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Jackwraith

@jackwraith.bsky.social

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Writer, post-communist social malcontent, gamer, shodan, Liverpool fan (#YNWA) Politics and occasional football on Substack as me Movie/TV criticism & occasional politics here: http://dichotomouspurity.blogspot.com/ Comics here: https://www.dystopia.ink

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ScopesTownBoos 👻 @scopestownlib.bsky.social · 18h

A favorite sign from Chattanooga #NoKings protest

Sign at No Kings protest in Chattanooga reads "Science keeps your dumb ass alive"; illustrated with a smiling, waving beaker.

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ajsaxx.bsky.social @ajsaxx.bsky.social · 19h

Not mine but I have to share it 💯

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17h

Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
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Sincerity is not the problem

As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...

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Popehat Or Danger of Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

Hard to estimate any of these crowd sizes other than “bigger than Trump’s crowds.”

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KindLivesMatter @bekindforthefuture.bsky.social · 1d

Flood The Streets With OUR Flag!

No Kings No Fascists In America 🇺🇸

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant game. Has its couple of wonky Portal aspects, but that just adds to it (not to mention the excellent combat system.) I haven't played mine in a couple years, but am still holding on to it because it's always so good when it does hit the table.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 1d

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How important are managers/head coaches?

Heavy is the (tin?) crown, part 1

Do managers/head coaches/people in charge really make a difference?

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. Going to walk around in plain sight alongside all of my other friends who are long-term demonstrators/leftists/Greens (We're already on their lists!) because that's what our laws and the America we know say we can do. It's about showing them what we want, not cowering like they want.

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ALFA @blackeyeart.bsky.social · 5d

Greetings #webcomics readers! It's flashback week at the #supernatural #cyberpunk #comic Dystopia. Let's learn what @jackwraith.bsky.social has up their sleeve for Angie. More at dystopia.ink - we love #indiecomics

Dystopia: Chapter 2 – Midwife, Aborted, Page 22.
In a dim sparsely furnished classroom with cracked walls and a single window letting in pale light. A young Angie sits alone at a small wooden desk, surrounded by a few worn crayons. On the desk lies a simple drawing: a smiling figure with purple clothing, standing among green trees and red flowers under a blue sky. Angie is coloring carefully, but their thoughts reveal frustration — the colors never look as true or vibrant as they do in real life.

A teacher, wearing a pale dress, stands nearby as the classroom door opens. Two men in matching blue suits and dark glasses enter. Their appearance is formal and detached, suggesting authority or surveillance. One of the men gestures toward Angie and asks the teacher, “Is this the one?” The teacher leans closer to examine Angie’s drawing, studies it for a moment, and then quietly replies, “Yes.”

The atmosphere shifts as one of the suited men raises a small communication device to his mouth and says, “Yes, the potential is secured.” The other man steps forward toward Angie’s desk, extending his hand in a gesture that is polite but firm. He says, “Won’t you come with me, please?” Angie looks up at him silently, her expression uncertain.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 5d

Not just Biden. It's embedded in the Democrats' approach. "We're heeding the norms!" You remember when Reagan left the hostages in Iran for a few more weeks? You remember when Nixon made a deal with Hanoi behind the scenes? That's what they think of your norms. They don't exist. Never really have.

Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 5d

I remember asserting to my grandfather at 8 years old that the economy was doing well because the stock market was. He frowned at me: "That's a casino for already wealthy people. It means nothing to you and me." Former exec at a tier 1 supplier talking there, so not exactly a revolutionary.

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C Stuart Hardwick @cstuarthardwick.com · 5d

Things are tough for a lot of people, but ignore the TikTok apocalyptism. A big part of the problem is that since Reagan, economist pay too much attention to market value and too little to the state or ordinary people. Still, this is NOT a depression, not yet.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 5d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 6d

Mindboggling. I feel like most of the responses generated would be obviously Hallmark greeting card-style lines? Like it would be obvious that you're conversing with someone who is feeding your expectations?

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 7d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 6d

Must be a lot of them who think: "I make this look good!"

Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 8d

Jim Davis created the initial cartoon and then the syndicate farmed it out to a variety of artists and writers who just followed the formula. It was more marketing tool than personal expression like Schulz's work. But, yeah, if people grew up with it, ya like what ya like.

Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 8d

There can be no vote. Great Pumpkin is the winner by default because Garfield was a farmed out marketing tool, not a creative endeavor.

Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 9d

But I still go back to the principle. Also, like you, I'm recognizing time limits, so I think I'm done backing for the foreseeable future.

Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 9d

My guiding principle in all KS activity is "Know the designer." If it's something by a designer I know, I'll take a hard look. If not, I generally won't get involved unless I'm personally advised by someone else I trust. I've broken that a time or two and, thankfully, haven't regretted it.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 9d

Anyone who was paying attention during Gamergate recognizes these tactics.

“Oh *we’re* against doxxing, of course, but that person who got doxxed totally deserved it, and yeah, sure we’ve been calling for them to be fired and their lives ruined, but *we* didn’t personally do it.”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10d

This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 9d

If you can't figure out a transition from scene five to scene six without using a bot, then maybe you've reached your limit as a writer and someone else should take over...? Or maybe you should walk outside for a second.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 10d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 10d

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 10d

We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.

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