Robert Heckner
@rheckner.bsky.social
Just a biretta-belt religious-not-spiritual democratic socialist with special interests in (radical) politics, (analytic) philosophy, and latitudinarianism; tea and iced coffee enjoyer (bi); Wisconsinite living in NYC; he/they
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someone like this is either not following the news at all, a troll, or legitimately illiterate. there’s no reason to let this stuff bait you in any case.
January 24, 2026 at 2:52 PM
someone like this is either not following the news at all, a troll, or legitimately illiterate. there’s no reason to let this stuff bait you in any case.
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On top of all the bad news streaming in today, this is pretty hard to take
U.S. House makes mining near the Boundary Waters more likely. Resolution now goes to the Senate via @minnesotareformer.com wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/01/22/r...
U.S. House makes mining near the Boundary Waters more likely • Wisconsin Examiner
A proposal to repeal a ban on mining near the Boundary Waters is headed to the U.S. Senate following approval in the House
wisconsinexaminer.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:33 PM
On top of all the bad news streaming in today, this is pretty hard to take
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The disease we have in this country right now is that we believe our sense of purpose is to make money.
No. You make money as a reward for doing something with purpose. Like running a hotel, or running a restaurant, or selling products.
You forget what you're in the business to do and you'll fail.
No. You make money as a reward for doing something with purpose. Like running a hotel, or running a restaurant, or selling products.
You forget what you're in the business to do and you'll fail.
January 21, 2026 at 10:47 PM
The disease we have in this country right now is that we believe our sense of purpose is to make money.
No. You make money as a reward for doing something with purpose. Like running a hotel, or running a restaurant, or selling products.
You forget what you're in the business to do and you'll fail.
No. You make money as a reward for doing something with purpose. Like running a hotel, or running a restaurant, or selling products.
You forget what you're in the business to do and you'll fail.
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America is always like “ok but the NEXT regime change will work,” like when I “cut out carbs” briefly every January.
January 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
America is always like “ok but the NEXT regime change will work,” like when I “cut out carbs” briefly every January.
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My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail
December 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail
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But say it with me: resource scarcity is manufactured, resource scarcity is manufactured, resource scarcity is manufactured...
December 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
But say it with me: resource scarcity is manufactured, resource scarcity is manufactured, resource scarcity is manufactured...
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I want to enjoy autumn! Then I want to enjoy actual real, honest to god, Christmas without weird influencer
/capitalist nonsense in my way and that is becoming increasingly difficult.
/capitalist nonsense in my way and that is becoming increasingly difficult.
December 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I want to enjoy autumn! Then I want to enjoy actual real, honest to god, Christmas without weird influencer
/capitalist nonsense in my way and that is becoming increasingly difficult.
/capitalist nonsense in my way and that is becoming increasingly difficult.
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I’d like to point out that the OU girl’s paper would have gotten a failing grade in every one of my many many theology courses at three different schools, and invariably with far harsher commentary from the profs.
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I’d like to point out that the OU girl’s paper would have gotten a failing grade in every one of my many many theology courses at three different schools, and invariably with far harsher commentary from the profs.
Anti-train/ transit people are always so funny to me because we’ll be talking and they’ll say “there’s no good train infrastructure,” and I’ll agree and say that’s why we should invest and build it. But they’ll use it as evidence for why rail “will never work in [place].”
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Anti-train/ transit people are always so funny to me because we’ll be talking and they’ll say “there’s no good train infrastructure,” and I’ll agree and say that’s why we should invest and build it. But they’ll use it as evidence for why rail “will never work in [place].”
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A handful of strategically placed hot socialists could destroy MAGA from within.
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A handful of strategically placed hot socialists could destroy MAGA from within.
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Every Centrist two days ago: *pushes up glasses* Actually the extremely handsome and popular guy cannot possibly defeat the hated sex criminal. It's impossible because in America people do not like it when you help them. If you don't believe this, you're not a serious thinker.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Every Centrist two days ago: *pushes up glasses* Actually the extremely handsome and popular guy cannot possibly defeat the hated sex criminal. It's impossible because in America people do not like it when you help them. If you don't believe this, you're not a serious thinker.
