Iowa. Root beer floats. #YNWA. If martin buber and EM Cioran had a baby and it married Italo Calvino's punk rock estranged kid, and they had a kid. Middling. Former licensed attorney, video store owner and floor layer.
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These arent my pants, im borrowing these pants
Why do they have to do billy j like that
Like its almost, almost funny this implies michelle has the same degree of power as rfk jr in their political imagination.
Secretary of hhs, first lady never formally appointed to anything What a road to go down @theatlantic.com lol
Nate's socials content is indecipherable to the same electoral voter he thinks is put off by whatever hes arbitrarily decided "bluekyism" is My mom doesnt know what that means. Get less online nate
Just use the f word. Use corporate fiefdom, use authoritarian crony executive corruption, single branch hellscape, ffs anything but this "who knows how to accurately describe this" shit yet again
She was arrested on the morning of Feb. 20 at her home in Charlotte while caring for her three younger siblings — the youngest of whom has autism — while her mother was at work.
Patriotic capitalism is one of the better euphemisms yet. Good gawd Just say the f word
Remember how DHS very studiously and repeatedly said they DID NOT pay for this? (and they didn't) apnews.com/article/flor...
every year some sheriff gets big stick and an award at the Buford Pusser Festival. oh i see a recent honoree.
The "annual buford pusser festival" was not a line i ever expected to read and my finally reading the deets of this story has not disappointed. Glad her family might belatedly get some peace, for what thats worth
Codicils for dayz
I thought they finally ditched crowtow?
Judd, you do good work but from a lowly nobody, this is not the fight to draw a line in the sand for Its like cory enshittification doctorow who i really respect yet at this point has jedi mind tricked himself into finding really hairsplitting reasons not to join bluesky (last i checked)
Its no different than the pledge question that zooms right past the correct answer includes an addition made to the pledge after the fact A test more for parrots then gauging civics
...host tonguing.... Tip of my cap to you
Im really intrigued by the historical, at least 50s on, obsession and rhetorical passion for "quiz" and "survey" gimmicks, you know, grades, pledges (preferably from a freshly named org) Not the inventors or sole purveyors of course but like, they are into it, its a goto locally, nationally
Jesus fucking christ. The Trump administration tried to send a bunch of children to Guatemala at 3 am and justified it by saying that the kids just wanted to return to their parents in Guatemala, but the kids actually told the court that they are afraid of being sent back to Guatemala.
Dunedin, sorry, its a hard one to pronounce correctly too
Whats funny about De Santis is he is from dunedine florida, and dunedine, poetically, has a full on packed, very public, very displayed, event filled, full community pride week celebration, i can attest
Whats funny about De Santis is he is from dunedine florida, and dunedine, poetically, has a full on packed, very public, very displayed, event filled, full community pride week celebration, i can attest
Wtf are monmon cats; this is a dive
"I am the zelda to your F Scott on bluesky" My wife wants my nonexistent following to know any actual content was stolen from her.
Lol, you arent alone. My wife had a long stare at the one photo and said "im not one of those people, i know how this sounds, but i get how people end up down a path because i really dont think that looks like him at all"
Four Seasons Landscaping played the long game and got their revenge
My concussed kings and queens
Hope everyones happy, the "its happening" hand bruise scuttlebutt has reached the kid with no social media Its penetrated the youth group chats
#belugafished
Shit, i just realized idk how fast you can order a custom sheet cake It'll be busy
I dont understand. I told everyone if it happens, ill walk outside to my driveway and play another one bites the dust really loud Did you hear it? No. Go back to sleep.
Only if his last words, his rosebud is "tom homan....*is* a bitch"
Huh. You ever wonder if trump and loomers relationship is like demi moore in the substance? Like, did laura loomer rip out of him in a faustian bargain and his time as trump is getting shorter and loomers is getting longer? Anyway
Flash of "coming to the kennedy center, as youve never seen him before, its Trump as Rum tum tugger...."
Laura Loomer even says Loomer with a hard R
My wifes parents took her to see leaving las vegas as a kid, my dad took my little sister to see the exorcist anniversary re-release ("gee, i didnt remember that part") If gay people exist is all you have to explain, snoop, my guy....
