BFSCR
@bfscr.bsky.social
They/Zi
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Unitarian Universalist, multi-generation Texan, sometime climate justice organiser, cat person
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Unitarian Universalist, multi-generation Texan, sometime climate justice organiser, cat person
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Home Alone could've had a very different ending if it was made more recently.
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Home Alone could've had a very different ending if it was made more recently.
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The author is a GREAT example of someone who should have taken (and learned from) anthropology classes rather than reading Jared Diamond. Happily, @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @notalawyer.bsky.social learn from anthropologists and historians and then rip this bullshit to shreds.
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The author is a GREAT example of someone who should have taken (and learned from) anthropology classes rather than reading Jared Diamond. Happily, @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @notalawyer.bsky.social learn from anthropologists and historians and then rip this bullshit to shreds.
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Great episode that has lodged in my brain the idea that Harari is just Joe Rogan for people who want feel smart instead of feeling like they’re funny
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Great episode that has lodged in my brain the idea that Harari is just Joe Rogan for people who want feel smart instead of feeling like they’re funny
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The media fell in love with Trump — the most mendacious person in the world — because he gave them “interesting stories” and now they’re doing the same with her for the exact same reason
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The media fell in love with Trump — the most mendacious person in the world — because he gave them “interesting stories” and now they’re doing the same with her for the exact same reason
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It’s amazing what a country can achieve when its accountability mechanisms function without fear or political interference.
Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Jair Bolsonaro, with a judge claiming the former president was intent on escaping as he was set to begin his prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. n.pr/48l5ldE
Brazil's Bolsonaro arrested for allegedly plotting escape ahead of prison term
Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Jair Bolsonaro, with a judge claiming the former president was intent on escaping as he was set to begin his prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It’s amazing what a country can achieve when its accountability mechanisms function without fear or political interference.
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How many times exactly does Trump have to hand billions to rich people or destroy the safety net before the media stops calling him a populist?
Every article by a 'savvy' political analyst reads like a focus group transcript with a low-information voter.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
How many times exactly does Trump have to hand billions to rich people or destroy the safety net before the media stops calling him a populist?
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This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
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One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
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Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
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...what? WHAT?!
Taking "meritocratic elite" as "people with degrees", aka the PMC, there's not a group more concerned about schools and how we teach children!
Left, right, center, it's a constant topic! Even amongst those without kids! Cause our friends have kids and we care about them!
FO, NYT
Taking "meritocratic elite" as "people with degrees", aka the PMC, there's not a group more concerned about schools and how we teach children!
Left, right, center, it's a constant topic! Even amongst those without kids! Cause our friends have kids and we care about them!
FO, NYT
And of course we get the brain-dead political analysis. The biggest crisis of public education (and the greatest threat to kids with mental illness) is the Republican Party's funding cuts. But guess who gets blamed in the conclusion of the article?
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
...what? WHAT?!
Taking "meritocratic elite" as "people with degrees", aka the PMC, there's not a group more concerned about schools and how we teach children!
Left, right, center, it's a constant topic! Even amongst those without kids! Cause our friends have kids and we care about them!
FO, NYT
Taking "meritocratic elite" as "people with degrees", aka the PMC, there's not a group more concerned about schools and how we teach children!
Left, right, center, it's a constant topic! Even amongst those without kids! Cause our friends have kids and we care about them!
FO, NYT
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I don't know the criminal standard specifically but Linehan did say *in court* that he was motivated by the victim's status as a trans person. If a clear statement of explicit prejudice isn't enough then you need a new standard.
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I don't know the criminal standard specifically but Linehan did say *in court* that he was motivated by the victim's status as a trans person. If a clear statement of explicit prejudice isn't enough then you need a new standard.
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
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Honestly being into 40k is a detriment to my life, my finances, and my mental health. It's like a golf handicap but for wellness.
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Honestly being into 40k is a detriment to my life, my finances, and my mental health. It's like a golf handicap but for wellness.
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Starting to think Torchwood: Children of Earth was too optimistic given the fact that the British government apparently doesn’t need any pretext at all to sacrifice a large percentage of “undesirable” kids.
Apparently this government, if they were fleeing for their lives, would simply abandon their own children to die i guess?
Well, we know now why it was so easy for them to whip against voting to end the two child benefit cap...
Well, we know now why it was so easy for them to whip against voting to end the two child benefit cap...
