ralphie hythloday, jr
@offutopic.bsky.social
He/him. Trying to write sometimes. Go lakers.
If everyone read Marx, Beauvoir, and Pettit, we’d be in a better world.
If everyone read Marx, Beauvoir, and Pettit, we’d be in a better world.
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answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
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no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
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Your periodic reminder that @radiofreetom.bsky.social who many of you like to follow, and who writes for the Atlantic, was pushing the great replacement theory before Trump and has never apologized for it. He's part of what got us here.
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Your periodic reminder that @radiofreetom.bsky.social who many of you like to follow, and who writes for the Atlantic, was pushing the great replacement theory before Trump and has never apologized for it. He's part of what got us here.
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I think it is very unlikely that most of these are Russian influence agents, and considerably more likely that they are people from developing economies who have cottoned on to ways to make relatively large amounts of money for them by being paid-per-view by X.
This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I think it is very unlikely that most of these are Russian influence agents, and considerably more likely that they are people from developing economies who have cottoned on to ways to make relatively large amounts of money for them by being paid-per-view by X.
Happy Thanksgiving week everyone – remember to tell your dads to watch Reacher instead of Landman
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy Thanksgiving week everyone – remember to tell your dads to watch Reacher instead of Landman
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Private schools should be illegal
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Private schools should be illegal
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👌💯‼️https://thebaffler.com/latest/one-elite-two-elites-red-elite-blue-elite-baker
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
👌💯‼️https://thebaffler.com/latest/one-elite-two-elites-red-elite-blue-elite-baker
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“Capital is doing this as a coordinated response to climate change” is conspiratorial and silly but it feels like liberals are whistling past the graveyard a bit re: the Capital v. Democracy question.
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“Capital is doing this as a coordinated response to climate change” is conspiratorial and silly but it feels like liberals are whistling past the graveyard a bit re: the Capital v. Democracy question.
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It’s really cool watching people on this website cry about how anti-technology and progress the world is re: AI and hearing, from the small number of instructors I know in real life, how this stuff is just destroying traditional instruction with no effective mitigation for public education systems.
My students don’t even bother to remove “ChatGPT said…” from their assignments half the time…
We are doomed.
We are doomed.
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
It’s really cool watching people on this website cry about how anti-technology and progress the world is re: AI and hearing, from the small number of instructors I know in real life, how this stuff is just destroying traditional instruction with no effective mitigation for public education systems.
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I for one welcome the NBA being ruled by a cadre of benevolent French polymaths
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I for one welcome the NBA being ruled by a cadre of benevolent French polymaths
Many people speculating that this woman must be mentally unwell, but might I suggest that this was actually a very shrewd bet on that $500 buying her a host role on OANN or Blaze TV
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Many people speculating that this woman must be mentally unwell, but might I suggest that this was actually a very shrewd bet on that $500 buying her a host role on OANN or Blaze TV
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unfortunate catch-22 of US policy in much of MENA is that it has helped render far more moderate oppositions to their policy regimen to dust and then act surprised that there's little left except for Islamists
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
unfortunate catch-22 of US policy in much of MENA is that it has helped render far more moderate oppositions to their policy regimen to dust and then act surprised that there's little left except for Islamists
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I think the key things here are that it wasn't a secret, and that the tolerated norm of powerful men trading access to 18-24 year old women very easily slid into them trading access to children.
to me the truly disturbing thing about all the epstein shit is not so much who it comes out was part of it. it's that it is essentially something that shouldn't, conventional (among progressives too!) wisdom suggested, have been possible: an actual secret paedophile ring of the rich and powerful
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I think the key things here are that it wasn't a secret, and that the tolerated norm of powerful men trading access to 18-24 year old women very easily slid into them trading access to children.
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I agree with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social we're going to win this battle. I always thought that. But I think the struggle is always ongoing and I wish we didn't have to watch these confused hateful people pointlessly destroy so many resources we need for people to thrive. People deserve to thrive.
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I agree with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social we're going to win this battle. I always thought that. But I think the struggle is always ongoing and I wish we didn't have to watch these confused hateful people pointlessly destroy so many resources we need for people to thrive. People deserve to thrive.
Tim Meadows is the epitome of “absolutely perfect supporting actor, infallibly funny in every role, will never be given the chance to lead” and I think that’s tragic
obviously tim meadows is the absolute MVP of this movie. everything he says is hilarious.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Tim Meadows is the epitome of “absolutely perfect supporting actor, infallibly funny in every role, will never be given the chance to lead” and I think that’s tragic
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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By 2030 the most important reactionary thinker will be a Twitch streamer. By 2040 it will be a toddler somebody has trained to shout racial slurs.
Gentlemen, by 2045 all conservative thought will come from a grown man in a full adult diaper rolling around on the floor shouting 'pee pee poo poo'.
Gentlemen, by 2045 all conservative thought will come from a grown man in a full adult diaper rolling around on the floor shouting 'pee pee poo poo'.
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
By 2030 the most important reactionary thinker will be a Twitch streamer. By 2040 it will be a toddler somebody has trained to shout racial slurs.
Gentlemen, by 2045 all conservative thought will come from a grown man in a full adult diaper rolling around on the floor shouting 'pee pee poo poo'.
Gentlemen, by 2045 all conservative thought will come from a grown man in a full adult diaper rolling around on the floor shouting 'pee pee poo poo'.
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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The awful outcomes *are because of* the “election-winning positions”. Ability to deliver and promises made are linked!
Sure! It seems like they did a good job of adopting election-winning positions but while in office have not delivered good policy outcomes.
That’s why it’s good to have popular views on cultural issues and technocratically sound economic policy.
What’s your take?
That’s why it’s good to have popular views on cultural issues and technocratically sound economic policy.
What’s your take?
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The awful outcomes *are because of* the “election-winning positions”. Ability to deliver and promises made are linked!
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What this underlines for me: we cannot frame "identity" in opposition to "the material" in politics when identity defines who belongs, and therefore who can engage in collective struggle for common material gains.
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What this underlines for me: we cannot frame "identity" in opposition to "the material" in politics when identity defines who belongs, and therefore who can engage in collective struggle for common material gains.
The “i believe voters are idiots, but leftistly” takes are gonna take years off my life
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The “i believe voters are idiots, but leftistly” takes are gonna take years off my life
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Pete Hegseth’s church is part of Wilson’s sect, and Hegseth has praised Wilson.
Christian Nationalist, Doug Wilson, confirms that children who don’t accept and follow their parent’s religious beliefs should be turned over to the State for capital punishment (be put to death). This fanaticism is real:
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pete Hegseth’s church is part of Wilson’s sect, and Hegseth has praised Wilson.
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I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.