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I see and say things that need seeing and saying. twitter.com/shoq mastodon.social/@shoq sidetalk.net/@shoq (matrix) threads.net/@shoqv4

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Thanks for the well wishing. Results were mixed. He wants to have another look in 4 months, not the usual six. Not great news, but not conclusively bad, either. I hate these waiting games to be certain. I’ve been here before.

10.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm in the waiting room pending my 6 month cancer check. Like most Americans, I don't feel very lucky lately. I hope it's just Trump Derangement Syndrome.

10.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

"Trump supporter discovers the "@potus wears a diaper" story is not a rumor."

10.03.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#CaptionThis

10.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

$50 a year contribution?

(Note: This is less a test of any one solution, than a measure of our collective willingness to pay for any concrete actions at all.)

10.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

QUESTION: Suppose I had a method of shaming these horrible Republicans (they’re all MAGAs now) in such a way that their documented crimes and malfeasance were WIDELY amplified for average citizens, future acts of accountability, and future generations. Would you support such an effort with a say, …

10.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
It’s simply heartbreaking that the US has turned into a nation that does flat out evil shit like this.John Oliver discusses the United States Agency for International Development, and why the Trump Administration destroyed it.https://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/55340_John_Oliver-_USAID

It’s simply heartbreaking that the US has turned into a nation that does flat out evil shit like this.John Oliver discusses the United States Agency for International Development, and why the Trump Administration destroyed it.https://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/55340_John_Oliver-_USAID

Like most of John Oliver’s lead stories, THIS IS ABSOLUTE MUST VIEWING. But I warn you, you will probably break things.

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10.03.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I started weeping. I’ve reached my saturation point. I can’t take any more of these Republican ghouls, vampires, and grifters.

10.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After enduring @morning_joe’s promo for Marco Rubio, 2028, and then the horrible Jonathan Martin promoting his β€œOn the road” show, which should be called β€œDreadful Journalist Chit Chats About Anything But Governing”, I was rewarded with Secretary of Fascism, Pete Hegseth’s ecclesiastical briefing. …

10.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is interesting. My post about my extreme dislike of @eliseJordan (as a TV pundit) is getting a LOT of cosigning. Surprisingly, most visibly from women.

09.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The #US has no business mending in other countries whatsoeverI don't support the regime in Iran one bit but big bad USA striking wherever they want is no solutionLike said before, it starts here but where does it end#Trump is a senile mad dictator who is a dangerous threat for the whole planet at this pointDon't forget about the fact most cabinet members are in some way in the #Epstein files, I'm pretty sure this is the most unfit administration in US history

The #US has no business mending in other countries whatsoeverI don't support the regime in Iran one bit but big bad USA striking wherever they want is no solutionLike said before, it starts here but where does it end#Trump is a senile mad dictator who is a dangerous threat for the whole planet at this pointDon't forget about the fact most cabinet members are in some way in the #Epstein files, I'm pretty sure this is the most unfit administration in US history

Jeffrey Epstein was probably less corrupt than Trump’s entire government.

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09.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know that pain all too well. The root canal brings relief.

09.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

59 weeks down, 149 weeks to go

08.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

have happened without Rupert Murdoch.

09.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The most confounding thing about MAGA and Trumpism is that they literally cheer for almost everything they once said they opposed. They shit all over the concepts of freedom, liberty, free markets and patriotism, that most of them warped their entire vapid lives around. And none of it would …

09.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The new leader of Iran sounds like the old leader of Iran. But 40 years younger, a lot smarter, and probably more murderous than his dad was. And I doubt he’s going to make himself an easy drone target. I hope this post doesn’t age well.

09.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In hours since I visited doc today, the progress I reported about my Intracept surgery seems to have vanished. I’m starting to wonder whether if determination to not be addicted to opioids can hold up. Chronic pain makes its own rules. May you never have to learn this.

09.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Some of us are old enough to remember those many months after the Iraq War started when Republicans kept doubling down on how swift and decisive their little adventure was going to be. And now these MAGA/MIGA idiots are making exactly the same mistake.

β€œWell be greeted as liberators.”

09.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

HAHA. Trump has β€œnot ruled out” a draft for the war in Iran. Yeah, let’s see them sell that for the mid-terms. Bring it, you MAGA dimwits. Just fucking try, you ignorant fucksticks.

09.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a solution for this for years. I’m finally getting close.

09.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After 20+ years of social media, there is still no service or technology that surfaces important things that everyone should know and care about within certain contexts. Almost every other person I meet is distressingly ignorant about just about everything that matters. I’ve been working toward …

09.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Survivor, Big Brother, the Simpsons, Seinfeld, Friends, the Office, and the Apprentice.

09.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I want to make a website where the crowd can submit examples to confirm my theory that almost everyone who speaks in public these days sounds like a conflation of cliches and idioms assimilated from television and social media. The topic doesn’t much matter. It all gets framed by decades of …

09.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As if to mock my efforts to tune her out when and where she appears, my neighbor’s TV is on and blaring Katy Tur across our adjoining yard. I assume they just left the TV on, because it’s a MAGA household and not likely to be knowingly watching @MSNOW.

09.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
"As Bluesky matures, the company needs a seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution, while I return to what I do best: building new things."https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/

"As Bluesky matures, the company needs a seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution, while I return to what I do best: building new things."https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/

And she’s being replaced by a VC, pretty much validating the worst fears of the Sky haters from the very beginning.

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09.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

.@owillis.bsky.social I was just reminiscing about her obscene dear leader rants about Obama. You could replace every word with Trump and they would actually be true.

09.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the gist.

mastodon.social/@this...

09.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Wow.1) Congratulations, @emelia.2) This is the best Fediverse news I have heard in 3 years.3) Refreshing to know that Bluesky is acting like a global citizen.

Wow.1) Congratulations, @emelia.2) This is the best Fediverse news I have heard in 3 years.3) Refreshing to know that Bluesky is acting like a global citizen.

Think of it like this β€” today the web asks you to get a new library card at every single library. FedCM means your browser just shows your existing ID, and any participating library (or site) figures out the rest and lets you in. This is an over-simplification, but still …

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09.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorry, context was dropped:

mastodon.social/@thisismisse...

09.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow.

1) Congratulations, @emelia.
2) This is the best Fediverse news I have heard in 3 years.
3) Refreshing to know that Bluesky is acting like a global citizen.

09.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0