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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · Nov 20

Tired: Twisted Firestarters

Wired:

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1h

“Jeffrey you must continue to ‘yes and’ my prompts!”

Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 4h

seems like other midwit op-ed columnists are all angling for the job where an evil billionaire pays you a QB1 salary for recycling takes like “Zohran says he’s a socialist, but he wears a suit instead of a barrel with shoulder straps!”

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 4h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 4h

it was 2011 maybe he was referring to a UCB class they both took

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 5h

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

www.theguardian.com

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 8h

instead of traditional political debates, the only prompt candidates should have to respond to is “please explain the themes of Watchmen and also the movie Parasite” and we can see what happens

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 8h

independent media is so good and necessary but honestly I’m a little bummed every time I see a link to an insane and hugely scandalizing article and it’s from a substack

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 8h

this is by far the worst reading of Alan Moore’s Watchmen I’ve ever seen and if you spend an appreciable amount of time online you will know what a crowning achievement that is

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 8h

a serious mainstream media might have covered this even a little bit right?

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 10h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

in the 20th century billionaires financed museums and parks and conservancies and now they’re like “I bought a website to make it more racist!”

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you sir

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

🎶Guys you know you'd better — watch out
Some girls, some girls are only about —

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

the only good Tron-related media

sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 1d

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

No Way To Know Whether New Boss Wants To Fire A Lot Of People Or Genuinely Has No Idea How Anything Works Here

Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 1d

Writers Guild rightly tells members not to respond to Bari Weiss

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/wga-cbs-news-staffers-not-respond-bari-weiss-memo-1236546038/

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

watched this video again recently and Don Zimmer is so deeply at fault here it’s nuts

Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 1d

Pedro Martínez and Don Zimmer, on this date in 2003

Colored-pencil drawing of the 2003 altercation between Pedro Martínez and Don Zimmer

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

literally saw this and it was a free They Might Be Giants concert at Prospect Park

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 1d

What would be the wildest concert for a fight to break out at?

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

Clanker down

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

people seem to like this kind of messaging better than when Pete Buttigieg is like “some parents believe the plot of Juwanna Mann is real and happening in high schools — and these people are right to be concerned!”

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

“U.S. Army looking for rockstar volunteers; no pay but great exposure…to toxic burn pits”

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 1d

the illinois state police are helping ice because they support them and @govpritzker.illinois.gov is sending the isp to help ice because he supports them. if that wasn't true they wouldn't do it and it's fuckin stupid to write fanfiction trying to wishcast otherwise

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

In Broadview, IL this morning outside the Chicago area ICE detention center—

Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).

ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

yes it says cum fart every time for me too

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

yeah Jared Leto is a serial sex creep but he’s also box-office poison so it’s impossible to say whether or not he should keep starring in movies

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 1d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

nobody has shown their asses more in the last ten years than the cast of Parks and Rec (this includes Joe Biden who cameos somewhere in there and allowed a genocide to happen)

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 1d

Stella Sacco
@antlervel.vet
It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"
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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

criticizing Obama in any way really does seem to be a redline for normie liberals and if this dam is breaking too then that’s awesome

Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeah

mother dysnomia 🌚 @mamatried.bsky.social · 2d

Ms. Rachel coming for Obama 👏

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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