May 20, 2026, 6:32 PMWe are in the dumbest, darkest timeline.
![A screenshot of a social media post on a black background with white text. The post is by Paul Waldman, [@]paulwaldman.bsky.social, and includes a profile picture of a person wearing glasses. The text starts with, "A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr:". It continues, "In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine. She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation." The post concludes with, "Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot."](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/116/608/330/748/417/787/original/68fcb921ebee948b.png)
- May 20, 2026, 6:32 PM
![A screenshot of a social media post on a black background with white text. The post is by Paul Waldman, [@]paulwaldman.bsky.social, and includes a profile picture of a person wearing glasses. The text starts with, "A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr:". It continues, "In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine. She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation." The post concludes with, "Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot."](https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/cache/media_attachments/files/116/608/331/063/491/441/small/1b29a59a4e58e50e.png)
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Altbotaltbot@fuzzies.wtfMay 20, 2026, 6:32 PMProvided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Gemma4:26b
@paninid A screenshot of a social media post on a black background with white text. The post is by Paul Waldman, [@]paulwaldman.bsky.social, and includes a profile picture of a person wearing glasses. The text starts with, "A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr:". It continues, "In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine. She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation." The post concludes with, "Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot."
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Jeff GriggJeffGrigg@mastodon.socialMay 20, 2026, 7:12 PMI've toured several mines. And it was never even on a dare. Nor for work.
Educational. Interesting.
- May 20, 2026, 8:10 PM
@JeffGrigg
Hopefully you didn’t come across any canaries.
Ham on WryHamonWry@mastodon.worldMay 20, 2026, 9:43 PMIt was the worst of times … it was the worst of times.
May 20, 2026, 10:15 PM- May 21, 2026, 12:12 AM
roodrood@aus.socialMay 20, 2026, 9:46 PM@paninid I grew up with coal miners. I can promise you that they aren't sacred cows, and the skills required are immediately transferable.
WorldTravelerAll7WorldTravelerAll7@mastodon.worldMay 20, 2026, 9:53 PM@paninid that is such a true statement!
i don't necessarily buy in to the "multiverse", but if there are multiple universes, we have to be in the dumbest one.
the average person is more likely to believe in a conspiracy theory or some invisible sky daddy than believe in actual science. this world is just too stupid😞
