@erictaysom.bsky.social
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“You don’t owe anyone anything” has done apocalyptic damage to society
so much of our political discourse is just "my status as an X should liberate me from the requirement to be prosocial" for different values of X
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“You don’t owe anyone anything” has done apocalyptic damage to society
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
You meet the most interesting people online.
ok so apparently I have to give some backstory to this event.
(this is why a lot of my childhood stories are things like "And then the Patriarch of Constantinople poked his head round the door and said "Boys! Would you like a lift back to the city on my yacht?")
December 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
You meet the most interesting people online.
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Liberal Currents being like “they’re persecuting Christians” while the Bulwark is like “the siege on LGBT Americans is obscene” is
the buddy cop team up of our decade
the buddy cop team up of our decade
"To deliberately target mass services during holy weeks of obligation in the Catholic church is just so wrong, especially during Christmas services where the story of the holy family's travel under government edict is a central part of the story."
www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-war-o...
www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-war-o...
Trump's War on Christmas Is a War on Liberalism
After decades of make-believe, the Trump administration is promising an actual war on Christmas that would traumatize religious communities with armed state power.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Liberal Currents being like “they’re persecuting Christians” while the Bulwark is like “the siege on LGBT Americans is obscene” is
the buddy cop team up of our decade
the buddy cop team up of our decade
I want to rub every non-interventionist's face in this until they either understand their ideas are stupid, or admit that they just don't think humans outside of their chosen identity are actually people.
The alternative to intervention is genocide. Because we can act, we have a duty to. Man up.
The alternative to intervention is genocide. Because we can act, we have a duty to. Man up.
the working assumption of NGOs and IGOs with contacts or staff in the city is that their people are dead.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I want to rub every non-interventionist's face in this until they either understand their ideas are stupid, or admit that they just don't think humans outside of their chosen identity are actually people.
The alternative to intervention is genocide. Because we can act, we have a duty to. Man up.
The alternative to intervention is genocide. Because we can act, we have a duty to. Man up.
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60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
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So much terrible writing and thinking about race and racism starts from trying to invent special rules for race and racism, rather than accepting the broad principles of “am I not a man and a brother?”.
December 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So much terrible writing and thinking about race and racism starts from trying to invent special rules for race and racism, rather than accepting the broad principles of “am I not a man and a brother?”.
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Which was something he shared with another bearded socialist political figure of the 19th century
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Which was something he shared with another bearded socialist political figure of the 19th century
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Not to cite a church father from a faith that I don’t believe in but Marx reviled gambling as providing the exact kind of false hope that the lefty defender of it in the screenshot uses to call it a potential point of relief
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Not to cite a church father from a faith that I don’t believe in but Marx reviled gambling as providing the exact kind of false hope that the lefty defender of it in the screenshot uses to call it a potential point of relief
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Counterpoint: if she cannot handle the task of "not saying racial slurs and not gesturing at her crotch" during anywhere from 4 to 8 hours, she's unfit for any job that involves working with the public. I feel like if you want socialism, then you need to understand that requires treating people well
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Counterpoint: if she cannot handle the task of "not saying racial slurs and not gesturing at her crotch" during anywhere from 4 to 8 hours, she's unfit for any job that involves working with the public. I feel like if you want socialism, then you need to understand that requires treating people well
Something actually non-political.
Iso's a fun artist, you should follow.
Iso's a fun artist, you should follow.
mouseworld... alternate universe? About a jaded detective who has to help out a small town girl whose husband mysteriously disappeared???
Commissioned by @dirtyriver from tumblr thank you so much for your support, this was a fun one!
Commissioned by @dirtyriver from tumblr thank you so much for your support, this was a fun one!
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Something actually non-political.
Iso's a fun artist, you should follow.
Iso's a fun artist, you should follow.
We are called to be peacemakers, and I must ask, what peace is possible here?
There is one side here who is at fault. One side who violently violated the rights of another. Peace requires them to stop and they continually choose not to.
So, again, what peace is possible for peacemakers here?
There is one side here who is at fault. One side who violently violated the rights of another. Peace requires them to stop and they continually choose not to.
So, again, what peace is possible for peacemakers here?
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We are called to be peacemakers, and I must ask, what peace is possible here?
There is one side here who is at fault. One side who violently violated the rights of another. Peace requires them to stop and they continually choose not to.
So, again, what peace is possible for peacemakers here?
There is one side here who is at fault. One side who violently violated the rights of another. Peace requires them to stop and they continually choose not to.
So, again, what peace is possible for peacemakers here?
It is once again that time of year when the ghosts of British folklorists and German nationalists from centuries past rise to possess the living and make them spout a whole bunch of rubbish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5v...
Christmas trees are not pagan
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It is once again that time of year when the ghosts of British folklorists and German nationalists from centuries past rise to possess the living and make them spout a whole bunch of rubbish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5v...
'Fetishes run amuck' being a useful frame in understanding both our government and body politic is deeply upsetting.
I do not like the reins of power being held by people with uncontrollable ageplay fantasies!!!
