Eric Bakkum
@bakkum.bsky.social
Dad. Disabled veteran. Runner. Sober. Mental health advocate. Cinnamon enthusiast. One of these days I'm gonna get my shit together.
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“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
October 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
October 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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We've lost the plot as a society when we started demonizing words like "processed" and "chemical". H2O is a chemical. You are made up of chemicals. A diced tomato is processed, by definition. Nearly everything we eat is processed one way or another. Words have meaning!
October 2, 2026 at 2:51 PM
We've lost the plot as a society when we started demonizing words like "processed" and "chemical". H2O is a chemical. You are made up of chemicals. A diced tomato is processed, by definition. Nearly everything we eat is processed one way or another. Words have meaning!
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This is what responsible, compassionate leadership looks like.
New Yorkers, a storm is arriving today.
Don't travel if you don't have to. Never drive or walk through floodwater.
Call 911 if you are in danger, and report nonemergency issues to 311.
Look out for one another and stay safe.
Don't travel if you don't have to. Never drive or walk through floodwater.
Call 911 if you are in danger, and report nonemergency issues to 311.
Look out for one another and stay safe.
September 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This is what responsible, compassionate leadership looks like.
Just the dumbest fucking people.
September 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Just the dumbest fucking people.
They're all crooks and grifters. And they can't help but lie with every breath they take.
CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz just parroted one of RFK Jr.’s favorite and false talking points:
“If someone got hit by a bus, and they happened to have COVID, often that was called a COVID-related death”.
She said this right before she spoke with a ballroom full of healthcare executives.
“If someone got hit by a bus, and they happened to have COVID, often that was called a COVID-related death”.
She said this right before she spoke with a ballroom full of healthcare executives.
New CDC chief discusses measles, vaccine trust and staff morale
One month after taking over an embattled CDC, new Director Dr. Erica Schwartz sat down with our Georgia Capitol reporter, Abby Kousouris.
www.wrdw.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
They're all crooks and grifters. And they can't help but lie with every breath they take.
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How did our society become so fucked up that incarcerated men are paying down lunch debt for school children?
30 incarcerated men presented a $4,267 donation to a northwest Kansas school district to pay down the district's unsettled lunch debt
The donation was to be "utilized to help local children fuel their day and stay focused and energized this school year"
The donation was to be "utilized to help local children fuel their day and stay focused and energized this school year"
Prison inmates help to pay down school lunch debt
A school district's unsettled lunch debt was substantially paid down by a group of inmates.
www.actionnews5.com
September 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
How did our society become so fucked up that incarcerated men are paying down lunch debt for school children?
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Parents refusing the vitamin K shot for their newborns has increased by 57% in 2026 alone. This puts their babies at risk for brain and GI bleeds.
Rate of refusal is higher for girls than boys, as some hospitals won’t circumcise male infants unless they’ve had the shot.
RFK Jr. caused this.
Rate of refusal is higher for girls than boys, as some hospitals won’t circumcise male infants unless they’ve had the shot.
RFK Jr. caused this.
September 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Parents refusing the vitamin K shot for their newborns has increased by 57% in 2026 alone. This puts their babies at risk for brain and GI bleeds.
Rate of refusal is higher for girls than boys, as some hospitals won’t circumcise male infants unless they’ve had the shot.
RFK Jr. caused this.
Rate of refusal is higher for girls than boys, as some hospitals won’t circumcise male infants unless they’ve had the shot.
RFK Jr. caused this.
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Again, this is newsworthy, but only because it shows (1) the deeply unpopular President of the United States is badly out of touch with the actual concerns of voters and (2) he is also quite fucking insane.
Trump says he might change the names of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans next
August 27, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Again, this is newsworthy, but only because it shows (1) the deeply unpopular President of the United States is badly out of touch with the actual concerns of voters and (2) he is also quite fucking insane.
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Dolly Parton was they type of Christian that Christian Nationalists only *pretend* to be.
Unlike Christian Nationalists, she didn't browbeat us with how CHRISTIAN she was. She just lived her life doing things that Jesus asked her to do, like heal the sick, help the children, and care for the poor.
Unlike Christian Nationalists, she didn't browbeat us with how CHRISTIAN she was. She just lived her life doing things that Jesus asked her to do, like heal the sick, help the children, and care for the poor.
August 27, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Dolly Parton was they type of Christian that Christian Nationalists only *pretend* to be.
Unlike Christian Nationalists, she didn't browbeat us with how CHRISTIAN she was. She just lived her life doing things that Jesus asked her to do, like heal the sick, help the children, and care for the poor.
Unlike Christian Nationalists, she didn't browbeat us with how CHRISTIAN she was. She just lived her life doing things that Jesus asked her to do, like heal the sick, help the children, and care for the poor.
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One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
August 25, 2026 at 8:38 PM
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
ysph.yale.edu
August 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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IF WATER WORKED YOU WOULDN’T NEED TO KEEP DRINKING IT
August 15, 2026 at 10:12 PM
IF WATER WORKED YOU WOULDN’T NEED TO KEEP DRINKING IT
Every op-ed and think piece from the NYT and the Post would beat to death the word "hysteria"
I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control
August 14, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Every op-ed and think piece from the NYT and the Post would beat to death the word "hysteria"
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If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.
August 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.
BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SAID, AGAIN AND AGAIN
August 6, 2026 at 1:40 AM
BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SAID, AGAIN AND AGAIN
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He’s a roadkill enthusiast not a scientist
August 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM
He’s a roadkill enthusiast not a scientist
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You can actually budget all you want and stop eating out, but it doesn’t change the fact that people don’t just make enough money for this economy anymore.
July 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
July 24, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
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this is a real, unaltered photo of Trump during his rally in Georgia today
(Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
(Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
July 23, 2026 at 1:44 AM
this is a real, unaltered photo of Trump during his rally in Georgia today
(Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
(Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
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Heads up:
Taylor Farms lettuce is sold under these brand names:
Marketside (sold at Walmart)
Earthbound Farm (owned by Taylor Farms)
Cross Valley Farms (owned by US Foods)
Private labels for Target, Whole Foods (365), and Amazon Fresh.
AVOID ALL OF THEM
Taylor Farms lettuce is sold under these brand names:
Marketside (sold at Walmart)
Earthbound Farm (owned by Taylor Farms)
Cross Valley Farms (owned by US Foods)
Private labels for Target, Whole Foods (365), and Amazon Fresh.
AVOID ALL OF THEM
July 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Heads up:
Taylor Farms lettuce is sold under these brand names:
Marketside (sold at Walmart)
Earthbound Farm (owned by Taylor Farms)
Cross Valley Farms (owned by US Foods)
Private labels for Target, Whole Foods (365), and Amazon Fresh.
AVOID ALL OF THEM
Taylor Farms lettuce is sold under these brand names:
Marketside (sold at Walmart)
Earthbound Farm (owned by Taylor Farms)
Cross Valley Farms (owned by US Foods)
Private labels for Target, Whole Foods (365), and Amazon Fresh.
AVOID ALL OF THEM
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In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.
July 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.