J. Edgelord Hoover
@obliqueirony.bsky.social
a fine & chill analyst | almost above average | bio-exorcist | cover poet | navy vet | stupid baseball fan | Schnickelfritz
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This is not just revisionist history, it's ignorant of reality. Activists didn't leave Twitter because they "thought they would be more effective" somewhere else, they left because Elon made it clear that he would *deliberately undermine their influence."
Why make shit up?
Why make shit up?
I’m not upset. I’m bemused that activists thought they would be more effective by giving up a platform where they had considerable influence and self segregating on a site almost no one else reads.
On Twitter I would click on a tweet about music or culture or whatever by someone explicitly or only peripherally political and, looking for witty & whimsical discourse, the top 5 replies would be blue-check red-assed chuds spewing their tedious sludge.
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Jeff Kent’s one championship was from . . . the 1992 Blue Jays of his rookie year . . . who traded him to the Mets in August?
Lou Whitaker was not on the ballot
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Jeff Kent’s one championship was from . . . the 1992 Blue Jays of his rookie year . . . who traded him to the Mets in August?
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Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
All I ever asked was enough nuance to convey awareness that an organized cohort of bad-faith actors stood ready to use every cry of “Woke Wolf!” as reason to amp up the wolf-hunting activity.
Sharon: “The technocapitalists are awful: but do you think that the intellectual climate wasn't primed for this nonsense?”
Helen: “The answer is no, it’s not the job of journalists to never criticize the left in case it drives Jon Lonsdale to be more sexist.”
Is that the question that was asked?
Helen: “The answer is no, it’s not the job of journalists to never criticize the left in case it drives Jon Lonsdale to be more sexist.”
Is that the question that was asked?
December 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
All I ever asked was enough nuance to convey awareness that an organized cohort of bad-faith actors stood ready to use every cry of “Woke Wolf!” as reason to amp up the wolf-hunting activity.
I think my position is put all of them in except Clemens. 🤷🏻♂️
Put them all in tbh
They should shutter Cooperstown and just tape this to the door for the reason
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I think my position is put all of them in except Clemens. 🤷🏻♂️
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“I’ll be involved” is another big broken norm.
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“I’ll be involved” is another big broken norm.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
BARTIROMO: What are you expecting the president's economic message to be?
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
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Frantically helping a friend from Ecuador find help for her uncle who was just kidnapped by ICE in Mpls.
Fuck the assholes. Seriously. FUCK these assholes.
Fuck the assholes. Seriously. FUCK these assholes.
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Frantically helping a friend from Ecuador find help for her uncle who was just kidnapped by ICE in Mpls.
Fuck the assholes. Seriously. FUCK these assholes.
Fuck the assholes. Seriously. FUCK these assholes.
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a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
VARNEY: Do you like FIFA soccer as much as President Trump?
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, you know they say ADIDAS stands for All Day I Dream About Spankings. And {chuckling like an idiot} backwards it stands for Spankings All Day Is Definitely American. So, yes, of course.
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, you know they say ADIDAS stands for All Day I Dream About Spankings. And {chuckling like an idiot} backwards it stands for Spankings All Day Is Definitely American. So, yes, of course.
VARNEY: Do you work 18 hours a day?
MIKE JOHNSON: More. More. And I have to, because President Trump works 21 hours a day.
MIKE JOHNSON: More. More. And I have to, because President Trump works 21 hours a day.
December 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
VARNEY: Do you like FIFA soccer as much as President Trump?
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, you know they say ADIDAS stands for All Day I Dream About Spankings. And {chuckling like an idiot} backwards it stands for Spankings All Day Is Definitely American. So, yes, of course.
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, you know they say ADIDAS stands for All Day I Dream About Spankings. And {chuckling like an idiot} backwards it stands for Spankings All Day Is Definitely American. So, yes, of course.
Türkmenbaşy shit
The Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday.
via @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
via @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Türkmenbaşy shit
Between this & the Bessent vid, JVL & Miller let it rip today and it helped me.
Tom Cotton's Drug Boat Theory Doesn't Add Up
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Between this & the Bessent vid, JVL & Miller let it rip today and it helped me.
This is bit of horeshoeing for cerebral men *of a certain age* . . . and I’m pretty sure I agree with it.
Something I wonder about is if the much ballyhooed shift of Gen Z men to Trump (and to influencers like Andrew Tate) is a perverse consequence of this. Shielded from bullying throughout school, bullies in media then seem empowering and thrilling to them rather than threatening or exhausting
it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This is bit of horeshoeing for cerebral men *of a certain age* . . . and I’m pretty sure I agree with it.
At this time of year my grandma made, among other holiday confections, mincemeat cookies. They were sweet & fruity, but I found the ingredients, and yeah hers were the real deal.
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
At this time of year my grandma made, among other holiday confections, mincemeat cookies. They were sweet & fruity, but I found the ingredients, and yeah hers were the real deal.
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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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One thing about the Biden admin. is that, two or three levels down, there were tons of smart, focused, pro-social people doing great things that never rose to the level of a headline.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
One thing about the Biden admin. is that, two or three levels down, there were tons of smart, focused, pro-social people doing great things that never rose to the level of a headline.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
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William Wolfe, if he has ever exceeded the speed limit or littered or jaywalked, is a criminal. Given those facts, William Wolfe, by nature of being a criminal, is a public safety threat. (Am I doing this right?)
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
William Wolfe, if he has ever exceeded the speed limit or littered or jaywalked, is a criminal. Given those facts, William Wolfe, by nature of being a criminal, is a public safety threat. (Am I doing this right?)
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Another fascinating MGP side quest
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Another fascinating MGP side quest
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Another great thing here is the city encouraging businesses to create “employee-only“ areas, a subtlety to protect workers from ICE. ICE can enter “public” areas like restaurant seating areas, but need a judicial warrant for places that are off-limits to the public, like kitchens and break rooms.
I'm not a Frey guy, but I'll give him credit that I think this is a good move and I'm grateful for it.
Mayor Frey signs Executive Order protecting City parking lots from immigration enforcement use
Today, Mayor Jacob Frey signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal, state, and local agencies from using any City-owned parking lots, ramps, garages, or vacant lots to stage civil immigration enfor...
www.minneapolismn.gov
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Another great thing here is the city encouraging businesses to create “employee-only“ areas, a subtlety to protect workers from ICE. ICE can enter “public” areas like restaurant seating areas, but need a judicial warrant for places that are off-limits to the public, like kitchens and break rooms.
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Sir they keep saying you’re an old man who falls asleep all the time, we need to counter by talking about how woke you are
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Sir they keep saying you’re an old man who falls asleep all the time, we need to counter by talking about how woke you are
If the early retirements really come, local Dem chapters in pink-to-maroon districts better be prepared to run against the fashiest, nuttiest winners of some truly nutso-fascist primaries.
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If the early retirements really come, local Dem chapters in pink-to-maroon districts better be prepared to run against the fashiest, nuttiest winners of some truly nutso-fascist primaries.
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As a Minnesotan...
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Refugees and immigrants enrich communities & strengthen economies.
Scapegoating them to build political power relies on lies.
The attacks land where they meet ignorance and prejudice.
Scapegoating them to build political power relies on lies.
The attacks land where they meet ignorance and prejudice.
This resulted in a paradoxical outcome. Exclusionary beliefs & behaviors increased nationwide, but that increase was much SMALLER in the districts that received MORE refugees. Districts with FEWER refugees drove the national level threat.
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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