The Fig Economy
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Father of lots, earnest as shit, Regular and not too fancy, weird li’l guy enthusiast. He/him.
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I think, for those of us on the political left, we need to address morale as a real and pressing issue that will fuck up our ability to fight if left unaddressed. We *need* to figure out a way to keep people feeling at least minimally good about things even in shitty situations.
Every one of you: post at least once a day about some small thing that makes you happy that has nothing to do with politics. This is a hard and fast rule. I won’t be keeping a spreadsheet or anything but if you don’t do it, I’ll know.
It is, in fact, the broad left’s desire to engage people as people and take their ideas seriously that leaves it open to being hijacked by these types of bullies (who, we should be clear, are bullies first, and “leftists” only aesthetically if even that).
It's extremely bad for left politics that we are apparently incapable of doing the internal hygiene required to keep these vicious bullies from claiming the mantle of "leftism"
Felt the need to share my journal entry today. Don't know why. Here it is, make of it what you will.
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It is, in fact, the broad left’s desire to engage people as people and take their ideas seriously that leaves it open to being hijacked by these types of bullies (who, we should be clear, are bullies first, and “leftists” only aesthetically if even that).
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
In case anybody was thinking of stepping to me, think twice: you’re looking at a (very tired, still out of shape) man who just got a yellow belt in taekwondo.
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
In case anybody was thinking of stepping to me, think twice: you’re looking at a (very tired, still out of shape) man who just got a yellow belt in taekwondo.
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Living your life as your true, authentic self shouldn’t put a target on your back. But that’s not the case for too many transgender Americans, and it must stop. I stand with the trans community as we remember the lives taken in hateful acts of violence.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Living your life as your true, authentic self shouldn’t put a target on your back. But that’s not the case for too many transgender Americans, and it must stop. I stand with the trans community as we remember the lives taken in hateful acts of violence.
I don’t know if this reflects what others have seen in rural areas, but it has been a noticeable glimmer to me the last couple of times I was really out in the sticks.
Definitely fair, but also my anecdata in driving around rural Maryland is that there’s a bit fewer Trump signs and the occasional “fuck Trump” (not in those words exactly) sign. Not the absolute numbers but the movement.
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I don’t know if this reflects what others have seen in rural areas, but it has been a noticeable glimmer to me the last couple of times I was really out in the sticks.
I get this, and I think it’s true and sad that this kind of thing has been so empowered. I also think it is anti-persuasive and normal folks seeing the Trump administration trying to destigmatize the swastika are going to be absolutely repulsed.
It's not a sophisticated reaction, but my response to both "quiet, piggy" and the Coast Guard okaying swastikas and nooses is a deep sadness that the compassion we're working so hard to foster in our children will not just be challenged by schoolyard bullies but by the highest levels of society.
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I get this, and I think it’s true and sad that this kind of thing has been so empowered. I also think it is anti-persuasive and normal folks seeing the Trump administration trying to destigmatize the swastika are going to be absolutely repulsed.
This is the thing. We can look at him saying this thing and say “oh he says shit like that all the time and nobody is going to act on it so it’s not a big deal” and that pose in itself is a big deal because it reflects that we have become inured to this, and that his underlings routinely ignore him!
The fairly ho-hum coverage of Trump calling for Democrats to be executed is yet another example of how him saying something outreageous is not taken seriously because he *always* says something outrageous.
It's just such a classic case of media grading Trump on a curve. "Oh, it's fine, that's just Uncle Trump posting through it!"
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is the thing. We can look at him saying this thing and say “oh he says shit like that all the time and nobody is going to act on it so it’s not a big deal” and that pose in itself is a big deal because it reflects that we have become inured to this, and that his underlings routinely ignore him!
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
I wonder if Jake Tapper finds this as concerning as Joe Biden remaining old.
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wonder if Jake Tapper finds this as concerning as Joe Biden remaining old.
What a deep, deep shame that TNR would publish something like this. Even if it’s true that he escapes consequences, arguing this to his opponents now increases the chances it’ll be true. It *helps* him. This smarter than everyone doomer nonsense is poison.
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
What a deep, deep shame that TNR would publish something like this. Even if it’s true that he escapes consequences, arguing this to his opponents now increases the chances it’ll be true. It *helps* him. This smarter than everyone doomer nonsense is poison.
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Looks like the Cornhusker Kickback in the ACA, and likely to get tossed in the shitcan in much the same manner.
The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Looks like the Cornhusker Kickback in the ACA, and likely to get tossed in the shitcan in much the same manner.
