Jane
@janee.bsky.social
Wife of @momma-rose.bsky.social
Fan of Warhammer 40k, Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy 14, and politics. Trans woman, lesbian
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Fan of Warhammer 40k, Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy 14, and politics. Trans woman, lesbian
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
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Trump’s engagement with Epstein is far greater than almost anyone else’s, but he has managed to reduce it in a lot of popular discourse to a secondary fact about his life, seemingly because the implications of taking it seriously are simply too destabilizing for our institutions to grapple with.
December 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Trump’s engagement with Epstein is far greater than almost anyone else’s, but he has managed to reduce it in a lot of popular discourse to a secondary fact about his life, seemingly because the implications of taking it seriously are simply too destabilizing for our institutions to grapple with.
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The archetypal "self-censoring fact"
Trump’s engagement with Epstein is far greater than almost anyone else’s, but he has managed to reduce it in a lot of popular discourse to a secondary fact about his life, seemingly because the implications of taking it seriously are simply too destabilizing for our institutions to grapple with.
December 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The archetypal "self-censoring fact"
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the thing about giving a press conference about how trans people are a delusional disease and then announcing that because of how cool the President is that the Kennedy Center is being renamed for him is that you kind of tie the first thing's credibility to the second thing
December 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
the thing about giving a press conference about how trans people are a delusional disease and then announcing that because of how cool the President is that the Kennedy Center is being renamed for him is that you kind of tie the first thing's credibility to the second thing
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hbomberguy is more influential in his format than he would be via tweets. His talent exists for a particular medium, after all. But that's a distinct question from whether text-based social media collectively has a lot of influence via who it influences, which it obviously does.
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
hbomberguy is more influential in his format than he would be via tweets. His talent exists for a particular medium, after all. But that's a distinct question from whether text-based social media collectively has a lot of influence via who it influences, which it obviously does.
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my wife is from a former soviet bloc country with a family who has lived through soviet era communism and oppression, and sometimes i will read bluesky opinions on the soviet union to her. which makes her do a mix of uncontrollable peals of laughter or stunned silence
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
my wife is from a former soviet bloc country with a family who has lived through soviet era communism and oppression, and sometimes i will read bluesky opinions on the soviet union to her. which makes her do a mix of uncontrollable peals of laughter or stunned silence
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To be reversed. Immediately upon inauguration of next president.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
To be reversed. Immediately upon inauguration of next president.
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I don’t really believe this, but it’s a closer call than user numbers would suggest. The other thing is, persuasion and influence happens when people INTERACT, and Twitter now is largely like TikTok: a streaming of algorithmic posts designed to make you smash the like button. Zero discourse.
this is also why I think bsky is more influential than twitter at this point (which I know is a bit of a controversial position) - there's a lot of influential people spending time here!
This is why the angst over the decline of text-based media is a little overstated imo. Influential people read.
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I don’t really believe this, but it’s a closer call than user numbers would suggest. The other thing is, persuasion and influence happens when people INTERACT, and Twitter now is largely like TikTok: a streaming of algorithmic posts designed to make you smash the like button. Zero discourse.
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Here's an example of the kind of thing I write. I strive to find the cracks in enemy lines that allow us to find a way forward and keep the faith in dark times.
In the wake of today's vote in Congress, the arguments I provide here are useful for bludgeoning wobbly Dems with.
In the wake of today's vote in Congress, the arguments I provide here are useful for bludgeoning wobbly Dems with.
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Here's an example of the kind of thing I write. I strive to find the cracks in enemy lines that allow us to find a way forward and keep the faith in dark times.
In the wake of today's vote in Congress, the arguments I provide here are useful for bludgeoning wobbly Dems with.
In the wake of today's vote in Congress, the arguments I provide here are useful for bludgeoning wobbly Dems with.
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Yeah the comparisons to European flavors of right wing governance really fall flat.
Trump is by far the most Latin American leader the US has ever had. Not only does he govern like a textbook caudillo, he’s the most cartoonish yanqui villain ever.
He’s like a character from a 1960s novel, by the most stereotypical bearded intellectual— a member of the Communist Party, naturally.
He’s like a character from a 1960s novel, by the most stereotypical bearded intellectual— a member of the Communist Party, naturally.
It sounds like the most deranged Latin American caricature of yankee imperialism come to life. It would be comical if it weren’t serious.
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Yeah the comparisons to European flavors of right wing governance really fall flat.
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THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE THING RIGHT HERE THAT IS BREAKING SOCIETY.
The internet lets you pick your own truth, by selecting your way into a community where you are allowed to believe whatever feels right to you. People have come to expect that. A society of totally permissive belief.
The internet lets you pick your own truth, by selecting your way into a community where you are allowed to believe whatever feels right to you. People have come to expect that. A society of totally permissive belief.
December 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE THING RIGHT HERE THAT IS BREAKING SOCIETY.
The internet lets you pick your own truth, by selecting your way into a community where you are allowed to believe whatever feels right to you. People have come to expect that. A society of totally permissive belief.
The internet lets you pick your own truth, by selecting your way into a community where you are allowed to believe whatever feels right to you. People have come to expect that. A society of totally permissive belief.
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the key to understanding this is the SV technocapitalists all went insane during COVID
It’s so fucking insane they didn’t go in with the overly tech friendly Dems who love cheap green power basically for culture war reasons
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
the key to understanding this is the SV technocapitalists all went insane during COVID
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I voted today to stop Trump’s unauthorized strikes in the Caribbean & prevent ongoing military action in Venezuela.
If the president believes military action is necessary, he needs to make his case to Congress & the American people.
If the president believes military action is necessary, he needs to make his case to Congress & the American people.
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I voted today to stop Trump’s unauthorized strikes in the Caribbean & prevent ongoing military action in Venezuela.
