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John Hoskinson

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Lurker. News junky. Don’t bother following me as I have nothing interesting to say.

John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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my entire life has been watching as Republicans unify behind their guy no matter what while Dems can’t wait to shiv their own and fuck themselves in the process

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Great thread

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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I’m glad you finally got to meet your wife

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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wtf is NOTUS?

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This looks interesting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjWe...

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Note to self: when planning trip to France, avoid Nice like the fucking plague

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wade of mutilation's avatar wade of mutilation @waderockett.bsky.social
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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li's avatar Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.bsky.social
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really cannot emphasize enough how plainly all this proves that the first priority of the next Democratic administration needs to be democracy reform --filibuster --electoral college --court reform --dc and pr statehood --new voting rights act --gerrymandering

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Mitchell Epner's avatar Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social
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1/ I often write: The only thing I know *for certain* about the future is that it has not happened yet. Yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling is a perfect example of how much I need to heed my own mantra. For years, I heard Donald Trump was saying that he was certain that “his Supreme Court justices” . . .

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Mr. Am I Being Detained 's avatar Mr. Am I Being Detained @gonebabygone.bsky.social
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Forcing John Roberts into a recursive contradiction that tears reality apart by asking him if a Jan. 6 participant could sleep outside the Capitol the night before

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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Your generation is full of morons apparently

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There’s a malt liquor named “Middle English”?

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the sound of thousands of religious nuts crapping their pants simultaneously

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Michele Goo's avatar Michele Goo @michelegoo.bsky.social
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This stage of capitalism feels like the end of a monopoly game that’s been going on for hours and you already know you lost but the dick winning won’t let you go to bed until they get all of your money or you die.

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Lauren's avatar Lauren @laurenkayes.bsky.social
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It’s so cool that cities are like “pweeease only turn your AC on if you’re actively dying and don’t go below 79 🥺🤘🏻💗” while the AI nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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In Costa Rica right now and we rented a new model year Mitsubishi, small suv with 4wd and just realized why we love it so much. There’s no touch screen! A/C has knobs! Why can’t I buy this in U.S.?

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Telephone Friend's avatar Telephone Friend @ironyhat.bsky.social
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Everyone who still uses Twitter in June 2024

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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in my experience, a few meathead football players from my high school ended up eventually becoming chiropractors so I doubt the rigors of the medical training.

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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I’ve only seen 1 Bond movie all the way through and it was a Daniel Craig one and it was ok. I don’t remember much about it so maybe it was slightly less than ok?

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I’m with Michael Shannon on this: “Fuck ‘em. You’re an orphan now. “

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I'm guess I'm just shocked to learn that Canadians eat Amercicans at all.

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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Holy crap! You’re right. My brain refuses to believe it 56 Billion because 56 million is enough to be disgustingly obscene. 1,000 times that it’s beyond cartoonish

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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The Tesla board: wow! this looks terrible. We better give Musk $1,000/unsold car quick!

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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I solve this by never looking at people’s feet - whether they’re wearing shoes or not.

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I think the point was in the 2nd paragraph. They were poor but tv land still thought that meant they each had their own private bathroom.

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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we call them California stops in California too. But they referring to rolling stops at stop signs

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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Well, until SCOTUS sweeps in around June 30

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Agree with this except for the “we’re putting our own lives” bit. A car could swerve to miss the cyclist and end up hitting a pedestrian. Cyclists running red lights are also assholes.

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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You mean the guy to his left, correct? (our right)

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This correction needs to go more viral than the original mistake did

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Pookleblinky's avatar Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social
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It says something about techbros that they created a machine that does nothing but endlessly bullshit and gaslight and spew biases and instantly thought "wow this thing is so intelligent, just like me."

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John Hoskinson 's avatar John Hoskinson @johnhoskinson.bsky.social
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Or Sammy Hagar. Oh, you did mention misery.

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