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Birder. Leftist. I was @EdwardGaillard on Twitter, I am on Mastodon as @edg@mastodon.social The duty of the Opposition is to oppose. - Benjamin Disraeli πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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Well, they're made up of people, so...

10.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i'm increasingly inclined to go straight to:

these people are just absolutely fucking dumb as shit

pigshit stupid

see also every bsky staff meltdown in the past 2.75 years

it's a whole company made of *coiners*. the fuck did anyone expect.

10.03.2026 11:37 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I find this part of your platform intriguing and would like to see more of your campaign literature.

10.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok so why are you trying to fund them?

09.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look, again, as I've said over and over and over, it would be one thing if the people obsessing over trans people in sports were interested in some sort of compromise. But they're just... not. www.readtpa.com/p/fine-lets-...

09.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 1737 πŸ” 386 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 0

Introduced as an ornamental bird, and for hunting. And as always when people introduce a non-native animal, things went badly. So now they have cobra chickens all over Europe.

09.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Never let anyone tell you that change will never come, that the planet can’t be saved, that better things aren’t possible.

09.03.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If I'm reading the announcement correctly, it's only affects income tax, raising the standard deduction for joint filers to 75K. Doesn't affect Social Security tax.

Of course, we should raise the cap anyway.

09.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Huh. I wonder if they suspended ferry service to 90th Street or if they let people coming off the ferry go out through the park or along the river walk.

09.03.2026 05:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

pretty fucked up they made International Women's Day the day that's one hour shorter than all the other days

08.03.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bald EagleπŸ¦… was cruising high above the Reservoir in Central Park 3 pm this afternoon
#birds

08.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's an online slang term for a period of high economic instability and low trust in government and institutions, bad enough that revolution becomes possible.

09.03.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So they're Boltzmann brains.

09.03.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, at least it's not covered in bird-killing reflective glass.

09.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My hobby: seeing people in the US that say "if this person goes on the ballot they'll hurt me so I won't vote for them no matter what" and searching their history for any "well sure genocide isn't great but you're a fascist if you don't vote harris" posts

there's almost always that post somehow

09.03.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

And I get it - I'm a Middle Eastern/Arab kid, we're being scapegoated by billionaires for the entire worlds ills while being bombarded in like a dozen countries at once. I get falling in line because you're scared but that's how fascism wins. If you allow others to be hurt, it'll come for you.

09.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Killing 41, injuring another 40, while engaged in perfidy, all for the sake of recovering 40-year-old remains (which they failed to recover, it seems).

08.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, that suggests a business idea.

08.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@zackpolanski.bsky.social in Peckham yesterday: β€œI’ve never taken a penny from oil and gas companies, gambling companies, or private healthcare”

*round of applause*

β€œI appreciate that, but I want to point out that it’s absurd, that a politician is praised for *not* being bought and paid for”

08.03.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, it's got Fetterman nailed, anyway.

08.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The spider skirt!

08.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The last thing that any AI associated person should want is it developing "consciousness",like you do understand that if it's conscious we are now discussing why you are denying something with consciousness free will and now your role is not that of a scientist but something else entirely, right

08.03.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 626 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 7
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07.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 13165 πŸ” 4987 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 243

they brought back fucking polio

07.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 510 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 7

"Kamala ran a PERFECT campaign!"

My sibling in Christ, she spent a million dollars putting her face on the Vegas sphere.

07.03.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 2725 πŸ” 253 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 0

every single employee being jailed is the moderate position

08.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 563 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

Just need more training, right?

08.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A Candidate can never let voters down. It is only we, the unworthy voters, who can disappoint a mighty Candidate.

07.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 558 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8

I've seen some bad takes about that election, but saying that it's not a politician's job to earn votes has to be an all timer.

07.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0