Chris Richards
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What have sex workers and free speech advocates been saying about age check laws and policies re: adult material and how they will lead to anti-queer discrimination? 🤔
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This week the Eclectic Radical is back with a vengeance!
@1Yuriyouri and I pay tribute to Leslie Lee III, discuss the fact that people still aren’t aware of the reality of COVID and long COVID and how eugenics is suffusing every aspect of our system!
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@1Yuriyouri and I pay tribute to Leslie Lee III, discuss the fact that people still aren’t aware of the reality of COVID and long COVID and how eugenics is suffusing every aspect of our system!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gIu8...
The Eclectic Radical: Just Kill Them
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December 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This week the Eclectic Radical is back with a vengeance!
@1Yuriyouri and I pay tribute to Leslie Lee III, discuss the fact that people still aren’t aware of the reality of COVID and long COVID and how eugenics is suffusing every aspect of our system!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gIu8...
@1Yuriyouri and I pay tribute to Leslie Lee III, discuss the fact that people still aren’t aware of the reality of COVID and long COVID and how eugenics is suffusing every aspect of our system!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gIu8...
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If you call for war crimes to be legalized (from a perch of power) so that your political allies can do war crimes, you have forfeited the protection of the law.
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
If you call for war crimes to be legalized (from a perch of power) so that your political allies can do war crimes, you have forfeited the protection of the law.
Of course making war crimes legal would be good for business. It would be pretty bad for human freedom and welfare, though.
Making human trafficking legal would also be good for business, but people are against that for obvious reasons.
Why isn't Alex?
Making human trafficking legal would also be good for business, but people are against that for obvious reasons.
Why isn't Alex?
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Of course making war crimes legal would be good for business. It would be pretty bad for human freedom and welfare, though.
Making human trafficking legal would also be good for business, but people are against that for obvious reasons.
Why isn't Alex?
Making human trafficking legal would also be good for business, but people are against that for obvious reasons.
Why isn't Alex?
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What is happening???
Remember when they only used to say these things behind closed doors?
Remember when they only used to say these things behind closed doors?
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What is happening???
Remember when they only used to say these things behind closed doors?
Remember when they only used to say these things behind closed doors?
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Happy 'Last Saturday of November,' y'all! Because next Saturday??!!?!
IS MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY! 🥳
Which is the good news. The BAD news? My disability hearing originally set for two days later?
CANCELED.
I'm TRYING not to let that ruin my mood. 😫
Currently at:
$195/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
IS MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY! 🥳
Which is the good news. The BAD news? My disability hearing originally set for two days later?
CANCELED.
I'm TRYING not to let that ruin my mood. 😫
Currently at:
$195/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
Morning, y'all. Unbridled optimism isn't doing its work on me today. Probably since everything from the waist down on one side is in excruciating pain. It's been 3 days running, I'm at the end of my rope. And my birthday is in TWELVE days! Anyway, I'm short:
$0/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
$0/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Happy 'Last Saturday of November,' y'all! Because next Saturday??!!?!
IS MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY! 🥳
Which is the good news. The BAD news? My disability hearing originally set for two days later?
CANCELED.
I'm TRYING not to let that ruin my mood. 😫
Currently at:
$195/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
IS MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY! 🥳
Which is the good news. The BAD news? My disability hearing originally set for two days later?
CANCELED.
I'm TRYING not to let that ruin my mood. 😫
Currently at:
$195/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
That's always the right question, and the answer is that they do understand that's why people don't stop dying.
This is why we need revolutionary socialism.
This is why we need revolutionary socialism.
How many people have to die before they understand?
Eventually being unable to cut from the Dem/Never Trump worldview means failing to understand how our political system will keep creating Trumps unless we actively fight fascism.
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
That's always the right question, and the answer is that they do understand that's why people don't stop dying.
This is why we need revolutionary socialism.
This is why we need revolutionary socialism.
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How many people have to die before they understand?
Eventually being unable to cut from the Dem/Never Trump worldview means failing to understand how our political system will keep creating Trumps unless we actively fight fascism.
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
How many people have to die before they understand?
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I love this framing.
Eventually being unable to cut from the Dem/Never Trump worldview means failing to understand how our political system will keep creating Trumps unless we actively fight fascism.
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I love this framing.
So now notoriously anti-MAGA Rachel Maddow is talking about "podunk countries" the way Donald Trump talked about "shithole countries?"
"Podunk Country" is in the state of Michigan, settled on the town of Podunk, on the lovely shores of Lake Podunk.
Of course, it's a ghost town.
"Podunk Country" is in the state of Michigan, settled on the town of Podunk, on the lovely shores of Lake Podunk.
Of course, it's a ghost town.
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
So now notoriously anti-MAGA Rachel Maddow is talking about "podunk countries" the way Donald Trump talked about "shithole countries?"
"Podunk Country" is in the state of Michigan, settled on the town of Podunk, on the lovely shores of Lake Podunk.
Of course, it's a ghost town.
"Podunk Country" is in the state of Michigan, settled on the town of Podunk, on the lovely shores of Lake Podunk.
Of course, it's a ghost town.
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Okay.
So.
