Sam Ferguson
@samferguson.bsky.social
"Pretty dumb for a smart guy." | he/him | center-left social democrat being pushed farther left by the day | turbo nerd
Alright. How is it that none of you slackers told me about this Jesse Welles kid. Now I gotta find room to reshuffle my whole goddamn "best of" music list for this year.
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Alright. How is it that none of you slackers told me about this Jesse Welles kid. Now I gotta find room to reshuffle my whole goddamn "best of" music list for this year.
Hot take: Hospitals should hire more nurses and pay them more. I wonder if anyone’s thought of that.
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hot take: Hospitals should hire more nurses and pay them more. I wonder if anyone’s thought of that.
This “peace plan” is undiluted appeasement, and every American should be ashamed to have our name attached to it. Our peace plan for Ukraine should be giving them whatever the need to rain ruin on Russia until Russia withdraws to pre-2014 borders. Full stop.
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US military officials in Kyiv as Europe warns against reported Russia peace plan
It comes after reports the US and Russia have prepared a 28-point peace plan, allegedly with major concessions from Ukraine.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This “peace plan” is undiluted appeasement, and every American should be ashamed to have our name attached to it. Our peace plan for Ukraine should be giving them whatever the need to rain ruin on Russia until Russia withdraws to pre-2014 borders. Full stop.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Their disregard for ethics is surpassed only by their unfathomable stupidity.
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Courtroom was silent after DOJ's admission, CNN reporter says
YouTube video by CNN
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November 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Their disregard for ethics is surpassed only by their unfathomable stupidity.
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Why does Kash Patel always look like he’s trying real hard not to let on that he’s tripping 100% of all balls?
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Why does Kash Patel always look like he’s trying real hard not to let on that he’s tripping 100% of all balls?
TIL: "It sort of clips in at the front, then you rock it back and it locks into place — y'know, like an AK mag?" is not a helpful way to explain to most people how to reinsert the dustbin from one of those stand-up vacuums.
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
TIL: "It sort of clips in at the front, then you rock it back and it locks into place — y'know, like an AK mag?" is not a helpful way to explain to most people how to reinsert the dustbin from one of those stand-up vacuums.
Markwayne accidentally tells the truth: Just like you can't typically control whether or not you live within 500' of a hydrant, most people have at least SOME parts of their health that are out of their control — making his "reward people for being healthy" self-evidently pants-on-head stupid.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Markwayne accidentally tells the truth: Just like you can't typically control whether or not you live within 500' of a hydrant, most people have at least SOME parts of their health that are out of their control — making his "reward people for being healthy" self-evidently pants-on-head stupid.
This isn't even remotely the biggest problem I've got right now, but there being a new Ken Burns documentary out and me not having the time to watch it is a real kick in the 1s and 2s.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This isn't even remotely the biggest problem I've got right now, but there being a new Ken Burns documentary out and me not having the time to watch it is a real kick in the 1s and 2s.
1. Go fuck yourselves. Using the title of a beloved children's book as the operational name for your bullshit fascist cosplay festival is like, 1990s-cable-TV-movie-villain bad. (1/2)
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Federal immigration agents launch crackdown in Charlotte, DHS announces
DHS said it officially launched an operation dubbed "Charlotte's Web" to target immigrants living in the Charlotte area illegally.
www.cbsnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
1. Go fuck yourselves. Using the title of a beloved children's book as the operational name for your bullshit fascist cosplay festival is like, 1990s-cable-TV-movie-villain bad. (1/2)
www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
Hang on. If tariffs are paid by the countries of origin and not by American consumers (as Trump has insisted literally hundreds of times), how could suspending tariffs on these goods lower costs for Americans? It's almost like he was lying or something.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump issues order rolling back some of his food tariffs
The directive comes as the president has come under criticism for high grocery prices.
www.nbcnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hang on. If tariffs are paid by the countries of origin and not by American consumers (as Trump has insisted literally hundreds of times), how could suspending tariffs on these goods lower costs for Americans? It's almost like he was lying or something.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
My simplest, yet most non-mainstream political opinion: The presidential system was a mistake.
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
My simplest, yet most non-mainstream political opinion: The presidential system was a mistake.
"Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One: 'I'm the chief law enforcement officer of the country. I'm allowed to do it.'"
Okay. It's not remotely the most disturbing thing about this story, but: NO YOU'RE NOT, AND NO YOU CAN'T.
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Okay. It's not remotely the most disturbing thing about this story, but: NO YOU'RE NOT, AND NO YOU CAN'T.
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/g...
At Trump's urging, Bondi says U.S. will investigate Epstein's ties to political foes
Acceding to President Donald Trump's demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Trump political foes.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One: 'I'm the chief law enforcement officer of the country. I'm allowed to do it.'"
Okay. It's not remotely the most disturbing thing about this story, but: NO YOU'RE NOT, AND NO YOU CAN'T.
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/g...
Okay. It's not remotely the most disturbing thing about this story, but: NO YOU'RE NOT, AND NO YOU CAN'T.
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/g...
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
I'm always happy when a new Trek project is teased, and I love what these guys did with D&D. But we've had a lot of announcements since ST:B came out in 2013, and they've all evaporated. So wake me up when it starts production, and I'll see about getting excited.
