Ian Kallen (he/him/his) 86 47
@spidaman.bsky.social
Long time tech nerd, native San Franciscan, advancing democratic reform & social justice but not a language cop. Also pursuing personal outlets (dad, sailing, music) while limiting attention on the social venues run by Musk & Zuckerberg.
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There were some typos in @realDonaldTrump’s post, I fixed it
MAGAs, your favorite president is trying to shitcan the Jeffrey Epstein Files again because he’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly he smells like a pedophile and deeply corrupt in so many other subjects.
MAGAs, your favorite president is trying to shitcan the Jeffrey Epstein Files again because he’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly he smells like a pedophile and deeply corrupt in so many other subjects.
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
There were some typos in @realDonaldTrump’s post, I fixed it
MAGAs, your favorite president is trying to shitcan the Jeffrey Epstein Files again because he’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly he smells like a pedophile and deeply corrupt in so many other subjects.
MAGAs, your favorite president is trying to shitcan the Jeffrey Epstein Files again because he’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly he smells like a pedophile and deeply corrupt in so many other subjects.
Epstein calling a Trump a dog. An insult to all canine-kind.
Now just complete the PII redaction of the victims and release all of the motherfucking files.
Now just complete the PII redaction of the victims and release all of the motherfucking files.
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Epstein calling a Trump a dog. An insult to all canine-kind.
Now just complete the PII redaction of the victims and release all of the motherfucking files.
Now just complete the PII redaction of the victims and release all of the motherfucking files.
$300M to tear down the east wing of the White House to make room for a ballroom 🤯
I don’t know how much more of making America great again I can take. We’re gonna need a bigger No Kings event.
I don’t know how much more of making America great again I can take. We’re gonna need a bigger No Kings event.
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
October 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
$300M to tear down the east wing of the White House to make room for a ballroom 🤯
I don’t know how much more of making America great again I can take. We’re gonna need a bigger No Kings event.
I don’t know how much more of making America great again I can take. We’re gonna need a bigger No Kings event.
Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find Mike Johnson's Grindr account, I think you will probably be rewarded mightily.
October 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find Mike Johnson's Grindr account, I think you will probably be rewarded mightily.
Since he only seems to want to be president of 40% of America, a one dollar Trump coin can never be worth more than 40¢
Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector
The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...
defector.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Since he only seems to want to be president of 40% of America, a one dollar Trump coin can never be worth more than 40¢
I think I’m gonna put these on my car just to bait ICE to come fuck with me
September 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I think I’m gonna put these on my car just to bait ICE to come fuck with me
The Venn diagram of vaccine conspiracy theory supporters has a funny overlap with MAHA unprocessed food advocates (which is the only part I have overlap with) on the one side & the other side who believe the 5 major food groups are Waffle House, Golden Corral, Dunkin’ Donuts, Arby’s & Cracker Barrel
August 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Venn diagram of vaccine conspiracy theory supporters has a funny overlap with MAHA unprocessed food advocates (which is the only part I have overlap with) on the one side & the other side who believe the 5 major food groups are Waffle House, Golden Corral, Dunkin’ Donuts, Arby’s & Cracker Barrel
Bill Krystol’s journey from being insufferable right wing ideologue (albeit at least an intellectually consistent one) to truth teller about Trump’s GOP continues. And now, this.
Best. Bulwark. Article. Title. Ever!
Best. Bulwark. Article. Title. Ever!
All the President’s ‘Butt Snorkelers’
An emperor president surrounded by a sycophantic cabinet is a dangerous thing.
open.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Bill Krystol’s journey from being insufferable right wing ideologue (albeit at least an intellectually consistent one) to truth teller about Trump’s GOP continues. And now, this.
Best. Bulwark. Article. Title. Ever!
Best. Bulwark. Article. Title. Ever!
