Bender
@divebender.bsky.social
Diving (Wreck, Tech, Cave), Reading, Doberman Dad. Always curious.
created August 18, 2023
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Mike Innocenzi (@pantagrapher.bsky.social) reposted
Texas loaded busses with desperate migrants and dropped them off in Chicago like trash in the middle of winter. We welcomed them into our communities. Now Texas is sending its National Guard to terrorize them on our streets. In our neighborhoods. What the fuck.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social)
People still on X (corpse of Twitter) be like:
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Axios Sez:
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
sinners was fantastic. so good I had to see it twice.
wario speedwagon (@atomicgiant.bsky.social) reposted
We have lived in this man's decaying fantasyland for a decade now, so I see no reason that my wishful POV of the world shouldn't be indulged if I choose to believe he's five minutes till curtain (thank you five).
leon (@leyawn.bsky.social) reposted
no matter your politics it’s disrespectful to joke about someone’s death. don’t say rudy giuliani died from driving his car into a wall painted to look like a tunnel and all his clothes flew off in the crash and then a sixteen wheeler semi truck ran over his dick and balls. don’t say stuff like that
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
I was SOOO prepared to be disrespectful, but you won me back in the end!
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Andi Zeisler (@andizeisler.bsky.social) reposted
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
CHICAGO…
kateallday.bsky.social (@kateallday.bsky.social) reposted
GOD FUCKING DAMNIT THE MOTHERFUCKER IS ALIVE AND GOLFING. IF ANYONE NEEDS ME, I'LL BE IN THE SCREAMING PARLOR.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Man, they really fucked up when they stopped putting screaming parlors in new houses, didn't they?
wario speedwagon (@atomicgiant.bsky.social) reposted
Post a meme made by you:
Cholula Bankhead (@cholulabankhead.bsky.social) reposted
This is like in Peter Pan where the audience tries to revive Tinkerbell with applause. Except, you know, the opposite.
wario speedwagon (@atomicgiant.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Clap, motherfuckers.
Pwnallthethings (@pwnallthethings.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Directly no, indirectly yes
Darren Mitton (@blackwingbear.bsky.social) reposted
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
No, I misread. I get what you're saying now, and agree with your point.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
They should stay on the job and assist their boss in destroying it? Because that's what they would be doing if they stay.
R.U. Sirius (@rusirius.bsky.social) reposted
Thomas Lecaque (@tlecaque.bsky.social) reposted
You don't debate people who want to question a group's right to live. You punch them.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
www.al.com/news/mobile/...
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
The guy behind this was responsible for setting up, and running a gunshot detection system that was a complete failure. He tried to blame Prine for failure of the program using a sham report he wrote himself.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not happy having to defend the police, but Prine was doing the right thing, and the olde wealth in the city (current mayor) got rid of him for it, and then tried to re-hire the guy that submitted the sham report (who was fired for submitting the sham report.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
He was fired because he caught the current mayor's minion drawing up sham contracts with sham vendors. The same minion that submitted a "damning" report he secretly authored, and attributed to a sham vendor who simply corrected the spelling of the report (and was paid thousands by the city to do so)
Medias 🇨🇦 (@mediasca.skyfleet.blue) reposted
Moderna’s latest COVID-19 vaccine is both approved and ‘made in Canada’
Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis (@kendrawrites.com) reposted
I'm genuinely glad for Canada and this is a smart business play by Moderna but it also stings when you consider the Moderna vaccine exists because of $10 billion dollars of US taxpayer money. And RFK Jr. might kill our access.
kateallday.bsky.social (@kateallday.bsky.social) reposted
History rhyming again and I don't like any of this even a little bit 😬😬😬😬😬
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
I just paid out of pocket for the shot. Pricey, but I didn't want to wait a single day longer.
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
A half dozen armed goons brutally attacked a man FOR EATING IN PUBLIC?
Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social) reposted
Imagine your life being so free of actual problems that you get angry at a restaurant for changing its logo
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
REASONABLE?!?!? WTF is wrong with you?
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Chuck stays in shape because he's furiously running from himself.
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
Getting booed out of a neighborhood by schoolkids in backpacks and mom with a stroller.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Joe Scarborough is, was, and always has been, a gigantic cunt... If you'll pardon my English.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
finally my talents as a jack-of-all-trades (master of none) will support me and my crew of delinquent dobermans as we roam the earth, whooping maga assess and spreading our message of misanthropy.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
If I have to be the first to try "Beer Cheese with Potato and Chorizo Soup", I'm willing to do it.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
No issues with the 1st shot, but 2nd one kicked my ass.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
More like "constipated cancer babies", am I right, fellas?