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There are two lessons from last noght, a local and a national. Nationwide, we see a mobilization of the Dem base and a rebuke of Trump’s vision. In New York—really a Dem-on-Dem race!—we see something more specific: the emergence of a new vision that contradicts the preferences of Dem leadership.
"Mamdani’s victory, above all, is a rebuke to the conventional strategies of the Democratic party. Democratic congressional leadership seems to have replaced the work of politics with a sort of learned helplessness," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There are two lessons from last noght, a local and a national. Nationwide, we see a mobilization of the Dem base and a rebuke of Trump’s vision. In New York—really a Dem-on-Dem race!—we see something more specific: the emergence of a new vision that contradicts the preferences of Dem leadership.
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It's not like this solves all the problems or whatever, but it's really nice to see. Just run on policies that aren't hateful and actually help working people! Don't suck off the fucking billionaires! Be cool! That's it! That's all the "lessons that need to be learned"!
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It's not like this solves all the problems or whatever, but it's really nice to see. Just run on policies that aren't hateful and actually help working people! Don't suck off the fucking billionaires! Be cool! That's it! That's all the "lessons that need to be learned"!
Every time I unwilling hear something the VP has said, I think of the yale law student that I had a philosophy class with … and, well, things click into place
October 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Every time I unwilling hear something the VP has said, I think of the yale law student that I had a philosophy class with … and, well, things click into place
Long have wished to be like my mother in relation to my ‘career(s)’ but fear more and more that i am becoming my father instead…
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Long have wished to be like my mother in relation to my ‘career(s)’ but fear more and more that i am becoming my father instead…
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"far left" is when you run on a platform of free busses and think ethnic cleansing is bad.
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"far left" is when you run on a platform of free busses and think ethnic cleansing is bad.
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The obsession with white male conservatives as a beacon of authenticity means that the left is desperate for a guy who looks like John Fetterman and votes like Bernie Sanders. But the guys who look like John Fetterman vote like John Fetterman.
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The obsession with white male conservatives as a beacon of authenticity means that the left is desperate for a guy who looks like John Fetterman and votes like Bernie Sanders. But the guys who look like John Fetterman vote like John Fetterman.
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What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
October 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
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[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]
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Current* conditions near Kenosha, WI:
October 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Current* conditions near Kenosha, WI:
I have heard that “non-Christian” scripture was recently read during a TEC service. I have a problem with that, yes, but not the any of the ones I have heard voiced. My problem is that it seems to me that the very act of reading something in the liturgical context is a performative and (1/2)
October 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I have heard that “non-Christian” scripture was recently read during a TEC service. I have a problem with that, yes, but not the any of the ones I have heard voiced. My problem is that it seems to me that the very act of reading something in the liturgical context is a performative and (1/2)
Glad that I got to learn about the new Archbishop of Canterbury while with other Episcopal/ Anglican opinion-havers, much fun was had by all.
October 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Glad that I got to learn about the new Archbishop of Canterbury while with other Episcopal/ Anglican opinion-havers, much fun was had by all.
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Increasingly of the mind that the "distraction" rhetoric comes from a deeply-rooted belief that what we're witnessing is merely a form of dictatorial cosplay.
The problem which is apparently invisible for some reason is that even assuming this were true, laughing it off is unacceptable.
The problem which is apparently invisible for some reason is that even assuming this were true, laughing it off is unacceptable.
August 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Increasingly of the mind that the "distraction" rhetoric comes from a deeply-rooted belief that what we're witnessing is merely a form of dictatorial cosplay.
The problem which is apparently invisible for some reason is that even assuming this were true, laughing it off is unacceptable.
The problem which is apparently invisible for some reason is that even assuming this were true, laughing it off is unacceptable.
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Anyone who says "This is what they voted for" in response to the tragedy unfolding in Texas is having a vile thought and needs to sit shamefully in a corner until they learn what solidarity is.
July 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Anyone who says "This is what they voted for" in response to the tragedy unfolding in Texas is having a vile thought and needs to sit shamefully in a corner until they learn what solidarity is.