Wannabe Apparatchik
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History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
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see this is a key factor in the 'Trump is funny' debate. this, almost certainly written by Miller, is psychotic. his off the cuff, unplanned remarks come off very differently
Trump: "Instead of pardons, some of my more enthusiastic staffers were already drafting the paperwork to ship Gobble and Waddle straight to the Terrorist Confinement Center in El Salvador."
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
see this is a key factor in the 'Trump is funny' debate. this, almost certainly written by Miller, is psychotic. his off the cuff, unplanned remarks come off very differently
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I'm screaming there's literally a plume of literal fucking weapons-grade toxic waste poisoning the groundwater in the most racist parts of Long Island, including the home of the Baileys
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I'm screaming there's literally a plume of literal fucking weapons-grade toxic waste poisoning the groundwater in the most racist parts of Long Island, including the home of the Baileys
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uk news is like “prime minister matt yglesias states that labour will pass a law defering criminal sentencing to local hoa boards who may send those convicted of wrongthink, amongst other crimes, to prison for up to 2 years without the possibility of appeal. his approval hovers around 4%”
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
uk news is like “prime minister matt yglesias states that labour will pass a law defering criminal sentencing to local hoa boards who may send those convicted of wrongthink, amongst other crimes, to prison for up to 2 years without the possibility of appeal. his approval hovers around 4%”
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All these dudes are whining with their massive platforms about how the wolves are ruining masculinity and then the next second dudes like Dave Portnoy are posting videos of themselves unable to use a hammer. What are we even doing here?
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
All these dudes are whining with their massive platforms about how the wolves are ruining masculinity and then the next second dudes like Dave Portnoy are posting videos of themselves unable to use a hammer. What are we even doing here?
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On top of the fact that the anti-wokes probably have less "guy hobbies" than the average dude. Like, what traditionally masculine thing do we think Barro or MattY does besides being performatively anti-woke? Can we imagine him fixing cars or shooting guns or woodworking?
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
On top of the fact that the anti-wokes probably have less "guy hobbies" than the average dude. Like, what traditionally masculine thing do we think Barro or MattY does besides being performatively anti-woke? Can we imagine him fixing cars or shooting guns or woodworking?
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it’s hilarious that anti-wokes think that Democrats wouldn’t stand behind the trans community no matter what when they clearly believe that all male Democrats are actually a secret third sex, Pussies
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
it’s hilarious that anti-wokes think that Democrats wouldn’t stand behind the trans community no matter what when they clearly believe that all male Democrats are actually a secret third sex, Pussies
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what if groverhaus were a boat
There’s a wild story playing out on Great Lakes ship watching and coastal Facebook groups right now.
There’s a guy with a homemade house boat who’s attempting to traverse the lakes.
The boat is called Neverlanding and it set sail from Windsor, ON. It appears he has 1-2 50hp motors.
There’s a guy with a homemade house boat who’s attempting to traverse the lakes.
The boat is called Neverlanding and it set sail from Windsor, ON. It appears he has 1-2 50hp motors.
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
what if groverhaus were a boat
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Yeah I’m not sure Hegseth really thought through initiating a Mr. America competition with the combat pilot space commander with the martyr wife
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Yeah I’m not sure Hegseth really thought through initiating a Mr. America competition with the combat pilot space commander with the martyr wife
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I genuinely do not think it is possible for non marginalized people to uplift marginalized voices at least through something as crude as social media shares. I Basically never see someone share a marginalized perspective they disagree with, so then all you are doing is amplifying your own view.
But people like MRO are doing the whole "Listen 👏 to 👏 Palestinians" and presenting their most deranged poasters, kinda like the weird Hasbarah accounts who do the same thing with Jews, and the Jewish Voice you should Listen to ends up being Meir freaking Kahane ימ"ש
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I genuinely do not think it is possible for non marginalized people to uplift marginalized voices at least through something as crude as social media shares. I Basically never see someone share a marginalized perspective they disagree with, so then all you are doing is amplifying your own view.
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watching people like Charles Murray be (correctly!) horrified by the rise of people like Nick Fuentes is sort of bleakly funny. uh oh! maybe those hysterical libs had a point Chuck! maybe there was something there to worry about!
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
watching people like Charles Murray be (correctly!) horrified by the rise of people like Nick Fuentes is sort of bleakly funny. uh oh! maybe those hysterical libs had a point Chuck! maybe there was something there to worry about!
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i think you get the right to call some of your detractors mentally ill after a guy who was banned from another website for threatening your life kills two people
They're not false. You very consistently call the people you disagree mentally ill, and worse. What do you think the "correct" reaction is supposed to be when many of these people are trans, or Black? Why do you think you are entitled to indulge in this behavior?
