Pre-war Holotapes
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collapse - polycrisis - the Great Turning - the Great Simplification. We are living in a time of upheaval.
If you feel grief, anxiety, despair, shattered expectations... you are not alone.
Explore resilience through community:
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If you feel grief, anxiety, despair, shattered expectations... you are not alone.
Explore resilience through community:
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The largest investor in the Trump's BribeCoin was also pardoned by Trump. What are the odds?
New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The largest investor in the Trump's BribeCoin was also pardoned by Trump. What are the odds?
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Remember, every time you spread misinformation, a librarian's blood pressure goes up. Keep librarians healthy by verifying before you post.
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Remember, every time you spread misinformation, a librarian's blood pressure goes up. Keep librarians healthy by verifying before you post.
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I didn’t stress it yesterday, but the megalomaniacal narcissism required for Trump to perpetuate this gargantuan, self-aggrandizing, bald-faced lie is off the scale:
“I have stopped Nuclear Wars from breaking out across the World between Pakistan and India, Iran and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.”
“I have stopped Nuclear Wars from breaking out across the World between Pakistan and India, Iran and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.”
More than 12 hours after New START expired, Trump posted: “… we should have our Nuclear Experts work on a new, improved, and modernized Treaty that can last long into the future.”
Oh really? You could have ordered that 5-9 years ago during your first term, not to mention last year.
YOU DON’T CARE.
Oh really? You could have ordered that 5-9 years ago during your first term, not to mention last year.
YOU DON’T CARE.
February 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I didn’t stress it yesterday, but the megalomaniacal narcissism required for Trump to perpetuate this gargantuan, self-aggrandizing, bald-faced lie is off the scale:
“I have stopped Nuclear Wars from breaking out across the World between Pakistan and India, Iran and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.”
“I have stopped Nuclear Wars from breaking out across the World between Pakistan and India, Iran and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.”
Johnson, how's that map coming?
So this is a very early (1954) attempt to illustrate what the fallout implications of high-yield nuclear weapons are for war — basically just putting the Castle BRAVO fallout pattern over possible US targets...
...and I can't stop thinking about how ridiculously, hilariously phallic they all look.
...and I can't stop thinking about how ridiculously, hilariously phallic they all look.
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Johnson, how's that map coming?
Im Westen nichts Neues
February 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Im Westen nichts Neues
President of the United States audibly shits himself in a press conference and that's the least offensive thing his administration will do that day 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Trump Does Not Take Reporters' Questions After Signing Executive Order In The Oval Office
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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January 31, 2026 at 2:11 PM
President of the United States audibly shits himself in a press conference and that's the least offensive thing his administration will do that day 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Read it again.
Read it again.
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Read it again.
Read it again.
collapse - polycrisis - the Great Turning - the Great Simplification. We are living in a time of upheaval.
If you feel grief, anxiety, despair, shattered expectations... you are not alone.
Explore resilience through community:
acceptingcollapse.com
If you feel grief, anxiety, despair, shattered expectations... you are not alone.
Explore resilience through community:
acceptingcollapse.com
Resilience and Acceptance in the Face of Collapse | A 9-Week Online or In-Person Course
acceptingcollapse.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:47 PM
collapse - polycrisis - the Great Turning - the Great Simplification. We are living in a time of upheaval.
If you feel grief, anxiety, despair, shattered expectations... you are not alone.
Explore resilience through community:
acceptingcollapse.com
If you feel grief, anxiety, despair, shattered expectations... you are not alone.
Explore resilience through community:
acceptingcollapse.com
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New at Can We Still Govern: Here is one thing I wish more people understood about government. There is a lot of rent-seeking by private vendors in our social safety net. Trump's policies will make this worse.
@lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-means-...
@lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-means-...
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
The vendors getting rich from putting administrative burdens on the poor
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
New at Can We Still Govern: Here is one thing I wish more people understood about government. There is a lot of rent-seeking by private vendors in our social safety net. Trump's policies will make this worse.
@lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-means-...
@lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-means-...
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Today in 1964, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” premiered in New York City, Toronto, and London. The original release date of December 12, 1963—and a special New York City preview on November 22, 1963—were postponed after President Kennedy’s assassination.
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Today in 1964, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” premiered in New York City, Toronto, and London. The original release date of December 12, 1963—and a special New York City preview on November 22, 1963—were postponed after President Kennedy’s assassination.
"I must own that, as the events I am about to describe might have happened many different ways, my choice of these I shall assign can be grounded on nothing but mere conjecture..." - Rousseau
Same energy as "my source? I made that shit up."
Same energy as "my source? I made that shit up."
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
"I must own that, as the events I am about to describe might have happened many different ways, my choice of these I shall assign can be grounded on nothing but mere conjecture..." - Rousseau
Same energy as "my source? I made that shit up."
Same energy as "my source? I made that shit up."
