Many Boston-area universities earned a failing grade in an evaluation of free speech on their campuses, according to a report from a free speech advocacy group.

@danmcgowan.bsky.social if Smiley were capable of being a bold leader who could implement big progressive ideas, would he have ever survived as long as he did in Raimondo's administration? No. He'd be a threat and removed. He's not gonna be different just cos he's the mayor now.

That ostensibly liberal publications like the Boston Globe are lionizing someone as despicable as Charlie Kirk is the triumph of process over substance. As long as you go through the motions, then the fact that you are calling for violence against marginalized people is just a difference of opinion.

King and Abernathy expected that they'd die at the end of a barrel for speaking truth to power. It never occurred to George Lincoln Rockwell that the hate he spewed day after day would eventually punch his ticket.

Well this is rather disappointing to learn that @simonpegg.bsky.social is a colossal piece of shit and should be spit on whilst in public. (the rest I kinda already knew)

New from @theguardian.com: Leak exposes @washingtonpost.com publisher Will Lewis’ role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while prime minister. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

@dicknixon.bsky.social She knows how to hate, sir.

@danmcgowan.bsky.social This is an angle that deserves a great deal of scrutiny BEFORE the election. CVS has Rhode Island by the balls already. RI may not know it, but CVS sure as hell does. With Foulkes in charge, though, they'll have no reason not to yank and yank hard.

He has a point, sir. @dicknixon.bsky.social

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@lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social You called it, sir. We missed a chance to make the world's greatest nonstop string of fat-asshole jokes a few years ago.

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@dicknixon.bsky.social Sir, what the hell...?

@wychstreet.bsky.social not a word of this story makes any actual logical sense, and yet it feels pretty good. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”

I wrote this for the Washington Post ten years ago. They wouldn't print it now. Here's an archive, because I no longer subscribe & Bezos can kiss my ass. It addresses the tiresome subject of Nixon's letter to Trump, etc. archive.ph/koODf

@wychstreet.bsky.social What concerns me about Mamdani is that, some time ago, you warned us...correctly!...to never fall in love with your politicians. Work for them. Donate to them. Vote for them. But never fall in love with them. Literally Mamdami's only strength is to charm you into loving him.

Shamelessly cribbed from @theshebeen.bsky.social: The Worst idea is a Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution. The Second Worst idea is an elected judiciary. I posit the Third Worst idea is recruiting ex-military people to be police officers. www.esquire.com/news-politic...

@dicknixon.bsky.social Sir, I get tired. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/24/n...

@dicknixon.bsky.social even the expat webcomic artists in Canada understand it.

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@dicknixon.bsky.social I keep telling people, sir, that there is no outcome other than civil war. The longer anyone pretends otherwise, the worse the war will be. Also anyone pretending otherwise it's on the side of the fascists. Don't forget that. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-research...

That's because we are. 🤷‍♂️ You think I trust any of these assholes with a gun?!?

@chadfinn.bsky.social Are you aware that Brady got a girl in trouble and then left her? @dicknixon.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/16/s...

@ass.golf A cautionary tale for you.

"It's in your nature to destroy yourselves." bsky.app/profile/alex... @dicknixon.bsky.social

Pols who demanded Fernandes Anderson quit the day she was indicted are saying, whoa, we need to learn more about Tompkins www.universalhub.com/2025/pols-wh... #Boston

Hulk especially hate Threads.

@askamanager.org This is an old one, but "employee discounts" usually does not mean the company is *losing* money on the sale. Just that all, or most, of the markup has been removed. As long as you're not reselling this stuff on eBay or whatever? Have at it! They're still making money.

We agree Fallon is a boring writer & a lazy, dime-a-dozen performer, true, but if you've ever seen him drunk in a Hell's Kitchen bar full of college students, as I have, nothing else he did would surprise you

@ass.golf looks like you've got a malware ad on the site. Sorry, bud. 😭

i wanna try something. quote this post if you’re a man who hates the manosphere

@dankennedy.net SEE?!?!?

Note: with "chronic venous insufficiency" in the news, now Trump can "die in his sleep" (nudge-nudge, wink-wink) and while his base will howl, most of the world will accept it. Putting Vance in an impossible situation he couldn't solve if he were the best politician in history, which he ain't.

Having a bad time on Bluesky? Might I suggest muting the words "NYT" or "New York Times". Try it out sometime, you won't even miss out on post about New York or New York City. No one needs to hear about the newspaper that has sucked since 1851

@lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social I seriously wonder if the GOP takes a nosedive in the late 2050's as the first generation without tons of lead in their brains as they grew up hits their mid 60's and becomes the largest voting demographic...and all the lead-addled idiots are dead.

@wychstreet.bsky.social theonion.com/nation-board...

Here's why the rash of these campaigns is both flamingly dumb and also so typical "public radio": it's celebrating being a loser. That's it. There is no honor in it. It's telling your most important stakeholders you're unworthy of them.

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Oh DAMN. @wychstreet.bsky.social

That they’re even admitting a health issue means it’s far worse than a garden variety vascular condition. Nor does it explain the large infusion scar on his hand. Watch for his absence from the golf course very soon.

I've worked in higher ed, so this made me laugh so hard I nearly pissed myself. 😂

@dicknixon.bsky.social Sir, your predilections against the FBI are, ehem, well-known. But even you have to marvel at how stupid Comey really is. Tried so hard to get Trump elected, only to ultimately get indicted for it.

Well, sir, this aged like fine greek yogurt spilled on the sidewalk on a hot summer day. 🤷‍♂️