Michael B
@parkeffects.bsky.social
Recovering data scientist, physicist, and sports fan. I enjoy outdoorsing. No room for bigots.
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Yglesias getting so high on his own supply that centrist Democrats start going "man, what?" is great news actually
December 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Yglesias getting so high on his own supply that centrist Democrats start going "man, what?" is great news actually
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This is absolutely fucking bananas the way that these people are *so close* to getting it but still manage to miss it by a fucking mile.
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is absolutely fucking bananas the way that these people are *so close* to getting it but still manage to miss it by a fucking mile.
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one of our biggest problems is we spent decades coddling straight white male conservatives. we took their dumb as fuck ideas seriously, even though history, logic and science showed theyre completely unworkable. and now we're stuck with a bunch of dumbasses who have been coddled for too long
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
one of our biggest problems is we spent decades coddling straight white male conservatives. we took their dumb as fuck ideas seriously, even though history, logic and science showed theyre completely unworkable. and now we're stuck with a bunch of dumbasses who have been coddled for too long
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LA Rams star receiver
Puka Nacua needs a visit from Jewish leaders about the antisemitic behavior he displayed on the Adin Ross livestream. Ross has been friendly to antisemites on his stream, notably including Nick Fuentes.
sports.yahoo.com/articles/puk...
Puka Nacua needs a visit from Jewish leaders about the antisemitic behavior he displayed on the Adin Ross livestream. Ross has been friendly to antisemites on his stream, notably including Nick Fuentes.
sports.yahoo.com/articles/puk...
Puka Nacua’s Adin Ross appearance results in antisemitic touchdown dance promise
If you’re both a fan of Puka Nacua and a decent human being you might not want to read any further — but also you should, because he doesn’t have a right to be free of criticism for engaging in antise...
sports.yahoo.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
LA Rams star receiver
Puka Nacua needs a visit from Jewish leaders about the antisemitic behavior he displayed on the Adin Ross livestream. Ross has been friendly to antisemites on his stream, notably including Nick Fuentes.
sports.yahoo.com/articles/puk...
Puka Nacua needs a visit from Jewish leaders about the antisemitic behavior he displayed on the Adin Ross livestream. Ross has been friendly to antisemites on his stream, notably including Nick Fuentes.
sports.yahoo.com/articles/puk...
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Weird how he also tried to kill as many Black and gay people as he could get away with
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Weird how he also tried to kill as many Black and gay people as he could get away with
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"To see those... those... monkeys from those African countries... Damn them! They're still uncomfortable wearing shoes!"
- Ronald Reagan
- Ronald Reagan
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"To see those... those... monkeys from those African countries... Damn them! They're still uncomfortable wearing shoes!"
- Ronald Reagan
- Ronald Reagan
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“It was not a request from a stranger. Hudson had been friendly with the Reagans during the president’s time in Hollywood.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“It was not a request from a stranger. Hudson had been friendly with the Reagans during the president’s time in Hollywood.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...
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Reagan funded and armed death squads, left Americans to die during the AIDS crisis, destroyed the economic tools that built the 20th century, his allies committed treason in 1980 (at the bare minimum, above that Reagan might have been involved) and pioneered "own the libs" politics.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Reagan funded and armed death squads, left Americans to die during the AIDS crisis, destroyed the economic tools that built the 20th century, his allies committed treason in 1980 (at the bare minimum, above that Reagan might have been involved) and pioneered "own the libs" politics.
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Buckle up Dem establishment, because me and my maximum wage tied to the minimum wage proposal are coming for your asses
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Buckle up Dem establishment, because me and my maximum wage tied to the minimum wage proposal are coming for your asses
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Don't mistake incompetence for accident. The degradation of your social media feed, the collapse of your news, the defunding of your school—it is all functional.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Don't mistake incompetence for accident. The degradation of your social media feed, the collapse of your news, the defunding of your school—it is all functional.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
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Now look at CBS. Installing Bari Weiss to run a news division isn’t a "pivot to the center." It is a deliberate hollowing out.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Now look at CBS. Installing Bari Weiss to run a news division isn’t a "pivot to the center." It is a deliberate hollowing out.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
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And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
How Democrats’ Attack On Section 230 Plays Right Into Trump’s Censorial Plans
Like clockwork, lawmakers are once again rallying around the idea of eliminating Section 230. That Republicans are leading this charge is hardly surprising—repealing Section 230 is explicitly laid …
www.techdirt.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
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(I do not care, I don’t think X, The Everything App is relevant in the same way that Bluesky isn’t. Text-based social media is a dying mall, we’re just here to hang out until the music gets weird)
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
(I do not care, I don’t think X, The Everything App is relevant in the same way that Bluesky isn’t. Text-based social media is a dying mall, we’re just here to hang out until the music gets weird)
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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Bingo.
