Dave "I Dissent" Conrad

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Dave "I Dissent" Conrad

@dconrad.bsky.social

Professional amateur. Amateur professional. Software developer, aspiring writer, and lifelong learner. Despite all my rage they still won't raise the minimum wage. Mastodon: @[email protected]
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Keeping Trump out of the White House isn’t the only thing that needs doing and it isn’t enough to solve all problems facing the country & world but if it isn’t done then all those problems get exponentially worse in ways I don’t even know how to express and it scares me when people pretend otherwise
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To me, that's preposterous. Crab Rangoon, things of that nature.
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Are those noses? All this time I thought they were birds.
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July 4th is very rough on my dog (he is a royalist and considers George Washington a traitor)
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It's Laddie Marmalade, he's fuckin done with this week already.
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TSR Warriors of Mars 1974 Illustrations by Greg Bell
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We heard u guys like bleps.
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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out
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No! It's way weirder than that!
I have a report due tomorrow, so let's talk about how giraffes sleep (or don't): 1. Giraffes in the wild sleep ~30 minutes per night, on average, the least of any vertebrate not attending college. 2. They sleep standing up as adults, head on rump as younglings.
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can we PLEASE take a moment to talk about how giraffes use their own butts as pillows when they sleep
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THERE'S AN ACTUAL DUMMY ON THAT STAGE and to think he used to be prime minister, too
There is a 7 foot tall guy behind Rishi Sunak who likely ran for office just to be able to hold a printed out L behind him during his concession speech.
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Getting word that Larry the Chief Mouser of Downing Street has coasted to another peerless victory with no opposition and 100% of the vote, truly Britain’s greatest statesman
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sorry to the United Kingdom but if you want to upstage us on our special fireworks day an election isn't going to do it. we don't even know how those work
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I think it's named after Quincy, Mass.
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The UK combining elections with comic con is a thing of beauty
Renaissance art.
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Watching the British election returns I feel compelled to point out that the 650 person House of Commons represents 67 million people and the 435 person House of Representatives in the United States represents 333 million. Replace the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929. We deserve representation.
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In this house we know who the real villain of US history is.
Watching the British election returns I feel compelled to point out that the 650 person House of Commons represents 67 million people and the 435 person House of Representatives in the United States represents 333 million. Replace the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929. We deserve representation.
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In a stunning upset in Glasgow, all six seats were won by past or future incarnations of Doctor Who.
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Kelly-Jay Keen aka Posie Parker received 196 votes in the electorate she stood for, meanwhile, this woman won the seat with over 24,000 votes
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Wonderful news. Cymru am byth!
BBC reporting that the Conservatives have won no seats in Wales, which is the first time that's happened since 2001.
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what's even more embarrassing, a guy wearing a baked beans-themed balaclava has to stand next to jacob rees-mogg
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*Jerry Maguire voice* SHOW ME THE MONKEY!
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Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.
(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...
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Saw an AI fireworks show and a guy lost all 7 fingers on one hand.
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