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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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Liberals eat their own. I don't know how the French did it, but I don't think we can. It's absolutely infuriating. Purity testing, my issue not your issue, etc.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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more evidence for “states become conservative as they force out anyone interested in growth or education or entrepreneurship” www.notus.org/policy/solar...

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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But isn't it also due to the frequent differences between liberals and right wingers— liberals just don't tend to organize themselves the same way right wingers do, period. Many religious liberals just won't push their beliefs on other people.

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I just saw this before I opened up blue sky. This is brilliant on their part, it will move some laissez faire abortion proponents to trump's ticket.

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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Who likes a clumpy galaxy in their universe? I mean, can't it organize itself into a nice spiral like all the other cool galaxies?

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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I've suspected the same thing. I hear that and think, literally everyone is talking about it.

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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Damn this is so beautifully written. It can't be clearer.

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Brian Klaas's avatar Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social
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Keir Starmer became Britain’s new Prime Minister. His first decision: he must hand write orders on whether to use nuclear weapons if London is obliterated in a surprise attack. They’re the Letters of Last Resort. He’s likely writing them now. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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I'll listen to it tomorrow. Thanks! Can you handle a genre blurring Hindu singer with a beautiful voice that crosses Indian classical with devotional music with jazz and pop? Vari by Varijashree Venugopal.

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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Oh, my bad. I assumed since it was BBC that it was a Braintree in UK.

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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These folks would like a word as well

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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Too many people start that song very dirge-like. It's not peppy and cheery at all, and it takes for fucking ever. It seems to have gotten worse, maybe people aren't so happy anymore.

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Steve Silberman's avatar Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social
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13 years ago, Ry Cooder wrote an ASTONISHINGLY prescient song.
"And then the day dawned bright and hard
When I stole away the court of nine
The Judas men served the cause
And the sacred church of law is mine
Justice has been cast down
I want my crown, I want my crown"
youtu.be/9pQtYznW9qc?...

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Matt Novak's avatar Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social
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I'm coconut-pilled. I'm harris-maxxing. I'm in my existing within the context era

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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Jesus. Rampant anti-free press. Courts putting people above the law. Christofascists gaining huge footholds in government. Gahhhhh!

Vote!!! #VoteBlue #BlueWave2024

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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I'm getting the feeling that nothing matters anymore.

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Dr. SkySkull's avatar Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social
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Remember: at age 12 you’re old enough to have a child but not old enough to read books about how babies are made

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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Is that a typo I see?

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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Evidently nothing matters anymore

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Peter Sterne's avatar Peter Sterne @petersterne.com
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In The New Republic, historian Holly Brewer compares the Court's decision to Godden v. Hales, a 1686 case affirming that James II was above the law – which was only repudiated when James II was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. newrepublic.com/article/1833...

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Max Kennerly's avatar Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social
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Yes, it seems to be a non-issue that 78-year-old Donald Trump was incapable of staying awake during his own criminal trial. He's a spring chicken, you see, the very picture of youthful vigor.

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post malone ergo propter malone's avatar post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social
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didn't read the NYT piece yet but did any NYT reporters see Biden repeatedly falling asleep in public or was that only Trump

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KJ Charles's avatar KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com
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I trust Brits thinking 'it's a foregone conclusion so why bother to vote' are watching events in France and the US. It is *never* a foregone conclusion and you *always* have to vote against the bad people because they will sure as shit vote against you.

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Nicholas Slayton's avatar Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social
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As with 2000, the court is choosing the president. This time with way more shameless actions. State legislatures have made it harder to vote. A genocide is going on abroad. One candidate at home is pledging a purge of minorities, dissidents and the poor. These are the facts. Anything else is a lie.

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Aaron Rupar's avatar Aaron Rupar @atrupar.bsky.social
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Nobody loves that Joe Biden is 81. It would be great if he was 35. But you know what I really dislike? Authoritarianism. So I humbly beseech people to get a goddamn grip.

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Nick Young's avatar Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social
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Some say the wind isn’t a reliable source of energy in New Zealand. The wind:

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Paul Frazee's avatar Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com
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Here's how to create a starter pack

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John Dellaporta's avatar John Dellaporta @johndellaporta.bsky.social
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A few years ago, Jon Lovett floated a theory that media treats Democrats like protagonists - to be challenged, accounted, and forced to be behave in growth-oriented ways - while the GOP are treated like antagonists - immutable, expected to disrupt, thematic obstacles. Thinking about that a lot.

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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Resistance to it, and also our susceptibility to it. What under lies that…I don't think it can be debated enough.

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Seth Cotlar's avatar Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social
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If we're going to conceptualize US politics as a spectrum from left to right, then we should have a name not just for what that far left end is (Communism) but also what the far right end is (fascism). Given that the GOP has continually moved rightward over the past decades, where's it heading? Hmmm

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RobSample.bsky.social's avatar RobSample.bsky.social @robsample.bsky.social
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Gah! How does one work this thing!

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And all of them will regret it, when the new admin cancels ACA, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, & other part of the safety net, including Unemployment Insurance! But once they capture power, it’ll be too late to do anything about it! Good luck! 👎

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Kevin M. Kruse's avatar Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Some reduce the 2024 campaign to a contest between two old men, but it's a choice of two slates of federal appointees who'll impact your life in a million ways. Biden has staffed executive agencies with excellent choices who are doing good work. Trump will empower an army of Stephen Millers.

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