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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
February 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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Not a single strategic goal has been met. Russia's losing a Vietnam's worth of soldiers every few months. The economy is sprinting toward stagnation, while Moscow is turning more and more every month into a Chinese vassal—all while the Kremlin's allies topple elsewhere.
Staggering historic failure.
Staggering historic failure.
February 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Not a single strategic goal has been met. Russia's losing a Vietnam's worth of soldiers every few months. The economy is sprinting toward stagnation, while Moscow is turning more and more every month into a Chinese vassal—all while the Kremlin's allies topple elsewhere.
Staggering historic failure.
Staggering historic failure.
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Call it performative if it helps you sleep better, but you all seem to be pissed when elected officials don't do the performative things you claim you want.
Biden paused the sales, Trump resumed the sales. And you say they are the same.
Biden paused the sales, Trump resumed the sales. And you say they are the same.
February 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Call it performative if it helps you sleep better, but you all seem to be pissed when elected officials don't do the performative things you claim you want.
Biden paused the sales, Trump resumed the sales. And you say they are the same.
Biden paused the sales, Trump resumed the sales. And you say they are the same.
Reading the Epstein files, like, I'm sorry to say but you do have to hand it to the guy. He really had the number on this fucked up social circle. To their credit, some people saw straight through it—Melinda Gates and Tina Brown most clearly—but Epstein had his marks dead to rights.
February 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Reading the Epstein files, like, I'm sorry to say but you do have to hand it to the guy. He really had the number on this fucked up social circle. To their credit, some people saw straight through it—Melinda Gates and Tina Brown most clearly—but Epstein had his marks dead to rights.
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My timeline is half leftists complaining about Gavin Newsom and half liberals complaining about Graham Platner and I'd like to propose that we launch both of them into the sun together.
February 16, 2026 at 12:46 AM
My timeline is half leftists complaining about Gavin Newsom and half liberals complaining about Graham Platner and I'd like to propose that we launch both of them into the sun together.
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"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
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(put another way, weird to say, as Rubio does, that Europe produced “the genius…of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones,” who were self-consciously playing music rooted in the traditions of the African diaspora.)
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
(put another way, weird to say, as Rubio does, that Europe produced “the genius…of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones,” who were self-consciously playing music rooted in the traditions of the African diaspora.)
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Also, my survey where we asked 1,000 players what game they played the most. Not what they liked best. Literally: "What game on this platform do you have the most minutes in?"
Of the thousand players asked, exactly ZERO got the answer right. Zero. Not a single one. That should tell you something.
Of the thousand players asked, exactly ZERO got the answer right. Zero. Not a single one. That should tell you something.
February 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Also, my survey where we asked 1,000 players what game they played the most. Not what they liked best. Literally: "What game on this platform do you have the most minutes in?"
Of the thousand players asked, exactly ZERO got the answer right. Zero. Not a single one. That should tell you something.
Of the thousand players asked, exactly ZERO got the answer right. Zero. Not a single one. That should tell you something.
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Our editor Nathan Robinson had a delightful conversation about politics and history with Jamelle Bouie here at Baldwin & Co Books in New Orleans! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUnA...
JAMELLE BOUIE: Trump Didn’t Break America—This Did.
YouTube video by Baldwin & Co.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Our editor Nathan Robinson had a delightful conversation about politics and history with Jamelle Bouie here at Baldwin & Co Books in New Orleans! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUnA...
Un-fucking-real that we live in a society where many, many people in power openly support this idea. And you really saw it start with Bad Blood—a lot of VCs thought Holmes got railroaded.
Yeah man, all you had to do was not perpetrate a massive fraud and this would’ve worked out great for you.
February 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Un-fucking-real that we live in a society where many, many people in power openly support this idea. And you really saw it start with Bad Blood—a lot of VCs thought Holmes got railroaded.
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anyway i basically tried to explain the russian revolution, soviet economic history, and the various political and economic crises of the soviet 1980s in 10 minutes and then said, “kid you could devote your whole life to studying this if you wanted to”
February 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
anyway i basically tried to explain the russian revolution, soviet economic history, and the various political and economic crises of the soviet 1980s in 10 minutes and then said, “kid you could devote your whole life to studying this if you wanted to”
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it's not really possible anymore to "get out democracy back" or whatever, absent painful and foundational reforms. we can't govern a nation or participate in the world when every 4 years every institution and every practice can be completely upended. swinging crazily from pole to pole is not viable
July 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
it's not really possible anymore to "get out democracy back" or whatever, absent painful and foundational reforms. we can't govern a nation or participate in the world when every 4 years every institution and every practice can be completely upended. swinging crazily from pole to pole is not viable
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Quite simply I want to vote for someone who gets spiritual nourishment from being hated by billionaire sociopaths instead of yearning for their approval
i don't understand that any democrat is currently talking beyond "elect democrats next time!" and honestly i think this is going to take a total constitutional overhaul. executive power, the supreme court, the electoral college, hell even the senate. this all has to be locked down to stop this
July 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Quite simply I want to vote for someone who gets spiritual nourishment from being hated by billionaire sociopaths instead of yearning for their approval
Lots to say about this interview (from Doomscroll with Josh Citarella, which you should follow), but for BlueSky I’ll highlight two things:
1. Whatever your peeve with Graeber or Chomsky, recognize that the recent social media move against them is an op.
And 2…
1. Whatever your peeve with Graeber or Chomsky, recognize that the recent social media move against them is an op.
And 2…
February 12, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Lots to say about this interview (from Doomscroll with Josh Citarella, which you should follow), but for BlueSky I’ll highlight two things:
1. Whatever your peeve with Graeber or Chomsky, recognize that the recent social media move against them is an op.
And 2…
1. Whatever your peeve with Graeber or Chomsky, recognize that the recent social media move against them is an op.
And 2…
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I think Farm to Taber has analyzed this, and her argument is that the large farms feel like they can swap in prison labor and H2A.
