Chris Dashiell
@cdashiell.bsky.social
Essayist, film critic, philosopher
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Chris Dashiell
@cdashiell.bsky.social
· Jan 12
The Republican Party must end.
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Activists confronted Police Chief Thomas Mills at Broadview ICE, protesting the placement of food-drive flyers on trash bins. They accused him of misleading donors and expressed anger over the wasted contributions. The protester condemned ICE as “Nazis” and criticized Mills for not taking action.
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Activists confronted Police Chief Thomas Mills at Broadview ICE, protesting the placement of food-drive flyers on trash bins. They accused him of misleading donors and expressed anger over the wasted contributions. The protester condemned ICE as “Nazis” and criticized Mills for not taking action.
—Here’s fortune, Blazes said.
He pitched a broad coin down. Coin rang.
—Hold on, said Lenehan, till I...
—Fortune, he wished, lifting his bubbled ale.
—Sceptre will win in a canter, he said.
—I plunged a bit, said Boylan winking and drinking. Not on my own, you know. Fancy of a friend of mine.
He pitched a broad coin down. Coin rang.
—Hold on, said Lenehan, till I...
—Fortune, he wished, lifting his bubbled ale.
—Sceptre will win in a canter, he said.
—I plunged a bit, said Boylan winking and drinking. Not on my own, you know. Fancy of a friend of mine.
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
—Here’s fortune, Blazes said.
He pitched a broad coin down. Coin rang.
—Hold on, said Lenehan, till I...
—Fortune, he wished, lifting his bubbled ale.
—Sceptre will win in a canter, he said.
—I plunged a bit, said Boylan winking and drinking. Not on my own, you know. Fancy of a friend of mine.
He pitched a broad coin down. Coin rang.
—Hold on, said Lenehan, till I...
—Fortune, he wished, lifting his bubbled ale.
—Sceptre will win in a canter, he said.
—I plunged a bit, said Boylan winking and drinking. Not on my own, you know. Fancy of a friend of mine.
“Highly unusual that a convicted sex trafficker gets a puppy in prison.”
Well, yeah. For that matter, I’ve never heard of a petty thief or a tax evader getting a puppy in prison. It seems like a true innovation in our corrections policy.
Well, yeah. For that matter, I’ve never heard of a petty thief or a tax evader getting a puppy in prison. It seems like a true innovation in our corrections policy.
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“Highly unusual that a convicted sex trafficker gets a puppy in prison.”
Well, yeah. For that matter, I’ve never heard of a petty thief or a tax evader getting a puppy in prison. It seems like a true innovation in our corrections policy.
Well, yeah. For that matter, I’ve never heard of a petty thief or a tax evader getting a puppy in prison. It seems like a true innovation in our corrections policy.
The drug war has mostly been a cover for other repressive things. Now it’s being used as a cover for real war. Are there still suckers who believe that plutocrats give a shit about illegal drugs? Well, regardless of that they’ll just keep pushing the “drug war” button so the media will buy in.
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The drug war has mostly been a cover for other repressive things. Now it’s being used as a cover for real war. Are there still suckers who believe that plutocrats give a shit about illegal drugs? Well, regardless of that they’ll just keep pushing the “drug war” button so the media will buy in.
Another trite phrase: “the search for meaning.” In fact, the more we search, the more detached we are from meaning.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Another trite phrase: “the search for meaning.” In fact, the more we search, the more detached we are from meaning.
No area of social life has as many irrational people involved in it than politics. I knew someone who was militantly anti-Trump and pro-Clinton in 2016. She was very prescient in her warnings about Trump, extremely accurate. Now, about ten years later, she’s magat. A complex phenomenon, the mind.
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
No area of social life has as many irrational people involved in it than politics. I knew someone who was militantly anti-Trump and pro-Clinton in 2016. She was very prescient in her warnings about Trump, extremely accurate. Now, about ten years later, she’s magat. A complex phenomenon, the mind.
Irrationality is a worthy object of study, as long as those who study it are willing to recognize it in themselves.
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Irrationality is a worthy object of study, as long as those who study it are willing to recognize it in themselves.
Epstein Emails Prompt Nostalgia for the ‘90s, When Blowjobs Were a Daily News Topic.
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Epstein Emails Prompt Nostalgia for the ‘90s, When Blowjobs Were a Daily News Topic.
The way the media refers to “The Me Too Movement” as if feminists hadn’t been talking about rape culture for the last fifty years at least really pisses me off.
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The way the media refers to “The Me Too Movement” as if feminists hadn’t been talking about rape culture for the last fifty years at least really pisses me off.
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Readers of the Federalist Papers will recall passages where Madison steps back and says, "Look, we can't fashion a remedy for every contingency; at some point you have to trust the people to have good sense."
That's what's missing here. The Constitution can't save a corrupt people from themselves.
That's what's missing here. The Constitution can't save a corrupt people from themselves.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Readers of the Federalist Papers will recall passages where Madison steps back and says, "Look, we can't fashion a remedy for every contingency; at some point you have to trust the people to have good sense."
That's what's missing here. The Constitution can't save a corrupt people from themselves.
That's what's missing here. The Constitution can't save a corrupt people from themselves.
Alex Witt was kept on because of her sharp intellectual skills.
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Alex Witt was kept on because of her sharp intellectual skills.
It’s not over until all the kidnapped and/or deported people are freed.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s not over until all the kidnapped and/or deported people are freed.
Democrats may be flat footed in general, but their hoaxes are amazing.
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Democrats may be flat footed in general, but their hoaxes are amazing.
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Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.
Hitler Memoirs Reveal a Lost Munich
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hitler Memoirs Reveal a Lost Munich
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America can't be fascist because I'm not doing anything about it
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
America can't be fascist because I'm not doing anything about it
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Always great to see my friend and fellow historian Scott Hancock reminding Gettysburg residents during its annual Remembrance Day Parade that Confederates "fought for slavery." 🗃️
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Always great to see my friend and fellow historian Scott Hancock reminding Gettysburg residents during its annual Remembrance Day Parade that Confederates "fought for slavery." 🗃️
A pattern in which desperate empty men who happen to be wealthy decide that their power allows them to rape with impunity.
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
A pattern in which desperate empty men who happen to be wealthy decide that their power allows them to rape with impunity.
Marjorie Taylor Green says that she’s moved past planting those pipe bombs.
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Marjorie Taylor Green says that she’s moved past planting those pipe bombs.
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The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
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Brazil didn’t stop at sentencing former president Bolsanaro to 27 years for an attempted coup; his entire inner circle—from the vice president and the military commander to the intelligence chief and even his son—are also facing decades in prison.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Brazil didn’t stop at sentencing former president Bolsanaro to 27 years for an attempted coup; his entire inner circle—from the vice president and the military commander to the intelligence chief and even his son—are also facing decades in prison.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
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If, as a society, we valued human life and we cared to protect children, and I mean as a general whole, society was structured in that way, we would never have repeated and ongoing arguments over the 𝑡e𝑐h𝑛i𝑐a𝑙 𝑑e𝑓i𝑛i𝑡i𝑜n𝑠 of sexual attraction to young persons, power or control. Ever.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If, as a society, we valued human life and we cared to protect children, and I mean as a general whole, society was structured in that way, we would never have repeated and ongoing arguments over the 𝑡e𝑐h𝑛i𝑐a𝑙 𝑑e𝑓i𝑛i𝑡i𝑜n𝑠 of sexual attraction to young persons, power or control. Ever.
Before December I’ve got nothing but the stink eye for Santa or carols or lit up trees. Fuck it all the way.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Before December I’ve got nothing but the stink eye for Santa or carols or lit up trees. Fuck it all the way.
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clicking and dragging a photo of larry summers over a photo of a woodchipper while the bluesky mods stand outside pounding on the windows like dustin hoffman
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
clicking and dragging a photo of larry summers over a photo of a woodchipper while the bluesky mods stand outside pounding on the windows like dustin hoffman
On this side, Tom Homan. On the other, the American Catholic Bishops. Which side do you think is thoughtful?
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
On this side, Tom Homan. On the other, the American Catholic Bishops. Which side do you think is thoughtful?