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Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Screenshotting these because the answers will be different tomorrow
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Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Surely her concerns about trans procedures are strictly about medical caution, not born out of prejudice
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Probably the meatiest Law & Order ever got in this vein was in the episode where the Governor removes Adam Schiff from a case after he only filed second-degree murder charges, not first-degree murder. Here's Schiff and McCoy working on the appeal:
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Probably a good time to start boning up on the Indiana 8th Recount of 1985. It's been 40 years, but I'm sure there are Republicans who *still* hold a grudge and will bring this up straightaway.
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Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Even this is disingenuous. He never would've said this if Mamdani spent his Sunday at, say, an ethnic festival (last week was India Day), or at church (like him and many of the working families he has in mind), but a scavenger hunt is twee enough to turn into a culture-war talking point.
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
He remembered the name of the, er, âscientistâ
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
And you can see his, ah, âaccreditationsâ here bsky.app/profile/did:...
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Coldwell's RationalWiki page is a trip, as is his own page of accreditations, which notably do *not* include his supposed Ph.D.(s) Oh, and where I said âsort ofâ in the previous post, I probably should have said ânot reallyâ rationalwiki.org/wiki/Leonard...
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Betty has a source, an actual doctor*! *sort of
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
The bot/AI question was explored in the original thread, but it took the Bad Medical Taker 36 minutes to respond to the âignore all previous promptsâ command, and she also got the command wrong, so probably not
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
a very good thread on this industry
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
I thought there'd be an actual feather, like
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How it started (1-2) // how it went on (3-4)
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Seems like Point 5 is supposed to mean that antisemitism is ultimately the Jewsâ own fault. Which is, of course, exactly what antisemites love to say, because it shifts the responsibility away from their own bigotry. (P.S. I'm Jewish.)
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Wasn't looking for N-zism on her timeline, but sure enough
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Not the first former HUD Secretary to run for Mayor of NYC and completely fumble the bag on housing
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
They âcreativelyâ changed the signpost arrows from the original anti-New Deal ones, I'll give them that
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Huh, weird. I thought they were supposed to have the courage of their convictions or something
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
I annotated all the mistakes, or tried to, fwiw (no alt-text, sorry; I froze up at just the thought of trying)
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
âWe eradicated cancer for 20 centuries and it re-emerged right around the time the government started regulating our foodââokay, I might have taken some liberties in the paraphrasing
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
âI can't cite my sources because the wokes banned all mention of the studies everywhereâ pops up frequentlyâI'd call it a convenient excuse except I think they actually believe this is going on bsky.app/profile/astu...
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
The woke made the Internet delete all the human studies that prove this, but left TONS of animal studies available, oh those nefarious yet slipshod woke
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
No, you shouldn't be giving these people the benefit of any doubt, or thinking that they're capable of subtlety
Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) reposted
Some people keep saying "AI isn't just probabilities, AI understands," and then AI puts a toilet next to the office desk, both of which are in the kitchen with no sink. This is not something an entity would do if it "understood" what those things are.
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
John's knowledge of the female anatomy is extensive
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
In 1990, I called up the Washington, DC oldies station to request Maxwell's Silver Hammer. DJ: âMaxwell's Silver Hammerâ? Sir, this is an OLDIES station. Me: Uh, it's a Beatles song. DJ: Oh, come on. If it were a Beatles song, I think I would have heard of it.
Joel S. (@joelhs.bsky.social) reposted
Nothing about the national discourse around his candidacy would lead you to believe that Zohran Mamdani is the most popular mayoral candidate among NYC Jews. And this is another example of why the national discourse about American Jews are so misleading.
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Look, she's only saying that you shouldn't schedule those things merely for the sake of convenience BUT ALSO that childbirth is supposed to be painful in order to prepare women for motherhood, and if you try to get around that you will ruin your children with your poor, poor mothering skills
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, you guys just don't understand âïžbasic economicsâïž
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Seems to me that if Stevens is in this picture, then Souter should be somewhere in here too. (Maybe the guy crouching on the left?)
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Top reply on Xitter reveals exactly how strong the theological foundation for âreligious exemptionâ is
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
It's him, unless there are two pharmacists with the same name in the same small town
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Bonus: He learned this science back in college 20 years ago, but the gays got it banned so he can no longer find the source
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Makes more sense when you see the whole thingâŠwell, maybe not
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
This made the news at the time (sans Epstein)
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
She couldn't be bothered to scroll down to see what else this place was offering for upcoming Storytime sessions, that's for sure
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Really since 1995âno wait, since 1981; basically, every time Republicans come into power they push this agenda
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
I think the actual political strategy is that if he comes in 2nd but keeps Mamdani below 50%âwhich at this point I'd bet is the eventual outcomeâhe can blame Adams and Sliwa for not dropping out and giving him a clear shot (as if their withdrawal would cause all their votes to naturally flow to him)
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Seems to me that if they wanted to make an anti-Israel statement they would've killed off Wonder Woman
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Fellas, is it gay to like Jennifer Love Hewitt, or even subgenre BBW fetish
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks even better in the original publication than this poorly punctuated reprint, where the original em-dashes are reduced to hyphens
Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social) reposted
Every piece of evidence seems to further confirm that the attacks on Mamdani are driven by an elitist out of touch group of unpopular weirdos
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Ed (@notdred.bsky.social) reposted
I guess the media needs it to be spelled out but the core principle of RFKj wellness fascism is that if you get sick itâs your fault, you could have avoided it by using the right âsupplementsâ and working out, so you might as well die because youâre of no use
Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) reposted
To be clear, this is what actual antisemitism looks like.
