SilentSnerk
@silentsnerk.bsky.social
Profoundly curious. Midwest coaster, Esperantist, queer, married.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from detention.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
December 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from detention.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
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Stephen Miller is to blame for the evil ICE is doing. Trump is to blame for listening to Miller. The Republican party is to blame for supporting Trump. MAGA voters are to blame for re-electing Trump. There's enough blame for all of them to share.
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Stephen Miller is to blame for the evil ICE is doing. Trump is to blame for listening to Miller. The Republican party is to blame for supporting Trump. MAGA voters are to blame for re-electing Trump. There's enough blame for all of them to share.
Yes. This also applies to social issues. I'm so annoyed with anti-abortion people who claim that strict bans don't cause maternal death as a spillover effect because "there's a life of the mother exception." IRL, MDs are frequently arrest-adverse & don't want to argue with zealous prosecutors.
Yeah this has def been an evolution for me as well “markets” and “regulations” are just dumb things to have strongly held views about in the platonic abstract! They’re both social tools, the actual normatively substantive question is the outcomes they produce.
again, baby samantha absolutely thought that policy worked this way. "social problem? try regulation!" grown up samantha is living in the wreckage nimby regulations made of our cities and has different opinions.
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yes. This also applies to social issues. I'm so annoyed with anti-abortion people who claim that strict bans don't cause maternal death as a spillover effect because "there's a life of the mother exception." IRL, MDs are frequently arrest-adverse & don't want to argue with zealous prosecutors.
He's such a whiney little shit. Healthy people don't do this.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
He's such a whiney little shit. Healthy people don't do this.
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idk whatever. something like this.
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
idk whatever. something like this.
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it's so funny seeing the hucksters of AI simultaneously have to argue with the public that anything made with it is actually just as much hard work to create as ever and to the investors that it makes everything effortless and removes all need for work at all
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
it's so funny seeing the hucksters of AI simultaneously have to argue with the public that anything made with it is actually just as much hard work to create as ever and to the investors that it makes everything effortless and removes all need for work at all
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar
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The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
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I think, in general, the level to which people have conflated “I personally support my friend” & “my friend suffering consequences for their actions is mean & maybe even immoral” in the post-MeToo/collapse-of-public/private-self-social-media-age is alarming.
It's wild how people are just openly say, "hey stop being mean, she's my friend."
Do that shit in private if you want but it's embarrassing to write a LinkedIn endorsement disguised as a literary essay.
Do that shit in private if you want but it's embarrassing to write a LinkedIn endorsement disguised as a literary essay.
December 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I think, in general, the level to which people have conflated “I personally support my friend” & “my friend suffering consequences for their actions is mean & maybe even immoral” in the post-MeToo/collapse-of-public/private-self-social-media-age is alarming.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
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this whole coalition is just a circular firing squad of factional prejudices. remarkable
"but i was a based heterodox thinker" seems to be the rallying cry of the reactionary centre when encountering actual Schmittian politics
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
this whole coalition is just a circular firing squad of factional prejudices. remarkable
NGL, the stories I've heard about DIY HRT for trans people feel the same as stories about DIY abortions. Turns out, if you try to restrict women's bodies, trans or cis, they'll do everything they can to steer for themselves. The luckier ones among them will create mutual aid networks.
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NGL, the stories I've heard about DIY HRT for trans people feel the same as stories about DIY abortions. Turns out, if you try to restrict women's bodies, trans or cis, they'll do everything they can to steer for themselves. The luckier ones among them will create mutual aid networks.
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This is one of the reasons we always ask guests on @lingthusiasm.bsky.social how they got interested in their research topic: not only does this lead to fun stories, but it also leads to explaining the research process and leaves room for uncertainty
New study finds that public health messages that acknowledge uncertainty and explain the scientific process lead to greater perceived trustworthiness and understanding compared to basic fact-based messages.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is one of the reasons we always ask guests on @lingthusiasm.bsky.social how they got interested in their research topic: not only does this lead to fun stories, but it also leads to explaining the research process and leaves room for uncertainty
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Part of that it can be attributed to our press.
Seldom is there any citation to the constitutional language. Take the “third-term“ debate.
The 22nd Amd. language is only 14 words and could
not be more clear:
“No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.”
Seldom is there any citation to the constitutional language. Take the “third-term“ debate.
The 22nd Amd. language is only 14 words and could
not be more clear:
“No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.”
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Part of that it can be attributed to our press.
Seldom is there any citation to the constitutional language. Take the “third-term“ debate.
The 22nd Amd. language is only 14 words and could
not be more clear:
“No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.”
Seldom is there any citation to the constitutional language. Take the “third-term“ debate.
The 22nd Amd. language is only 14 words and could
not be more clear:
“No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.”
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Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
"State's Rights" means "fuck the rights of *individuals*, I'm losing at the federal level and want to control what I can."
The "state's rights" folks were more than happy to have the Dred Scott decision tell free states they didn't have the rights to stop slavery within their borders or refuse to help slavers kidnap escaped people to be sent back into slavery.
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"State's Rights" means "fuck the rights of *individuals*, I'm losing at the federal level and want to control what I can."
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Evergreen
I don't think we're prepared for just how stupid the next 4 years are going to be. Horrifying and stupid at the same time.
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Evergreen
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The media has cast it as a sex scandal so they're mostly focusing on the smutty texts but it's an extremely straightforward ethics scandal: "If Trump gets elected my boyfriend has a job."
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The media has cast it as a sex scandal so they're mostly focusing on the smutty texts but it's an extremely straightforward ethics scandal: "If Trump gets elected my boyfriend has a job."
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The biggest thing that surprises me about American fascism is not the cruelty, or the greed, but the complete lack of dignity.
They want to be called very special boys, regardless of how obviously false the praise is. It's so profoundly weak.
They want to be called very special boys, regardless of how obviously false the praise is. It's so profoundly weak.
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The biggest thing that surprises me about American fascism is not the cruelty, or the greed, but the complete lack of dignity.
They want to be called very special boys, regardless of how obviously false the praise is. It's so profoundly weak.
They want to be called very special boys, regardless of how obviously false the praise is. It's so profoundly weak.
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POLLING CALL CENTER: "Now I'm going to read you some conspiracy theo— …"
MAGA RESPONDENT: "I don't need to hear them, they're all true."
MAGA RESPONDENT: "I don't need to hear them, they're all true."
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
POLLING CALL CENTER: "Now I'm going to read you some conspiracy theo— …"
MAGA RESPONDENT: "I don't need to hear them, they're all true."
MAGA RESPONDENT: "I don't need to hear them, they're all true."
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this is your fault, Bill
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
this is your fault, Bill
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it