Doug

@dougg.bsky.social

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No kids, three money PNW

Tweet from @markzaidesq from 2/10/18 reading “I’ve gotten clearances for guys who had child porn issues”
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They've shopped in the same' stores, attended the same classes as our children, and lived seemingly normal human existences. with. one exception - they do not belong here. Millions arrived under' the cover of, darkness and embedded themselves directly into our society. Countless presidents, congressmen,: and senior officials knew exactly what was happening.
People who criticize new technologies are sometimes called Luddites, but it's helpful to clarify what the Luddites actually wanted. The main thing they were protesting was the fact that their wages were falling at the same time that factory owners profits were increasing, along with food prices. They were also protesting unsafe working conditions, the use of child labor, and the sale of shoddy goods that discredited the entire textile industry. The Luddites did not indiscriminately destroy machines; if a machine's owner paid his workers well, they left it alone. The Luddites were not anti-technology; what they wanted was economic justice. They destroyed machinery as a way to get factory owners' attention. The fact that the word "Luddite" is now used as an insult, a way of calling someone irrational and ignorant, is a result of a smear campaign by the forces of capital.
Screenshot of AP headline from today “survey work begins for contested Trump triumphal arch project in Washington”
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Apple News quartiles showing “hypeless” is not a word
MGP’s bsky post showing 5 reposts 104 quotes and 7 likes
It features quote after quote from public figures all over the political spectrum, including some who know Trump personally, saying things to the effect that the President pooped out his brain and accidentally stepped on it and it shot out from under his shoe and smashed into a wall and splattered all over the place and then he fell down a flight of stairs into a swimming pool and was underwater for 12 straight minutes and has not been the same ever since they hauled him out and drained the gallon of pool water from inside his skull. Representing the "The President has a brain, it is inside of his head, and it works actually" side of the discussion are a couple pro forma quotes from a Fox News ghoul and an actual White House spokesperson saying, in effect, "Nuh-uh."
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Wikipedia article on the phrase too cheap to meter reading “Too cheap to meter refers to a commodity so inexpensive that it is cheaper and less bureaucratic to simply provide it for a flat fee or even free and make a profit from associated services. Originally applied to nuclear power, the phrase is also used for services that can be provided at such low cost that the additional cost of itemized billing would outweigh the benefits.”
Screenshot of Wikipedia search suggestion calling Hugh Town a “human settlement in England “
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A screenshot of text reading: Over the past half decade, our unchallenged deference to people’s own declarations about their lives has collapsed. We saw too many flimsy or obviously politicized accusations sneak under the wire of “Believe women.” Just think of Tara Reade, whose unconvincing claims of sexual assault against Joe Biden were seized on by Republicans, and who announced that she had defected to Russia in 2023. We have watched as former icons of body positivity shot themselves up with GLP-1s at the first opportunity—suggesting that they did not, in fact, feel happy and healthy at any size. Some of them, like Lizzo, maintain that they only tried GLP-1s, but have actually lost weight through “mind-over-matter.” (If you believe that, I’ve got a crystal flute to sell you.) the last phrase is highlighted
A screenshot of the stats of the quoted post showing 12 quotes (of 12 total reposts), 4 likes, 25 comments
Screenshot from Apple News about Larry summers resignation over Epstein ties
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I dated a 5'8 guy who'd taunt every jacked, 6'3 bro he met until they'd pull their fist back to beat him up, whereupon my ex would go "heyheyheyyy c'maahn I'm a little guy, I'm just a little guyy, noo, it's also my birthday, I'm a little birthday boyy" & it somehow always worked
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