Zohran Mamdani is on something (podcast? something) with Heather Cox Richardson...
...who just did a big event with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hillary Clinton...
...and I know I'm supposed to close my mouth and be grateful...
...but I won't because I'm not.
So.
Zohran Mamdani is on something (podcast? something) with Heather Cox Richardson...
...who just did a big event with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hillary Clinton...
...and I know I'm supposed to close my mouth and be grateful...
...but I won't because I'm not.
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Okay.
So.
Zohran Mamdani is on something (podcast? something) with Heather Cox Richardson...
...who just did a big event with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hillary Clinton...
...and I know I'm supposed to close my mouth and be grateful...
...but I won't because I'm not.
So.
Zohran Mamdani is on something (podcast? something) with Heather Cox Richardson...
...who just did a big event with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hillary Clinton...
...and I know I'm supposed to close my mouth and be grateful...
...but I won't because I'm not.
If breast reductions for men *weren't* gender affirming care the word "man-boobs" would never been invented to describe the late artist known as Meatloaf.
Language evolves for a reason, and language conveys meaning.
Language evolves for a reason, and language conveys meaning.
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If breast reductions for men *weren't* gender affirming care the word "man-boobs" would never been invented to describe the late artist known as Meatloaf.
Language evolves for a reason, and language conveys meaning.
Language evolves for a reason, and language conveys meaning.
Why does the Liberal Party of Canada want to include a "religious exemption" to hate speech laws?
Which religions require the use of hate speech? 🤔
Which religions require the use of hate speech? 🤔
Another deceptive act by this government.
Bloc wants Liberal bill amended to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws: source #canpoli #C-9
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bloc wants Liberal bill amended to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws: source #canpoli #C-9
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bloc wants Liberal bill amended to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws: source | CBC News
The Bloc Québécois is planning to introduce an amendment to a Liberal government bill that would remove a religious exemption from Canada’s hate speech laws, a source has told CBC News.
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Why does the Liberal Party of Canada want to include a "religious exemption" to hate speech laws?
Which religions require the use of hate speech? 🤔
Which religions require the use of hate speech? 🤔
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Another deceptive act by this government.
Bloc wants Liberal bill amended to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws: source #canpoli #C-9
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bloc wants Liberal bill amended to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws: source #canpoli #C-9
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bloc wants Liberal bill amended to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws: source | CBC News
The Bloc Québécois is planning to introduce an amendment to a Liberal government bill that would remove a religious exemption from Canada’s hate speech laws, a source has told CBC News.
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Another deceptive act by this government.
Bloc wants Liberal bill amended to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws: source #canpoli #C-9
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bloc wants Liberal bill amended to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws: source #canpoli #C-9
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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They're BACK, after a whole-entire week of absence!
Stop by TONIGHT at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern to hang out with @leilacharlesleigh.bsky.social and @patthesocialist.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/live/T8AYz5t...
Stop by TONIGHT at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern to hang out with @leilacharlesleigh.bsky.social and @patthesocialist.bsky.social!
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December 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
They're BACK, after a whole-entire week of absence!
Stop by TONIGHT at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern to hang out with @leilacharlesleigh.bsky.social and @patthesocialist.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/live/T8AYz5t...
Stop by TONIGHT at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern to hang out with @leilacharlesleigh.bsky.social and @patthesocialist.bsky.social!
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And thanks to the great Sister Wendy I know that this painting is a meditation on beauty and mortality
Insanely perfect: fantastic little bouquet of flowers in a glass vase by Daniel Seghers of Antwerp, painter & Jesuit priest, whose day is today.
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
And thanks to the great Sister Wendy I know that this painting is a meditation on beauty and mortality
The landlords are clearly of the mind that they don't need to spend money on the best lawyers.
Do they think the judges are in the bag, or something?
I know Horace Rumpole did, but he usually represented the guys the judges were in the bag against.
Do they think the judges are in the bag, or something?
I know Horace Rumpole did, but he usually represented the guys the judges were in the bag against.
Opposing counsel just now, not joking: "I was really hoping to bully Sheryl into just filing an answer or settling but she filed this motion to dismiss instead. No not bully. I meant persuade."
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The landlords are clearly of the mind that they don't need to spend money on the best lawyers.
Do they think the judges are in the bag, or something?
I know Horace Rumpole did, but he usually represented the guys the judges were in the bag against.
Do they think the judges are in the bag, or something?
I know Horace Rumpole did, but he usually represented the guys the judges were in the bag against.
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Some people are getting entirely too comfortable with going mask off in every part of life.
Opposing counsel just now, not joking: "I was really hoping to bully Sheryl into just filing an answer or settling but she filed this motion to dismiss instead. No not bully. I meant persuade."
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Some people are getting entirely too comfortable with going mask off in every part of life.
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Opposing counsel just now, not joking: "I was really hoping to bully Sheryl into just filing an answer or settling but she filed this motion to dismiss instead. No not bully. I meant persuade."
December 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Opposing counsel just now, not joking: "I was really hoping to bully Sheryl into just filing an answer or settling but she filed this motion to dismiss instead. No not bully. I meant persuade."