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
'Fetishes run amuck' being a useful frame in understanding both our government and body politic is deeply upsetting.
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2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. It’s not too late in most places! runforwhat.net
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. It’s not too late in most places! runforwhat.net
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See?
It's word-play.
It's funny.
I am funny!
Get your damn hands off that bottle!
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
It's word-play.
It's funny.
I am funny!
Get your damn hands off that bottle!
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
See?
It's word-play.
It's funny.
I am funny!
Get your damn hands off that bottle!
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
It's word-play.
It's funny.
I am funny!
Get your damn hands off that bottle!
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
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we should start calling undocumented immigrants “prenaturalized US citizens”
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
we should start calling undocumented immigrants “prenaturalized US citizens”
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THESE PEOPLE ARE FILTH
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
THESE PEOPLE ARE FILTH
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I love this. Instead of liberals simply whining about all the bad stuff Trump is doing to take over media, here's ACTUAL CREATIVE LEGAL THINKING ABOUT HOW TO FIGHT BACK.
This is exactly what we need! Will all this stuff work? No! But we need to TRY THINGS.
counterpunch.news/p/nexstar-go...
This is exactly what we need! Will all this stuff work? No! But we need to TRY THINGS.
counterpunch.news/p/nexstar-go...
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I love this. Instead of liberals simply whining about all the bad stuff Trump is doing to take over media, here's ACTUAL CREATIVE LEGAL THINKING ABOUT HOW TO FIGHT BACK.
This is exactly what we need! Will all this stuff work? No! But we need to TRY THINGS.
counterpunch.news/p/nexstar-go...
This is exactly what we need! Will all this stuff work? No! But we need to TRY THINGS.
counterpunch.news/p/nexstar-go...
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genuinely remarkable how depraved this government is
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
genuinely remarkable how depraved this government is
Doing test print for a friend. Five 1/8th scale figures on a four piece base and they fit this perfectly dry fit.
For those of you who don't resin print, pieces warp. Bigger pieces warp more. Getting this many figures to connect to different base pieces and each other and stay without glue is A+
For those of you who don't resin print, pieces warp. Bigger pieces warp more. Getting this many figures to connect to different base pieces and each other and stay without glue is A+
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Doing test print for a friend. Five 1/8th scale figures on a four piece base and they fit this perfectly dry fit.
For those of you who don't resin print, pieces warp. Bigger pieces warp more. Getting this many figures to connect to different base pieces and each other and stay without glue is A+
For those of you who don't resin print, pieces warp. Bigger pieces warp more. Getting this many figures to connect to different base pieces and each other and stay without glue is A+
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a) run candidates in every damned district.
b) districts that were Trump +25 are meaningfully in play and they won't be able to fight for all of them all at once.
c) they're diluting their OWN districts b/c of gerrymandering.
d) being aggressively liberal is not a downside even in R+25 districts.
b) districts that were Trump +25 are meaningfully in play and they won't be able to fight for all of them all at once.
c) they're diluting their OWN districts b/c of gerrymandering.
d) being aggressively liberal is not a downside even in R+25 districts.
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
a) run candidates in every damned district.
b) districts that were Trump +25 are meaningfully in play and they won't be able to fight for all of them all at once.
c) they're diluting their OWN districts b/c of gerrymandering.
d) being aggressively liberal is not a downside even in R+25 districts.
b) districts that were Trump +25 are meaningfully in play and they won't be able to fight for all of them all at once.
c) they're diluting their OWN districts b/c of gerrymandering.
d) being aggressively liberal is not a downside even in R+25 districts.
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just ask yourself, as a democrat, how you would feel if AOC only managed to win by 5 points in an off-year election under a new democratic president
yeah if these are the kinds of political swings we're getting in Trump country the Republicans are beyond screwed for the midterms
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
just ask yourself, as a democrat, how you would feel if AOC only managed to win by 5 points in an off-year election under a new democratic president
There are far too much of gender and far too little of virtue here.
I am not suggesting cannibalizing a reliable senator while we are trying to save the republic. You fight with the Hemingways *after* dealing with the Goebbels.
However, what people like Gallego want is a problem, politically.
I am not suggesting cannibalizing a reliable senator while we are trying to save the republic. You fight with the Hemingways *after* dealing with the Goebbels.
However, what people like Gallego want is a problem, politically.
4. Now, newly leaked texts—published by a conservative source but confirmed as accurate from Gallego himself—suggest Gallego’s shift may not be a mere political calculation but a reflection of deeper, toxic beliefs that have become far too common in American politics.
You can see the texts here:
You can see the texts here:
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
There are far too much of gender and far too little of virtue here.
I am not suggesting cannibalizing a reliable senator while we are trying to save the republic. You fight with the Hemingways *after* dealing with the Goebbels.
However, what people like Gallego want is a problem, politically.
I am not suggesting cannibalizing a reliable senator while we are trying to save the republic. You fight with the Hemingways *after* dealing with the Goebbels.
However, what people like Gallego want is a problem, politically.