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Breaking: Paramount Developing “New Take” Star Trek Film From ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Duo
Is it finally happening?
trekmovie.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I'm always happy when a new Trek project is teased, and I love what these guys did with D&D. But we've had a lot of announcements since ST:B came out in 2013, and they've all evaporated. So wake me up when it starts production, and I'll see about getting excited.
trekmovie.com/2025/11/14/b...
trekmovie.com/2025/11/14/b...
Reposted by Sam Ferguson
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
Governor Braun is a feckless, boot-licking dipshit, and I'm embarrassed to have him running Indiana. Watching his latest attempt to please President Trump fall apart is some small satisfaction, though. Eat shit, Mike.
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'Not enough votes' | Indiana Senate will not meet to vote on redistricting
Indiana State Senate President Rod Bray says there are not enough votes in the Senate and so they will not meet in December.
www.wthr.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Governor Braun is a feckless, boot-licking dipshit, and I'm embarrassed to have him running Indiana. Watching his latest attempt to please President Trump fall apart is some small satisfaction, though. Eat shit, Mike.
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
Even if this were true (it's not), that's a dumb fucking thing to have (or want) a "golden age" of. These dipshits really do just have one language: The tacky, gold-plated micro-vocabulary of their boss.
ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan: "We are ushering in the golden age of law enforcement in this country right now thanks to President Trump and the leadership from Secretary Noem"
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Even if this were true (it's not), that's a dumb fucking thing to have (or want) a "golden age" of. These dipshits really do just have one language: The tacky, gold-plated micro-vocabulary of their boss.
I sure do wish someone had been paying attention while the American right wing spent decades intentionally devaluing education and stigmatizing expertise until the electorate's actions became sufficiently divorced from policy outcomes to allow a post-policy party to govern unchallenged.
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I sure do wish someone had been paying attention while the American right wing spent decades intentionally devaluing education and stigmatizing expertise until the electorate's actions became sufficiently divorced from policy outcomes to allow a post-policy party to govern unchallenged.
Dave Mustaine: "Maybe I'm just too stubborn to go away."
We know, Dave. We know.
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We know, Dave. We know.
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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE On Longevity: 'Maybe I'm Just Too Stubborn To Go Away'
Late last month, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine and his bandmates gathered with members of the press to talk taste, craftsmanship and the art of brewing. At the heart of the October 26 discussion at th...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Dave Mustaine: "Maybe I'm just too stubborn to go away."
We know, Dave. We know.
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We know, Dave. We know.
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I realize that it reflects the reality of the current state of healthcare in the United States, but it's really icky when a healthcare provider (or in this case, the IVR answering their calls) refers to me as a "customer" rather than as a patient.
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I realize that it reflects the reality of the current state of healthcare in the United States, but it's really icky when a healthcare provider (or in this case, the IVR answering their calls) refers to me as a "customer" rather than as a patient.
These dipshits are not only gleefully dismantling my republic, but now they've outlawed the tasty little stoner treats I use to feel better about my republic being dismantled. This place sucks ass.
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
These dipshits are not only gleefully dismantling my republic, but now they've outlawed the tasty little stoner treats I use to feel better about my republic being dismantled. This place sucks ass.
Today's surprise feeling:
I'm often inwardly judgmental when I receive email/text/Slack messages from people that I, in my snobbery, perceive as "poorly-written". That usually makes me feel bad about myself for being uncharitable to my fellow human beings. (1/2)
I'm often inwardly judgmental when I receive email/text/Slack messages from people that I, in my snobbery, perceive as "poorly-written". That usually makes me feel bad about myself for being uncharitable to my fellow human beings. (1/2)
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Today's surprise feeling:
I'm often inwardly judgmental when I receive email/text/Slack messages from people that I, in my snobbery, perceive as "poorly-written". That usually makes me feel bad about myself for being uncharitable to my fellow human beings. (1/2)
I'm often inwardly judgmental when I receive email/text/Slack messages from people that I, in my snobbery, perceive as "poorly-written". That usually makes me feel bad about myself for being uncharitable to my fellow human beings. (1/2)
The question has never been "Is the sitting President of the United States a sexual predator?" The question has always been "How much of a sexual predator is the sitting President of the United States?" Don't get me wrong. I want to know, and we deserve to know. But it won't be a revelation.
Trump bragged about grappling women by the pu**y & barging into rooms of partially dressed, young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s just confirmation.
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The question has never been "Is the sitting President of the United States a sexual predator?" The question has always been "How much of a sexual predator is the sitting President of the United States?" Don't get me wrong. I want to know, and we deserve to know. But it won't be a revelation.
"Listen. If they hated not getting paid, they're gonna love it when I tell everybody they hate America!"
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"Listen. If they hated not getting paid, they're gonna love it when I tell everybody they hate America!"
Ah, yes. The famously politically correct social landscape of the hippiest of times, 1947 America 🙄
Trump: "We have officially renamed the Dept of Defense back to the original name, Dept of War. And remember we won World War 1, we won World War 2, we won everything in between. We won everything that came before. And then we brilliantly decided to change the name. We became politically correct"
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Ah, yes. The famously politically correct social landscape of the hippiest of times, 1947 America 🙄