Chris Bassett
@crispasset.bsky.social
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No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
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If you'd told me, a decade ago, that the rising concept of the 'influencer' would one day serve as a transmission belt for the elevation of subliterate clowns seeking to provoke pogroms in exchange for promotional deals with online betting companies, I'd probably have said, "That tracks."
As an influencer, Nick Shirley had struggled to expand his reach. But after a missionary trip pushed him to try a new approach, he caused a sensation with a video claiming to expose fraud at Somali-run day care centers in Minnesota. nyti.ms/45GzJi4
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
If you'd told me, a decade ago, that the rising concept of the 'influencer' would one day serve as a transmission belt for the elevation of subliterate clowns seeking to provoke pogroms in exchange for promotional deals with online betting companies, I'd probably have said, "That tracks."
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Looks aren’t important to me in a relationship. I mean the other person’s are, of course, but mine aren’t.
February 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Looks aren’t important to me in a relationship. I mean the other person’s are, of course, but mine aren’t.
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A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
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we got the mystery science theater 3000 guys who all live in minneapolis to watch the news with us and they had a lot to say about "tom homan's new tone"
February 2, 2026 at 9:43 PM
we got the mystery science theater 3000 guys who all live in minneapolis to watch the news with us and they had a lot to say about "tom homan's new tone"
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If they redeem themselves, they wouldn’t care if they got their status back and they might not even want it; that’s how redemption works; that’s what redemption is. What they want is exoneration for free, with a side order of vindication.
In the event that say Gaiman or Rowling or Orson Scott Card or [insert name] magically redeemed themselves, we still wouldn't owe them our time, money or attention nor would they deserve the status they once had. There have always been other people to read.
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM
If they redeem themselves, they wouldn’t care if they got their status back and they might not even want it; that’s how redemption works; that’s what redemption is. What they want is exoneration for free, with a side order of vindication.
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Funeral Canceled Due To Runaway Corpse
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Funeral Canceled Due To Runaway Corpse
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The truck he's paying 13.8% APR on for 84 months is the icing on the cake here, the cake being an adult man getting beaten up by high school kids.
MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE
February 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The truck he's paying 13.8% APR on for 84 months is the icing on the cake here, the cake being an adult man getting beaten up by high school kids.
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All bodycams are going to do is facilitate a surge in prosecutions for “assaulting agents” and improve data collection about protesters so good work everyone who pushed for that big reform.
February 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM
All bodycams are going to do is facilitate a surge in prosecutions for “assaulting agents” and improve data collection about protesters so good work everyone who pushed for that big reform.
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It used to be exciting that YouTube let people cuss in their videos the way you'd never be allowed to on TV. Now half of YouTubers are scared to say "die." Every adult topic needs baby words like "grapist" and "sewer slide."
February 2, 2026 at 7:46 PM
It used to be exciting that YouTube let people cuss in their videos the way you'd never be allowed to on TV. Now half of YouTubers are scared to say "die." Every adult topic needs baby words like "grapist" and "sewer slide."
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By the time I pledged, like an hour after it went up, it was at about $420k with over 3k backers. As of this post, it's at $480k with over 3500 backers. The goal was $20k. I think there's a demand.
Here ya go!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
By the time I pledged, like an hour after it went up, it was at about $420k with over 3k backers. As of this post, it's at $480k with over 3500 backers. The goal was $20k. I think there's a demand.
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AI is literally a consent manufacturing machine.
February 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
AI is literally a consent manufacturing machine.
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The great part about "the conservative version of a thing they've decided is too liberal" stuff is that not even conservatives want to watch it. They want it to exist because they think it Owns and Triggers the right people, but you could fit everyone who will actually *watch* this in a phone booth.
Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The great part about "the conservative version of a thing they've decided is too liberal" stuff is that not even conservatives want to watch it. They want it to exist because they think it Owns and Triggers the right people, but you could fit everyone who will actually *watch* this in a phone booth.
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New Cinema Snob Episode!
First we had Paul Schrader's artistic take of The Exorcist prequel, but now we have Renny Harlin's version, which promises bigger effects and more cool explosions!
Check out my episode on EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING. youtu.be/tgUhMO186bQ
First we had Paul Schrader's artistic take of The Exorcist prequel, but now we have Renny Harlin's version, which promises bigger effects and more cool explosions!
Check out my episode on EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING. youtu.be/tgUhMO186bQ
Exorcist: The Beginning - The Cinema Snob
YouTube video by Stoned Gremlin Productions
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February 2, 2026 at 7:27 PM
New Cinema Snob Episode!
First we had Paul Schrader's artistic take of The Exorcist prequel, but now we have Renny Harlin's version, which promises bigger effects and more cool explosions!
Check out my episode on EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING. youtu.be/tgUhMO186bQ
First we had Paul Schrader's artistic take of The Exorcist prequel, but now we have Renny Harlin's version, which promises bigger effects and more cool explosions!
Check out my episode on EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING. youtu.be/tgUhMO186bQ
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Aronofsky, like anyone in a creative field who uses generative AI, should be regarded as a class traitor and shunned. If you don't believe in the fundamental value of human artistic expression, you are undeserving of the community of your peers. ESPECIALLY in as collaborative an art form as film.
February 1, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Aronofsky, like anyone in a creative field who uses generative AI, should be regarded as a class traitor and shunned. If you don't believe in the fundamental value of human artistic expression, you are undeserving of the community of your peers. ESPECIALLY in as collaborative an art form as film.
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If you watch the reaction of everyone else in the room, it seems very unlikely that this “sound effect” has been added for comedic purposes.
The fact that everyone sprints away like there’s a Sarin leak… I’ve seen enough, our president shit himself in the oval office on live TV.
The fact that everyone sprints away like there’s a Sarin leak… I’ve seen enough, our president shit himself in the oval office on live TV.
February 1, 2026 at 8:26 PM
If you watch the reaction of everyone else in the room, it seems very unlikely that this “sound effect” has been added for comedic purposes.
The fact that everyone sprints away like there’s a Sarin leak… I’ve seen enough, our president shit himself in the oval office on live TV.
The fact that everyone sprints away like there’s a Sarin leak… I’ve seen enough, our president shit himself in the oval office on live TV.
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People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 — six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.
February 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
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death by preventable disease is an inevitable and even desired outcome of concentration camps. in every era of concentration camps people have died of typhus, which is a disease of privation and enforced crowding. this illness is intentionally inflicted
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:52 AM
death by preventable disease is an inevitable and even desired outcome of concentration camps. in every era of concentration camps people have died of typhus, which is a disease of privation and enforced crowding. this illness is intentionally inflicted
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The comfortable, moderate position we are bringing at a minimum in 2026. Be like Chris Smalls in your assuredness.
February 2, 2026 at 4:25 AM
The comfortable, moderate position we are bringing at a minimum in 2026. Be like Chris Smalls in your assuredness.
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Bullies hate a fight, which is why they must be given one.
ICE/CBP want to terrify people into submission and compliance so that they can operate with impunity, unimpeded, in semi-secrecy. It is not working. In every urban center these masked goons descend upon, the local community is rallying in solidarity.
February 1, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Bullies hate a fight, which is why they must be given one.