Alex C
@possible.bsky.social
formerly: @alexch on twitter (R.I.P.)
mastodon: @[email protected]
coder, gamer, whatever
antifascist, pro-trans, pro-immigrant, pro-empathy, mourning the American Dream
mastodon: @[email protected]
coder, gamer, whatever
antifascist, pro-trans, pro-immigrant, pro-empathy, mourning the American Dream
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I have no earthly idea why anyone with a D next to their name would want to give this government of losers and lawbreakers an out from the mess they themselves created while they're being ground into dust by public opinion, having fully failed to make this anything but their own fault.
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I have no earthly idea why anyone with a D next to their name would want to give this government of losers and lawbreakers an out from the mess they themselves created while they're being ground into dust by public opinion, having fully failed to make this anything but their own fault.
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I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.
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Conservatives 2016-2024: dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Conservatives 2016-2024: dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
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It should go without saying that these mass internment camps will be much, much more expensive to operate than just giving the homeless free or subsidized housing would be.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It should go without saying that these mass internment camps will be much, much more expensive to operate than just giving the homeless free or subsidized housing would be.
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Genuinely the most shocking realisation of my adult life is how dramatically those of us who enjoy thinking are outnumbered by those who find it wholly unpleasant and worth significant cost and effort to avoid.
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Genuinely the most shocking realisation of my adult life is how dramatically those of us who enjoy thinking are outnumbered by those who find it wholly unpleasant and worth significant cost and effort to avoid.
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The truth is, SNAP has one of the lowest fraud rates of any federal program (under 1%), and it helps keep millions of children, seniors, and working adults from going hungry.
October 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The truth is, SNAP has one of the lowest fraud rates of any federal program (under 1%), and it helps keep millions of children, seniors, and working adults from going hungry.
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"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
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and yet still, TODAY, Democrats in the Senate are voting in favor of Trump's judicial nominees
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
and yet still, TODAY, Democrats in the Senate are voting in favor of Trump's judicial nominees
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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A core feature of our unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis is that the Speaker of the House is permitted to performatively lie in public with impunity from the podium every day & the assembled media in front of him offer approximately no pushback at all on the lies.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A core feature of our unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis is that the Speaker of the House is permitted to performatively lie in public with impunity from the podium every day & the assembled media in front of him offer approximately no pushback at all on the lies.
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More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
More from the scene
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The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
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There it is. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) says Republicans’ next goal is to kick seniors off Social Security: “Get off of Social Security. Get back into the workforce.”
June 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There it is. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) says Republicans’ next goal is to kick seniors off Social Security: “Get off of Social Security. Get back into the workforce.”
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With the clusterfuck of windows 11 it's interesting that you can't even count on being able to buy the newly created electronic waste at heavily discounted prices.
Those non-upgradeable business computers aren't gonna hit the used market, theyre just going to landfills in developing nations
Those non-upgradeable business computers aren't gonna hit the used market, theyre just going to landfills in developing nations
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
With the clusterfuck of windows 11 it's interesting that you can't even count on being able to buy the newly created electronic waste at heavily discounted prices.
Those non-upgradeable business computers aren't gonna hit the used market, theyre just going to landfills in developing nations
Those non-upgradeable business computers aren't gonna hit the used market, theyre just going to landfills in developing nations
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A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
October 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
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ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.
October 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.
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Oh and now they're going to designate Antifa a FOREIGN TERROR ORGANIZATION
You know, in case the domestic terror designation doesn't give them enough leeway to kidnap and torture people, which -- mark my words -- is where this is going
You know, in case the domestic terror designation doesn't give them enough leeway to kidnap and torture people, which -- mark my words -- is where this is going
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Oh and now they're going to designate Antifa a FOREIGN TERROR ORGANIZATION
You know, in case the domestic terror designation doesn't give them enough leeway to kidnap and torture people, which -- mark my words -- is where this is going
You know, in case the domestic terror designation doesn't give them enough leeway to kidnap and torture people, which -- mark my words -- is where this is going
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Oh my fucking god, and people who help homeless people are also antifa
And homeless people are antifa
The most vulnerable amongst us, and the people who help them. They are gearing up for unspeakable atrocities
And homeless people are antifa
The most vulnerable amongst us, and the people who help them. They are gearing up for unspeakable atrocities
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Oh my fucking god, and people who help homeless people are also antifa
And homeless people are antifa
The most vulnerable amongst us, and the people who help them. They are gearing up for unspeakable atrocities
And homeless people are antifa
The most vulnerable amongst us, and the people who help them. They are gearing up for unspeakable atrocities
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TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
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Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening
UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening
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undocumented people should receive free health care, just like everybody else.
in addition to health care being a human right, health care is also a collective issue. denying people health care creates risks for everyone. contagious diseases are the obvious one, but there are plenty of others.
in addition to health care being a human right, health care is also a collective issue. denying people health care creates risks for everyone. contagious diseases are the obvious one, but there are plenty of others.
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
undocumented people should receive free health care, just like everybody else.
in addition to health care being a human right, health care is also a collective issue. denying people health care creates risks for everyone. contagious diseases are the obvious one, but there are plenty of others.
in addition to health care being a human right, health care is also a collective issue. denying people health care creates risks for everyone. contagious diseases are the obvious one, but there are plenty of others.
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it makes me incandescently furious that roberts invented the idea of banning coercive conditions on funding to kill medicaid expansion and refuses to do a single thing about the fact that the trump administration's entire deal is "coercive conditions on funding"
October 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it makes me incandescently furious that roberts invented the idea of banning coercive conditions on funding to kill medicaid expansion and refuses to do a single thing about the fact that the trump administration's entire deal is "coercive conditions on funding"