Nick
@nickwidzowski.bsky.social
Former NYC political hack. Did some climate stuff once (and still do, now and again). Also occasional Liverpool FC posts.
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Nick
@nickwidzowski.bsky.social
· Jun 9
“America was never America to me.
And yet I swear this oath: America will be!” - Langston Hughes
And yet I swear this oath: America will be!” - Langston Hughes
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one thing that receives almost no attention is that the only reason he ran for president again is because he had to to avoid prosecution for a litany of crimes, the whole plan was: 1). Take shelter in SCOTUS-granted immunity. 2). Loot.
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
one thing that receives almost no attention is that the only reason he ran for president again is because he had to to avoid prosecution for a litany of crimes, the whole plan was: 1). Take shelter in SCOTUS-granted immunity. 2). Loot.
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What a sad way to live one's life. And what a challenge for political liberalism it is.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What a sad way to live one's life. And what a challenge for political liberalism it is.
…ok, I haven’t actually watched Oppenheimer yet but I guess I’m going to have to now
this is why OPPENHEIMER is possibly my favorite movie
it captures everything: science, liberal politics, trying to destroy fascists, and the downsides of having lefty socialist friends who are constantly pressuring you to give to overseas radicals in specific risky ways while trying to get laid
it captures everything: science, liberal politics, trying to destroy fascists, and the downsides of having lefty socialist friends who are constantly pressuring you to give to overseas radicals in specific risky ways while trying to get laid
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
…ok, I haven’t actually watched Oppenheimer yet but I guess I’m going to have to now
Change We Can Believe In
"For the Many, Not the Few," good slogan. "Stronger Together," good slogan. They express the campaign's approach to the world.
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Change We Can Believe In
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I’m sure blue-collar industries will pick up the slack from federal dollars being cut off, ah wait ….
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’m sure blue-collar industries will pick up the slack from federal dollars being cut off, ah wait ….
Will wonders never cease
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Will wonders never cease
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Thanks to the @nypost.com for letting me check an item off my bucket list (“be the target of a meaty hit piece by a world-class NYC tabloid”) and for highlighting @transalt.org proposals for better walking, biking, & transit!
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thanks to the @nypost.com for letting me check an item off my bucket list (“be the target of a meaty hit piece by a world-class NYC tabloid”) and for highlighting @transalt.org proposals for better walking, biking, & transit!
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
“When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].”
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].”
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CHOTINER: Demons don't really exist?
RUMI: No, they're metaphors for boys.
CHOTINER: In your song "Takedown," you use the line "A demon with no feelings don't deserve to live." What's the metaphor?
RUMI: It's a metaphor for killing the...boy?
CHOTINER: The boy as the demon.
RUMI: Yes, yes.
RUMI: No, they're metaphors for boys.
CHOTINER: In your song "Takedown," you use the line "A demon with no feelings don't deserve to live." What's the metaphor?
RUMI: It's a metaphor for killing the...boy?
CHOTINER: The boy as the demon.
RUMI: Yes, yes.
September 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
CHOTINER: Demons don't really exist?
RUMI: No, they're metaphors for boys.
CHOTINER: In your song "Takedown," you use the line "A demon with no feelings don't deserve to live." What's the metaphor?
RUMI: It's a metaphor for killing the...boy?
CHOTINER: The boy as the demon.
RUMI: Yes, yes.
RUMI: No, they're metaphors for boys.
CHOTINER: In your song "Takedown," you use the line "A demon with no feelings don't deserve to live." What's the metaphor?
RUMI: It's a metaphor for killing the...boy?
CHOTINER: The boy as the demon.
RUMI: Yes, yes.
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Also, the Nazi winking troll technique that has become completely omnipresent in US government social media. It's out of control. The whole game is to drop as many clues as possible while never quite explicitly endorsing neo-Nazism, so if you accuse them of it they can say you're paranoid.
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Also, the Nazi winking troll technique that has become completely omnipresent in US government social media. It's out of control. The whole game is to drop as many clues as possible while never quite explicitly endorsing neo-Nazism, so if you accuse them of it they can say you're paranoid.
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This bleak (but unfortunately compelling) thread makes me think that the individual human mind/psyche is just ill-suited to being plugged into machines that allow everyone everywhere to be simultaneously talking about everything that has ever happened or could have happened at any time in any place.
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This bleak (but unfortunately compelling) thread makes me think that the individual human mind/psyche is just ill-suited to being plugged into machines that allow everyone everywhere to be simultaneously talking about everything that has ever happened or could have happened at any time in any place.
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NYT editors get the wall
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NYT editors get the wall
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
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November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Telling the difference between posts about Liverpool and posts about the Eagles is getting very tough today
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Telling the difference between posts about Liverpool and posts about the Eagles is getting very tough today
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These people support every single horrible thing he does - until it affects them personally. It’s so infuriating.
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
These people support every single horrible thing he does - until it affects them personally. It’s so infuriating.
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Trump has done so many worse things that tear down the East Wing of the White House but each time I'm reminded of it I revert to WTAF fuck mode and think he !!!!demolished the East Wing of the White House!!!
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trump has done so many worse things that tear down the East Wing of the White House but each time I'm reminded of it I revert to WTAF fuck mode and think he !!!!demolished the East Wing of the White House!!!
Is this the part where I can finally say that I thought it was an overrated show?
I wanted to like it! I really did! But… eh.
I wanted to like it! I really did! But… eh.
Weird the way the entire world went mad and only the creator of the IT Crowd was unaffected.
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Is this the part where I can finally say that I thought it was an overrated show?
I wanted to like it! I really did! But… eh.
I wanted to like it! I really did! But… eh.
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a young woman who signed up to serve her community and our narcissistic, despotic president decided to use her as a prop for his ego
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
a young woman who signed up to serve her community and our narcissistic, despotic president decided to use her as a prop for his ego
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They like Trump and want to help him
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
They like Trump and want to help him
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This is my yearly reminder that
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is my yearly reminder that
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
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Ternopil. An apartment building where russia massacred 33 people in one strike, including 6 children.
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Ternopil. An apartment building where russia massacred 33 people in one strike, including 6 children.