I’m not a John Bolton fan but this is some serious police state shit. On the scale of “somewhat” to “full” fascism, this most recent Trump administration impulse is another incremental step towards “full”
August 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I’m not a John Bolton fan but this is some serious police state shit. On the scale of “somewhat” to “full” fascism, this most recent Trump administration impulse is another incremental step towards “full”
Oklahoma’s schools superintendent is suffering CDS (California Derangement Syndrome). Considering starting a gofundme to send the poor bastard some Stray Cats records and some legit tacos. Or is he beyond help?
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Oklahoma to require ideology test for teachers from New York and California
Oklahoma will require applicants for teaching jobs from California and New York to pass an exam that the state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology....
www.pbs.org
August 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Oklahoma’s schools superintendent is suffering CDS (California Derangement Syndrome). Considering starting a gofundme to send the poor bastard some Stray Cats records and some legit tacos. Or is he beyond help?
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Maybe Gavin is finally redeeming himself for being so solicitous with Charlie Kirk, Steve Bannon and their ilk on his podcast, his press office is on 🔥. It’s like they fed all of the Trump’s posts into an LLM and it’s pooping out critiques stylized like the Wannabe-Caesar himself.
August 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Maybe Gavin is finally redeeming himself for being so solicitous with Charlie Kirk, Steve Bannon and their ilk on his podcast, his press office is on 🔥. It’s like they fed all of the Trump’s posts into an LLM and it’s pooping out critiques stylized like the Wannabe-Caesar himself.
Between turning ICE into the immigration gestapo, gratuitous federalization of national guard units and turning city policing into a federal function how is Trump _not_ turning the U.S. into a police state?
August 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Between turning ICE into the immigration gestapo, gratuitous federalization of national guard units and turning city policing into a federal function how is Trump _not_ turning the U.S. into a police state?
🧵1/2 - My prediction of what any viable “deal” could look like, if there’s one to be had:
1. Russia gets the Crimea annexation internationally recognized & gets sanctions relief (natural gas, etc flowing to Europe again) but must withdraw claims on the Donbas & other eastern Ukraine territory
1. Russia gets the Crimea annexation internationally recognized & gets sanctions relief (natural gas, etc flowing to Europe again) but must withdraw claims on the Donbas & other eastern Ukraine territory
Russians cheer Putin’s Alaska invitation, envision no concessions on Ukraine
Ukrainian and European officials met with Vice President JD Vance to coordinate a response to Russia’s proposal.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🧵1/2 - My prediction of what any viable “deal” could look like, if there’s one to be had:
1. Russia gets the Crimea annexation internationally recognized & gets sanctions relief (natural gas, etc flowing to Europe again) but must withdraw claims on the Donbas & other eastern Ukraine territory
1. Russia gets the Crimea annexation internationally recognized & gets sanctions relief (natural gas, etc flowing to Europe again) but must withdraw claims on the Donbas & other eastern Ukraine territory
History will not refer to the GOP legislation as OBBB. Historians will reference it as The 2025 Immigration Police State Act.
July 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
History will not refer to the GOP legislation as OBBB. Historians will reference it as The 2025 Immigration Police State Act.
Julius Caesar popularized gladiator spectacles in part for the politics and entertaining and distracting the Roman public. For America’s semiquincentennial, caesar is planning much the same. Mundus sine Caesaribus!
Trump says he'll host a UFC fight at the White House as part of "America250" celebrations
It's going to be a "championship fight, full fight," Trump said during a rally in Iowa this evening.
www.axios.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Julius Caesar popularized gladiator spectacles in part for the politics and entertaining and distracting the Roman public. For America’s semiquincentennial, caesar is planning much the same. Mundus sine Caesaribus!
It’s a tale as old as immigration itself. Is anyone surprised that there broad swaths of the workforce that only immigrants are willing to populate? Stephen Miller and Tom Homan can choke on it.
June 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It’s a tale as old as immigration itself. Is anyone surprised that there broad swaths of the workforce that only immigrants are willing to populate? Stephen Miller and Tom Homan can choke on it.
