@silver701.bsky.social
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I dunno folks. Find things to do with your life that aren’t trying to hurt other people
February 14, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I dunno folks. Find things to do with your life that aren’t trying to hurt other people
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What I'm saying is that the Republicans in the House and Senate who refuse to impeach are just as guilty of his crimes as he is and we should treat them as such. They are not legitimate opposition. Their votes should no longer count. They should face trial as accessories
February 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM
What I'm saying is that the Republicans in the House and Senate who refuse to impeach are just as guilty of his crimes as he is and we should treat them as such. They are not legitimate opposition. Their votes should no longer count. They should face trial as accessories
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i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
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Within 18 months all white collar workers could be replaced by a 1km sphere of flesh in Central Park
February 14, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Within 18 months all white collar workers could be replaced by a 1km sphere of flesh in Central Park
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The lack of municipal ownership of major sports teams is a sign of how perennially weak the left really is, because it's the area where the case for public control is among the strongest.
February 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The lack of municipal ownership of major sports teams is a sign of how perennially weak the left really is, because it's the area where the case for public control is among the strongest.
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ok sorry so what does this actually mean: it means that unless someone is starting their analysis of saving american democracy by focusing on the oligarchy, i don’t really care what else they have to say. it’s like someone talking about basketball without mentioning the 3-point line.
February 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
ok sorry so what does this actually mean: it means that unless someone is starting their analysis of saving american democracy by focusing on the oligarchy, i don’t really care what else they have to say. it’s like someone talking about basketball without mentioning the 3-point line.
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Yes. This is it. Some people believe their politics; other people adopt politics as an excuse to hurt other people for fun and tell themselves it’s for a good cause and they can’t be blamed.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
I often think the real ideological divide online is not really ideology by whether politics exists as a permission structure for behaviour or not
February 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Yes. This is it. Some people believe their politics; other people adopt politics as an excuse to hurt other people for fun and tell themselves it’s for a good cause and they can’t be blamed.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
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Basically if you’re gonna get mad, make it about something real. Your body remains tense with anger long after your mind has realized its justification has dissolved.
February 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Basically if you’re gonna get mad, make it about something real. Your body remains tense with anger long after your mind has realized its justification has dissolved.
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People are treating prices as the most important thing in the world and the key to their approval because we keep telling them to
February 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
People are treating prices as the most important thing in the world and the key to their approval because we keep telling them to
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And yes, murdering huge numbers of non-white people around the globe by destroying USAID isn’t incidental or accidental to Trump, Musk, Vought, Rubio, and the rest: that is their goal and intention.
February 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
And yes, murdering huge numbers of non-white people around the globe by destroying USAID isn’t incidental or accidental to Trump, Musk, Vought, Rubio, and the rest: that is their goal and intention.
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My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
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Sometimes if you cut it down correctly, you can still see the last meal a tree had in its stomach when it died
February 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Sometimes if you cut it down correctly, you can still see the last meal a tree had in its stomach when it died
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Every-fucking-body knows this could turn into a shooting war, the entire point is that we still have a lot of options before that happens and we should exercise them fully before breaking that glass case
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Every-fucking-body knows this could turn into a shooting war, the entire point is that we still have a lot of options before that happens and we should exercise them fully before breaking that glass case
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Remember when "America has many groups of people in it and that's good and makes us strong" was an uncontroversial - even cliched - viewpoint that was universally endorsed across the political spectrum?
We can go back! We just have to get rid of the tiny handful of bitter, angry men in the way.
We can go back! We just have to get rid of the tiny handful of bitter, angry men in the way.
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Remember when "America has many groups of people in it and that's good and makes us strong" was an uncontroversial - even cliched - viewpoint that was universally endorsed across the political spectrum?
We can go back! We just have to get rid of the tiny handful of bitter, angry men in the way.
We can go back! We just have to get rid of the tiny handful of bitter, angry men in the way.
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In case you missed the moment.
Art is powerful
Art is powerful
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
In case you missed the moment.
Art is powerful
Art is powerful
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The fact that Bad Bunny's halftime show made white bigots angry and feel excluded is A GOOD THING. It's one of the best things about it. It's not a problem to solve. It's a solution to pursue. Bigots *should* feel excluded. We should find *more* ways to celebrate the reality of USian diversity.
February 9, 2026 at 12:07 PM
The fact that Bad Bunny's halftime show made white bigots angry and feel excluded is A GOOD THING. It's one of the best things about it. It's not a problem to solve. It's a solution to pursue. Bigots *should* feel excluded. We should find *more* ways to celebrate the reality of USian diversity.
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america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
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Unidos somos América.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Unidos somos América.
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Here’s some sketches exploring one of my ideas for the creature from “The Terror” by Dan Simmons, and how I imagined it could work as a supernatural element while still able to be mistaken for a polar bear at a glance or in the distance~
February 8, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Here’s some sketches exploring one of my ideas for the creature from “The Terror” by Dan Simmons, and how I imagined it could work as a supernatural element while still able to be mistaken for a polar bear at a glance or in the distance~
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Hollywood has conditioned people to think important historical figures were all brooding heartthrobs when many if not most were actually annoying, neurospicy dweebs (laudatory).
February 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Hollywood has conditioned people to think important historical figures were all brooding heartthrobs when many if not most were actually annoying, neurospicy dweebs (laudatory).
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