Leah Sottile (@leahsottile.bsky.social) reposted
For some reason (1) the FBI has given a medal to the officers who shot Lavoy Finicum nearly 10 years ago, (2) telling a story that he rammed an FBI vehicle (he did not), (3) pinning an agent underneath it (not true). 🧐 www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
Paul Eric Scannell (@pauleric70.bsky.social) reposted
Artistic visualization and size comparison of over 800 terrestrial exoplanets discovered and confirmed by scientists Image source The artwork is“Icy and Rocky Worlds,”an infographic by Martin Vargic(Halcyon Maps) that visualizes800–900 rocky/terrestrial exoplanets by size and equilibrium temperature
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Who is this cunt?
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
Prem Thakker ツ (@premthakker.bsky.social) reposted
Agents amass in DC, unclear why or which agency. Some masked. Residents: “You’re in a church parking lot—get out!” “We don’t want you kidnapping our neighbors!” Agents start recording too. Soon decide to leave, some mockingly wave their phones. They zoom down the 25mph road, skimming by our feet.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Took a lot longer than I thought it would. Will only get worse as they lower standards further.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
I like (6×11)+6 1-9 multiples of 11 are always double: 33, 44, 77, 99, etc. Just add the multiplicand to the product and you have your 12's table. - a guy that spends all day writing excel functions, but still counts on his fingers
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Current crop too stupid or lazy (both) to dream up believable lies, so they blurt out whatever they think will please emperor.
onion person (@junlper.beer) reposted
i’ll never get over how blatantly and proveably lying is one of the best political strategies of the modern age
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
One of the first stray cats I adopted grabbed a foot-long sub I was about to eat, and ran with it to the other side of the apartment. This was on his literal first day as my housecat.
Meatball Rob (@wrenispinkle.bsky.social) reposted
My daughter has been asking her dad to let her get a pet snake for a year now things have escalated to formal presentations now
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Either Florida or Texas
Mr. Cait (@chas.bsky.social) reposted
Listen to me, everything was better for the consumer and the labor force when organized crime ran things as opposed to private equity and venture capital, because the mob knew when to stop stealing.
Sam Adams (@samadams.bsky.social) reposted
I guess the goal is for the tariffs to eventually make sandwiches too expensive to throw
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Interesting. When shit-hole was re-elected, I started moving money out of tech (meta, alphabet, etc), and putting it in to alcohol and tobacco stocks. Most of those stocks are up 20-50% now.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Ten Inch Nails
BeijingPalmer (@beijingpalmer.bsky.social) reposted
the biggest force for rural resentment of cities in the last three decades is that cities got way better and the countryside got way worse.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
* NORWAY FINANCE MINISTER: WE WILL NOT HAVE TALKS WITH THE U.S. AT ANY PRICE @reuters.com
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
"one of whom was doing a wheelie", should be tattooed on that dude's forehead, so no one wastes time believing he is anything other than a moron.
Bill Amend (@billamend.bsky.social) reposted
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Go on....
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
It was so good that I wanted to re-watch it immediately. Excellent film!
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder how many billionaires fit in a space shuttle?
Emma Evans (@trance.bsky.social) reposted
I think perhaps if we can look at the good things which come out of shitty eras I hope that people can really see how much of human misery is literally manufactured misery, created by a small percentage of greedy, shitty, terrible people.
Kathleen Romig (@kathleenromig.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump Administration is preparing to propose a rule to cut Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and strip eligibility for hundreds of thousands of low-income older people and severely disabled adults and children. 🧵 www.cbpp.org/research/soc...
More Abstract Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) reposted
Let me qualify what Josh is saying. It is quite clear that the Constitution requires a census of all persons. It’s quite clear that past Supreme Court cases support this proposition. (For instance, the recent census question case makes no sense if persons doesn’t include immigrants.) /1
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
What’s cool is that now when you yell “losers” at a bunch of masked ICE goons, there’s a chance one of them is Dean Cain
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Thought the same!
Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) reposted
Oh look, ICE is copying literal Nazi recruiting propaganda again. The poster on the right is for the Volkssturm, the Nazi militia of older men and boys established during the final months of World War II.
