Brian Dublin

Brian Dublin

@captmandrake.bsky.social

'Merican in Switzerland. Former Moscovite. The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handle.

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That substantial portions of the European and US Left struggle with the idea that it is possible to condemn criminal actions by the Israeli government while also condemning the vicious brutality of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Iranian regime continues to baffle me.

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There can’t be a surprise ending for a story that has no stakes. The word they’re looking for here is “Arbitrary.”

IGN@ign.com

Marvel fans need to prepare for "a very surprising ending" to Avengers: Doomsday, directors Joe and Anthony Russo have teased. https://bit.ly/4z1aMtK

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Genuinely, when you send someone to the United States Senate as submoronic, gibbering and ridiculous as Tommy Tuberville, your statehood should be suspended. At this point there should be 49 United States and the Alabama Territory. Followed by a second, more committed attempt at Reconstruction.

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OMG. This is so up my alley it's hysterical.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net

"You'll probably hear this soon enough from the other kids on the playground anyway, so I might as well tell you. Santa isn't real, the Tooth Fairy is imaginary, and there's no such thing as the 'invisible hand of the market.'" buff.ly/KM3opmg

State of Georgia emailed the November election ballot yesterday. Two points: 1) The email referred to 'June election'. Embarrassing 2) The ballots have a QR code at the top. Doesn't seem very anonymous to me.....

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“And the award for loudest chasm goes to… HOWLING VOID!” HOWLING VOID: [howls] The camera pans to Shrieking Abyss, just fucking glaring.

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"These fringe upstarts are speaking unabashedly about our country’s crushing affordability crisis and utter lack of a social safety net. That’s the kind of frank, uncompromising honesty that scares independent voters away." buff.ly/tt1slzK

mcsweeneys.netThese Exciting Progressive Candidates Who Might Lose Must Be Replaced by Boring Moderates Who Will Definitely Lose“Yeah, we know, we’re seen as boring and old and out of touch. But we’re hungry for progress. As long as it feels scripted and familiar. We’re ready to usher...

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Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."

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SSRIs have dangerous side effects and are too often prescribed without considering the following questions: - What are the long-term implications of a happy, chemically balanced society? - Are joyful women dangerous? - What’s wrong with benzos? When did everyone stop doing them?

buff.lyMAHA’s Plan to Wean Americans Off SSRIs“As a compassionate group of health hobbyists and one doctor of law, we cannot, in good conscience, recommend people stop taking their SSRIs cold turkey, eve...

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The President has decided that in order to make ground beef cheaper, he will cut tariffs on ground beef. And I'm wondering if he could generalize from this one product to other products, and perhaps concede that tariffs raise prices on American consumers.

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If you wanted to fly Donald Trump out on a different plane without advanced warning to protect him, that would be one thing. But to put others on what you believed to be a targeted plane served only one purpose: To propagate and maintain a lie to assuage a single man’s ego.

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I remember watching this when it aired live in September, 1976, the Muppet Show's first season. I didn't know who Rita Moreno was, only that she was amazing. She won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. Happy Sunday Funday! 🥵

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Ohio Democrats want Republican Rep. Max Miller to show up at community events. They also don’t want kids around people on drugs. They need to make up their minds.

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Trump's lawyers revived dormant lawsuits against Capital One for closing Trump Org accounts in 2021 for 'political reasons' This led to the bank stating that the accounts were closed due to activity indicative of money laundering. Nobody could tell POTUS 'hey, let's let this one go'?

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What is crazy to me is that Operation Warp Speed—started during the first Trump Administration—was one of the most successful public private partnerships to develop a medical product and it led directly to the Covid Vaccine.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?

Is Fauci a genius? No. But: 1) Who was in charge of the virus response in 2020? 2) Why goes GOP bring this up now? 3) Did Fauci's recommendations differ from those of health dept in other countries? 4) The "1% mortality" that the GOP says they are comfortable with would be 3m dead (not 1.1m)

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This is the most useful AI primer I've ever seen

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net

"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it a modest 10% productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1000% productivity gain." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...

Why trade smaller concessions with Iran for peace, when instead we could lose a war with them and make bigger concessions? I hope you learned your lesson Iran! There's plenty more concessions where those came from! -Jon Stewart

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Corporations: "We invented a robot that drinks water!" Everyone: "What? Why would you do th-" Corporations: "All of the water actually!" Everyone:.... Corporations:... Everyone:... Corporations: "Also your taxes are going up!"

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First you create a problem. Make a lot of money. Solve the problem. Make a lot of money. Say problem not actually solved. Make a lot of money. Say that the problem was actually solved by you. Make a lot of money. Something something Art of the Deal. Make a lot of money. Create another problem.......