Stu
@rickybaker51.bsky.social
History teacher in the south. Educator by day, pasta menace by night.
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My new favorite insult is now going to be accusing someone of paying to read Ryan Lizza’s substack.
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My new favorite insult is now going to be accusing someone of paying to read Ryan Lizza’s substack.
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bro sounds more like secretary of agriculture
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
bro sounds more like secretary of agriculture
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I found the leak at the White House
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I found the leak at the White House
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they’re just using the threat of fascism to bludgeon you into accepting their limp dicked non-opposition and protection of the status quo
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
they’re just using the threat of fascism to bludgeon you into accepting their limp dicked non-opposition and protection of the status quo
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It matters if the president is a bad person
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It matters if the president is a bad person
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If only there were some sort of marketplace, perhaps online, where people could compare insurance plans and choose one for themselves. Perhaps with some financial assistance for those who need it….
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If only there were some sort of marketplace, perhaps online, where people could compare insurance plans and choose one for themselves. Perhaps with some financial assistance for those who need it….
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"maybe government should work better" is not an original, interesting, or particularly useful argument, much less any serious ideology
Abundance and the Left
Ezra Klein talks with Bhaskar Sunkara about Abundance, Zohran Mamdani’s victory, and why progressives need a state that works at the speed of their ambitions.
jacobin.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Would love to read a long article about all the people that drove themselves insane by reading tweets.
Noah Smith is doing Judeo-Bolshevism but about Muslims and Arabs
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Would love to read a long article about all the people that drove themselves insane by reading tweets.
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Tonight on Ken Burns's American Revolution, Rick Atkinson is going is going to tell you:
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Tonight on Ken Burns's American Revolution, Rick Atkinson is going is going to tell you:
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
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"The computer makes the stank good," L'Oreal's president said to an investor call, "Like real good."
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"The computer makes the stank good," L'Oreal's president said to an investor call, "Like real good."
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Dear US readers, without apparent irony, this is about Venezuela:
"Starvation, political brutality, corruption, social collapse, endemic violence, collapse of the medical system, environmental catastrophes — the only thing more shocking than the self-destruction of this once-rich country is..."
"Starvation, political brutality, corruption, social collapse, endemic violence, collapse of the medical system, environmental catastrophes — the only thing more shocking than the self-destruction of this once-rich country is..."
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Dear US readers, without apparent irony, this is about Venezuela:
"Starvation, political brutality, corruption, social collapse, endemic violence, collapse of the medical system, environmental catastrophes — the only thing more shocking than the self-destruction of this once-rich country is..."
"Starvation, political brutality, corruption, social collapse, endemic violence, collapse of the medical system, environmental catastrophes — the only thing more shocking than the self-destruction of this once-rich country is..."
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i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
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Voting to let insurrectionist senators steal millions of public dollars in order to preserve the sanctity of the bipartisan appropriations process (which Trump intends to violate anyhow) evinces judgment so terrible I suspect Kaine would lose a recall election if recalling senators were a thing.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Voting to let insurrectionist senators steal millions of public dollars in order to preserve the sanctity of the bipartisan appropriations process (which Trump intends to violate anyhow) evinces judgment so terrible I suspect Kaine would lose a recall election if recalling senators were a thing.
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wifes love asking shit like "Honey, what is the Blowjob Olympics?" and "Why is 'Blowjob Olympics' listed on our CC statement like 14 times"
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
wifes love asking shit like "Honey, what is the Blowjob Olympics?" and "Why is 'Blowjob Olympics' listed on our CC statement like 14 times"
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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“I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars / but I hate them worse than lepers / and I’ll kill them in their cars”
Me, an idiot: Neil Young was so sigma for this
Me, an idiot: Neil Young was so sigma for this
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars / but I hate them worse than lepers / and I’ll kill them in their cars”
Me, an idiot: Neil Young was so sigma for this
Me, an idiot: Neil Young was so sigma for this
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Donald Trump was practicing child rape the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Donald Trump was practicing child rape the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
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“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.”
-Ta-Nehisi Coates
-Ta-Nehisi Coates
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.”
-Ta-Nehisi Coates
-Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
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They had to work the weekend and got worried their flight might be delayed.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
They had to work the weekend and got worried their flight might be delayed.
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Kinda funny the Dems did the shutdown largely as a show for the base and now people are madder than before lol
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Kinda funny the Dems did the shutdown largely as a show for the base and now people are madder than before lol
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primary every last dem senator
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
primary every last dem senator
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?