Lithium & Alchohol
@ambientgrowl.bsky.social
he/ him. Super-Modal
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as the saying goes, I didn’t leave: the Labour Party left me a long time ago. what an embarrassment and what a waste of the once in a generation opportunity to have a labour government
November 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
as the saying goes, I didn’t leave: the Labour Party left me a long time ago. what an embarrassment and what a waste of the once in a generation opportunity to have a labour government
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There Are No Easy Fights In The Struggle Against The Empire
You fight them because what the hell else are you going to do? Even if the treads of the machine are going to roll over us all in the end, at least you’ll go down knowing you left it all in the ring.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/there-are-...
You fight them because what the hell else are you going to do? Even if the treads of the machine are going to roll over us all in the end, at least you’ll go down knowing you left it all in the ring.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/there-are-...
There Are No Easy Fights In The Struggle Against The Empire
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
November 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
There Are No Easy Fights In The Struggle Against The Empire
You fight them because what the hell else are you going to do? Even if the treads of the machine are going to roll over us all in the end, at least you’ll go down knowing you left it all in the ring.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/there-are-...
You fight them because what the hell else are you going to do? Even if the treads of the machine are going to roll over us all in the end, at least you’ll go down knowing you left it all in the ring.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/there-are-...
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This truly cannot be real.
Oh, Forbes.
It's real.
Oh, Forbes.
It's real.
New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This truly cannot be real.
Oh, Forbes.
It's real.
Oh, Forbes.
It's real.
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Prevent’s own data proves scheme cannot tackle rising extremism, campaigners warn morningstaronline.co.uk/article/prev... #morningstaronline
I just emailed my MP to demand the government get the “Prevent” duty out of our classrooms www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/prev...
I just emailed my MP to demand the government get the “Prevent” duty out of our classrooms www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/prev...
November 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Prevent’s own data proves scheme cannot tackle rising extremism, campaigners warn morningstaronline.co.uk/article/prev... #morningstaronline
I just emailed my MP to demand the government get the “Prevent” duty out of our classrooms www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/prev...
I just emailed my MP to demand the government get the “Prevent” duty out of our classrooms www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/prev...
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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
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That got me an answer, at least: it was nothing to do with me and everything to do with the studio’s ontologically evil c-suite acting without thought or care to whose lives they ruined. And they *had* ruined mine. I’d end up being unemployed for 9 months as the game industry burned down.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
That got me an answer, at least: it was nothing to do with me and everything to do with the studio’s ontologically evil c-suite acting without thought or care to whose lives they ruined. And they *had* ruined mine. I’d end up being unemployed for 9 months as the game industry burned down.
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I could not get my old job back. Riot had forced me into unemployment in what we now know to be the worst job market in industry history.
I finally found Riot’s Head of People on LinkedIn and sent her a 2000-word message explaining in detail how badly they had fucked me and asked them to explain.
I finally found Riot’s Head of People on LinkedIn and sent her a 2000-word message explaining in detail how badly they had fucked me and asked them to explain.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I could not get my old job back. Riot had forced me into unemployment in what we now know to be the worst job market in industry history.
I finally found Riot’s Head of People on LinkedIn and sent her a 2000-word message explaining in detail how badly they had fucked me and asked them to explain.
I finally found Riot’s Head of People on LinkedIn and sent her a 2000-word message explaining in detail how badly they had fucked me and asked them to explain.
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3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
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Tom Barrack is the current Trump Regime ambassador to Turkey. This turned my stomach. Trump's order to Bondi to open investigations didn't include Tom Barrack.
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Tom Barrack is the current Trump Regime ambassador to Turkey. This turned my stomach. Trump's order to Bondi to open investigations didn't include Tom Barrack.
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1. Scandal politics win elections pretty often.
2. THIS scandal divides the GOP more than affordability or really anything.
3. If Dems want to win the fight (pry the files loose, rather than give up after Trump says no) they need to make a referendum out of it. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
2. THIS scandal divides the GOP more than affordability or really anything.
3. If Dems want to win the fight (pry the files loose, rather than give up after Trump says no) they need to make a referendum out of it. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
1. Scandal politics win elections pretty often.
2. THIS scandal divides the GOP more than affordability or really anything.
3. If Dems want to win the fight (pry the files loose, rather than give up after Trump says no) they need to make a referendum out of it. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
2. THIS scandal divides the GOP more than affordability or really anything.
3. If Dems want to win the fight (pry the files loose, rather than give up after Trump says no) they need to make a referendum out of it. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
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made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
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the call of duty fandom is fascinating and horrifying. the series is clearly tom clancy pulp that serves up this alpha-bravado gritty hollywoodization of "modern" war, complete w right wing conspiracy. but when they start exploring near-future settings, players go "cod is supposed to be realistic 🙄"
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
the call of duty fandom is fascinating and horrifying. the series is clearly tom clancy pulp that serves up this alpha-bravado gritty hollywoodization of "modern" war, complete w right wing conspiracy. but when they start exploring near-future settings, players go "cod is supposed to be realistic 🙄"
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“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
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Why did the nation that used Christianity to justify slavery, ethnic cleansing of indigenous populations, racial segregation, homophobia and preemptive war elect a dumb racist crook who's the opposite of everything Jesus taught?
