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Plant Growth's avatar Plant Growth @plantgrowth.bsky.social
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I've never suggested anyone should challenge Biden. The idea is inherently illegitimate - Joe is our nominee as chosen by tens of millions of voters, myself included. Given his cognitive decline, however, I do think he should resign in favor of his democratically elected VP. That's why she's there!

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He is not able to communicate his effectively. This is a baseline requirement of any political leader for both their party and their governmental position. The media coverage on this has been bullshit and deserving of scorn, but communication is vital and Biden can't do it anymore.

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Yes, that was my rhetorical question. If he had a stroke (or fall or MI or significant cancer) that rendered him incapable of performing his duties as president, what would the remedy be? Since he obviously can't perform those duties, why shouldn't we seek the same remedy?

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Plant Growth's avatar Plant Growth @plantgrowth.bsky.social
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Presidents are responsible for leading their parties and rebutting the opposition. Joe is no longer capable of doing that. He needs to pass his responsibilities off to his elected and legally designated successor. If he thinks Kamala can't beat Trump then it was grossly immoral to pick her as VP.

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What's the difference?

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Even if he had a stroke?

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There is no subversion of our votes if he resigns and let's his similarly elected VP take over

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Projecting confidence? A physiological ability to project confidence during a crucial situation is why Biden is being asked to resign in the first place! He literally couldn't do it when it mattered. That's it.

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Daily bunny's spaceship was going very fast relative to Earth and now the chronology is a bit off, but it's okay

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Hobbit country, but not the Shire, anymore

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Some flowers taking their time

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Pretty big river

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Sunny shrooms

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"Only two kinds of people come from Holborn and St. Pancras, Steers and Keirs, and you don't look like much of a Steer, Prime Minister Puke Piece of Shit"

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I just wish I could just post leafy and dewy pictures and live in a democracy that isn't under existential threat

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So lush

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Marcion tree

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Sorry no alt text yet, I'm dumping photos. Can I add that later?

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Kuronyon, is there something you'd like to tell us about the dam's integrity?

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Totally random, but does anyone know if the MST3K version of this is legally available anywhere?

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a good way to alleviate concerns about Bidens debate performance / age *and* concerns about court overreach would be for Team Biden to schedule a short TV speech on it and give a firebrand performance about what he intends to do about it just sayin

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If Biden can't manage, ok, that sucks, hand in your notice and let Harris take the reins. If not, he does need to actually campaign on this stuff. And, like, *actually campaign* on the stuff folks are worried about, and treat this seriously. And they really need to get their shit together and pick.

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This survey really highlights why response bias is such a problem for polling right now.

81% of respondents *watched* the debate, and 99% of the respondents had heard something about it!

www.anselm.edu/about/anselm...

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Right, but normies don't. And republicans are a LOT more open about it then 4 or 8 years ago.

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She polls similarly to Biden, and is a more reliable/effective communicator at this point. While she will be attacked relentlessly, there's a chance some of those attacks will backfire due to obvious sexism and racism. There is much less risk of a further decline in her health compared to Joe.

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being alone with pretty rain can be a nice treat

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It doesn't really have an algorithm. Check the "Feeds" section and you can look for either curated feeds on Ukraine or just everything with "Ukraine" in the text / alt-text

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Cooper Lund's avatar Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social
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There’s only one Star Wars spinoff that matters - @vrunt.social’s idea of a Groundhog Day remake starring Greedo

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It's been three months now with this execrable story line and they haven't even gotten to the boat yet!? 😠

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Sadly most computers are lushes and have incredible tolerance to ethanol at this point

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Devil cat meets hop dog, the great romance

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In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection. Slowing screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction. RIP David Berman

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Polling shows that Biden maintains support from 73% of Sims currently in a relationship. However, support from independents who have been exposed to miasma in Dwarf Fortress has fallen from 40% to 32%.

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*Detective Homer* Hmm, unusual you say...

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"Cape Grandiose" implies the French, not the Spanish, colonized Mexico in Phantom world. Remember the Peuplier!

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courtesy of r/LinguisticsHumor

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Dedicated Bus Lane Hooch and Hops has better prices, though

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They call it cricket we call it double cicada

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Crankshaft assaulted a cop and was id'd by local high school students

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Nihilistic Wrong Hordak's avatar Nihilistic Wrong Hordak @shadow27.bsky.social
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I can't believe I'm saying this but: this place makes Abu Ghraib sound like Disney. Free read. Brutal, but free.

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Mike Duncan covered this in the first season of his Revolutions podcast. You might find something interesting on his bibliography under the English section: thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/revolutions_...

I can't vouch for anything on the list, but the podcast was interesting and nuanced.

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If this were in L.A., he could probably get a hundred folks just from Newport Beach. Do his NY followers really hate going into the city that much?

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I think the modern equivalent of Robb Stark would be junior co-captain at an elite high school basketball academy, so I can't judge him too harshly. Did he even make it to 19?

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Normally medical folk check for retinal detachment, but Mary's listening so hard she's detached her irides

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A favorite for agents who can't find their client work, too!

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