this is actually hilarious of spotify. Like, check out the actual song they're claiming I used in *all* of these episodes. it's... I'm gonna guess the genre as: screamo-rap?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJMi...
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Same as it ever was: - Republican administration fucks everything up expensively - Democratic replacement administration is expected to clean up the entire mess - will get no credit for it, & in fact... - Republican challengers will use cost incurred cleaning up least R mess to decry D "tax & spend"
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social Β· 3h agoI know it sucks, but Dems have got to be prepared to inherit a munitions-and-readiness hole that is going to be expensive to fill, but which will need to be filled. Hardly the only such hole, but it will be a big one.
I am truly apologetic to those who leave nice comments (and I know lots of you do, and I love them)... but I can only bring myself to even look at comments at all once every... maybe year or so, as sort of a batch-purge... largely because of how little jabs like such do actually sting
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social Β· 4h ago"Hate to tell you" OK so don't tell us
The CCP is just the exact same confuco-legalist imperial bureaucratic pyramid itβs been for 2k+ yrs, just with a coat of red paint slapped on the siding. One cannot run the Imperium long without inevitably become Empire-shaped.
Like, also the internet has gotten considerably better than it was in 1986. So have things like most forms of medicine. Serial killers are way down. Cities are safer and cleaner. Zelda games are better now. Thereβa CK3 now. Better podcasts. I dunno, Dorian. Kinda seems like youβre just whining
Revan@revan.eurosky.social Β· 17h agoSo this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary
βI mean itβs one plantain banana, David. What could it cost - pledging your eternal soul to the Islamic Republic of Japan?β
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disc horse bot@horsedisc.bsky.social Β· 16h agowe inhale methamphetamine in this web zone
Itβs one of the big breakdown in both historical & sociological popular understanding. Most people think: βoh, I know itβs not real, so I should treat it like itβs unreal.β Whereas a seasoned hand will go, βWhile I donβt believe in it, they did, and they acted as though it was real, making it so.β
Josh Fruhlinger@jfruh.bsky.social Β· 18h agothere's a lot of people across the political spectrum who simply cannot process the fact that ethnicity is a social construct, that many ethnicities did not exist within the lifetime of living people, and that nevertheless ethnicity is an extremely real thing that ppl will kill or die for
Never was there a scene shot by MCU disclosing the sheer amount of wastewater produced by every single computation performed by F.R.I.D.A.Y. Just to keep Peter slinging. Smdh⦠wake up sheeple
Jacob Geller@jacobgeller.com Β· 18h agoWas seeing spider man and the power went out in the theater, I'm blaming peter's incessant use of his ai assistant
Scott Bessent always looks like heβs in a Primus video
This is, perhaps, one of the most tremendous cases of "Posting Through It" that we have ever yet seen. Max has not even yet begun to truly crash-out. He'll tell *you* when he's ready to crash-out! This whole freakin SYSTEM is crashin-out!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com Β· 22h agoπ€― Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:
"So far, our constitutional 'guardrails' have held"... Tremendous, if true.
Renew Democracy Initiative@renewdemocracy.bsky.social Β· yesterdayβSo far, our constitutional βguardrailsβ have held, more or less. But whack on them long enough, and who knows?β RDIβs @jaynordlinger.bsky.social investigates how dictators rig elections and the rise of election denial in the worldβs oldest democracy:
"What does he specialize in?" "Bones." "Oh, orthopedics?" <shaking head> "Bones."
Robert McNees@mcnees.bsky.social Β· 22h agoI had just assumed that the state wouldnβt approve a vanity plate for a dog, but I can see how theyβd make an exception for a dog who went to med school.
I cannot stop watching this masterpiece www.tiktok.com/@muyunbrothe...
Many of you love this song, so weβll sing a few more! Next up, tracks by singer Ella Langley. Want us to cover more English songs? Leave a comment and let us know. #countrymusic #dandelion #cover
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it's a luscious mix of words and tricks
At IHOPβ¦ wife (mistakenly) ordered the Blue Raspberry Lemonade. As if the look of utter revulsion on her face wasnβt hilarious enough, she then (bless her) asked the waitress, βIs this homemade, or from a can?β
They could've delayed this announcement by 3 days & made themselves legends in the process... but we can't have that. Because of woke.
Ernie Smith@ernie.tedium.co Β· yesterdayI must inform you that Rebecca Blackβs βFridayβ just went platinum, according to the RIAA. www.riaa.com/gold-platinu...
"Yeah, make it feel kinda like that creepy Apple 1984 commercial & kinda like 'Get Out' where you feel like Trump is gonna body-swap with the guy who broke into the WH ... but make sure all of it looks & feels like super shitty slop."
A Modest Proposal: guys like this should burn www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/u...
Man arrested on suspicion of arson in 1 of 3 wildfires torching Washingtonβs Spokane area | CNN
A man suspected of arson in one of three wildfires tearing through eastern Washington state has been arrested, authorities say, as firefighters race to contain flames before they obliterate more homes...
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"So, you decided to build you capital city on the Yellow River, eh? Yeah, that seems like a real smart move. Let's see how that works out for you, genius." - Confucius
more like εε½δΊΊ (but seriously, line cutting? Lotta people doing that... and they're not the foreigners)
Manya Koetse@manyapan.bsky.social Β· 2d agoMore about this in my latest newsletter, where I unpack this trend.
Dear Leader's very good, like, brain always knows what's best, guaranteed:
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com Β· 2d agoTrump: "I know Europe better than anybody. Better than the people that run it."
Yeah man, I bet it was cuz they were so nice to the people that ran afoul of the political purge. I bet it was cuz they were just telling em all βnow donβt do it again, you lil scamp,β and then letting em go with a warning. Fucking dipshit.
It's the entire reason Hollywood exists as a concept of Americana It's the reason the WWE is so popular It's why celeb magazine that make up names like "Bennifer" and "Brangelina" are perennial It's why #8 on this list is shock you! Heck, it's why the President is a WWE Hall of Famer...
Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net Β· 2d agoamerica is a face culture that pretends it is not a face culture; trump is a particularly reputation (mas macho) variant of that culture. iran gets that america is a face culture, and that trump's entire schtick is built on never "losing", and acts accordingly.
Without reading it, Iβmma tell you the answer: As a foreigner in China, you have no right to privacy. In fact, you are required by law to register yourself with the local police within 24hrs every time you change addresses or take a trip. You think theyβre hiding this tracking? Lololololololololol
Nobody ever heard of "grocery" or "affordability" before the socialists took over the grocery stores
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com Β· 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.