Goth or Ostro-goth
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I build things and sometimes I write things. I try to align my opinions with the facts, rather than the other way around. Pro regime change.
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What Crapulous Maximus will do, re Kennedy Center Honors (pin this): He will appoint himself host and MC, and then script a "by popular accolade" "surprise" slot for himself among the honorees.
He will do this probably every year.
He will do this probably every year.
Snowcrash was a dystopian vision. You fools. You absolute fucktards.
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Snowcrash was a dystopian vision. You fools. You absolute fucktards.
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“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
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i dont use generative ai because i actually really like being able to think and reason and solve problems
November 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
i dont use generative ai because i actually really like being able to think and reason and solve problems
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I'm about 500 times more concerned with my own elderly parents being victimized by an identity theft or pig butchering scam than I am about them being mugged or burglarized and I think that's similar for most voters bsky.app/profile/todm...
I think the scams at issue are phone and email scams, phishing, identity theft etc. Most people I know are actually quite familiar with those, worry about them and wish government would do more to stop them. A promise to do something about that sort of scam might resonate with voters.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I'm about 500 times more concerned with my own elderly parents being victimized by an identity theft or pig butchering scam than I am about them being mugged or burglarized and I think that's similar for most voters bsky.app/profile/todm...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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dems are drawn to 'Strong Floor No Ceiling' because it sounds smart and means nothing, perfect for a party that wants to win without changing anything
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
dems are drawn to 'Strong Floor No Ceiling' because it sounds smart and means nothing, perfect for a party that wants to win without changing anything
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November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Funny how this is working out, as Duterte is the example they are following, along with the murderous scumbag Bukele.
#TribunalsInTheWHBallroom
#TribunalsInTheWHBallroom
Duterte is being tried for the exact crimes Trump & Hegseth are bragging about committing
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Funny how this is working out, as Duterte is the example they are following, along with the murderous scumbag Bukele.
#TribunalsInTheWHBallroom
#TribunalsInTheWHBallroom
Legalizing this kind of fraud has been the right's agenda for decades. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Legalizing this kind of fraud has been the right's agenda for decades. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
This is the second largest payout from a private university to the Trump admin yet, second only to Columbia’s $200m
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
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"The program’s annual cost ballooned to more than $104 million last year, the authorities said, from a budgeted projection of $2.6 million when it began in 2020. Two of eight people charged in the scenario have pleaded guilty; six others have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial." (gift link)
How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"The program’s annual cost ballooned to more than $104 million last year, the authorities said, from a budgeted projection of $2.6 million when it began in 2020. Two of eight people charged in the scenario have pleaded guilty; six others have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial." (gift link)
The regime is like a never-ending version of that Bugs Bunny skit where he and Daffy are arguing which season it is, except here it's "Evil Season" vs "Stupid Season." Fire!
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The regime is like a never-ending version of that Bugs Bunny skit where he and Daffy are arguing which season it is, except here it's "Evil Season" vs "Stupid Season." Fire!
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Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
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Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
loan-sharking is basically the second oldest profession. www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/11/28/w...
While Baltimore sues a money-lending app for preying on the poor, Maryland makes it easier for such apps to do so | Baltimore Brew
www.baltimorebrew.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
loan-sharking is basically the second oldest profession. www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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I would like to thank Silicon Valley for making psychedelics so uncool that adults will stop doing them. Tripping is for teenagers.
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I would like to thank Silicon Valley for making psychedelics so uncool that adults will stop doing them. Tripping is for teenagers.
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
There's a black cat in the neighborhood. Very sweet, not feral, but appears to be experiencing homelessness. Took an hour today and emptied a couple totes in the basement, scared up some meal kit shipping insulation I'd saved for some reason and made a lil hiker's hut for 'em.
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
There's a black cat in the neighborhood. Very sweet, not feral, but appears to be experiencing homelessness. Took an hour today and emptied a couple totes in the basement, scared up some meal kit shipping insulation I'd saved for some reason and made a lil hiker's hut for 'em.
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This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
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I can’t overlook the fact that they are all making money doing this.
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I can’t overlook the fact that they are all making money doing this.
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2022 ProPublica report on CIA-trained "Zero Units" in Afghanistan, a former member of which shot two National Guard troops in DC yesterday
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
2022 ProPublica report on CIA-trained "Zero Units" in Afghanistan, a former member of which shot two National Guard troops in DC yesterday
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Also if you’re unwilling to be confrontational with powerful people you just should not be a journalist. You aren’t cut out for it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Also if you’re unwilling to be confrontational with powerful people you just should not be a journalist. You aren’t cut out for it.
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