Rye Whit
@ryewhit.bsky.social
With a whit of rye, I too could have a wry wit
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There’s always room for more focus on how debate is bad and has damaged our discourse. It also completely misunderstands how scholars and scholarly work gets communicated and revised.
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
There’s always room for more focus on how debate is bad and has damaged our discourse. It also completely misunderstands how scholars and scholarly work gets communicated and revised.
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Yup. I whole-heartedly believe dogs can't play basketball but once your opponent has a dog dunking on you over and over, there is no choice but to get yourself a team of dogs. You can't let it go, can't merely reciprocate, you must do the same and crush them. So it goes with partisan gerrymandering.
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Yup. I whole-heartedly believe dogs can't play basketball but once your opponent has a dog dunking on you over and over, there is no choice but to get yourself a team of dogs. You can't let it go, can't merely reciprocate, you must do the same and crush them. So it goes with partisan gerrymandering.
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lots of people (on Both Sides™) had fun with Trump's “transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison” debate line without stopping to think, even for one second, about the humanity of the actual people involved
NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees.
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
ICE Is Treating Trans Immigrants With A New Level Of Cruelty
A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.
www.huffpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
lots of people (on Both Sides™) had fun with Trump's “transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison” debate line without stopping to think, even for one second, about the humanity of the actual people involved
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He started a rumor that he’d leave the bucks, then people spent millions betting on it. Suddenly he comes out as a Kalshi owner. Honestly the NBA should sanction him, this is so corrupt
February 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
He started a rumor that he’d leave the bucks, then people spent millions betting on it. Suddenly he comes out as a Kalshi owner. Honestly the NBA should sanction him, this is so corrupt
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it’s absolutely insane to me that the new “trump accounts” are intentionally designed so that billionaires are able to legally get around the estate tax entirely and no ones really talking about that
February 7, 2026 at 6:48 PM
it’s absolutely insane to me that the new “trump accounts” are intentionally designed so that billionaires are able to legally get around the estate tax entirely and no ones really talking about that
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The history of Black Canadians is one of relentless progress, earned through perseverance, and carried forward by opening doors for so many to follow.
This week, we celebrated 30 years of Black History Month in Canada.
This week, we celebrated 30 years of Black History Month in Canada.
February 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The history of Black Canadians is one of relentless progress, earned through perseverance, and carried forward by opening doors for so many to follow.
This week, we celebrated 30 years of Black History Month in Canada.
This week, we celebrated 30 years of Black History Month in Canada.
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Hilarious that this seems to be the only punishment from this tranche of Epstein files so far.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
February 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Hilarious that this seems to be the only punishment from this tranche of Epstein files so far.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
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Our senators could put a stop to this. Ask them why they won't.
We have a president who is selling off our national security and alliances.
No Republican will hold him accountable.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
No Republican will hold him accountable.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Zelensky says U.S. is readying huge economic deals with Russia
The Ukrainian president said he had intelligence indicating that the U.S. and Russia were readying $12 trillion in economic agreements some involving Ukrainian interests.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Our senators could put a stop to this. Ask them why they won't.
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The same people who said Trump wasn’t a racist said he would be good for the economy.
This Trump economy is a disaster.
Our goods are losing market around the world. USA's brands are suffering. Reputation is a fragile thing. Mess up relations, mess up markets.
#TrumpFumbled
This Trump economy is a disaster.
Our goods are losing market around the world. USA's brands are suffering. Reputation is a fragile thing. Mess up relations, mess up markets.
#TrumpFumbled
February 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
The same people who said Trump wasn’t a racist said he would be good for the economy.
This Trump economy is a disaster.
Our goods are losing market around the world. USA's brands are suffering. Reputation is a fragile thing. Mess up relations, mess up markets.
#TrumpFumbled
This Trump economy is a disaster.
Our goods are losing market around the world. USA's brands are suffering. Reputation is a fragile thing. Mess up relations, mess up markets.
#TrumpFumbled
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Literally no one is saying this. This is right wing propaganda attempting to shame brave white folks engaging in corporeal politics.
February 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Literally no one is saying this. This is right wing propaganda attempting to shame brave white folks engaging in corporeal politics.
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I feel like this should be more obvious to people? Any city where people are willing to pay this much to live in totally normal-ass houses has to be a wonderful place to live?
February 7, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I feel like this should be more obvious to people? Any city where people are willing to pay this much to live in totally normal-ass houses has to be a wonderful place to live?
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Time for the press to do their job. BTW, the press' job is to "Afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted."
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Time for the press to do their job. BTW, the press' job is to "Afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted."
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Legacy media...is complicit.
NBC is editing out JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. CBS and ABC paid millions in bogus settlements to fund Trump. CNN made Scott Jennings a rightwing star. The Washington Post just laid off 300 journalists.
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February 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Legacy media...is complicit.
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you mean to tell me kid rock does’t actually care about faith and family??
Kid Rock lyrics about underage girls draw questions ahead of ‘faith and family’-based TPUSA show
“I like ’em underage, see some say that’s statutory (but I say that’s mandatory),” Kid Rock sings on the 2001 song, which was also for a children’s movie.
ktla.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:06 PM
you mean to tell me kid rock does’t actually care about faith and family??
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“.. It is an invisible barrier to startups and new market entrants,” said Scott Lincicome .. “Why would you ever want to enter a market that you know your chief competitor is backed by the U.S. government?”
@cnbc.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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February 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
“.. It is an invisible barrier to startups and new market entrants,” said Scott Lincicome .. “Why would you ever want to enter a market that you know your chief competitor is backed by the U.S. government?”
@cnbc.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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@cnbc.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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it’s hard to overstate how much of conservative media is based around painting American cities as hellscapes full of roving gangs and flaming dumpsters
it doesn’t hold up very well if you actually visit them!
it doesn’t hold up very well if you actually visit them!
February 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
it’s hard to overstate how much of conservative media is based around painting American cities as hellscapes full of roving gangs and flaming dumpsters
it doesn’t hold up very well if you actually visit them!
it doesn’t hold up very well if you actually visit them!
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Note: Over on Xitter Laura Rozen wonders if the person is Ric Grenell, which would like up with a bunch of things (including current urgency).
The Guardian has a rough outline of what the Tulsi whistleblower complaint is about: NSA found someone close to Trump in contact with foreign intelligence, and rather than doing something about that, Tulsi brought the report to Susie Wiles.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Note: Over on Xitter Laura Rozen wonders if the person is Ric Grenell, which would like up with a bunch of things (including current urgency).
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One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
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Agree.
People are mad at @samuelmoyn.bsky.social but this is a good piece from him and @ryandoerfler.bsky.social on need to accept that SCOTUS has become functionally illegitimate. Key point is legitimacy does require the public to think the court operates in good faith:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Agree.
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And -- as I've said before, as I will say again, as I will die saying -- there is not enough contempt in the fucking world for the meatsack pundits who went along with it. They should be exiled to the same remote island as all the pedo billionaires whose interests they served.
February 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
And -- as I've said before, as I will say again, as I will die saying -- there is not enough contempt in the fucking world for the meatsack pundits who went along with it. They should be exiled to the same remote island as all the pedo billionaires whose interests they served.
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This is excellent & draws out something the rest of the media is ignoring: among other things, the Epstein files have made it super, super clear that the entire "anti-woke" cultural hysteria was engineered by powerful men averse to accountability.
I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This is excellent & draws out something the rest of the media is ignoring: among other things, the Epstein files have made it super, super clear that the entire "anti-woke" cultural hysteria was engineered by powerful men averse to accountability.
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talking about the weather is generally the lowest form of discourse but i can’t hold it in anymore: this weather is bullshit
February 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
talking about the weather is generally the lowest form of discourse but i can’t hold it in anymore: this weather is bullshit
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abolishing ICE is not enough its members need to be prosecuted
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
abolishing ICE is not enough its members need to be prosecuted
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This Ossoff speech is holy fire
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
This Ossoff speech is holy fire
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February 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM