The Center Holds
@mornba.bsky.social
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Information and commentary on politics, society, and current events from an ex-data scientist/social scientist.
Worth fighting for.
Information and commentary on politics, society, and current events from an ex-data scientist/social scientist.
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"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
- William Butler Yeats, 1919
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
- William Butler Yeats, 1919
A woman has a right to abort a pregnancy up until the cord is cut. Independent rights of personhood are grant to a newborn at that point.
Until then, the woman has sovereignty over anything that is an extension of her body.
This is the most reasonable secular position. Deal with it.
Until then, the woman has sovereignty over anything that is an extension of her body.
This is the most reasonable secular position. Deal with it.
December 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A woman has a right to abort a pregnancy up until the cord is cut. Independent rights of personhood are grant to a newborn at that point.
Until then, the woman has sovereignty over anything that is an extension of her body.
This is the most reasonable secular position. Deal with it.
Until then, the woman has sovereignty over anything that is an extension of her body.
This is the most reasonable secular position. Deal with it.
The most probable explanation for the Epstien cover up is that Epstien recorded powerful men raping and/or beating little girls. Trump is one of them. Perhaps multiple times. It's real bad to scare him like this.
Epstien likely sold copies to foriegn intelligence agencies (Russia), for good $$.
Epstien likely sold copies to foriegn intelligence agencies (Russia), for good $$.
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The most probable explanation for the Epstien cover up is that Epstien recorded powerful men raping and/or beating little girls. Trump is one of them. Perhaps multiple times. It's real bad to scare him like this.
Epstien likely sold copies to foriegn intelligence agencies (Russia), for good $$.
Epstien likely sold copies to foriegn intelligence agencies (Russia), for good $$.
If you get grief from some evangelical (or fake Christian MAGA whatnot) for wishing them 'Happy Holidays!', ask them why they object to "Holy-Days".
Thats where the word comes from.
Then tell them to STFU and get a life.
Thats where the word comes from.
Then tell them to STFU and get a life.
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
If you get grief from some evangelical (or fake Christian MAGA whatnot) for wishing them 'Happy Holidays!', ask them why they object to "Holy-Days".
Thats where the word comes from.
Then tell them to STFU and get a life.
Thats where the word comes from.
Then tell them to STFU and get a life.
It's a bad enough look for America that they RE-elected an ignorant heap of child-raping trash. The fact he was in the early stages of dementia when they decided he was identifiable and appealing is absolutely perfect.
Too bad there isn't a stupid-Olympics. America would be a powerhouse.
Too bad there isn't a stupid-Olympics. America would be a powerhouse.
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It's a bad enough look for America that they RE-elected an ignorant heap of child-raping trash. The fact he was in the early stages of dementia when they decided he was identifiable and appealing is absolutely perfect.
Too bad there isn't a stupid-Olympics. America would be a powerhouse.
Too bad there isn't a stupid-Olympics. America would be a powerhouse.
I don't have to follow every little stupid thing Child Rapist does because my opinion of him is so rock bottom. Nothing he can do will change the fact that he is a raping, criminal, traitor and that his regime is a historic shitshow.
I'm just surprised he hasn't initiated nuclear armageddon...yet.
I'm just surprised he hasn't initiated nuclear armageddon...yet.
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I don't have to follow every little stupid thing Child Rapist does because my opinion of him is so rock bottom. Nothing he can do will change the fact that he is a raping, criminal, traitor and that his regime is a historic shitshow.
I'm just surprised he hasn't initiated nuclear armageddon...yet.
I'm just surprised he hasn't initiated nuclear armageddon...yet.
The United States is under severe threat from authoritarians. The line of attack and retreat runs through the mind of every single American.
'Stupid' used to be a luxury.
In 2025, 'stupid' is unpatriotic.
'Stupid' used to be a luxury.
In 2025, 'stupid' is unpatriotic.
December 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The United States is under severe threat from authoritarians. The line of attack and retreat runs through the mind of every single American.
'Stupid' used to be a luxury.
In 2025, 'stupid' is unpatriotic.
'Stupid' used to be a luxury.
In 2025, 'stupid' is unpatriotic.
Show me a male in this regime who isn't a stunted prepubescent boy or otherwise a weak little bitch waiting to be publicly dominated by their child-raping daddy.
And these are the people lecturing us about the rigidity of gender roles?! Jasmine Crockett could show these guys how to be real 'men'.
And these are the people lecturing us about the rigidity of gender roles?! Jasmine Crockett could show these guys how to be real 'men'.
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Show me a male in this regime who isn't a stunted prepubescent boy or otherwise a weak little bitch waiting to be publicly dominated by their child-raping daddy.
And these are the people lecturing us about the rigidity of gender roles?! Jasmine Crockett could show these guys how to be real 'men'.
And these are the people lecturing us about the rigidity of gender roles?! Jasmine Crockett could show these guys how to be real 'men'.
I'm not running for office so I can say that religious dogma (aka irrational rules that are enforced upon others without any material or logical reason to justify them) is at the heart of people's impulse towards authoritarianism. Its a freedom killer.
'You do you' is not preached.
'You do you' is not preached.
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I'm not running for office so I can say that religious dogma (aka irrational rules that are enforced upon others without any material or logical reason to justify them) is at the heart of people's impulse towards authoritarianism. Its a freedom killer.
'You do you' is not preached.
'You do you' is not preached.
Remember when the Coast Guard would board vessals up to 12 miles off the coast they suspected them of something?
Remember when that was a thing?
Remember when that was a thing?
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Remember when the Coast Guard would board vessals up to 12 miles off the coast they suspected them of something?
Remember when that was a thing?
Remember when that was a thing?
These nutjobs in the regime are as incompetent as they are immoral.
If you suspect a drug boat, you trace it, collect intel, build a case. Then you do something meaningful, like convict the President of Honduras.
Nope. That's too much boring work. These are dopey kids playing a video game.
If you suspect a drug boat, you trace it, collect intel, build a case. Then you do something meaningful, like convict the President of Honduras.
Nope. That's too much boring work. These are dopey kids playing a video game.
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
These nutjobs in the regime are as incompetent as they are immoral.
If you suspect a drug boat, you trace it, collect intel, build a case. Then you do something meaningful, like convict the President of Honduras.
Nope. That's too much boring work. These are dopey kids playing a video game.
If you suspect a drug boat, you trace it, collect intel, build a case. Then you do something meaningful, like convict the President of Honduras.
Nope. That's too much boring work. These are dopey kids playing a video game.
-FOUR MISSLES were fired at the little boat.
-They debated for 41 minutes about what to do with the survivors before killing them.
-They were worried they might resume smuggling drugs.
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale “f**king insane.”
I just don' know
-They debated for 41 minutes about what to do with the survivors before killing them.
-They were worried they might resume smuggling drugs.
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale “f**king insane.”
I just don' know
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
-FOUR MISSLES were fired at the little boat.
-They debated for 41 minutes about what to do with the survivors before killing them.
-They were worried they might resume smuggling drugs.
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale “f**king insane.”
I just don' know
-They debated for 41 minutes about what to do with the survivors before killing them.
-They were worried they might resume smuggling drugs.
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale “f**king insane.”
I just don' know
A meaningful portion of the 77 million that voted for Mr. Child Rapist Trash-Clown, now feel like he duped them.
Yeah, no sh*t Sherlock. How the hell are you all the last people in the room to catch on to his grift script?
Now what? Maybe pay better attention and don't be dupes. Show some pride.
Yeah, no sh*t Sherlock. How the hell are you all the last people in the room to catch on to his grift script?
Now what? Maybe pay better attention and don't be dupes. Show some pride.
