Andz
@andz.bsky.social
Dad. Too multidisciplinary engineer. Central Jersey exists. He/him.
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Very hard to avoid fed posting after reading this, so I'll just say that I am prepared to make a significant financial contribution to the first candidate who runs on a platform of dismantling this fascist, lawless paramilitary group and prosecuting those who violate the rights of US citizens
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Very hard to avoid fed posting after reading this, so I'll just say that I am prepared to make a significant financial contribution to the first candidate who runs on a platform of dismantling this fascist, lawless paramilitary group and prosecuting those who violate the rights of US citizens
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To a certain extent, i think access to cheap consumer goods has papered over a lot of structural problems like housing costs and income inequality and they just ripped the bandaid off an open wound.
December 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
To a certain extent, i think access to cheap consumer goods has papered over a lot of structural problems like housing costs and income inequality and they just ripped the bandaid off an open wound.
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everyone involved in this--from that nameless fuckface guard to john roberts himself--should spend their rest of their lives in prison
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
everyone involved in this--from that nameless fuckface guard to john roberts himself--should spend their rest of their lives in prison
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It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
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in related news, i hope that mendel rivers is enjoying his eternity burning in hell
More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
in related news, i hope that mendel rivers is enjoying his eternity burning in hell
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Stancil: “Like there is no possible way to explain that consumer sentiment peaked in APRIL 2021”
The explanation, and what happened next:
1. data.sca.isr.umich.edu/reports.php?...
2. www.crisesnotes.com/one-election...
3. www.kff.org/medicaid/an-...
4. jacobin.com/2025/09/bide...
The explanation, and what happened next:
1. data.sca.isr.umich.edu/reports.php?...
2. www.crisesnotes.com/one-election...
3. www.kff.org/medicaid/an-...
4. jacobin.com/2025/09/bide...
December 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Stancil: “Like there is no possible way to explain that consumer sentiment peaked in APRIL 2021”
The explanation, and what happened next:
1. data.sca.isr.umich.edu/reports.php?...
2. www.crisesnotes.com/one-election...
3. www.kff.org/medicaid/an-...
4. jacobin.com/2025/09/bide...
The explanation, and what happened next:
1. data.sca.isr.umich.edu/reports.php?...
2. www.crisesnotes.com/one-election...
3. www.kff.org/medicaid/an-...
4. jacobin.com/2025/09/bide...
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Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
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Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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I don’t think we teach about the western theater of the American Civil War enough.
Or Bleeding Kansas.
Or anything about the Spanish civil war.
Or the Troubles in Ireland.
Or the conflicts in the Balkans.
Or really enough about any Civil War period.
Or Bleeding Kansas.
Or anything about the Spanish civil war.
Or the Troubles in Ireland.
Or the conflicts in the Balkans.
Or really enough about any Civil War period.
it's genuinely wild how much conservative literature is basically desiring this as an outcome
i was reading kurt's latest fiction book earlier
i was reading kurt's latest fiction book earlier
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I don’t think we teach about the western theater of the American Civil War enough.
Or Bleeding Kansas.
Or anything about the Spanish civil war.
Or the Troubles in Ireland.
Or the conflicts in the Balkans.
Or really enough about any Civil War period.
Or Bleeding Kansas.
Or anything about the Spanish civil war.
Or the Troubles in Ireland.
Or the conflicts in the Balkans.
Or really enough about any Civil War period.
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I think anyone who is remotely serious about winning the Dem nomination in ‘28 must be ironclad on four points.
1. Abolishing ICE
2. Vigorously prosecuting and all Trump admin criminal acts
3. Razing anything Trump has slapped his name on - on day one
4. Reforming the Supreme Court
1. Abolishing ICE
2. Vigorously prosecuting and all Trump admin criminal acts
3. Razing anything Trump has slapped his name on - on day one
4. Reforming the Supreme Court
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I think anyone who is remotely serious about winning the Dem nomination in ‘28 must be ironclad on four points.
1. Abolishing ICE
2. Vigorously prosecuting and all Trump admin criminal acts
3. Razing anything Trump has slapped his name on - on day one
4. Reforming the Supreme Court
1. Abolishing ICE
2. Vigorously prosecuting and all Trump admin criminal acts
3. Razing anything Trump has slapped his name on - on day one
4. Reforming the Supreme Court
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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One of the essential projects of humanity is building a world in which appropriate resources and energy are directed toward a million crucial problems so the rest of us can go to bed knowing they're being handled.
The collapse of that project specifically is perhaps the great tragedy of our age.
The collapse of that project specifically is perhaps the great tragedy of our age.
Even as a Millennial TurboLiberal for whom this website is made I have to admit I get pretty tired of reading about one trillion problems I neither understand nor can solve. "THOUSANDS of octopi are dying off the coast of Madagascar" alright I'm not in charge of that. That's not my job.
