Garrick
@garrick.bsky.social
0.000% of Communism has been built. Evil child-murdering billionaires still rule the world with a shit-eating grin. All they've managed to do is make themselves sad.
I'm not saying balkanization is imminent or ideal but I have said and will continue saying that if you reduce to federal government only to be an instrument of cruelty and violence somebody some day is gonna posit the question of why we're even doing this at all.
ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I'm not saying balkanization is imminent or ideal but I have said and will continue saying that if you reduce to federal government only to be an instrument of cruelty and violence somebody some day is gonna posit the question of why we're even doing this at all.
I will leave aside drawing the direct line from Anwar Awlaki to Renee and Alex and say: if you were outside of one a handful of major cities or tech hubs, the economics of the Obama years were fucking AWFUL. The 2008 recession went on for a decade in the rust belt. Remember the "jobless recovery?"
I mean yeah. Look at the lifetime of your average millennial:
Reagan: Ugh
Bush Sr: More of the same
Clinton: Meh
Bush Jr: Lots of bad
Obama: OK this is good
Trump I: Fuck
Biden: There were SOME good things here
Trump II: Fuckity fuck fuck fuck
Reagan: Ugh
Bush Sr: More of the same
Clinton: Meh
Bush Jr: Lots of bad
Obama: OK this is good
Trump I: Fuck
Biden: There were SOME good things here
Trump II: Fuckity fuck fuck fuck
obama was probably the best president of our lifetime and biden the second
which honestly says something about the current bar
which honestly says something about the current bar
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I will leave aside drawing the direct line from Anwar Awlaki to Renee and Alex and say: if you were outside of one a handful of major cities or tech hubs, the economics of the Obama years were fucking AWFUL. The 2008 recession went on for a decade in the rust belt. Remember the "jobless recovery?"
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YOU - (Look at your wrist.) “It's apocalypse o' clock. Time to commence the Gloaming.”
January 19, 2026 at 12:52 PM
YOU - (Look at your wrist.) “It's apocalypse o' clock. Time to commence the Gloaming.”
Elected Democrats are either Nazi collaborators or in a severe state of denial. I wish they'd be clearer about which.
January 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Elected Democrats are either Nazi collaborators or in a severe state of denial. I wish they'd be clearer about which.
I've had my Gmail for 20 years and it's gonna take forever to unwind it but I'm gonna do it. Fuck this shit.
Google is taking over your Gmail inbox with AI. The new AI Inbox replaces the traditional list of emails with a personalized summary of what to do and what to catch up on. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/857883/...
Google is taking over your Gmail inbox with AI
AI Mode but for Gmail.
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I've had my Gmail for 20 years and it's gonna take forever to unwind it but I'm gonna do it. Fuck this shit.
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If you'll allow me my Cassandra moment I remember getting tut-tutted during the Wisconsin capitol occupation for calling then-gov Walker a fascist in 2011.
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 AM
If you'll allow me my Cassandra moment I remember getting tut-tutted during the Wisconsin capitol occupation for calling then-gov Walker a fascist in 2011.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Worth giving this a look if you're like me and are a USian that's fucking sick of the likes of Microsoft and Google, too
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Worth giving this a look if you're like me and are a USian that's fucking sick of the likes of Microsoft and Google, too
We won't get even the tiny dignity of Swan Lake on the television and nor do we deserve it
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We won't get even the tiny dignity of Swan Lake on the television and nor do we deserve it
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Go to Chipotle or Panera and it's 50% more expensive and much worse quality than it was 6 years ago. Go to McDonald's and it's like 30% more expensive but roughly the same quality vs 6 years ago. Worrisome yeah but I think the complete enshittification of fast casual is a big part of this
Not sure what’s more worrisome: that McDonalds low-income consumer traffic is down double digits — or that high-income consumer traffic is UP double digits.
$MCD
$MCD
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Go to Chipotle or Panera and it's 50% more expensive and much worse quality than it was 6 years ago. Go to McDonald's and it's like 30% more expensive but roughly the same quality vs 6 years ago. Worrisome yeah but I think the complete enshittification of fast casual is a big part of this
Cancel your subscription folks. You can find crosswords and recipes elsewhere, spare me the excuses.
Top *eight* articles on NYT devoted to Charlie Kirk, top one asks if he will be remembered like MLK. This is a man who only a tiny percent of Americans had even heard of before his death, whose views are too nasty for NYT to detail. But they are trying so hard to turn into martyr.
September 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Cancel your subscription folks. You can find crosswords and recipes elsewhere, spare me the excuses.
The violence is here no matter how hard you moralize about it, bud
September 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The violence is here no matter how hard you moralize about it, bud
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Kirk’s last words on this planet earth were a bad faith deflection blaming gun violence on black people, which makes this especially insincere
The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.
September 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Kirk’s last words on this planet earth were a bad faith deflection blaming gun violence on black people, which makes this especially insincere
Something I've been saying for a while is that if you keep smashing the button that says "the federal government is only here to hurt you" hard enough and long enough at some point people are going to start wondering why that button exists at all.
illinois gov. JB pritzker responds to ken paxton's threat to arrest TX democrats who fled the state: "they're here in illinois. we're going to do everything we can to protect every single one of them."
August 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Something I've been saying for a while is that if you keep smashing the button that says "the federal government is only here to hurt you" hard enough and long enough at some point people are going to start wondering why that button exists at all.
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August 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Fellow white boy-passing types of a certain political persuasion it's far past time to learn Spanish and [REDACTED]
July 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fellow white boy-passing types of a certain political persuasion it's far past time to learn Spanish and [REDACTED]
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Bottom 50% in China now have more average personal wealth than the bottom 50% in the US
June 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Bottom 50% in China now have more average personal wealth than the bottom 50% in the US
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Even if the contracts are signed and the boats leave today there's still gonna be shortages of some things in a few months btw
May 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Even if the contracts are signed and the boats leave today there's still gonna be shortages of some things in a few months btw
One of those things I learned from union organizing was that a lot of people will agree with you that shit's fucked and it shouldn't be like this but at the end of the fundamentally didn't believe that anything better was possible.
i want to still believe, really have to believe, that the great majority of people simply do not want to live like this
April 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
One of those things I learned from union organizing was that a lot of people will agree with you that shit's fucked and it shouldn't be like this but at the end of the fundamentally didn't believe that anything better was possible.
Telling literally everybody around you fuck you is a bold political strategy, let's see how it plays out for them
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Telling literally everybody around you fuck you is a bold political strategy, let's see how it plays out for them