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I can only repost this so many times before Bluesky flags it as spam...
Yeah, so a couple of thoughts. I think that the late start to the presser was probably a combination of mistiming when he would come down from the morphine and how long it would take the uppers to kick in. He looked really high. And I guess I was closer than I like with the Venezuela war guess.
Maybe they think it is evaporating because they get blocked, so their engagement falls, and they don’t realize that this decline is just them, not everyone? Just guessing.
They could use a cat filter like that poor lawyer during the lockdowns.
I’m calling bullshit on the claim that stuff flying out the White House window was “regular maintenance.” If you are throwing stuff out a window you rig a chute. I don’t know what that was. It could have been a contractor, just incompetent. But no way was it “regular maintenance.”
Part of me thinks they are playing it up for showmanship, that it’s going to be him, high as a kite on uppers and ranting at the press pool from behind heavy makeup. And part of me is expecting an obviously AI generated deepfake with braided snake fingers. The anticipation is palpable.
The only thing saving us so far has been TACO. He is not a brave man.
In all seriousness it is almost certainly war with Venezuela, but who knows?
Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement today at 2?
At this point I would not be surprised if the 2:00 press conference is just a screening of Swan Lake.
Absolute classic.
But he learned how to hedge all of his predictions so that he could never be wrong. I’m a lawyer and I was professionally impressed at his prevarications. Somehow he became less relevant when he threw out certainty and hedged everything. And now he doesn’t even own his own website. Weird, huh?
Electorally speaking it's more important for Dems to avoid Silverism than leftism. Not that Silver is important but he embodies all the characteristics that make unprincipled, spineless galaxy-brain elites unappealing to working class people. Subtract Silver types and Dems would win more often.
Boosting to 🦀 Feed
Him being Technically alive is the best kind of alive for him to be. Sorry, couldn’t resist.
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.
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-... Worth reading. No answers, just the questions that should be answered.
Is he getting chemo? IV, symptoms, hair loss, it makes me wonder.
Are we ready for the Head of Lettuce challenge?
Oh, and it will be document offenses. Every accusation is a confession.
Yeah, it will be an attempt to frighten other people into staying, and like most of the toxic leadership policies they adopt, it will backfire spectacularly. I’m still more than half expecting it any day now.
I’m starting to watch for that tipping point where they arrest people for trying to resign. They have to be feeling the loss of talent.
What makes this so funny is he was so drunk he forgot he was the passenger.
Re: Rudy and The Story. I said something like this in comments, but I’m sharing again because it is still making me chuckle. If you have ever done DUI defense, you have read or watched videos of stories like this. The defendant KNOWS they need to explain the bad driving. To avoid a DUI charge.
Am I the only one that thought “Rudy was so drunk he thought he was driving and needed a story to explain his DUI”? Because I immediately thought this was a DUI defendant story. Him being the passenger actually makes it a funny DUI defendant story.
I’m here for it too. That quote from the Kissinger obituary would be spot on for all three. “I’m sure he will be missed by those who loved him.”
If you have tomorrow off, if your kids attend middle school instead of working in a factory, if you have workplace protections, and if you have sick leave and vacation time, thank unions. Even if you don't belong to one, they're responsible for things we all take for granted. And happy #LaborDay.
Ok. So the proof of life videos are from two months ago. My hopes come roaring back. Damn it.
lots of people were critical about Ohio State hiring Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator, but it sure looks like he's beating those allegations for more information google "Matt Patricia allegations"
I reported this as impersonation. Maybe if some more people report it the mods will take action?
What C.S Lewis wrote to J.R.R.Tolkien after reading Lord of the Rings ... #Tolkien #LordoftheRings
Oh well. He’s off golfing. Bastard got my hopes up, dropping out of sight like that.
Another fine example of Florida’s first rate education system. And why you shouldn’t wander around in the woods here.
ENGLANG
This kind of hostility to ChatGPT is going to stifle innovation, like the revolutionary autonomous mobile chatbot-powered shotgun platform, Uber Skeets.
