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Uncertainty Vice Principal
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Alternate: "Phill escapes the nightmarish repeating day only to be trapped for the rest of his life in a new ice age"
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The human body is made of oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. The rest is chemistry. Writer. Professionally former (former musician, magazine & book editor, the list goes on).
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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Alternate: "Phill escapes the nightmarish repeating day only to be trapped for the rest of his life in a new ice age"
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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The Groundhog Day After Tomorrow "After settling in Punxsutawney Phil and Rita found daily life disappointingly repetitious"
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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"I'm glad your father isn't alive to see this"
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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Like imaginary friends, but hundreds and hundreds of them
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Phil Lewis
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has introduced impeachment articles against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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The West Wing was entertaining at times but I swear rotted more brains than Futurama brain slugs. “For SCOTUS, let’s nominate an extreme right-winger AND a lefty! They’re in the Roosevelt room fighting like cats and dogs, but I don’t know — it works!” Like they’re casting a romcom.
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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1. No one says "Goodbye", they all just hang up on people. I've heard arguments about why & find them nuts, to me it's like showing people walking through walls instead of doors because "doors don't advance the drama". The best is when they DO show "hanging up on someone". It looks the same!
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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I actually didn't see you calling it court packing but more like "during the 'court packing' fight", but wanted to clarify w an expert, thanks. "We should pack the court" is a pet peeve of mine, it's like saying "We should put our thumb on the scale". It's just expansion, that word works fine.
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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Kevin can you confirm "court packing" wasn't just an existing generic term for expansion but a slur Republicans coined for FDR's "Judicial Reform" bill? I cringe when ppl say "We should pack the court", it's like saying "We should stack the deck", it's not neutral, it's adopting a GOP pejorative.
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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Ian Rennie
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It's been very interesting to see English language news tear up all their planned "far right now rules France, here's how progressives fucked up" stories and hurriedly write "no bloc has a majority, here's why that's bad for progressives" stories.
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@jeof.bsky.social
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"Denying her her victory" is also insane, ignorant claptrap. Coming in 1st or 2nd in the first round of voting doesn't guarantee or mean anything. Jean Marie Le Pen came in 2nd in the 1st round in 2002. In the 2nd round, Chirac beat him 82% to 17%. 1st rounds are splintered, ppl make a statement
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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Le Pen still got the same ~17%, but Chirac got basically all the rest, 82%. "Hold your nose and vote for Chirac". He had only gotten like 19% in the 1st round. It's strategic voting, but it's also just the two-round system. Not understanding it is one thing, but calling it a conspiracy is nuts 2/2
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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After living in France 10+ years one thing that became clear is how few Americans understand the French two-round voting system. One year I was there JM Le Pen shocked by coming in 2nd in the 1st round, but the 1st round is traditionally splintered, people make a statement, then in the 2nd round 1/
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@jeof.bsky.social
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This is my golden rule
bsky.app/profile/jeof...
We were playing around with what other warning before posting popups could be useful as features and that was mine.
I slip and don't follow my own advice occasionally and instantly regret it.
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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If we really push a "left comebacks sweeping the globe" narrative enough so the media starts repeating it, then there's a chance US voters will vote differently out of FOMO. Worth a try anyway. Dear News Tip Line: LEFT COMEBACKS SWEEPING THE GLOBE!
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Dr. Lucky Tran
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In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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Dave follows me so I figured he'd see this but you're right he should be given credit for others to see, thx.
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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It's not a grand slam until Bret Stephens has demanded that you "come over here and say that to my wife" and secretly tries to throw his weight around to get you fired. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
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@jeof.bsky.social
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"I'm not the one rich guy *now* - but maybe someday I will be! And I sure don't want to pay high taxes then!"
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5-i...
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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Is throwing the laptop out the window a facial expression I forget
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@jeof.bsky.social
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They’re not? I thought that too. What are they?
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@jeof.bsky.social
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Funny follow up on this, I msgd a link to the article to someone who asked and noticed that linked that way, it still shows the old BS headline, both in text and written into the artwork. The paper is devoted to giving a platform to hard right-wingers and keeps getting embarrassed by them.
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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Closely following results from Squatting on the Dum
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Hunter
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I am beginning to think the New York Freaking Times is not an honest broker.
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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@jeof.bsky.social
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I've been predicting "I was writing as a personna to make a point" or something, which will be ridiculous of course but have the virtue of making the pointing and laughing even louder and thus more entertaining.
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@jeof.bsky.social
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I mean, "I have managed to renounce [voting] with very little difficulty" is clearly a claim that he refrained from voting at least once. and found it easy. Otherwise of *course* it's with no difficulty if all you've done is think maybe I won't vote next time. Makes no sense that way He duped them
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@jeof.bsky.social
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It wasn't just the headline, he lied in the article too. And they didn't even bother to change that. Only with the most slimy mental gyrations could you claim that this meant "I always voted but I'm not planning to next time". What he wrote implies that he put it into practice already.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow
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The New York Times Crisis of Confidence: badly shaken in the wake of bad editorial decisions, many are calling for the paper to resign.
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Daniel Radosh
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And I’ll add for the millionth time that one of the reasons the times said it didn’t need a public editor anymore was because it was now responsive to readers on social media — and then immediately began categorically dismissing any criticism on social media
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Norbizness
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Hey some guy who looks like a professional plasma donator wants to write a big Independence Day article on why not to vote in the face of permanent Project 2025 autocracy, sure why not, our regular shitty editorialists are all busy writing BIDEN OLD pieces.
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David Waldman
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Happy Fourth of July! I hope your day is filled with laughter as loud as that of the guy who got the New York Times to print his “Why I Don’t Vote” article, even though public records show he absolutely does vote.
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Oh yeah *he* votes, he just doesn’t want NYT readers to vote, so the NYT lets him lie about not voting in their paper because they want Trump to win.
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Don Moynihan
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Why I Don't Vote (OK, I Do Vote, but I Would Like to Discourage You, NY Times Reader, For Doing So For Some Reason)
Via @bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us
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More than 10 years ago I stopped trying to listen to them because they just pushed conservative spin like that all the time. Friends will sometimes say "I was so surprised, even NPR was saying <insert conservative talking point>" Don't need the "even", I'll say, that's NPR.
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@jeof.bsky.social
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Nice Polite Republicans
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@jeof.bsky.social
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Tories: “Now there was some specific reason that everything went so disastrously with us in power, but I’m trying to remember what it was” Everyone in unison: “You’re a load of useless bloody loonies!” Tories: “Ah yes, that was it, that was the reason that it was. Pass me the loofah, would you?”
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George Takei
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🤦🏻♂️
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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Worst live “Gallahger” show ever.
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Atrios
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The worst ones are like political science profs who spend years lecturing The Left about how Republicans are Fine and Good Actually and people should be Civil and Not Shrill and Engage In The Marketplace of Ideas then one day wake up and demand everyone is outraged as they suddenly are
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Uncertainty Vice Principal
@jeof.bsky.social
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That's just the worm talking
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Elizabeth Spiers
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If you need a bit of good news in your TL:
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Dave Hitchcock
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It's not an 'extreme hypothetical' if the guy promises to do it in literally every stump speech he gives.
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Paul Waldman
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One of the cool things about this new Supreme Court ruling is that since you take bribes in exchange for "official acts" pretty much by definition, the president is now free to take bribes! I wonder if that's something Donald Trump might take advantage of.
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Jonathan Ladd
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There is no constitutional text that says presidents are immune from all criminal law. Nor was it the intent of the authors of the Constitution or any amendments. It is inconsistent with American precedent and tradition. They just made it up.
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