Has anyone solved the Mystery of the Missing Mitch? I feel like at the very least someone should visit some morgues and hospitals and ask questions.
Unmask
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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0
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Fascism walks in through bureaucratic channels masquerading as governance. Small person, large chip on my shoulder: Jalapeño flavor. Takes orders from @feistytheecat.bsky.social • Owns the @shaggin-wagon.bsky.social vending machine.
1A is positively thriving in Portland. Anyway, f*ck transphobia. [read the thread. Not thriving. At all.]
e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 5d agowell, a couple of Moda Center "Guest Experience" stooges just tried to tell my friend that she couldn't wear a shirt that says "F*CK TRANSPHOBIA" in the building because "there had been complaints" and "you can't wear shirts with profanity" we laughed and went to our seats
I don’t even know what this is in reference to, but let it be known: I am TEAM BEAN. If Tuscany would have me, I would accept the moniker “bean eater” with pride. Do not besmirch the bean. Ever.
s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 7d agoHonestly we need to call it something other than bean soup theory. Leave beans out of this. What did they ever do to you.
So things going great for the American Experiment, do I have that right.
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The sigh I let out when Jay sent me this notice. I looked them up. Because I like punishing myself.
Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · last wk.A pretty clean illustration of how SCOTUSblog's editorial coverage has shifted since its merger with a conservative media outlet: At its big-ticket Supreme Court term preview conference in the fall, the marquee event is...a panel featuring the GCs of Boeing, TD Bank, and ExxonMobil
"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.
Leiracal@leiracal.bsky.social · 12mo agoThis concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵Puerto Rico has been a US commonwealth since 1898. I would be remiss not to mention that the island had a history of slavery that lasted longer than slavery in America. Pull up a seat🪑.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.nypl.org/blog/2023/09...
Saw the Nolan thingy with the boats and stuff.
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Men-only gyms seek to protect Christian men from lust – Baptist News Global
the Christian manosphere believes men need to be in top physical and spiritual shape. So they’re proposing “lust-free” gyms.
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Straight up Stalin shit.
Clapping for Stalin
“At the conclusion of the conference, a tribute to Comrade Stalin was called for.
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agocult shit at the White House as Trump's cronies give him a standing ovation for minutes on end. Note how nobody wants to be the first to stop clapping.
The crossover of losers who want to "live completely naturally" and "reject vaccines" are often the same assholes who take steroids, looksmaxx, and have tradwife tiktoks so I'm going with "sociopath."
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · 2w agoif you think something being "natural" or "plant-based" makes it healthy and something being made in a lab and loaded into a syringe is inherently dangerous, you're an idiot. you should lose access to your kids if you harm them due to this belief www.propublica.org/article/more...
No one asked, no one cares, but I am in fact still writing a screenplay. Which is WAY better than the alternative, I have to say. Make art, not fascism.
👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0@ominousrabbit.com · last mo.Well, anyway. Back to writing a screenplay for some reason.
Sucks to be down two senators... If you're fascists.
In the long, long list of people prosecuted for crimes against humanity, this thumb with a face is at the top.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoHoman on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."
never forget that THE NIGHT BELONGS TO LOVERS 🏴☠️
I see that my decision to not be on the internet for a couple of weeks has been a sound one. I will re-up my restraint for a bit longer. 😬 Stay safe out there, folks.
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IRGC spokesperson says Iran is currently targeting U.S. military infrastructure across the region, warning that any prolonged conflict would lead to “the next steps.”
Kid1, who is both an conductor and engineer for CN and has driven trains through SK wildfires himself, just sent me this video from Ontario. When I tell you they arent paid enough!!! vt.tiktok.com/ZSXkuEadE/
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w agoThese photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
"Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now...the Republic faces an existential threat from a movement that is contemptuous of democracy" Either act like or admit that you didn't mean it. This? It's beyond pathetic.
Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 3w agoAn incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination”
People who shoplift food are hungry, and we are a failed fucking country who will spend more money on tech to criminalize hunger than we will to feed them.
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 3w ago“Anytime a company collects highly sensitive personal data, there are risks the data will be shared, breached, or later seized by the government,” EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @sfchronicle.com. “Companies should ask themselves, is violating everyone’s privacy worth it?”
Chocolate covered pretzels with a side of questionable ethics and/corruption isn’t gonna fix our issues, Frankie 😒😒😒 Keep the fucking pretzels, we need more staff, we need our telework options back, and maybe more than a 1% pay raise. Outside of that, eat the pretzels yourself, and fuck off 🖕🖕🖕
The Social Security Chief Keeps Sending Staff His Daughter's Pretzels
Staff say the gesture isn't increasing morale, but it is raising ethics questions.
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Absolutely not. I do not accept this. I’m gutted and I hate you, Fates, for taking him.
Sam Neill, Actor in ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ Dies at 78 — The Hollywood Reporter
The pride of New Zealand and Australia also starred in ‘My Brilliant Career,’ ‘Dead Calm,’ ‘In the Mouth of Madness,’ ‘The Final Conflict’ and ‘Event Horizon.’
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They extracted the soul of Graham and placed it in McConnell? Because that's the only thing that makes sense.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w agoIn a newly released statement, Sen. Mitch McConnell also acknowledged the unusual lack of detail from his office since he was hospitalized on June 14, saying people of his generation often hesitate to share “the vulnerability that comes with growing older.” https://wapo.st/4vZErT5
“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it.” Linsey Graham, May 3, 2016 I wish he’d been right. The reality is far more depressing.
A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?
I just want you all to know, that despite everything - that despite the AI, and the erosion of the arts across the board, and the fascism and the stupidity - I'm still writing this nonsense, one painstaking line at a time. And maybe that's hope.
👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0@ominousrabbit.com · last mo.Well, anyway. Back to writing a screenplay for some reason.