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@mpborts

Probably not social enough for social media. My opinions have never been those of my employer.

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I've always thought the better line of demarcation is when the Cubs won a World Series. Nothing has been right since.

09.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Gul Duschmuck

09.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s infuriating. They feel entitled to your money AND your time. You want my opinion? Pay me.

09.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Little known fact*: the word "Merit" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root for white.

*This fact is a lie, but it's also not much of a lie.

06.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You've been great on this. But I don't think enough people have actually let it sink in that the murders in Minnesota were actually an objective of this DHS.

Too many still don't accept that their government is willfully being cruel.

06.03.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It has never been Luigi's time more.

06.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 298 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bob Kraft let CBP use this to transport people to Gitmo. Yes this exact plane with the Patriots wrap. Bob and Trump are clearly besties

06.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

I really don't think enough people are adequately concerned with the concept of immune amnesia. It sounds like a horrific sci-fi narrative device.

06.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"The ideology that has utterly failed is conservatism; the center right has ceased to exist across the world, its institutions taken over by fascists, its voters pledging allegiance to a new flag."
In this essay, @polphilpod.bsky.social helpfully reframes the discussion of "postliberalism."

06.03.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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a man with a beard and mustache is smiling for the camera Alt: Jack Nicholson with a beard and mustache is smiling and nodding for the camera
05.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ashley Hinson just voted against the War Powers Resolution. This costly war with no clear objective does nothing to help struggling Iowans.

05.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Chris included the links to the relevant law showing why this cannot happen legally. He also noted that does not mean Trump will not try to do something illegal, but the action would not be legal.

05.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had this game and loved it. It was a little like rock-em sock-em robots in terms of replayability, though. Once a person played they were kinda done and soon there were no more willing opponents. Still, I got to shoot a never-ending string of metal balls and that was all I really wanted.

05.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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That time Markwayne Mullin acted like he was going to fight the head of Teamsters. DHS = WWE.

05.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 303 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 28

Also very weird that purported libertarians get mad when leagues set their own rules for who can participate in them, as had been the case before this moral panic.

05.03.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not even lying, if the WNBA owners want to be stupid and force their players to strike for fair compensation, I would totally watch a bigger Unrivaled.

05.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Terrible call!

05.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Unrivaled stuff rules so hard, man.

05.03.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

SCOTUS Justice Jasmine Crockett

05.03.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 418 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2

Por supuesto.

04.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People from normal places on my timeline: "Weird, but whatever. There are bigger issues than Dunkin'."

People from Boston: "🎢Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the songs of angry men... 🎢"

04.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a Packers fan, so I am very biased. But for my money, there is no one better at researching and explaining behind-the-games aspects of the NFL than @jumosq.bsky.social.

04.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really meant that the business-y be a boss lady types get silent when unions try to get fair compensation (even when it's a union of women), but I agree with what you said, too!

04.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Del dicho al hecho, hay mucho trecho.

I wonder if, like so many other things with this admin, the facts will end up far away from the words

04.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But that doesn't mean member of the party cannot and should not flag what is at-minimum and appalling lack of judgement (and if you believe people who knew him, it was more than that).

It's just a bad-faith argument from a guy who ran out of ideas a while back.

04.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a person who was represented by Steve King, it is corrosive to a political party to tolerate some things within its ranks and it is completely reasonable for members of that party to point this out. Favs naturally elides that.

Of course, Mainers will be the ones to vote and they matter most.

04.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Where are all the "Know your Value" types when it come to women in organized labor?

04.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reagan should have been there, too.

04.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflictβ€”and 9000
miles from North Americaβ€”makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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