Koalagaming08
@koalagaming08.bsky.social
she/her
Sonoran Desert resident, Monsoon enjoyer
moar trains and houses good imo
Sonoran Desert resident, Monsoon enjoyer
moar trains and houses good imo
Pinned
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I haven't seen any talk about it, but the Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp is up and running again and it's been discovered that innocent people are being subjected to brutal torture by guards in it
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a day
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I haven't seen any talk about it, but the Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp is up and running again and it's been discovered that innocent people are being subjected to brutal torture by guards in it
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The prupose of the Constitution is not to be a philosphical project for the most pretentious within our society to toy with. It is meant to serve as the bedrock for American society itself, a beacon of rights and liberties whose light knows no distance and spares no one.
this is a fundamental principle of self-governance, in the end. the constitution is not in heaven. the constitution is not hidden away in some vault somewhere and tended to by nine priests in black robes. the constitution is in all of us, or it is nowhere.
It's largely lost today because we've allowed constitutional law to become the exclusive preserve of lawyers, but the original idea of written constitutionalism was partly one of public education, publicity, & (proto-)democracy—people should be able to read & come to know the law which binds them
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The prupose of the Constitution is not to be a philosphical project for the most pretentious within our society to toy with. It is meant to serve as the bedrock for American society itself, a beacon of rights and liberties whose light knows no distance and spares no one.
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3 days ago, Hakeem Jeffries stated that Donald Trump was right on immigration and the border.
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
3 days ago, Hakeem Jeffries stated that Donald Trump was right on immigration and the border.
at the level of caffinee addiction where I'm now just holding the mug in front of my face before drinking so that my brain can get the dophamine and calming effect from the smell of the coffee as I breathe it in like a smoker
December 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
at the level of caffinee addiction where I'm now just holding the mug in front of my face before drinking so that my brain can get the dophamine and calming effect from the smell of the coffee as I breathe it in like a smoker
should be bigger news that ICE raided a taco shop in Tucson and when a sitting member of Congress, on her way to lunch, stepped into a protest to ask ICE what they were doing they pepper sprayed her and tear gassed everyone on the block
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
should be bigger news that ICE raided a taco shop in Tucson and when a sitting member of Congress, on her way to lunch, stepped into a protest to ask ICE what they were doing they pepper sprayed her and tear gassed everyone on the block
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looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
HOLD THE LINE PATRIOTS WE ARE NOT YET LOST
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
HOLD THE LINE PATRIOTS WE ARE NOT YET LOST
my final prediction on Tennessee is a Dem win, might have eggs on my face after tonight but hey with how the economy is going free eggs might not be a bad thing
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
my final prediction on Tennessee is a Dem win, might have eggs on my face after tonight but hey with how the economy is going free eggs might not be a bad thing
contemplating my entire life because even if I do get into a master's these schools (excpet for maybe UArizona) are going to fucking brutalize my bank account, like I would basically need to have a full ride to be able to attend UC Berkeley or UCLA just given how fucking expensive the housing is
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
contemplating my entire life because even if I do get into a master's these schools (excpet for maybe UArizona) are going to fucking brutalize my bank account, like I would basically need to have a full ride to be able to attend UC Berkeley or UCLA just given how fucking expensive the housing is
I hope those of you with accepting family never take it for granted. My entire life and future career path would be immensely easier if my dad wasn't so transphobic
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I hope those of you with accepting family never take it for granted. My entire life and future career path would be immensely easier if my dad wasn't so transphobic
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There are schools whose names I will seldom know, and little remember, that will make this country better in major and substantive ways that will go largely unnoticed.
The Normal Schools are a great example.
As are HBCUs and HSIs and TCUs and a great many categories entire.
The Normal Schools are a great example.
As are HBCUs and HSIs and TCUs and a great many categories entire.
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There are schools whose names I will seldom know, and little remember, that will make this country better in major and substantive ways that will go largely unnoticed.
The Normal Schools are a great example.
As are HBCUs and HSIs and TCUs and a great many categories entire.
The Normal Schools are a great example.
As are HBCUs and HSIs and TCUs and a great many categories entire.
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John Adams, to Abigail from Paris, 1780
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy.
My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History...
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy.
My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History...
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
John Adams, to Abigail from Paris, 1780
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy.
My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History...
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy.
My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History...
This is the thing that always inspiried me about the US public higher-ed system. That a country could be so wealthy that it can have schools where people build rocket ships under sports stadiums and somehow these are considered "unprestigious" to elitist snobs
I always think of Tony Judt on this (though I'd hold the condescension and double down on the public university systems in the heartland)
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is the thing that always inspiried me about the US public higher-ed system. That a country could be so wealthy that it can have schools where people build rocket ships under sports stadiums and somehow these are considered "unprestigious" to elitist snobs
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he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
the fracophone understanding of secularism is actually just nuts
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
the fracophone understanding of secularism is actually just nuts
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What the fuck.
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What the fuck.
thanks dad for trying to get me to detransition while I'm doing homework and applying to UCLA! real parent of all time behavior !!!
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
thanks dad for trying to get me to detransition while I'm doing homework and applying to UCLA! real parent of all time behavior !!!
Been sitting on this one for a while, here is an article I've written going over exclusionary zoning and some of the research behind its effects.
timesanddiscourse.substack.com/p/what-is-ex...
timesanddiscourse.substack.com/p/what-is-ex...
What is Exclusionary Zoning?
An overview of the practice and some policy suggestions
timesanddiscourse.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Been sitting on this one for a while, here is an article I've written going over exclusionary zoning and some of the research behind its effects.
timesanddiscourse.substack.com/p/what-is-ex...
timesanddiscourse.substack.com/p/what-is-ex...
I really like the politics of Chi Osse (socialist YIMBYism, pro transit, parks, schools...), I like the boldness, but oh MAN that is a hard race he signed himself up for and he *cant* rely on any endorsements here, Dems who endorse him essentially risk being expelled from the party
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I really like the politics of Chi Osse (socialist YIMBYism, pro transit, parks, schools...), I like the boldness, but oh MAN that is a hard race he signed himself up for and he *cant* rely on any endorsements here, Dems who endorse him essentially risk being expelled from the party
going to reiterate a long time take of mine which is that grades and essays are far worse for disadvantaged groups than the SAT. A student in poorly funded school is generally going to have a worse essay and transcript than someone with a private tutor, meanwhile there are SAT guides on youtube
grades are an extremely messy signal and you do in fact need some kind of universal baseline.
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
going to reiterate a long time take of mine which is that grades and essays are far worse for disadvantaged groups than the SAT. A student in poorly funded school is generally going to have a worse essay and transcript than someone with a private tutor, meanwhile there are SAT guides on youtube
I am paying thousands of dollars to a university that employs and pays this man
“Chomsky continued to correspond with [Epstein] at least until the summer of 2019, even after the Herald’s series led to widespread outcry and the Justice Department publicly announced a fresh probe.”
Epstein turned to academic Chomsky, others to rehab image after Herald investigation
Other potential people Epstein considered included deceased Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
www.miamiherald.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I am paying thousands of dollars to a university that employs and pays this man
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It can't be a coincidence that every single person running interference for Russia is like one degree of separation from a pedophile
“Chomsky continued to correspond with [Epstein] at least until the summer of 2019, even after the Herald’s series led to widespread outcry and the Justice Department publicly announced a fresh probe.”
Epstein turned to academic Chomsky, others to rehab image after Herald investigation
Other potential people Epstein considered included deceased Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
www.miamiherald.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It can't be a coincidence that every single person running interference for Russia is like one degree of separation from a pedophile