December 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One of the essential projects of humanity is building a world in which appropriate resources and energy are directed toward a million crucial problems so the rest of us can go to bed knowing they're being handled.
The collapse of that project specifically is perhaps the great tragedy of our age.
The collapse of that project specifically is perhaps the great tragedy of our age.
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i know nothing about competitive gaming but if your competition starts banning trans people and you don’t leave and then women start leaving and you don’t leave, that says something about you
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
i know nothing about competitive gaming but if your competition starts banning trans people and you don’t leave and then women start leaving and you don’t leave, that says something about you
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but one thing that you should probably have some concerns about is that the head of JSOC will be free if donald trump is president in 2029 and might die in prison if he isn't
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
but one thing that you should probably have some concerns about is that the head of JSOC will be free if donald trump is president in 2029 and might die in prison if he isn't
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it's just such a zombie meme. yeah you're right. there are noxious uses that we should keep away from homes. this has nothing to do with 99% of the zoning laws anyone is talking about. thank you for your participation
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
it's just such a zombie meme. yeah you're right. there are noxious uses that we should keep away from homes. this has nothing to do with 99% of the zoning laws anyone is talking about. thank you for your participation
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Im starting to believe they are fully willing to let Texas gerrymander for political advantage on the basis of race but slap down CA’s doing do for purely, explicitly political reasons
The fact that both the unsigned 6–3 majority opinion and Alito's concurrence (for Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch) open with a reference to California's redistricting leaves one with the strong impression that this decision, like California's, is about tit for tat.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A608
GREG ABBOTT, ET AL. v. LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[December 4, 2025]
With an eye on the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, several States have in recent months redrawn their congressional districts in ways that are predicted to favor the State's dominant political party. Texas adopted the first new map, then California responded with its own map for the stated purpose of counteracting what Texas had done. North Carolina followed suit, and other States are also considering new maps.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreib7k7524ynq3rfb7daons5fqmxc5wx75ga3gihx45fxq5xwlgk4dq@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Im starting to believe they are fully willing to let Texas gerrymander for political advantage on the basis of race but slap down CA’s doing do for purely, explicitly political reasons
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Welcoming immigrants IS our culture, you Nazi.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Welcoming immigrants IS our culture, you Nazi.
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I’m not asking these guys to be partisan liberal cucks, just to actually read the political terrain and Clausewitz who stated that “No major proposal required for war can be worked out in ignorance of political factors”
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I’m not asking these guys to be partisan liberal cucks, just to actually read the political terrain and Clausewitz who stated that “No major proposal required for war can be worked out in ignorance of political factors”
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I really wish we had another young progressive candidate who didn’t have a Nazi tattoo
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I really wish we had another young progressive candidate who didn’t have a Nazi tattoo
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The Youths are about to learn why for a large part of Millennials' 20s, the word "Republican" was a slur and anyone who was just pretended to be a libertarian.
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Youths are about to learn why for a large part of Millennials' 20s, the word "Republican" was a slur and anyone who was just pretended to be a libertarian.
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This perfectly encapsulates Mike Johnson's role
"She hates Christianity" -- Trump rants on Mike Johnson's phone at a Van Epps rally
December 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This perfectly encapsulates Mike Johnson's role
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been chewing on the notion that modern telecommunications opens new avenues for violations of social trust, the same way cars and the interstate highway system did. modern federal and international law enforcement was invented for the latter. we have not yet invented a mitigation for ours era's
I think there's basically two issues here: (1) changes in communications technology and political organization have made the parties' brands much more uniform and polarized, and thus unable to stretch to solve branding issues; and (2) our democratic institutions are extremely broken.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
been chewing on the notion that modern telecommunications opens new avenues for violations of social trust, the same way cars and the interstate highway system did. modern federal and international law enforcement was invented for the latter. we have not yet invented a mitigation for ours era's
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Many of them may be frustrated by the economic situation! But the key that guys like Hamilton routinely miss (and this goes back to like, the original US Socialist Movement) is that they typically *do not want* revolutionary changes! They want the system to work *for them*
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Many of them may be frustrated by the economic situation! But the key that guys like Hamilton routinely miss (and this goes back to like, the original US Socialist Movement) is that they typically *do not want* revolutionary changes! They want the system to work *for them*
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An irony of Woke 1 is that it spent a lot of time worrying about and surfacing more abstract forms of oppression, and now we have a media complex (and much of society) unwilling to call out the obvious forms of oppression, discrimination and evil for what they are.
here's my take on Woke 2. the thing about Woke 1 is that it's born from the end of history era, when it was important to re-discover forms of oppression that had been denied or hidden. but this led to a [clears throat] hermeneutics of suscpicion, and ultimately paranoia and internecine factionalism
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
An irony of Woke 1 is that it spent a lot of time worrying about and surfacing more abstract forms of oppression, and now we have a media complex (and much of society) unwilling to call out the obvious forms of oppression, discrimination and evil for what they are.