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
i think you get the right to call some of your detractors mentally ill after a guy who was banned from another website for threatening your life kills two people
tbh “how dare other people want to live differently from me” is one of the defining neuroses of our times, more obvious and dangerous in the perpetual conservative freakouts about the decline of masculinity or the existence of other cultures or the ability of other people to dislike them
i don’t think they’re being insincere in saying they want rights, but they want trans liberation, in this case, to mean “free access to healthcare and social acceptance, but also my subculture must remain dominant in the community”, because they cannot imagine others wanting different things
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
tbh “how dare other people want to live differently from me” is one of the defining neuroses of our times, more obvious and dangerous in the perpetual conservative freakouts about the decline of masculinity or the existence of other cultures or the ability of other people to dislike them
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i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
No, I do not “pick on” trans people, I have never done anything like this. And frankly, I think the willingness of some people to completely invent accusations of transphobia in the desperate search for a cudgel against ideological opponents suggests they don’t really care about transphobia
Listen dude, you can try and ride for this guy all you want, but the trans userbase of this platform fucking hates him because he picks on them. I'm going to listen to the trans people I know who are telling me he's bad. Plus I've been in these threads and seen it
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
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the RP asterisks are giving *inflates you making you big and round.*
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
the RP asterisks are giving *inflates you making you big and round.*
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And the real answer being offered is not the fancy one, but simply, "My dear Thomas, this isn't *Spain*! This is America!"
And that answer isn't a very good one.
Personally, I would very much prefer our politics stay law and not become history, but it isn't up to me, now is it?
And that answer isn't a very good one.
Personally, I would very much prefer our politics stay law and not become history, but it isn't up to me, now is it?
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
And the real answer being offered is not the fancy one, but simply, "My dear Thomas, this isn't *Spain*! This is America!"
And that answer isn't a very good one.
Personally, I would very much prefer our politics stay law and not become history, but it isn't up to me, now is it?
And that answer isn't a very good one.
Personally, I would very much prefer our politics stay law and not become history, but it isn't up to me, now is it?
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We know this is a bid for authoritarian governance and at this point it is clear it is failing
We know in other countries, such failures generally end with "and then he fled to Russia" or "and then he went to trial" or "and then he and his entire family were murdered."
Why would we be different?
We know in other countries, such failures generally end with "and then he fled to Russia" or "and then he went to trial" or "and then he and his entire family were murdered."
Why would we be different?
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We know this is a bid for authoritarian governance and at this point it is clear it is failing
We know in other countries, such failures generally end with "and then he fled to Russia" or "and then he went to trial" or "and then he and his entire family were murdered."
Why would we be different?
We know in other countries, such failures generally end with "and then he fled to Russia" or "and then he went to trial" or "and then he and his entire family were murdered."
Why would we be different?
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I think the cognitive error here is what I am going to call - from A Man for All Seasons - the 'This Isn't Spain!' fallacy: the assumption that some special forcefield enforces the regularity of your country's politics, so that things that happen elsewhere 'cannot happen here.'
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I think the cognitive error here is what I am going to call - from A Man for All Seasons - the 'This Isn't Spain!' fallacy: the assumption that some special forcefield enforces the regularity of your country's politics, so that things that happen elsewhere 'cannot happen here.'
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At 10 over 75? Non-zero chance his 'trial' is a note read aloud next to a burn pit.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
At 10 over 75? Non-zero chance his 'trial' is a note read aloud next to a burn pit.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
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The problem with this article is they asked too many lawyers and not enough historians.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
John Roberts has secured his place in history alongside Al Capone and Bernard Madoff. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion | Why Trump Won’t Face Prosecution This Time Around
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The problem with this article is they asked too many lawyers and not enough historians.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
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My taxes bring all the boys to the yard.
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My taxes bring all the boys to the yard.
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
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silence, experts, a podcaster is speaking
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
silence, experts, a podcaster is speaking
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This guy has a lot of opinions for someone who hasn’t ever had a real job
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This guy has a lot of opinions for someone who hasn’t ever had a real job
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this is a story about farming that they have decided to make about datacenters. the amazon rep called them liars directly and they just print it and then return to insinuating all sorts of shit
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
this is a story about farming that they have decided to make about datacenters. the amazon rep called them liars directly and they just print it and then return to insinuating all sorts of shit
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I have no idea why farmers keep getting a pass for water shortages, to the point where popular culture has now found a scapegoat to blame it on entirely, but it fucking sucks
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I have no idea why farmers keep getting a pass for water shortages, to the point where popular culture has now found a scapegoat to blame it on entirely, but it fucking sucks
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weird header for an article about the very real dangers of modern industrial agriculture
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
weird header for an article about the very real dangers of modern industrial agriculture