Nathan Standing
@cryptosantra.bsky.social
Budding curmudgeon. Cryptosantra on Xitter, Threads, Post.News, Mastodon, BSky, and (I know) TruthSocial.
"I don't do ongoing commentary..."
Reality check: Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't hesitate to comment every time someone says crap he or his master likes. I mean, he'll mouth off so obscenely fast his tongue does a burnout slide twice around the room before he can rein it in.
What a worm.
Reality check: Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't hesitate to comment every time someone says crap he or his master likes. I mean, he'll mouth off so obscenely fast his tongue does a burnout slide twice around the room before he can rein it in.
What a worm.
Mike Johnson Gives Most Pathetic Response to Trump’s Reiner Post
Donald Trump will apparently never cross the line for the House speaker.
newrepublic.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"I don't do ongoing commentary..."
Reality check: Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't hesitate to comment every time someone says crap he or his master likes. I mean, he'll mouth off so obscenely fast his tongue does a burnout slide twice around the room before he can rein it in.
What a worm.
Reality check: Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't hesitate to comment every time someone says crap he or his master likes. I mean, he'll mouth off so obscenely fast his tongue does a burnout slide twice around the room before he can rein it in.
What a worm.
Trump fucked underage girls; his cult shrugs. But Trump still won't release the files. So, it's worse.
Did Trump have girls killed? Did he fuck underage boys? Have them killed?
Trump doesn't get the slightest benefit of the doubt because we don't have any doubts. He's in it up to his pubes.
Did Trump have girls killed? Did he fuck underage boys? Have them killed?
Trump doesn't get the slightest benefit of the doubt because we don't have any doubts. He's in it up to his pubes.
December 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Trump fucked underage girls; his cult shrugs. But Trump still won't release the files. So, it's worse.
Did Trump have girls killed? Did he fuck underage boys? Have them killed?
Trump doesn't get the slightest benefit of the doubt because we don't have any doubts. He's in it up to his pubes.
Did Trump have girls killed? Did he fuck underage boys? Have them killed?
Trump doesn't get the slightest benefit of the doubt because we don't have any doubts. He's in it up to his pubes.
Trump fucked underage girls, and his cult shrugs. But Trump still won't release the files. So, it's worse.
Did Trump have girls killed? Did he fuck underage boys? Have them killed?
Trump doesn't get the slightest benefit of the doubt because we don't have any doubts. He's in it up to his pubes.
Did Trump have girls killed? Did he fuck underage boys? Have them killed?
Trump doesn't get the slightest benefit of the doubt because we don't have any doubts. He's in it up to his pubes.
December 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Trump fucked underage girls, and his cult shrugs. But Trump still won't release the files. So, it's worse.
Did Trump have girls killed? Did he fuck underage boys? Have them killed?
Trump doesn't get the slightest benefit of the doubt because we don't have any doubts. He's in it up to his pubes.
Did Trump have girls killed? Did he fuck underage boys? Have them killed?
Trump doesn't get the slightest benefit of the doubt because we don't have any doubts. He's in it up to his pubes.
The National Institute of Military Justice describes how prosecuting Mark Kelly damages free speech, violates the separation of powers, and undermines the legislative branch.
They treat the administration as adults and don't pretend it's an accident. I wish more people would do that.
They treat the administration as adults and don't pretend it's an accident. I wish more people would do that.
December 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The National Institute of Military Justice describes how prosecuting Mark Kelly damages free speech, violates the separation of powers, and undermines the legislative branch.
They treat the administration as adults and don't pretend it's an accident. I wish more people would do that.
They treat the administration as adults and don't pretend it's an accident. I wish more people would do that.
I know it's hard to keep up, but this deal is worse than people know. For a 25% cut, Trump just let Nvidia sell AI chips to China that're 10x more powerful than the US chips we sell them now, and 6x as fast as China's fastest chips.
We're neck-and-neck in the AI race, and Trump just sold us out.
We're neck-and-neck in the AI race, and Trump just sold us out.
US taking 25% cut of Nvidia chip sales “makes no sense,” experts say
Trump’s odd Nvidia reversal may open the door for China to demand Blackwell access.
arstechnica.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I know it's hard to keep up, but this deal is worse than people know. For a 25% cut, Trump just let Nvidia sell AI chips to China that're 10x more powerful than the US chips we sell them now, and 6x as fast as China's fastest chips.
We're neck-and-neck in the AI race, and Trump just sold us out.
We're neck-and-neck in the AI race, and Trump just sold us out.
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I could be mistaken here, but I often get the sense that the lack of pushback on the Roberts Court from scientists comes from people not saying the Court is corrupt— corruptly chosen, corruptly installed, taking corrupt benefits in office.
