Owen Croak
@owencroak.bsky.social
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8 hours of daily syncs to make sure I'm up to date with all the work everyone else is getting done
January 27, 2026 at 7:34 PM
8 hours of daily syncs to make sure I'm up to date with all the work everyone else is getting done
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I’m watching friends succumb to doom watching what’s happening in Minnesota and I want to shake them and scream “Can’t you see the people organizing? Can’t you see them winning?”. Doom is a warm blanket of helplessness that keeps you from the fight.
doom is cope, everybody's saying it
Please don’t approvingly share absolute horseshit like this written by someone who is deeply miserable and wants you to be miserable too.
January 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I’m watching friends succumb to doom watching what’s happening in Minnesota and I want to shake them and scream “Can’t you see the people organizing? Can’t you see them winning?”. Doom is a warm blanket of helplessness that keeps you from the fight.
Do we think the F.B.I. was searching for the personal liberties or the free markets?
More norm busting, or really dynamiting. Any search of reporter’s phone has been exceedingly rare, requiring special signoffs within DOJ. But search of reporter’s home basically unheard of. And this looks to be petty and political, not eg national security.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Do we think the F.B.I. was searching for the personal liberties or the free markets?
When your wife waits 2 weeks to annihilate you with the perfect Xmas gift.
January 11, 2026 at 4:15 AM
When your wife waits 2 weeks to annihilate you with the perfect Xmas gift.
Very much this. Anyone who thinks McDonalds was using beef tallow because it was better for you rather than the cheapest of the artery sludges available at the time, well...
January 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Very much this. Anyone who thinks McDonalds was using beef tallow because it was better for you rather than the cheapest of the artery sludges available at the time, well...
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yes! a good number of MAHA-approved products are just repurposed waste from beef production
i'm not saying this as anyone who knows anything about health; i'm saying it as someone who is an alleged expert in interest group politics: the American beef industry is all over MAHA, wellness, and podcast spaces.
remember "bacon mania?" totally a marketing strategy by the pork industry.
remember "bacon mania?" totally a marketing strategy by the pork industry.
New federal dietary guidelines give federal approval to beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the U.S. government told Americans to avoid for nearly half a century.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
yes! a good number of MAHA-approved products are just repurposed waste from beef production
I need to place a Polymarket bet on when JD Vance gets excommunicated.
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I need to place a Polymarket bet on when JD Vance gets excommunicated.
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this is your mission. roll up to this daycare in full tactical gear to harass some kids and teachers. when you get spooked by your own shadow like a panicked horse and start shooting your gun, our pedophile president will call the person you shot a terrorist. good luck soldier
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
this is your mission. roll up to this daycare in full tactical gear to harass some kids and teachers. when you get spooked by your own shadow like a panicked horse and start shooting your gun, our pedophile president will call the person you shot a terrorist. good luck soldier
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If you're going to justify the state executing an innocent person, at least take off the cross.
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
If you're going to justify the state executing an innocent person, at least take off the cross.
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another cobyline with @lopatto.bsky.social: we think polymarket is somewhat problematic. www.theverge.com/policy/85807...
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
another cobyline with @lopatto.bsky.social: we think polymarket is somewhat problematic. www.theverge.com/policy/85807...
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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
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Compare this to Biden leaving Afghanistan & think about what the incentives are for every American politician
everyone on the tv wants you to know that this is good actually
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Compare this to Biden leaving Afghanistan & think about what the incentives are for every American politician
In addition to everything else, the comments here should remind us that rather than getting into debates about biology, anyone who says this is about the government making high school sports fair is a moron, a nazi, or both.
A year and a half ago or so, I read that an entire stadium in Tacoma had booed a trans runner. I wanted to know more. She was 16, and she had stood on a podium in one of the country’s most liberal states and listened to 10,000 people boo her. What I learned surprised me:
wapo.st/49lnBUK
wapo.st/49lnBUK
For young transgender runner, racing wasn’t the hardest thing
Verónica García overcame poverty to become a high school track champion — twice. It made her famous for all the wrong reasons.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 4:17 AM
In addition to everything else, the comments here should remind us that rather than getting into debates about biology, anyone who says this is about the government making high school sports fair is a moron, a nazi, or both.
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This is amazing journalism, and a heartbreaking story. Don’t read the comments if you want to retain your hope for humanity.