Chris Kluwe on Gavin Newsom and his treatment of the trans community: www.thehandbasket.co/p/chris-kluw...
"Air Force Christian Nationalists Honor Domestic Terrorist." thehill.com/policy/defen...
It’s like you can almost see the shadow of the worm in there, leaning to reach all the controls.
I know other people have mentioned it, but the picture and flag combo really reminds me of vistas I’ve seen in the U.A.E. and Oman.
The question in my mind is whether these prosecutors are being reported to the Bar. Judges are obligated to report unethical conduct, and offering clearly false statements as evidence violates the canons.
FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...
PSA: if you’re someone who isn’t in a good headspace mental heath-wise, don’t read the ChatGPT lawsuit over the kid who offed himself. The chat logs cited are that bad and pretty dang triggering.
Yeah, it should definitely be a club sandwich.
i think it is possible to levy meaningful consequences i think it is possible to change the narrative on AI i think it is possible to punish Altman enough to stop the next out-of-control CEO but i don't think it's possible to MAKE THESE PEOPLE FEEL BAD ABOUT WHAT THEY DID and that's an ugly truth
Yeah. Time to fix it I think.
They are close to the limit. They wanted to break up the safe blue seat I live in, but the math said they would take away 1 blue seat but make three safe red seats competitive. This is why they are leaning into voter suppression now. They are at the limit of what gerrymandering can do.
From the reaction I thought the new logo was Deadpool riding a rainbow unicorn while having gay sex. The actual logo makes me think the reaction was disproportionate.
Many are calling it the “two friends who don’t know Jeffrey Epstein friendship meeting”
Any politician willing to “compromise” on one vulnerable group will be willing to sell out any group to advance their own careers. Keep that in mind when choosing who to stan.
i don't really have the emotional bandwidth to engage with this right now so i'm just going to say that we don't have to put up with this as a society. if the rules don't let us make it illegal, we can change the rules. this should not exist.
Really rather surreal watching the optimism of Americans who think they can wait until their 2026 midterms to try and save themselves when their neighbours are already being kidnapped off the streets in broad daylight and their cities are being captured by militarized forces.
Point taken. I was commenting on a frustration I have, it shouldn’t be read as anything deep. If I come across as judgmental I need to reflect on that and try to be better.
Yeah. Not sure why I have to defend my background. I guess it goes to how people define poverty. Is it homelessness? We came close but were never outdoors. Is it missed meals? I’ve gone hungry. My mom made all my clothes, but I always had clothes and a pair of shoes, even if I usually went barefoot.
Only anecdotal from my family and friends. Many of my family are sadly on the side of life isn’t fair so they should get to be unfair to others. It’s a frustrating dynamic to live with.
I am increasingly convinced that the world ended at the end of the Mayan long count in 2011 and we are in hell.
+1. Seriously. I am happy to pay someone, in this case @atrupar.com, to keep tabs on this stuff.
Good. That’s seven squad cars not out harassing people. As the regime is forced to deploy static guards we are better able to undermine or defy them elsewhere.
In House Counsel is like this too.
My first computer was a Commodore 64 with a cassette player for drive. My memory is that I owned it at least by sixth or seventh grade, so 1983 or so.
Musk and Thiel and the other Techbros are apparently unhappy about what short selling is doing to their financials.
I saw today that Big Balls was harassing the girl and the boy stepped in to run him off. Just as I had suspected we would learn when that fiasco started. I wonder if the National Guard be going after the white male sexual predators. I’m mad enough to be here for it if they do.
Tim Walz: "Think of how easy it would be to be a damn Republican. 'Oh, what should I wear today? This stupid frickin' red hat. What should I say today? I don't know, just make sure it's cruel. Who do we listen to? That guy -- the felon in the White House.'"
Oh wow. It’s exactly what i predicted. What a tremendous surprise. I thought it would emerge that Big Balls was the offending party, and here we are. Shocking.
