Bjorning
@bjorning.bsky.social
Software dev, gamer, Tolkien geek, liberal post-Zionist agnostic frum Jew, pro-regulated-markets progressive, bear lover, general weirdo, proud dad of 2.
Blocks people who follow without interacting first.
He/Him
Blocks people who follow without interacting first.
He/Him
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
That ethical objection feels weaker every day.
Just living through this is rotting my soul.
אוי מה היה לנו
Just living through this is rotting my soul.
אוי מה היה לנו
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
That ethical objection feels weaker every day.
Just living through this is rotting my soul.
אוי מה היה לנו
Just living through this is rotting my soul.
אוי מה היה לנו
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Good to know that the Supreme Court is now in the business of protecting our souls
Full orders list: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Cert petition: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Religious anti-vaxers have had a very encouraging day at the Supreme Court.
Cert petition: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Religious anti-vaxers have had a very encouraging day at the Supreme Court.
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good to know that the Supreme Court is now in the business of protecting our souls
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During today's oral argument, the Trump admin and the Court’s conservatives treated agencies as some kind of headless, out-of-control fourth branch of government, accountable to no one
But the real problem isn't about a lack of reins
It's about who holds them
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
But the real problem isn't about a lack of reins
It's about who holds them
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
The Supreme Court Wants You to Believe Congress Does Not Exist
The conservative justices aren’t concerned about unaccountable federal agency heads. They are concerned about federal agency heads who aren’t accountable to their favorite president.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
During today's oral argument, the Trump admin and the Court’s conservatives treated agencies as some kind of headless, out-of-control fourth branch of government, accountable to no one
But the real problem isn't about a lack of reins
It's about who holds them
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
But the real problem isn't about a lack of reins
It's about who holds them
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
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I think “the president’s allies are promising to destroy media institutions the president doesn’t like to curry favor with him” is very bad, actually
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I think “the president’s allies are promising to destroy media institutions the president doesn’t like to curry favor with him” is very bad, actually
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it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
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i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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What disease is this that thinks the only reason to do something is the hope of having an impact?
I didn't leave Twitter because I thought leaving would hurt Twitter or change what it had become. I left because what it had become was nauseating and unpleasant
I didn't leave Twitter because I thought leaving would hurt Twitter or change what it had become. I left because what it had become was nauseating and unpleasant
I sometimes forget that this is a site whose user base is self-selected not just on substantive ideological commitments but also very particular views about the power of shunning.
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 AM
What disease is this that thinks the only reason to do something is the hope of having an impact?
I didn't leave Twitter because I thought leaving would hurt Twitter or change what it had become. I left because what it had become was nauseating and unpleasant
I didn't leave Twitter because I thought leaving would hurt Twitter or change what it had become. I left because what it had become was nauseating and unpleasant
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Seeing a leader of the United States adopt this line is revolting. While the US remains imperfect, it is also the global leader in FDI as well as the world’s leading destination for inbound investment. China would love to have an economy like America’s.
December 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Seeing a leader of the United States adopt this line is revolting. While the US remains imperfect, it is also the global leader in FDI as well as the world’s leading destination for inbound investment. China would love to have an economy like America’s.
I say AFAICT because even I can tell gender is complicated and I'm deeply uncomfortable with my flesh and bone, but very comfortable with maleness/masculinity despite curiosity about what alternatives would be like from an experiential perspective.
I think this *might* be an area where it's less gender dysphoria in particular and more dysphoria in general - because I think dealing with severe depression and the existence of psychosis in my family had a similar effect for me, and as far as I can tell I'm a cis man.
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I say AFAICT because even I can tell gender is complicated and I'm deeply uncomfortable with my flesh and bone, but very comfortable with maleness/masculinity despite curiosity about what alternatives would be like from an experiential perspective.
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yeah i think ultimately the rationalists were right to be afraid of reason, because they swam optimistically into the dark and promptly got devoured by an eldritch horror called scientific racism
December 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
yeah i think ultimately the rationalists were right to be afraid of reason, because they swam optimistically into the dark and promptly got devoured by an eldritch horror called scientific racism
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finally getting around to NEOREACTION A BASILISK and (pardon me not yet finished with the titular essay) this is *really good* and also totally misunderstands rationalism / the yud et al
www.amazon.com/Neoreaction-...
www.amazon.com/Neoreaction-...