December 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I could be mistaken here, but I often get the sense that the lack of pushback on the Roberts Court from scientists comes from people not saying the Court is corrupt— corruptly chosen, corruptly installed, taking corrupt benefits in office.
It's so weird watching America transformed into lawless pirates led by incompetent idiots, all while one entire political party decided en masse that, even though we pay them to defend us, democracy wasn't really their core job.
The worst part? The transformation didn't take long.
The worst part? The transformation didn't take long.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's so weird watching America transformed into lawless pirates led by incompetent idiots, all while one entire political party decided en masse that, even though we pay them to defend us, democracy wasn't really their core job.
The worst part? The transformation didn't take long.
The worst part? The transformation didn't take long.
So, Netflix bought Warner Bros (and HBO). My first thought? Where's the bribe? We all know that Trump and his kleptocracy need a cut to approve anything. It's just what they do.
And second, of course, it's another giant monopoly threatening to crush us. What fun.
And second, of course, it's another giant monopoly threatening to crush us. What fun.
How Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery megadeal could forever change Hollywood
Hollywood could change forever as Netflix has reached a deal to acquire parts of the Warner Bros. Discovery studio. But will the mega-deal be able to overcome the obstacles to make it to the finish li...
www.ms.now
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
So, Netflix bought Warner Bros (and HBO). My first thought? Where's the bribe? We all know that Trump and his kleptocracy need a cut to approve anything. It's just what they do.
And second, of course, it's another giant monopoly threatening to crush us. What fun.
And second, of course, it's another giant monopoly threatening to crush us. What fun.
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"I've met with Bill Clinton many times. Never liked him, never trusted him. He always left a bad taste in my mouth."
- Donald J. Trump
- Donald J. Trump
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"I've met with Bill Clinton many times. Never liked him, never trusted him. He always left a bad taste in my mouth."
- Donald J. Trump
- Donald J. Trump
What's the DOJ schedule? This is a massive dataset, so if the DOJ intends to meet the deadline, they have to work out the details with Congress. This is a huge job.
If the DOJ hasn't put out a plan yet, then they've already decided not to comply.
No need to wait until the last minute.
If the DOJ hasn't put out a plan yet, then they've already decided not to comply.
No need to wait until the last minute.
Still waiting on the Epstein files...
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What's the DOJ schedule? This is a massive dataset, so if the DOJ intends to meet the deadline, they have to work out the details with Congress. This is a huge job.
If the DOJ hasn't put out a plan yet, then they've already decided not to comply.
No need to wait until the last minute.
If the DOJ hasn't put out a plan yet, then they've already decided not to comply.
No need to wait until the last minute.
This is worth asking again: what is prison FOR? We already know jail doesn't deter criminals, so what do we want our prisons to achieve?
Rehabilitation? We're doing it wrong.
Warehousing? Again, doing it wrong.
Punishment and vengeance? Doing great there! The Antichrist is fuckin' proud of us.
Rehabilitation? We're doing it wrong.
Warehousing? Again, doing it wrong.
Punishment and vengeance? Doing great there! The Antichrist is fuckin' proud of us.
Republicans and Democrats have long agreed on the need to help people leaving incarceration find jobs and housing so they can contribute to their communities and avoid returning to crime. The Justice Department’s grant cuts now threaten those efforts. bit.ly/3KpuBYb
Canceled DOJ Grants Threaten Bipartisan Work to Support People Released from Prison
The cuts undermine public safety and years of bipartisan cooperation on state and federal reentry work.
www.brennancenter.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is worth asking again: what is prison FOR? We already know jail doesn't deter criminals, so what do we want our prisons to achieve?
Rehabilitation? We're doing it wrong.
Warehousing? Again, doing it wrong.
Punishment and vengeance? Doing great there! The Antichrist is fuckin' proud of us.
Rehabilitation? We're doing it wrong.
Warehousing? Again, doing it wrong.
Punishment and vengeance? Doing great there! The Antichrist is fuckin' proud of us.
Hey, @democrats.org! Are you for or against accountability? If you're for it, how? Corrupted institutions can't investigate themselves, and the volume overwhelms existing resources.
What's that? Have no current opinion? Cat got your tongue?
Then fuck you. We'll find someone better.
What's that? Have no current opinion? Cat got your tongue?
Then fuck you. We'll find someone better.
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hey, @democrats.org! Are you for or against accountability? If you're for it, how? Corrupted institutions can't investigate themselves, and the volume overwhelms existing resources.
What's that? Have no current opinion? Cat got your tongue?
Then fuck you. We'll find someone better.
