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Ron
@ronnystickshift.bsky.social
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In favor of human rights and democracy, against colonialism and imperialism.

You ain't fuckin' metal till you got a clutch pedal.
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I'm surprised he took time away from the couch to do Putin's bidding. Usually it's just Trump who does that.
March 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Sometimes, when I find myself struggling, I remind myself of the wise words of @joohnchoe.bsky.social . Be good to each other, because in an age of cruelty, compassion is revolutionary.
Be good to each other, because in an age of cruelty, compassion is revolutionary.
February 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Addendum:
February 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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February 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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"Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed. That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore. They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?" A.R. Moxon
January 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Queen Iseabail share this on Twitter a while back
January 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Daaamn
Unger got a former KGB spy to confirm on the record that Russian intelligence had been working Trump for decades. In his new book, "American Kompromat," Unger interviewed Yuri Shvets, who told him that the KGB manipulated Trump with simple flattery. "In terms of his personality, the guy is not a complicated cookie," he said, "his most important characteristics being low intellect coupled with hyperinflated vanity. This makes him a dream for an experienced recruiter.”
January 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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January 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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I'm not that familiar with Politicus USA but they are ranked quite favorably, which is nice to see.

mediabiasfactcheck.com/politicususa/
A screenshot from the link in the post. It shows the bias meter on the left and the factuality rating as 5/6 (high factuality, second best).
January 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Agreed. Reminds me a bit of this cartoon
A presenter shows a list of the many benefits of fighting climate change. A person in the audience asks, what if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?
January 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Yep! This is one of my favorite linguistic fun facts. You already know, of course, but for the sake of others, here's more: www.oed.com/discover/a-b...
Singular they has become the pronoun of choice to replace he and she in cases where the gender of the antecedent – the word the pronoun refers to – is unknown, irrelevant, or nonbinary, or where gender needs to be concealed. It’s the word we use for sentences like Everyone loves his mother. But that’s nothing new. The Oxford English Dictionary traces singular they back to 1375, where it appears in the medieval romance William and the Werewolf. Except for the old-style language of that poem, its use of singular they to refer to an unnamed person seems very modern. Here’s the Middle English version: ‘Hastely hiȝed eche . . . þei neyȝþed so neiȝh . . . þere william & his worþi lef were liand i-fere.’ In modern English, that’s: ‘Each man hurried . . . till they drew near . . . where William and his darling were lying together.’ Since forms may exist in speech long before they’re written down, it’s likely that singular they was common even before the late fourteenth century. That makes an old form even older.
January 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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How to stop a goose attack: 1) Watch for warning signs. If the goose begins to honk, it is already too late for you. 2) Do not run. Geese can fly, and you will not escape its wrath. 3) Do not fight. Geese can kill you in over 400 ways, and you wouldn't like any of them. 4) Do not call for help. The geese have hacked your phone. All your friends are geese in disguise. The government has already fallen. 5) Accept your fate calmly. The goose will take your soul. This is inevitable, and you should not panic. Do not resist. Do not cry. Do not mourn. All hail the honk.
January 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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January 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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December 30, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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Respectfully, the current total *is* $175 billion, with about $106 billion going to Ukraine and the rest staying in the US.

To be clear, it's nowhere near enough. More needs to be given, especially in the form of long range weaponry without restrictions.

www.cfr.org/article/how-...
How Much Has the U.S. Spent on the War in Ukraine? Spending in the five supplemental appropriations bills addressing the war in Ukraine, by date signed into law. In 2022 there were four bills, totaling $13.6 billion, $40.9 billion, $12.3 billion, and $47.4 billion. After the Republicans came to power, no bill was passed until April 2024, in the amount of $61.3 billion. The total comes to $175.5 billion. Congress has passed five bills appropriating $175 billion in response to Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. While most of this spending is aid going to the government of Ukraine, a large portion is funding other U.S. government activities associated with the war.
December 30, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Omfg 🤣🤣🤣 Need a version of this but for face fucking
December 29, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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This one’s for you
December 29, 2024 at 4:27 AM
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I'm gonna keep posting this meme because it just fits this moment so perfectly
A screen cap of an Onion article with the title "Heartwarming: the worst people you know are all fighting"
December 29, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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This meme is getting quite a workout today 😂
December 28, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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December 28, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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It’s been nice watching the techno-fascists fighting with the paleo-fascists
Heartwarming: the worst people you know are all fighting
December 28, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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Tired of working on myself I will now be unapologetically insane
December 28, 2024 at 2:48 AM
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December 22, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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I don't usually bother but I had a bit of fun with this one a few years back
A message exchange in which a scammer is looking for rare metals and I offer them molybdenum for an absurdly inflated price. They back out by pretending a friend gave them the wrong number.
December 22, 2024 at 10:24 PM