A major obstacle for folks attempting to defend democracy is that a perfectly accurate description of what Trump is attempting sounds like hysterical conspiracy theorizing to a lot of people. We default to “c’mon, that can’t happen here”—which is exactly why it can.
I was frankly amazed at how well Snoop rehabbed his image after the old Girls Gone Wild videos dropped out of public view. I am not surprised that he was unable to maintain the facade. He’s not a good person or a role model…
Maybe, stay with me here, maybe everything is simultaneously a distraction from causes you care about and an actual attack on people who care about that issue. The “Distraction” label is divisive and condescending. STFU. Quit telling us we have to care only about the causes you care about.
I think this is pretty accurate and is driven in large part by who built this place early adopters were terminally online sickos, who prefer to shitpost but are absolutely all political and then of course bluesky blew up after the election with exactly this kind of person
My devices periodically decide that I live at JFK International Airport. It’s honestly weird. I’ve been through there a few times, to and from NYC or as a layover, but it is not clear to me why the iPad would decide that I live there.
Y'all The ICE building in Portland is painting a line in front of their building But they don't even know how to spell government
Ok, the statement from the chip company made me literally laugh out loud.
Tremendous crossover move right here:
Strange. He isn’t trans, he isn’t an immigrant. Clearly he is a liberal provocateur deliberately undermining the case against the trans and immigrant communities. He infiltrated the right wing to discredit it. Or something.
I thought that telling people to write what they know was an invitation to gain new experiences. These guys are just going with the same old same old over and over again. Guys need to get out, maybe travel internationally, maybe chat with their cabbie in NYC since they are afraid of the subway.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984
This is exactly the problem. His brain is melting but his cultists don’t want to admit it.
I really, really wish I didn’t understand any of this. This timeline is cursed.
Cocaaaaaaainlahoma where the nose comes sweepin' down the mirror
My favorite quote from online gaming (hosting TTRPG on Discord) “I thought you just be the GM, your profile looks like someone with a 401k.”
Presidents are supposed to be like your underwear. If you’re thinking about them at all over the course of a normal day, they’re either fabulous or something has gone terribly wrong.
Black women are being used as test subjects for the limits of abuse of power. I want people to not ignore this since this always happens and then when the abuse arrives at people's doorstep, they're surprised. CALL IT OUT NOW.
This is another fantastic example of the truth that placating right wing agitators does NOT win them over. The trolls are not flocking to Target. The company alienated their customers by placating non-customers and gained nothing while losing a lot. They would have been much better off fighting.
Trans people are worth protecting. Not because we are amazing people (although we are) or because we offer a great deal to society (although we do) or because we are fine as hell (we are). We are worth protecting because we are HUMAN BEINGS, and it’s amazing how often that simple fact is forgotten.
If you look at stories of imperial collapse, there’s a variety of historical guides to what might happen. It’s not a reassuring history.
“When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish. When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.”
That's funny, Gene Wu, the head of the Texas House Democrats, is forcing a vote on an amendment to the new state congressional maps that would require a release of the Epstein files before they go into effect drive.google.com/file/d/1ZV0h...
Wow. The Epstein files must by Really Bad if he is willing to invade Venezuela to avoid talking about them.
🇺🇦🇫🇷🇺🇸 The Statue of Liberty near the French Embassy in Washington was draped in the Ukrainian flag, — Reuters
Reported and blocked. Professional scammers like this are the worst; it looks legit, and they do just enough to avoid prosecution while taking your money and giving nothing in return. I resent the extra work they make because we can’t trust anyone because of fiends like this.
Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.
Paul’s right, it’s unreal how little traction this story has gotten. www.mediaite.com/crime/israel...
Interesting polls. I seldom get to use my actual Political Science degree, I’m usually mired in legal issues. Reading through this I could remember the professor who declaimed that PoliSci is a science and her course would weed out those of us who didn’t belong in a science program.
Hot Girl Sumer is here again
They aren’t far off. The belt is headed to the crushers and grinders, it’s all about triage on the defense side, the prosecutors just want to make sure nothing jams the belt.
they got off easy
