i dreamt a dream,
@adistantdream.bsky.social
cynicism delenda est
People who just want dunks and upvotes are bad enough, but for people who eat off their subscriptions, it's their actual livelihoods. The incentives can get really gnarly on that one.
February 11, 2026 at 12:56 AM
People who just want dunks and upvotes are bad enough, but for people who eat off their subscriptions, it's their actual livelihoods. The incentives can get really gnarly on that one.
none of the above
February 10, 2026 at 11:47 PM
none of the above
the law, in its majestic equality
February 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
the law, in its majestic equality
I actually think it would be better off American parties had dues and chapters where your voice can be heard something other than every four years. The decisions are still getting made, they're just getting made by lobbyists and activists.
February 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I actually think it would be better off American parties had dues and chapters where your voice can be heard something other than every four years. The decisions are still getting made, they're just getting made by lobbyists and activists.
An environment where people need to muzzle themselves to avoid death threats is a bad one.
February 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM
An environment where people need to muzzle themselves to avoid death threats is a bad one.
"We would be bad news if we had power but we don't" is not a good reason for people to hand you power.
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 PM
"We would be bad news if we had power but we don't" is not a good reason for people to hand you power.
i honestly wish we had some dues-paying organizations
February 10, 2026 at 11:27 PM
i honestly wish we had some dues-paying organizations
i mean, agreed, but it's a sliding scale of how much you need to agree, where "no genocide" is philosophically reasonable and the people bashing mamdani and aoc for being too pro-israel are not.
February 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
i mean, agreed, but it's a sliding scale of how much you need to agree, where "no genocide" is philosophically reasonable and the people bashing mamdani and aoc for being too pro-israel are not.
Harris was border czar for four years and didn't do that, but sure, if you want to believe that Harris would have been exactly the same as Trump then yes, by definition, she would be the same as Trump.
A very convenient belief to have.
A very convenient belief to have.
February 10, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Harris was border czar for four years and didn't do that, but sure, if you want to believe that Harris would have been exactly the same as Trump then yes, by definition, she would be the same as Trump.
A very convenient belief to have.
A very convenient belief to have.
you don't have to reach all the way for gruesome newsom, "harris needed to earn my vote and she didn't" people are not exactly a fringe minority here.
February 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
you don't have to reach all the way for gruesome newsom, "harris needed to earn my vote and she didn't" people are not exactly a fringe minority here.
And even these guys, who very much did not like Biden, are very frank about the fact that however bad Biden was, Trump is meaningfully and significantly worse.
"Protection Abandoned in Favor of Mass Detention and Deportation"
humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...
"Protection Abandoned in Favor of Mass Detention and Deportation"
humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
And even these guys, who very much did not like Biden, are very frank about the fact that however bad Biden was, Trump is meaningfully and significantly worse.
"Protection Abandoned in Favor of Mass Detention and Deportation"
humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...
"Protection Abandoned in Favor of Mass Detention and Deportation"
humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...
"Introducing a rebuttable presumption of asylum ineligibility for certain noncitizens who neither avail themselves of a lawful, safe, and orderly pathway to the United States nor seek asylum or other protection in a country through which they travel" is neither a ban nor an end to the asylum system.
February 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
"Introducing a rebuttable presumption of asylum ineligibility for certain noncitizens who neither avail themselves of a lawful, safe, and orderly pathway to the United States nor seek asylum or other protection in a country through which they travel" is neither a ban nor an end to the asylum system.
you're just not pessimistic enough
February 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
you're just not pessimistic enough
[citation needed]
February 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
[citation needed]
Biden cheated the immigration numbers by classifying everybody who was stopped at the border as a deportation, and never ended asylum.
If you just want to look at numbers and not at the experiences people being put in concentration camps, tortured, and beaten to death, then yeah - they're the same.
If you just want to look at numbers and not at the experiences people being put in concentration camps, tortured, and beaten to death, then yeah - they're the same.
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Biden cheated the immigration numbers by classifying everybody who was stopped at the border as a deportation, and never ended asylum.
If you just want to look at numbers and not at the experiences people being put in concentration camps, tortured, and beaten to death, then yeah - they're the same.
If you just want to look at numbers and not at the experiences people being put in concentration camps, tortured, and beaten to death, then yeah - they're the same.
they make all kinds of people on bluesky
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
they make all kinds of people on bluesky
Biden deported more people at the border, which is a policy that every nation on earth has. Trump has killed more immigrants in 2025 than Biden did during his whole term. Not all governments that have an immigration policy are the same.
February 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Biden deported more people at the border, which is a policy that every nation on earth has. Trump has killed more immigrants in 2025 than Biden did during his whole term. Not all governments that have an immigration policy are the same.
Jeffries supports the ethnic cleansing of America? The total elimination of trans people? Complete immunity for the gestapo?
The word "aesthetic" has been tortured to death.
The word "aesthetic" has been tortured to death.
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Jeffries supports the ethnic cleansing of America? The total elimination of trans people? Complete immunity for the gestapo?
The word "aesthetic" has been tortured to death.
The word "aesthetic" has been tortured to death.
there's thousands of leftists on bluesky who aren't anti-voting generally, but who do say you should withhold your vote from anyone who isn't the same kind of communist you are, which amounts to the same thing.
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
there's thousands of leftists on bluesky who aren't anti-voting generally, but who do say you should withhold your vote from anyone who isn't the same kind of communist you are, which amounts to the same thing.
Not even the actual candidates DSA puts forwards believe this. If you asked Mamdani or AOC whether they believe Jeffries is the same as Johnson they would obviously say no, and not for kayfabe reasons. They would say it because they have eyes.
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Not even the actual candidates DSA puts forwards believe this. If you asked Mamdani or AOC whether they believe Jeffries is the same as Johnson they would obviously say no, and not for kayfabe reasons. They would say it because they have eyes.
This is something you could believe if you weren't, say, one of several tens of thousands of people who are being brutalized in concentration camps, or starving to death overseas, or being denied medical care, or really anything Republicans have ever done.
February 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
This is something you could believe if you weren't, say, one of several tens of thousands of people who are being brutalized in concentration camps, or starving to death overseas, or being denied medical care, or really anything Republicans have ever done.
That's the one smart thing that leftists have done in the last thirty years and it's DSA-type electoral voting leftists who did that, not the "the parties are the same and voting is for chumps" leftists you find so many of online.
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
That's the one smart thing that leftists have done in the last thirty years and it's DSA-type electoral voting leftists who did that, not the "the parties are the same and voting is for chumps" leftists you find so many of online.
The goal of these things is always a struggle session.
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The goal of these things is always a struggle session.
The food distributed by charities in the cities all came from the countryside to begin with so I'm not sure how that solves the problem of famine.
February 10, 2026 at 7:23 AM
The food distributed by charities in the cities all came from the countryside to begin with so I'm not sure how that solves the problem of famine.
By "that part of the org" are we talking about the IC only or DSA national as a whole?
February 10, 2026 at 5:57 AM
By "that part of the org" are we talking about the IC only or DSA national as a whole?