OneThousandBooksLater
@1000bookslater.bsky.social
Fanfic at AO3. Because why not?
Currently riffing on Key's "Tongue Tied" MV
https://archiveofourown.org/users/OneThousandBooksLater/works
TAX THE BASTARDS
REFORM THE SUPREME COURT
Currently riffing on Key's "Tongue Tied" MV
https://archiveofourown.org/users/OneThousandBooksLater/works
TAX THE BASTARDS
REFORM THE SUPREME COURT
Pinned
Dusting off some J.K. Galbraith😺
Do our brains really vulcanize in our mid-30s, after which affirmation of our political beliefs is like crack, and contradictory ideas are bounced away like BBs off a truck tire?
Do our brains really vulcanize in our mid-30s, after which affirmation of our political beliefs is like crack, and contradictory ideas are bounced away like BBs off a truck tire?
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
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On top of this, Trump has:
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
NEW: This year, Trump ended collective bargaining rights for 1 million federal workers — ending union protections for 1 in 14 unionized workers in the U.S.
No, Trump hasn’t helped workers. He’s helped bosses exploit them. Lawrence S. Wittner in @inequality.org:
No, Trump hasn’t helped workers. He’s helped bosses exploit them. Lawrence S. Wittner in @inequality.org:
Donald Trump, Union Buster
Trump's second term in office has been an all-out assault on organized labor.
inequality.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On top of this, Trump has:
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
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Since inauguration:
—Shares in the company that operates Truth Social: ⬇️ 75%
— Meme coin named for Trump: ⬇️ 86%.
— Meme coin named for Melania: ⬇️ 99%.
“When do I give up on this and move on?” asked one investor, whose chat name is SimpleMindHatter.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
—Shares in the company that operates Truth Social: ⬇️ 75%
— Meme coin named for Trump: ⬇️ 86%.
— Meme coin named for Melania: ⬇️ 99%.
“When do I give up on this and move on?” asked one investor, whose chat name is SimpleMindHatter.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
Since Trump’s Return, Bets on His Brand Have Soured
Stocks and cryptocurrencies tied to the president and his family have tumbled amid a broader rout of riskier assets.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Since inauguration:
—Shares in the company that operates Truth Social: ⬇️ 75%
— Meme coin named for Trump: ⬇️ 86%.
— Meme coin named for Melania: ⬇️ 99%.
“When do I give up on this and move on?” asked one investor, whose chat name is SimpleMindHatter.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
—Shares in the company that operates Truth Social: ⬇️ 75%
— Meme coin named for Trump: ⬇️ 86%.
— Meme coin named for Melania: ⬇️ 99%.
“When do I give up on this and move on?” asked one investor, whose chat name is SimpleMindHatter.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
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Sorry, ma'am, you have the wrong skin color to be a US citizen. bsky.app/profile/prem...
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sorry, ma'am, you have the wrong skin color to be a US citizen. bsky.app/profile/prem...
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Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...
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Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
“'Garbage' is not an argument word. It is a removal word."
When a President Calls a Black Congresswoman “Garbage,” That’s Genocidal Language
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
When a President Calls a Black Congresswoman “Garbage,” That’s Genocidal Language
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
When a President Calls a Black Congresswoman “Garbage,” That’s Genocidal Language
This Substack is reader-supported.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“'Garbage' is not an argument word. It is a removal word."
When a President Calls a Black Congresswoman “Garbage,” That’s Genocidal Language
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
When a President Calls a Black Congresswoman “Garbage,” That’s Genocidal Language
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
"Sickening moral slum of an administration"
Paint those words in gold!😺
Paint those words in gold!😺
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"Sickening moral slum of an administration"
Paint those words in gold!😺
Paint those words in gold!😺
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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this Arendt quote gets at it too www.unpopularfront.news/p/yeah-what-...
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
this Arendt quote gets at it too www.unpopularfront.news/p/yeah-what-...
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Later they catch him ineptly trying to flood bad kids at a park.
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PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Later they catch him ineptly trying to flood bad kids at a park.
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/out-2
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/out-2
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
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a good and thoughtful read here, in which a "strategist" (read: dumbass O-4) gets taken behind the woodshed
My latest this AM with @warontherocks.bsky.social. Of note: "[Military officers] will be active participants with choices to make about the degree to which they continue to serve civilians intent on undermining the liberal values enshrined in the Constitution."
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The Soldier in the Illiberal State is a Professional Dead End
The American political system today is indeed in crisis. Government function is in doubt, the administration has politicized and weaponized a previously
warontherocks.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
a good and thoughtful read here, in which a "strategist" (read: dumbass O-4) gets taken behind the woodshed
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Fun read du jour:
The opening "Circular AI rollup" in Matt Levine's column today.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
The opening "Circular AI rollup" in Matt Levine's column today.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
OpenAI Will Own Some Users
Thrive Holdings, portable toilets, OBR URL guessing, cat bond incentives, buffer ETFs and bioengineered meat.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Fun read du jour:
The opening "Circular AI rollup" in Matt Levine's column today.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
The opening "Circular AI rollup" in Matt Levine's column today.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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NEW: The Department of Homeland Security comes to an agreement with four GOP-led states to redesign its federal immigration database to serve voter “verification” purposes — an unprecedented use of federal data that could supercharge wrongful purges.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DHS Agrees to Overhaul Federal Immigration System for Mass Voter Screenings
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
NEW: The Department of Homeland Security comes to an agreement with four GOP-led states to redesign its federal immigration database to serve voter “verification” purposes — an unprecedented use of federal data that could supercharge wrongful purges.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Yoon trial begins over Pyongyang drone allegations; Case expected to become one of most politically consequential prosecutions in decades, given implications for presidential authority, civil-military oversight, and legality of last year’s martial law declaration. www.koreaherald.com/article/1062...
Yoon trial begins over Pyongyang drone allegations
Another trial began Monday for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, this time over his alleged involvement in South Korean military drones being flown over Pyongyang
www.koreaherald.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Yoon trial begins over Pyongyang drone allegations; Case expected to become one of most politically consequential prosecutions in decades, given implications for presidential authority, civil-military oversight, and legality of last year’s martial law declaration. www.koreaherald.com/article/1062...
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this is at least the second time he’s claimed he doesn’t know anything about a pardon he has ostensibly signed, and i feel like that’s two times too many without a follow up question from the press corpse
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
this is at least the second time he’s claimed he doesn’t know anything about a pardon he has ostensibly signed, and i feel like that’s two times too many without a follow up question from the press corpse
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1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
www.erininthemorning.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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One of the things prosecutors must show in a murder trial is the defendant's intent. Intent can be tricky to prove, so one day a lawyer or two will thank Pete Hegseth for proving it for them. He's smart that way.
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
One of the things prosecutors must show in a murder trial is the defendant's intent. Intent can be tricky to prove, so one day a lawyer or two will thank Pete Hegseth for proving it for them. He's smart that way.