QUIET PIGGY
@kellumdander.bsky.social
Proctor-at-Large of the Carswell Fensterwald Memorial Library for Ornithological Sciences. Connoisseur of fine cheeses. Married to Mrs. Dander. Pseudonymous/satire.
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one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
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Trump’s vindictive authoritarianism threatens America?? Trump’s incompetence to the rescue.
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Trump’s vindictive authoritarianism threatens America?? Trump’s incompetence to the rescue.
it's an indirect admission that government officials are in the files
Seeing “the bill only authorizes the release of unclassified material” but wouldn’t that raise the question why anything pertaining to a sex trafficker would be classified?
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
it's an indirect admission that government officials are in the files
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they're not reporters, really, they're paparazzi. the most famous man who has ever lived is making a clown of himself, they're not going to interrupt him, it's great content
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
they're not reporters, really, they're paparazzi. the most famous man who has ever lived is making a clown of himself, they're not going to interrupt him, it's great content
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Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
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to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
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definitely did not have "infotech to be key global villain by 2025" on my expectations list when I entered the field 30+ years ago
Data Centers, Crypto Mining To Push Electricity Costs Higher In 2026
Data Centers, Crypto Mining To Push Electricity Costs Higher In 2026
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Tesla’s engineering exodus and helping the electric truck market expand
www.forbes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
definitely did not have "infotech to be key global villain by 2025" on my expectations list when I entered the field 30+ years ago
sit with this one for a minute
Why would Jeffrey Epstein kill himself in jail if he had this much leverage of the one person who could give him a full pardon?
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
sit with this one for a minute
ageism is a serious phenomenon which I am really experiencing as I operate with this dorky looking old man profile photo
I'm 100% sure that my ideas would be better received if my profile didn't look like people's idea of their enemy
I'm 100% sure that my ideas would be better received if my profile didn't look like people's idea of their enemy
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
ageism is a serious phenomenon which I am really experiencing as I operate with this dorky looking old man profile photo
I'm 100% sure that my ideas would be better received if my profile didn't look like people's idea of their enemy
I'm 100% sure that my ideas would be better received if my profile didn't look like people's idea of their enemy
Newsflash: if you're part of a community that will never be more than a few percent of the population, and think you can get your needs met without allies in the other 97-99%, you're lost.
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Newsflash: if you're part of a community that will never be more than a few percent of the population, and think you can get your needs met without allies in the other 97-99%, you're lost.
Just had to block someone I'm following because I didn't hate Gavin Newsom with the correct tone of voice.
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Just had to block someone I'm following because I didn't hate Gavin Newsom with the correct tone of voice.
When streaming first launched its proponents pitched it as part of the "long tail" theory in which mid-to-low earning creatives would find a thriving market for themselves in the "long tail" of the online economy. Instead...
let's expand that last point
if you are a lower-tier artist with an album that has one song that does 50,000 streams/yr and 10 b-sides that only get about 900 streams/yr
for your whole album you get paid up to ~$150 for the 1 song and literally $0 for the other 9000 streams
if you are a lower-tier artist with an album that has one song that does 50,000 streams/yr and 10 b-sides that only get about 900 streams/yr
for your whole album you get paid up to ~$150 for the 1 song and literally $0 for the other 9000 streams
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
When streaming first launched its proponents pitched it as part of the "long tail" theory in which mid-to-low earning creatives would find a thriving market for themselves in the "long tail" of the online economy. Instead...
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i kind of get "i find twitter's new owner objectionable but it's a big ask to leave my social graph behind" but the inertia of people who, in theory, find spotify ethically objectionable but stick to it instead of subscribing to one of a half-dozen basically identical services is baffling to me.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
i kind of get "i find twitter's new owner objectionable but it's a big ask to leave my social graph behind" but the inertia of people who, in theory, find spotify ethically objectionable but stick to it instead of subscribing to one of a half-dozen basically identical services is baffling to me.
