Con Flambers
@themagicconch19.bsky.social
Wisconsin politics and other things. Opinions are mine and mine alone. He/him
Blog doing deep dives on politics and history here - https://delving-deeper.ghost.io.
Blog doing deep dives on politics and history here - https://delving-deeper.ghost.io.
This place went from very, very narrowly voting for Barack Obama in 2012 to giving Kamala Harris almost 70% of the vote in 2024.
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This place went from very, very narrowly voting for Barack Obama in 2012 to giving Kamala Harris almost 70% of the vote in 2024.
I think the hard thing about prequels is they suffer from the basic problem of most people knowing what happens after its events. So it's hard to build deep tension.
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I think the hard thing about prequels is they suffer from the basic problem of most people knowing what happens after its events. So it's hard to build deep tension.
Nah, he seems pretty normal levels of terrible. But he's getting outraised and the Republicans seem to be genuinely sweating the seat (they are right to).
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Nah, he seems pretty normal levels of terrible. But he's getting outraised and the Republicans seem to be genuinely sweating the seat (they are right to).
That's a fancy of way of saying, of course, that it would be pretty awesome if she won
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
That's a fancy of way of saying, of course, that it would be pretty awesome if she won
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the fact that random things are "left-coded" and "right-coded" is ridiculous! i feel like this didn't use to be the case and the fact that people think it's a thing now is part of the problem!
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
the fact that random things are "left-coded" and "right-coded" is ridiculous! i feel like this didn't use to be the case and the fact that people think it's a thing now is part of the problem!
Wauwatosa, 2010: Scott Walker is love, Scott Walker is life
Wauwatosa, 2025: Death to fascism, freedom to the people
Wauwatosa, 2025: Death to fascism, freedom to the people
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Wauwatosa, 2010: Scott Walker is love, Scott Walker is life
Wauwatosa, 2025: Death to fascism, freedom to the people
Wauwatosa, 2025: Death to fascism, freedom to the people
Like no disrespect to emails job people, I think people should be paid well as a general principle, but it's insane to me the way people whose literal job it is to save lives often make so little money!
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Like no disrespect to emails job people, I think people should be paid well as a general principle, but it's insane to me the way people whose literal job it is to save lives often make so little money!
One thing that makes me dislike capitalism as a system, whatever the faults of its alternatives, is the way people in helper professions have their compassion exploited as an excuse to underpay or even not pay them at all. Meanwhile, parasites like Musk and co get trillion dollar pay packages.
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
One thing that makes me dislike capitalism as a system, whatever the faults of its alternatives, is the way people in helper professions have their compassion exploited as an excuse to underpay or even not pay them at all. Meanwhile, parasites like Musk and co get trillion dollar pay packages.
Phone consumerism strikes me as a particular curse. It further weds us to our screens, feeds the unethical, blood-soaked trade in conflict minerals in places like the Congo, and just generally makes us worse people. A hill I will plant my flag on.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Phone consumerism strikes me as a particular curse. It further weds us to our screens, feeds the unethical, blood-soaked trade in conflict minerals in places like the Congo, and just generally makes us worse people. A hill I will plant my flag on.
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The world will not snap back to normal after Democrats win an election. How do I know? Because they won in 2020 and the world only continued to go more floridly insane. We need to address the root cause of the insanity, which is the complete epistemological collapse we are living through.
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The world will not snap back to normal after Democrats win an election. How do I know? Because they won in 2020 and the world only continued to go more floridly insane. We need to address the root cause of the insanity, which is the complete epistemological collapse we are living through.
I have my disagreements with DSA, but sometimes I can see the perspective of the reasonable people in the org. This? No. It's a Musk policy. Take it out. You know I'm right.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I have my disagreements with DSA, but sometimes I can see the perspective of the reasonable people in the org. This? No. It's a Musk policy. Take it out. You know I'm right.