Cimmerion
@cimmerion.bsky.social
Sounders fan. History dad. Food lover.
Free "Cool" Disco Dan.
Free "Cool" Disco Dan.
Don't threaten me with a good time!
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "This is the language of a color revolution where you're calling on military men and women to disobey orders."
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Don't threaten me with a good time!
The convo about Hegseth ordering the murders of fishermen reminds me of the scene in Das Boot where the crew sees men on the water and can't save them.
It's a moral turning point in the movie (and a decent allegory for the whole war) and things pretty much go to hell after that.
It's a moral turning point in the movie (and a decent allegory for the whole war) and things pretty much go to hell after that.
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The convo about Hegseth ordering the murders of fishermen reminds me of the scene in Das Boot where the crew sees men on the water and can't save them.
It's a moral turning point in the movie (and a decent allegory for the whole war) and things pretty much go to hell after that.
It's a moral turning point in the movie (and a decent allegory for the whole war) and things pretty much go to hell after that.
This thread is one of the best near-future sci-fi pieces I've read in a while.
Possibly the best thing on Bluesky rn.
Possibly the best thing on Bluesky rn.
They called them Near Abroad Direct Action Operations, NADA Ops. The "joke" in the CalSec cafeterias, which made its way out later in the hearings was that "What does the operator say when asked if there are civilians in the area? Nada...oops!". Even decades later, Arizona didn't find it funny.
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This thread is one of the best near-future sci-fi pieces I've read in a while.
Possibly the best thing on Bluesky rn.
Possibly the best thing on Bluesky rn.
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I can’t even begin to explain how much I’m rooting for Vancouver in the MLS Cup. Like I’m a Sounders fan and it doesn’t even hurt me to root for them. I want Miami to be absolutely demolished on the pitch.
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I can’t even begin to explain how much I’m rooting for Vancouver in the MLS Cup. Like I’m a Sounders fan and it doesn’t even hurt me to root for them. I want Miami to be absolutely demolished on the pitch.
Forget SEALs hacking undersea cables, or ENIGMA, or Kim Philby or whatever ... DOGE was the most spectacularly successful info heist in the history of the world.
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Forget SEALs hacking undersea cables, or ENIGMA, or Kim Philby or whatever ... DOGE was the most spectacularly successful info heist in the history of the world.
If you're ever CFO of a company, do yourself, your family, your employees, a favor and have a fiscal that isn't aligned with calendar year. Holidays are stressful enough without working on the 17th rev of a budget that will live for about three weeks anyway.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If you're ever CFO of a company, do yourself, your family, your employees, a favor and have a fiscal that isn't aligned with calendar year. Holidays are stressful enough without working on the 17th rev of a budget that will live for about three weeks anyway.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Okay, hear me out. Fantasy Island reboot, done as prestige TV.
(FWIW I thought this would've been dynamite way to do Westworld. Bring back episodic TV!)
(FWIW I thought this would've been dynamite way to do Westworld. Bring back episodic TV!)
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Okay, hear me out. Fantasy Island reboot, done as prestige TV.
(FWIW I thought this would've been dynamite way to do Westworld. Bring back episodic TV!)
(FWIW I thought this would've been dynamite way to do Westworld. Bring back episodic TV!)
One wonders where the turkeys promised to build a hotel.
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One wonders where the turkeys promised to build a hotel.
Trump "deals" are like the deals my kids made when they were three. "Okay I'll go to bed now but I get 500 doughnuts on my birthday."
CNBC: My understanding is the White House said that China was gonna buy 12 million tons of soybeans from the US by January. That's approaching and they've only purchased 332,000. China has not confirmed that pledge.
BROOKE ROLLINS: Your point is salient. We've got a significant way to go
BROOKE ROLLINS: Your point is salient. We've got a significant way to go
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trump "deals" are like the deals my kids made when they were three. "Okay I'll go to bed now but I get 500 doughnuts on my birthday."
Seriously. If the NCAA can vacate championships, let's vacate 45 and 47.
When this is finally over, I want his presidency annulled.
No portrait. No library.
Just the shround of shame it deserves.
No portrait. No library.
Just the shround of shame it deserves.
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Seriously. If the NCAA can vacate championships, let's vacate 45 and 47.
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It is unsettling. What’s her name?
Deeply unsettled by this older photo of Mike Johnson with a beard.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It is unsettling. What’s her name?
Hegseth really, really, doesn't think he's ever going to be held accountable.
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hegseth really, really, doesn't think he's ever going to be held accountable.
Loons living up to their rep as the anti-soccer. Gonna be happy to not have to watch these guys again for a while.
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Loons living up to their rep as the anti-soccer. Gonna be happy to not have to watch these guys again for a while.
Derechista leaders who think you can just lob bombs at a problem to make it go away have been a feature of the US government at least since Curtis LeMay.
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Derechista leaders who think you can just lob bombs at a problem to make it go away have been a feature of the US government at least since Curtis LeMay.
Look. Chavez and Maduro destroyed a perfectly dysfunctional South American country that was kinda sorta on its way up, then turned into a personalist, vaguely leftist caudillo state.
I have never once in my life considered any of that to be a threat to America. Nor will I.
I have never once in my life considered any of that to be a threat to America. Nor will I.
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Look. Chavez and Maduro destroyed a perfectly dysfunctional South American country that was kinda sorta on its way up, then turned into a personalist, vaguely leftist caudillo state.
I have never once in my life considered any of that to be a threat to America. Nor will I.
I have never once in my life considered any of that to be a threat to America. Nor will I.
I worked for a startup once where the leadership legit viewed the Fyre bros as role models.
They were also crypto bros and MAGAts. The overlap is real.
They were also crypto bros and MAGAts. The overlap is real.
It’s like the people behind the Fyre Festival decided to throw a little war
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I worked for a startup once where the leadership legit viewed the Fyre bros as role models.
They were also crypto bros and MAGAts. The overlap is real.
They were also crypto bros and MAGAts. The overlap is real.
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They'll storm a small bit of photogenic beach, blow up a surf shack or two, give a nice speech declaring victory, then head home before someone points out they've invaded Peru by mistake.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
They'll storm a small bit of photogenic beach, blow up a surf shack or two, give a nice speech declaring victory, then head home before someone points out they've invaded Peru by mistake.
One of those weeks where the POTUS has committed at least one impeachable offense and done several other things (hosting a murderer at the WH; playground slurs against a journo; selling out Ukraine) that are each shameful beyond comprehension.
What. An. Asshole.
What. An. Asshole.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
One of those weeks where the POTUS has committed at least one impeachable offense and done several other things (hosting a murderer at the WH; playground slurs against a journo; selling out Ukraine) that are each shameful beyond comprehension.
What. An. Asshole.
What. An. Asshole.
Yesterday was a day ... pres presents a "peace plan" that's an outright gift to his handlers in Moscow (with a l'il dippy dip for himself). Also wants MoC murdered. America having a normal one.
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yesterday was a day ... pres presents a "peace plan" that's an outright gift to his handlers in Moscow (with a l'il dippy dip for himself). Also wants MoC murdered. America having a normal one.
Great thread.
Aligns with my personal view that MAGAts excuse all the corruption and other criming because deep down they believe that everyone is on the take; so being "honest" about the grift is an improvement.
It's a horrible, cynical worldview. But it's real.
Aligns with my personal view that MAGAts excuse all the corruption and other criming because deep down they believe that everyone is on the take; so being "honest" about the grift is an improvement.
It's a horrible, cynical worldview. But it's real.
When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Great thread.
Aligns with my personal view that MAGAts excuse all the corruption and other criming because deep down they believe that everyone is on the take; so being "honest" about the grift is an improvement.
It's a horrible, cynical worldview. But it's real.
Aligns with my personal view that MAGAts excuse all the corruption and other criming because deep down they believe that everyone is on the take; so being "honest" about the grift is an improvement.
It's a horrible, cynical worldview. But it's real.
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While there aren’t any more games this year, we’ve already seen there’s a steady stream of news. Not to toot our own horn, but this is when a resource like us is particularly valuable. Consider supporting. www.sounderatheart.com#/portal/signup
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
While there aren’t any more games this year, we’ve already seen there’s a steady stream of news. Not to toot our own horn, but this is when a resource like us is particularly valuable. Consider supporting. www.sounderatheart.com#/portal/signup
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Man I remember being so excited when the US was picked as a host country and Seattle seemed likely to get games. Now it's clear there was no point in that excitement. These games were never going to be for me.
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Man I remember being so excited when the US was picked as a host country and Seattle seemed likely to get games. Now it's clear there was no point in that excitement. These games were never going to be for me.
Counterpoint: disgraceful cowardice; utter capitulation. @kaine.senate.gov this is the same logic Chamberlain used at Munich. You should be ashamed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Tim Kaine: Why I Voted to End the Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Counterpoint: disgraceful cowardice; utter capitulation. @kaine.senate.gov this is the same logic Chamberlain used at Munich. You should be ashamed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
What's even worse is that as atrocious as this is on its own it almost certainly goes deeper. This is highly likely to be caught up with vast corruption and hostile state actors.
The Epstein saga is the biggest political cover-up in modern history.
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What's even worse is that as atrocious as this is on its own it almost certainly goes deeper. This is highly likely to be caught up with vast corruption and hostile state actors.
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The Sounders have said they want to sell an equity stake in the team. I suspect, there’s a lot more going on.
www.sounderatheart.com/2025/11/what...
www.sounderatheart.com/2025/11/what...
What is really going on with Sounders’ potential sale?
In which we unpack where we see this going.
www.sounderatheart.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Sounders have said they want to sell an equity stake in the team. I suspect, there’s a lot more going on.
www.sounderatheart.com/2025/11/what...
www.sounderatheart.com/2025/11/what...