SwiftDefeat
@swiftdefeat.bsky.social
Boring middle-aged guy with no strong feelings about Taylor Swift.
Likes: tabletop gaming, fantasy football, horror of all kinds.
Dislikes: Fascists, science deniers, and people who talk at the theater.
Likes: tabletop gaming, fantasy football, horror of all kinds.
Dislikes: Fascists, science deniers, and people who talk at the theater.
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Police chiefs in Minnesota said their officers were among those being targeted by immigration agents operating in the state.
ICE agents drew guns on off-duty officer in Minnesota, chief says
Police chiefs in Minnesota said their officers were among those being targeted by immigration agents operating in the state.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Police chiefs in Minnesota said their officers were among those being targeted by immigration agents operating in the state.
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UNREAL: Per NY Times amazing reporting today they found "Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion. We know this number to be an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view." We live in a 3rd world sh*thole! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:51 PM
UNREAL: Per NY Times amazing reporting today they found "Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion. We know this number to be an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view." We live in a 3rd world sh*thole! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Hi everyone.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:48 PM
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Men, we have to step up and put a stop to this. It has to come from us. It's not enough to teach our sons that this is not acceptable -- we have to be proactive in setting a better example for the next generation, but we also have to reactively shut this down if ever we see it.
I've now had two different friends with high school aged daughters who've been subjected to shitty teenage boys telling them "your body, my choice."
And to say I'm incandescently angry is an understatement.
Guys, you shut that shit down if you hear it. This one is your work.
And to say I'm incandescently angry is an understatement.
Guys, you shut that shit down if you hear it. This one is your work.
November 8, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Men, we have to step up and put a stop to this. It has to come from us. It's not enough to teach our sons that this is not acceptable -- we have to be proactive in setting a better example for the next generation, but we also have to reactively shut this down if ever we see it.
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I feel like porting this Google tip over here because I find it beyond essential now
October 15, 2024 at 11:44 PM
I feel like porting this Google tip over here because I find it beyond essential now
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Oregon, which has one of the highest vaccine exemption rates for school children, is having its worst measles outbreak in >30 years…entirely in the unvaccinated.
Antivaxxers don’t care about children; they’re selfish, ignorant adults forcing children to get preventable, potentially deadly, diseases
Antivaxxers don’t care about children; they’re selfish, ignorant adults forcing children to get preventable, potentially deadly, diseases
August 28, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Oregon, which has one of the highest vaccine exemption rates for school children, is having its worst measles outbreak in >30 years…entirely in the unvaccinated.
Antivaxxers don’t care about children; they’re selfish, ignorant adults forcing children to get preventable, potentially deadly, diseases
Antivaxxers don’t care about children; they’re selfish, ignorant adults forcing children to get preventable, potentially deadly, diseases
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Not just Virginia, this is a country wide effort to disenfranchise millions of likely Dem voters. Why they aren't screaming from the roof tops to
CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS !!!!
Is beyond me🙄
CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS !!!!
Is beyond me🙄
August 14, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Not just Virginia, this is a country wide effort to disenfranchise millions of likely Dem voters. Why they aren't screaming from the roof tops to
CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS !!!!
Is beyond me🙄
CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS !!!!
Is beyond me🙄
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The overturning of Roe v Wade is the most successful terrorist movement in the USA in my lifetime. Firebombings, assassinations, harassment and death threats, coupled with rigid party discipline, have brought about a prohibition more horrible than the 18th Amendment.
May 9, 2024 at 1:25 PM
The overturning of Roe v Wade is the most successful terrorist movement in the USA in my lifetime. Firebombings, assassinations, harassment and death threats, coupled with rigid party discipline, have brought about a prohibition more horrible than the 18th Amendment.
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Isn't it interesting that every killing by every cop is just a single bad apple that should never be thought to spoil the bunch, while every protest by and on behalf of marginalized people must be flawlessly perfect, or all participants deserve the brutality the police exist to deliver to them?
