EquallyConfused
@b9n10nt.bsky.social
HS sci teacher in CA Bay Area.
politics, mostly replies,
attempts at humor.
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politics, mostly replies,
attempts at humor.
music. On Spotify b9n10nt
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EquallyConfused
@b9n10nt.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Every time you share a bad take from an overpaid legacy media buffoon you must then share a link from your favorite independent news outlet. As penance
How do I pin this.
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In 3 years, a Democratic President will release all Epstein files and prosecute those who obstructed justice.
December 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
In 3 years, a Democratic President will release all Epstein files and prosecute those who obstructed justice.
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Tonight's sunset clouds. Holy mackerel.
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Tonight's sunset clouds. Holy mackerel.
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Waxing crescent and sunset over New Haven Harbor.
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Waxing crescent and sunset over New Haven Harbor.
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Ukrainian artist Andrii Kovalyk, based in Madrid, ‘Where the Winter Dreams Begin’
December 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Ukrainian artist Andrii Kovalyk, based in Madrid, ‘Where the Winter Dreams Begin’
Michael Caine gives an excellent, moving performance.
I do think the key for things like Home Alone, Muppet Christmas Carol, etc. is that the actors fully commit to the bit
I feel like similar films made now lean too heavily into doing it ironically
I feel like similar films made now lean too heavily into doing it ironically
December 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Michael Caine gives an excellent, moving performance.
This is terrorism.
The use of state violence to change the behavior of people not engaged as forces in military conflict is terrorism.
State terrorism.
The use of state violence to change the behavior of people not engaged as forces in military conflict is terrorism.
State terrorism.
Leavitt saying "these are the worst of the worst"
Deputy Director at HRW says the point was to send a message to other migrants, only 8 convicted of any sort of violent offense. ICE's own records said as much. 70 men had pending criminal charges of some sort. The rest had none.
Deputy Director at HRW says the point was to send a message to other migrants, only 8 convicted of any sort of violent offense. ICE's own records said as much. 70 men had pending criminal charges of some sort. The rest had none.
December 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is terrorism.
The use of state violence to change the behavior of people not engaged as forces in military conflict is terrorism.
State terrorism.
The use of state violence to change the behavior of people not engaged as forces in military conflict is terrorism.
State terrorism.
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Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
December 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
Smart moderate conservatives should WANT trials and imprisonment of Trump admin crimes
It actually helps them
It actually helps them
I wonder if it’s sinking in for Republicans that a very large percentage of their fellow citizens are going to consider them the moral and social equivalent of the KKK and the Nazi Party for the rest of their lives and there’s nothing they can ever do to repair that, ever, ever, ever.
woof
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Smart moderate conservatives should WANT trials and imprisonment of Trump admin crimes
It actually helps them
It actually helps them
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there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
![Gallup poll | 12/1-12/15
President Trump approval crosstabs (%)
🟥Overall (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥Democratic (93/3 disapprove) [-90]
🟩Republican (89/8 approve) [+81]
🟥Independent (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥18-34 (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥35-54 (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥55+ (53/43 disapprove) [-10]
🟥No college (55/37 disapprove) [-18]
🟥College graduate (59/37 disapprove) [-22]
🟥Male (53/42 disapprove) [-11]
🟥Female (64/30 disapprove) [-34]
🟥White (52/46 disapprove) [-6]
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December 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
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Cool how we are smuggling domestic news in over the border from canada and people having to share it on bulletproof hosting providers to stop the government and media owners taking it down
December 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Cool how we are smuggling domestic news in over the border from canada and people having to share it on bulletproof hosting providers to stop the government and media owners taking it down
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Just watched the whole 60 Minutes CECOT episode. It's a pretty standard segment for 60 Minutes, taking something that's been reported on in other publications and formats and telling it to a wider audience with first person, on camera accounts. It's not earth shattering, but it is newsworthy.
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Just watched the whole 60 Minutes CECOT episode. It's a pretty standard segment for 60 Minutes, taking something that's been reported on in other publications and formats and telling it to a wider audience with first person, on camera accounts. It's not earth shattering, but it is newsworthy.
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Our great national humiliation continues apace.
December 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Our great national humiliation continues apace.
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One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
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On left:
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On left:
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
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New Forbidden Course at Bari Weiss’s University of Austin: watching bootleg copies of 60 Minutes smuggled in from Canada
December 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
New Forbidden Course at Bari Weiss’s University of Austin: watching bootleg copies of 60 Minutes smuggled in from Canada
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You can very clearly see why someone whose job it is to protect war criminals would need this pulled from the airwaves: It’s visible proof the Trump administration is operating concentration camps.