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This should be everyone's *base case* assumption. The president tried to refuse the peaceful transition of power once already and consistently mentions running for a 3rd term... his expectations are crystal clear.
My operating assumption is that he tried to do a hasty coup in 2020 that failed, and so everything he does in his second term should be understood as laying the groundwork for a second coup to succeed.
This needs to happen at the very least
January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
This should be everyone's *base case* assumption. The president tried to refuse the peaceful transition of power once already and consistently mentions running for a 3rd term... his expectations are crystal clear.
Exasperated after a conversation with a coworker. They genuinely believe the citizens trying to protect their neighbors in Minnesota are paid actors, collecting $200K from billionaire George Soros
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Exasperated after a conversation with a coworker. They genuinely believe the citizens trying to protect their neighbors in Minnesota are paid actors, collecting $200K from billionaire George Soros
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Hey, things are awful, we're all stressed, but it's still good to read books and encourage others to read, especially nonreaders. Reading novels can build empathy, and we could use even more empathy right about now.
January 27, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Hey, things are awful, we're all stressed, but it's still good to read books and encourage others to read, especially nonreaders. Reading novels can build empathy, and we could use even more empathy right about now.
The murders will continue until morale improves.
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The murders will continue until morale improves.
"Usurpers always bring about or select troublous times to get passed, under cover of the public terror, destructive laws, which the people would never adopt in cold blood. The moment chosen is one of the surest means of distinguishing the work of the legislator from that of the tyrant.” - Rousseau
One thing that doesn't get articulated enough about reactionaries like Trump is that they are fundamentally parasitic. Yes, you can get ahead, temporarily, by acting without shame in a rule-bound system, because other people expect rule-bound behavior. You can "stun" the system into passivity.
January 26, 2026 at 7:06 PM
"Usurpers always bring about or select troublous times to get passed, under cover of the public terror, destructive laws, which the people would never adopt in cold blood. The moment chosen is one of the surest means of distinguishing the work of the legislator from that of the tyrant.” - Rousseau
Minnesota today, your neighborhood tomorrow.
ICE agents are choosing murder. The U.S. is ordering war on its own people.
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Minnesota today, your neighborhood tomorrow.
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Fucking calling it out.
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Fucking calling it out.
ICE agents are choosing murder. The U.S. is ordering war on its own people.
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
ICE agents are choosing murder. The U.S. is ordering war on its own people.
As institutions begin to collapse, your community serves as a network of resilience. Our hyper-individualized society is designed to alienate you from your neighbors, to force distance between you and your closest human companions. Don't allow it to happen. Learn their names, honor their humanity.
Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors!
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
January 19, 2026 at 10:39 PM
As institutions begin to collapse, your community serves as a network of resilience. Our hyper-individualized society is designed to alienate you from your neighbors, to force distance between you and your closest human companions. Don't allow it to happen. Learn their names, honor their humanity.
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And disgusted.
“Disgust” is highly useful & powerful emotion for social regulation.
Easy too b/c ICE & fascists are like objectively disgusting.
The things they do & say and stand for are anti-human, repulsive & wrong.
They are a moist turd in the punch bowl, the fingernail you find in a salad
“Disgust” is highly useful & powerful emotion for social regulation.
Easy too b/c ICE & fascists are like objectively disgusting.
The things they do & say and stand for are anti-human, repulsive & wrong.
They are a moist turd in the punch bowl, the fingernail you find in a salad
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
January 19, 2026 at 7:47 PM
And disgusted.
“Disgust” is highly useful & powerful emotion for social regulation.
Easy too b/c ICE & fascists are like objectively disgusting.
The things they do & say and stand for are anti-human, repulsive & wrong.
They are a moist turd in the punch bowl, the fingernail you find in a salad
“Disgust” is highly useful & powerful emotion for social regulation.
Easy too b/c ICE & fascists are like objectively disgusting.
The things they do & say and stand for are anti-human, repulsive & wrong.
They are a moist turd in the punch bowl, the fingernail you find in a salad
Read Gulliver's Travels for the first time...
I don't know enough about history to tell if Jonathan Swift would love or detest being called cunty, but he's totally cunty, and I mean that as a compliment
I don't know enough about history to tell if Jonathan Swift would love or detest being called cunty, but he's totally cunty, and I mean that as a compliment
January 19, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Read Gulliver's Travels for the first time...
I don't know enough about history to tell if Jonathan Swift would love or detest being called cunty, but he's totally cunty, and I mean that as a compliment
I don't know enough about history to tell if Jonathan Swift would love or detest being called cunty, but he's totally cunty, and I mean that as a compliment
people seriously need to read this fucking book
January 19, 2026 at 3:27 PM
people seriously need to read this fucking book
there's always spots left on the dopamine carousel, price of admission may vary
January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
there's always spots left on the dopamine carousel, price of admission may vary