The video is very, very depressing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdWr...
The video is very, very depressing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdWr...
ICE Raids Are Only Half The Story
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I think Farm to Taber has analyzed this, and her argument is that the large farms feel like they can swap in prison labor and H2A.
The video is very, very depressing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdWr...
The video is very, very depressing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdWr...
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To have that level of immiseration be greeted, as has often been the case, with people treating this like a bunch of tech bros finally got their comeuppance, is disgusting. And infuriating. Hating the 5 predator billionaires who run these companies does not justify dehumanizing these workers.
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
To have that level of immiseration be greeted, as has often been the case, with people treating this like a bunch of tech bros finally got their comeuppance, is disgusting. And infuriating. Hating the 5 predator billionaires who run these companies does not justify dehumanizing these workers.
Here's how you use a committee hearing.
Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)
February 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Here's how you use a committee hearing.
I hate to say it but AI code reviews make it a lot easier to understand big PRs. Pros and cons to that, obviously, as you still shouldn't write them, but if you have to deal with them it's nice to have the bot do basic review.
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I hate to say it but AI code reviews make it a lot easier to understand big PRs. Pros and cons to that, obviously, as you still shouldn't write them, but if you have to deal with them it's nice to have the bot do basic review.
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i'm morbidly curious to see what happens if the SAVE Act passes and then millions of Americans naively try to order a passport the week before elections only to find out it can take over a month even during normal circumstances
February 11, 2026 at 12:49 AM
i'm morbidly curious to see what happens if the SAVE Act passes and then millions of Americans naively try to order a passport the week before elections only to find out it can take over a month even during normal circumstances
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Starbucks has scrapped a $250,000 limit on its CEO's use of the company jet for personal travel.
CEO Brian Niccol uses the jet to commute from his house California to corporate HQ in Seattle.
The company is lifting the cap while refusing thousands of baristas a union contract.
CEO Brian Niccol uses the jet to commute from his house California to corporate HQ in Seattle.
The company is lifting the cap while refusing thousands of baristas a union contract.
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Starbucks has scrapped a $250,000 limit on its CEO's use of the company jet for personal travel.
CEO Brian Niccol uses the jet to commute from his house California to corporate HQ in Seattle.
The company is lifting the cap while refusing thousands of baristas a union contract.
CEO Brian Niccol uses the jet to commute from his house California to corporate HQ in Seattle.
The company is lifting the cap while refusing thousands of baristas a union contract.
Signal boost the hell out of this—her analysis of how IRL farming and ranching really intersect with left/right politics on issues like "right to repair" or "antimonopoly" is spot on and highlights a real risk/vulnerability to a naive version of that politics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm82...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm82...
3 Reasons Farmers Keep Voting For Big Business
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Signal boost the hell out of this—her analysis of how IRL farming and ranching really intersect with left/right politics on issues like "right to repair" or "antimonopoly" is spot on and highlights a real risk/vulnerability to a naive version of that politics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm82...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm82...
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Remember when "America has many groups of people in it and that's good and makes us strong" was an uncontroversial - even cliched - viewpoint that was universally endorsed across the political spectrum?
We can go back! We just have to get rid of the tiny handful of bitter, angry men in the way.
We can go back! We just have to get rid of the tiny handful of bitter, angry men in the way.
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Remember when "America has many groups of people in it and that's good and makes us strong" was an uncontroversial - even cliched - viewpoint that was universally endorsed across the political spectrum?
We can go back! We just have to get rid of the tiny handful of bitter, angry men in the way.
We can go back! We just have to get rid of the tiny handful of bitter, angry men in the way.
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“Not all people are equally susceptible…”
The reason WHY WE HAVE VACCINES is to protect the vulnerable!!
These asshats wouldn’t survive the slightest pushback. The fourth estates has failed us miserably.
The reason WHY WE HAVE VACCINES is to protect the vulnerable!!
These asshats wouldn’t survive the slightest pushback. The fourth estates has failed us miserably.
February 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
“Not all people are equally susceptible…”
The reason WHY WE HAVE VACCINES is to protect the vulnerable!!
These asshats wouldn’t survive the slightest pushback. The fourth estates has failed us miserably.
The reason WHY WE HAVE VACCINES is to protect the vulnerable!!
These asshats wouldn’t survive the slightest pushback. The fourth estates has failed us miserably.
Oh no is the K-Hive swarming BlueSky
I’m going to say it again for those in the back… Kamala Harris owes us absolutely nothing!!!
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Oh no is the K-Hive swarming BlueSky
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I think "woke" was at least partly identified with "irritating" and the way we're rectifying that in Woke 2 is by being scary instead
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I think "woke" was at least partly identified with "irritating" and the way we're rectifying that in Woke 2 is by being scary instead