freethee
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Venting. Hoping for a miracle.
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I wrote about something I've been thinking about for a long time. A kind of post-ironic collapse in our politics and culture where nihilism has become the lingua franca of the internet and beyond. It links Kirk, Clavicular, Epstein, memestock/coin stuff, mass shooters. I hope you'll read it.
This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters
Welcome to the internet’s nihilism crisis.
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I wrote about something I've been thinking about for a long time. A kind of post-ironic collapse in our politics and culture where nihilism has become the lingua franca of the internet and beyond. It links Kirk, Clavicular, Epstein, memestock/coin stuff, mass shooters. I hope you'll read it.
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
Please read this clear-sighted piece by @karlbode.com
with the Washington Post firings I'll redirect you again to the piece I wrote last year for Dame Magazine:
America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal - Dame Magazine
America’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error....
www.damemagazine.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Please read this clear-sighted piece by @karlbode.com
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The Epstein Files - broken down by an ex-FBI Agent. "This isn't transparency. It's a cover up."
"Don't confuse access with justice"
"Don't confuse access with justice"
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The Epstein Files - broken down by an ex-FBI Agent. "This isn't transparency. It's a cover up."
"Don't confuse access with justice"
"Don't confuse access with justice"
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In Barry Blitt’s latest Kvetchbook, Donald Trump continues to argue with the Danish.
January 29, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In Barry Blitt’s latest Kvetchbook, Donald Trump continues to argue with the Danish.
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Congressman Tom Suozzi was confronted.
He is one of seven Democrats casting the decisive votes to increase ICE funding by $10,000,000,000. Hideous, grotesque, fascist-loving coward, this man has blood on his hands. We will not forgive him, and we will not forget.
He is one of seven Democrats casting the decisive votes to increase ICE funding by $10,000,000,000. Hideous, grotesque, fascist-loving coward, this man has blood on his hands. We will not forgive him, and we will not forget.
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Congressman Tom Suozzi was confronted.
He is one of seven Democrats casting the decisive votes to increase ICE funding by $10,000,000,000. Hideous, grotesque, fascist-loving coward, this man has blood on his hands. We will not forgive him, and we will not forget.
He is one of seven Democrats casting the decisive votes to increase ICE funding by $10,000,000,000. Hideous, grotesque, fascist-loving coward, this man has blood on his hands. We will not forgive him, and we will not forget.
@KCCI, you can call it murder because we all know that's what it was.
Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over nurse's Minneapolis shooting
President Donald Trump took the stage just after 4:20 p.m. Tuesday to deliver a speech at Horizon Events Center in Clive.
www.kcci.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:05 PM
@KCCI, you can call it murder because we all know that's what it was.
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
So so sad.
"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ...
"Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
"Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
So so sad.
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You misspelled "BORED".
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 AM
You misspelled "BORED".
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Oh, wait, I think I remember now!
January 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Oh, wait, I think I remember now!
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mr president sir, im a lifelong conservative and im just wondering which deeply held belief of mine today you would like me to dump in the trash no questions asked to defend your dementia-fueled insanity sir? preferably something ive been incredibly vocal about my entire life
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
mr president sir, im a lifelong conservative and im just wondering which deeply held belief of mine today you would like me to dump in the trash no questions asked to defend your dementia-fueled insanity sir? preferably something ive been incredibly vocal about my entire life
@nytimes.com Why are you letting this garbage advertise on your app?
January 24, 2026 at 3:32 AM
@nytimes.com Why are you letting this garbage advertise on your app?
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social , @schumer.senate.gov We are watching and we definitely vote. Primary, Hakeem?
Will Democratic "leaders" like Schumer continue to support & fund ICE now that a memo revealed they are ignoring the 4th Amendment, and the autopsy showed they murdered Geraldo Lunas Campos in detention and they have expanded their reign of terror to Maine?
If so, why?
If so, why?
January 22, 2026 at 3:42 AM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social , @schumer.senate.gov We are watching and we definitely vote. Primary, Hakeem?
What is the random variable in these supposed simulations?
We joke about how quickly Trump has Brandonized but even the Biden inflation messaging didn't think people would be assuaged by repeating "we ran simulations"
Brooke Rollins is still at it!
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
January 20, 2026 at 5:25 PM
What is the random variable in these supposed simulations?
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'This is not what I fought for.'
January 17, 2026 at 2:21 AM
'This is not what I fought for.'
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We are America. How could you possibly target Native Americans - with ICE Officers - and then imprison us? That is impossible. It's legally impossible to do that. - Chase Iron Eyes
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
We are America. How could you possibly target Native Americans - with ICE Officers - and then imprison us? That is impossible. It's legally impossible to do that. - Chase Iron Eyes
How I feel about Brooklyn 👇🏼. I would, literally, die for it.
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
How I feel about Brooklyn 👇🏼. I would, literally, die for it.
I watched all 15 episodes of The Pitt season 1 in 3 days and now I am sure I am about to die amid some mumbling about systolic femoral BP carotid oxygen... please intubate me with steroids before my spine taps out
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 AM
I watched all 15 episodes of The Pitt season 1 in 3 days and now I am sure I am about to die amid some mumbling about systolic femoral BP carotid oxygen... please intubate me with steroids before my spine taps out
I was a teen when Nixon bombed Cambodia so have seen the harm caused by that moron and his comrades Reagan and Bush pere et fils. But starting a war with NATO is beyond belief; self-sabotage at a strategic level equalled only by the stupidity of Chamberlain. Gilt wrapped gift to China and Russia.
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I was a teen when Nixon bombed Cambodia so have seen the harm caused by that moron and his comrades Reagan and Bush pere et fils. But starting a war with NATO is beyond belief; self-sabotage at a strategic level equalled only by the stupidity of Chamberlain. Gilt wrapped gift to China and Russia.
Kindergarten with massive stakes:
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Kindergarten with massive stakes:
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A poem by Amanda Gorman
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A poem by Amanda Gorman
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026
@mmasnick.bsky.social has it 100% correct
January 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
@mmasnick.bsky.social has it 100% correct