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'here are my vibes and if you say they aren't based in reality than you're privileged'
ffs dude, take a political science course and stop riffing based on your emotions.
The "numbers" era of the Alt National Park Service (from roughly Feb. - Aug. 2025) was easily the funniest, but also the saddest; I was watching thousands and thousands of people get drawn in by spy-movie nonsense in real time.
jfc dude
I worked hard to get degrees and barred and bill the hours expected of me and you complain that the party you left became its inevitable final form and shield yourself from replies that hurt your feelings
I am sorry to be the one to finally have to tell you this, because it's something we adults keep as a tightly held secret
[whispers]
Work is usually not all that meaningful. Doing an honest job and earning a day's pay is meaningful.
the thing about tom is that he enjoys his platform but can’t understand that having a big online presence means that others know more about him than he will ever know about us.
and sometimes you have to answer for what your audience has learned about you and your shtick
maybe people like tom might consider how the past ~four decades brought the biggest decline in organized labor and whose policies were responsible for that
you want work to be so meaningful for people, make it meaningful
This is the most depressing thing you’ll read today. They’ve dropped out of the workforce because being unemployed isn’t so bad if you can just stay high and play games and watch porn.
LeCarre: I wrote my book “The Looking Glass War” as a cautionary tale
DoD: At long last, we have created Operation Looking Glass from classic espionage novel Don't Create a Looking Glass War
We need to make sure that people understand that this kind of outfit is a signifier and that it signifies a bad thing and people shouldn’t feel comfortable wearing jt
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“In politics sometimes it's a tough sport.”
The "numbers" era of the Alt National Park Service (from roughly Feb. - Aug. 2025) was easily the funniest, but also the saddest; I was watching thousands and thousands of people get drawn in by spy-movie nonsense in real time.
We're proud to endorse @troyjackson207.bsky.social for U.S. Senate in Maine.
Troy is a logger and a union man who has spent his life fighting for Mainers. He's running to build political power for the working families, not the billionaires who have bankrolled Susan Collins for decades.
I once mentioned the story of jebus kicking the moneylenders out of the temple. As an atheist, I just thought it was one of those xtian parables they always prattle on about, but apparently not. From the river of comments I received, you would have thought I kicked Nentanyahoo in the nuts.