Cameron McCook

Cameron McCook

@mcchef.bsky.social

Asbestos Taster

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Cameron McCook reposted

I think people intuitively understand that democratic candidates tossing trans kids to the wolves is not only morally repugnant but also politically ineffective, otherwise they wouldn't freak out every time someone said they weren't voting for a democrat who did this

Cameron McCook reposted

eating a bunch of food i've never heard of before and taking a random amount of insulin for it as part of a game i invented called insulin roulette

Cameron McCook reposted

still the funniest reply ive ever received on this site

yaoi gagarin@mel.bzky.team

9/11 has got to be the number 1 single most successful attack in all of human history. totally destroyed the psyche of the worlds most powerful empire and 2 decades later it throws away its own hegemony desperately clawing to regain the confidence it lost

Cameron McCook reposted

sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here.

Cameron McCook reposted

The Alt National Park Service exploded in popularity after the 2024 election, and their cryptic, mysterious "code number" posts were a big part of their rise. In the aftermath of the election, people were desperate for hope, and AltNPS was ready to exploit that desperation 🧵:

Cameron McCook reposted

TOP POST WHEN SORTING BY CONTROVERSIAL ON /R/PARKOUR: sad to imagine how many lives could have been saved if freerunning had been mandatory in american schools before 2001

Thinking about rekindling high school friendships for the sole purpose of sharing this with them

The Onion@theonion.com

Nation’s Quiet, Gangly Kids In Cargo Pants Announce Plans To Be Freakishly Good At Cross Country https://theonion.com/nations-quiet-gangly-kids-in-cargo-pants-announce-plans-to-be-freakishly-good-at-cross-country/

Cameron McCook reposted

He's learned he can say pretty much whatever he wants and it'll work for his immediate goal of preventing enough people from taking action now

Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social

Insane

Cameron McCook reposted

this is the specific moment that prompted my post about dems doing pointless things yesterday. for those claiming this isn't happening, please do reflect on this a second. this guy's top priority when returning to congress is a resolution with maga mike lawler condemning piker

ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com

he's an outlier in the party but Josh Gottheimer quite obviously wants Abdul El-Sayed to lose. you don't go on Fox News and campaign for Mike Rogers on accident www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4TF...

Alternatively there will likely be some people who *stop* drinking on The Day, but regardless of how you celebrate you will find community

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

I thought about this but I think everyone will be compelled to get out to the bars when it happens. No staying at home drinking alone on The Day. This will be a moment for community celebration.

Cameron McCook reposted

Some of the richest people in the world want a racial caste system, and they want scholarly backing for that in the form of racist pseudoscience. And a lot of ostensibly non racist people quietly agree, and don’t like to see those who peddle that pseudoscience excluded from mainstream institutions.

Cameron McCook reposted

They attack and kill our people then deny us justice. Intolerable.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social

Irony alert: The Minnesota officials who charged an ICE agent for shooting a man through a door in Minneapolis and then lying about it say he may be planning to flee to Mexico and get legal residency there through a sham marriage. Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott is refusing to extradite.

Cameron McCook reposted

Mike Lindell, a fierce Trump ally and the founder of MyPillow, says he’s willing to foot the bill for a full recount in Minnesota’s GOP primary for governor — a race he lost this month by 11 percentage points.

nbcnews.toMike Lindell says he’ll pay for recount after double-digit loss in Minnesota governor primaryThe MyPillow founder said he’s prepared to pay nearly $1 million to cover the costs associated with a hand recount after he lost to state House Speaker Lisa Demuth.

Cameron McCook reposted

"1984" is George Orwell's visceral depiction of the totalitarian nightmare that all English people fear: what if an irish guy was your boss

I am quite comfortable accepting the label of selfish here but the social consequences are not obvious to me, what are they?

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social

everyone — consumers, publishers, writers — would wind up better off if web browser ad-blockers didn't exist and the rationalizations for using one are mostly clever justifications for what's just selfish behavior with obvious negative social consequences.

Cameron McCook reposted

A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hundreds of thousands of people in and around the American city are facing rolling water shutoffs brought on by an historic drought. NBC News’ George Solis reports from a well that locals are using to get their water.