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deepbluefunk.bsky.social
Standing on the sidelines for what’s right
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White House: You get those photos of the turkey that the president is pardoning this year? Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. White House: what

Must suck to realize that there are some forms of epistemic grounding that you and your pals can't simply purchase and torch to the ground.

New comic on Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/new-yo... Subscribe to see the full comic! Also subscribe to be mentioned in my incoherent manifesto.

From Thursday's Daily podcast: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/p... Drives me nuts: Stating what's in someone's mind. What if RFK Jr actually "sees" a point of view he can present as his own to win the support of voters? Tell me what he SAID and DID and I'll make up my own mind thanks!

Vital stuff from @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social, www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/young-mora..., especially this part

Some people are killed while others just die

The continued inability and/or unwillingness of mainstream media to acknowledge their own agency and grapple honestly with the way they actively shape the discourse, rather than just observing it from the sidelines, is such a massive journalistic failure - and it causes a lot of damage.

How long will it take for the algorithm to accept that I am not interested in gutter guards

i had a brush with god yesterday after a very bad few months and wrote about it https://theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/the-confession

I am so happy for the WGA. This whole time it was clear as crystal that their fight is everyone's fight.

I stand with the UAW, as I do the striking Hollywood writers and actors. Corporate profits are through the roof, as are CEO salaries. The people who actually make the goods and perform the services deserve their fair share.