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A meaningful portion of the 77 million that voted for Mr. Child Rapist Trash-Clown, now feel like he duped them.
Yeah, no sh*t Sherlock. How the hell are you all the last people in the room to catch on to his grift script?
Now what? Maybe pay better attention and don't be dupes. Show some pride.
Yeah, no sh*t Sherlock. How the hell are you all the last people in the room to catch on to his grift script?
Now what? Maybe pay better attention and don't be dupes. Show some pride.
Fox News is a hate channel specifically designed to undermine civic cohesion and render the USA vulnerable to dominance from outside powers. They are the domestic media arm of an international authoritarian movement led out of Moscow. Part of the playbook to subvert Western democracies.
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Fox News is a hate channel specifically designed to undermine civic cohesion and render the USA vulnerable to dominance from outside powers. They are the domestic media arm of an international authoritarian movement led out of Moscow. Part of the playbook to subvert Western democracies.
"We've become so accustomed to being lied to that we stopped expecting the truth. The moment that we decided that feeling real was good enough even when it wasn't real at all."
I strongly recommend listening to this 21 minute video about how our culture has changed. Strong political implications.
I strongly recommend listening to this 21 minute video about how our culture has changed. Strong political implications.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"We've become so accustomed to being lied to that we stopped expecting the truth. The moment that we decided that feeling real was good enough even when it wasn't real at all."
I strongly recommend listening to this 21 minute video about how our culture has changed. Strong political implications.
I strongly recommend listening to this 21 minute video about how our culture has changed. Strong political implications.
The American experiment in Constitutional democracy was always premised on the assumption that participants would be educated in enlightened rational thinking, logic, and science.
This is where evangelicalism and other faith-based religions fail the country. It undermines the foundation of freedom.
This is where evangelicalism and other faith-based religions fail the country. It undermines the foundation of freedom.
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The American experiment in Constitutional democracy was always premised on the assumption that participants would be educated in enlightened rational thinking, logic, and science.
This is where evangelicalism and other faith-based religions fail the country. It undermines the foundation of freedom.
This is where evangelicalism and other faith-based religions fail the country. It undermines the foundation of freedom.
An American speedboat is attacked by a foreign military in open waters. The survivors clinging to the side are executed in the water?
Boy, the Child Rapist's regime talking heads would surely be up in arms, huh? "How dare they!"
This is the immaturity, hubris, and ignorance on display.
Boy, the Child Rapist's regime talking heads would surely be up in arms, huh? "How dare they!"
This is the immaturity, hubris, and ignorance on display.
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
An American speedboat is attacked by a foreign military in open waters. The survivors clinging to the side are executed in the water?
Boy, the Child Rapist's regime talking heads would surely be up in arms, huh? "How dare they!"
This is the immaturity, hubris, and ignorance on display.
Boy, the Child Rapist's regime talking heads would surely be up in arms, huh? "How dare they!"
This is the immaturity, hubris, and ignorance on display.
Without having immigrants as a target to villify as 'the other', the project to overthrow democracy would become much more difficult. Child Rapist needed the issue, so he undermined bipartisan legislation before the election.
It was an overbown issue, but to legislate it would undermine 'The Plan'.
It was an overbown issue, but to legislate it would undermine 'The Plan'.
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Without having immigrants as a target to villify as 'the other', the project to overthrow democracy would become much more difficult. Child Rapist needed the issue, so he undermined bipartisan legislation before the election.
It was an overbown issue, but to legislate it would undermine 'The Plan'.
It was an overbown issue, but to legislate it would undermine 'The Plan'.
For Christmas I want Democratic representation in government that doesn't act like its normal-politics 1995, and understands that if the GOP could just get their shit together they would pull off some Khmer Rouge level atrocities.
We need real fighters to fix this country. Not mealy-mouths.
We need real fighters to fix this country. Not mealy-mouths.
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
For Christmas I want Democratic representation in government that doesn't act like its normal-politics 1995, and understands that if the GOP could just get their shit together they would pull off some Khmer Rouge level atrocities.
We need real fighters to fix this country. Not mealy-mouths.
We need real fighters to fix this country. Not mealy-mouths.
Most voters are not active members of the polity. They are uncertain putty shaped by the fiercest and most confident voices in the room. This is a failure of the U.S. educational system. It didn't need to be this way, but here we are.
Dems need forceful leaders that understand this situation.
Dems need forceful leaders that understand this situation.
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Most voters are not active members of the polity. They are uncertain putty shaped by the fiercest and most confident voices in the room. This is a failure of the U.S. educational system. It didn't need to be this way, but here we are.
Dems need forceful leaders that understand this situation.
Dems need forceful leaders that understand this situation.
I dare you to tell me with a straight face that millions of GOP voters hate the Democratic party with a searing passion because they are the party of progressive taxation and not because it's the party that tends to think non-white people have the same rights as white people.
Please. Amuse me.
Please. Amuse me.
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I dare you to tell me with a straight face that millions of GOP voters hate the Democratic party with a searing passion because they are the party of progressive taxation and not because it's the party that tends to think non-white people have the same rights as white people.
Please. Amuse me.
Please. Amuse me.
Clinton's innovation in the 1990s was to adopt conservative framing of political issues rather than offer an alternative. Over time this approach, which we still see, has cannibalized the Democratic brand. Winning elections by 'stealing' conservative positions has made it increasingly hard to win.
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Clinton's innovation in the 1990s was to adopt conservative framing of political issues rather than offer an alternative. Over time this approach, which we still see, has cannibalized the Democratic brand. Winning elections by 'stealing' conservative positions has made it increasingly hard to win.
Putin is making a mockery of the USA.
And the MAGA 'patriots' keep cheering for it.
My question is 'Who wipes the drool off their chin?'
And the MAGA 'patriots' keep cheering for it.
My question is 'Who wipes the drool off their chin?'
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Putin is making a mockery of the USA.
And the MAGA 'patriots' keep cheering for it.
My question is 'Who wipes the drool off their chin?'
And the MAGA 'patriots' keep cheering for it.
My question is 'Who wipes the drool off their chin?'
The GOP is a criminal organization based out of Moscow.
And big %s of people keep voting for them.
It's 9 parts sick and twisted and 1 part hilarious.
So many Americans are so damn stupid.
Hurt feelings? Who cares. Ya stupid!
And big %s of people keep voting for them.
It's 9 parts sick and twisted and 1 part hilarious.
So many Americans are so damn stupid.
Hurt feelings? Who cares. Ya stupid!
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The GOP is a criminal organization based out of Moscow.
And big %s of people keep voting for them.
It's 9 parts sick and twisted and 1 part hilarious.
So many Americans are so damn stupid.
Hurt feelings? Who cares. Ya stupid!
And big %s of people keep voting for them.
It's 9 parts sick and twisted and 1 part hilarious.
So many Americans are so damn stupid.
Hurt feelings? Who cares. Ya stupid!
The problem with @murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov is that they are in a State that would support them being more vocal about challenging the Child Rapist in the White House, yet they act like they are living in 1995. No fire. Just a lazy acquiescence and some fundraising text messages.
December 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The problem with @murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov is that they are in a State that would support them being more vocal about challenging the Child Rapist in the White House, yet they act like they are living in 1995. No fire. Just a lazy acquiescence and some fundraising text messages.
If you suspect that your Dem Senator or Representative has to be compelled to take action to fight against fascism, they need to be replaced. The Schumerites are not fighting for America. They are a useful pressure valve for people's anger. They have no dog in the fight.
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If you suspect that your Dem Senator or Representative has to be compelled to take action to fight against fascism, they need to be replaced. The Schumerites are not fighting for America. They are a useful pressure valve for people's anger. They have no dog in the fight.