Damien

Damien

@damiengregory.bsky.social

fix your hearts or die

422 followers256 following332 posts

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adonis (and cait)
@cait.bsky.social
CBS Philadelphia@cbsphiladelphia.bsky.social

Dennis Hastert — the former House speaker who was later sentenced to prison time over hush money payments made to cover up sexual abuse of teen boys — has died at age 84.

cbsnews.comDennis Hastert, disgraced former House speaker, dies at 84Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

a) there are, like, single digit trans girls in sports in most states (sometimes literally one!), this entire thing is made up so that one girl who wants to play sports with her friends can't do it b) do not, under any circumstances, make policy based on angry sports parents

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Gluesenkamp Perez: "At town halls, what I saw was the people who were the most upset had spent the last 12 years driving their girls to sports practice & they view their best shot of their student going to college as an athletic scholarship. So when we rush to moralize we miss some of the nuance."

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marxuckerberg
@marxuckerberg.bsky.social

Sometimes people will play dumb about why Israel gets singled out as a uniquely bad actor. Our government having a uniquely extremist supportive relationship with theirs is part of the reason. The other part is that their officials post “I AM HITLER” on American social media all day long

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Micah
@rincewind.run

there needs to be a coordinated global effort among democracies to destroy this man's financial and social media empires and leave him impoverished and powerless

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social

come on. come the fuck on

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Andrew Lawrence
@ndrew.bsky.social

happy birthday america, i got you the corpse of a 30 year old one hit wonder shuffling around in front of a fight pit next to a giant hole in the ground that used to be the east wing all at the pleasure of an octogenarian rapist with dementia

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Internet Dad
@whatahellofawaytodad.com

Very funny to see internet people discover the concepts of friends

Corey Atad@coreyatad.com

i think, end of the day, the real problem with Bluesky is that most of its users are here *because* they want to be in a bubble. and they can tell themselves that it’s just about not being around Nazis it supporting Musk, and that’s part of it, but also there’s a palpable desire to be ensconced.

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ghost malone ergo propter bones
@proptermalone.bsky.social

the basic theory of DOGE was that if powerful people said it was fine it didn’t matter what the law said. I think proving that theory wrong is worth significant effort

darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social

seriously hope when dems get back in power they go after every single fuck involved with DOGE

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MC Rich Simple
@triptafari.bsky.social

Truly insane that google search has gone from one of the most useful tools ever made to a garbage roulette wheel that boils your drinking water

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social

“Google’s AI Overviews are peddling misinformation on a scale that may be virtually unprecedented in human history. A recent analysis conducted at the behest of The New York Times found that the AI-generated summaries, which appear above Google search results, are accurate around 91% of the time.”

futurism.comAnalysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human CivilizationA new analysis commissioned by The New York Times suggests that Google's AI Overviews are wrong an astonishing percentage of the time.

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29 U.S.C. § 157
@organizingpower.bsky.social

Its not a business! It’s a public good! And it’s not “running out of money,” either. Republicans deliberately created this illusion by requiring USPS to prefund pensions *75 years* into the future. Literally no other agency (or business, lol) requires this.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Despite numerous attempts to reform the U.S. Postal Service, the agency’s business model has not changed significantly since 1970. Here are some changes the agency is proposing, including decreasing service and increasing prices.

nyti.msUSPS Is Running Out of Money. Here’s How It Could Affect Your Mail.Despite numerous attempts to reform the Postal Service, the agency’s business model has not changed significantly since 1970. Officials are proposing to decrease service and increase prices.
Damien
@damiengregory.bsky.social

Waiting to board my flight and the airport screen just flashed an info graphic stating “a single horse usually has more than one horsepower!” Thank you airport screen, but I do have some questions

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"Le Chonk"
@cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com

this game proves that you need a real manager like Dave Roberts for Team USA because he has the kind of experience that allows him to know exactly when to put in Clayton Kershaw to make a loss even funnier

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Luke O'Neil
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social

Can think of nothing more cowardly than pressing a button to shoot a missile that will land dozens or hundreds of miles away. Little bottle of water next to your desk. "Yes sir" and all that shit. Walking around saluting each other. Fucking losers. Killers.

Damien
@damiengregory.bsky.social

Imagine having to temerity to post this on Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

According to Nielsen, 'CBS Evening News' just recorded its lowest-rated February of the 21st century, averaging 4.4 million total viewers and 538,000 in the key 25-54 demographic.