By proceeding with the demolition of my fence and a chunk of my garden before seeking approval from me (or even telling me), my asshole neighbors forced the issue. It's a strategy known as "stake-driving".

Everyone please diligently check your candy this year. I cracked open a snickers bar and not only did I find a copper ingot, but it was of poor quality. Worse still, when my man Nanni confronted my neighbor about it, he was treated with disdain.

The choice cannot be between "win every election from here until forever" or maga fascism. Liberalism will need to fight for structural permanence just as aggressively as fascism does.

in the replies to the prior, "wow this one anonymous moron's bad take proves how awful men are" is a certified bluesky moment just need a "PIV is rape actually" and I've got a tumblr bingo

if you narrow it down to "average American millennial man from an upper-middle-class suburban family" then *maybe* you could say they've been libertarian on average the rest is just the writer being an indecisive, morally bankrupt clout-chaser and assuming they're average

Kinda wild that Mamdani and Sliwa are the guys who won their primaries and there has been open, nonstop meddling to overturn that will of the voters and install the disgraced former governor and it’s largely being covered like this is perfectly normal shit

if everything is a distraction from something, then nothing is important

me: it's no kings day! yesterday's dinner: how can there be no kings... if you're holding court from the porcelain throne? (do good work out there today folks!)

according to a senior administration official, the decision was made pursuant to section 3 of the Legality in Government Mandated Actions (LIGMA) Act

If you’re curious WHY Trump lies about numbers all the time (and usually gets away with it), watch my favorite clip from the Manchurian Candidate.

I think it's the other way around: the openly Hitler-loving "alt-right" became Republicans you wouldn't have found this stuff in a 2014 Republican chat because they would never have voluntarily joined a 2014 Republican chat

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis > It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

on the courts, and really the entire US legal system - if you have a car that breaks down 70% of the time you drive it, you don't celebrate the other 30% as big victories that show the engine is working and you just need to drive it better you fix your damn car or you get a new one

It’s National Poetry Day. The greatest poem in the English language.

how is @theonion.com always so spot on about the future from 2012: theonion.com/dickhead-in-...

a lot of folks are going to be genuinely shocked when they discover that Trump is the symptom, not the problem

"may I instead suggest that the president direct his administration to provide all necessary support for sensible bipartisan Internet censorship legislation" - Sen. Blumenthal

it's very sad when good writers who I enjoy reading decide to write for the Intercept

Q: When Trump finally makes America great again, will we still have to worry about stealing? A: Of course not! By that time, everything will have already been stolen. (adapted from a Soviet "Armenian Radio" joke)

Pete Hegseth looks like Axe smells

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

broke: using your timeouts for end-of-half clock management woke: using your timeouts to correct your team's errors bespoke: using your timeouts to give yourself more time to yell at the refs - Kyle Shanahan

a simple way to understand how statistics can be misused: on average, Taco Bell gives you an appropriate number of sauce packets

me: I don't sign up for rewards programs on principle cashier: 4 for $8 Monster is only with a rewards card me: how do I sign up?

Drop. That. Shit. The obsession with Epstein files as some kind of magic antidote to Trumpism has done more to defuse real small-d democratic resistance than almost anything Stephen Miller rants about to his wife in the morning.

This is parody but captures the actual logic capitalism breeds

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

do they get many people writing in the ancient liturgical language of Zoroastrianism?

Very frustrating to me that I know of several great state-level advocacy organizations and progressive news outlets scrambling for funding, but the Beltway appears to be full of suitcases of money sitting around for anyone who wants to launch their own I’m Mad at Bluesky Institute

anyone who is conceiving of the party apparatus as separate from the regime is gonna have an awful understanding of the political dynamics at play

I'm loving all of this "omg he hit with *one shot* at *200 yards* he must have had professional training!!!!!" from people who have clearly never touched a rifle. Was it a good shot? Sure. But people are out here talking like it's fucking Leon the Professional, lol.

lowering the flag to honor Charlie Kirk *on 9/11* is certainly a choice

Everyone making statements about how "political violence" specifically is bad is playing right into their view that there's an elite class of people this shouldn't happen to and it's not so bad when it's anyone else

One difficulty left-of-center folks have during unpleasant times, that the right doesn't really have, is a deep desire to help less-privileged folks, or at least not actively harm them. When suffering happens, less-privileged folks will take the brunt of it. That's the definition of privilege!

i don't understand folks who routinely use those insult-puns on names. i'm fine with the insulting - this ain't civility policing - i'd just be mortified if anyone ever saw me unironically write "DonOLD Drumpf and the RepubliKKKants" i don't get how it's not deeply embarrassing

I think we're actually in The Bad Place

FSU getting banned by Twitter because they done killed DeBoer

"authorized" is one of those words that doesn't give a ton of confidence in whatever it's advertising "try our authentic human rights-inspired legal-style ICE detention, now made with 100% violent criminal detainees"

a good use case for AI: detect when I'm writing some rude aggressive shit to someone silently prevent posting it and block the person in question insert it into my profile when I view it so I don't know it was removed stop inserting it a couple days later, after I've forgotten about it

(an imagined conversation) Newsom: I'm sure we both agree that it's necessary to moderate our messaging on social issues like LGBT+ rights to appeal to swing voters Pritzker: that's half true Newsom: half true? Pritzker: you agree, I don't

but I was told that the right doesn't listen to subject-matter experts

I looked at someone's profile and the first person listed in "similar profiles" is Ken Klippenstein so when you're having a bad day, remember, it could be worse - at least you're not getting dunked on by the Bluesky app itself

mugger: give me all your money pedestrian: please don't distract me mugger: [brandishes pistol] i'm serious, give me your wallet or i shoot you pedestrian: EPSTEIN FILES NOW

wtf I love the National Guard deployment now

It's amazing that after Access Hollywood, and Mueller, and Trump's SA cases, and his impeachments, and Jack Smith, and his convictions, that Dems still believe there is now some magic Epstein bullet that will take Trump out so they don't have to get their hands dirty and mess up their polling.

Hello fellow progressives! I see you've said something mildly critical about Governor Gavin Newsom. Fortunately, I and two dozen of my definitely-not-sockpuppet friends are here to correct the record on Governor Newsom's accomplishments. Let's #WorkTogether for a #Democratic #BlueWave in 2026! 🇺🇸

of course I don't support the Leopards Eating Faces Party. the leopards will eat your face too. that's why I support the Tigers Eating Faces Party. all the same perks, none of the leopard-related drawbacks. - progressives who want more government censorship of unwanted political speech in the US

"the bullies are just trying to provoke you, don't give them what they want, just ignore them and they'll go away" - people who have never met a bully

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