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Greg Pak

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Rhymes with "rock." Get vaxxed and call your reps. Generative "A.I." is unethical trash. Comics writer, photographer. Darth Vader, Lawful, Lilo & Stitch, Planet Hulk, 35mm Love Letter. #BelieveInFilm He/him. gregpak.com gregpak.net ef='https://gregpakshop.com'>gregpakshop.com

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oooh awesome! i've been intrigued by lomography purple - pls do let me know how it goes!

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Serious Llama's avatar Serious Llama @seriousllama.bsky.social
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Even if you have electeds who are asinine, you should at least make their lives a little more uncomfortable by voicing your opinion to them—frequently. Do it for those of us in DC who have no one to call on the Hill.

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Ranger Frog's avatar Ranger Frog @rangerfrog.bsky.social
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I just finished calling my senators and representative. It took me maybe 15 minutes, including looking up their phone numbers. Take the time to give yours a call. If you hate phone calls, make a script for yourself first and then just read it.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈's avatar David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
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Reminder from a Pittsburgher who was at one point Mr. Rogers neighbor: “Look for the helpers” was intended to be advice for his usual audience, children. We’re grown ups now. We’re supposed to be the helpers.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis's avatar Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.bsky.social
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oh. another story that journalism actually does make enough money but not in the right way so it looks like its losing money. WaPo edition.

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Bethany Black's avatar Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social
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Keep looking at YouGov’s final seat projection for tomorrow and giggling. Labour 431, Tories 102, Lib Dems on 72 Come on Labour voters in actual* Tory/Lib Dem swing seats, do your duty and make the Tories the Third Party. *not those ones from lib dem bar charts that make the bullshit claims

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Daniel Gilmore's avatar Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social
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If only our news media institutions found "ex-president promises to jail and try opponents for treason if he takes back power" as newsworthy as "unnamed aide said current president gets tired after having a full day of work."

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Chuck Tryon's avatar Chuck Tryon @chutry.bsky.social
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I did this in 2017. It comes in super handy.

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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Got my $20 thrift shop 2003 Canon EOS 10D up and running for the #ShittyCameraChallenge!

Here are a couple of affirmations for ya, in case you need 'em.

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LurkyMcLurk's avatar LurkyMcLurk @lurkymclurk.bsky.social
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“We would like clean water and a bit of health care” Claremont: we have to kill you now

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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This kind of reminds me of when I recognized Elvis Costello's voice in the backup vocals of "Tempted."

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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omg what ("Cheesecake Truck" is amazing.)

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Rati Gupta's avatar Rati Gupta @ratigupta.bsky.social
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We @5calls.org made an app for exactly this way back in Jan 2017! Everything you need, regularly updated, all in one place 👍🏽

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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I personally think it's worth calling, just so they know they have some opposition. I call Hochul every week, even though she's functionally a Republican right now.

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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I recommend taking five to ten minutes to put your US rep, US senators, and state and local elected officials into your phone contacts so you can instantly call them whenever you get mad, which will be every day from now until we die.

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bucolic twink's avatar bucolic twink @boldfashioned.online
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I did this it took me 5 minutes and was more productive than many other things

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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Also, in that center graphic, the liberals are in washed out B&W while the conservatives are in vivid color. Maybe that's a rollover quirk with the webdesign, like how a link fades out when you point at it? If not, that's a choice and a message that clearly favors the right. Thumb on the scale.

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Our country would probably be better off if the NYT would stop reporting on politics and literally just write articles about actual horse races.

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I mean look at that subhead/tease. "Amid signs of dysfunction, Chief Justice John Roberts reasserted his authority, while the influence of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito wanes." All they care about is the damn horse race. Not the elevation of the president as king. It's unconscionable.

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7/1/2024 will go down as one of the worst days in American history, and this is how the NYT website was covering it yesterday, under seven (7)(VII) articles about Biden's age.

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The Prankster: Spocking Fives's avatar The Prankster: Spocking Fives @prankster36.bsky.social
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People really need to start rallying around these movements to do things that have to be done even if they don't seem possible given current circumstances. Rallying around ideas is what MAKES them possible. "The people demand impeachment" makes it easier for politicians to make it happen.

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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Honestly still in shock that the most crooked American President in history said "I need immunity" and the GOP Supreme Court said "well, it's nowhere in the constitution, but sure, why not? Whats the worst that could happen?"

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Chris's avatar Chris @lurkdusoleil.bsky.social
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There is also every reason to think that this court will expand Trump v. U.S in his second term to extend immunity to those doing his bidding. I.e., “Our holding in Trump v. U.S. demands that government officials be able to enact the will of the executive without fear of criminal proceedings.”

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Nails Nathan's avatar Nails Nathan @chadstanton.bsky.social
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Link up with and support the people organizing and providing these things in your community now. Support migrants in your community, people without housing in your community, demand and create public spaces, support your library, etc. don’t accept the bare minimum it’s not working.

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Nails Nathan's avatar Nails Nathan @chadstanton.bsky.social
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Anyhow the best time to address the shit was yesterday, the 2nd best time is today. Demand everyone asking for your vote to support packing the court, stop giving your resources to the police, demand public housing, healthcare, childcare, education, transit, food support and a right to privacy.

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Benny Seven Cats's avatar Benny Seven Cats @teeveeben.bsky.social
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Btw, I specifically complained to Rep Cardenas’s office that while AOC had already called for an impeachment, he hadn’t even commented on twitter yet. His tweet (a pithy comment on a quote-post of the LAT story) went up an hour later.

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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You can have concerns about Biden's age, but still be absolutely appalled about editorial choices that convey the issue as more important than the Supreme Court offering a pre-emptive thumbs up to a criminal presidency

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Josh Sternberg's avatar Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.bsky.social
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This is gonna be the case that gets Thomas to finally eliminate Sullivan, isn’t it?

Also an important reminder to journalists: be very careful with legal terms like “fraud” and “embezzle” when reporting on alleged corruption cases (well, any case, really).

www.nbcnews.com/investigatio...

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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come with me to legoland

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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This is why I never liked high school debate.

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Atrios's avatar Atrios @eschatonblog.com
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also related - people who demand you treat obvious bad faith liars (DC is filled with people who are PAID TO LIE IT IS THEIR JOB) as if they are operating in good faith.

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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I try to avoid talking about the specifics of other countries' politics when I don't know the issues, but this seems interesting and worth sharing.

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MariNaomi (they/them)'s avatar MariNaomi (they/them) @marinaomi.bsky.social
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i wrote a short (850-word) essay about organizing my very first protest, despite being kind of a cowardly activist.

there's kind of an amazing postscript to this story, which i'll share in the this thread (read it after you read the essay, okay?)

www.ebar.com/story.php?ch...

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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Got my $20 thrift shop 2003 Canon EOS 10D up and running for the #ShittyCameraChallenge!

Here are a couple of affirmations for ya, in case you need 'em.

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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I mean, maybe someone at the DNC helped set this up? In which case, sorry, carry on!

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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Fire everyone at the DNC and put her in charge.

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Cal's avatar Cal @dragonsworn.bsky.social
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The comic bundles up for auction here are INCREDIBLE, amazing collections for a fantastic cause! (She says, her credit cards weeping brokenly)

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