gzt aka zoidberg
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gzt aka zoidberg
@giziti.bsky.social
· Nov 13
i think the latest moves really clarify that conservatism has nothing to offer the world but death and destruction
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The market is crowded! Should we expand it? Close a few streets? Run another on in another neighborhood?
No, we will restrict capacity to kill the vibe and financially destroy the vendors!
No, we will restrict capacity to kill the vibe and financially destroy the vendors!
Chicago Christkindlmarkt update: Due to severe overcrowding in past years, OEMC has reduced entrance capacity 80% (!!) from 5,000 to 1,000 people. This has caused very long lines and a deserted feel once you got in. 🧵
(Photo is from last year)
(Photo is from last year)
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The market is crowded! Should we expand it? Close a few streets? Run another on in another neighborhood?
No, we will restrict capacity to kill the vibe and financially destroy the vendors!
No, we will restrict capacity to kill the vibe and financially destroy the vendors!
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Who are the Ds ready to take this seriously?
So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Who are the Ds ready to take this seriously?
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Trump will punish them if they don't comply, and Democrats will meekly declare that we must look forward, not backward, if they retake power, so doing the monstrous crimes is in some sense just rational decision-making
seems bad!
seems bad!
You’re going to need to fire a substantial number of GOFOs and nearly every JAG will need their law licenses challenged in various jurisdictions.
It’s clear that The Drunk shouting orders to commit crimes led to crimes being committed and no one is stopping it.
Ds do not have the bench to lead.
It’s clear that The Drunk shouting orders to commit crimes led to crimes being committed and no one is stopping it.
Ds do not have the bench to lead.
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trump will punish them if they don't comply, and Democrats will meekly declare that we must look forward, not backward, if they retake power, so doing the monstrous crimes is in some sense just rational decision-making
seems bad!
seems bad!
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I always suggest that people think about what urban centres like New York or London were like 150 years ago — dangerous, unbelievably polluted air and water, desperately inequitable, few trees or green space.
And then imagine building the cities where we look back to *today* and see the same thing.
And then imagine building the cities where we look back to *today* and see the same thing.
At its peak, 100-200k NYC horses, 30 lbs of poop/day each. People would use these boot scrapers, that you can still see everywhere today built into the brownstone wrought iron fences, to scrape, 70%? of the poop off the bottom of their shoes before they went into the house. Horse poop everywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I always suggest that people think about what urban centres like New York or London were like 150 years ago — dangerous, unbelievably polluted air and water, desperately inequitable, few trees or green space.
And then imagine building the cities where we look back to *today* and see the same thing.
And then imagine building the cities where we look back to *today* and see the same thing.
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on one hand I hope they run Vance, on the other we have to be clear-eyed that it is not a race against Vance, it's a race against Vance and AG Sulzberger and the rest of the ratfuck mafia
those of you who doubt my "vance will be the nominee" take note how low the approval is overall while still being comically high among the base
New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term:
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
on one hand I hope they run Vance, on the other we have to be clear-eyed that it is not a race against Vance, it's a race against Vance and AG Sulzberger and the rest of the ratfuck mafia
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This is clever and all, but the actual reason people got sick and died all of the time was because penicillin hadn't been discovered yet. Or antidepressants.
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is clever and all, but the actual reason people got sick and died all of the time was because penicillin hadn't been discovered yet. Or antidepressants.
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I really do forget how disconnected the average american is from understanding politics and policy.
Someone made a post about an org that helps teen moms, gives them somewhere to stay, provides job training.
They're about to close their doors bc they lost their federal funding
In the comments
Someone made a post about an org that helps teen moms, gives them somewhere to stay, provides job training.
They're about to close their doors bc they lost their federal funding
In the comments
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I really do forget how disconnected the average american is from understanding politics and policy.
Someone made a post about an org that helps teen moms, gives them somewhere to stay, provides job training.
They're about to close their doors bc they lost their federal funding
In the comments
Someone made a post about an org that helps teen moms, gives them somewhere to stay, provides job training.
They're about to close their doors bc they lost their federal funding
In the comments
Iowa really messed that one up
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Iowa really messed that one up
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Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
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Preferably with guillotines. For finality.
Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Preferably with guillotines. For finality.
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Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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It feels so on the nose that Stephen Miller is such an obviously creepy loser and he also has this politics. The least subtle morality play about racists basically entirely accurately characterises the sorta people they are.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It feels so on the nose that Stephen Miller is such an obviously creepy loser and he also has this politics. The least subtle morality play about racists basically entirely accurately characterises the sorta people they are.
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“In 2029 we will rebuild the White House and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, his family, and all of his companies and organizations. We publicize the name of every contractor involved with this project and permanently ban them as corporate entities and individuals from public contracts.”
Trump fighting with his architect about wanting to build a ballroom bigger than the actual White House feels very on brand
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November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“In 2029 we will rebuild the White House and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, his family, and all of his companies and organizations. We publicize the name of every contractor involved with this project and permanently ban them as corporate entities and individuals from public contracts.”
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Haha holy shit. Unbound nonsense just keeps going and going. This was the publisher that made you crowdfund your own advance and pay for editors/designers/etc btw.
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Haha holy shit. Unbound nonsense just keeps going and going. This was the publisher that made you crowdfund your own advance and pay for editors/designers/etc btw.
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In July, the Trump admin took the position that a 1996 law had, without anyone noticing for almost 30 years, made it so that most undocumented immigrants were not eligible to be released on bond.
That position has been *overwhelmingly* rejected by federal judges; 200+ of them!
That position has been *overwhelmingly* rejected by federal judges; 200+ of them!
NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In July, the Trump admin took the position that a 1996 law had, without anyone noticing for almost 30 years, made it so that most undocumented immigrants were not eligible to be released on bond.
That position has been *overwhelmingly* rejected by federal judges; 200+ of them!
That position has been *overwhelmingly* rejected by federal judges; 200+ of them!
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It is hard to overstate how much better every internet desert recipe becomes by halving the sugar and replacing any oil with butter.
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It is hard to overstate how much better every internet desert recipe becomes by halving the sugar and replacing any oil with butter.
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I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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This debate exposes how baseless mainstream punditry is on cops, prosecutors, and prisons. Pundits don't know how the punishment bureaucracy works or the empirical evidence, and they're wrong about what's "popular." No wonder media rarely discusses it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZCl...
DEBATE: Do People Take "DEFUND" Seriously? (w/ Matt Stoller & Alec Karatkatsanis)
YouTube video by Bad Faith
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This debate exposes how baseless mainstream punditry is on cops, prosecutors, and prisons. Pundits don't know how the punishment bureaucracy works or the empirical evidence, and they're wrong about what's "popular." No wonder media rarely discusses it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZCl...
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are dems too focused on plastic bags instead of ILLEGAL AL…
you bolt awake. your not online, mattyg isnt real. you n 6000 eorlinga pass Forannest
Eomer take your Èored down the left flank. Gamling follow the Kings banner down the center. Grimbold take your company right. Forth and fear no darkness
you bolt awake. your not online, mattyg isnt real. you n 6000 eorlinga pass Forannest
Eomer take your Èored down the left flank. Gamling follow the Kings banner down the center. Grimbold take your company right. Forth and fear no darkness
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
are dems too focused on plastic bags instead of ILLEGAL AL…
you bolt awake. your not online, mattyg isnt real. you n 6000 eorlinga pass Forannest
Eomer take your Èored down the left flank. Gamling follow the Kings banner down the center. Grimbold take your company right. Forth and fear no darkness
you bolt awake. your not online, mattyg isnt real. you n 6000 eorlinga pass Forannest
Eomer take your Èored down the left flank. Gamling follow the Kings banner down the center. Grimbold take your company right. Forth and fear no darkness
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And then of course there’s the comms piece.
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And then of course there’s the comms piece.
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One really important takeaway from Kate Aronoff’s magisterial overview of the IRA is that @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social was INSTRUMENTAL to getting the legislation passed, whoever may have taken largest or sole credit for it in the news media.
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
One really important takeaway from Kate Aronoff’s magisterial overview of the IRA is that @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social was INSTRUMENTAL to getting the legislation passed, whoever may have taken largest or sole credit for it in the news media.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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