rfb.bsky.social

rfb.bsky.social

@rfb.bsky.social

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The baseline level of Dumb Guy Pretending To Be Even Dumber in our culture is incredibly high at the moment, but this is an all-time performance in that category. Hall of Fame work in any era.

Pregame Empire@pregameempire.bsky.social

lol, lmao

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a lot of people want to believe that right-wing beliefs are rooted in some legitimate material grievance. that makes it easier to imagine that if we simply solved the material problem, they’d deradicalize. but they won’t, because they aren’t disillusioned, they’re just morons.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

I know this is a common belief, but it’s not true. If people went anti-vaxx/MAHA because they were excluded from the medical establishment, we would see sky-high rates among poor people, minorities and the uninsured. We don’t.

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It's a big day. My novel Pound Foolish is out. It's about a serial killer who plays on an NFL team. If you love the NFL (like I do), but feel conflicted because the league does EVERYTHING IT CAN to lie to us, steal from us, and sweep scandal under the rug... ...I think you'll like Pound Foolish!

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Stole this from the comments because this shit shouldn't be behind a paywall.

Jeremy White@jeremywired.bsky.social

POWER TRIP: ICE’s new electric shock gloves are designed to overpower subjects through intense pain. But it turns out there is a simple way to stop them working. Read the full story on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-pa...

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Isn’t this Brad Bradford guy an avid cyclist who has been advocating building more bike lanes across the board for years?

That graphic includes news analysts and reporters because actual journalists are an endangered species in the US. And there’s still a huge gap when you include all the spineless toadies.

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Taking fascist actions against colleagues and students who denounce genocide. It is THE BEST indication of their abandonment of our mission, followed by their embrace fascist “AI” tech. Their active support for fascism should be the top story everywhere. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...

breachmedia.caCanadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators ⋆ The BreachUniversities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence
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Ah yes the racist idiots will save American politics!

Tara@tatabug.bsky.social

This isn’t the politics of the before times when we got to fight about policy and we got to choose a candidate based on policies we like. We are better coalition allies to Democrats than leftists/DSA are to Democrats. We can’t look at politics the same as we used to.

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NEW: A trove of internal records from Dialog, the secret society cofounded by Peter Thiel, was left exposed online. WIRED obtained a second cache of records that reveal who's really attending, how they're screened, and what personal details they were promised would stay private.

wired.comLeak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ SocietyMore than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

They should all be in prison.

The Tyee@thetyee.ca

Not only did B.C.‘s Education Ministry conspire with Victoria police to oust a democratically elected school board — it also concealed evidence from the B.C. Supreme Court, where the trustees challenged Education Minister Lisa Beare’s January 2025 order to fire them. @pwillcocks.bsky.social writes.

You never need to defend the Nazi CSAM site.

Corey Atad@coreyatad.com

genuinely, on X, if your feed is curated properly, you won't see much Nazi shit, but you will see more raucous conversations that threaten to go off the rails, or break containment badly. but they often don't, and then it's just fun. Bluesky is mostly unfun, or *really* unfun if a post explodes.

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Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

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if you look at generational voting patterns, you kinda have to conclude that lead poisoning causes people to become more conservative, so its not that surprising that republicans would actively support it.

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I went peepee in the potty today. Aced it. There was a sink and a tub and a trash can but I didn’t peepee in any of those. I used the potty. The part where you should lift the seat cover first is very easy. They say “which part do you pee in?” And I say “the water part.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I took three cognitive tests. Aced all of them, by the way. I'm the only president to take a cognitive test. I don't think Obama could pass it. The first question is very easy -- it's a lion, a giraffe, a bear, and a shark. They say, 'Which one is the bear?'"

Do you lock your comments because you know you’re a fucking idiot?

Re: that last post from Propter. I wrote 25k lines of code with Claude Code last month. Is it good code? I don’t know. Does it do what I need it to a make me better at my job? Yes, absolutely. Would it ever have gotten written without Claude Code? Absolutely tf not.

Failed state run by fascist oligarchs.

Micah@rincewind.run

the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury to the tune of literally billions of dollars and that he is not being immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes against this country is a devastating indictment of every part of our political system

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he's counting on people not knowing what a doctor looks like because they don't have healthcare

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Reporter: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ? Trump: It wasn't a depiction. I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor. And had to do with red cross as a red cross worker, which we support and only the fake news could come up with that one.

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using public office to name and shame evil landlords into submission is so cool. i hope democrats learn from him