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Wandering Hoo

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he/him Trans rights are human rights You don't have to understand. You must have to be kind. Psalm 22:6

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · May 1

more gender makes world more gooder.

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 41m

Accepting refugees is correct and good.

But it's also important to work towards preventing their creation.

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 1h

I would have hoped that Syria demonstrated the costs of non-intervention, and Afghanistan and Libya the costs of half-assing it.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 3h

a couple of people have criticized this "but what if you do bad things with all that power" but like. look around you. the right has already grasped the power at hand and is using it. "republicans use the state to advance their goals; democrats unilaterally disarm" is not a sustainable equilibrium!

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one thing that has been obvious for a while is this aspect of the authoritarian internationale: they recognize that their allies abroad are not *countries* but *political movements* within foreign countries.

time we liberals woke up and recognized this--because it's the truth.

Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 1d

Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 1h

They're sincere.

This isn't just being edgy.
They believe this shit.

And I know that makes *me* sound insane.
But it happens to be true.

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 1h

It'd be interesting to do a comparative of people who do and don't use the apps.

Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 1h

I like Mara, but sainthood seems a bit excessive.

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SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 7d

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 1h

Also, the low-density east and north of the state are *very* sustainable due to elevation effects. (Sky Islands rock)

Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 1h

The Salt is pretty impressive historically.

But you need elevation otherwise.

Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 1h

Arizona has been inhabited for a long-ass time.

Phoenix is called Phoenix because early Anglo settlers were effectively restoring the Hohokam canal system.

Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

I won't make claims about electeds or the mass of the party.

But I have yet to see a GOP staffer who was not at least nazi-adjacent.

Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

There's a reason they wear masks.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3h

I also know guys on the hill who said that they basically had to start avoiding common spots because republican staffers and conservative think tankers all become raving freaks who rant about insane shit.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 3h

You might think Ryan is exaggerating but I used to go to a regular dinner that gradually got taken over by young Republican staffers and I promise you he is not.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

I think the labels often obscure, and when we talk of resolution, we often implicitly lead with determining culpability and guilt.

But we are not set down a single path to justice, but rather attempting to find a path or paths that can bring all of us there.

Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

I think the key is in the resolution that is sought.

Peace, not conquest.

Justice, not victory.

The goal is not destruction but amelioration.

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

True.

My general stance is that we really need to consider the consequences of failure more heavily.

And I think the DSCC trying to put its thumb on the scale here is not a good idea.

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, it's a short-termist choice.

I've mixed feelings about that.

Because I think it isn't considering the downside adequately as compared to the upside.
But I see the reasoning.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 23h

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

There's paper-thin fig-leaf racism, and then there's turning a dogwhistle into a foghorn.

Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

I like to imagine that people still care about couth, yes.

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

Someone in the groupchat has to leak it.

So it usually takes an intra-racist dispute escalating.

Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

I find that antipathy for Republicans is directly proportional to adjacency to "young" Republicans.

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 2h

The Feds want to do a massacre.

They're practically begging to.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 3h

Now, if we could get them to expand their legume options...

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