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Cultural Heritage Data Guy in DC, bar regular, proud public union member. Never construe me speaking on behalf of anything other than myself.
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No I mean they’re completely prepared to start smashing random buttons like they’re playing HoI 4. Completing the insurrection act focus will provide a 10% stability bonus as long as they have 5 divisions stationed in Central California.

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What’s wild is twice this year menswear guy has convinced people to do real physical acts because of his posts

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Legit one of the most affirming arguments for trans rights I’ve read was on the Bulwark. It made the case that people are complicated and messy, life is hard and confusing, and that there’s no need for perfect understanding or for everyone to be a perfect victim at all times to care for each other.

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Personally I think it’s a losing game to try to dictate what people bring or do to protests from an internet platform where you are reaching none of the people doing the thing you think they shouldnt

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I am regularly amazed by how Trump acts like a spectator to his own administration. You brought in the troops, mate. That's why things are looking really bad. You did that. You could undo it, or - more foolishly - do it more. You're the president, chief.

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I have oft suspected that a lot of politicians are actually pretty sane and not mealy-mouthed once they themselves are actually targeted as human beings and not in a kayfabe way

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My nuclear take is people need to stop posting like they are in a meeting of commanders of the entire American protest movement

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Honestly I’ve met my share of veterans in my line of work and now that I think about it I’m sure many were generic republicans but none of them have been rabid about it- the other veterans I’ve met were either anti-war or said maga stuff was basically boomers and dumb young grunts

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When people say AI has bias - fine - everything and everyone does but they say it like it’s not adjustable - it totally is. Also AI just reflects what data is out there. You know what most written data is about and by? Whoever is in hegemony

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It’s probably a moral failing but I am so tired of hearing how oppressed everyone feels or how concerned they are about someone else’s oppression because they looked at a thing on the computer phone - maybe this is a sign I need to quit bluesky too like I recently did Instagram

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literally my mentions rn

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This piece rhetorically asks: "Should the climate movement start demanding that everyone stop listening to Spotify? Would that be a good use of our time?" unfortunately I think many would say 'yes'. andymasley.substack.com/p/individual...

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For all the anti lgbt feeling among people it’s pretty wild admin basically silent aside NPS closing Dupont circle vis a vis world pride it really is just the trans stuff that’s the main lgbt issue for them at least rn

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i discover that a member of the imperial court named catturd2 has taken the sultan's side over the vizier's. i use a croupier's stick to move a token to the other side of the table. i nod solemnly. just as i had predicted

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people are like don't treat politics as horse race what that means is don't 100% of the time treat every drip drip like its some salvo in a grand narrative. You are allowed when shit's funny or seems funny to laugh at it and enjoy it. Maybe it cashes out into nada, that's fine, but for a bit? go off

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See you at dc’s greatest bar tonight iykyk

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This further drives home that if the cool thing happens it’s gonna be wild

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my next read after I finish the Sam Tanenhaus William F Buckley biography which hopefully arrives this month

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honestly we need to replace all the news anchors with the way meteorologists talk which is to say like normal human beings who have information to convey rather than opinions to spread

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