Democracy Dies in Dorkness
@lizamazel.bsky.social
(Banner and thumbnail are both from Remedios Varos' painting "Paraiso de los Gatos")
Therapist, writer type, armchair activist, kvetch. Raised from early adulthood by Internet wolves. Warning: squees at cats.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
I also like cute doggos
Therapist, writer type, armchair activist, kvetch. Raised from early adulthood by Internet wolves. Warning: squees at cats.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
I also like cute doggos
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a cartoon of a duck with a swirl in the background and the letters netflix on the bottom left
Alt: Daffy Duck losing his entire shit and tearing the room apart in "Duck Amuck"
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Me, when disagreeing with someone who seems to be able to hear and respond and modify: generally do the same, sometimes end up with a great discussion and even a new follow.
Me, once I have decided someone is an obdurate fuckhead:
Me, once I have decided someone is an obdurate fuckhead:
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Ran my face through the novelty gender-swap filter on FaceApp set to “masculine” a bunch of times. Think it came out great.
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Ran my face through the novelty gender-swap filter on FaceApp set to “masculine” a bunch of times. Think it came out great.
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”The thing is this wasn’t really a catch-and-kill operation as described—I don’t even think there’s a term for what this was,” I say as I pour gravy on my fourth slice of pumpkin pie. My wife has filed for divorce and one of my cats is packing her belongings in a suitcase, but I persist.
Do I try to explain the Nuzzi-Lizza situation to my in-laws at Thanksgiving dinner or do I just pass the stuffing and keep screaming in my own brain hmmmmmmm
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
”The thing is this wasn’t really a catch-and-kill operation as described—I don’t even think there’s a term for what this was,” I say as I pour gravy on my fourth slice of pumpkin pie. My wife has filed for divorce and one of my cats is packing her belongings in a suitcase, but I persist.
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
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god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
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I know if my family member was shot and killed because you wanted to drag the military on a civil rights violation tour to cities with black mayors you felt were too uppity, you would see me in court.
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I know if my family member was shot and killed because you wanted to drag the military on a civil rights violation tour to cities with black mayors you felt were too uppity, you would see me in court.
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
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"y'all still hating on generative AI over here?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"y'all still hating on generative AI over here?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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NBC News released new information of Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the shooting of 2 National Guard members near White House.
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
NBC News released new information of Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the shooting of 2 National Guard members near White House.
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They are a product of the ecosystem that incentivizes and rewards this stuff, especially among a specific demographic and class.
The people elevating them today aren’t “weird.” They are the people in charge of making decisions at the most mainstream outlets. Because the incentives remain.
The people elevating them today aren’t “weird.” They are the people in charge of making decisions at the most mainstream outlets. Because the incentives remain.
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
They are a product of the ecosystem that incentivizes and rewards this stuff, especially among a specific demographic and class.
The people elevating them today aren’t “weird.” They are the people in charge of making decisions at the most mainstream outlets. Because the incentives remain.
The people elevating them today aren’t “weird.” They are the people in charge of making decisions at the most mainstream outlets. Because the incentives remain.
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Every journalist post: hey guys I know you think that we should have said something about the child trafficker who hung out with our boss and emailed with our coworkers, but you guys are making some real journalistphobic assumptions and forcing us to do emotional labor, please examine your attitude.
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Every journalist post: hey guys I know you think that we should have said something about the child trafficker who hung out with our boss and emailed with our coworkers, but you guys are making some real journalistphobic assumptions and forcing us to do emotional labor, please examine your attitude.
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I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
AAP: ‘Stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims’ about vaccines, autism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website to include false claims linking vaccines and autism, prompting a swift rebuke from the AAP and other medical experts.
publications.aap.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
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Journalism: uwu we are just smol beans and are the last thing standing between democracy and the darkness, plz support us at all costs
Also journalists: Lol we set the narrative for society, will sell a kidney for access, and barely know what we're talking about
Also journalists: Lol we set the narrative for society, will sell a kidney for access, and barely know what we're talking about
November 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Journalism: uwu we are just smol beans and are the last thing standing between democracy and the darkness, plz support us at all costs
Also journalists: Lol we set the narrative for society, will sell a kidney for access, and barely know what we're talking about
Also journalists: Lol we set the narrative for society, will sell a kidney for access, and barely know what we're talking about
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this led quite directly to Brexit, both in Johnson's career path and because his specialty when in Brussels was making up lies about 'crazy EU' regulations that didn't exist.
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
this led quite directly to Brexit, both in Johnson's career path and because his specialty when in Brussels was making up lies about 'crazy EU' regulations that didn't exist.
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a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
Not to pat my profession on the back, for all of our problems, but I do think it's to the law's credit that every US bar association that reviewed Glass' application for a license went "fuuuuuuuuuuuck no."
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
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Also, super cool that these folks are being super coy about the Trump assassination attempt and its weirdness, as if there aren't already enough conspiracy theories that are looking more and more like reality theories about this mfer every day.
Like. They should never work in journalism again.
Like. They should never work in journalism again.
One thing about the end of the latest piece from Ryan Lizza about how corrupt Olivia Nuzzi is: the artist mentioned here is the same one who Vanity Fair commissioned to do the "abstract nude" painting of Nuzzi
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Also, super cool that these folks are being super coy about the Trump assassination attempt and its weirdness, as if there aren't already enough conspiracy theories that are looking more and more like reality theories about this mfer every day.
Like. They should never work in journalism again.
Like. They should never work in journalism again.
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See also Ryan Lizza for sitting on this because it could make his personal life more complicated.
If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
See also Ryan Lizza for sitting on this because it could make his personal life more complicated.
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yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
So the editor of New York Magazine said there was no bias or ethical problems with Olivia's articles?
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
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On top of everything else, Nuzzi revealed a source??? This is all just absolutely batshit, and if they don’t retract all her articles and bar her from the industry, I don’t want to hear anymore theories from these people on why people don’t trust the media anymore — it’s pretty fucking obvious to me
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
On top of everything else, Nuzzi revealed a source??? This is all just absolutely batshit, and if they don’t retract all her articles and bar her from the industry, I don’t want to hear anymore theories from these people on why people don’t trust the media anymore — it’s pretty fucking obvious to me
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I really think the whole RFK operation swung the election and everyone involved should be ostracized forever
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I really think the whole RFK operation swung the election and everyone involved should be ostracized forever
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The election might have gone differently if not for Nuzzi's actions and Lizza's silence.
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The election might have gone differently if not for Nuzzi's actions and Lizza's silence.
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This shit puts both Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza on the list of history's great monsters.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This shit puts both Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza on the list of history's great monsters.
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Seeing many many "be careful, you don't have to hand it to the clearly unethical and shitty Ryan Lizza for spilling dirt he had on someone as part of a personal vendetta" takes and zero "gotta hand it to Ryan Lizza" takes.
Everyone thinks he sucks too! There is consensus!
Everyone thinks he sucks too! There is consensus!
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Seeing many many "be careful, you don't have to hand it to the clearly unethical and shitty Ryan Lizza for spilling dirt he had on someone as part of a personal vendetta" takes and zero "gotta hand it to Ryan Lizza" takes.
Everyone thinks he sucks too! There is consensus!
Everyone thinks he sucks too! There is consensus!