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lieronet
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I'm just a simple country political scientist but it does concern me when one of the two major parties in a two party system holds Orwellian hate rallies.

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Llieronet.bsky.social

Sounds great! Where can I sign up?

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"21st Century Schizoid Man" might be the worst album opener of all time when judged by how well it sets the tone for the rest of the album

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She did a thousand times better with you than she would have had in the wild

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There was, at one point in human history, a guy who thought "we should fly into hurricanes," then did it without permission, then convinced people this was a good idea to keep doing. His name was Joe Duckworth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Surprise_Hurricane

This was the first hurricane that a reconnaissance aircraft intentionally flew into. During the morning hours of July 27, British pilots were training at Bryan Field in Bryan, Texas and were alerted about a hurricane approaching the Galveston area. Upon becoming informed that the planes would need to be flown away from the storm, they criticized this policy. Instead, Colonel Joe Duckworth made a bet with the British pilots that he could fly his AT-6 Texan trainer directly into the storm. Duckworth requested that Lt. Colonel Ralph O'Hair, the only navigator at the field, fly into the hurricane with him. Because neither Duckworth nor O'Hair believed that the headquarters would approve the flight, they decided to proceed without permission. Thus, Duckworth and O'Hair became the first hurricane hunters. O'Hair later compared the weather encountered during the flight to "being tossed about like a stick in a dog's mouth". After returning to Bryan Field, Lt. William Jones-Burdick requested to
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Hot damn I had no idea we were this sleazy

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Aakivamcohen.bsky.social

Thinking about all the antisemitism I'm seeing on social media around the whole hurricane thing and, like a normal person, it made me wonder: how can I pivot from this to criticizing Israel and a Jewish organization?

Thinking about the rampant, nazi-level antisemitism flying on social media that's surrounding the hurricane recovery and preparation. Can't help but think about the damn ADL releasing that "antisemitism is up 5000%" report that counted every pro-Palestine demonstration as "antisemitism."
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Llieronet.bsky.social

The silver lining to living in a post-truth world is that you can choose to believe. If you want his name to be Baby Gronk, simply allow yourself to believe it!

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Llieronet.bsky.social

My heart goes out to you, that's rough

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Llieronet.bsky.social

Dangit, I gotta research the down-ballot races soon :<

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