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You can very clearly see why someone whose job it is to protect war criminals would need this pulled from the airwaves: It’s visible proof the Trump administration is operating concentration camps.
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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I tried to frame up my thinking on this the best I could earlier this year (everything has gotten significantly dumber since)
America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal - Dame Magazine
America’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error....
www.damemagazine.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I tried to frame up my thinking on this the best I could earlier this year (everything has gotten significantly dumber since)
Ms. Weiss, none of your stated rationales hold water. Journalists don't allow governments to censor by withholding comment, don't require their work to prioritize apologetics from the accused, & do find value in adding to prior reporting.
Have you imagined new rationales for our committee today?
Have you imagined new rationales for our committee today?
Meiselas: I’ve got to ask about your reaction to CBS censoring a report it was going to air on 60 Minutes… Is this something you see investigating?
Garcia: There are many members of Congress looking at this issue in particular, and I think CBS still has a lot of explaining to do.
Garcia: There are many members of Congress looking at this issue in particular, and I think CBS still has a lot of explaining to do.
December 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ms. Weiss, none of your stated rationales hold water. Journalists don't allow governments to censor by withholding comment, don't require their work to prioritize apologetics from the accused, & do find value in adding to prior reporting.
Have you imagined new rationales for our committee today?
Have you imagined new rationales for our committee today?
The Secret Agent (movie, 2025) was very good.
very effective film making, transporting us to Recife, Brazil in 1977
a novel blending of slow-paced atmospheric and political thriller
and a relevant and affecting ground-level study of right-wing tyranny.
very effective film making, transporting us to Recife, Brazil in 1977
a novel blending of slow-paced atmospheric and political thriller
and a relevant and affecting ground-level study of right-wing tyranny.
December 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Secret Agent (movie, 2025) was very good.
very effective film making, transporting us to Recife, Brazil in 1977
a novel blending of slow-paced atmospheric and political thriller
and a relevant and affecting ground-level study of right-wing tyranny.
very effective film making, transporting us to Recife, Brazil in 1977
a novel blending of slow-paced atmospheric and political thriller
and a relevant and affecting ground-level study of right-wing tyranny.
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Weird how The Free Press was able to publish all of these without comment from the Washigton University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Weird how The Free Press was able to publish all of these without comment from the Washigton University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
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The next year, Weiss ran this first-person piece, by a woman who worked at the Wash U Transgender Center in St. Louis.
She made many serious allegations. There was no evidence that they tried to contact the center, or the woman’s colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-...
She made many serious allegations. There was no evidence that they tried to contact the center, or the woman’s colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-...
I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle.
There are more than 100 pediatric gender clinics across the U.S. I worked at one. What’s happening to children is morally and medically appalling.
www.thefp.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The next year, Weiss ran this first-person piece, by a woman who worked at the Wash U Transgender Center in St. Louis.
She made many serious allegations. There was no evidence that they tried to contact the center, or the woman’s colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-...
She made many serious allegations. There was no evidence that they tried to contact the center, or the woman’s colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-...
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Might these two things be connected, perchance?
December 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Might these two things be connected, perchance?
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PBS and Frontline have released their CECOT work so 🖕 CBS
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
PBS and Frontline have released their CECOT work so 🖕 CBS
yes.
and.
this is similar to "we can rely on philanthropy to combat poverty"
the classist capture of public interest media and the juicing of right wing pro-GOP content is systemic. it needs to be addressed by the demoratide collective, ie We the People.
and.
this is similar to "we can rely on philanthropy to combat poverty"
the classist capture of public interest media and the juicing of right wing pro-GOP content is systemic. it needs to be addressed by the demoratide collective, ie We the People.
The most important thing a lefty billionaire could possibly do is buy a legacy media outlet to turn it into that very thing for the left.
December 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
yes.
and.
this is similar to "we can rely on philanthropy to combat poverty"
the classist capture of public interest media and the juicing of right wing pro-GOP content is systemic. it needs to be addressed by the demoratide collective, ie We the People.
and.
this is similar to "we can rely on philanthropy to combat poverty"
the classist capture of public interest media and the juicing of right wing pro-GOP content is systemic. it needs to be addressed by the demoratide collective, ie We the People.