Reminder: Trump was president during the election he says was rigged, and when Dems were in charge he won — which means either they really suck at rigging elections or he is full of shit. (Hint: it’s the latter)

i (79M) made a work excuse to skip my son's (48M) wedding but i'm definitely going to an nba finals game later this week. AITA?

Remembering wistfully how the GOP in the late 00s insisted China's emissions were so high it was meaningless to do any sort of climate policy and now China spent 18b and has more renewable energy than their grid can use and American fracking companies lost 300b between 2010 and 2020

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By far the biggest problem with delegating judgement to machines is the people who own the machines can tune them towards outcomes they prefer but those who don't own anything can't. It's not the technology. It's a transfer of decision making power from rational accountable systems to capital.

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For example, whatever you may think about why a drunk college-age Platner got an offensive tattoo alongside other drunk service members in Croatia in 2007, *absolutely everyone who has dealt with him since confirms his ardent opposition to Nazism has been unwavering for decades*.

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I couldn't agree more. That's why I'm voting for Graham Platner. Unlike Susan Collins who had an affair for years with her lobbyist husband while his first wife was dying of cancer. The same lobbyist husband she steered $50M in govt contracts to. Like you, I demand my senator has good character.

Platner has the kind of character Mainers want; to fight for our interests. Collins surrendered whatever character she had years ago to Trump.

Graham Platner’s extramarital liaisons are disqualifying by Pete Hegseth, Ken Paxton, and Donald Trump

Between Platner and Collins, there's no doubt who one would choose if one wanted the U.S. to continue. Platner. People should feel free to launch any criticisms they like, but if that criticism ends with an ambivalence as between Platner and Collins, sorry, you're *outside your damn mind*.

"mercenary" 😂 - he was a security guard. Very normal shit for veterans. You guys are creating a narrative you want to see here.

It's hard to argue with this question.

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Had to share - MSM seems to be ignoring it.

Lmao the collapse hasn't even started yet. The best prepping is community resilience. We are everything to each other. futurism.com/future-socie...

Our choices are either Platner or Collins. I know who I support.

through my research i have concluded that most maine voters are not spending much time on bluesky

Doctor, I’m woefully underinformed about the employment status of the Alito family. Ah, the cure is simple. Go read the writing of the great reporter Jose Pagliery. But doctor, I am Pagliery!

I don’t think it’s a hollow threat, but only because I think they’re genuinely stupid enough to try it

Yes, these eyes are windows, and this body of mine is the house. What a pity they didn’t stop up the chinks and the crannies though

Sooooo let me get this straight. The motherf🌸🌸ker rolls up into Seattle, sportin’ his $300M yacht, just as META lets 1400 employees go from WA state, META. GTFO. I honestly don’t think the optics could get anymore Dickensian. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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It is especially interesting poop because she had stolen a sweet potato off the counter but so far I've only terrorized close friends with the photo

As Ukraine burns, Trump displays a White House photo with Putin during an active war. The image pairs a convicted U.S. president with a leader under ICC warrant, signaling proximity as allies question U.S. reliability. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/as-ukraine...

Maybe a weird question, but do you think the teenage interns doing this work ever get their souls back? They're removing all digital evidence of Ken Paxton being a pretty major criminal so that American voters will vote for him. Doesn't that go beyond mere evil to soul-crushing?

What is happening at Delaney Hall is what makes America worthy of claiming ourselves "home of the brave." People taken captive simply for who they are rising up against their abductors - at great personal peril. May they act as an example for us all. #BraveOfUS

In this Ohio diner, the parliamentarian still means George Clinton. But they do know this: if Trump builds his ballroom illegally, Congressional Democrats should just tear the roof off the sucker.

Hey can anyone explain to me why corporate media in the United States is breathlessly reporting on a deal that literally does not exist and whose terms no one agrees on, I mean I understand corporate journalism wants to lick the ball sweat off POTUS but this is getting ridiculous

Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand blubber-hunters sweep over thee in vain.

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Grid-scale batteries are going in an absolutely wild pace. Every whingey objection to renewables you've ever heard is basically solved by batteries. This is happening whether any of the hopeless dipshits running the US want it or not.

Out of sheer curiosity, have Trump said anything at all about the fact his loudly announced ceasefire is not…ceasefiry? Like, anything at all ? Have I missed it ?

truth matters!!

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The fact that most of us can't name a policy advanced by the Right that has improved a majority of people's lives to me is telling. It suggests that when you hear some people say that a "strong" GOP is needed, that they are full of shit or complicit in making people's lives more awful.

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And let me be clear: Maine is a white state and is as racist in large swathes as Alabama (where I now live). It is basically libertarian Alabama. So. He appeals to Maine voters in a deeply comfortable way (to them). Sorry if that makes you uncomfortable. It is the truth.

No evidence Platner would be a Fetterman, that’s a misunderstanding of trajectory of both.

i have serious misgivings about Graham Platner but I hope he wins and conducts his office in a way that makes me feel that I was wrong to doubt. I would vote for him if I lived in Maine despite my misgivings because we know exactly who Collins is and she's bad.

Defense attorneys Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam appealed to the all-white jury to summon its "Anglo-Saxon courage" to acquit the defendants in the Emmett Till murder trial. Word for word.

📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

standing ovation after King Charles sings the praises of NATO and says "that same unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine"

there is something genuinely clarifying and useful about this kind of stuff. they are totally hoods off and proud of it, which means we should not hesitate to describe them accordingly

You know you suck when you get owned by Piers Morgan

Have y’all ever met a white Washington?

Will I have eyes at the bottom of the sea, supposing I descend those endless stairs?