Sometimes when one of my kids is throwing a huge fit it’s hard to resist the temptation to correct the grammar on their profanity. “Look, you’re saying ‘fuck *up*’ but your intonation and emphasis clearly suggest you mean ‘fuck *off*’.”
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Sometimes when one of my kids is throwing a huge fit it’s hard to resist the temptation to correct the grammar on their profanity. “Look, you’re saying ‘fuck *up*’ but your intonation and emphasis clearly suggest you mean ‘fuck *off*’.”
Don’t buy any “in a stunning about face” framing. He didn’t want to do this and he got backed into a corner. That’s the obvious truth.
BREAKING: Trump signs a bill to release files on Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure after months of resistance.
Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months
President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Don’t buy any “in a stunning about face” framing. He didn’t want to do this and he got backed into a corner. That’s the obvious truth.
lol if they’re like “no we are investigating democrats and that is why there is no mention of Trump” then it means they’re saying Trump was around for all of the bad shit the democrats they’re investigating did, very smart fellas.
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
lol if they’re like “no we are investigating democrats and that is why there is no mention of Trump” then it means they’re saying Trump was around for all of the bad shit the democrats they’re investigating did, very smart fellas.
This is probably be right, but we do not need to approach stuff like this being like “oh shit the dumbest people in the world have a plan, we’re fucked.”
Massie's prediction that the Administration would use the bogus Trump-directed "investigations" of Bill Clinton and Reid Hoffman as an excuse to continue blocking release of the Epstein files, on the spurious grounds that it's an ongoing investigation, is looking pretty good here
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is probably be right, but we do not need to approach stuff like this being like “oh shit the dumbest people in the world have a plan, we’re fucked.”
I find it bitterly funny that people more toward the left, who ridiculed liberals as being like “better things aren’t possible,” are now the ones sad sacking their way through this moment, being like “I don’t like it when people say we’re going to win.” Have some self respect.
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I find it bitterly funny that people more toward the left, who ridiculed liberals as being like “better things aren’t possible,” are now the ones sad sacking their way through this moment, being like “I don’t like it when people say we’re going to win.” Have some self respect.
At the Turkey Hill Experience with 8YO, we got to design our own ice cream flavor and packaging and make a commercial. This is mine.
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
At the Turkey Hill Experience with 8YO, we got to design our own ice cream flavor and packaging and make a commercial. This is mine.
I think about this a lot. It really shows the primacy of propaganda. Kirk was pretty good at generating it, and his death was a valuable propaganda event, and then once he was in the ground, his value had wafted away on the breeze.
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think about this a lot. It really shows the primacy of propaganda. Kirk was pretty good at generating it, and his death was a valuable propaganda event, and then once he was in the ground, his value had wafted away on the breeze.
11YO is home sick from school so before leaving to take the other kids to school I set him up on the couch to watch Predator.
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
11YO is home sick from school so before leaving to take the other kids to school I set him up on the couch to watch Predator.
I think this 100% mischaracterizes what’s meant almost every time somebody says “we’re going to win.” It’s a counter to pervasive doom, not “everything is going to be fine once Trump is gone.” I think this is clear from the context when it’s used.
Curmudgeonly compaint to ignore: Even as I recognize its necessity, I don't like "we're going to win" rhetoric. I think it implies "norms" can be restored, that there'll come a day when this is "over"--vs. a long struggle in which there're victories but no final victory, because this isn't a movie.
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think this 100% mischaracterizes what’s meant almost every time somebody says “we’re going to win.” It’s a counter to pervasive doom, not “everything is going to be fine once Trump is gone.” I think this is clear from the context when it’s used.
If anything like these numbers persist and are true, even if they’re a 50% overestimate of the D-R margin, it’s apocalyptic for the republicans.
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If anything like these numbers persist and are true, even if they’re a 50% overestimate of the D-R margin, it’s apocalyptic for the republicans.
I’ve seen people make what seems to me to be too much of the fact that not many republicans voted for the discharge petition but almost all voted for the bill. My take: It’s like a proxy confidence vote and no GOP has any interest in rerunning the embarrassing leadership fights.
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I’ve seen people make what seems to me to be too much of the fact that not many republicans voted for the discharge petition but almost all voted for the bill. My take: It’s like a proxy confidence vote and no GOP has any interest in rerunning the embarrassing leadership fights.
lol they were hoping for delay or some fine points of difference in wording to get bogged down in or something. Get fucked, chumps.
holy shit mike johnson is SHOOK on Epstein vote in Senate
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
lol they were hoping for delay or some fine points of difference in wording to get bogged down in or something. Get fucked, chumps.