themegnapkin
@themegnapkin.bsky.social
“As with the illegal so-called Department of Government Efficiency—which cost us billions of dollars, and killed hundreds of thousands of people, and will almost certainly kill millions more—the desire is never to eliminate waste, but to eliminate people who have been deemed a waste.”
Back in the days when I was still going to church, the pastor who eventually persuaded me to stop going to church had a phrase that he liked to say a whole lot, and for all I know he still likes to say it.
The phrase was "we're creating victims and villains."
www.the-reframe.com/stories-we-t...
The phrase was "we're creating victims and villains."
www.the-reframe.com/stories-we-t...
Stories We Tell
Recognizing victims and villains is not creating victims and villains. A series on living in a culture of repair, against a culture of abuse.
www.the-reframe.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“As with the illegal so-called Department of Government Efficiency—which cost us billions of dollars, and killed hundreds of thousands of people, and will almost certainly kill millions more—the desire is never to eliminate waste, but to eliminate people who have been deemed a waste.”
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Absolutely Not This Guy 2028!
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Absolutely Not This Guy 2028!
Please donate to Aya and her family, if you can. They’ve suffered hardship after hardship and need our help. gofund.me/54f4a4825 @mommunism.bsky.social
Donate to URGENT : Save my children from the genocide in Gaza, organized by Aya Shamala
Hi, my name is Qossay, I am a Belgian citizen living in Antwerp. I am … Aya Shamala needs your support for URGENT : Save my children from the genocide in Gaza
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December 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Please donate to Aya and her family, if you can. They’ve suffered hardship after hardship and need our help. gofund.me/54f4a4825 @mommunism.bsky.social
My reading skewed heavily horror this year. Best so far: Old Soul, by Susan Barker, and after that, Flicker, by Theodore Roszak, and Build Your House Around My Body, by Violet Kupersmith.
What's the best book you read this year?
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My reading skewed heavily horror this year. Best so far: Old Soul, by Susan Barker, and after that, Flicker, by Theodore Roszak, and Build Your House Around My Body, by Violet Kupersmith.
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If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
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"he looks like a comic-book character"
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"he looks like a comic-book character"
@bluntrochester.senate.gov it’s time for Schumer to step down.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
@bluntrochester.senate.gov it’s time for Schumer to step down.
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ICE arrested outstanding journalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social while he was on assignment covering protests at the facility in Miami. Throw him some money please because as a freelancer he doesn't have the legal support backing a full-timer would and we need to continue fighting for a free press.
Tampa based photojournalist Dave Decker @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social was on assignment as a member of the press on Saturday as he was covering a demonstration at the Krome ICE Detainment Center in Miami when he was arrested with 30 others:
www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-p...
#FreeThePress
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#FreeThePress
Tampa photojournalist arrested outside ICE detention center in Miami
More than 30 people were arrested outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Miami last Saturday afternoon—including Tampa photojournalist Dave Decker.
www.cltampa.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
ICE arrested outstanding journalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social while he was on assignment covering protests at the facility in Miami. Throw him some money please because as a freelancer he doesn't have the legal support backing a full-timer would and we need to continue fighting for a free press.
Please donate to Aya and Majd. Majd was seriously injured months ago trying to pick up food from an aid station for his family and is going into emergency surgery today. They need our help. gofund.me/a0e70c2b1
Donate to URGENT : Save my children from the genocide in Gaza, organized by Aya Shamala
Hi, my name is Qossay, I am a Belgian citizen living in Antwerp. I am … Aya Shamala needs your support for URGENT : Save my children from the genocide in Gaza
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November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Please donate to Aya and Majd. Majd was seriously injured months ago trying to pick up food from an aid station for his family and is going into emergency surgery today. They need our help. gofund.me/a0e70c2b1
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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It's driving me batty that nobody except Heather Cox Richardson, the Washington Monthly, and myself is covering Trump's race to sell off (for likely demolition) "the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal," w/ murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, etc. I've furnish links below to help reporters get started.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's driving me batty that nobody except Heather Cox Richardson, the Washington Monthly, and myself is covering Trump's race to sell off (for likely demolition) "the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal," w/ murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, etc. I've furnish links below to help reporters get started.
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New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
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remember every Democrat should be assumed to be in support of this unless they break Senate omertà and start opposing colleagues in primaries
It's official - 8 D AYEs
Durbin
Hassan
King
Cortez Masto
Kaine
Shaheen
Rosen
Fetterman
Durbin
Hassan
King
Cortez Masto
Kaine
Shaheen
Rosen
Fetterman
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
remember every Democrat should be assumed to be in support of this unless they break Senate omertà and start opposing colleagues in primaries
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It’s not just that they don’t give a shit about you, your family and your budget, or your freedoms, or you job… the cherry on top is that they think you’re too dumb to see through this ruse.
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It’s not just that they don’t give a shit about you, your family and your budget, or your freedoms, or you job… the cherry on top is that they think you’re too dumb to see through this ruse.
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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reminder to any ambitious Dems waiting in the wings: announcing a primary challenge right now to a squishy Democrat who’s up in 2026, whether they voted tonight to shine Trump’s shoes or not, will almost instantaneously be awash in cash. fortune—and a primary challenge—favors the bold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
reminder to any ambitious Dems waiting in the wings: announcing a primary challenge right now to a squishy Democrat who’s up in 2026, whether they voted tonight to shine Trump’s shoes or not, will almost instantaneously be awash in cash. fortune—and a primary challenge—favors the bold.
This is delusional.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is delusional.
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please tell me @coons.senate.gov and @bluntrochester.senate.gov are on the right side of this
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
please tell me @coons.senate.gov and @bluntrochester.senate.gov are on the right side of this
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Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp was reportedly "heckled" during his speech at a New York Bar Foundation event on Friday, just seven months after striking a controversial deal with the Trump admin.
Good. More of this please.
www.rawstory.com/trump-paul-w...
Good. More of this please.
www.rawstory.com/trump-paul-w...
'For Trump?!' Leader of law firm that struck deal with president 'heckled' at big speech
Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp was reportedly "heckled" during his speech at a New York Bar Foundation event on Friday, just seven months after striking a controversial deal with Donald Trump's adminis...
www.rawstory.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp was reportedly "heckled" during his speech at a New York Bar Foundation event on Friday, just seven months after striking a controversial deal with the Trump admin.
Good. More of this please.
www.rawstory.com/trump-paul-w...
Good. More of this please.
www.rawstory.com/trump-paul-w...
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...