Ben Coccio

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The attempted assassination of Donald Trump does not erase the crimes that Trump himself has committed against American democracy, or the crimes he would commit if given the chance, and no one is obligated to pretend otherwise www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Nothing About the Attempted Assassination Redeems Trumpwww.theatlantic.com This crime does not erase what the former president has done, or what he has promised to do.

The shooter was a psychic who once delivered a family heirloom to a friend’s son.

Over the past 30 years, there is always a group of Dem house members - in ‘red’ states or ‘purple’ districts - struggling to get reelected. This group of dem house members are always ready to run away from a dem president during an election.

I saw the title of this oped, read it out of morbid curiosity. The enablers of this insanity, it would seem, are oblivious to the clear and present danger being unleashed. My theory is that growing up on the myth of this country makes it hard for folks to recognize the fragility of our best facets.

man you have to provide “support” for stuff like this, you can’t just say that, what are we doing here www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/o...

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This is a picture of a newly discovered pool never seen before by human eyes 700 ft deep in Lechuguilla Cave a part of Carlsbad National Park here in New Mexico

Happy Founding Day of our Nation

Corey Robin voice: “this is fine”

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good films already do this

I had to pay for the performance rights of Happy Birthday To You for my first movie. That experience was so absurd, it red pilled me on the concept of copyright law until ‘AI’ came along.

I just remembered we (poor indie comic creators) paid the Vengaboys 500 quid to quote the phrase "Boom Boom Boom Boom" in The Wicked + the Divine and AI corporations (venture capital bloated monstrosities) think they can sample the whole of human endeavour and not pay a cent.

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*beatboxing sounds*

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I honestly believe that one of the major triggers for this culture war is that research into child development and education has consistently been proving that approaches based on absolute hierarchy are fucking shit and terrible.

While it was cowardly and pathetic for Alito to blame his wife for flying their flag upside down after Jan 6th, the buried lede is that the reason he claimed she had to do it was a mean liberal flag flying at them from across the street.

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"You think AS I was building this, I should have been setting up CAMERAS?" // Wondermark #1548; Spring Forth, My Creation

This is a huge fucking win for Monet.

the fine art appreciator

Another possibility: his argument is ‘we should always give credentialed people on the highest peak of meritocracy island the benefit of the doubt by any means necessary.’

I think the argument being quoted here is basically "if this is true I'd have to change my entire worldview. Since that seems hard, Alito must be literally blind to his own front yard"

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In the Vanilla Grove, Man and Horse by Paul Gauguin, 1891 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137395

The big fake nose, black beard and wig were “a random costume” thrown together “so that I could walk around unnoticed and surprise the crowd with a short performance,” the rapper said in an “apology to anybody that I may have offended” released Monday night.

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Sounds so dumb to say, but Steve is why I’m on Bluesky. He had extra invites & I dm’d my regret at missing Big Black at dcspace, but how I crossed a small protest to see Rapeman in RVA & saw Shellac 2x in SF(where I shot this/90s)He was just so kind & so fucking smart.

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you can't get more right than this RIP 👑

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just remembered when jerry garcia died, some djs at whpk made a bunch of flyers and posted them around chicago saying "if you miss jerry call this number and leave a message about what he meant to you" but put steve albini's phone number on it. one of the all time great pranks.

Literal brain worms

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What country is this

FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸

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She said shooting her dog into a gravel pit was the hard choice she had to make, and she explained this is how she governs - making the hard choice to do what needs to be done. So let me ask you who you think she’s telling this story to, and who she’s telling them the dog is.

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NEWS: My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO. We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and will share the wealth with staff. Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.

The Onion Is Sold by G/O Mediawww.nytimes.com The satirical news website was bought by a new firm in Chicago that took inspiration for its name, Global Tetrahedron, from a book written by The Onion’s staff.

The right wing justices on the supreme court are saying they don’t trust the justice system, prosecutors, or grand juries that return indictments.