Neoreaction a Basilisk: Essays on and Around the Alt-Right
Neoreaction a Basilisk: Essays on and Around the Alt-Right - Kindle edition by Sandifer, Elizabeth, Graham, Jack. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Neoreaction a Basilisk: Essays on and Around the Alt-Right.
www.amazon.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
finally getting around to NEOREACTION A BASILISK and (pardon me not yet finished with the titular essay) this is *really good* and also totally misunderstands rationalism / the yud et al
www.amazon.com/Neoreaction-...
www.amazon.com/Neoreaction-...
I am ethically but not morally opposed to the less moderate option on this. They should not be subject to inhumane treatment or forced labor, but we should acknowledge that they have dehumanized *themselves* through their actions. They are, from a moral perspective, hostis humani generis.
everyone involved in this--from that nameless fuckface guard to john roberts himself--should spend their rest of their lives in prison
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am ethically but not morally opposed to the less moderate option on this. They should not be subject to inhumane treatment or forced labor, but we should acknowledge that they have dehumanized *themselves* through their actions. They are, from a moral perspective, hostis humani generis.
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everyone involved in this--from that nameless fuckface guard to john roberts himself--should spend their rest of their lives in prison
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
everyone involved in this--from that nameless fuckface guard to john roberts himself--should spend their rest of their lives in prison
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It's basically a normie-media safe way of saying "6 gorillion"
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It's basically a normie-media safe way of saying "6 gorillion"
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For fucks sake people buy some media literacy. This isn't acknowledging the Holocaust it's claiming the numbers are made up:
What’s the number, 7, 6 million? Something like that. … It could maybe even be more ... It could even be higher. It’s at least six million. IT COULD BE 100 TIMES THAT."
What’s the number, 7, 6 million? Something like that. … It could maybe even be more ... It could even be higher. It’s at least six million. IT COULD BE 100 TIMES THAT."
Piers Morgan gives Nick Fuentes another opportunity to present himself as more moderate than basically his entire record of public comments would suggest
forward.com/news/788512/...
forward.com/news/788512/...
Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes admits 'at least 6 million' Jews were killed in Nazi Germany
Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes acknowledged in an interview with Piers Morgan on Uncensored that at least 6 million Jews died in Nazi Germany.
forward.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
For fucks sake people buy some media literacy. This isn't acknowledging the Holocaust it's claiming the numbers are made up:
What’s the number, 7, 6 million? Something like that. … It could maybe even be more ... It could even be higher. It’s at least six million. IT COULD BE 100 TIMES THAT."
What’s the number, 7, 6 million? Something like that. … It could maybe even be more ... It could even be higher. It’s at least six million. IT COULD BE 100 TIMES THAT."
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This is a totally made-up quote that I agree with 100%
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is a totally made-up quote that I agree with 100%
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Fuck *anybody* who formula-shames.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Fuck *anybody* who formula-shames.
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A Democratic Party not having an explicit platform of reforming the Judicial Branch after today is not a party I want to vote for.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A Democratic Party not having an explicit platform of reforming the Judicial Branch after today is not a party I want to vote for.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
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As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
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Reader, he is, in fact, making this stuff up
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Reader, he is, in fact, making this stuff up
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A reminder that she was fired not for fucking RFK Jr, but for not informing her editors or audience, and given her history at this point, it's incredibly safe to say it's her basic MO. That's not personal ethics, that's professional ethics.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A reminder that she was fired not for fucking RFK Jr, but for not informing her editors or audience, and given her history at this point, it's incredibly safe to say it's her basic MO. That's not personal ethics, that's professional ethics.
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And bonus irony: they’re not even going to hang onto the pro-Israel part! That’s (unsurprisingly) crashing among young antisemitic conservatives too!
To adapt Ben Franklin: “Those who would give up the essential fight against antisemitism, to purchase temporary support for Israel, deserve neither.”
To adapt Ben Franklin: “Those who would give up the essential fight against antisemitism, to purchase temporary support for Israel, deserve neither.”
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And bonus irony: they’re not even going to hang onto the pro-Israel part! That’s (unsurprisingly) crashing among young antisemitic conservatives too!
To adapt Ben Franklin: “Those who would give up the essential fight against antisemitism, to purchase temporary support for Israel, deserve neither.”
To adapt Ben Franklin: “Those who would give up the essential fight against antisemitism, to purchase temporary support for Israel, deserve neither.”
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In this context, the decision by too many mainline Jewish orgs to almost exclusively focus on policing progressive critics of Israel to prop up Israel’s far-right government, while politely ignoring burgeoning antisemitism on the mainstream right, is a mistake we may *not* live to regret.
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In this context, the decision by too many mainline Jewish orgs to almost exclusively focus on policing progressive critics of Israel to prop up Israel’s far-right government, while politely ignoring burgeoning antisemitism on the mainstream right, is a mistake we may *not* live to regret.