mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Normal guy: what a huge protest, amazing Me: thats the ship they used to film Master and Commander (behind the bigger ship with the white sails) bsky.app/profile/iwil...
Show me the Champion of Light, and I'll show you the Herald of Darkness.
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Normal guy: what a huge protest, amazing Me: thats the ship they used to film Master and Commander (behind the bigger ship with the white sails) bsky.app/profile/iwil...
Stonekettle (@stonekettle.bsky.social) reposted
You know what Trump's thinking about right now? Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and the Clintons... ...sitting in the front pew at Trump's funeral.
Dinner is 6 pm (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Every conservative principle that could have merit is already represented in the mainstream Democratic Party, not to mention fully abandoned by conservatives themselves. What's left? Bigotry, sadism, tantrums over corporate logos. This is what you're trying to find common ground with
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Praise his ass, Martha
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
This is perfect neurotypical-ness: "Hey, does anyone know why we have the machines calibrated to make women's shirts differently from men's??" [ everyone looks at each other blanky ] We just always done it like that ...
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
So what you're saying is ... [ quotes you saying a whole bunch of words you didn't even use to form a phrase you didn't even sort of say about a topic that's maybe tangentially related ]
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Now, what's worse: a kid doing a harmless prank, or a homeowner willing to murder anyone that rings his doorbell at the wrong time? Absolutely the kid.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
The cool thing about guns is that, in order to kill another person, you just need one eye, and one finger that can exert about 12 lbs of pressure on a trigger.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait until they find out the origin of the word "robot".
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
The silly females are so sleight of intellect, they must be dressed by another.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is a big guy, and body armor blunts a melee impact, right? I choose to believe these are orderlies making sure Grandpa doesn't bite anyone after getting confused.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
But ... why would anyone think to do that ... that's ... so weird. Neurotypicals are so strange.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Say what now? I am an elder millennial: I've never heard of this.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Why are they dressed like medical orderlies then? 100% they're there in case Grandpa has an "episode" and starts lapsing again.
the beastly fido (@theophite.bsky.social) reposted
why is donald trump tweeting about how he can see his mother in the corner of the room telling him it's almost time to come home??? and why is it "so bright in here, brighter than i thought it would be" in the White House?
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
The phenomenal movie "The Prestige" gives away the twist ending during the movie through various scenes - the twist is right there - but ... You didn't really want to know how the trick works, did you?
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
I just have so many questions about the people on the stairs. Maybe the guy at the bottom is passing through, but the other one clearly isn't, and both of them look pissed or bored.
David_j_roth (@davidjroth.bsky.social) reposted
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Actually would be just as funny if Trump is mostly still cognizant, but refuses to be seen in public because they had to shave his head, or his hair fell out. Imagine how funny it'd be for him to spend months avoiding live interviews, close ups, etc while still attempting to act normal.
Art Of Coop (@artofcoop.bsky.social) reposted
Sure looks like his head was shaved for a medical procedure
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) reposted
"President Trump owes us answers about his health": weak, frames him as good-faith statesman, boring "What did JD Vance know about Trump's health and when did he know it?": interesting, carries implication Trump's health is fucked up as a given, implies scandal spreading throughout admin
mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) reposted
bump
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
But he's very publicly dying and it's actually pretty funny.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Grandpa starts biting if you touch his face too much
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Fun fact: Humans have the smallest GI tract relative to overall body mass in the animal kingdom, and that's because we're disgusting weirdos that do "predigestion" (fermentation and cooking).
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
They've tried doing nothing, so the plan is to maybe keep trying that and hoping for new results.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
As well you should
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
I take all of my news from "Raw Egg Nationalist".
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sure SCOTUS will find a super secret clause in the Constitution that everyone else missed that says otherwise. Just like how the one sentence 2nd Amendment doesn't say what it appears to say, and uh, actually everyone can own 100 high powered rifles for shits and giggles.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
His handler, Peter Thiel.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
"Here's President Trump, alive and well, just off camera! Say hello, Trump!"
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Wanna be clear I hearted this not because of your dad dying, but because of the hope it brings me.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
You're telling me that a man who eats like a desperate raccoon, and that definitely had a bad stroke during his first time might be mostly dead now?
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Gonna be pretty funny if Trump stroked out sometime before the weekend and we go a week or two with them pretending his brain is still somewhat functional, until they have to admit that they are just shuffling a living corpse around.
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
I don’t normally ask to hear from the president but it’d be nice to see if he can still complete a sentence
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Just because it's walking around, doesn't mean that isn't a picture of a corpse.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Combine this with breaking small retail shipping, tariffs, and destroying the CDC, and baby, you got Great Depression 2.0 waiting to hit.
Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social) reposted
I was already pretty done with the news media but seeing clips yesterday from the Sunday shows where an anchor is like “but what if living in a Police State does reduce car jackings? Why would you be against that?” probably was the end
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
A federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order after the U.S. attempted to deport hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children without proper immigration proceedings.
Sky Marchini (@sky.skymarchini.net) reposted
they’re transparently gleeful about the performative occupation of American cities
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
He's gonna be gone from the mortal coil before the holiday is up.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Services for the poor? [ My monocle falls out as I laugh like "Huh huh huh ]
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
It's because they're scared shit less to not run ads.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuckin sick! I have a now discontinued Chevy Volt, and it has a 55 mile range.
