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Rafe B.

@digitaldiscipline.bsky.social

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You know who I am. And if not, you probably want to keep it that way. He/Him (they if you're nasty). Trying to be a better ally. ACAB. Fuck TFG and fuck you if you voted for him.

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Moira Donegan's avatar Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social
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“He took away abortion and he wants to be a dictator” should be plastered on every surface and blaring out of every speaker.

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis's avatar Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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"The fact that we're going to hold Joe Biden to one standard and Donald Trump to another, which is really no standard at all." - @JoeNBC on The New York Times et al.

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Arcturus SaDiablo's avatar Arcturus SaDiablo @asadiablo.bsky.social
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TFG is trying to distance himself from Project 2025 because their public statements are damaging his election chances. Not because he disagrees with it. He just doesn't want to admit that's what he's going to do. He's a liar. He negotiates in bad faith. This is his mode. Do not believe him.

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Full Mental Jackass's avatar Full Mental Jackass @uncle6.org
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because we never stop to ask whether things still make sense like the electoral college or two and a half months between election and inauguration or not expanding Congress since 1929

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Elizabeth Bear's avatar Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social
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Phew, back up to 4000 words, and this is now going much better. Remember, kids, part of being a professional is being unafraid to throw out stuff that isn't working.

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Brendel's avatar Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social
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I mean obviously he’s lying but I love the kind of style he’s going with where he’s like wow yeah these guys seem like complete pieces of shit, anyways lots of luck to them hope they succeed

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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[Galadriel VO] "It was then that the timeline darkened ever further."

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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i have resting newscaster voice and a mediocre gaming headset. i would be thrilled to talk shit with you about politics and sports or exchange brutal puns. :-)

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Popehat's avatar Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social
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Trump can make the thugs willing to do his bidding immune to federal prosecution. Not to bullets, though.

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John Rogers's avatar John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social
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Hah hah look I appreciate you all sending me this, on an unrelated note I will be off social media for several months and some of you may be contacted in regards to my government clearance.

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Preeti Chhibber's avatar Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social
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So, the hardest fight in #Persona5 so far was a corporate overlord throwing his "disposable" robot employees at me and watching while they burned bc he did not care, and then when I had to actually fight him it took, like, two hits top. Just saying.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE's avatar GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com
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i refuse to believe that americans who watched the debate think that biden’s first 15 minutes are somehow stronger evidence of old age decline than falling asleep, *in public*, DURING YOUR OWN FUCKING CRIMINAL TRIAL, *IN COURT IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE AND JURY*, but, you know, i’m not a columnist.

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Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
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Biden should just refuse to allow the NYT to attend WH press briefings going forward & release a statement that its because they cannot be trusted. One President already undermined them to half the country. The next one doing it will finish them off. Sulz wants to play this game, they should oblige

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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this guy can't think past where he is on the "richest assholes" list the rich don't think we're people, plain as day.

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D is bad at names's avatar D is bad at names @dvosk.bsky.social
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“Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency.“ - Rebecca Solnit (1/)

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Oliver Willis's avatar Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social
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"The members of the mainstream media are human beings (despite frequent appearances to the contrary) and human beings respond to incentives. There is an enormous personal financial incentive to another four years of Trump in the White House" www.oliverexplains.com/p/the-media-...

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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"He didn't actually have someone killed on the spot, so he may just have been using hyperbolistic, inflammatory rhetoric." He'll got an Op-Ed in the Times tomorrow. (Also, I'm sure I'm not the first to suggest his place in the queue)

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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Not linking, but a news article saying "over 200,000 jobs added in june" and suggesting that it's a bad thing (or, more specifically, *not enough of a good thing*) is just more fearmongering and doubt-spreading. The Poshington Roast chasing the NYT to the bottom-right.