What's that? Have no current opinion? Cat got your tongue?
Then fuck you. We'll find someone better.
FFS.
The legality of killing survivors isn't 'blurry.' It's a goddamn war crime. That's literally the example in the DoD Law of War Manual: ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
If MSNOW is going to be the same passive voice, half-stepping crap as everyone else, then thanks, but no. I have enough already.
The legality of killing survivors isn't 'blurry.' It's a goddamn war crime. That's literally the example in the DoD Law of War Manual: ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
If MSNOW is going to be the same passive voice, half-stepping crap as everyone else, then thanks, but no. I have enough already.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
FFS.
The legality of killing survivors isn't 'blurry.' It's a goddamn war crime. That's literally the example in the DoD Law of War Manual: ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
If MSNOW is going to be the same passive voice, half-stepping crap as everyone else, then thanks, but no. I have enough already.
The legality of killing survivors isn't 'blurry.' It's a goddamn war crime. That's literally the example in the DoD Law of War Manual: ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
If MSNOW is going to be the same passive voice, half-stepping crap as everyone else, then thanks, but no. I have enough already.
As easy as it is to get lost in all the chaos and dysfunction we see, I want to be thankful that I can write about it on social media. As weird as it sounds, I'm happy I don't have to be silent. This place gives me that outlet, and it helps.
Thanks to everyone who reads my stuff. You matter.
Thanks to everyone who reads my stuff. You matter.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As easy as it is to get lost in all the chaos and dysfunction we see, I want to be thankful that I can write about it on social media. As weird as it sounds, I'm happy I don't have to be silent. This place gives me that outlet, and it helps.
Thanks to everyone who reads my stuff. You matter.
Thanks to everyone who reads my stuff. You matter.
I have a basic question: what is prison FOR? Since we already know jail doesn't deter criminals, what do we want our prisons to achieve?
Rehabilitation? We're doing it wrong.
Warehousing? Again, doing it wrong.
Punishment and vengeance? Doing great there! The Antichrist is fuckin' proud of us.
Rehabilitation? We're doing it wrong.
Warehousing? Again, doing it wrong.
Punishment and vengeance? Doing great there! The Antichrist is fuckin' proud of us.
absolutely harrowing description of adx supermax in colorado boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I have a basic question: what is prison FOR? Since we already know jail doesn't deter criminals, what do we want our prisons to achieve?
Rehabilitation? We're doing it wrong.
Warehousing? Again, doing it wrong.
Punishment and vengeance? Doing great there! The Antichrist is fuckin' proud of us.
Rehabilitation? We're doing it wrong.
Warehousing? Again, doing it wrong.
Punishment and vengeance? Doing great there! The Antichrist is fuckin' proud of us.
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Did Pulte need a warrant to get all those mortgage documents?
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Did Pulte need a warrant to get all those mortgage documents?
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
It's been four days now since X.com allowed us to see the location of the accounts, and we discovered that ~70% of the MAGA accounts were really foreign influence operations.
Four days.
WaPo and the NY Times still haven't covered it. NBC mentioned it today, slightly.
Odd, isn't it?
Four days.
WaPo and the NY Times still haven't covered it. NBC mentioned it today, slightly.
Odd, isn't it?
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It's been four days now since X.com allowed us to see the location of the accounts, and we discovered that ~70% of the MAGA accounts were really foreign influence operations.
Four days.
WaPo and the NY Times still haven't covered it. NBC mentioned it today, slightly.
Odd, isn't it?
Four days.
WaPo and the NY Times still haven't covered it. NBC mentioned it today, slightly.
Odd, isn't it?
Want a fun fact? I have bone spurs, too. Swear to god! Didn't stop me from running two marathons and a ton of half-marathons, all in my 60s.
Just for reference.
Just for reference.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Want a fun fact? I have bone spurs, too. Swear to god! Didn't stop me from running two marathons and a ton of half-marathons, all in my 60s.
Just for reference.
Just for reference.
A thread.
Kos writes that desperate Republicans are trying to rig every election (and failing miserably so far). Looking at possible accountability, they're doing everything except the MOST OBVIOUS: Getting more people to vote for them by doing stuff their voters want.
Kos thinks that's weird.
Kos writes that desperate Republicans are trying to rig every election (and failing miserably so far). Looking at possible accountability, they're doing everything except the MOST OBVIOUS: Getting more people to vote for them by doing stuff their voters want.
Kos thinks that's weird.
In push to redraw House maps, Trump and GOP avoid obvious solution
Republicans across the country, spurred by President Donald Trump and encouraged by House Speaker Mike Johnson, are pushing hard to redraw as many congressional districts as possible in order to ...
www.dailykos.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A thread.