Is that the question?
Is that the question?
The real question we need to ask ourselves as a nation is, WHY did so many people vote for this in the first place? Trump is the symptom. Not the problem.
Who would've guessed that "the Mark of the Beast" would wind up being just a clot of cheap spray-tan goo.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Why did the nation that used Christianity to justify slavery, ethnic cleansing of indigenous populations, racial segregation, homophobia and preemptive war elect a dumb racist crook who's the opposite of everything Jesus taught?
Is that the question?
Is that the question?
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With @arynbraun.bsky.social, this week we ran this big look at what ICE/CBP has become under Donald Trump and how the agencies increasingly resemble a sort of national police force he can send to whatever city he likes to intimidate people:
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
www.economist.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
With @arynbraun.bsky.social, this week we ran this big look at what ICE/CBP has become under Donald Trump and how the agencies increasingly resemble a sort of national police force he can send to whatever city he likes to intimidate people:
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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Remembering when people told me in late 2024 that "Trump couldn't create his own police force because federalism" mmhmm
With @arynbraun.bsky.social, this week we ran this big look at what ICE/CBP has become under Donald Trump and how the agencies increasingly resemble a sort of national police force he can send to whatever city he likes to intimidate people:
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
www.economist.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Remembering when people told me in late 2024 that "Trump couldn't create his own police force because federalism" mmhmm
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samus should be a traumatized weirdo with complexes but no one in triple A wants to write a woman as weird in a way that isnt manic pixie dream girl or Slightly Mean Goth
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
samus should be a traumatized weirdo with complexes but no one in triple A wants to write a woman as weird in a way that isnt manic pixie dream girl or Slightly Mean Goth
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Sometimes I worry about this little cat getting old (she’s 19) and Daz and I try eating anything with cheese or chicken in it and she moves faster than lightening, jumps higher than mountains and can push her way past an outstretched hand like a bulldozer
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Sometimes I worry about this little cat getting old (she’s 19) and Daz and I try eating anything with cheese or chicken in it and she moves faster than lightening, jumps higher than mountains and can push her way past an outstretched hand like a bulldozer
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Lmao they just built a golden ballroom
“In a nation that is printing money daily just to make our debt payments, it doesn't make sense to throw your tax money at anything other than the true necessities,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said. “So it makes no sense at all to fund sugar instead of hearty, nutritious meals."
Reeves Seeks to Ban SNAP Recipients From Sugary Foods
Gov. Tate Reeves aims to ban Mississippi SNAP recipients from buying unhealthy foods as part of a bid to woo Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lmao they just built a golden ballroom
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Getting extra time to take a test is “bullshit,” but having both parents be Harvard economists who get you into Harvard to also be an economist is just bootstrappin’
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Getting extra time to take a test is “bullshit,” but having both parents be Harvard economists who get you into Harvard to also be an economist is just bootstrappin’
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Maybe tautological, but if you have enough self-awareness or empathy to stay quiet, you'd also not be a libertarian chud.
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Maybe tautological, but if you have enough self-awareness or empathy to stay quiet, you'd also not be a libertarian chud.
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if i were a nepo baby who would be an anonymous chud if not for my daddy i might stay quiet about accommodations
November 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
if i were a nepo baby who would be an anonymous chud if not for my daddy i might stay quiet about accommodations
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I don't know if this is a libertarian issue, this is basic understanding of the purpose of education issue.
The goal of testing, and thus grading, should be determining how well a person understands the material that has been taught, not how quickly one can read, write, or think.
The goal of testing, and thus grading, should be determining how well a person understands the material that has been taught, not how quickly one can read, write, or think.
November 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I don't know if this is a libertarian issue, this is basic understanding of the purpose of education issue.
The goal of testing, and thus grading, should be determining how well a person understands the material that has been taught, not how quickly one can read, write, or think.
The goal of testing, and thus grading, should be determining how well a person understands the material that has been taught, not how quickly one can read, write, or think.
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When people say the law should be "applied neutrally" and "without politics" -- that doesn't means anything. There is no neutral application of the law. Every decision to stop someone, to question them, to arrest or not, to charge, to seek the death penalty etc is a political choice.
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When people say the law should be "applied neutrally" and "without politics" -- that doesn't means anything. There is no neutral application of the law. Every decision to stop someone, to question them, to arrest or not, to charge, to seek the death penalty etc is a political choice.