Oeming (@oeming.bsky.social) reposted
Very Rich people who want to live in NYC, LA, Miami etc wonât leave if you raise their taxes 1-3%- They live there because they love it, not for the tax rate -otherwise theyâd live in cheap places to save on taxes (like me:) but they donât. âTheyâll leaveâ is such BS.
alec karakatsanis (@equalityalec.bsky.social) reposted
See if you can spot the difference between New York Times propaganda and the Israeli press. I know itâs subtle, let me know if you canât figure it out.
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
I live here, and I'm still amused by the idea that the solution is to recruit a *fifth* general-election candidate who will fracture the anti-Mamdani vote even more.
Sal Gentile (@salgentile.bsky.social) reposted
general election preview: zohran: freeze the rent and make buses fast and free cuomo: new york city is a hellhole eric adams: we hustle and grind at the hotel of wisdom, god is my DJ when Iâm on the dance floor of success, new york is the home of pizza and 9/11
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Reminded that four years ago they did this for the one voter registered at Gracie Mansion, thereby revealing to the world who Dante de Blasio voted for.
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social)
â»âł| âłâ»| â»âł| âłâ»| â»âł| âłâ»| â»âł| âłâ»| _ â»âł| âą.âą) the NYC mayoral primary used to be in September; âłâ»|âïŸ sometimes they had to have a runoff 2 weeks later â»âł|
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
To be clear, strong-arming countries into submission by bombing them, or telling them that they'd better surrender to Russia because you're just going to let Russia roll right over them if they don'tâthat's not âbrokering peace,â that's just bullying.
Hemry, Local Bartender (@bartenderhemry.bsky.social) reposted
This has been the whole administration (and really was the whole campaign), a surrogate saying "trump does not want the crazy thing and it's frankly insulting that you would even ask" immediately followed by trump saying "I WANT THE CRAZY THING! THANK YOU!!"
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Gotta say, if it came down to Cuomo vs. Adrienne Adams and you didn't rank either, your ballot would no longer be valid. Fortunately, that looks to be an unlikely scenario, but I think people should rank the lesser evil as their 5th choice just in case.
pork, cheese, broccoli rabe (@garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz) reposted
amtrakâs marketing team gets it
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Not sure why NYC didn't go on to expand RCV to the general election, but I suspect it's because Eric Adams thought that it almost cost him the 2021 primary, and that he would've done better under the old system where if no one gets 40% the top two candidates have a separate runoff
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social)
WellâŠat least we can finally put an end to the âTrump deserves a Nobel Peace Prizeâ chatter. (Um, right?)
Bobby Big Wheel (@kleinman.bsky.social) reposted
He's going to hate having to live in the city, he's going to hate how he has to deal with a City Council who isn't afraid of him, he's going to hate having to ask Carl Heastie, Andrea Stewart Cousins and Kathy Hochul for money, he's going to hate dealing with the press, it's gonna be rough.
Dante Atkins (@danteatkins.bsky.social) reposted
A lot of the left got suckered into the idea that Trump is anti-war because he hates multilateralism. But he doesn't hate war. He loves it. What he hates is the idea of defending another country based on shared values, because he doesn't have any values. He wants to divide the world like Mafia turfs
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Okay, but you do know that EIR (Executive Intelligence Review) is a Lyndon LaRouche publication, right?
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
You just need to think more like a supervillain
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Reminded that when Kansas finally repealed statewide Prohibition in 1948, they kept a ban on sales by the drink that wasn't fully lifted until 1986. Commercial airliners flying overhead were supposed to suspend serving alcoholic beverages until they left Kansas airspace.
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Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
This is also technically a reference to Elon not being able to piss, if you think about it bsky.app/profile/eyes...
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
If you want to know more about the mob angle, which is mostly getting overlooked in the Kerik memorials
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
It says a lot that *this* was where Obama lost the most white support, because his comments on Trayvon Martin (âif I had a sonâŠâ) certainly sparked a greater white backlash, but most of the whites he lost just from siding with Gates never came back, so fewer additional whites felt alienated.
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
It was Obama, and it was the Beer Summit. White America crowed for months that a Black man's ascension to the presidency meant that âracism was over,â but after Obama weighed in on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, a lot of whites decided that Blacks would just never stop playing âthe racism card.â
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait a minute, isn't this the ATM thief from yesterday? bsky.app/profile/bode...
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
The poster says, âWe will build a squadron of airships named after Leninâ The largest airship says âLeninâ; some of the others say âStalin,â âPravdaâ (Truth), and âOld Bolshevikâ
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
If you need âBrady Bunching the measlesâ explained
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
He really thought this account would back up his Brady Bunching the measles
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social)
Half the posts about The Last of Us seem to be, âThis is the best show on television, you should be watching itâ The other half go something like, âThe bad story choices are because that's what happens in the video game, as if that somehow justifies making the story choices badâ
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Okay, but GDT's only had two movies nominated for Best Picture, and the other is NIGHTMARE ALLEY which checks off almost the same boxes.
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
THE SHAPE OF WATER really wasn't Best Picture-caliber (imo), but no one complained because it snatched the prize away from THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, which would've been like CRASH redux.
Jeremy Parker (@astutepanther.bsky.social) reply parent
Bonus aspect: she thinks only pre-med students need to know this information. bsky.app/profile/badm...