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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I chased the rabbit hole about that line, and discovered that thunderstorms only happened about once a month where Eddie B-Lytes lived, so it was notable meteorology. The night being dark, presumably, was more familiar. ("today's lucky ten thousand" bait = ON)

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Nina Metz's avatar Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social
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Wallace Shawn on Gaza: “The Anger of the Palestinians Cannot Be Ended by Killing Their Children” The playwright, actor, and member of Jewish Voice for Peace challenges the notion that all Jews support Israel's actions Via THR

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Kingfisher & Wombat's avatar Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com
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Crossbows were very popular among the Finns, used to hunt squirrels. They had blunt headed bolts so as not to damage the pelt. “Squirrel furs were used as currency. We have stopped because it is hard to get them out of the ATM,” she adds, deadpan.

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Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
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Trump should debate RFK, loser gets eaten

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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As someone who fell into that bucket once, I understand completely. The cargo space was great (didn't need it), the driving experience was "soap box racer made of foam core, but somehow slower."

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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Neighborhood war LARP wrapped up with a bunch of literal bangs just after 10pm. I am currently operating at about 70% capacity, which is "I know I made a cup of coffee. Where the fuck is it?"

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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I'm fortunate; my cats don't respond beyond cocking an ear to the M80s and other tomfoolery.

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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this is a day to light things on fire. i am going to do that to some steaks later, for instance. (and ha-ha-just-kidding... unlesssss.....? suggesting a rampaging maga neighbor accidentaly off themselves with whiskey and ordinance)

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John Scalzi's avatar John Scalzi @scalzi.com
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As far as I'm concerned anyone telling people not to vote, in this election or any other, is doing for malign purposes, and the only correct response is "Well now I am going to vote EVEN HARDER."

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Faine Greenwood's avatar Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social
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Fucking unbelievable that the big publications are running with this as the lead story after the Supreme Court just promised to install a convicted felon rapist insurrectionist as Emperor for Life.

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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solid plan. perhaps there's an update, or just the threat of a hard reset. and the oddball question: did any new "smart" devices join the household within earshot when you started seeing this? the speaker may be hearing some of the high-frequency chatter and missing your voice commands.

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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most of my D&D table had the same disappointing realization that tonight is not game night

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Gregory Hays's avatar Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social
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Wow, real banana republic stuff. I'm glad our presidents can launder money and associate criminally without worrying about this kind of thing.

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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You're either January 6th or July 4th. You cannot be both, traitor. (a wise friend on the bookface)

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Malaclypse the Middle's avatar Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social
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There’s a lot more evidence for the proposition that Trump sexually assaulted children on Epstein s island than there is for Biden’s supposed sundowning.

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Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
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The Hate Theory of Politics.: Ppl don't show up for a candidate they think is Ok. They might not show up for a candidate they like. They sometimes won't even show up for a candidate they love, depending. But they will drag themselves through broken glass to vote against a candidate they hate

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى's avatar Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com
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Not a peep from the president or the secretary of state as its largest recipient of military assistance in postwar history does exactly what we condemn Russia for doing.

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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90% of tech support is asking the right question, 9% is knowing what to do, and 1% is having no clue but offering educated guesses. Unfortunately, the "confident but wrong/useless" folks talk faster than someone offering a thoughtful solution. What are you fighting with? I may be able to help.

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Rafe B.'s avatar Rafe B. @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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Jon Stewart Rachel Maddow The friendly older dude who works as a cashier at my local pet store.

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Patrick S. Tomlinson's avatar Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social
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Trump: -Old -Fraud -Rapist -2x impeached -3x adulteror -4x indicted -6x bankrupt -34x felon -$600mm+ fines & settlements -Cheated in 2016 election -Launched J6th insurrection -Ran fake university -Stole from vets and cancer kids -Stole classified documents -Killed a million Americans Biden: -Old

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Jaym Gates's avatar Jaym Gates @jaymgates.bsky.social
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The problem with these times isn't that they're unprecedented. They're very precedented. It's just that the precedent sucks.

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David M. Perry's avatar David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social
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Since 2019 I've liked to remind you that we should work to break up not just ICE, but abolish the entire DHS. It's a post-9/11 reactionary agency that needs to be destroyed.

www.cnn.com/2019/07/04/o...

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Cassandra Simplex's avatar Cassandra Simplex @eris523.bsky.social
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Cross fingers Beryl doesn't make landfall in Texas, or we'll all have to endure 45 yammering on about Mexico sending us the worst of its weather as well.

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