If the president believes military action is necessary, he needs to make his case to Congress & the American people.
If the president believes military action is necessary, he needs to make his case to Congress & the American people.
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more importantly - safer with basically the same code requirements as dual egress/double loaded corridor
i've literally been saying this for years
i've literally been saying this for years
A new bombshell modeling report by the State of Minnesota has found that small single-stair buildings with smoke-separated stairwells are likely to be SIGNIFICANTLY SAFER than typical double-loaded apartment buildings
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
more importantly - safer with basically the same code requirements as dual egress/double loaded corridor
i've literally been saying this for years
i've literally been saying this for years
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The system rewarded Ross Douthat with a fucking column!
If you think the system doesn't seem interested in rewarding white guys at all that seems to be an issue of your media diet and not a reflection of reality
December 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The system rewarded Ross Douthat with a fucking column!
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The thing is, this is the author's MO. Saying 'it's all over, fascism's won forever, the Thousand Year Reich is here, give up.'
I just don't know what her goal is anymore. I used to think she wanted to urge people to leave "before it's too late." But now *does* think it's too late, so...
I just don't know what her goal is anymore. I used to think she wanted to urge people to leave "before it's too late." But now *does* think it's too late, so...
This piece means well, I think. There's a fear people are too comfy and hopeful.
But actually stuff like this backfire. She doesn't mean to, but she's arguing that nothing matters, fascism is forever, you might as well give up now.
But she's wrong.
newrepublic.com/article/2044...
But actually stuff like this backfire. She doesn't mean to, but she's arguing that nothing matters, fascism is forever, you might as well give up now.
But she's wrong.
newrepublic.com/article/2044...
The MAGA Crack-Up Is Overrated. MAGA Is Here to Stay.
Sure, Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens, and Tucker Carlson are squabbling. But the underlying ideology remains as powerful as ever.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The thing is, this is the author's MO. Saying 'it's all over, fascism's won forever, the Thousand Year Reich is here, give up.'
I just don't know what her goal is anymore. I used to think she wanted to urge people to leave "before it's too late." But now *does* think it's too late, so...
I just don't know what her goal is anymore. I used to think she wanted to urge people to leave "before it's too late." But now *does* think it's too late, so...
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Ironically, Tannehill does seem to understand this point about demobilization. She's just determined to do it to her own side for some reason. Demobilization is the goal of this kind of Lord HeeHaw/Tokyo Rose-esque agitprop.
You can defeat your opponents without converting them. Demobilization matters.
When there's a leadership vacuum and people in a movement are fighting each other, it saps energy. They lose organizational power. Fewer of them take action. Fewer vote.
www.salon.com/2025/12/15/t...
When there's a leadership vacuum and people in a movement are fighting each other, it saps energy. They lose organizational power. Fewer of them take action. Fewer vote.
www.salon.com/2025/12/15/t...
The Erika Kirk and Candace Owens feud is tearing MAGA apart
The widow vs. the podcaster drama reveals the right's biggest weakness
www.salon.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Ironically, Tannehill does seem to understand this point about demobilization. She's just determined to do it to her own side for some reason. Demobilization is the goal of this kind of Lord HeeHaw/Tokyo Rose-esque agitprop.
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Today it’s ‘about oil,’ tomorrow it’s going to be ‘gangs and mercenaries in our streets,’ and Friday it’s gonna be ‘emptying the asylums to flood our country’
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today it’s ‘about oil,’ tomorrow it’s going to be ‘gangs and mercenaries in our streets,’ and Friday it’s gonna be ‘emptying the asylums to flood our country’
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The fact that the public *overwhelmingly* wants the actual price level to fall, and for prices to go down across the board is important info about public opinion, but also more than a little tricky to try to implement!
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The fact that the public *overwhelmingly* wants the actual price level to fall, and for prices to go down across the board is important info about public opinion, but also more than a little tricky to try to implement!
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This is about as meaningful as saying "Supernovae can't really exist. Exploding stars? God doesn't make mistakes." Or "The Bible says God created the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, therefore penguins aren't real and flying fish are of the devil."
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Here's the real truth. God only creates two sexes and two genders -- male and female -- and God does not make mistakes."
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is about as meaningful as saying "Supernovae can't really exist. Exploding stars? God doesn't make mistakes." Or "The Bible says God created the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, therefore penguins aren't real and flying fish are of the devil."
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actual numbers suggest that this narrative of systematic discrimination against white millennial men is bullshit.
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
actual numbers suggest that this narrative of systematic discrimination against white millennial men is bullshit.
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area idiot unaware of King Herod
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
area idiot unaware of King Herod
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Monstrous. CDC is going to fund knowingly giving thousands of infants in Africa a placebo instead of a proven vaccine. Issued non-competitively to a foreign research org without ethics review.
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Monstrous. CDC is going to fund knowingly giving thousands of infants in Africa a placebo instead of a proven vaccine. Issued non-competitively to a foreign research org without ethics review.
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At the risk of hugging the third rail, the truth of the academic job market, at least in history or classics, is neither DEI or anti-DEI.
It is that that 1) there are no jobs and 2) our hiring culture treats candidates like they 'spoil' after a few years.
No one knows who is mediocre or not.
It is that that 1) there are no jobs and 2) our hiring culture treats candidates like they 'spoil' after a few years.
No one knows who is mediocre or not.
December 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
At the risk of hugging the third rail, the truth of the academic job market, at least in history or classics, is neither DEI or anti-DEI.
It is that that 1) there are no jobs and 2) our hiring culture treats candidates like they 'spoil' after a few years.
No one knows who is mediocre or not.
It is that that 1) there are no jobs and 2) our hiring culture treats candidates like they 'spoil' after a few years.
No one knows who is mediocre or not.
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New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers.
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers.
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...