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There is definitely a significant cohort that a) ONLY votes when Trump is on the ballot, and b) doesn't respond to polls. No way of knowing for sure but I'd be really surprised if they showed for Vance. I'm not even sure they'd be overly aware of election day TBH.
Genuinely, truly, thank you for the latter. I often repeat some variation on "the attempt to make you feel helpless & overwhelmed is a purposeful one," but needed it said to me now. Gonna log off and cook dinner for the family. đŤĄ
at this point if I was a congressional Dem I would start to think itâs pretty odd that every time something on the forefront of American minds happens some think tank tells us not to talk about it
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
It isn't the GOP CSC, it's bipartisan (Dems join in pairs with GOP members). So I was reacting to the implication that *CCL* (the actual creator of the CSC) is a creation of the GOP. CCL's trumpeting of the CSC is naive, but it's a liberal org. (no opinion on the CCC)
I promise you, CCL was not funded, led, or 95% staffed by anything approaching a member of the Republican Party. You can disagree with the tactics (I do!) but saying it was a GOP creation is flatly, objectively fucking wrong. "Transparently and obviously"--sure buddy.
And even #1 = "way too fucking late"
...absolutely incredible. Here's what Medieval Bologna would have looked like when all its towers were intact. Florence didn't have so many but did have dozens, so the richest part of the city center would have looked much like this. Much to the despair of the city fire brigade! 11/?
Imagine it's 1850 and you've just been flattened by an elite cavalry officer who just yells "SOWWY" as he thunders away.
![Screenshot of a tweet: British cavalry in the 1850s consisted entirely of twinks who used UwU-speak... [Photo of a book page]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uqonrv6u7reqli3kksljamwr/bafkreifqd3kvkwqy6k2vuajha3vrughks5bfvl72vglbaywl7nnzyxwqp4@jpeg "Click to view full size")
[writing the constitution] Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president" Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
I have lost all patience with the apparently unshakeable conviction that striking a reasonable, moderate pose means assuming the sincerity of transparently pretextual horseshit. Donald Trump does not care about reducing crime in DC. He is testing and normalizing paramilitary deployments in cities.
Dude the man looks in the mirror and sees 6'3 240 lbs
At this moment, liberal/left partisanship is patriotism. If we're ever going to as much as glimpse America's promise again, the GOP has to get *fucking wrecked*.
Agreed. And I think the Dems in power are going to be as shocked as GOPers in 2016.
You know, I'm thinking about this and I actually think under current conditions AOC could absolutely make a serious run next cycle. She's a massive talent and the base is RAVENOUS for youth and energy.
It's not.
Yes they've been great! But AOC is at least a couple cycles from a presidential run IMO (don't know enough about JC). I want someone at the top of the ticket with their level of focused rage.
Yeah that's certainly true, though the "lots" includes few as prominent as Newsom--the most disturbing/infuriating thing to me has been the quiet of our would-be-leadership. Pres contenders need to fill the fighting lane or watch Newsom/Pritzker own it.
Anyone who is not, at this moment, screaming at the top of their fucking lungs about the ongoing destruction of the Republic by the GOP is definitionally incapable of "doing the job." It's an baseline qualification, an absolute pre-req.
Yeah point taken. I do think he means it as pure bluff--like there's NO WAY they're deploying military to GOP districts. The two necessary components are a) a large Black population and b) Dem leadership. The combination is the "crisis."
No understanding of Chinese required to enjoy. Probably better without it
The success of interventions against real problems seems disproportionately to lead people to believe the problem wasnât a problem in the first place. Vaccines, Y2K, the voting rights act, many such examples.
Can you say more about this?
When I read âheterosexual deathstyle,â I knew I was in the presence of a true expert on matters of political strategy
New York is world-historical amazing, but "A squirrel! Only in New York" happens a fucking lot
I have a better understanding of how not to let the bullshit pollute my irreplaceable time with family and friends.
So much about our current national situation is explained by the fact that a substantial proportion of Americans truly believe that âfeeling somewhat uncomfortableâ is the same as being the victim of an actual crime
some very helpful context for this from @kjephd.bsky.social www.liberalcurrents.com/yes-its-fasc...
if you are worth billions of dollars â a sum that makes you wealthier than any king in antiquity â you already *have* been incentivized. you have been allowed, by the state and by your fellow citizens, to escape any material concern except death, a condition entirely unique to the modern era.
Bluesky is dying cause not enough people are sharing one of the best videos ever made.
It's the worst part!
Yeah I push back hard when I encounter it in the wild (not online). Claiming inevitability is a strategic move by fascists that we absolutely should not indulge let alone echo.
Thanks makes sense--and that pseudo-sophisticated, lazy defeatism has been driving me off my fucking gourd.
What does blackpilling mean in this context?
Nah, he's just seen God's foot upon the treadle of the loom, and multitudinous coral insects heaving colossal orbs from the firmament of waters. You gotta bear in mind that manâs insanity is heavenâs sense.
If you can read the "Cassock" chapter without your jaw dropping I don't think we can be friends. It is fucking WILD.
ICE has 20,000 officers in a country of 340,000,000. in 1934 the SA had 4 million men in a country of 60 million. it's just not a problem of the same scale.
When I hear âdemographics there have changedâ Iâve learned to tilt my head, cock an eyebrow, and wait
This thing is supposed to be able to understand organic chemistry and drug interactions with cells
Gotta be all the participation trophies, they sure cling to them hard enough
Yeah Iâve been there too, especially once I became a parent. He is so raw and vulnerable in his grief.
That quote is truly heartbreaking.
Fair, but on a Life level: the bad bet of the typesetter was what forced him abroad at the time of Suzyâs death. The wound was much deeper than financial.
Reportedly they had Rands vote if needed, so her vote was to force the full 53 on the record. I donât love it but it wasnât a total betrayal.
God I made the mistake of glancing at the website and I want it so fucking bad
Johnâs of Bleecker St is a must try old school joint. Going since 1929, strong game.
Your instinct is correct, others are unable to find it
The good news is that antifascism, Reconstruction 2.0, the abolition of billionaires, and the Butlerian Jihad are all one project now
Exactly: THe stories on what didn't get done bc Noem required her personal signature (in additional to call centers, the rescue teams) aren't stating clearly that one reason Noem is doing this is bc she's $1B over budget bc she has blown it all on kidnapping grannies.
Yeah
Youâd have a point if someone suggested withholding aid as a consequence of an electoral decision (i.e. Trump in California). Discussing the consequences of an election is not at all the same.
Eh it's good enough to merit a couple bonus years :)
1997
Sat silent in the theatre for ten minutes afterwards.
FROG. The hell???
www.usatoday.com/story/news/f...
I think the former, will try it that way anyway!
That sounds amazing It's such a good recipe but could use the texture that would add
If I reduce overall rice volume, or # of types, my wife will leave me so that one's off the table
Ha that's the one!! Looooove it. We always use honey (we keep bees so have a ton) and it works great. Will definitely try preheating the oil separately, seems like a great change.
Full details please! :) I have a recipe I love but am open to adjustments
Def interested. Determination not dooming.
hour long line, no car available, charged us anyway, months to get them to refund the money for the rental they failed to provide RUN
I donât say this lightly: I think the latest from @xkcd.com might be the best YouTube video Iâve ever seen. (3m37s)
Oh, he has far more contempt than do most on the left. His entire kink is to see how far he can push lies and still hold his base. He just has zero respect for his hardest core supporters--it would never even occur to me to try the level of grift on MAGA that he does on the daily.
After ruling, with anger in his voice, Judge Young: "This represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America's LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so."
Front page above the fold in the physical Sunday edition though. Good pic too.
Truly wild photos coming in from Los Angeles right now.
nobody needs to call Oregon-Oregon State the Civil War anymore when we can call it the Keytar Bowl
Defy them then, or else hold close thy lips.
my grandpa was illiterate so i have no idea if this ouija board is working or not
Ashly Burch just released, I'm Happy You're Here, a show about "demystifying and destigmatizing mental health." Their first episode covers anxiety. I wish there were more of these when I was growing up, and I know I've had to say the show's title to people close to me. youtu.be/h5SavjMFRLg
Poe, tireless advocate for the Spanish Inquisition
That makes sense thanks!
Can someone explain this?
You're fear mongering and have no idea what you're talking about.
Just stop. Elections are state run.
Fuuuuuuuck that
ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.
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Finished Andor. Some of the best television I've ever seen. I cannot believe Disney of all corporations has put out the most clear anti-fascist content I've seen outside of movies about WW2 partisans. Quick thread.
Los Angeles is the best city, endlessly better than when I first moved here 30 years ago. A mecca for music, theaters, sports, fine art and the best food in the country. Itâs big, overly commercial and desperately needs more housing. Leave us to our complicated, sophisticated and inclusive lives
There's actually an extremely large scholarly literature about this. With some regularity, dictators order their troops to shoot protestors, the troops are like "wtf no," and then the dictator falls. I'll dig ho and dump some cites below in a second
i have this picture of fred shuttlesworth in my class, his house just got bombed, and itâs equal parts can you believe this shit and equal parts well i guess we go on. i think itâs one of the best pictures of america ever taken.
The fact they chose California as the flash point is also an indicator that they don't think these things through LA has like 4M+ people. Sending every single ICE officer is ~20K, LAPD is 9K, LASD is 10K. Going in at 100:1 manpower â leaving zero bodies for literally anything else â is foolish 1/
I think this clip changed how I think about sports for the better youtu.be/7UhT6-GntcY?...
The only thing preventing us from doing this is our last remaining shred of national dignity
Apparently there were a few! www.reddit.com/r/vintageads...
I think Lithium
Fuck these guys. No. Absolutely not. You throw a Nazi salute while gleefully cutting off lifesaving aid to MILLIONS of impoverished humans, you're off the fucking island. This is 101.
On this, at least, I'm 100% consistent: no patience for masked-up Black Bloc types, ZERO tolerance for masked LEOs. Show your face.
mike johnson genuinely in the running for worst reactionary to come out of louisiana (his competition includes david duke)
In 1861 you wave the flag, take the hill, sing the praises of Old Glory, and work the details out later
It is absolutely vital that no Democrat so much as publicly consider an alignment. Elon has killed a lot of fucking people with great glee, he isn't a game piece available to you again.
I say this a lot but we are all so lucky this generation of fascists came of age on message boards and not stabbing people to death at close range in a trench while the world detonates endlessly around them
With all sincerity: thank you for bringing this into my life.
Is this real??? Tell me this is real.
Right. But you bought a house, not a neighborhood--and you definitely didn't buy a city.