Kate Starbird (@katestarbird.bsky.social) reposted
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Interesting that there are no racial epithets, slurs, or antisemitic terms, which, to me, would be something you would want to see if you were, in fact, looking for racism, bigotry, or antisemitism.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
As someone who loves homemade tomato-based juices, V8, tomato juice, tomato sauce, tomatoes, and who puts ketchup on his ketchup, this looks terrible. Probably some kind of bright idea from a clanker AI.
Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ (@padresj.bsky.social) reposted
I just got a panicked text from a former parishioner in San Jose about ICE coming to their door. Allow me to repeat: "NEVER OPEN THE DOOR FOR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT UNLESS THEY PRESENT A SIGNED & DATED WARRANT THAT DETAILS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SEARCH AND WHO THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DETAIN."
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
Repeatedly slamming my brakes as I drive, just in case the Penske truck behind me is filled with masked goons.
Proton (@proton.me) reposted
Has YouTube started asking for your passport to watch videos? YouTube is accessed by over 2.7 billion people worldwide every month and hosts more than 800 million videos. Read on to learn how you can access video content, both on and off YouTube, without going through Google. 1/9 🧵👇
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Does anyone know how well sledgehammers perform vs. bronze? Asking for a friend... On a completely unrelated note, anyone know any welders in the D.C. Area (also asking for a friend)?
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class by itself. According to Tulsi Gabbard — the nation’s top intelligence official — my refusal to post on Twitter is being reviewed by the Department of Justice as evidence of wrongdoing.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Where did you find the Hitler Youth photo?
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
God Damn dude. Why not just dig up his skull and use it like a ventriloquist's dummy? That would be slightly LESS ghoulish than what you've done here. You should be ashamed. Like seriously, you should feel shame for being in the same building where something like this happens.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
That too!
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
That, plus Dunning-Kruger, plus a national press owned by billionaire oligarchs eager to please a fascist emperor.
Emma Evans (@trance.bsky.social) reposted
Just finished Who Ate the First Oyster? The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History By Cody Cassidy Highly recommend, I've enjoyed all 3 of their books.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Because he's a cunt. He's forcing himself on those with limited options to resist.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
That solution being an illegitimate Supreme Court that redefines settled law. What else was the "Left" supposed to offer sexless men? Do you not see the concept itself as absurd?
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
You expect political subdivisions to provide intercourse instructions to the population? How did you ever learn to wipe your ass without Ronald Reagan?
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
So my man requires political entities to instruct him on how to lose his virginity?
Trung Le Nguyen (@trungles.com) reposted
I kinda think the way people use ChatGPT is sort of aspirational because it seems to emulate the way rich people have sycophants lying to them all the time until they lose touch with reality and also their entire minds
Molly White (@molly.wiki) reposted
Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder. Here’s how to use RSS. www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This scene ran on network television in 1982. There was nothing remotely like it on there.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
I found out the hard way that it is.
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
When someone uses the phrase "mind virus" unironically, I just assume their either a bigot, or a moron. Probably both.
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
As I detailed in WHITE FLIGHT, segregationists in Atlanta absolutely loved public services -- buses and trolleys, parks and pools, golf courses and tennis courts, etc. -- right until they were forced to desegregate and "stolen" from them. They abandoned them and built up private alternatives.
David Ho (@davidho.bsky.social) reposted
WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days? cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Jay Leno : Late Night Hosts Hulk Hogan : Wrestlers trying to start a union
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
Leno has always been a cunt.
Emma Evans (@trance.bsky.social) reposted
Oh and speaking of If you're interested in the HAIL MARY PASS after seeing the trailer and you like to read the book is fucking fanastic and worth it. I'm going to revisit it myself before the movie. The movie looks great I can't wait to see Rocky
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
+1
headfallsoff (@headfallsoff.com) reposted
it will be difficult but we're going to need a fairly radical shift in online norms over the coming years as censorship and puritan crackdowns continue to worsen. absolutely no more listing your age, mental illnesses and all your kinks on your profile. the era of shutting da fuck up is here
Bender (@divebender.bsky.social) reply parent
This works well for emails and phone calls. A favorite quote: "He knew by experience that among the proscribed the truest courtesy was to waste no time in courtesy." -Geoffrey Household Rogue Male
Matthew Stiegler (@matthewstiegler.bsky.social) reposted
The key to good legal writing is clarity. Exceptional clarity persuades. Unclarity sows doubt. Not key? Originality. Humor. Cleverness. A distinctive voice. Torrents of peripheral legal authority. Demonstrations of opposing counsel’s stupidity and bad faith. Edit for clarity.