Crashwrite
@crashwrite.bsky.social
Liberal, beer drinker, friend to the mutts. #SantaCruz
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Anyway the real heroes of Minnesota are the countless volunteers doing boring shifts where nothing happens. The mom of three delivering food to 40 families in her kids’ school. The dad standing at the door of an elementary with a whistle for hours. The drivers endlessly looping, seeing nothing.
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Anyway the real heroes of Minnesota are the countless volunteers doing boring shifts where nothing happens. The mom of three delivering food to 40 families in her kids’ school. The dad standing at the door of an elementary with a whistle for hours. The drivers endlessly looping, seeing nothing.
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Close ICE, not the Kennedy Center.
February 2, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Close ICE, not the Kennedy Center.
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more democrats should be pointing out that "illegal immigration" is not even a crime
January 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
more democrats should be pointing out that "illegal immigration" is not even a crime
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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"Still No Miracles Needed" is out
Describes how to solve the climate crisis, and at the same time eliminate air pollution and safely secure energy supplies for all - without using miracle technologies.
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTDN...
Describes how to solve the climate crisis, and at the same time eliminate air pollution and safely secure energy supplies for all - without using miracle technologies.
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTDN...
January 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
"Still No Miracles Needed" is out
Describes how to solve the climate crisis, and at the same time eliminate air pollution and safely secure energy supplies for all - without using miracle technologies.
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTDN...
Describes how to solve the climate crisis, and at the same time eliminate air pollution and safely secure energy supplies for all - without using miracle technologies.
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTDN...
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If you live in Texas 9th congressional district, or want to support a great candidate in the Democratic primary, then here is your man. Former astronaut and fighter pilot Terry Virts, @astroterry.bsky.social The house needs its own astronaut!
terryvirts.com
terryvirts.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
If you live in Texas 9th congressional district, or want to support a great candidate in the Democratic primary, then here is your man. Former astronaut and fighter pilot Terry Virts, @astroterry.bsky.social The house needs its own astronaut!
terryvirts.com
terryvirts.com
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"I'll speak today about the rupture in the world order, the end of the pleasant fiction and the dawn of a brutal reality in which great-power geopolitics is unconstrained."
An extraordinary speech from Canada's prime minister.
An extraordinary speech from Canada's prime minister.
Remarkable speech from Mark Carney today at Davos, worth reading in full. Thanks to Paul Wells for transcribing (and translating the French portion): paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 AM
"I'll speak today about the rupture in the world order, the end of the pleasant fiction and the dawn of a brutal reality in which great-power geopolitics is unconstrained."
An extraordinary speech from Canada's prime minister.
An extraordinary speech from Canada's prime minister.
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Remarkable speech from Mark Carney today at Davos, worth reading in full. Thanks to Paul Wells for transcribing (and translating the French portion): paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Remarkable speech from Mark Carney today at Davos, worth reading in full. Thanks to Paul Wells for transcribing (and translating the French portion): paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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if we could figure out how to harness the energy of corpses spinning in their graves, the resulting corpse turbine of the framers could power at least 68% of the united states at this point
It's so cool how they made King Charles I 2, the exact nightmare of the founding generation real
TRUMP: CREDIT CARD COMPANIES WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF LAW IF THEY DON’T COMPLY BY JAN 20 ON INTEREST RATE CAP
January 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
if we could figure out how to harness the energy of corpses spinning in their graves, the resulting corpse turbine of the framers could power at least 68% of the united states at this point
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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I went up to the Hill to ask Mike Johnson what he thought of Trump usurping Congress's powers to invade and occupy Venezuela. He said this was the first he was hearing of the invasion and thus he couldn't comment on it.
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I went up to the Hill to ask Mike Johnson what he thought of Trump usurping Congress's powers to invade and occupy Venezuela. He said this was the first he was hearing of the invasion and thus he couldn't comment on it.
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Maduro’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
January 4, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Maduro’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
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Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
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Yearly reminder that you CAN just become a different person, you're not as imprisoned in your life as you think. You can just be the one who dresses nice or exercises or reads a lot, or whatever. You can just start doing it, some people might make fun of you but they don't really care.
