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Shriketastic
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· Sep 22
Wait, GWAR are democrats?
Grand Woke Army of the Republic
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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“Everything is bad always” is our new socio-political norm (unfortunately)
Consumer confidence data is basically useless for markets/econ forecasting at this point. There is just no universe where periods when inflation was 5x as high, real income growth was deeply negative, or unemployment was more than 2x current were better than the current backdrop.
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Everything is bad always” is our new socio-political norm (unfortunately)
You have to be terminally online to believe these people are any draw for a primetime CBS broadcast.
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
You have to be terminally online to believe these people are any draw for a primetime CBS broadcast.
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finished Death By Lightning, pretty good! nice plotting, well acted etc. didn’t really buy the saintly portrayal of Garfield but boy are we loaded up with a lot of Guiteau type people today
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
finished Death By Lightning, pretty good! nice plotting, well acted etc. didn’t really buy the saintly portrayal of Garfield but boy are we loaded up with a lot of Guiteau type people today
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The US is not going to have hyperinflation if we don't raise taxes. We're not going to get shut out of global credit markets. Again, I'm glad Romney has, long belatedly, discovered religion on the merits of government revenue from the wealthy. But this is deeply unserious stuff.
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The US is not going to have hyperinflation if we don't raise taxes. We're not going to get shut out of global credit markets. Again, I'm glad Romney has, long belatedly, discovered religion on the merits of government revenue from the wealthy. But this is deeply unserious stuff.
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If I am elected President, I will make it illegal to require you to go to work if a pet is sleeping on you.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If I am elected President, I will make it illegal to require you to go to work if a pet is sleeping on you.
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Spotted a 60-something man on the beach reading Olivia Nuzzi’s “American Canto.” His wife is nearby. She has Mar-a-Lago face and is wearing a trucker hat that says “Sun. Yoga. Champagne.” She’s been watching a live cam feed of her front door on a comically large tablet for the last 20 minutes.
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Spotted a 60-something man on the beach reading Olivia Nuzzi’s “American Canto.” His wife is nearby. She has Mar-a-Lago face and is wearing a trucker hat that says “Sun. Yoga. Champagne.” She’s been watching a live cam feed of her front door on a comically large tablet for the last 20 minutes.
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The wife also yelled at the young man who brought her cocktail over to her beach chair. She snapped “So charge me for a double!” It’s 9 AM.
December 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The wife also yelled at the young man who brought her cocktail over to her beach chair. She snapped “So charge me for a double!” It’s 9 AM.
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SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill
When House Democrats suspected a few members in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth, McBride reached out to some Republicans who went on to oppose the...
www.notus.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
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this is the most "Get a Job, Stay Away From Her" I've ever felt
![What’s the title or IP that you have yet to land but want?
Calvin and Hobbes. I’ve been chasing that for years and years, and I just have gotten nowhere with [creator] Bill Watterson. I began writing letters to him over 20 years ago. He lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and I was actually contemplating just going out there and just staying at a local Best Western and seeing if he ever shows up at the [local] bookstore. All he does is these wood carvings for poetry readings, and every now and then he goes to the bookstore and does signings.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bck7uabvjt4xu5uzn3exzhqj/bafkreihbf3oqirpgrhgcmd5ruwmeq6wi4bfhpzlgexh26yfjnb5g5i3a6q@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
this is the most "Get a Job, Stay Away From Her" I've ever felt
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Fuck yes, Bari Weiss get ON. THIS. NOW.
At a Coldplay concert in July, Kristin Cabot appeared on the Jumbotron in the arms of her boss. Cabot retreated, trying to make things right with the people who mattered most. Now, for first time since that viral moment, Cabot is sharing her side of the story. trib.al/I8tWdU4
December 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Fuck yes, Bari Weiss get ON. THIS. NOW.
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i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--
December 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--
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Sometimes there are trade offs, but this zero-sum fixation is a poor and inaccurate model of public opinion. Lots of people are doing lots of different things over huge amounts of time. The idea that *at the margin* Van Hollen's activities with KAG *hurt* senate dems chances seems obviously wrong.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sometimes there are trade offs, but this zero-sum fixation is a poor and inaccurate model of public opinion. Lots of people are doing lots of different things over huge amounts of time. The idea that *at the margin* Van Hollen's activities with KAG *hurt* senate dems chances seems obviously wrong.
