Hellscape Navigator
@hellscapenavigator.bsky.social
not as well read as I'd like. will ramble about politics, gaming, dogs, and books.
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drop a “well not with that attitude” in your group chat today. respect the classics
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It's crazy that if you have the first principle "human ethnic groups, physical differences aside, are not different in terms of mental capacity or 'inherent' personality traits" you are woker than 90% of the people who work for supposedly liberal media organizations.
January 31, 2026 at 3:38 AM
It's crazy that if you have the first principle "human ethnic groups, physical differences aside, are not different in terms of mental capacity or 'inherent' personality traits" you are woker than 90% of the people who work for supposedly liberal media organizations.
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this is the entire reason we are fucking fighting for our freedoms here. the fact that you have convinced yourself it was always this bad does not make it true. you are now in danger of the government pretextually arresting you because the government is now corrupt in a way it wasn’t before
January 30, 2026 at 10:44 PM
this is the entire reason we are fucking fighting for our freedoms here. the fact that you have convinced yourself it was always this bad does not make it true. you are now in danger of the government pretextually arresting you because the government is now corrupt in a way it wasn’t before
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disturbingly plausible
January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
disturbingly plausible
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Honestly, I think Obama might be a top five president in hindsight simply because it turned out this country was a shithole powderkeg and he managed to ride the tiger for eight years somehow. Last Roman type of thing.
I think Obama was vindicated in the long run because the ACA endured against all odds while Bidenomics was rejected in favor of fascism by the electorate.
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in terms of passing policies that improve peoples lives particularly at the bottom of the SES ladder, Joe Biden was the best president of my lifetime
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in terms of passing policies that improve peoples lives particularly at the bottom of the SES ladder, Joe Biden was the best president of my lifetime
*drops mic*
January 30, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Honestly, I think Obama might be a top five president in hindsight simply because it turned out this country was a shithole powderkeg and he managed to ride the tiger for eight years somehow. Last Roman type of thing.
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so you know how there's a theory that three-cueing means many Americans literally *can't* read.
January 30, 2026 at 2:29 AM
so you know how there's a theory that three-cueing means many Americans literally *can't* read.
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very fun to think that there are at least four votes for "the president can unilaterally rewrite a constitutional amendment"
A different kind of April fools
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
very fun to think that there are at least four votes for "the president can unilaterally rewrite a constitutional amendment"
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the fact that this bullshit has even reached the supreme court is completely disqualifying to the entire field of law
A different kind of April fools
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
January 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM
the fact that this bullshit has even reached the supreme court is completely disqualifying to the entire field of law
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Republicans have majorities in both chambers of Congress, Sarah
January 30, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Republicans have majorities in both chambers of Congress, Sarah
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Quite literally, there are about a dozen scandals under Trump II that are worse than the worst scandals in all of 🇺🇸 political history. Add in the ongoing familial/personal monetization of the presidency, the violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations with 🇨🇦 & 🇬🇱/🇩🇰, & the murder on the high seas.
Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them:
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
January 29, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Quite literally, there are about a dozen scandals under Trump II that are worse than the worst scandals in all of 🇺🇸 political history. Add in the ongoing familial/personal monetization of the presidency, the violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations with 🇨🇦 & 🇬🇱/🇩🇰, & the murder on the high seas.
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I am truly not sure to do with the fact that Jeffries can demand express statutory authorization for states to prosecute ICE agents and because some random website didn’t put that in the headline nobody knows about it, and in fact get mad at him for not demanding the thing he is actively demanding
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I am truly not sure to do with the fact that Jeffries can demand express statutory authorization for states to prosecute ICE agents and because some random website didn’t put that in the headline nobody knows about it, and in fact get mad at him for not demanding the thing he is actively demanding
i wonder how much of the Omni-Crisis is a bunch of people still loosely tethered to reality because of person-to-person human interaction got so marinated in right wing slop during COVID that they finally snapped
like you go from a social Fox News drinker to a Fox News binge drinker...
like you go from a social Fox News drinker to a Fox News binge drinker...
January 29, 2026 at 7:07 PM
i wonder how much of the Omni-Crisis is a bunch of people still loosely tethered to reality because of person-to-person human interaction got so marinated in right wing slop during COVID that they finally snapped
like you go from a social Fox News drinker to a Fox News binge drinker...
like you go from a social Fox News drinker to a Fox News binge drinker...
