Topher Brennan (he/they)
@topherbrennan.bsky.social
Protect trans rights!
Hell I've seen Democrats indulge in weird xenophobic talking points about farmland ownership.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hell I've seen Democrats indulge in weird xenophobic talking points about farmland ownership.
It would be a hell of a real-life plot twist if the guys who talk about "doing a Sicario" actually understood the movie perfectly, and are following it to the letter? (Except maybe in which cartel they've chosen to back.)
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It would be a hell of a real-life plot twist if the guys who talk about "doing a Sicario" actually understood the movie perfectly, and are following it to the letter? (Except maybe in which cartel they've chosen to back.)
For those who haven't seen the movie: the big reveal in Sicario is that the CIA has decided to help the Medellín Cartel take over the Mexican drug trade because hey it beats an ongoing gang war.
The movie has right-wing fans who get made fun of for not understanding the movie.
The movie has right-wing fans who get made fun of for not understanding the movie.
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For those who haven't seen the movie: the big reveal in Sicario is that the CIA has decided to help the Medellín Cartel take over the Mexican drug trade because hey it beats an ongoing gang war.
The movie has right-wing fans who get made fun of for not understanding the movie.
The movie has right-wing fans who get made fun of for not understanding the movie.
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there's a direct A to B for dead kids out of this @by-cjewett.bsky.social so congrats for that. i hope you woke up in the morning and thought "let's kill some kids." at least then you'll have some modicum of success in your life.
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
there's a direct A to B for dead kids out of this @by-cjewett.bsky.social so congrats for that. i hope you woke up in the morning and thought "let's kill some kids." at least then you'll have some modicum of success in your life.
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it's like calling someone a "n-word love", or saying they're "woke". The fact that it's so normalized is pretty much entirely the fault of the lost cause narrative taught for decades in US textbooks.
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
it's like calling someone a "n-word love", or saying they're "woke". The fact that it's so normalized is pretty much entirely the fault of the lost cause narrative taught for decades in US textbooks.
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Hey Dean, I know you don't really think this but it sounds like you're comparing people moving to your city to an invasion, and well certain other people talk about immigration in those terms, I am sure you don't want to be in their company.
November 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Hey Dean, I know you don't really think this but it sounds like you're comparing people moving to your city to an invasion, and well certain other people talk about immigration in those terms, I am sure you don't want to be in their company.
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This is one advantage of having the historical memory of authoritarianism, as I have from Brazil: you know that, when the regime is gone, the people who collaborated and acquiesced look terrible in retrospect. It may look reasonable and justifiable now, but believe me, it will age like milk.
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is one advantage of having the historical memory of authoritarianism, as I have from Brazil: you know that, when the regime is gone, the people who collaborated and acquiesced look terrible in retrospect. It may look reasonable and justifiable now, but believe me, it will age like milk.
I'm more likely to say "tankie" than "campist" but I've got mad respect for her.
November 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm more likely to say "tankie" than "campist" but I've got mad respect for her.
Do you think it's particularly well-suited to civilian self-defense? I think if I had your concerns I'd buy a handgun.
(I ask partly because the obvious unsuitability of the AR-15 for deer hunting makes me think the main draw is it makes people feel macho.)
(I ask partly because the obvious unsuitability of the AR-15 for deer hunting makes me think the main draw is it makes people feel macho.)
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Do you think it's particularly well-suited to civilian self-defense? I think if I had your concerns I'd buy a handgun.
(I ask partly because the obvious unsuitability of the AR-15 for deer hunting makes me think the main draw is it makes people feel macho.)
(I ask partly because the obvious unsuitability of the AR-15 for deer hunting makes me think the main draw is it makes people feel macho.)
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I know you already know, but for other folks who don't, Goldsmith was previously head of OLC, is a genuinely brilliant mind on executive authority and separation of powers, and is usually very cautious about making claims this unqualified and direct. That he is saying it so starkly is v significant
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I know you already know, but for other folks who don't, Goldsmith was previously head of OLC, is a genuinely brilliant mind on executive authority and separation of powers, and is usually very cautious about making claims this unqualified and direct. That he is saying it so starkly is v significant