Are you even parenting if youve neverbeen blindsided by a "hey dad, whats AIDS?", "how did freddie mercury get AIDS?", "dad, mom took us to the freddie mercury movie" I took my daughter to see thunderbolts, we took our son young to see the horrible wolverine, ryan reynolds mouth sewn shut film....
The other 50% is herzogs thick german accent Perfect doc
Executive defiance of legislative action, if only we had words for that!
The idea we - users - couldnt give af about revenue and theres no artificial scarcity of internet (past the obvious access, technically it has an ip bound) drives them nuts. What Value is in bluesky if it isnt $? Boggles the mind
I skimmed mark cuban talking about "what will bsky do for revenue" etc and its really funny to see people who cannot fathom the general internet freedom of forums and communication where users are not tethered or fixed in a bounded barrel to lower marketing into, reel in personal data
The revolutionary political cartoons were really prescient. I know this cant be the distracted boyfriend meme, its an obvious period original, but uncanny resemblance. That old blockpress style cant be imitated.
Yep. I watched what I believe was the moment when she flipped from grief to racist vengeance fantasy. That was also the moment when she went from ignored grieving mother to celebrated fascist icon. She never looked back.
the judiciary getting to "hey, are we still even a thing?" as shruggable news
The gazette is a great local resource, so while this is an archive link, given the topic seems important, consider tossing them some $ archive.ph/4zhk1
They really are what-if-we-made-the-trains-on-timing it.
Palestinian journalist remembered by Iowa relatives for relentless pursuit of truth
cool bsky.app/profile/maxb...
Someone let hideo kojima do the trailer edits "What do you mean the trailer is a 3 hour cutscene? The movie itself is only 2 hours?"
It occurs to me at this moment I assume on faith, surely, a metal band has released a record called polycule of hate
Everytime you update this thread, it feels like a personal assault on how slow i read 🌈 Also, unrelated, my phone updated with a slew of new autostocked emojis and so this is a "reading" rainbow, lol, get it? A reading... ok whatever 🪵 hey a twin peaks emoji
319. Did y'all know that the original book is about the mice breaking a Norwegian poet out of jail so he can inspire people to rise against tyranny with his verse? Weird shit.
I love him even more
I love this guy
If he couldnt have the papal chaise lounge, no one will
People can play it cool but i just nodded along and have to admit its taken me years to accept and now concede i did not actually know what cargo cult politics meant until i just skimmed this. I assumed from context it was banana republicky Carry on
Idk if theyre really that nihilist
hateful chalk scribblings with a water bottle is certainly a stark image I hope for better days for all
Idk if the student paper is selling papes but social networking and wanting to keep their harvard status yes
Turns out a grand jury wont indict a ham sandwich
The "conservative showgirl" era 😂
"Quite crude" is quite the load bearing statement
If you havent had fedex try to send you a tariff invoice yet, after the fact, that happens, anecdotally speaking
who13.com/news/ukraini...
ICYMI: in non-Intel news, the Trump administration just quietly (and with no notice) expanded its "national security" tariffs on steel/aluminum to cover about $200B in addition imports that have little (if any) natsec connection (but were requested by US companies lobbying for protection).
Namechecking mishima here is a real icing on cake allusion Drew drew drew
COMMENTARY: The American government that Momand’s father risked his life to serve in fighting terrorism wants to deport his 19-year-old son, despite the young man’s lawful presence in the United States, writes guest columnist Jim Spencer. virginiamercury.com/2025/08/28/a...
A fun (sorta) thing I learned working on this story was that the NYT blamed the 1911 chestnut blight on “general wickedness”, “sinfulness and extravagant living” in a story headlined “ALL CHESTNUT TREES HERE ARE DOOMED”
a John Waters navy parade would get real close; dare to visualize.
gonna just keep reposting this from @ryanbort.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
if im asked in a parent survey, conservative would just mean do i want to be reckless or cautious They should ask the follow up "a politician wants to control a part of your daughters body" I kinda hate how much parties are assumed to monopolize really generic adjectives we all casually are
Scrolling at the speed of snark Mea culpa
Casualty of shortform. Things get detached from other skeets. I didnt know you were only referencing 3rd way dems, thats on me.