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american conservatism is not the preservation of fire but the worship of ashes
January 28, 2026 at 9:38 PM
american conservatism is not the preservation of fire but the worship of ashes
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that said, yes, this is a completely insane way to legislate and our government is nonfunctional when it comes to policy
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
that said, yes, this is a completely insane way to legislate and our government is nonfunctional when it comes to policy
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there were more people in minneapolis involved in the struggle, including labor and DSA, than there are communists in the United States
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 AM
there were more people in minneapolis involved in the struggle, including labor and DSA, than there are communists in the United States
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Honestly it's one of the most underrated features of the coordinated conservative propaganda machine: they can do stuff like make gay marriage the number one social issue in American politics for 10 years in a row, then, as soon as the polling turns, completely abandon it, and the base just forgets!
I know the phrase “Someday everyone will have been against this,” but ngl I didn’t expect to see this kind of reversal from the chuddiest little freaks happening so quickly.
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Honestly it's one of the most underrated features of the coordinated conservative propaganda machine: they can do stuff like make gay marriage the number one social issue in American politics for 10 years in a row, then, as soon as the polling turns, completely abandon it, and the base just forgets!
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we lost, we gave them a trifecta, this is what happens in a trifecta
January 27, 2026 at 7:50 PM
we lost, we gave them a trifecta, this is what happens in a trifecta
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It is functionally impossible for an idea to be discredited now
January 27, 2026 at 1:53 PM
It is functionally impossible for an idea to be discredited now
i have a recurring dream that builds on the events of the previous entry in the recurring dream and i don't know if this is weird or normal but it's been going on since high school and i'm starting to think there's so much lore I should spin up a dream fan wiki
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
i have a recurring dream that builds on the events of the previous entry in the recurring dream and i don't know if this is weird or normal but it's been going on since high school and i'm starting to think there's so much lore I should spin up a dream fan wiki
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*sobs* it's all Bad Calvinism
Ultimately, it is always about a call to reach ever-greater heights of radicality, all in the name of a totalizing end goal that is often explained in nebulous terms. Which is the point, as it can only exist in the realm of discourse, or as discourse itself.
January 27, 2026 at 7:47 AM
*sobs* it's all Bad Calvinism
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the murders have occupied all the attention but the indiscriminate assaults justified by no conceivable law enforcement purpose are another thing
It’s notable that both of the killers were, with varying degrees of success, spraying irritants in bystanders’ eyes seconds before the shooting.
A new Times video analysis breaks down the flawed and lethal actions by federal agents in the killing of Alex Pretti. Watch our visual investigation. nyti.ms/3YXeODB
January 27, 2026 at 6:09 AM
the murders have occupied all the attention but the indiscriminate assaults justified by no conceivable law enforcement purpose are another thing
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Corporations do not exist in free markets. Corporations get a *license* from the STATE to do business as a legally fictional corporate entity rather than a partnership. As such, regulation of corporate behaviour--including pricing in some cases--is a fundamental part of the state's responsibility.
January 26, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Corporations do not exist in free markets. Corporations get a *license* from the STATE to do business as a legally fictional corporate entity rather than a partnership. As such, regulation of corporate behaviour--including pricing in some cases--is a fundamental part of the state's responsibility.
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I know I’m always Culturepoasting (just started reading SURFACE DETAIL, no spoilers) but I will never forget the bit in PLAYER OF GAMES where the Azad are like: there’s only one thing a dystopia can offer the citizen of a utopia: the libidinal pleasure of domination
to the extent that there is a “carrot” to trumpism it is the same carrot that slaveholders offered to lower class white men: “you can be an overseer”
Saw this and it’s just wild
January 26, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I know I’m always Culturepoasting (just started reading SURFACE DETAIL, no spoilers) but I will never forget the bit in PLAYER OF GAMES where the Azad are like: there’s only one thing a dystopia can offer the citizen of a utopia: the libidinal pleasure of domination
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[stares directly into the camera]
![Ben Terris
@bterris
X.com
"[My father] had one problem," Trump said. "
He started getting, what do they call it?" He pointed to his forehead and looked to his press secretary for the word that escaped him.
"Alzheimer's," Leavitt said.
"Like an Alzheimer's thing," Trump said. "Well, I don't have it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:drfb2pdjlnsqkfgsoellcahm/bafkreiddfjrkrizv6r5szmevc7gl3bgwmcoub2i7ondb7cpnnqslhsjtvi@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
[stares directly into the camera]
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They have no conception of neighborliness, and so when they see it in action, they convince themselves it's some elaborate conspiracy at work. www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mdbshmybvc2u
America’s Divide is Between Neighborliness and Those Who Hate Their Neighbors - Aaron Ross Powell's Blog
And neighborliness is winning.
www.aaronrosspowell.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:16 AM
They have no conception of neighborliness, and so when they see it in action, they convince themselves it's some elaborate conspiracy at work. www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mdbshmybvc2u
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part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis