Joey Anton
@pascalssquare.bsky.social
Lover of interesting people, literature, rap music and chess. Asymptomatic carrier of the woke mind virus. Chemist by training. Posts about climate change, US politics, and more-or-less obscure sports. The future's up for grabs. He/him
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also, can we recognize how absolutely full of shit kristi noem's ICE threat was. they are so much weaker than they want you to believe. we are going to win.
February 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM
also, can we recognize how absolutely full of shit kristi noem's ICE threat was. they are so much weaker than they want you to believe. we are going to win.
Defensive football is cool
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Defensive football is cool
I buy this
First team to turn it over loses
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I buy this
February 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
This is how it should be in the US!
The Brazilian federal police detained me for an hour as I had once overstayed a visa by accident for two weeks.
After giving me a lecture on immigration policies, they released me.
If I had been a Brazilian in the United States, I'd be in jail.
paydayreport.com/brazilian-fe...
After giving me a lecture on immigration policies, they released me.
If I had been a Brazilian in the United States, I'd be in jail.
paydayreport.com/brazilian-fe...
Brazilian Federal Police Detain Melk, But Release Him After Lecture on Immigration Policies
The Brazilian federal police officer immediately started joking with me, “What do you think, we were gonna throw you in jail? We’re not ICE, we’re Brazilians.”
paydayreport.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
This is how it should be in the US!
Ohhh this makes sense.
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Ohhh this makes sense.
I need to log off.
I only know them tangentially so can’t say for sure, but I think YT in general selects for a sort of self-made indie style (at best earnestly scruffy and direct; at worst either irony-poisoned and self-hating, or obnoxiously self-promoting) that wouldn’t jive well with the Muppet Theater.
February 7, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I need to log off.
Cursed thought I have to get out of my brain: right-wing media is going to try to run the Sydney Sweeney “woke libs won’t let themselves admit this woman is hot” routine with the next teen actress who blows up.
February 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Cursed thought I have to get out of my brain: right-wing media is going to try to run the Sydney Sweeney “woke libs won’t let themselves admit this woman is hot” routine with the next teen actress who blows up.
I am holding to my rule that I will not be making any 2028 primary takes yet bc we just started year 2 and the Dem electorate is already at “Moreover, ICE must be destroyed”.
But I’m allowed to hope.
But I’m allowed to hope.
my 2028 primary take here is that if AOC makes a serious run it's hers to lose because I think she will be able to most credibly channel the rage of the primary voters
You know a politician is thinking about running for president when they start making moves on foreign policy: AOC will be headed to the Munich Security Conference and will speak in Berlin with a member of Germany's Social Democratic Party.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
February 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I am holding to my rule that I will not be making any 2028 primary takes yet bc we just started year 2 and the Dem electorate is already at “Moreover, ICE must be destroyed”.
But I’m allowed to hope.
But I’m allowed to hope.
Thinking once again about AOC going canvassing with Kamala in central PA the fall before last.
You know a politician is thinking about running for president when they start making moves on foreign policy: AOC will be headed to the Munich Security Conference and will speak in Berlin with a member of Germany's Social Democratic Party.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Steps Onto a Wider Stage
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Thinking once again about AOC going canvassing with Kamala in central PA the fall before last.
Wow.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Wow.
I’ll always have a soft spot for Jared McCain but yeah, four picks is too much to pass up for a sixth man.
Good for him probably winning a championship this year.
Good for him probably winning a championship this year.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I’ll always have a soft spot for Jared McCain but yeah, four picks is too much to pass up for a sixth man.
Good for him probably winning a championship this year.
Good for him probably winning a championship this year.
What if this phenomenon is part of the great stats/experience Stancil Discontinuity? One part of the population is doing fine overall; one part is acutely worried about underinvestment phenomena, one about investment-deluge phenomena.
I am once again thinking about how the decline and/or demographic shift of small-town America that undergirds a ton of Trumpist racial anxiety is probably the flip side of the affordability crisis in desirable urban areas. Someone with more time than me should write something about this.
February 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
What if this phenomenon is part of the great stats/experience Stancil Discontinuity? One part of the population is doing fine overall; one part is acutely worried about underinvestment phenomena, one about investment-deluge phenomena.
These are good demands. The bodycams thing is getting the headlines on here but that’s burying the lede. These are good demands.
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 AM
These are good demands. The bodycams thing is getting the headlines on here but that’s burying the lede. These are good demands.
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Here’s my pitch: the Democrats should take a few million dollars and fund free childcare centers and bowling nights in swing districts resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/the-party-...
The Party Should Throw Them a Party
A proposal for how to build a more durable Democratic coalition
resnikoff.beehiiv.com
November 11, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Here’s my pitch: the Democrats should take a few million dollars and fund free childcare centers and bowling nights in swing districts resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/the-party-...
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okay look, i support whatever she could plausibly say she's going to do here, but it would be really, really funny if It Happened tomorrow
February 5, 2026 at 2:38 AM
okay look, i support whatever she could plausibly say she's going to do here, but it would be really, really funny if It Happened tomorrow
@governor.pa.gov do you know what time it is?
It's not even a matter of moderation, liberalism, or whatnot here in 2026. It's a simple matter of perceptional acuity, even if this test is one many Dem pols seem to fail:
*Do you know what time it is?*
Spanberger appears to know what time it is, and appears to govern her choices accordingly.
*Do you know what time it is?*
Spanberger appears to know what time it is, and appears to govern her choices accordingly.
Spanberger is a moderate Democrat who used to work for the C.I.-fucking-A. It should put the actions of Schumer and Jeffries into perspective for everyone. Are they Republicans? Because they sure act like it.
They need to get the fuck out.
They need to get the fuck out.
February 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
@governor.pa.gov do you know what time it is?
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It's not even a matter of moderation, liberalism, or whatnot here in 2026. It's a simple matter of perceptional acuity, even if this test is one many Dem pols seem to fail:
*Do you know what time it is?*
Spanberger appears to know what time it is, and appears to govern her choices accordingly.
*Do you know what time it is?*
Spanberger appears to know what time it is, and appears to govern her choices accordingly.
Spanberger is a moderate Democrat who used to work for the C.I.-fucking-A. It should put the actions of Schumer and Jeffries into perspective for everyone. Are they Republicans? Because they sure act like it.
They need to get the fuck out.
They need to get the fuck out.
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 PM
It's not even a matter of moderation, liberalism, or whatnot here in 2026. It's a simple matter of perceptional acuity, even if this test is one many Dem pols seem to fail:
*Do you know what time it is?*
Spanberger appears to know what time it is, and appears to govern her choices accordingly.
*Do you know what time it is?*
Spanberger appears to know what time it is, and appears to govern her choices accordingly.
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I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
Yep, and IIRC we’re talking about like a 20%-25% reduction. A great first step!
Fewer armed goons roaming residential streets is a good thing, period
Breaking News: Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, said he would pull 700 immigration agents out of Minneapolis.
February 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Yep, and IIRC we’re talking about like a 20%-25% reduction. A great first step!
Absolutely this.
I think disbanding BORTAC and the ICE & CBP SRT units would be a good down payment toward full abolition that would significantly reduce the murder rate.
February 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Absolutely this.
The tires of the DoJ are slipping and Trump is going to keep stomping on the gas.
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The tires of the DoJ are slipping and Trump is going to keep stomping on the gas.
It’s both IMO. “Obscene wealth” and “no regard for the fundamental humanity of others” form a reinforcing feedback loop.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
It’s both IMO. “Obscene wealth” and “no regard for the fundamental humanity of others” form a reinforcing feedback loop.