Das Doak
@dasdoak.bsky.social
Gentleman adventurer, mostly decent bastard, only slightly pessimistic optimist. I ride bikes, tinker, program, and read way too much.
White, cis, straight, US male if you need the context. It's a fucked demographic; wasn't my choice to be born into it.
White, cis, straight, US male if you need the context. It's a fucked demographic; wasn't my choice to be born into it.
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Das Doak
@dasdoak.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Here's what Democrats should do - as a minimum - to help fix the media ecosystem:
Start a newspaper in every single congressional district - yes, all 435 of them - called "The <name of geographic area> Democrat." It can literally be the district number if there's nothing better to hand. (1/7)
Start a newspaper in every single congressional district - yes, all 435 of them - called "The <name of geographic area> Democrat." It can literally be the district number if there's nothing better to hand. (1/7)
This article raises an uncomfortable possibility; that Generative AI is not only, in the words of Correy Doctorow, "asbestos in the walls of our tech society" but, also, the new cigarettes which the next generation is rapidly becoming dependent on.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 AM
This article raises an uncomfortable possibility; that Generative AI is not only, in the words of Correy Doctorow, "asbestos in the walls of our tech society" but, also, the new cigarettes which the next generation is rapidly becoming dependent on.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
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People like to claim that its illegal for communists to run for office in the US as if that law wasnt found to be unconstitutional in the 1970s
There are several self-declared socialists in federal office right now and the CPUSA is still around and holds i think three municipal offices
There are several self-declared socialists in federal office right now and the CPUSA is still around and holds i think three municipal offices
The United States have several laws the ban communist parties, bar communist from running for office, and prohibit jobs that communist can have
The FBI has conducted several anti communist operations across the United States and recently Congress, in a bipartisan vote, voted to condemn socialism
The FBI has conducted several anti communist operations across the United States and recently Congress, in a bipartisan vote, voted to condemn socialism
February 15, 2026 at 4:47 AM
People like to claim that its illegal for communists to run for office in the US as if that law wasnt found to be unconstitutional in the 1970s
There are several self-declared socialists in federal office right now and the CPUSA is still around and holds i think three municipal offices
There are several self-declared socialists in federal office right now and the CPUSA is still around and holds i think three municipal offices
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I've read my grandfather's diaries, written in the 1960's, and I can assure you that his generation of conservatives did not see the Beatles as part of western civilization. The phrase "jungle rhythm" appeared several times.
Reading Marco Rubio’s speech about how “western civilization” is about embracing God, rejecting the foolish ideal of cosmopolitanism, and celebrating the genius of bands like The Beatles who were founded by the guy who wrote that song about a world with no countries or the concept of heaven & hell.
February 15, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I've read my grandfather's diaries, written in the 1960's, and I can assure you that his generation of conservatives did not see the Beatles as part of western civilization. The phrase "jungle rhythm" appeared several times.
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get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
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I wonder how many enterprise deployments of AI that have been lauded by companies as justifying massive investments are, in reality, just spectacularly inefficient random number generators hooked up to a bullshit machine.
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I wonder how many enterprise deployments of AI that have been lauded by companies as justifying massive investments are, in reality, just spectacularly inefficient random number generators hooked up to a bullshit machine.
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(there is something very funny also about Rubio adopting a late 18th century european chauvinist’s contempt for ‘creole’ peoples. like, dude, you’re *cuban*)
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
(there is something very funny also about Rubio adopting a late 18th century european chauvinist’s contempt for ‘creole’ peoples. like, dude, you’re *cuban*)
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slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Part of the reason hospitality laws were sacrosanct was because everyone recognized that not abusing trust was a load-bearing pillar of society. ICE is going at those pillars with an axe, and should be stopped and face *serious* and permanent consequences.
ICE has completely broken our social contract.
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Part of the reason hospitality laws were sacrosanct was because everyone recognized that not abusing trust was a load-bearing pillar of society. ICE is going at those pillars with an axe, and should be stopped and face *serious* and permanent consequences.
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ICE has completely broken our social contract.
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
ICE has completely broken our social contract.
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
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Radical activists and visionaries like David Walker and the people Chris Bonner talks about in his article helped create the vision of a pluralistic, multi-racial democracy that emerged out of the Civil War and which that flag-holding New Jersey guy considers to be "who we are as Americans."
February 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Radical activists and visionaries like David Walker and the people Chris Bonner talks about in his article helped create the vision of a pluralistic, multi-racial democracy that emerged out of the Civil War and which that flag-holding New Jersey guy considers to be "who we are as Americans."