Whats a platforming of steve bannon where you agree w him on things between buds Newsoms comms are fine but having some interns who are riding south parks coattails isnt exactly high strategy
The shitty poetry of political mourning on display as the flags go to halfmast for the MN shooting as this assholes flag so to speak gets double height, jumbo sized unfurling. I know halfmast is supposed to be respectful but it feels like the flag retreating to make way for babbits "martyrd" hoorah
When they eventually erect their Ashli Babbitt statue in the Capitol, it's going to be awkward that my book The Undertow inclues the first and to-date fullest biography of their hero. (In the book, a J6 lawyer predicts the statue, & calls for a holiday.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Michelle King on two accessible new books on Taiwan that, fittingly, treat its history as of great interest for its own sake lareviewofbooks.org/article/one-... ...read the essay along w/this lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-de... & this lareviewofbooks.org/article/move... work well as a Taiwan trilogy
I think that one dudes eternal dr.phil riffing is funny but given the real phils show is in year 2+ of being off air, its also kind of oddly outdated for whats sold as the yutes edgy comedy. Its more like guys born in the 90s pretend to do bad edgelord 90s comedy they were toddlers for irl. Im good
I liked the norton hulk film nods, and carl lumbly, tim blake nelson delightful, no cast shade, but i remember brave new world is 3/4 done, realizing the plot and climax have zip to do w cpt america and ive just watched Potus and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: the movie Le sigh
What I found especially noteworthy about this particular story of ICE abduction was that Shin's friend and stand partner, in the orchestras they play in together, has decided to play every day in the state Capitol until Shin is released, in an intimate and powerful act of personal solidarity
Hey, i didnt know the youth version of fight like hell was done and out You shall not starve this night, metal wordsmith, i shall order it toot suite Book sales from bummer threads, the bluesky motto
Ran into a post by this guy and skimmed his anti-woke circa 2021 account, hates mamdani, trans people, woke. This close to replyguy replying to him when i noticed his bio. Then that i, a nobody, have more followers here This has never happened and now i just feel real sad for this pathetic bastard
IT'S FINALLY OUT!! I'm very proud of this piece, which had me wearing elf ears in the service of JOURNALISM!!
imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
Its a little obscure but try to trackdown a decent version of the short film "The Accountant" with Goggins and his buddy ray mckinnon in it. Little gem.
Napoleon dynamite llama was great "Iowa association of llamas royalty" You dont hear that everyday Let the mn accent fly
For @forward.com, I wrote about Trump threatening Soros with racketeering charges/blaming him for violence and how we know that is not only ludicrous and antisemitic but that this kind of language has gotten people, Jewish and not, killed, and how Trump knows that too forward.com/opinion/7652...
Its like she hates the u.s. navy Rimshot!
Yeah you only have two hands Its funny because alot of competitive shooters and people who do have a hobbyist love of their collections ive known eyeroll at these folks too, you can go overboard with guns same as beanie babies and labubus, nothing less superficial and consumerist abt it
“I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponization of public health,” wrote Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
Trump administration moves to bar states and even private (!) nonprofits, such as Red Cross, from helping undocumented immigrants after disasters. Evil. s2.washingtonpost.com/4467742/68af...
I like dan but this is the daydreaming lefty version of yesterdays trump musing that people say im like a dictator but crime goes down, maybe people want that "Sure, hes a tyrant, but maybe if tuition goes down, we go with tyranny" The answer is not fascism. Ever. Its an easy low bar.
Whats wild about it, this is the media landscape and liberals are way behind
Its obnoxious now as well when violence, particularly state violence, has come out of its deniability hideyhole to openly play at volume and scope So these shooters right wing media pushes cutting through that violence is almost darkly comical
Its exhausting, they did this w iowa's first school shooting and it somehow rolled into the wave of low level "terrorism" charges that followed in the reaction to it to kids on bombing threats and "almost" shootings where these superlocal things popped up in that ladies socials, lott lady
By southside i mean the one on fleur not to be confused with fazolis by walmart southside one These are skeets no one outside dsm will cognize