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On a special episode of #GreatestGen, Ben, Adam, Wynde, Bill, and Rob almost have enough fun to forget that attendance to the Uxbridge-Shimoda Holiday Party was mandatory.
Listen to the full episode at gagh.biz/greatestgen.
#greatesttrek #startrek
@maxfunhq
Listen to the full episode at gagh.biz/greatestgen.
#greatesttrek #startrek
@maxfunhq
December 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
On a special episode of #GreatestGen, Ben, Adam, Wynde, Bill, and Rob almost have enough fun to forget that attendance to the Uxbridge-Shimoda Holiday Party was mandatory.
Listen to the full episode at gagh.biz/greatestgen.
#greatesttrek #startrek
@maxfunhq
Listen to the full episode at gagh.biz/greatestgen.
#greatesttrek #startrek
@maxfunhq
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You’re invited to the Uxbridge-Shimoda holiday party! It’s already in your feed!
On a special episode of #GreatestGen, Ben, Adam, Wynde, Bill, and Rob almost have enough fun to forget that attendance to the Uxbridge-Shimoda Holiday Party was mandatory.
Listen to the full episode at gagh.biz/greatestgen.
#greatesttrek #startrek
@maxfunhq
Listen to the full episode at gagh.biz/greatestgen.
#greatesttrek #startrek
@maxfunhq
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You’re invited to the Uxbridge-Shimoda holiday party! It’s already in your feed!
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This is what being a continental philosopher feels like and that’s why the analytics hate us
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is what being a continental philosopher feels like and that’s why the analytics hate us
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🎶 He’s making a list
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out if you work for ICE 🎶
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out if you work for ICE 🎶
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🎶 He’s making a list
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out if you work for ICE 🎶
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out if you work for ICE 🎶
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incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
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"If Dems had tweaked their rhetoric & 'framed' things the right way, political outcomes would have been dramatically different."
This form of analysis is a) ubiquitous and b) utterly, delusionally wrong in 99.9% of circumstances.
This form of analysis is a) ubiquitous and b) utterly, delusionally wrong in 99.9% of circumstances.
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"If Dems had tweaked their rhetoric & 'framed' things the right way, political outcomes would have been dramatically different."
This form of analysis is a) ubiquitous and b) utterly, delusionally wrong in 99.9% of circumstances.
This form of analysis is a) ubiquitous and b) utterly, delusionally wrong in 99.9% of circumstances.
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Ask and you shall receive... MS Now literally just posted on it
Rep. Sarah McBride makes rare personal remarks in opposing anti-trans bills
“My biggest regret in life is that I never had a childhood without that pain,” the congresswoman said on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday morning.
www.ms.now
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ask and you shall receive... MS Now literally just posted on it
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Currently watching CBP agents intimidate Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss in a Home Depot parking lot.
December 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Currently watching CBP agents intimidate Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss in a Home Depot parking lot.
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Actual research shows that there’s been an increase in social isolation across the board (which impacts older people more than younger ones), which means that the “male loneliness crisis” is just complete bullshit resulting from douchebro red pill podcasters telling young men that they’re victims.
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Actual research shows that there’s been an increase in social isolation across the board (which impacts older people more than younger ones), which means that the “male loneliness crisis” is just complete bullshit resulting from douchebro red pill podcasters telling young men that they’re victims.
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HEY WANNA FEEL OLD?!?
December 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
HEY WANNA FEEL OLD?!?
Scottish independence - old and busted
Welsh independence - new hotness
Welsh independence - new hotness
Huge new poll puts Plaid ahead of Reform with Labour and the Conservatives on just 10% each. willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/bombshell-...
Bombshell polling for Wales
If this is correct we are seeing a seismic shift
willhaywardwales.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Scottish independence - old and busted
Welsh independence - new hotness
Welsh independence - new hotness