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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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Yes, so much so that I've made it a career.

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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We need ice tubs here.

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Woodrow Peel                     🆗🆒's avatar Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social
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I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by Twitter, hysterically scrolling TikTok, dragging themselves through memes when they should be dreaming, looking for an angry fix, angelheaded pundits screech on Reddit, do their “research” on Google. Visions! Omens! gone down the American river.

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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They are both fantasies. Only one ever likely to happen. I'll let you guess which one. Sorry, feeling very pessimistic lately.

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R. Eric VanNewkirk's avatar R. Eric VanNewkirk @sotsogm.bsky.social
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It also has the annoying law professor's law-as-abstraction thing going on: supposing judges will still let you out, how long do you sit in jail waiting for your hearing, how much is your life wrecked? It's better to tell Presidents that they can't do bad things before they try, not after.

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The "but norms" crowd sure seem to have their head in the ground.

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Scott Santens's avatar Scott Santens @scottsantens.com
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Why do we celebrate entrepreneurs for chasing passive income but condemn the idea of universal basic passive income as making people lazy? Both strategies aim for financial security without daily work. Let's normalize a financial floor for everyone, not just the investment-savvy with enough capital.

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It's not rocket science, or even politics, it's basic math Basic income is proven to reduce the costs of healthcare and crime When people have their basic needs met they get the breathing room they need to become the best version of themselves We need to take care of everyone

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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He's the alternative to the establishment don't ya know.

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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Thanks, good to have permission now.

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Daniel's avatar Daniel @dnlmra.bsky.social
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Edward Hopper Américain 1882-1967 Chop Suey 1929

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maura quint's avatar maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social
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when I was a child, I thought smart people were in charge. when I got older, I realized you didn't have to be smart to be in charge. but the piece that was hardest to learn is that no one is really in charge at all. no one's going to fix it beyond us.

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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Terrifying

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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Some people had terrible childhoods and it shows.

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drewtoothpaste's avatar drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social
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everyone online: Okay so here's what we do, we invoke the 25th amendment and add 6 Justices to Supreme Court, and if we can convince 5 senators to run the Constitutional Protocol, the actual government: Starting in 2026 if you make under $40,000 a year the Space Force will use you for fuel

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luke the myoclonic jerk's avatar luke the myoclonic jerk @coolhand.bsky.social
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New US mascot just dropped

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Ashley Fairbanks's avatar Ashley Fairbanks @ziibiing.com
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This coming week, temperatures in Death Valley will be the hottest in the recorded history of this planet. Beryl is the earliest category four storm in the history of Atlantic hurricane season. People, both now and in the future, need us to stave off fascism and build a world where they can live.

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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20-40 years past when they should have. Conservatives have been working consistently on this path for generations.

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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"gender recognition certificates", boy the conservatives the world over sure like to focus on control to caricatured extremes.

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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Yes, they did! And the US is the only country to ever use them in war, that we are aware of. Hopefully we don't get to find out how having nukes at the beginning of a war compares with only having a couple at the end.

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Fossilized Tree Resin's avatar Fossilized Tree Resin @jamberee13.bsky.social
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I made a friend this morning

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Cid 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Cid 🏳️‍⚧️ @velociriker.bsky.social
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Part of what people forget about 1984 is how much of the first act is just Winston going to work and being bored.

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RainDro's avatar RainDro @raindro369.bsky.social
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We are letting these people get away with far too much

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Nothings Monstered's avatar Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social
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A man standing in the lumberyard of Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing - Alfred Eisenstaedt,1937

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow's avatar Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social
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my deadline was obviously before this morning's catastrophic SCOTUS ruling but this cartoon still captures what I'm feeling, and maybe you are too

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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And thus starts early my yearly hyperventilating and high pulse rate as I wonder "will it be this year" that a really big one hits us dead on.

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There's nukes in the mix now.

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Vince Mpls's avatar Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social
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March 23 1933, the Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.

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Kaitlin Has Had Enough's avatar Kaitlin Has Had Enough @gothamgirlblue.com
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The United States has always been a democracy for some and a brutal authoritarian regime for others, and the effort to expand it to democracy for all has led to a 70+ year backlash culminating in SCOTUS claiming that kings are totes cool and also judges are the ones to coronate them

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Mr. Am I Being Detained 's avatar Mr. Am I Being Detained @gonebabygone.bsky.social
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Remembering how people would share Scalia dissents and be like “I disagree with his politics but he has a way with words!!” and they all read like if a school shooter wrote A Confederacy of Dunces

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Mr. Am I Being Detained 's avatar Mr. Am I Being Detained @gonebabygone.bsky.social
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Someday a lot of people will claim not to have supported any of this and you need to survive to remember that they did

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luke the myoclonic jerk's avatar luke the myoclonic jerk @coolhand.bsky.social
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Hey I forget, is the Fourth of July when we nailed that god to a tree or is it for when he came back Oh wait no, that’s the one where we celebrate the disease of nationalism Or is the rabbit one I dunno, give me the day off

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Mitchell Epner's avatar Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social
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A difference between me and many of my friends is that most of my friends believe that manners and decorum mean that a person will not participate in fascism. Maybe it is the lesson that my bitter Jewish grandmother taught me, but I've always believed that aristocrats can push us into the ovens.

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Dr. SkySkull's avatar Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social
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Y'all are being so overly concerned. Remember when SCOTUS ruled on Citizens United, and everyone was worried that it would critically harm democracy? Or when people said that overturning Roe would lead to a huge health crisis for women? *finger to ear* I am being told to shut the fuck up now

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Josh Gondelman's avatar Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social
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I can’t believe the Supreme Court just ruled that the president can sleep outdoors in a public space.

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Ian Boudreau's avatar Ian Boudreau @iboudreau.bsky.social
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If it's a crime to be homeless then paying an hourly wage that is insufficient to pay for housing means you're an accessory at a minimum

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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Biden should take full advantage of that before the right siezes the executive branch.

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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Jackbooted interrogators? Rubber stamp wielders for govt prosecutions? TV pundits in suits parroting the latest party talking points? So many choices!

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Tom Scocca's avatar Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social
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Clarence Thomas unquestionably committed tax fraud on his motorcoach deal and the president has the power to put him in handcuffs this afternoon, in his official capacity in charge of the IRS and federal law enforcement

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Blue Heron Farm's avatar Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social
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We have been working around some pretty advanced fascism here in Texas for a while now. Longer than the rest of y'all. Mutual aid is 100% the way to go. And I mean actual community work, not asking for personal donations on the internet. Build systems of care.

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