Comfortably Numb
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Staff software engineer. AWS/CDK/TypeScript. Interests: Pink Floyd, Star Trek, coding, biking, VR, cats. Not necessarily in this order. @anydoubts.bsky.social is my better half.
the replies to this are an amazing illustration of how powerful a force partisanship is and how it can break your ability to comprehend reality (descriptive statement, not normative)
ProPublica@propublica.org · 1h agoNEW: After James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud, ProPublica and @texastribune.org found that the Democratic Senate candidate may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.
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El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250
Politico: "Progressive didn't get win," showing pic of the guy who won.
Politico@politico.com · 7h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten
this is, to put it mildly, not great for El-Sayed
VoteHub@votehub.com · 12h agoStevens+53 mail Detroit.
the cameras are known to just disappear like that at times, ya know
every single fucking still from that goddamn podcast looks like a tim robinson sketch
eggs@thewetmale.bsky.social · 16h agoWe have to go deeper
"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!
I really think we gotta explore why Republicans keep voting for guys whose whole personas are "serial killer with a chip on his shoulder." What is it about these obvious pieces of shit that draws these voters in.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
TIL there are games made by the Australian government. Also I didn't know Microprose was still a thing.
Usually in Aaron's clip I just read the transcription, but this time I had to hear this for myself. He does literally say those words, and with such aplomb, he is positive he is making a great case.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
I somehow do not think "my ex-wife is the bad guy because she took the kid to the emergency room for a broken collarbone" is gonna go the way he thinks.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
Don’t judge yourself. That’s your cat’s job.
mamdani's social media: NYC, today is a monumental day. I've slain Gorlax the Spurious, the beast who lived in the sewers and ate children and small dogs. every conservative thinkpiece article: Slaying Gorlax the Spurious might *sound* appealing, but what if you don't have children or small dogs?
I mean, it's a banana, Michael. What color could it be? Green?
onion person@junlper.beer · 17h agosuspiciously green bananas is sadly one of the funniest things i’ve read in awhile
