Megaweapon

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Queens-born, Long Island-residing social democrat culturally Catholic atheist.
White-collar union member. Occasional obnoxious music opinion. I miss Devon Toews and Jacob deGrom.

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I know most Republicans look not quite human, but this guy is building a homestead in the Uncanny Valley.

an entire movement of wicked people who celebrate wickedness

So being home with Covid on July 4th kinda sucks. 😐

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“I don’t get it, why are you celebrating American Chauvinism this year of all years? This country is capital C cooked” My abuelo crossed a desert at the age of 14 for nearly a week, by moonlight, to get his life here. By placing yourself in the shoes of others, you may be able to understand 👍

Let me get a drink and settle in for when my friend here gets to the Quint USS Indianapolis soliloquy…

When you hear the words "There's something else out there" and you hear the John Williams score go all mysterious, you KNOW you're in for something classic. #Jaws2024

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Not to be corny but I do think the ongoing aspiration to make America a pluralist democracy of equals is righteous, beautiful, and worth honoring, even if it has more often been the struggle of minorities & dissenters than the policy of the government. 🇺🇸

I think my favorite Napster moment was when I was looking for “Jungle Love” by the Time and ended up downloading the Steve Miller Band song.

People on Napster will wrongly attribute anything. 'Weird Al did this subpar parody.' No he didn’t. That isn’t true.

“Born in the USA” is just a wonderful cherry on top.

I hate this so much.

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4th of July is a weird time to run a "why I don't vote" essay but if you're going to do it it can't be by some christian monarchist, it only makes sense if the author is like a walmart firebomber. It's what the founders would have wanted

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Dog I am not ready for the “Labour’s success proves Biden must get more transphobic” takes

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never forget the usa today “heatwave” infographic

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New York Times stock performance during: Trump administration +260% Biden administration +5%

Well, if the Brexit vote in 2016 was a harbinger of doom here, maybe this is a good sign?

Breaking: Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is projected to win the UK general election with a huge majority. The official election exit poll predicted Labour is set to take 410 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, the most since Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide. Read more ⤵️

Starmer’s Labour Heads for Huge Win in UK Vote, Exit Poll Sayswww.bloomberg.com Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is projected to win the UK general election with a huge majority, a result that — if it plays out when the votes have been counted — will go down as a momentous occasion in...

You know, I discovered in my early 20s that my beard grows in as patchy as our hero’s and have been clean shaven ever since, but I guess that makes me “beta” or something.

Suprise: unwashed fascist ghoul Matthew Walther - who wrote a column that the New York Times just published advising Americans not to vote - did in fact vote in 2020 and 2022. It’s time for us to stop tolerating these ratfucking liars.

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One thing about the “Why I don’t vote” guy that may be especially interesting to journalists from the Washington Post and other outlets is that according to the public Michigan voter file, apparently he does vote

He voted in both 2020 and 2022.

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This fuckin guy

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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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Way too many church ladies took way too many mace attacks, dog bites, and full-force firehoses to the face for me to ever NOT vote, honestly.

I find it hard to convey my contempt for ALL of the conservative Catholic navel-gazer purple prose.

I find it hard to convey my contempt for this. (And I am not normally into contempt.) All smugness, no actual argument. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/o...

Opinion | Why I Don’t Votewww.nytimes.com If casting a ballot is merely expressive, then the same is true of not casting one.

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If you care about the USA, the single best thing you can do today is to contribute to a downticket race thats close. The second best thing you can do is cancel your NYT subscription and use that money for the purpose.

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Don’t despair — here’s why https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/04/fourth-july-us-trump-biden-politics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This Fourth of July, it’s hard to feel optimistic about the US. But I have hope | Margaret Sullivanwww.theguardian.com Let’s remember that we’ve come a long way – and the journey isn’t yet complete

I got one more work day before vacation so maybe it’s time to log off for a while and focus on loving my kids. It’s not like doomscrolling is doing anything good for me.

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lmao

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Idk why I’ve come around on tactical optimism lately, I guess I’ve been thinking of what Rudolf Abel says in Bridge of Spies: “You don’t seem alarmed.” “Would it help?”

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This is one of the most dystopian signs I've ever seen. Republicans are quickly turning this country into an unrecognizable freakshow.

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My favorite conspiracy theory is that the number of pulls on the chain to turn off a fan changes every time

Let’s for the sake of argument say that the 78 year old with a family history of Alzheimer’s does win in November. What happens when he kicks the bucket in 2 years? Do we really think there’s going to be an orderly succession there and not a bloody mafia war?

multiple swing state republican parties, including Michigan and Minnesota, are bankrupt and completely destroyed by blood feuds

Frame from a non-musical movie with a great soundtrack

frame from a non-musical movie with a great soundtrack

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extremely funny that they managed to badly fuck up the syntax while trying to make an unfunny joke about biden having dementia, though

Let's see what The Onion has on my Instagram today... oh, cool. Totally fucking cool.

You know, I got uncomfortable the time a guy on angel dust got in my grill to talk about the times he’s had a knife held to his face while I was stuck on the Q train crossing the Manhattan Bridge, so I feel for Rowling’s victim here.

Sorry wouldn’t normally put her on the timeline but this might be the most insane thing j k rowlings ever written

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It's the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg this morning, and as always, I'm reminded that one of the heroes was a mild-mannered professor of philosophy at a small liberal arts college.