Anguirus
@anguirus.bsky.social
Stay-at-home dad, former science teacher.
Obsessed fairly equally with #StarTrek, #StarWars, #Godzilla, and #Transformers.
He/him
Obsessed fairly equally with #StarTrek, #StarWars, #Godzilla, and #Transformers.
He/him
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Does anyone really think the political desk(s) at the NYT or anywhere else will be able to assess if these ten cases are due to the COVID vaccine? Reading that sentence out loud kind of answers the question.
What's going to be frustrating about Prasad's unsubstantiated claims is that the majority of people covering this, and much of The Discourse will involve people who aren't really qualified to assess the data, so there is going to be a ton of both sides crap.
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Does anyone really think the political desk(s) at the NYT or anywhere else will be able to assess if these ten cases are due to the COVID vaccine? Reading that sentence out loud kind of answers the question.
Bush did it, hence Trump is empowered to do it
The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.
Lots of people are going to die.
Lots of people are going to die.
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Bush did it, hence Trump is empowered to do it
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Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
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This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
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36%-60% (-24) Gallup is just staggeringly bad.
Where are the "Trump must radically change course" think pieces?
It's an indictment of our press that we're not getting front page stories questioning how Trump can continue to even run the country at this level of deep and broad dissatisfaction.
Where are the "Trump must radically change course" think pieces?
It's an indictment of our press that we're not getting front page stories questioning how Trump can continue to even run the country at this level of deep and broad dissatisfaction.
Four polls in recent days now have Trump in the 30s, with 3 at 35%-36%: 2/
35%-62% (-27) ARG
35%-56% (-21) High Point University
36%-60% (-24) Gallup
38%-57% (-19) Econ/YouGov
Again, Trump just keeps dropping.
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35%-62% (-27) ARG
35%-56% (-21) High Point University
36%-60% (-24) Gallup
38%-57% (-19) Econ/YouGov
Again, Trump just keeps dropping.
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Two polls released today have Trump at 35% job approval, his lowest yet.
35%-62% ARG
35%-56% High Point University
Economist/YouGov track had him at 38%-57%, their lowest reading this year. He just keeps dropping.
Wag the dog time!
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35%-62% ARG
35%-56% High Point University
Economist/YouGov track had him at 38%-57%, their lowest reading this year. He just keeps dropping.
Wag the dog time!
Data and graph from fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
36%-60% (-24) Gallup is just staggeringly bad.
Where are the "Trump must radically change course" think pieces?
It's an indictment of our press that we're not getting front page stories questioning how Trump can continue to even run the country at this level of deep and broad dissatisfaction.
Where are the "Trump must radically change course" think pieces?
It's an indictment of our press that we're not getting front page stories questioning how Trump can continue to even run the country at this level of deep and broad dissatisfaction.
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Well, it's after American Thanksgiving. You know what that means:
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Well, it's after American Thanksgiving. You know what that means:
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
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Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
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this FDA anti-vaccine stuff is bleak. they seem intent on carrying out their threats to severely restrict vaccination & collapse the US vaccine market
imo, they’ll probably do a lot more damage before they can be removed. states will try to compensate. worried about my + the other R-governed states
imo, they’ll probably do a lot more damage before they can be removed. states will try to compensate. worried about my + the other R-governed states
🤔✨🤔✨🤔
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
this FDA anti-vaccine stuff is bleak. they seem intent on carrying out their threats to severely restrict vaccination & collapse the US vaccine market
imo, they’ll probably do a lot more damage before they can be removed. states will try to compensate. worried about my + the other R-governed states
imo, they’ll probably do a lot more damage before they can be removed. states will try to compensate. worried about my + the other R-governed states
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I've been thinking more about Sarah Hurwitz's vile comments and I think what a lot of people are missing is that her "wall of dead babies" comments are based on the assumption that serious people will *prospectively* accept mass murdered children are simply a fact of life.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I've been thinking more about Sarah Hurwitz's vile comments and I think what a lot of people are missing is that her "wall of dead babies" comments are based on the assumption that serious people will *prospectively* accept mass murdered children are simply a fact of life.
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The Netflix MST3Ks have escaped and are now on YouTube!
youtu.be/beJMHZlgtz8?...
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MSK3K 1102: Cry Wilderness
YouTube video by MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000
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November 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The Netflix MST3Ks have escaped and are now on YouTube!
youtu.be/beJMHZlgtz8?...
youtu.be/beJMHZlgtz8?...
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
www.motherjones.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
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Given the justification was in part because they might communicate with someone, pete could ask Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and his XO what the law of armed conflict says about that, except oops, the allies shot them dead in 1945 after a trial
WaPo with reporting that Pete gave an explicit order to JSOC during the first strike post impact to immediately follow up in order to, and I quote, "kill them all"
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Given the justification was in part because they might communicate with someone, pete could ask Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and his XO what the law of armed conflict says about that, except oops, the allies shot them dead in 1945 after a trial
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Hegseth - and the people carrying out his orders - need to be tried in The Hague for this
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hegseth - and the people carrying out his orders - need to be tried in The Hague for this
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Joining a “Star Wars vs. Star Trek” BBS -> I own a house in Pflugerville, TX
June 12, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Joining a “Star Wars vs. Star Trek” BBS -> I own a house in Pflugerville, TX
Miller is a uniquely odious person but I think we might have to move past “shock and alarm” when it comes to members of recently-assimilated groups wanting to slam the door behind them. It may be hypocritical in the extreme, but follows a clear albeit ruthless logic and seems common and mundane.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Miller is a uniquely odious person but I think we might have to move past “shock and alarm” when it comes to members of recently-assimilated groups wanting to slam the door behind them. It may be hypocritical in the extreme, but follows a clear albeit ruthless logic and seems common and mundane.
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For untold years the elite grift has depended on acting like we all believe the same things. Turning on a dime to "No it's fine, you can say slurs now, King President can install a Dave & Busters in the White House if he wants" fucks the whole game up. They haven't realized this yet, but they will.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For untold years the elite grift has depended on acting like we all believe the same things. Turning on a dime to "No it's fine, you can say slurs now, King President can install a Dave & Busters in the White House if he wants" fucks the whole game up. They haven't realized this yet, but they will.
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i know i’m getting my period when i’m crying at the KPop Demon Hunters Macy’s Parade performance
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
i know i’m getting my period when i’m crying at the KPop Demon Hunters Macy’s Parade performance
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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Thought it went without saying, but also: even if Nuzzi *wasn't* the deciding factor in getting the Trump/RFK rapprochement done (getting the former elected and putting the latter in charge of American medical policy) she was actively working to elevate someone who will kill thousands of people
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thought it went without saying, but also: even if Nuzzi *wasn't* the deciding factor in getting the Trump/RFK rapprochement done (getting the former elected and putting the latter in charge of American medical policy) she was actively working to elevate someone who will kill thousands of people
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this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
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took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
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yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
So the editor of New York Magazine said there was no bias or ethical problems with Olivia's articles?
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...