@irrelevantaf.bsky.social
Closely related is the “you said voting and winning the last election would defeat the far right but the far right still exists!” straw man that gets trotted out in the months before every election.
I fucking hate the way social media has embraced the “win every election forever can’t be the answer” straw man. Yes, we need structural change. Yes, it’s hard. Yes, it will continue to be hard and require work. Every time I see this it feels like people lusting for an easy forever answer.
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Closely related is the “you said voting and winning the last election would defeat the far right but the far right still exists!” straw man that gets trotted out in the months before every election.
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I fucking hate the way social media has embraced the “win every election forever can’t be the answer” straw man. Yes, we need structural change. Yes, it’s hard. Yes, it will continue to be hard and require work. Every time I see this it feels like people lusting for an easy forever answer.
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I fucking hate the way social media has embraced the “win every election forever can’t be the answer” straw man. Yes, we need structural change. Yes, it’s hard. Yes, it will continue to be hard and require work. Every time I see this it feels like people lusting for an easy forever answer.
voters are crazy 😂
Democratic Presidential Polling:
Newsom: 29%
Harris: 17%
Buttigieg: 12%
AOC: 6%
Booker: 4%
Shapiro: 3%
Cuban: 3%
Pritzker: 2%
Beshear: 2%
Crockett: 2%
Walz: 2%
Stewart: 2%
Echelon / Nov 17, 2025
Newsom: 29%
Harris: 17%
Buttigieg: 12%
AOC: 6%
Booker: 4%
Shapiro: 3%
Cuban: 3%
Pritzker: 2%
Beshear: 2%
Crockett: 2%
Walz: 2%
Stewart: 2%
Echelon / Nov 17, 2025
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
voters are crazy 😂
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we should take teaching more seriously
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
we should take teaching more seriously
His actual position seems to be “a left leaning party doing ANYTHING its opposition can frame as ‘left wing’ is political malpractice” which lol
If Labor said “we want fracking for all!” today then tomorrow it would just be something different
If Labor said “we want fracking for all!” today then tomorrow it would just be something different
so the closest is @mattyglesias.bsky.social claiming the uk gov is unpopular . . . . because they banned fracking
this is **such** a bad take
1. fracking isn't a major issue here, people don't vote on it
this is **such** a bad take
1. fracking isn't a major issue here, people don't vote on it
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
His actual position seems to be “a left leaning party doing ANYTHING its opposition can frame as ‘left wing’ is political malpractice” which lol
If Labor said “we want fracking for all!” today then tomorrow it would just be something different
If Labor said “we want fracking for all!” today then tomorrow it would just be something different
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Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
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yeah. MeToo, the George Floyd protests, and an ~18 month period of very tight labor markets induced a mental breakdown across the power elite bsky.app/profile/laur...
it didn't even really provide me with any new information but that one email between epstein and some other random rich elite saying "when will the madness end" about the metoo movement felt like a key unlocking my brain that will explain every unforced institutional capitulation we've seen
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
yeah. MeToo, the George Floyd protests, and an ~18 month period of very tight labor markets induced a mental breakdown across the power elite bsky.app/profile/laur...
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Crypto ATMs are almost perfectly designed to facilitate financial crime from the most vulnerable Americans. Be very suspicious of anyone who asks you to make a deposit into one; they are designed to make it impossible for you to get it back. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
How Fraudsters Use Cryptocurrency A.T.M.s to Target Victims
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Crypto ATMs are almost perfectly designed to facilitate financial crime from the most vulnerable Americans. Be very suspicious of anyone who asks you to make a deposit into one; they are designed to make it impossible for you to get it back. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
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Blending family and governance
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Blending family and governance
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The dam is breaking. The world's leading public health news organization is now reporting US driver violence as a public health crisis.
"American roads have become more dangerous than violent crimes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, and other major cities." t.co/BEcu5JJ457
"American roads have become more dangerous than violent crimes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, and other major cities." t.co/BEcu5JJ457
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/traffic-deaths-pedestrian-safety-vision-zero-los-angeles-dot-nhtsa/
t.co
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The dam is breaking. The world's leading public health news organization is now reporting US driver violence as a public health crisis.
