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"Listen guys, I know we were all completely justified to hate Joe Biden as much as we did, and in fact it's possible we did not hate him enough, aways gotta leave that possibility open! But maybe we um... don't uh... don't hate *Trump* as much as we should...? Biden bad though, don't get me wrong!!"
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"Listen guys, I know we were all completely justified to hate Joe Biden as much as we did, and in fact it's possible we did not hate him enough, aways gotta leave that possibility open! But maybe we um... don't uh... don't hate *Trump* as much as we should...? Biden bad though, don't get me wrong!!"
"hooray, tumblr philosophy isn't dead" wrong. the internet is a series of tubes, which are topologically equivalent to barrels, and if you march an infinite parade of monkeys through a barrel some of them will turn into Diogenes. this is Barrelposting, and it can never die.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"hooray, tumblr philosophy isn't dead" wrong. the internet is a series of tubes, which are topologically equivalent to barrels, and if you march an infinite parade of monkeys through a barrel some of them will turn into Diogenes. this is Barrelposting, and it can never die.
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The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
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them: "autism is a new thing! it must be vaccines!"
any historian: "the ancient greek scholar Autisticles of Athens exhaustively catalogued every kind of boat. we think he just really loved boats. he's the only reason we have any knowledge of ancient greek boats."
any historian: "the ancient greek scholar Autisticles of Athens exhaustively catalogued every kind of boat. we think he just really loved boats. he's the only reason we have any knowledge of ancient greek boats."
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
them: "autism is a new thing! it must be vaccines!"
any historian: "the ancient greek scholar Autisticles of Athens exhaustively catalogued every kind of boat. we think he just really loved boats. he's the only reason we have any knowledge of ancient greek boats."
any historian: "the ancient greek scholar Autisticles of Athens exhaustively catalogued every kind of boat. we think he just really loved boats. he's the only reason we have any knowledge of ancient greek boats."
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degrowth has the same problem as prison abolitionism where the policy is either vague or entails committing the worst mass murder in human history
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
degrowth has the same problem as prison abolitionism where the policy is either vague or entails committing the worst mass murder in human history
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Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
surprise crossover appearance from my family tradition of dinnertime poetry: www.poetseers.org/contemporary...
also what the fuck is "unschooling"
I mean, I get that it's homeschooling, but are you telling me that people doing it actually call it "unschooling"?
also what the fuck is "unschooling"
I mean, I get that it's homeschooling, but are you telling me that people doing it actually call it "unschooling"?
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
surprise crossover appearance from my family tradition of dinnertime poetry: www.poetseers.org/contemporary...
also what the fuck is "unschooling"
I mean, I get that it's homeschooling, but are you telling me that people doing it actually call it "unschooling"?
also what the fuck is "unschooling"
I mean, I get that it's homeschooling, but are you telling me that people doing it actually call it "unschooling"?
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My stupid galaxy brain continues to be "a foundational problems with the modern American left is that its luminaries are largely entertainers & academics, two groups who not only don't have to pass policy but actually benefit from continued leftist marginal status by retaining their cool cred."
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My stupid galaxy brain continues to be "a foundational problems with the modern American left is that its luminaries are largely entertainers & academics, two groups who not only don't have to pass policy but actually benefit from continued leftist marginal status by retaining their cool cred."
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challenge to alleged leftists: name one (1) lobbying group that isn’t a secretive Zionist cabal
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
challenge to alleged leftists: name one (1) lobbying group that isn’t a secretive Zionist cabal
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Thing is, a lot of communities do have systems to address these things and what that looks like is “The pastor or the church elders tell the wife she needs to be more obedient and pray harder.” I have yet to see a hardcore abolitionist contend with the fact that some communities are pro-abuse.
Look, if your community justice and reconciliation system doesn't have a way to address someone like Ted Bundy and domestic abuse, I'm sorry, but it's not a serious system.
I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Thing is, a lot of communities do have systems to address these things and what that looks like is “The pastor or the church elders tell the wife she needs to be more obedient and pray harder.” I have yet to see a hardcore abolitionist contend with the fact that some communities are pro-abuse.
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The problem with you guys is that you don't actually want to solve problems, you want a religious reawakening in the usa
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The problem with you guys is that you don't actually want to solve problems, you want a religious reawakening in the usa
there's a central point in here that's worth underlining twice, highlighting, and tattooing on the inside of your eyelids: the optimal [situation/choice/outcome] is not necessarily the one that makes you personally happy, because your happiness is very rarely the most important factor involved
This is going to be very nuanced and very divisive. I hope you will do me the courtesy of reading the whole thing and digesting it before commenting.
Okay?
Good, here goes:
I think many people in our party misunderstand what a congressional leader is.
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Okay?
Good, here goes:
I think many people in our party misunderstand what a congressional leader is.
1/
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
there's a central point in here that's worth underlining twice, highlighting, and tattooing on the inside of your eyelids: the optimal [situation/choice/outcome] is not necessarily the one that makes you personally happy, because your happiness is very rarely the most important factor involved
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This is going to be very nuanced and very divisive. I hope you will do me the courtesy of reading the whole thing and digesting it before commenting.
Okay?
Good, here goes:
I think many people in our party misunderstand what a congressional leader is.
1/
Okay?
Good, here goes:
I think many people in our party misunderstand what a congressional leader is.
1/
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is going to be very nuanced and very divisive. I hope you will do me the courtesy of reading the whole thing and digesting it before commenting.
Okay?
Good, here goes:
I think many people in our party misunderstand what a congressional leader is.
1/
Okay?
Good, here goes:
I think many people in our party misunderstand what a congressional leader is.
1/
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Looks like it’s time to break out Old Reliable again.
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Looks like it’s time to break out Old Reliable again.
truly one of the most "you must get up very early in the morning" grindsets of all time
The Mongols murdered so many people you guys. Just so many.
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
truly one of the most "you must get up very early in the morning" grindsets of all time
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like, I simply can't trust you if your opinions are both extremely intense and exactly what makes you popular and minimizes social friction with those around you
I just don't believe that you believe these things for the right reasons. I would rather be an outcast & hated than not be able to trust
I just don't believe that you believe these things for the right reasons. I would rather be an outcast & hated than not be able to trust
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
like, I simply can't trust you if your opinions are both extremely intense and exactly what makes you popular and minimizes social friction with those around you
I just don't believe that you believe these things for the right reasons. I would rather be an outcast & hated than not be able to trust
I just don't believe that you believe these things for the right reasons. I would rather be an outcast & hated than not be able to trust
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see the difference between Hasan and Beijingers is that Beijingers love their dogs.
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
see the difference between Hasan and Beijingers is that Beijingers love their dogs.
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I think some of the posters on Bluesky are also extremely invested in their identities as the downtrodden underclass, and evidence that they’re pretty well off, actually, threatens them.
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I think some of the posters on Bluesky are also extremely invested in their identities as the downtrodden underclass, and evidence that they’re pretty well off, actually, threatens them.
new best word just dropped
bluekkake happened not 24 hours ago and yall are already climbing all over each other to feckless-dems-in-disarray about a sweaty, dick-in-meaty-hand Politico article about a deal that, of all the things that are not going to happen, is going to happen the least. pull up, buckaroos
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
new best word just dropped
BREAKING: Trump Crash Plane
BREAKING: Terrifying footage of the UPS Flight 2976 plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky.
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
BREAKING: Trump Crash Plane
This is another thing that Posting Activism erases: every course of action, including inaction, has an opportunity cost equal to the highest-value course of action you didn't take.
You and I (and Michael Mann) have the luxury of vibes; Gates operates at such scale he must be an actuary.
It’s pure necropolitics, weighing up how many millions of deaths are the likely outcome of each side of your investment ledger.
The responsibility must feel annihilating.
It’s pure necropolitics, weighing up how many millions of deaths are the likely outcome of each side of your investment ledger.
The responsibility must feel annihilating.
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is another thing that Posting Activism erases: every course of action, including inaction, has an opportunity cost equal to the highest-value course of action you didn't take.
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The enemy of my enemy is another problem for my enemy.
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The enemy of my enemy is another problem for my enemy.
this is the part where we are obligated, as principled anti-fascists, to make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons
(this does not and should not preclude us from enacting Operation Unthinkable at a later date)
(this does not and should not preclude us from enacting Operation Unthinkable at a later date)
Endorse. At the point where she’s put her body on the line and is being personally targeted by the regime, she’s walked the walk more than sufficiently to deserve respect and to be taken seriously.
Kat Abugazeh’s campaign has crossed a threshold where the risk she’s taking is significant enough and the actions admirable enough I sorta am past caring if it’s a publicity stunt/brand building exercise or not, it’s still brave and worthy of respect.
October 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
this is the part where we are obligated, as principled anti-fascists, to make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons
(this does not and should not preclude us from enacting Operation Unthinkable at a later date)
(this does not and should not preclude us from enacting Operation Unthinkable at a later date)
@eleanor.lockhart.contact this seems potentially relevant to your interests, or at least to something adjacent to them
can albanian speakers please tell me more about this verb that apparently means “to die” but only for humans and bees???
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
@eleanor.lockhart.contact this seems potentially relevant to your interests, or at least to something adjacent to them
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one of the major problems with liberal revolutionary states is that the willingness to kill the president under some circumstances is a load-bearing pillar of the ideology and they cannot make it legal to say that perhaps we should kill the preaident
February 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
one of the major problems with liberal revolutionary states is that the willingness to kill the president under some circumstances is a load-bearing pillar of the ideology and they cannot make it legal to say that perhaps we should kill the preaident