I would like to see legislation introduced that requires ICE agents to wear identifying information, display their badge when requested and wear a body cam. We must not tolerate an arm of the federal government allowed to behave like authoritarian government's secret police.
June 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I would like to see legislation introduced that requires ICE agents to wear identifying information, display their badge when requested and wear a body cam. We must not tolerate an arm of the federal government allowed to behave like authoritarian government's secret police.
Save the receipts folks. Kristi Noem
is the biggest criminal in this episode of fascist aspirations.
is the biggest criminal in this episode of fascist aspirations.
Exclusive: DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter
The military is generally barred from domestic law enforcement. Kristi Noem’s request may be a step toward the Trump administration sidestepping those laws by invoking the Insurrection Act.
www.sfchronicle.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Save the receipts folks. Kristi Noem
is the biggest criminal in this episode of fascist aspirations.
is the biggest criminal in this episode of fascist aspirations.
U.S. out of California!
June 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
U.S. out of California!
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social You’re trying too hard to have every conversation on your pod be copacetic. There’s no challenging or debate, no calling out utter bullshit & you’ve allowed your pod to become a platform for indulging some total dirtbags. You may as well have named the pod “This is kumbaya”
June 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social You’re trying too hard to have every conversation on your pod be copacetic. There’s no challenging or debate, no calling out utter bullshit & you’ve allowed your pod to become a platform for indulging some total dirtbags. You may as well have named the pod “This is kumbaya”
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A fairytale in Tuscany. Fun fact: Taken with my smartphone
June 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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There's no such thing as a "smart TV". If they were truly "smart", they'd know that any "news" mentions of "Diddy", "Sean Combs", "Baby Oil" or whatever the fuck it is about that whole thing that they're talking about, it's just making us all dumber. A smart TV would automatically turn the channel.
June 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There's no such thing as a "smart TV". If they were truly "smart", they'd know that any "news" mentions of "Diddy", "Sean Combs", "Baby Oil" or whatever the fuck it is about that whole thing that they're talking about, it's just making us all dumber. A smart TV would automatically turn the channel.
@virginiaheffernan.bsky.social The recent episode starting off with a recounting of the great things about the Biden administration as if that was enough to get him elected for 4 more years was disappointing.
June 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
@virginiaheffernan.bsky.social The recent episode starting off with a recounting of the great things about the Biden administration as if that was enough to get him elected for 4 more years was disappointing.
Multiple things can be true at the same time:
1. right wing media can lie that JB was senile, had dementia, etc
2. JB’s family & coterie can lie, saying “everything’s fine”
I don’t believe there was a “cover up” in the criminal sense but there was a lot of dishonesty that needs to be aired out.
1. right wing media can lie that JB was senile, had dementia, etc
2. JB’s family & coterie can lie, saying “everything’s fine”
I don’t believe there was a “cover up” in the criminal sense but there was a lot of dishonesty that needs to be aired out.
Tapper will do anything to make his bag. I hope he sleeps at night. Those of us who don’t apologize to fascist thugs struggle with that, as we know 95% of the lies about Joe Biden were designed to thwart conversation about Donald Trump being U.S. history’s most mentally and emotionally unwell POTUS.
‘You Were Right’: Jake Tapper Reveals Regret-Filled Call To Lara Trump After 2020 Clash
The CNN anchor admitted his comments to Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law had “aged poorly.”
www.huffpost.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Multiple things can be true at the same time:
1. right wing media can lie that JB was senile, had dementia, etc
2. JB’s family & coterie can lie, saying “everything’s fine”
I don’t believe there was a “cover up” in the criminal sense but there was a lot of dishonesty that needs to be aired out.
1. right wing media can lie that JB was senile, had dementia, etc
2. JB’s family & coterie can lie, saying “everything’s fine”
I don’t believe there was a “cover up” in the criminal sense but there was a lot of dishonesty that needs to be aired out.