Kos writes that desperate Republicans are trying to rig every election (and failing miserably so far). Looking at possible accountability, they're doing everything except the MOST OBVIOUS: Getting more people to vote for them by doing stuff their voters want.
Kos thinks that's weird.
Kos writes that desperate Republicans are trying to rig every election (and failing miserably so far). Looking at possible accountability, they're doing everything except the MOST OBVIOUS: Getting more people to vote for them by doing stuff their voters want.
Kos thinks that's weird.
A thread on how taxes work.
Before income taxes, the government raised money from tariffs and excise taxes on liquor, tobacco, etc. Retailers passed on the higher costs.
The problem was that higher costs spread the pain unevenly. The poor and middle class paid a higher *percentage* of earnings.
Before income taxes, the government raised money from tariffs and excise taxes on liquor, tobacco, etc. Retailers passed on the higher costs.
The problem was that higher costs spread the pain unevenly. The poor and middle class paid a higher *percentage* of earnings.
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A thread on how taxes work.
Before income taxes, the government raised money from tariffs and excise taxes on liquor, tobacco, etc. Retailers passed on the higher costs.
The problem was that higher costs spread the pain unevenly. The poor and middle class paid a higher *percentage* of earnings.
Before income taxes, the government raised money from tariffs and excise taxes on liquor, tobacco, etc. Retailers passed on the higher costs.
The problem was that higher costs spread the pain unevenly. The poor and middle class paid a higher *percentage* of earnings.
"Thirty Minutes in the Lion’s Den: The Interview [Felon] Thought He Controlled " by Bruce Fanger
I think this gets the Mamdani/Trump event better than any short takes.
Found it on Spoutible (spoutible.com/thread/47027...), but the original is on Facebook: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=....
I think this gets the Mamdani/Trump event better than any short takes.
Found it on Spoutible (spoutible.com/thread/47027...), but the original is on Facebook: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=....
Spud Kitty on Spoutible
"Thirty Minutes in the Lion’s Den: The Interview [Felon] Thought He Controlled " by Bruce Fanger
spoutible.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Thirty Minutes in the Lion’s Den: The Interview [Felon] Thought He Controlled " by Bruce Fanger
I think this gets the Mamdani/Trump event better than any short takes.
Found it on Spoutible (spoutible.com/thread/47027...), but the original is on Facebook: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=....
I think this gets the Mamdani/Trump event better than any short takes.
Found it on Spoutible (spoutible.com/thread/47027...), but the original is on Facebook: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=....
"...THE HIGHEST POLL NUMBERS OF MY “POLITICAL CAREER."
Nope. Lowest.
The worst part is that it doesn't look like Trump's lying or in denial. He may not even understand what's actually happening. Dissociating seems bad for the President.
Funny that Republicans have no comment.
Nope. Lowest.
The worst part is that it doesn't look like Trump's lying or in denial. He may not even understand what's actually happening. Dissociating seems bad for the President.
Funny that Republicans have no comment.
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"...THE HIGHEST POLL NUMBERS OF MY “POLITICAL CAREER."
Nope. Lowest.
The worst part is that it doesn't look like Trump's lying or in denial. He may not even understand what's actually happening. Dissociating seems bad for the President.
Funny that Republicans have no comment.
Nope. Lowest.
The worst part is that it doesn't look like Trump's lying or in denial. He may not even understand what's actually happening. Dissociating seems bad for the President.
Funny that Republicans have no comment.
Trump freaks out the day after he had to sign the Epstein bill. What's it mean?
First, Trump intends to issue illegal orders. Obvs.
Second, he's losing power and terrified. The Epstein cover-up was critical to Trump and his rich MAGA donors, but Trump couldn't stop it.
Is the dam bursting?
First, Trump intends to issue illegal orders. Obvs.
Second, he's losing power and terrified. The Epstein cover-up was critical to Trump and his rich MAGA donors, but Trump couldn't stop it.
Is the dam bursting?
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trump freaks out the day after he had to sign the Epstein bill. What's it mean?
First, Trump intends to issue illegal orders. Obvs.
Second, he's losing power and terrified. The Epstein cover-up was critical to Trump and his rich MAGA donors, but Trump couldn't stop it.
Is the dam bursting?
First, Trump intends to issue illegal orders. Obvs.
Second, he's losing power and terrified. The Epstein cover-up was critical to Trump and his rich MAGA donors, but Trump couldn't stop it.
Is the dam bursting?
More from CASE 1:16-cv-07673-RA (embed.documentcloud.org/documents/31...).
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
More from CASE 1:16-cv-07673-RA (embed.documentcloud.org/documents/31...).