catpushmike.bsky.social
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Traveller, photographer, open-mic musician, cyclist.
Jaded, not cynical. Ex-denizen of the lefty blogosphere. Here to post photos and hone my snark.
Resist!
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Subscribing to dozens of sources is way beyond most people’s ability to pay.
What if contributors summarized what is being said in the links instead of simply posting said links and expecting their readers to cough up money to read a single article?
Would that work?
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Oooh!! A lawsuit!
Which they’ll promptly ignore with the backing of SCOTUS.
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Does it matter whether it’s a distraction? That’s hardly a compelling insight.
Let’s concentrate on the thing itself. Not the motives behind it.
Newsom also told Canadians that Trump’s 51st state threats were a “distraction”.
This is Newsom’s way of justifying his timid response.
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Or simply drunk.
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Have you ever written an honest sentence in your life, Ms. Beat Protesters With 2x4’s?
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Have you ever written an honest sentence in your life, Ms. Beat Protesters With 2x4’s?
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I knew very little about Cuban before joining Bluesky, but people were saying he’s one of the “good” billionaires.
What I’ve learned is he’s an arrogant concern troll who lectures Bluesky liberals with centrist clichés.
He might have lots of money, but he’s not very smart.
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You’re welcome to go to Xitter and wallow in fascist stupidity, Mr. Billionaire. Don’t be surprised if the good people on Bluesky don’t join you.
We’re not that stupid.
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Is there any point to showing how hypocritical they are? They don’t care. It’s all part of their dominance game.
If all the liberal brain trust does is say, well what about that and don’t make them suffer consequences, they win.
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NARRATOR: She was never a lib.
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I think the general Dem plan is to leave the voters to face riot police and military crackdowns while they avoid ruffling too many feathers in DC until all this unpleasantness blows over.
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Beltway punditocracy’s idea of diverse is to add someone even more right wing to the conversation.
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Conservatives of conscience?? What a dumb thing to say in 2025 (or 2015, or 2005…)
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Somewhere on the internet you’ll find an image of cops using pepper spray on sitting student protesters.
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I’m no math whiz but isn’t it numerically impossible for prices to go down 400%?
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Over-washed, over-used polyester bedding is the main failure point of budget Airbnbs everywhere.
Bonus if they are mildewy with a faint trace of human BO.
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300-count 100% cotton. No more, no less.
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Is throwing Nazi salutes disqualifying?
I mean I’m not a centrist Democrat, but…
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I’m completely gobsmacked that the abundance©️ bros are anti-labor.
And these dipshits act like they’re the official spokespeople for the “liberal” future.
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I worked a lot of courier jobs earlier in my life and a lot of bosses insisted their drivers use map books. To get the context of the surrounding streets.
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I don’t want to sound like that crotchety old guy, but using a paper map is superior in a lot of ways. You have to build a route in your head and it tends to stay with you better than if some voice is just telling you where to turn.
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Cue “Gonna Fly Now!”
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Cue “Gonna Fly Now!”
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They want hope that things are going to get better. They’re not seeing much of that.
I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you, btw. Just offering perspective.
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And I believe that the they understand and feel the urgency of the situation better than well-insulated politicians.
So saying “Not like that!”, well, maybe they have a point.
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This is what I think after being here for half a year: Bluesky people, like the average humble commenter, are a lot smarter than they’re given credit for. Maybe smarter than the politicians and consultants who condescend to them.
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I love how all you need is piles of money and the prestige press will treat your juvenile ravings as worthy of serious analysis.
Everything these dipshits say or right should immediately be deleted/scratched out/ignored.
Even refuting or debating gives these ideas oxygen.
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Ok sure. Didn’t mean to come off as so brusque. Thanks again.
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How does she get experience if, for example, Nancy Pelosi is actively blocking her?
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I’m a senior too. It’s not optics.
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They can still advise and support, but energy and new ideas are needed more.
Think of how many talented younger people are choosing not to get involved because they don’t see a future for themselves while gerontocrats refuse to step aside. That’s how movements die. We’re seeing it now with Dems.
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The tooth fairy??
That’s gotta be the new gold standard in non-apology apologies.
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Thank you. You didn’t have to do all that. I was hoping there might be another source. I hate to any traffic being driven to X, especially here. It fills me with despair that so many liberal voices refuse to quit that place. We’ll never be a strong movement if we don’t stop legitimizing the enemy.
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Is there a way you could have quoted her without making people go to Twitter?
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Out of respect for everyone whose lives he destroyed, I will celebrate with gusto.
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Michael and David are my first and middle names.
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Is that how you rationalize it?. I’m pretty certain you and your cohort were online telling people ACROSS THE COUNTRY not to vote for Harris. You were a useful idiot for the fascists.
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You helped no one, especially not the Palestinians, by refusing to vote for Harris. It’s actually worse for them now.
Voting is about achieving better outcomes. In that regard you failed. You helped a monster get elected.
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I meant to do that!
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Oh please. You’re a grown up. Do you really believe DOGE had anything to do with saving money or cutting the deficit?
It was pure vandalism. Why can’t the NYT say that?
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We don’t have enough fascists already. Let’s raise some more!
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First Wapo, then NYT, now WSJ, all at the service of sanewashing this little fascist’s reputation.
Hello, prestige media??He ordered the killing of children at Stalin levels.
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What a shitshow.
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It’s my impression that if you’re just sending in a bunch of callow Nazi punks to take sledgehammers to agencies and fire their employees, not much actual leadership is required.
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He better. He doesn’t have a hope in hell with Democratic voters.
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Sell your stuff at desperation prices so you can get health care. Cool.
In almost every developed country on this planet, healthcare is a right of citizenship. In Canada it’s available to immigrants, too.
Nobody gets turned away. If we can do it, the US sure as fuck can too.
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We have an alternate classified site. But I was getting almost no response there. Seems everyone uses Marketplace.
So many time-wasters and no-shows and people haggle AFTER we’ve agreed on a price.
Or asking me to deliver for free.
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Not sure if they have that in my city
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And like are you even going to show up if there’s the slightest chance you’ll be kidnapped (not deported) by these thugs?
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He has a point. The same point thousands have been making for ten years.