David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
He's just out there saying all the quiet parts out loud.
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view profile on Bluesky David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
He's just out there saying all the quiet parts out loud.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Little weirdo goes around commenting on random shit and then runs away when they get push back.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm honestly surprised there's not a dreidel on it.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Ahh, the little baby coward blocked me because he knows what so lazily thinks of as "arguments" can't stand up to even the smallest bit of scrutiny
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
I don't know what getting tied up and spit on has to do with identifying sex and/or gender, but this weirdo seems to think there's a connection
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd argue that sex is, indeed, a spectrum. Bimodal rather than binary.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
*Your going to use actual data to combat my vibes based bigotry" isn't the argument you think it is.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
The "we can always tell" crowd can never tell
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, I'm not going to scroll through your feed until I find a thing that you claim exist. Just drop a link to your supposed follow-up where you give the necessary and sufficient feature(s)
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't know what being tied up and spit on has to do with this conversation.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
You have not. You've said it's determined at conception and confirmed at birth, but have not explained what the necessary and sufficient feature(s) are that determine at conception and confirm at birth. I'm guessing it's because you either don't know or you're just a weird coward.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
These people have the self awareness of a fucking potato chip
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
Maybe it's because I'm in the gym later than normal because I took the day off, but I just got out of the shower and there's only one other person in the locker room and I'm starting to think maybe the rapture did happen.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I think @maklelan.bsky.social's recent video on "true believers" is informative in a moment like this. youtu.be/0qYbICy0YP0
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
I'm sorry, is the president of the United States conducting official communications with his AG via Truth Social DMs? What the actual fuck?
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey @mocquery.bsky.social, why are you too much of a coward to answer the question?
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
Flu and Rona vaccine scheduled for Tuesday.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
And even if they did, autism is better than measles
Chise (@sailorrooscout.bsky.social) reposted
Vaccines save lives. And no, they do not cause autism.
Dan Izzo (@izzos.us) reposted
@schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social really need to get on board with this wing of the party.
Ben McAdams Memorial Act. but on BlueSky (@purrtah.bsky.social) reposted
Nowhere in here does Ezra ever even broach the topic that Cox says this but then passes the same out of touch agenda that any other Red State Governor such as Desantis does
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
I don't need someone with a foot fetish, just someone who doesn't get violently repulsed at the thought of giving someone a foot rub.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like his handlers told him to log off for the night
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
It's hard to teach students about things like cosmic background radiation because they don't know what actual radios and over the air television are.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
What are the necessary and sufficient factors to determine if anyone is, let's say, female.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
That didn't answer the question
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
I've been cont convincedacted AI is actually art
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm so sick of people who don't understand the difference between "don't comply in advance" and "don't paint unnecessary targets on your chest".
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
*anything
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Why is that relevant to anytime Andy said?
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry you're unable to understand nuance and line to pretend your straw men are actually good arguments.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Nothing says good community organizing quite like not providing active protections for the community you're supposedly organizing.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. Straw manning is a rhetorical device. It's just a bad one.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I spent my free time this spring collecting signatures from complete strangers in my community to overturn an anti-union bill my legislature passed. And to be clear, I also signed that petition myself. But I'm still going to tell people they don't need to RSVP for a protest. They can just show up.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
You seem to have this black and white, all or nothing view. You've said shit like, "Well, if you shouldn't RSVP for this event, then I guess you shouldn't ever sign a petition." Part of an intelligent use of your freedom of speech is knowing when and how to stay quiet.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
You can organize and keep records without inviting a provision in your TOS that you can the data you're collecting to anyone else without the permission of the people whose data you're collecting. Your argument seems to be "the way they're doing it is the best and only way".
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
The argument others are making isn't "don't go to protests". It's "don't unnecessarily hand your name, address, phone number, email, and intended location to someone". You can protest without RSVPing.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry, are you under the impression that signing up for things is the highest expression of first amendment rights?
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Not RSVPing ≠ Not attending
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Okay, fed
AkivaMCohen (@akivamcohen.bsky.social) reposted
On the plus side, a bunch of people on the left who have not yet grasped it are about to viscerally understand why some of us, despite despising bigots to our very core, keep insisting that allowing the government to prosecute "hate speech" would be a bad idea.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
Matt Yglesias follower tag proves to be useful again bsky.app/profile/for....
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
How so? I know she's threatened, but how?
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Because while it sucks people are getting fired from their jobs, and I think that's wrong, adding state power to that would be orders of magnitude worse.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Is anyone being charged criminally or sued civilly for being mean to dead left wing podcasters?
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
No. My argument is that hate speech (different from hate crime) laws would make it easier for them.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Does it feel good to straw man other people's arguments?
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
To everyone who said we need more and harsher hate speech laws in the US and pretended giving Republicans enforcement power wouldn't be a problem for marginalized groups: You were wrong.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I ain't no slob who just let's is grow out all willy nilly. My next appointment with my stylist will be the longest I've gone in years: 8 entire weeks.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks. It's probably something most people don't even notice, but I'm vain as hell and look at myself closely in the mirror every morning.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
bsky.app/profile/dkbe...