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Starting to think Torchwood: Children of Earth was too optimistic given the fact that the British government apparently doesn’t need any pretext at all to sacrifice a large percentage of “undesirable” kids.
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I'm old enough to remember when the media had no qualms protesting a place of worship when it was the "Ground Zero Mosque."
It wasn't even a mosque! But Islamophobic pundits called it one anyway because it was easier to fearmonger that way
It wasn't even a mosque! But Islamophobic pundits called it one anyway because it was easier to fearmonger that way
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the media had no qualms protesting a place of worship when it was the "Ground Zero Mosque."
It wasn't even a mosque! But Islamophobic pundits called it one anyway because it was easier to fearmonger that way
It wasn't even a mosque! But Islamophobic pundits called it one anyway because it was easier to fearmonger that way
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For Classic Who, I generally recommend City of Death, The Five Doctors, and Remembrance of the Daleks in that order.
For New Who I go with Blink as well. Even putting its reputation aside, the fact that it's Doctor-Lite makes it perfect since you learn the premise of the show as Sally Sparrow does.
For New Who I go with Blink as well. Even putting its reputation aside, the fact that it's Doctor-Lite makes it perfect since you learn the premise of the show as Sally Sparrow does.
What episodes do you tell people to watch if they want to get a feel for Doctor Who? I usually go with Blink, Vincent and the Doctor, and The Eleventh Hour.
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
For Classic Who, I generally recommend City of Death, The Five Doctors, and Remembrance of the Daleks in that order.
For New Who I go with Blink as well. Even putting its reputation aside, the fact that it's Doctor-Lite makes it perfect since you learn the premise of the show as Sally Sparrow does.
For New Who I go with Blink as well. Even putting its reputation aside, the fact that it's Doctor-Lite makes it perfect since you learn the premise of the show as Sally Sparrow does.
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"Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts."
If that were always true we wouldn't even be having this argument in the first place!
If that were always true we wouldn't even be having this argument in the first place!
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts."
If that were always true we wouldn't even be having this argument in the first place!
If that were always true we wouldn't even be having this argument in the first place!
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Right, it's been weeks now and I still can't understand why people from the US of States get all offended at "USians". If they just found it annoying....ok I guess, touchy? But I've seen rage that knows no bounds, like it's a terrible slur. And...no it isn't.
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Right, it's been weeks now and I still can't understand why people from the US of States get all offended at "USians". If they just found it annoying....ok I guess, touchy? But I've seen rage that knows no bounds, like it's a terrible slur. And...no it isn't.
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That is also NIMBYism lol
NEW PAPER w/ @cselmendorf.bsky.social & @jkalla.bsky.social:
An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.
Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!
An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.
Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
That is also NIMBYism lol
If only!
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December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If only!
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So Olivia Nuzzi is clearly a piece of shit who can never work in journalism again after this.
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
So Olivia Nuzzi is clearly a piece of shit who can never work in journalism again after this.
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
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Among white people, the correlation between racial resentment and their voting decision is much, much stronger than between educational attainment and political alignment.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Among white people, the correlation between racial resentment and their voting decision is much, much stronger than between educational attainment and political alignment.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
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Yes, Trump dominates among the *white* working class (if defined as people without a college degree). But even here, religion played a key role: In 2024, about 86 percent of non-college white evangelicals voted for Trump – vs. only a minority of the non-evangelical white working class.
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Yes, Trump dominates among the *white* working class (if defined as people without a college degree). But even here, religion played a key role: In 2024, about 86 percent of non-college white evangelicals voted for Trump – vs. only a minority of the non-evangelical white working class.
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Ideas of a “populist revolt” against ignorant liberal elites, a backlash against “woke” radicalism are stubbornly persistent – as is the idea that Trump emerged from the election with a broad mandate to correct course and impose his radical agenda.
But it’s just not true.
But it’s just not true.
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Ideas of a “populist revolt” against ignorant liberal elites, a backlash against “woke” radicalism are stubbornly persistent – as is the idea that Trump emerged from the election with a broad mandate to correct course and impose his radical agenda.
But it’s just not true.
But it’s just not true.
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The idea that Biden's health wasn't being covered prior to the debate is one of the most shameless pieces of revisionist history I can remember. It had been one of the dominant topics of conversation for months. I was there, I remember it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The idea that Biden's health wasn't being covered prior to the debate is one of the most shameless pieces of revisionist history I can remember. It had been one of the dominant topics of conversation for months. I was there, I remember it.