Baptiste Lerak
@baptistelerak.bsky.social
"Strong men create good times."
"Good times create weak men."
"Weak men create hard times" <= You are here
"Hard times create strong men."
"Good times create weak men."
"Weak men create hard times" <= You are here
"Hard times create strong men."
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Every backwards rural shithole in the history of the entire world has been a hotbed of reaction but everyone from French radlibs to Chinese communists thinks they’re the ones who are going to turn it around. There is nothing new under the sun.
as a white liberal with Southern roots, quite frankly, I think other white liberals from the South need to get the fuck over their oddly defensive attitude about what should be pretty blindingly obvious.
I understand why some white liberals from the Deep South want to insist that there isn't something distinct (and bad) about Southern political culture but the problem with this is that we wouldn't even have this idea of "The South" as distinct from the rest of the US if there wasn't a there there
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Every backwards rural shithole in the history of the entire world has been a hotbed of reaction but everyone from French radlibs to Chinese communists thinks they’re the ones who are going to turn it around. There is nothing new under the sun.
Broke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to corporate greed.
Woke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to gamers being greedy and entitled.
Bespoke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Woke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to gamers being greedy and entitled.
Bespoke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Broke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to corporate greed.
Woke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to gamers being greedy and entitled.
Bespoke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Woke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to gamers being greedy and entitled.
Bespoke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Schumer as McClellan makes a LOT of sense.
…And because they couldn’t achieve that early decisive victory, they’ve been flailing ever since. It’s an analogy that really slaps ngl, just need to find a couple grant, Sherman’s, and Sheridan’s and will be chilling
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Schumer as McClellan makes a LOT of sense.
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the weird thing about Star Trek is you watch TOS and if you forget it's from 1968, it seems downright backwards. But if you took TOS and updated it for 2025 levels of progressiveness, the Republicans would be calling for the production staff and the writers to be executed on live TV
people bitch about woke media but if TOS was on today they would go to a thinly-veiled MAGA planet where the locals worshipped guns and then kirk would hit the orange dictator with a two-fisted karate chop before giving a lecture about how science is real and violence is bad
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
the weird thing about Star Trek is you watch TOS and if you forget it's from 1968, it seems downright backwards. But if you took TOS and updated it for 2025 levels of progressiveness, the Republicans would be calling for the production staff and the writers to be executed on live TV
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"The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been. But in this local diner, voters aren't so sure." | The New York Times
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been. But in this local diner, voters aren't so sure." | The New York Times
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I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
Ah, Equestria at War, home to the sanest HOI4 national focus trees known to ponykind.
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Ah, Equestria at War, home to the sanest HOI4 national focus trees known to ponykind.
This illustrates one of the issues of political discourse in the US, which is that being heavily biased against the right makes you look like a partisan freak despite 100% being one of the most sensible, reasonable and evidence-backed heuristics around.
For months, certain right-wing pollsters on here have accused me of rigging my POTUS approval average against Trump. They say I weight pollsters like YouGov too highly and am "bat shit insane"
Avg bias of right-leaning firms in 2025 gov: 8 pts pro-R (2x 2024 POTUS err)
YouGov avg error: 1pt
Avg bias of right-leaning firms in 2025 gov: 8 pts pro-R (2x 2024 POTUS err)
YouGov avg error: 1pt
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This illustrates one of the issues of political discourse in the US, which is that being heavily biased against the right makes you look like a partisan freak despite 100% being one of the most sensible, reasonable and evidence-backed heuristics around.
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Ross Douthat right now:
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ross Douthat right now:
Oh my god, they were roommates.
Lmao wait Spanberger and Sherrill were DC roommates? They were roommates? Incredible. No fodder for terrible fic at all.
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Oh my god, they were roommates.
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[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
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good morning patriots
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
good morning patriots
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virginia democrats winning the three big offices with a cia agent, an indian muslim immigrant, and a black lawyer who loves committing terms of service violations is real 2025 democratic party moment
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
virginia democrats winning the three big offices with a cia agent, an indian muslim immigrant, and a black lawyer who loves committing terms of service violations is real 2025 democratic party moment
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Bluesky rn
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Bluesky rn
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Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
Yeah, I've been following them since the site launched, and haven't regretted it. Folks, if you want to check the most accurate aggregator in town, fiftyplusone.news is the place to go.
our polling averages at fiftyplusone.news are looking to be the most accurate of any major aggregator (especially if you look at the Dem. leads a couple weeks ago, when other averages were getting whiplashed by partisan firms — which I called out here: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...)
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Yeah, I've been following them since the site launched, and haven't regretted it. Folks, if you want to check the most accurate aggregator in town, fiftyplusone.news is the place to go.
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
Well, well, well, how the turntables...
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Well, well, well, how the turntables...
T minus 10 minutes.
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
T minus 10 minutes.