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just saw someone say "it's inedible" when they meant inevitable and it's a perfectly innocent mistake, possibly even an autocorrect, but extremely funny

decided to check out who advertises on Turkish television during NBA Finals broadcasts and..

This is felony assault and would merit a prison sentence if these people weren't above the law.

Maybe, just maybe, Benny isn't the dream, we are. Maybe we're nothing more than figments of his imagination. For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us.

Say what?

I have more followers on here than the Vice President of the United States.

If you can't handle me at my bratwurst, you don't deserve me at my bratbest

I think an important misconception to challenge about the rise of the historical Nazi regime is the idea that there were the ideological Nazis on one side, plainly evil, and everyone else on the other, when there were - and still are - plenty of "normal" people/institutions willing to "ride it out".

oh weird it’s almost verbatim what that Daily Caller chud said to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

I appreciate this framing of Boelter as an " entrepreneurial missionary," which is much like many of the "private security" professionals I wrote about. By @melissagiragrant.com newrepublic.com/article/1969...

Saw a license plate holder that said "Life Is A Cabernet" and the omens are getting kind of stupid now

Sick of being shamed for your choices at those other casinos? At River Side we’re proud to be smoke-friendly *and* sponsored by Phillip Morris.

This is such a funny extension of the right wing's long-running weird fantasy of California, one of the world's absolute strongholds of capitalism, as some sort of lawless Mad Max wasteland where the safety of good, god-fearing Americans can't be guaranteed.

Love how this administration talks about LA like it's fucking Dresden in 1945. Let me go instead, you babies. I've been craving a jalapeno egg burrito from the Tacos Por Favor on Olympic for like six months now.

Free Mario Guevara!

Zohran should propose the city seize assets of people earning over $1m with New York residences that go unlived in for more than 120 days

It's all academic at this point but my original pet peeve about media coverage of Trump's entry into politics was that they prefaced his name with "businessman" instead of "reality TV star," which is arguably a better description of his whole career but definitely what he was best known for by then

I don't think anyone has ever appropriately dealt with the psychological damage caused to the Millennial generation when there was an unprecedented national crisis and the President of the United States declared that the best thing anyone could all do to help out was "go shopping."

my unifying theory of everything for the 21st century american zeitgeist is that you can trace everything back to 9/11, the writer's strike, or gamergate. ICE? 9/11. Trump? You might think gamergate, but it's the writer's strike. The assault on trans rights is gamergate tho.

kids these days are getting their brain poisoning... online? 🙄 back when i was a kid we used to drink our lead straight from the hose!

Pure intimidation, absolutely payback for this announcement last night www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

Not an original thought, but more and more these days I wake up mad that Prince only got 57 years and yet we have these elderly men shambling around in ill fitting suits and murdering innocent people left & right, with absolute zero joie de vivre only capable of getting horny for cruelty :(

Your daily horoscope: Today you will feel like a streaming media platform - overstuffed with options, but none of them good.

Govt of Israel: Bombing hospitals is a war crime* *when someone does it to us

Israel: war crimes for thee, but not for me. www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...

If you know who Batista was - Fulgencio (the bad one), not Dave (the good one) - then this is EXTREMELY funny

The Wheel of GeForce NOW is back, as @patrickklepek.bsky.social, @cado.bsky.social, and @robzacny.bsky.social dive in to find out what's up with Remedy's new multiplayer game, FBC Firebreak! #sponsored Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio YouTube: youtube.com/live/BlXswrj...

NEW from me in @theprogressreport.ca: A student at Edmonton's MacEwan University was barred from her convocation ceremony this week for her participation in a pro-🇵🇸 protest the university characterized as "scary and intimidating." www.theprogressreport.ca/macewan_bars...

Not long ago I realized you can mail yourself a bowling ball. You can pack it in a box and buy a shipping label addressed to yourself. It's perfectly legal and possible to do. It's just expensive and doesn't accomplish a lot. Occasionally when working I ask myself if I am mailing bowling balls.

I dunno, but I feel like if someone bombed the shit out of me and said "oh we wanted you to have regime change" I would do everything in my power to put the "absolutely fuck the guys who bombed us" regime in power next. 🤷🏽‍♀️

On #Juneteenth, we're sharing past IGD episodes that explore the vast and deep history of resistance to slavery, white supremacy, and the plantation system. Also be sure to check out this article from Russell Maroon Shoatz if you haven't already! theanarchistlibrary.org/library/russ...