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jurgenhissen.bsky.social@jurgenhissen.bsky.social |
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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An interesting aspect about this is how our school curriculum (back when I went) was sure to mention how brutal the Spanish were, but didn't mention things like Halifax putting a bounty on Micmac heads.
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Paul Crider
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This but unironically.
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Seth Cotlar
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
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History will recall that the New York Times, that bastion of "the liberal media," on July 4, 2024 chose to give prime space on their op-ed page to a theocratic absolutist who argued that people shouldn't vote, even though he himself has voted in the last 2 elections (but nowhere is that mentioned).
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One paragraph every American needs to read this July 4th.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/strongman-...
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Stina Leicht (‘lite' like the beer)
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“If a [political] party knows you’re not going to vote for them, the best thing they can do is convince you not to vote at all." — Stage_Door_Johnny (on instagram)
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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What struck me recently is how in South and Central America, the indigenous population is much more visible than it is in North America. Does this imply a more genocidal approach by the British vs the Spanish?
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they/them might be giants ☭
@babadookspinoza.bsky.social
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The entirety of the Americas was full of people before Europeans, whole and rich civilizations with cities and artwork and histories that settlers almost or in some cases completely succeeded in destroying. It’s too great a tragedy to put into words.
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Matt Novak
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Happy fourth
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Katie Mack
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Keeping Trump out of the White House isn’t the only thing that needs doing and it isn’t enough to solve all problems facing the country & world but if it isn’t done then all those problems get exponentially worse in ways I don’t even know how to express and it scares me when people pretend otherwise
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scott⚡️mccloud
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Happy No-More-Kings Day tomorrow! And remember: Patriotism is helping the country you love do less wrong. Nationalism is pretending that it's *never* wrong. 🇺🇸 "Nationalism is Patriotism for Assholes." – Jon Lovett
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Jay Edidin
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A thing I like about Sesame Street is that adults are positively and proactively involved in the lives even of kids they're not related to. This is cool and should be normal--being good to kids and helping them grow up should be a whole society's responsibility.
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Kingfisher & Wombat
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The very respectable-looking Finnish grandmother who took us to the Moomin Museum is telling Kevin about seeing the Dead Kennedys in concert. The world is pretty alright.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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Yeah, like what if the court that was supposed to give that order was headed by Aileen Cannon II?
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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They're going to take a "small government" approach, though: The king will announce that someone is bad, and how nice it would be if someone killed them. Then the free market will do the rest. And a pardon. (Normally, incitement to murder is a crime, but not if the president does it)
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maura quint
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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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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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"... what about what we think Hunter Biden is doing? What about that, huh?"
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Jason O. Gilbert
@gilbertjasono.bsky.social
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In awe of this tweet, which truly captures everything bad about mainstream journalism in 2024
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Max Kennerly
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
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The GOP SCOTUS ruling on Presidential immunity, summed up.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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.. and like the courts precedent matters any more, anyway.
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@rozennkeribin.bsky.social
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You're not fucked up, it obviously is. J6 was an abortive, halfhearted attempt at a coup. Like a mild cold your immune system evacuates. The supreme court declaring it's fine paves the way for a successful future coup, like getting full-blown AIDS. You're not dead yet but that cold now WILL get you.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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He was 73. Much younger than either of today's candidates.
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Jeff Tiedrich
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my favorite Bible story is the one where Jesus has all the homeless people rounded up and arrested, and then he and Sam Alito go jetting off on Leonard Leo's private plane for a luxury fishing vacation
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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Still, I bet xenophobia/racism is playing a role.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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Solar panels. If you need AC, then solar panels will work wonders. That's the climate solution here. Run your AC all day.
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Ashley M. Gjøvik
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🧵 In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure at my apartment. Later, I discovered my employer was dumping toxic waste into our windows from their Skunkworks semiconductor fab next-door. I tipped off US EPA, who then raided them in 2023. EPA sent me the report on Friday. 💀 ⬇️
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@smilingnodding.bsky.social
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“mispronounces a word” feels like a gross exaggeration but its true, Biden simply mispronounced “every woman has a right to bodily autonomy and reproductive healthcare” as “an immigrant came over the border and killed a woman”
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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Still a frustratingly large number of people not yet coming to that realization. Not sure what it's gonna take.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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The conditions are more favouable in some ways, yes. But less favourable in others. And those changes also should be acknowledged. I thought the concerns about Biden's age were just Fox talking points, but that debate was a huge oof. And then there's his support of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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Seller's remorse.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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Just one debate, yes. But .. hmm.. should we expect him to perform better in like 2 years? Whether Biden steps down seems irrelevant, really. Isn't the election already between Trump and Harris?
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The Washington Post
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Gaza’s remaining hospitals, health centers and oxygen stations will stop working within 48 hours as the fuel needed to operate generators runs out, Gaza’s Health Ministry said in a statement shared to Telegram noon local time Sunday.
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Barry Crain
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Maura somehow makes falling into a bottomless pit hilarious and insightful. I wouldn't ask this of anybody, but she's the only one that can do this.
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David_j_roth
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I don't want some egghead bureaucrat telling me whether there's poison in the water I drink. Ideally I'd want that decided by a 29yo judge who went to a "biblical law school" and does not believe dinosaurs existed, and then to have that decision reaffirmed six years later by the Supreme Court.
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Kwisatz Sazerac 🖤 🐀🐀🐀
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See, the centrists are freaking out a lot more than the rest of us. Biden being a barely-functioning senile racist who was shredding his political coalition in service of a fascist genocide was already baked into my political analysis. If you were pretending otherwise, though, well now!
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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Wierd how correct that looks.
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Randall Munroe
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#358: Oops, All South Americas xkcd.com/2256
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Rex Masters
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Last night I watched a documentary on the guy who founded U Haul. It was a moving experience
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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You've probably missed out on a LOT of BTC offers... Also, apparently, someone said something outrageous.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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For lunch: get a fresh baguette at a boulangerie. Then walk a few steps to a fromagerie where you then buy comte. Can't be beat.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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Hot take: The best deodorant is table salt. Fragrance-free. Non-staining. PH balanced for everyone. Instantly effective at stopping the cause (bacteria), not just masking a smell with another smell. Doesn't clog anything. Totally non-toxic (lick-compatible if that matters). No weird metals. Cheap.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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For some reason I find that extremely lol.
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Oregon Rolled A 20
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Hippolyta Loudbasket
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Spent 5 hours cross-stitching a QR code to Rickroll my brother with. Time well spent.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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The action feels like it's in service to the story, not the other way round.
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Adam Serwer
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Describing Christian Nationalism as simply “Christian” is a baffling editorial choice but certainly one Christian Nationalists would approve of
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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When life gives you reeds...
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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"The people who X are the same people who Y" is one of my fave strawman ragebaits.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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... all this time ...
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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And lower maintenance.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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Yeah, it ough to be 1,000,000 but it's actually not.
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