April 27, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Isn't it interesting that every killing by every cop is just a single bad apple that should never be thought to spoil the bunch, while every protest by and on behalf of marginalized people must be flawlessly perfect, or all participants deserve the brutality the police exist to deliver to them?
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Last night Gov. Youngkin went on a veto spree and vetoed a ton of sensible gun control policies. Youngkin is apparently just fine with:
-Buying guns after you've been convicted of assault or stalking
-Buying guns after you've been convicted of domestic violence
-Buying guns after you've been convicted of assault or stalking
-Buying guns after you've been convicted of domestic violence
March 27, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Last night Gov. Youngkin went on a veto spree and vetoed a ton of sensible gun control policies. Youngkin is apparently just fine with:
-Buying guns after you've been convicted of assault or stalking
-Buying guns after you've been convicted of domestic violence
-Buying guns after you've been convicted of assault or stalking
-Buying guns after you've been convicted of domestic violence
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Hello BlueSky. As a public service, given how many, many things have been forgotten, this account will attempt to remind everyone of the daily madness that was 2020.
March 7, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Hello BlueSky. As a public service, given how many, many things have been forgotten, this account will attempt to remind everyone of the daily madness that was 2020.
Why in God's name don't they use these OT rules in the regular season?
February 12, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Why in God's name don't they use these OT rules in the regular season?
There has never been a halftime show worth killing all momentum by pausing the game for 45+ minutes. This is the hill I will die on.
February 12, 2024 at 1:45 AM
There has never been a halftime show worth killing all momentum by pausing the game for 45+ minutes. This is the hill I will die on.
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1870-71: Franco-Prussian War, 433K dead
1914-1918: WWI, 17.6M dead, including 116K Americans
1939-1945: WWII, 54M dead in Europe, including 277K Americans
1949: NATO founded
1949- : No big interstate war in Europe (until Ukraine, which isn't in NATO)
2024: "NATO's dumb. What's it do for us anyway?"
1914-1918: WWI, 17.6M dead, including 116K Americans
1939-1945: WWII, 54M dead in Europe, including 277K Americans
1949: NATO founded
1949- : No big interstate war in Europe (until Ukraine, which isn't in NATO)
2024: "NATO's dumb. What's it do for us anyway?"
February 11, 2024 at 9:29 PM
1870-71: Franco-Prussian War, 433K dead
1914-1918: WWI, 17.6M dead, including 116K Americans
1939-1945: WWII, 54M dead in Europe, including 277K Americans
1949: NATO founded
1949- : No big interstate war in Europe (until Ukraine, which isn't in NATO)
2024: "NATO's dumb. What's it do for us anyway?"
1914-1918: WWI, 17.6M dead, including 116K Americans
1939-1945: WWII, 54M dead in Europe, including 277K Americans
1949: NATO founded
1949- : No big interstate war in Europe (until Ukraine, which isn't in NATO)
2024: "NATO's dumb. What's it do for us anyway?"
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In clinical trials of new treatments, when the treatment is clearly and obviously immediately effective it is sometimes considered unethical to continue to withhold it from the control group. Pretty sure we passed that milestone about a decade ago with basic income experiments.
Fresh basic income pilot results, this time from Arlington, Virginia where 200 people got $500 a month for 2 years. The findings:
Employment INCREASED by 16%, and their incomes from paid work INCREASED by 37%. The control group saw no such gains.
www.arlnow.com/2024/02/06/r...
Employment INCREASED by 16%, and their incomes from paid work INCREASED by 37%. The control group saw no such gains.
www.arlnow.com/2024/02/06/r...
February 7, 2024 at 4:09 PM
In clinical trials of new treatments, when the treatment is clearly and obviously immediately effective it is sometimes considered unethical to continue to withhold it from the control group. Pretty sure we passed that milestone about a decade ago with basic income experiments.