So you're saying that the US President is lying to us about the economy?
Remember when Joe Biden tried to tell us how well we were doing when things kind of sucked?
Trump is making it worse and telling us it's being fixed.
Remember when Joe Biden tried to tell us how well we were doing when things kind of sucked?
Trump is making it worse and telling us it's being fixed.
"The loss of 32,000 jobs in November marked a major miss for economists’ consensus estimate of 40,000 jobs added on the month, and CNBC noted that the total number of jobs lost according to ADP data 'was the biggest drop since March 2023.'"
www.commondreams.org/news/adp-rep...
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‘Yikes’: New Jobs Data Further Undermines Trump Fiction of Thriving Economy | Common Dreams
Economists express concerns as ADP data shows US economy lost 32,000 jobs in November. Small businesses hit hardest. Job losses widespread.
www.commondreams.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
So you're saying that the US President is lying to us about the economy?
Remember when Joe Biden tried to tell us how well we were doing when things kind of sucked?
Trump is making it worse and telling us it's being fixed.
Remember when Joe Biden tried to tell us how well we were doing when things kind of sucked?
Trump is making it worse and telling us it's being fixed.
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"The loss of 32,000 jobs in November marked a major miss for economists’ consensus estimate of 40,000 jobs added on the month, and CNBC noted that the total number of jobs lost according to ADP data 'was the biggest drop since March 2023.'"
www.commondreams.org/news/adp-rep...
www.commondreams.org/news/adp-rep...
‘Yikes’: New Jobs Data Further Undermines Trump Fiction of Thriving Economy | Common Dreams
Economists express concerns as ADP data shows US economy lost 32,000 jobs in November. Small businesses hit hardest. Job losses widespread.
www.commondreams.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"The loss of 32,000 jobs in November marked a major miss for economists’ consensus estimate of 40,000 jobs added on the month, and CNBC noted that the total number of jobs lost according to ADP data 'was the biggest drop since March 2023.'"
www.commondreams.org/news/adp-rep...
www.commondreams.org/news/adp-rep...
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The whole idea of "childproofing" the internet is just another way to deny children full human rights and freedom in the name of controlling their development in the way their parents want.
Should parents have that power?
Should parents have that power?
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The whole idea of "childproofing" the internet is just another way to deny children full human rights and freedom in the name of controlling their development in the way their parents want.
Should parents have that power?
Should parents have that power?
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Moms for Liberty activist Erika Donalds has a chain of them. She runs them through a non-profit called the Opima Foundation and she was made a trustee of a state university by Ron DeSantis.
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January 18, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Moms for Liberty activist Erika Donalds has a chain of them. She runs them through a non-profit called the Opima Foundation and she was made a trustee of a state university by Ron DeSantis.
www.patreon.com/posts/moms-f...
www.patreon.com/posts/moms-f...
It's not just Elon, though.
Elon may not understand Heinlein, but the Effective Altruism movement took exactly the wrong message from the William Gibson books "Neuromancer," "Count Zero," and "Mona Lisa Overdrive."
Peter Thiel wants to put himself and his friends in the Torment Nexus on purpose!
Elon may not understand Heinlein, but the Effective Altruism movement took exactly the wrong message from the William Gibson books "Neuromancer," "Count Zero," and "Mona Lisa Overdrive."
Peter Thiel wants to put himself and his friends in the Torment Nexus on purpose!
You can't ask grok anything.
The word grok is an ancient Martian verb that means to feel the same feelings as someone else, in response to the same thought, at the same time.
Did Elon Musk not do the necessary reading to grok the word grok? 🤔
The word grok is an ancient Martian verb that means to feel the same feelings as someone else, in response to the same thought, at the same time.
Did Elon Musk not do the necessary reading to grok the word grok? 🤔
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It's not just Elon, though.
Elon may not understand Heinlein, but the Effective Altruism movement took exactly the wrong message from the William Gibson books "Neuromancer," "Count Zero," and "Mona Lisa Overdrive."
Peter Thiel wants to put himself and his friends in the Torment Nexus on purpose!
Elon may not understand Heinlein, but the Effective Altruism movement took exactly the wrong message from the William Gibson books "Neuromancer," "Count Zero," and "Mona Lisa Overdrive."
Peter Thiel wants to put himself and his friends in the Torment Nexus on purpose!
You can't ask grok anything.
The word grok is an ancient Martian verb that means to feel the same feelings as someone else, in response to the same thought, at the same time.
Did Elon Musk not do the necessary reading to grok the word grok? 🤔
The word grok is an ancient Martian verb that means to feel the same feelings as someone else, in response to the same thought, at the same time.
Did Elon Musk not do the necessary reading to grok the word grok? 🤔
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
You can't ask grok anything.
The word grok is an ancient Martian verb that means to feel the same feelings as someone else, in response to the same thought, at the same time.
Did Elon Musk not do the necessary reading to grok the word grok? 🤔
The word grok is an ancient Martian verb that means to feel the same feelings as someone else, in response to the same thought, at the same time.
Did Elon Musk not do the necessary reading to grok the word grok? 🤔
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I just watched this this week. Dope movie.
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I just watched this this week. Dope movie.