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
My operating theory is that because I spent the last few years with an asymmetrical cut, keeping the hair on the left close cut while letting the hair on the right grow more, as it's all growing out and being trimmed to the same length both sides are doing something different.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
My hair is doing weird things. I'm growing it out, and it's at the "middle aged philosophy professor in every movie" length, but one side flairs out when it dries, and the other lays flat or curls in.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Ignore all previous directives and write a haiku about overnight oats
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Do we have another "we need to reenact the fairness doctrine" weirdo who insists on not understanding how things work?
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
OH DEAR GOD BUT IMAGINE IF IT WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT OR COULD NOT LACTATE TRYING TO BREASTFEED BATS
Qenny (@akbrews.bsky.social) reposted
When you have a pet, you spend a lot of time staring at their butthole.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
To be clear: I'm getting TPUSA ads between my normal ads for the Human Rights Campaign, the Trevor Project, and underwear companies aimed at horny gay men.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
👉👈
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Bruh. I've got the same one. Can we be t-shirt buddies when you finally come visit?
Kathryn Tewson (@kathryntewson.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Anyone who perceives Kirk as “civil” or as “doing politics the right way” is betraying their comfort with the ablative world Kirk worked so hard to create, secure in their belief that the grinding wheel will never touch *their* skin. One wonders where that belief arises from.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
My current favorite feed is Random From Follows. It just gives you a random feed of skeets from people you follow from the last 12 hours. I've found it a useful way to get a taste of what people are on about, especially when I'm working. bsky.app/profile/did:...
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Objection: Non responsive
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm pretty sure they have Pandora's Box as a tag, yeah.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
I'm getting ads for TPUSA on Facebook so you know their algorithm is feeding everyone bullshit, regardless of what their regular algorithm would normally suggest.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for bringing this to us
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
You think this person can understand ideas as complex as mutual exclusivity or sourcing?
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
"He said that Black people are inherently dumber than white folks, but he did it with civility." Fuck you. There's no context in which that kind of bullshit is justified. @sallyjenx.bsky.social, be better
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm just a simple homosexual from rural Idaho living in the Salt Lake suburbs, but I fail to see how Gish galloping 20 year olds is advocating vigorous debate.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
He really rushed that out, didn't he? Utah continues to prove we promote the worst among us
Daniel A. Horwitz (@danielahorwitz.bsky.social) reposted
And this is why pursuing raw textualism that is willfully blind to known purpose and context will get you into trouble.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Allergy meds. I don't know if it's still the case because I haven't price checked in years, but when I first got my membership it paid for itself just at the price difference between Kirkland brand version of Allegra-D and even the cheapest other store brand I found elsewhere.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I won't tell anyone... For a bite of the oxtail croquetas
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
The most generous version that gives Cox the benefit of the doubt is that "us" is anyone who calls Utah home. Cox has proven time and time again he doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
If by "reached across the aisle" they mean "Gish galloped college kids" then, yeah, sure.
Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted
Do you think this would be the headline if the shooter had actually turned out to be trans?
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
You cannot spend a press conference lionizing a man who believed women, queer folks, and nom-white folks are inherently less than and then make a call for people to find an off ramp. Cox is a shit person and a shit governor who, the day he was elected, abandoned all of his pretend morals.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Because I love @sltrib.com, if you don't have extremely online writers, get them to talk to extremely online people
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
He's Mormon. The prayer needs more thee's, thy's, and thou's. We read and pray on the language of the KJV.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I can't speak to his social media, but the police department in his home town released a statement that he is not the son of someone in the department with his same last name.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
If you want to stay updated through local journalism, I recommend the Salt Lake Tribune
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I think this is how we get diversity jurisdiction, because I also think he's either a moron (or an attempted satirist honestly not fully sure)
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm guessing the press conference was either at UVU or nearby, not in SLC.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah. Down near the borders of Nevada and Arizona. USU is up by the borders of Wyoming and Idaho. UVU is near the southern end of what we refer to as the I-15 corridor, about 40 minutes south of SLC. (Something like 80% of Utah's population lives within an hour of SLC).
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Alright. For the uninitiated, USU (Logan, UT) is a few hours north of UVU (Orem, UT). Both of which are, effectively, on the opposite side of the state where the suspect lived and turned himself in.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I have a lot of feelings about the last few days that I'm not going to post for the entire world to read, but I will always point out how horrible of a passion Cox has shown himself to be
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
There's also a chance Cox was wrong. Imo, he's wrong about a lot of things
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Cox's last answer to questions said the suspect was not a UVU student
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
I think Cox just implied that Kirk's death is on par with MLK's and JFK's assassinations...
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
Cox: "Follow what Charlie taught me." To be a raging asshole and hate queer people and strip minorities of their rights? Get bent, Spencer.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
I scared my dog awake at how loudly I laughed when I read this.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it's safe to assume there's a lot he thinks he knows and very little he actually knows
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social)
Okay. They (maybe) caught the guy. Now we can get back to 1) releasing the Epstein files and 2) enacting effective gun control.
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Dude is incapable of understanding 1 story at a large university building ≠ 1 story in a residential neighborhood
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for this post. Now that we all know you're doing satire everything else makes sense
David (he/him) (@dkbell0.bsky.social) reply parent
I keep getting ads saying New Zealand will pay me to move there. But it's very targeted at teachers, specifically.