Jason Avant
@jasonavant.bsky.social
Content Director Guy/Writer/Editor/Occasional Rugby Player/Mediocre Surfer. Formerly @petcobra at The Bad Place. He/Him. Portlander. Stuff I’ve written: https://www.clippings.me/users/jasonavant
Ossoff and El-Sayed took different tacks tonight vs their opponents—El-Sayed was more of a subtext of “you dumb fucking racist jackass” while Ossoff’s was more “if you fell down at a gas station I’d toss a lit match on you”—and I don’t think either of those is a bad choice tbh
It’s about time the Democrats started calling Republicans what they are: Nazis. 
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoOssoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
Every Democrat should be launching broadsides like Ossoff.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoOssoff: "Tonight, a united Georgia will hear the trial the Mike Collins. Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic child-like devotion to Donald Trump."
Ossoff's superpower is that he correctly thinks his opponent is a contemptible piece of shit and he is willing to explain why in clear and direct language. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoOssoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
Friday I was diagnosed with prostate cancer; Tuesday I was told I'm being laid off. I'll turn you over to my life coach Roy Kent, who has prepared some remarks
Roy Kent Swearing
Alt: Roy Kent saying "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck"
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Me after the Helicopter Brewery Tour flight ends
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTrump isn't beating the "can't walk in a straight line" allegations
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
victims constantly being asked to consider the feelings of their rapists is one the most evil facets of rape culture
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
time.com
This is your reminder not to let those joyless fucks convince you that human experience, knowledge, intellect, and art can be reduced to a pre-chewed paste of stolen labor.
Having fun with our fridge word magnets, not at all inspired by current events
It seems quaint now that we do all our banking and race science there, but, nevertheless, it's true: at one time, people mostly wrote jokes on Twitter. 10 years ago, I wrote one about an old asshole and it kinda changed my life. Not his, though. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
The tweet that defined a decade of Trump | CNN
It’s been 10 years since Jesse Farrar accidentally defined a political era with one pithy, prescient tweet. He wishes it never happened.
cnn.com
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
These guys think "Doom takes his mask off, is a Multiverse Tony Stark" will surprise people. Bless their hearts.
IGN@ign.com · 2w agoMarvel fans need to prepare for "a very surprising ending" to Avengers: Doomsday, directors Joe and Anthony Russo have teased. https://bit.ly/4z1aMtK
SO I'm getting a biopsy tomorrow (cancer, prostate, very high likelihood that the biopsy will tell me what I already think I know since I've had two PSA tests and MRI that point in that direction) and while I'm not really scared (high survival rate), this was a nice thing to read today.
It's Abby. Yep@itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 8mo agoBased on nothing but hope, I believe that as you slip from this world into the next, you get to see yourself as those who love you see you
Based on nothing but hope, I believe that as you slip from this world into the next, you get to see yourself as those who love you see you
My sense is that the rest of these playoff teams should be very worried about the Padres.
Last week, the Portland Police Bureau killed Kylo (their own dog) and a human person. Instead of just telling us that, PPB chose to execute a media blitz to try and convince the public they were sad that the dog was killed (passive voice) & that we should feel bad for them.
pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 2w agoUpdated information shows PPB killed the man and the dog. Absolutely shameful how some media talked about this man’s life like it was an afterthought, and unquestioningly put out copaganda.