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yearly reminder that you CAN just become a different person, you're not as imprisoned in your life as you think. You can just be the one who dresses nice or exercises or reads a lot, or whatever. You can just start doing it, some people might make fun of you but they don't really care.
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I'm arguing that you can get the biggest bang of single payer - w/out single-payer - yes.
Universal coverage = 1 risk pool = largest denominator AND that's the delivery mechanism for monopsony (one buyer) pricing.
No one cares how many payers there are in that model. Germany is a good example.
Universal coverage = 1 risk pool = largest denominator AND that's the delivery mechanism for monopsony (one buyer) pricing.
No one cares how many payers there are in that model. Germany is a good example.
January 1, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I'm arguing that you can get the biggest bang of single payer - w/out single-payer - yes.
Universal coverage = 1 risk pool = largest denominator AND that's the delivery mechanism for monopsony (one buyer) pricing.
No one cares how many payers there are in that model. Germany is a good example.
Universal coverage = 1 risk pool = largest denominator AND that's the delivery mechanism for monopsony (one buyer) pricing.
No one cares how many payers there are in that model. Germany is a good example.
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look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
The 1.0 version of StoryAlign is out. The tool overlays an audiobook onto an epub to create a narrated (read-aloud) #ebook, perfect for switching between reading & listening. This update adds a granularity option, many fixes, and moves the repo to Codeberg.
It's at: codeberg.org/richwaters/S...
It's at: codeberg.org/richwaters/S...
https://codeberg.org/richwaters/StoryAlign>
December 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The 1.0 version of StoryAlign is out. The tool overlays an audiobook onto an epub to create a narrated (read-aloud) #ebook, perfect for switching between reading & listening. This update adds a granularity option, many fixes, and moves the repo to Codeberg.
It's at: codeberg.org/richwaters/S...
It's at: codeberg.org/richwaters/S...
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The freakout about the Zohran government possibly opening some groceries store in food deserts is fascinating because the simplest way for capital to route around it would be for businesses just open up there and obviate the need but they appear unwilling/uninterested in doing so, so govt steps in.
June 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The freakout about the Zohran government possibly opening some groceries store in food deserts is fascinating because the simplest way for capital to route around it would be for businesses just open up there and obviate the need but they appear unwilling/uninterested in doing so, so govt steps in.
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Like he ran the worst campaign and got endorsed by the worst people AND HE’S A SEX PEST WHO RESIGNED IN DISGRACE FROM AN EVEN HIGHER OFFICE. RECENTLY! THE CURRENT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE IS LITERALLY THERE BECAUSE OF HOW BAD HE IS
and the entire establishment was like “oh yeah this is our guy”
and the entire establishment was like “oh yeah this is our guy”
June 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Like he ran the worst campaign and got endorsed by the worst people AND HE’S A SEX PEST WHO RESIGNED IN DISGRACE FROM AN EVEN HIGHER OFFICE. RECENTLY! THE CURRENT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE IS LITERALLY THERE BECAUSE OF HOW BAD HE IS
and the entire establishment was like “oh yeah this is our guy”
and the entire establishment was like “oh yeah this is our guy”
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And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.
June 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.
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We live in a rogue and dangerous country.
Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
June 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
We live in a rogue and dangerous country.
Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
Same.
Like, I am very much not a socialist and have more than a couple disagreements with Zohran — but I’ll take him a thousand times over Cuomo.
June 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Same.
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I hate the way Iran treats its women.
But a country that kept a brain dead woman alive to force her to give birth, and forced her family to pay for it all against their wishes,
hardly has a leg to stand on.
We treat women like beasts of burden and take away their agency right here.
So…🤷🏽♀️
But a country that kept a brain dead woman alive to force her to give birth, and forced her family to pay for it all against their wishes,
hardly has a leg to stand on.
We treat women like beasts of burden and take away their agency right here.
So…🤷🏽♀️
June 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I hate the way Iran treats its women.
But a country that kept a brain dead woman alive to force her to give birth, and forced her family to pay for it all against their wishes,
hardly has a leg to stand on.
We treat women like beasts of burden and take away their agency right here.
So…🤷🏽♀️
But a country that kept a brain dead woman alive to force her to give birth, and forced her family to pay for it all against their wishes,
hardly has a leg to stand on.
We treat women like beasts of burden and take away their agency right here.
So…🤷🏽♀️