One of the reasons the Republicans are pushing so hard to kill ACA *while* making half of all their attacks on it focused on trans people, is that they're convinced the average American hates healthy trans kids more than they love their own sick cis kids.
December 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Bingo.
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The woman the media is desperate to cast as a kinder, gentler Nazi, is spending her last month in Congress trying to imprison those who support trans kids.
Marjorie Taylor Greene horse traded her vote on the NDAA for a floor vote for a felony ban on gender affirming care for trans youth that would criminalize parents and doctors for providing evidence based lifesaving care for their children.
December 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The woman the media is desperate to cast as a kinder, gentler Nazi, is spending her last month in Congress trying to imprison those who support trans kids.
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There's a Hill bubble narrative, posing as savvy realism, in treating impeachment as some radioactive poison and so Democrats must squash any talk of it. But there's zero evidence for that. No polls back it up, nor recent history. It's all just pundit-brained conventional wisdom eating its own tail.
December 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
There's a Hill bubble narrative, posing as savvy realism, in treating impeachment as some radioactive poison and so Democrats must squash any talk of it. But there's zero evidence for that. No polls back it up, nor recent history. It's all just pundit-brained conventional wisdom eating its own tail.
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'One of the federations that Mr. López was convicted of bribing was headquartered in Paraguay, where his lawyers said commercial bribery was “not a crime.”
“South America has different cultural norms and customs of gift-giving than the United States,” Mr. López’s lawyers wrote.'
“South America has different cultural norms and customs of gift-giving than the United States,” Mr. López’s lawyers wrote.'
In a dramatic turnabout, the Justice Dept asked to dismiss its case against two defendants convicted in the FIFA corruption case (Hernan Lopez & Full Play Group)
DOJ gave no explanation other than it was in the "interests of justice."
My story with Santul Nerkar
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
DOJ gave no explanation other than it was in the "interests of justice."
My story with Santul Nerkar
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
'One of the federations that Mr. López was convicted of bribing was headquartered in Paraguay, where his lawyers said commercial bribery was “not a crime.”
“South America has different cultural norms and customs of gift-giving than the United States,” Mr. López’s lawyers wrote.'
“South America has different cultural norms and customs of gift-giving than the United States,” Mr. López’s lawyers wrote.'
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The National Water Prediction Service is forecasting 18 major floods and 15 moderate floods in our state.
Catastrophic flooding is likely. Please pay close attention to local officials and sign up for emergency alerts with your county. Find a list here: mil.wa.gov/alerts
Catastrophic flooding is likely. Please pay close attention to local officials and sign up for emergency alerts with your county. Find a list here: mil.wa.gov/alerts
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The National Water Prediction Service is forecasting 18 major floods and 15 moderate floods in our state.
Catastrophic flooding is likely. Please pay close attention to local officials and sign up for emergency alerts with your county. Find a list here: mil.wa.gov/alerts
Catastrophic flooding is likely. Please pay close attention to local officials and sign up for emergency alerts with your county. Find a list here: mil.wa.gov/alerts
For the low low price of $1 Million you too can buy a green card and escape your home country’s scourge of …*checks notes* public health…
December 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
For the low low price of $1 Million you too can buy a green card and escape your home country’s scourge of …*checks notes* public health…
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According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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Hahahahahahahaha that’s a good joke
ah yes, everyone remembers that moment after 9/11 where everyone got cancelled and we started the extremely woke war on terror www.piratewires.com/p/heather-co...
December 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hahahahahahahaha that’s a good joke
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And, I’ll add to your important 🧵, that because so many aren’t getting good advice & aren’t encouraged to think communally, it becomes more important for all of us to stay current on vaccinations AND to mitigate the spread of infections: wear a mask in enclosed public spaces & stay home when sick.
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
And, I’ll add to your important 🧵, that because so many aren’t getting good advice & aren’t encouraged to think communally, it becomes more important for all of us to stay current on vaccinations AND to mitigate the spread of infections: wear a mask in enclosed public spaces & stay home when sick.
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‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe
‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe
Gen z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting back
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe