Simon St.Laurent
@simonstl.com
"Enraged hermit" aspiring to chaotic good. Tech, gardening, politics, Quakerism, Green, and more. Cis, he/his. Also @[email protected]
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Simon St.Laurent
@simonstl.com
· Nov 18
When times are bad, help people.
When times are good, help people.
When times are good, help people.
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In 2023, I literally wrote an op-ed for the @nytimes.com about how the embrace of our globally unique culture of gun violence by immigrants was evidence of their seamless assimilation into American society.
www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/o...
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In 2023, I literally wrote an op-ed for the @nytimes.com about how the embrace of our globally unique culture of gun violence by immigrants was evidence of their seamless assimilation into American society.
www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/o...
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The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
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it’s vitally important for the future of this country that this wildly unpopular administration is tied directly to its enablers in congress and the courts and used to discredit the entire conservative movement
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
it’s vitally important for the future of this country that this wildly unpopular administration is tied directly to its enablers in congress and the courts and used to discredit the entire conservative movement
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This perhaps more than anything else shows that the "Christian" in "Christian Nationalism" is a symbol emptied of all substance
religionnews.com/2025/11/18/w...
religionnews.com/2025/11/18/w...
Why Trump's immigration crackdown may make America less Christian
(RNS) — America has become less religious because white Americans are less religious. Most recent immigrants are religious, and many are Christians.
religionnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This perhaps more than anything else shows that the "Christian" in "Christian Nationalism" is a symbol emptied of all substance
religionnews.com/2025/11/18/w...
religionnews.com/2025/11/18/w...
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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I agree the argument is over because we’ve all seen what the best, most left wing government that is permissible does with a smashing majority and it sure as hell is not “stand up to the far right”. That means that all this shit about mystical internet ninjas is just whistling past the graveyard.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I agree the argument is over because we’ve all seen what the best, most left wing government that is permissible does with a smashing majority and it sure as hell is not “stand up to the far right”. That means that all this shit about mystical internet ninjas is just whistling past the graveyard.
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“What if your keys and wallet could be over ten times as expensive AND let us track you?”
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“What if your keys and wallet could be over ten times as expensive AND let us track you?”
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Canada’s top political leaders are climate deniers. There’s no such thing as “decarbonized” oil and no environmentally conscious way to increase fossil fuel production.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Canada’s top political leaders are climate deniers. There’s no such thing as “decarbonized” oil and no environmentally conscious way to increase fossil fuel production.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
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Any time I hear some wingnut use this argument, I know it's safe to file them away in the "nazi crank" folder.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Any time I hear some wingnut use this argument, I know it's safe to file them away in the "nazi crank" folder.
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(I do not dislike thrift stores in theory or practice. I despise the idea that poor people can never have nice, new things.)
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
(I do not dislike thrift stores in theory or practice. I despise the idea that poor people can never have nice, new things.)
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As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
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This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
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“objectively good [well-executed with skill and direction]” doesn’t mean you have to like it and “objectively bad [sloppy, amateurish, poorly constructed etc]” doesn’t mean you can’t like it
but pretending all art has just 2 qualities — “made” and “viewed” — is deeply silly
but pretending all art has just 2 qualities — “made” and “viewed” — is deeply silly
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“objectively good [well-executed with skill and direction]” doesn’t mean you have to like it and “objectively bad [sloppy, amateurish, poorly constructed etc]” doesn’t mean you can’t like it
but pretending all art has just 2 qualities — “made” and “viewed” — is deeply silly
but pretending all art has just 2 qualities — “made” and “viewed” — is deeply silly
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I remember long debates on whether "Climate Shock" as book title would come across as catastrophizing.
10 years later, it's an above-the-fold NYT headline.
10 years later, it's an above-the-fold NYT headline.
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I remember long debates on whether "Climate Shock" as book title would come across as catastrophizing.
10 years later, it's an above-the-fold NYT headline.
10 years later, it's an above-the-fold NYT headline.
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The fucking irony of this Jew to cape Third Reich white supremacist talking points BECAUSE his grandparents could assimilate into US culture when whiteness expanded just enough for them.
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The fucking irony of this Jew to cape Third Reich white supremacist talking points BECAUSE his grandparents could assimilate into US culture when whiteness expanded just enough for them.
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
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Really hard to process the scope of it all.
From the waterfront path - my normal bike ride, and lots of other people's too.
#HongKong
#HongKong
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Really hard to process the scope of it all.
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This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
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we eliminated TPS for Afghans this summer. maybe the worst of the TPS revocations in a very crowded field:
DHS Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan | Homeland Security
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan.
www.dhs.gov
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
we eliminated TPS for Afghans this summer. maybe the worst of the TPS revocations in a very crowded field:
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
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The nonviolent moment was *not* peaceful.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
retaliating tooth-tooth when bigots bring violence feels good in the moment
strategic non-violent civil disobedience wins in long term👇🏼
certainly do what you need to do in an individual encounter
I’m talking more about how to win in long term & end this madness
👍🏼👍🏼
bsky.app/profile/owas...
strategic non-violent civil disobedience wins in long term👇🏼
certainly do what you need to do in an individual encounter
I’m talking more about how to win in long term & end this madness
👍🏼👍🏼
bsky.app/profile/owas...
One central lesson of 1960s civil rights protests is that activists can “dramatize injustice” through strategic “narrative construction,” essentially creating compelling stories in the media with clear heroes and villains. More in this thread: bsky.app/profile/owas...
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The nonviolent moment was *not* peaceful.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
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grease floats.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
grease floats.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
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There used to be audio files of babies coughing from pertussis. I never played them in class because they were too upsetting
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
There used to be audio files of babies coughing from pertussis. I never played them in class because they were too upsetting
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True story! 😂
“I can write 100 words and revise 110 of them” - @kawulf.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
True story! 😂
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Hope today feels kind to you. 😽🤍
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Hope today feels kind to you. 😽🤍