A year and a half ago or so, I read that an entire stadium in Tacoma had booed a trans runner. I wanted to know more. She was 16, and she had stood on a podium in one of the country’s most liberal states and listened to 10,000 people boo her. What I learned surprised me:
wapo.st/49lnBUK
wapo.st/49lnBUK
For young transgender runner, racing wasn’t the hardest thing
Verónica García overcame poverty to become a high school track champion — twice. It made her famous for all the wrong reasons.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 AM
This is amazing journalism, and a heartbreaking story. Don’t read the comments if you want to retain your hope for humanity.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
Nothing screams politically valuable and coherent message" like using the "actually slaves built the White House so there" in an argument about the East Wing which was built in 1902.
The White House was literally built by slaves so all the clever comments aren't so clever. Nothing in the article is admiring fascist art or architecture. It recognizes having a coherent aesthetic message as valuable politically. What is the political response to Alligator Alcatraz and gold leaf?
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Nothing screams politically valuable and coherent message" like using the "actually slaves built the White House so there" in an argument about the East Wing which was built in 1902.
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i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
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if your spouse was murdered less than three months ago you’d probably be grieving or spending time with your family, and that’s why you’re not invited to the Dealbook Summit
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
if your spouse was murdered less than three months ago you’d probably be grieving or spending time with your family, and that’s why you’re not invited to the Dealbook Summit
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
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People really need to stop framing it is a question of getting more evidence. I mean, sure, that too. But we know. We all know. The president of the United States raped children. Say that. When they get mad at you for saying it, say it again and treat them like an idiot for pretending they doubt it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
People really need to stop framing it is a question of getting more evidence. I mean, sure, that too. But we know. We all know. The president of the United States raped children. Say that. When they get mad at you for saying it, say it again and treat them like an idiot for pretending they doubt it.
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Americans want to watch charismatic people solve moderately difficult problems on a weekly basis. That’s it. And a group of fomo execs and techbros who don’t watch TV drove one of the most profitable industries in the US off a cliff rather than accept that.
Look what happenes when a TV show releases every year, with more than 8 episodes a season.
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Americans want to watch charismatic people solve moderately difficult problems on a weekly basis. That’s it. And a group of fomo execs and techbros who don’t watch TV drove one of the most profitable industries in the US off a cliff rather than accept that.
I'm not sure what it would take to soften my "people with Nazi tattoos shouldn't hold high office" position but this weak-ass "can't win men without a few Nazis" shit ain't it.
Graham Platner to @daveweigel.bsky.social:
"How do you expect to win back men when you go back through somebody’s Reddit history and just pull it all out and say: ‘Oh, my God, this person has no right to ever be in politics?’"
DSCC Chair Gillibrand: “It’s up to the voters of Maine to decide.”
"How do you expect to win back men when you go back through somebody’s Reddit history and just pull it all out and say: ‘Oh, my God, this person has no right to ever be in politics?’"
DSCC Chair Gillibrand: “It’s up to the voters of Maine to decide.”
October 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I'm not sure what it would take to soften my "people with Nazi tattoos shouldn't hold high office" position but this weak-ass "can't win men without a few Nazis" shit ain't it.
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we are not having a lot of luck with institutional pushback - everyone who does is fired and replaced
we are definitely not having any luck with “norms”
what we are having luck with is ordinary people looking at the incompetent bullshit put in front of them and going “absolutely not”
we are definitely not having any luck with “norms”
what we are having luck with is ordinary people looking at the incompetent bullshit put in front of them and going “absolutely not”
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro lost 3x in a closely watched case that arose during the transfer of detainees to ICE outside of the D.C. jail.
~three grand jury no bills;
~one acquittal by the judge;
~one acquittal by the petit jury.
Juries are doing their jobs.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
~three grand jury no bills;
~one acquittal by the judge;
~one acquittal by the petit jury.
Juries are doing their jobs.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Jury Acquittal Hands Jeanine Pirro A Big L
Three-Time Loser In a closely watched case, a federal jury acquitted a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
we are not having a lot of luck with institutional pushback - everyone who does is fired and replaced
we are definitely not having any luck with “norms”
what we are having luck with is ordinary people looking at the incompetent bullshit put in front of them and going “absolutely not”
we are definitely not having any luck with “norms”
what we are having luck with is ordinary people looking at the incompetent bullshit put in front of them and going “absolutely not”
Is there any subject this man doesn't have the right opinion on?
as i watch it i really do think i prefer TOMORROW NEVER DIES to GOLDENEYE
October 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Is there any subject this man doesn't have the right opinion on?