Ghost Tsongas

Ghost Tsongas

@lapsedcentrist.bsky.social

I must be the director of the FBI, because there’s a bottle of bourbon with my name written all over it.

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Bryan Johnson lost his penis in a horrible event at age five. Ever since then he has been unable to swim in ponds or go anywhere near a turtle. Dude is traumatized by losing his dick at such a young age. He tried to program AI to make him a new one, but he only made the situation worse.

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS@dankaszeta.bsky.social

Bryan Johnson is a tool

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A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Apparently, some Houston voters are putting their I Voted stickers on the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo memorial. Stephen Miller is ALREADY trying to scapegoat others for losing whatever races they lose in Texas and elsewhere. This is a vivid testament that for some voters, his murder squad is the reason.

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Vivek Ramaswamy, who I do not support, is right to attack the M$DNC shitlib Amy Acton for being the victim of child rape, which I also do not support. by Glenn Greenwald

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Replying to @bgrueskin.bsky.social

Here’s the ad that has Florida Republicans going the prior-restraint route. (The details of the grand-jury report have been widely known and shared for 2 months.)

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You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

Timothy Burke comes out against all minimum wage laws and the 40 hour work week. A true Lochner-era progressive!

Timothy Burke@bubbaprog.xyz

I am defending what I believe to be my inalienable right as an individual to seek whatever compensation a firm is willing to offer in exchange for my labor (w/the understanding I'm not immune from social consequences for it). I believe any rule that denies me that right is immoral.

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Ah yes, the thing everyone loved and remembers about Miami Vice, the muted grays and blacks

Phil Nobile Jr.@philnobilejr.bsky.social

80s fashions are about to come back in an annoyingly massive way

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Right-wing Canadian men have the same access to the history of what was done to Indigenous children as we do, but many refuse to care. I decided to tell them that history as if the children had been white instead.

The thing about the two douchebag staffers is they know in a normal world they would be so fucking fired for this, but in MAGA world willingness to eat Trump’s ass is the only job qualification, so they are safe. It’s not like Schmitt can replace them with smarter employees.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid

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Under Donald Trump and Kash Patel, FBI agents are far more likely to have their personal data stolen and posted on the internet. But they're now allowed to have sex with farm animals. The administration's defenders say it's net neutral.

Nina Totenberg catching strays. As if “journalist” and “chair sniffer” are mutually exclusive.

Micah@rincewind.run

it is just monumentally depressing that at the time we need honest supreme court coverage the most, the place that used to be the best resource for it has been turned - like most other media outlets - into a sycophantic shitshow dedicated to glazing the worst people in america

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I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

Your refrigerator wants you to shut the fuck up.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social

We can either accept that these systems have become human-like in ways that are quite unsettling, and try to deal with the world as it exists. Or we can work to disguise that fact by instituting a bunch of rhetorical rules that make it hard to discuss. One option seems wiser to me than the other.

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The same right-wing motherf––ers slapping work requirements on SNAP, Medicaid, and Section 8 consider it hunky dory to take 11 weeks off over a span of 3 months.

Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree.bsky.social

House GOP leaders cancel votes on Thursday - sending lawmakers home later today until after the elections. That means the House can avoid a vote on the Hegseth impeachment plan from Rep. Thomas Massie R-KY.

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Notice how she's wearing a crew neck while his labial throat is tucked and cucked behind a literal V at his collar. She's wearing red, the color of war, mars, arguably the most masculine color. She's driving the computer while he's riding sidesaddle next to her. Cucking ritual.

Subway stock will go through the roof as people buy sandwiches just to throw them at douchebags wearing Meta glasses.

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan.com

We all have to be one of two people now: The person who rips these fucking things off the face of anyone doing this, OR, the bystanders who 100% have the back of the person who rips the fucking things off the face. The aggressives and the passives must unite to make it unsafe to wear these.

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Parents, what would you do with four hours of child-free time? 
We launched a Parents’ Night Out program with NYC Parks to give NYC parents a little time back for themselves, because we’re committed to making it easier to raise a family in the greatest city in the world.

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White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing .

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Again worth mentioning that, best I can recall, Goebbels mentioned in his diary that they did not have to give party line directives or actively censor the press. They just invited them to briefings and they dutifully passed whatever the government said along to their readers. Helpful indeed.

Gary Alexander@garyalexander.bsky.social

"The White House press secretary was helpful for me personally," says high profile mainstream journalists, evidently totally unaware that they were being managed. Successfully, turns out.

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"The White House press secretary was helpful for me personally," says high profile mainstream journalists, evidently totally unaware that they were being managed. Successfully, turns out.

There is only one conclusion to draw from this: George Clooney should murder Elon Musk.

Hakeem Jefferson@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social

For any number of reasons, vigilante justice should make us all a bit anxious. But we should also consider who gets to be a vigilante, and who gets romanticized for it. If Mangione weren’t white and hot, I doubt we’d see anything like the defenses and adoration we’ve seen of him.

i’m so tired of “Trump is doing [evil thing] and nobody cares” posts. He’s doing 1,000 evil things, there is not enough time to complain about each one regularly. Maybe we should all list the top 1,000 evil Trump actions we care about in a thread each morning so the “discourse” remains vital.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social

I’m on vacation but I gotta say, as much fun as it is to debate woke1 and Hasan Piker, the Trump administration is currently engaged in mass murder on the high seas as surely as any serial killer or lynch mob. And viewed from the distance of vacation, The Discourse doesn’t seem to give a shit.

Can this genie grant our wish of making this asshole shut the fuck up?

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

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Republicans in the Legislature tried to trick voters by referring HCR2048 to the ballot. Disguised as protections for military families, this initiative would have undercut and nullified a voter-led initiative. The court rightfully blocked it from the ballot this morning.

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They sure don't vote like it. Has anyone told them they're for those things?

Jessica Tarlov@jessicatarlov.bsky.social

Your average Republican is pro-IVF, skeptical of six week heartbeat bills, against deporting productive, law-abiding immigrants, and for gay marriage.

This seems true but weirdly specific.

Liz oOooO ~Promaja~ OOoO Roderick@talesfrompurgatory.bsky.social

Yeah but I think orcas are the assholiest of dolphins. Like dolphins are that weird uncle who won’t stop jumping out from behind furniture and sticking his finger in your ear. Orcas are the cousin who holds you under in the pool until you have to take a lungful of water then beats you up if you tell

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Arizona, thank you. From day one, I’ve stayed focused on the work at hand— protecting Arizona families, holding greedy corporations accountable, defending our water, and keeping communities safe. Now we’re heading into the general election ready to win and keep delivering results for every Arizonan💪

The funniest thing about this is if you have seen the movie you know exactly why Athena looks the way she does when she appears to Odysseus. Musk is admitting that he hasn’t seen it or doesn’t get it.

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