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@pedigo.bsky.social

Quaker-adjacent non-believer. Broke Computer Programmer. Reluctant suburbanite. Community Organizer. Exiled Californian. Socialist boogeyman. Progressive Southerner.

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I'm friends with a former Tim Kaine staffer, who says: "I personally convinced almost four thousand people to vote for the guy who just shoved his dick down the barrel of the gun that Democrats were holding to Trump's head."

The 4chanification of America

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize. β€œWhat you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of β€œconcerns over fascism.”

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We are always told that we can’t raise wages because β€œit will cause everything to get more expensive,” but then they let Trump implement tariffs that will cause everything to get more expensive. The price of everything always goes up except the price of our labor.

This kind of content seems designed to spark controversy. Couldn’t it have been removed due to AI moderation? If so, anything with a swastika would likely get flagged. Ironically, these posts rise to the top because social mediaβ€”regardless of politicsβ€”rarely rewards thoughtful analysis.

Jess Piper@piperformissouri.bsky.social

I just had a video of Captain Von Trapp tearing up the Nazi flag (The Sound of Music) removed from TikTok for violating β€œcommunity guidelines.”

The phrase 'used him well' perfectly illustrates how Trump perceives everyone: not as people, but as tools to be exploited and discarded once they no longer useful. This habitual objectification underscores a deep lack of empathy that affects all of his relationships and decisions.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

REPORTER: Why did you remove John Bolton's security clearance? TRUMP: Because I think that was enough time. I thought he was a very dumb person but I used him well.

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Fallout from the inauguration yesterday: after Elon's notorious hand gesture, several large subreddits either have banned or are considering bans for links to X.com. So far I've seen r/pcgaming, r/marvelsnap, and r/liverpoolfc (shown below)

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After Trump tried to illegally stay in power in 2020 I started studying WWII and the Third Reich aggressively. Here is my reading list, most of which was done via audible because I'm old and going blindish. 189 titles + πŸ‘‡ (I hope you'll tune in for This is America tomorrow) tinyurl.com/u3b79b4y

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