hoptimus
@hoptimusprime.bsky.social
Software engineer. Freedom and lasers are the right of all sentient beings. Takes on politics, tech, culture. Quality is job 9.
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as a thought exercise for everyone reading ross douthat's latest missive in the NYT, i want you to think about sending an email to your entire company with the subject line "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?", then think about the over/under on the number of minutes/hours you would still be employed
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If the Nuzzi blast radius doesn't impact both the new editor of VF and the NYT profiler, then something wrong. Holy shit.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If the Nuzzi blast radius doesn't impact both the new editor of VF and the NYT profiler, then something wrong. Holy shit.
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Where are all of Nuzzi’s defenders now? You know the ones like Ben Smith who started circle the wagons last fall. The ones who congratulated her when she got the job at VF. Where are they now?
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Where are all of Nuzzi’s defenders now? You know the ones like Ben Smith who started circle the wagons last fall. The ones who congratulated her when she got the job at VF. Where are they now?
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I think that it is bad that the National Guard is deployed in a city for absolutely no reason and today's tragedy could be easily avoided by not deploying the guard for made-up reasons.
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I think that it is bad that the National Guard is deployed in a city for absolutely no reason and today's tragedy could be easily avoided by not deploying the guard for made-up reasons.
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Annnnnnd now the West Virginia governor says he's not sure about the condition of the National Guardsmen.
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Annnnnnd now the West Virginia governor says he's not sure about the condition of the National Guardsmen.
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
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"Weeks of watching Florida insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan flail around like a toddler trying to teach calculus should serve as a warning about the perils of crowdsourcing legal research to literal randos on the internet. *But it won’t.*" — @lizdye.bsky.social
Bill Pulte and Ed Martin's shitposting legal strategy
It's backfired so spectacularly that now *they're* the ones being investigated.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"Weeks of watching Florida insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan flail around like a toddler trying to teach calculus should serve as a warning about the perils of crowdsourcing legal research to literal randos on the internet. *But it won’t.*" — @lizdye.bsky.social
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
Is John Carpenter’s THE THING A Christmas Movie? Have Your Say
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
Trump: I AM A HUMAN DYNAMO
also Trump:
also Trump:
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump: I AM A HUMAN DYNAMO
also Trump:
also Trump:
Dems should be telling A.G. That he can either answer these questions now or answer them later while under oath.
Interesting exchange between @sulliview.bsky.social and James Risen over the NYT’s inexplicable and indefensible opacity regarding their (now former) reporter who was soliciting $ from Jeffrey Epstein.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Dems should be telling A.G. That he can either answer these questions now or answer them later while under oath.
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Interesting exchange between @sulliview.bsky.social and James Risen over the NYT’s inexplicable and indefensible opacity regarding their (now former) reporter who was soliciting $ from Jeffrey Epstein.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Interesting exchange between @sulliview.bsky.social and James Risen over the NYT’s inexplicable and indefensible opacity regarding their (now former) reporter who was soliciting $ from Jeffrey Epstein.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
she's going to spend the rest of her miserable and stupid life in prison
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
she's going to spend the rest of her miserable and stupid life in prison
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read as: "it's getting harder for us to lie to our readers because they have eyeballs and brains"
Oh, is it getting harder, AG? Is it getting harder for him to maintain his image of lithe, athletic stamina we all know Donald Trump for?
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
read as: "it's getting harder for us to lie to our readers because they have eyeballs and brains"
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Joe Biden should have seized the Times under asset forfeiture
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Joe Biden should have seized the Times under asset forfeiture
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RFK Jr. is neither a joke nor a well-intentioned proponent of public health with a few kooky beliefs. He's a menace, evil even by the standards of Trump's inner circle, and the failure of the political press to convey this is maddening
I actually think it’s okay to take a ridiculous scandal seriously when it involves a wingnut conspiracy theorist in charge of things like vaccine policy and pandemic preparedness
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
She never misses a beat, of course, but Marina's first paragraph this week is *chef's kiss*
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
RFK Jr. is neither a joke nor a well-intentioned proponent of public health with a few kooky beliefs. He's a menace, evil even by the standards of Trump's inner circle, and the failure of the political press to convey this is maddening
bsky hates pumpkin pie and y’all are great but apparently also delusional, it’s the best pie on earth
Stuffing, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie are largely reserved for holiday feasts not because they’re “special” but because they’re gross actually, fight me
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
bsky hates pumpkin pie and y’all are great but apparently also delusional, it’s the best pie on earth
i get an equal amount of hate for this view but I don't care: i love pumpkin pie, it is the best pie on earth, and it is better than 99% of cakes
I get a lot of hate for this view and in turn I'd only ask if you've ever had a pie as good as a typical cheesecake. The answer is no, you have not. Cheesecake invalidates the whole pie category. Hell, regular cake barely survives the cheesecake onslaught on the strength of carrot cake alone.
The dirty secret of pies is that they have the lowest ceiling potential of all sweets. Your best pie is merely fine. Your median pie is bad.
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
i get an equal amount of hate for this view but I don't care: i love pumpkin pie, it is the best pie on earth, and it is better than 99% of cakes
RFK, Jr. should have to answer for the deaths of every single one of these kids.
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough.
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
RFK, Jr. should have to answer for the deaths of every single one of these kids.
GOP 2026: Not Enough Toddlers Die In Cars, Actually
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
GOP 2026: Not Enough Toddlers Die In Cars, Actually
wondering what benjy sarlin is up to these days
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
wondering what benjy sarlin is up to these days
the problem for republicans is that pivoting to affordability requires people who know policy, and they've spent the last decade drumming nearly everyone who knows policy out of the government; they're currently as capable of pivoting to affordability as patrick mahomes is of pivoting to left tackle
i continue to think that the republican pivot to affordability puts them on uniquely unfavorable terrain for them
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
the problem for republicans is that pivoting to affordability requires people who know policy, and they've spent the last decade drumming nearly everyone who knows policy out of the government; they're currently as capable of pivoting to affordability as patrick mahomes is of pivoting to left tackle
alan dershowitz is, quite famously, not even where the vast majority of martha's vineyard residents are
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
alan dershowitz is, quite famously, not even where the vast majority of martha's vineyard residents are
Yep. Manning's tough because a) he played during an era with a *lot* of HOF worthy QBs, and whether he's in the top 5 in his era is up for debate, and b) his end stage career was a mess. The highs were very high, though, and they let Favre in, who put up more than his share of stinkers.
I don't think Eli Manning is a Hall of Famer, but I would love more folks on both sides to land on, "This is a unique and complicated case," which it clearly is, rather than "ALL BALL-KNOWERS AGREE THAT ELI STINKS AND THIS IS STOOPID" or "TWO RINGS, 'NUFF SAID."
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Yep. Manning's tough because a) he played during an era with a *lot* of HOF worthy QBs, and whether he's in the top 5 in his era is up for debate, and b) his end stage career was a mess. The highs were very high, though, and they let Favre in, who put up more than his share of stinkers.
Trump: "Despite their size, Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they're still MAHA. They've been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies and all the other things they have been eating for this occasion."
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM