collidoscope
@collidoscope.bsky.social
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Horses pay no attention to politics. But it would behoove them.
February 2, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Horses pay no attention to politics. But it would behoove them.
Strange for a fascist government to spit on veterans. The original fasci were associations of disgruntled vets. But the current bunch of manchildren with daddy issues can only rely on brutes, rejects, and cosplayers because they are incapable of fawning or seduction, only arrogance. This time.
January 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Strange for a fascist government to spit on veterans. The original fasci were associations of disgruntled vets. But the current bunch of manchildren with daddy issues can only rely on brutes, rejects, and cosplayers because they are incapable of fawning or seduction, only arrogance. This time.
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If you choose to go out, you need more than vibes. You need a plan. This is about maximizing safety and impact. Not about looking brave on Instagram.
If you’re going out, your first job is coming home.
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If you’re going out, your first job is coming home.
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Field Notes for a Cracking An Empire
How to stay alive when the fight arrives at your door.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
If you choose to go out, you need more than vibes. You need a plan. This is about maximizing safety and impact. Not about looking brave on Instagram.
If you’re going out, your first job is coming home.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
If you’re going out, your first job is coming home.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Considering the IDF playbook, which is evidently being employed by the fascist militias in the USA, I predict they will next attack vigils and funerals of the people they've murdered. Nothing is beneath them, even if they are doomed to fail all the faster.
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Considering the IDF playbook, which is evidently being employed by the fascist militias in the USA, I predict they will next attack vigils and funerals of the people they've murdered. Nothing is beneath them, even if they are doomed to fail all the faster.
For the record, Denmark was not the country with the most fallen soldiers in the coalition in Afghanistan per capita. It was #Georgia. Which still wasn't enough to get help in 2008 against Russian aggression. The western "rules-based order" has indeed been full of hypocrisy.
January 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM
For the record, Denmark was not the country with the most fallen soldiers in the coalition in Afghanistan per capita. It was #Georgia. Which still wasn't enough to get help in 2008 against Russian aggression. The western "rules-based order" has indeed been full of hypocrisy.
He remembers the happy time. With his mother, on the baseball field. And that powerful, menacing building, the mental hospital. It felt like his father, looming, filled with derangement. He fears it's him now, losing his mind. He is right.
January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
He remembers the happy time. With his mother, on the baseball field. And that powerful, menacing building, the mental hospital. It felt like his father, looming, filled with derangement. He fears it's him now, losing his mind. He is right.
Solving a problem by making the solution complicated and boring - it's what Europeans do best
January 22, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Solving a problem by making the solution complicated and boring - it's what Europeans do best
The EU should offer membership to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 🇪🇺 Time they got some representation with their taxation
January 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The EU should offer membership to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 🇪🇺 Time they got some representation with their taxation
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Funny how Trump wants Greenland because it's "so strategic". That's because the ice caps are melting, which makes the Arctic more navigable and contested. But global warming is fake news, right?
January 14, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Funny how Trump wants Greenland because it's "so strategic". That's because the ice caps are melting, which makes the Arctic more navigable and contested. But global warming is fake news, right?
All American 2nd Amendment fanatics should see by now that what tyranny truly fears is the 1st. Violent resistance would just give the fascist thugs in uniform the excuse to massacre civilians, they're itching for it.
January 14, 2026 at 8:31 AM
All American 2nd Amendment fanatics should see by now that what tyranny truly fears is the 1st. Violent resistance would just give the fascist thugs in uniform the excuse to massacre civilians, they're itching for it.
Trump proudly brought the oil execs #Venezuela like a cat brings a dead bird, and they all went "eww"
January 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Trump proudly brought the oil execs #Venezuela like a cat brings a dead bird, and they all went "eww"
You can make a pragmatic case for the #USA strike against #Venezuela , just because you like some consequences of it. Sure. But you cannot make a legal one. Stop trying to mix the two.
January 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
You can make a pragmatic case for the #USA strike against #Venezuela , just because you like some consequences of it. Sure. But you cannot make a legal one. Stop trying to mix the two.
I dreamed that I was a journalist and asked Trump if he knew that the navy calls Gerald Ford she. Next thing I know, "Ships are boys" policy is implemented for all of US Navy and Coastguard. Now I am getting interviewed. They ask me if I'm proud of myself for disrupting the lives of thousands...
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I dreamed that I was a journalist and asked Trump if he knew that the navy calls Gerald Ford she. Next thing I know, "Ships are boys" policy is implemented for all of US Navy and Coastguard. Now I am getting interviewed. They ask me if I'm proud of myself for disrupting the lives of thousands...
In my county, we don't say someone is stuck up, we say "they shit higher than their asshole" and I think that's beautiful
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In my county, we don't say someone is stuck up, we say "they shit higher than their asshole" and I think that's beautiful
#seriouslystop I would also like to remind you that "shuddering" is the one for shaking, "shuttering" is for closing shutters.
October 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#seriouslystop I would also like to remind you that "shuddering" is the one for shaking, "shuttering" is for closing shutters.
Genius
October 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Genius
Increasingly thinking that the barrier (Honmoon) in K-pop Demon Hunters is (among other things) about the partition of Korea
October 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Increasingly thinking that the barrier (Honmoon) in K-pop Demon Hunters is (among other things) about the partition of Korea
#Seriouslystop confusing hoard and horde, accept and except (the last two are, like, practically antonyms!)
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
#Seriouslystop confusing hoard and horde, accept and except (the last two are, like, practically antonyms!)
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Fun fact: after I wrote & recorded this but during editing I saw the clip of Megyn Kelly publicly confirming what I said about Kirk backing off of his support for Israel bc it was unpopular with his audience. They’re really just saying the quiet parts out loud.
Now live: Charlie Kirk was a Nazi and no one should be expected to engage in performative mourning over his murder. skepchick.org/2025/09/char...
Charlie Kirk and the Empathy Paradox
Transcript: Previously on this channel, last month I said, “Considering the fact that Trump is now redirecting federal agents to patrolling the mean streets of Washington, DC, we can expect to see …
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September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Fun fact: after I wrote & recorded this but during editing I saw the clip of Megyn Kelly publicly confirming what I said about Kirk backing off of his support for Israel bc it was unpopular with his audience. They’re really just saying the quiet parts out loud.
Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Work flies like a champ.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Work flies like a champ.
September 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Work flies like a champ.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Work flies like a champ.
Living is just dying with extra steps, but those extra steps matter
August 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Living is just dying with extra steps, but those extra steps matter