Peter Sterne (@petersterne.com) reposted
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.
mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) reposted
9/11 was a massive boon to conservatives, rescuing Bush's floundering Presidency and leading to a midterm wipeout for Dems and Bush's reelection. They are actively rooting for more terrorist attacks.
Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) reposted
New: I looked at 90 porn sites to test the new age-verification law rewriting the web. The ones following the rules, and scanning visitors' faces, are crumbling, while the lawbreakers are doubling or tripling their traffic. One of many unintended consequences for an experimental tech wapo.st/47QuttW
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
"LoL, Biden still alive"
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Love to post blurry graphs with no accreditation.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Photoshop exists, and I have yet to see any photos of "Trump" facing the camera.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
I will also take a sequel to The Other Guys, possibly the weirdest, most absurd, unhinged buddy cop movie I've seen since Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in 21 Jump Street
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Wow, he claims he resolved 5 different wars that Israel was involved in, and they're STILL invading or attempting to invade 3 other countries.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
That's half of it. The other half is that a lawless corporation then exploits your time while trapping you in a situation such that to quit your job means losing healthcare and maybe your home.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh I see: you think politics and the economy are two separate things that exist independent of each other and never overlap. Silly goose.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Trump take local business boom
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
To the upper 1%
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Lori Chavez DeRemer: "Consumer confidence is up." (Consumer confidence is actually way down since Trump's second inauguration.)
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
The gerontocracy will kill us all
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm a millennial that started out right of center, and now I say we burn the Constitution and write a Bill of Rights that wasn't drafted by slave owning aristocrats.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Which means they are.
The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit.bsky.social) reposted
I gotta say: This feels like a planned thing.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
More and more people are saying that President Corpse is illiterate.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
O'Keefe to Noem: "At least 20 people who signed this letter were current FEMA employees & they've been placed on administrative leave. Is it now the policy of DHS that anytime an employee puts their name on something criticizing you or POTUS, they should anticipate being put on leave or fired?"
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
LoL no there's not
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Don't want to get death threats afterall.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
Fun fact: Mary Shelley's novel is believed to be the first story that introduced a 4th conflict: Man versus Man's Own Creations
Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) reposted
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Ben Franklin
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
Raddatz asks how anyone could object to the National Guard in DC because carjackings are down 87%. Brilliant. If they hermetically sealed all DC residents inside their homes, they could get that stat down to nothing at all. Should we do that, Martha?
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
The largest city in the Nation wouldn't exist if Trump hadn't had ICE harras Mexican-Americans for all of 1 week.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
I always suspected Snowden was actually a coward. If you really believe in what you're doing, you stand and face judgement for it.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
One murder is all it takes?
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
You're an internet hippo, you're not supposed to spit this truth.
Dinner is 6 pm (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted
Not sure whose fault it is primarily that most people don't seem to know that the president is basically a manager whose job is to carry out the will of Congress, and not The Country's Boss
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
*laced, paced, same difference
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
I wish they'd hurry up and skip to the paced Kool-Aid part.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Other day I was driving, slowed down, and gently scolded some Canadian geese to get out of the road (they were on the opposite side, kind of in the margin). What struck me was that they displayed no real fear of me, as they slowly shambled to the sidewalk, just cautious uncertainty.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Facts have a well known liberal bias!
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new. They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational. It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm just glad the Las Vegas shooter that killed 70 and wounded over 400 people from a hotel balcony didn't have a knife.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
GORKA: Instead of blaming an inanimate object, which is the weapon, how about addressing the human being instead? KEILAR: DHS cut funding in July to the Minnesota Dept of Safety and the Hennepin Country Sheriff's Office in July that is the kind of funding used to assess mass violence threats
Danny Zuker (@dannyzuker.bsky.social) reposted
Video shot earlier today shows Trump looking healthy and happy. Nice try Lame Stream Media!
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Exactly. I keep saying this. You cannot out-satirize Republicans; because they will satirize themselves worse than you can.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social) reply parent
The liberals don't want you to know that ingesting large quantities of poop bacteria actually makes your dick bigger.
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted
This feels like a metaphor for 2025 www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Oh. Okay.
Peter Sagal (@petersagal.bsky.social) reposted
Also in the Times today: an article about a violence prevention program in MN that was cut by the Trump WH designed to prevent the kind of attack that happened last week: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
Artologica aka Michele Banks (@artologica.net) reposted
New plan: we get Obama to demand the death certificate
Jennifer Van Goethem (@jennvg.bsky.social) reposted
The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump’s rumored death raises new questions about Joe Biden’s health
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) reposted
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Trump destroy SSA and the functionality of SSNs
Molly Knight (@mollyknight.bsky.social) reposted
Love to rebound from an internet fiasco by dating the person the Internet’s most notorious stan base hates most in the world.
One Who Walks Among the Dead (@anubisthejackal.bsky.social)
Great. Now what I am supposed to read while I wait for one of 7 different books from my local library to become available?
LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 (@longtimehistory.bsky.social) reposted
ICE detain man who is legally in U.S.—son of a decorated military veteran. "As a granddaughter of a Master Sergeant veteran," she said. "I never believed my home would be at risk in the country my family fought for." He is living in U.S. legally—and has never commit a crime. Dallas, Texas.