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I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time getting over that the owner of the NY Times is in the Epstein files thing and they haven't even acknowledged this in any reporting.
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time getting over that the owner of the NY Times is in the Epstein files thing and they haven't even acknowledged this in any reporting.
If MTG wants to accept responsibility for past bad behavior and declare herself a changed person and take new positions on the issues, I will welcome it. That's called "truth and reconciliation" and it's what any vision of a better future must contain.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If MTG wants to accept responsibility for past bad behavior and declare herself a changed person and take new positions on the issues, I will welcome it. That's called "truth and reconciliation" and it's what any vision of a better future must contain.
This, and: you can think it's good when otherwise bad people say the right things for a change instead of continuing to hammer on the wrong things, AND you can still keep distrusting them!
You can think it’s good that Massie and MTG are stirring up shit within the GOP caucus without thinking their politics in general is good. It’s not hard at all in fact?
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This, and: you can think it's good when otherwise bad people say the right things for a change instead of continuing to hammer on the wrong things, AND you can still keep distrusting them!
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a second sunday could fix me
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
a second sunday could fix me
I know you said you don't want true crime speculation but I have to say: Trump ran an escort service and a teen modeling pageant, both of which usually serve as the *supply-side* of human trafficking.
man, what the fuck is in these files that would a) be worse than anything we have ever learned about him, b) make him willing to risk a maga civil war over it, and c) have him desperately calling half of the republicans in the house and begging them to vote against their release
Trump on Epstein Files: I don’t want to talk about it because fake news like you—you’re a terrible reporter—fake news like you just keeps bringing up to deflect from the tremendous success of The Trump Admin
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I know you said you don't want true crime speculation but I have to say: Trump ran an escort service and a teen modeling pageant, both of which usually serve as the *supply-side* of human trafficking.
"a tattooed veteran and oyster farmer"
He has a Nazi tattoo and is a failson with a fake "oyster farming" business whose only customer is his mother's restaurants.
This is called NORMALIZING NAZIS
He has a Nazi tattoo and is a failson with a fake "oyster farming" business whose only customer is his mother's restaurants.
This is called NORMALIZING NAZIS
Graham Platner, a tattooed veteran and oyster farmer, is getting a lot of Democratic buzz as a challenger to Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine.
Democrats have tried this before – finding a candidate they think will win back rural voters they've lost for two decades. buff.ly/GXwhqXS
Democrats have tried this before – finding a candidate they think will win back rural voters they've lost for two decades. buff.ly/GXwhqXS
Why rural Maine may back Democrat Graham Platner’s populism in the Senate campaign − but not his party
Whether Maine’s Graham Platner wins or loses, his campaign to knock off longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins already points to a deeper question: Can Democrats do more than rent rural authenticity?
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"a tattooed veteran and oyster farmer"
He has a Nazi tattoo and is a failson with a fake "oyster farming" business whose only customer is his mother's restaurants.
This is called NORMALIZING NAZIS
He has a Nazi tattoo and is a failson with a fake "oyster farming" business whose only customer is his mother's restaurants.
This is called NORMALIZING NAZIS
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
She's going in for the kill and I say cheer this shit on.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I can disagree with the president at times, especially this past Monday, on the Marines' 250th anniversary, when he honored the new Syrian president who is an Al Qaeda terrorist and was wanted by our government for years."
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
She's going in for the kill and I say cheer this shit on.
I'm not saying trust this person. I'm saying be glad about what she is saying. A lot of people need to hear this, to make it okay for them to change their minds, too.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'm not saying trust this person. I'm saying be glad about what she is saying. A lot of people need to hear this, to make it okay for them to change their minds, too.
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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Here is Trump when he owned the Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA pageants bragging about how he “was able to get away with” going backstage when contestants were naked since he was the boss and he had to do “inspections.”
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Here is Trump when he owned the Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA pageants bragging about how he “was able to get away with” going backstage when contestants were naked since he was the boss and he had to do “inspections.”