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Great at ideas, less great at execution.

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Yeah, We're Going to Have to Tax the Middle Class
Yeah, We're Going to Have to Tax the Middle Class YouTube video by Takesβ„’ by Jamelle Bouie

down with slopulism youtu.be/MXZvHsem5OU

12.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 1573 πŸ” 241 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: U.S. dismissed Ukraine deal for anti-Iran drone tech last year Snubbing Ukraine's offer ranks as one of the U.S.'s biggest tactical miscalculations before the war, officials say.

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www.axios.com/2026/03/10/u...

10.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music

Several dozen folks did

Some even dubbed music over the original clip.

I haven't been able to get this out of my head.

So I give you

A Bluesky exclusive:

Reservoir Ducks

🐣 πŸͺΆ

09.03.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 2732 πŸ” 991 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 79

Local megagame assigned me the role of Chief of Staff for their upcoming playthrough of Den of Wolves. And I'm not sure they understand just how dangerous it is to give a guy with a literal collection of clipboards this kind of power....

06.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The least human thing you can do I read a story just now about a man in Chicago who saved a baby after its carriage had been blown into the harbor by heavy gusts of wind. Lio Cundiff – who is a trans man not that it should matter her...

www.welcometohellworld.com/the-least-hu...

28.02.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time."
Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed.
That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

28.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 6095 πŸ” 2053 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 125

I remember when trying to forgive student loans was massive overreach of Presidential power.

28.02.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 3622 πŸ” 976 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 15

Underrated just how much the US and Israel have been desecrating the very idea of diplomatic engagement by doing these obvious bait and switches.

This is the third time now that negotiations were used as cover to prepare for a war already decided. The lesson is to never speak to the US.

28.02.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 2118 πŸ” 614 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 24
graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

09.02.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 3623 πŸ” 3397 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 371

This 2017 banger by Caroline Framke remains eternally relevant www.vox.com/culture/2017... @carolineframke.bsky.social

03.02.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 308 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
Vetbro tweeter looks at Lutheran Church Ladies and says IS THIS AN INSURGENCY

Vetbro tweeter looks at Lutheran Church Ladies and says IS THIS AN INSURGENCY

Idea stolen from @cyberotters.bsky.social

26.01.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 923 πŸ” 178 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5

MN will wish them the best on their continued tour of American hockey country.

26.01.2026 07:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it’s that time again

25.01.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 2788 πŸ” 681 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 44
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POV: Explaining rules of modern board games to new gamers

16.01.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 10

Remember everybody, we have tear gas babies and shoot unarmed people in the face, because if we didn't, we'd have more immigrants living here minding their own business, and that would make all the racists unhappy.

15.01.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s take another look at this victorious action from yesterday, and apply Friedman’s theory of victory in battle to it.

14.01.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

How to make beautiful comics:

Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.

25.11.2025 06:01 πŸ‘ 938 πŸ” 220 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 9
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Sometimes America is so beautiful it just makes you want to cry. From beauty.

08.11.2025 04:51 πŸ‘ 2825 πŸ” 516 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 77

Absolutely.

31.10.2025 05:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

30.10.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 39543 πŸ” 14912 πŸ’¬ 570 πŸ“Œ 665

TSR’s Star Frontiers. Almost 40 years later and parts of it still have a special place in my heart.

29.10.2025 10:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
chart with title 10/17/25 dodgers-brewers

y-axis is total bases
x-axis is at-bats
shohei ohtani is plotted high and to the left with 12 total bases in 3 at-bats
the brewers (an entire mlb organization) against the opposing starting p;itcher, who happened to be shohei ohtani, are at bottom right with 3 hits in 19 at-bats

chart with title 10/17/25 dodgers-brewers y-axis is total bases x-axis is at-bats shohei ohtani is plotted high and to the left with 12 total bases in 3 at-bats the brewers (an entire mlb organization) against the opposing starting p;itcher, who happened to be shohei ohtani, are at bottom right with 3 hits in 19 at-bats

Welcome to Dorktown
Mayor, Shohei Ohtani

18.10.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 1229 πŸ” 273 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 34
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Shohei Ohtani this is just stupid...

18.10.2025 01:59 πŸ‘ 1929 πŸ” 341 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 288
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Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

11.10.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 14358 πŸ” 3440 πŸ’¬ 262 πŸ“Œ 232
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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.

19.09.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 30329 πŸ” 6869 πŸ’¬ 644 πŸ“Œ 466
β€œTrans people have kitchen tables. People that love trans people have kitchen tables. Immigrants have kitchen tables,” Abughazaleh said. β€œDemocrats have been messaging on this issue, which is basic human decency, wrong this entire time. It’s a two-pronged thing. When it comes to extremism, if you’re constantly ceding ground that trans people don’t deserve to exist, or that there are carve-outs for that … it never stops with the people that you deem inhuman, it will always come to you.”

β€œTrans people have kitchen tables. People that love trans people have kitchen tables. Immigrants have kitchen tables,” Abughazaleh said. β€œDemocrats have been messaging on this issue, which is basic human decency, wrong this entire time. It’s a two-pronged thing. When it comes to extremism, if you’re constantly ceding ground that trans people don’t deserve to exist, or that there are carve-outs for that … it never stops with the people that you deem inhuman, it will always come to you.”

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16.09.2025 17:09 πŸ‘ 4483 πŸ” 1014 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 38

I just don't know how to break it to my current foster pup that she's apparently so undesirable the agency has marked her 75% off...πŸ₯²

15.09.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't normally post reviews or anything, but I have backed them multiple times and I've been impressed every single time. Definitely in a sweet spot re: price for what you get.

17.07.2025 06:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I think this D&D terrain was painted with Polish space magic Archon Studios’ PrismaCast, a proprietary new painting technology, is like nothing we’ve seen before

I got my Archon Studios Kickstarter today, and I have to say this article was spot on. The quality for the price is REALLY impressive. Definitely a time saver for people looking to set up some pre-made 3d terrain.

www.polygon.com/tabletop-gam...

17.07.2025 06:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Eat this, clean that, do taxes, go to work… my life sure has a lot of decidedly not cool Warhammer stuff for someone who was clearly designed to do nothing but paint cool Warhammer stuff…

16.07.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0