple perspectives.
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Anyone who has read Copaganda knows that we are in the crucial early moments of virality after an extra-judicial police murder. It's extremely important for ICE that the media plays along with the idea that what happened is contested and there are multiple perspectives.
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I'm so annoyed that Cyberpunk 2077 is supposed to be a dystopian urban wasteland and Night City still has better mass transit and less traffic than Atlanta.
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I'm so annoyed that Cyberpunk 2077 is supposed to be a dystopian urban wasteland and Night City still has better mass transit and less traffic than Atlanta.