"American roads have become more dangerous than violent crimes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, and other major cities." t.co/BEcu5JJ457
"American roads have become more dangerous than violent crimes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, and other major cities." t.co/BEcu5JJ457
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"to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy"
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy"
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People want to believe that the GOP’s electoral success in red states is the result of dirty tricks and gerrymandering instead of the sincerely held beliefs of a majority of the population because a mechanical issue is easier to fix than wrestling with how to make people not believe what they do.
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
People want to believe that the GOP’s electoral success in red states is the result of dirty tricks and gerrymandering instead of the sincerely held beliefs of a majority of the population because a mechanical issue is easier to fix than wrestling with how to make people not believe what they do.
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Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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“Remember, comrades! All political subjects must be approved by the commissar before instructing the pupils.”
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“Remember, comrades! All political subjects must be approved by the commissar before instructing the pupils.”
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It’s apparently way more satisfying to show up every 4 years and go “these candidates suck, I’m not voting for them” than to vote in the primaries and have a say in who the candidates are.
There is a group of people on this site who are out and proud about that strategy.
There is a group of people on this site who are out and proud about that strategy.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It’s apparently way more satisfying to show up every 4 years and go “these candidates suck, I’m not voting for them” than to vote in the primaries and have a say in who the candidates are.
There is a group of people on this site who are out and proud about that strategy.
There is a group of people on this site who are out and proud about that strategy.
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
as if the moment they started doing this along these exact lines these same folks wouldn’t say “well it’s not our job to be a propaganda wing of the Democratic Party”
I am also for Democrats getting off their asses and engaging in the media world as it is. If they did a better job with that, I might've been spared teaching my mom how to respond if she's ever stopped by ICE.
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
as if the moment they started doing this along these exact lines these same folks wouldn’t say “well it’s not our job to be a propaganda wing of the Democratic Party”
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One thing I keep screaming from the rooftops: "The border" and "Immigration" ARE SEPARATE ISSUES. You can be (and most Americans are!) pro-immigration but also desirous of a well-regulated border. We want our immigration process to be welcoming, generous, and orderly.
Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One thing I keep screaming from the rooftops: "The border" and "Immigration" ARE SEPARATE ISSUES. You can be (and most Americans are!) pro-immigration but also desirous of a well-regulated border. We want our immigration process to be welcoming, generous, and orderly.
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Reminder: there are no trade deals. Nothing binding was actually signed. 90% of news coverage you saw about “trade deals” was wildly misleading. It’s pretty weird. And it will get weirder as “deals” turn out to be not deals, actually.
JPMORGAN: “.. China’s soybean purchases are stalling, potentially putting the trade agreement at-risk, as the 13% tariff on soybeans makes Brazilian / Latin American alternatives more attractive. Further, the elevated purchases made by China in the recent months lowers demand ..”
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Reminder: there are no trade deals. Nothing binding was actually signed. 90% of news coverage you saw about “trade deals” was wildly misleading. It’s pretty weird. And it will get weirder as “deals” turn out to be not deals, actually.
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I think the banal answer is: he’s very rich and powerful and good at networking and this how people act around very rich and powerful people.
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I think the banal answer is: he’s very rich and powerful and good at networking and this how people act around very rich and powerful people.
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“The big tent goes both ways,” she said. “When we’re building a big tent, yes, it means welcoming people who are in the center or to the right of us. But it also means welcoming people who might be to the left. The center of our party has used purity politics to cancel or exclude progressives"
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
“The big tent goes both ways,” she said. “When we’re building a big tent, yes, it means welcoming people who are in the center or to the right of us. But it also means welcoming people who might be to the left. The center of our party has used purity politics to cancel or exclude progressives"
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It’s not just that Trump is personally a rapist, though there’s lots of credible evidence to suggest that he is. It’s that he is promoting a fundamentally pro-rape ideology, and that the permissiveness for rape and entitlement to rape that are core to his worldview are central to his appeal for men.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It’s not just that Trump is personally a rapist, though there’s lots of credible evidence to suggest that he is. It’s that he is promoting a fundamentally pro-rape ideology, and that the permissiveness for rape and entitlement to rape that are core to his worldview are central to his appeal for men.