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I refuse to allow contemporary white supremacists to determine that the slave catchers and their federal enablers were the "real Americans" of the antebellum era, while formerly enslaved people and their white and Black allies who worked to protect their freedom were somehow less "real Americans."
February 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I refuse to allow contemporary white supremacists to determine that the slave catchers and their federal enablers were the "real Americans" of the antebellum era, while formerly enslaved people and their white and Black allies who worked to protect their freedom were somehow less "real Americans."
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We are a nation in which thousands of Black people were "legally" kidnapped with the assistance of the federal government & sent back into slavery.
We are also a nation in which thousands of white & Black people organized in their local communities to try to stop those kidnappings.
"We" are both.
We are also a nation in which thousands of white & Black people organized in their local communities to try to stop those kidnappings.
"We" are both.
February 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM
We are a nation in which thousands of Black people were "legally" kidnapped with the assistance of the federal government & sent back into slavery.
We are also a nation in which thousands of white & Black people organized in their local communities to try to stop those kidnappings.
"We" are both.
We are also a nation in which thousands of white & Black people organized in their local communities to try to stop those kidnappings.
"We" are both.
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In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
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This is what Republicans want. Vote every last one of them out, no matter the office. Don't let these monsters anywhere near government again.
In the early morning, ICE raided the elementary school bus stop during the pick-up time, causing panic among the 4th and 5th graders. This unfortunate event took place outside the Woodland Village Apartments in Lindenwold, New Jersey.
February 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This is what Republicans want. Vote every last one of them out, no matter the office. Don't let these monsters anywhere near government again.
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
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reminder that as insurrectionists and domestic enemies of the United States, all Republicans everywhere are constitutionally banned from holding or seeking public office, so every position they hold they hold illegitimately, and every vote they receive should be deemed invalid
Trump: “The Democrats refuse to vote for Voter I.D., or Citizenship. The reason is very simple — They want to continue to cheat in Elections. This was not what our Founders desired … There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!“
February 14, 2026 at 2:34 AM
reminder that as insurrectionists and domestic enemies of the United States, all Republicans everywhere are constitutionally banned from holding or seeking public office, so every position they hold they hold illegitimately, and every vote they receive should be deemed invalid
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Wow, almost like the media and journalism profession failed in some sort of professional duty to actually inform these low-engagement voters about what Trump was saying he wanted to do and the consequences of those plans.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Wow, almost like the media and journalism profession failed in some sort of professional duty to actually inform these low-engagement voters about what Trump was saying he wanted to do and the consequences of those plans.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
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Tax the f outta the freaking rich people — that’s it. That’s the plan.
Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a huge success. Here is how grassroots groups beat big money and are now raising tons of money for mixed income, rent stabilized housing. (We call it “social housing.”)
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
February 13, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Tax the f outta the freaking rich people — that’s it. That’s the plan.
I'm fully in favor of giving people like this a one-way ticket to Russia, and shredding their passport as soon as they get on the plane.
This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I'm fully in favor of giving people like this a one-way ticket to Russia, and shredding their passport as soon as they get on the plane.
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The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 AM
The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
This really makes me wonder how much the anti trans panic was an explicit response to the successes of MeToo.
Obviously the bigots who lost the fight for gay rights immediately moved to the next soft target, but you see a *big* swing in 2016/17 when MeToo got big.
Obviously the bigots who lost the fight for gay rights immediately moved to the next soft target, but you see a *big* swing in 2016/17 when MeToo got big.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 13, 2026 at 12:48 AM
This really makes me wonder how much the anti trans panic was an explicit response to the successes of MeToo.
Obviously the bigots who lost the fight for gay rights immediately moved to the next soft target, but you see a *big* swing in 2016/17 when MeToo got big.
Obviously the bigots who lost the fight for gay rights immediately moved to the next soft target, but you see a *big* swing in 2016/17 when MeToo got big.
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Thinking about all the now unemployed journalists who "refused to do free PR" for the Democrats in 2024, which ultimately led to the circumstances that got them fired.
Perhaps they should've done some free PR for their futures, which albeit more boring are ALWAYS safer with Democrats.
Perhaps they should've done some free PR for their futures, which albeit more boring are ALWAYS safer with Democrats.
Seems like a lot of evidence against a “the failure was democratic messaging” story of 2024. What’s happening, that people disapprove of, is exactly what prominent democrats said would happen (and often was written down in Project 2025).
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
February 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Thinking about all the now unemployed journalists who "refused to do free PR" for the Democrats in 2024, which ultimately led to the circumstances that got them fired.
Perhaps they should've done some free PR for their futures, which albeit more boring are ALWAYS safer with Democrats.
Perhaps they should've done some free PR for their futures, which albeit more boring are ALWAYS safer with Democrats.