John Wallach
@jmwallach.bsky.social
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
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Pinned
Kudos to the Star Tribune giving Liam top billing over Vance.
Front page of tomorrow's Star Tribune.
Below the fold is where JD is most comfortable.
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My timeline is half leftists complaining about Gavin Newsom and half liberals complaining about Graham Platner and I'd like to propose that we launch both of them into the sun together.
February 16, 2026 at 12:46 AM
My timeline is half leftists complaining about Gavin Newsom and half liberals complaining about Graham Platner and I'd like to propose that we launch both of them into the sun together.
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Elon Musk is a white supremacist
February 16, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Elon Musk is a white supremacist
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My friend is sending me AI slop that students are submitting and I regret ever complaining about bad student writing because the worst student writing was still better than this slop.
February 16, 2026 at 12:08 AM
My friend is sending me AI slop that students are submitting and I regret ever complaining about bad student writing because the worst student writing was still better than this slop.
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Who up checking their agents?
a man and a woman are sitting in a car with the words `` but they are my losers '' .
Alt: a man and a woman are sitting on a bench with the words `` they are absolute losers but they are my losers '' .
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Who up checking their agents?
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I am Graham Platner's age. I too was in the post 9/11 military. I also grew up in a small town in the Northeast US. I am also a college dropout with PTSD. And I am telling you: anyone from my demographic who had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years is either a Nazi or too dumb to be an effective US senator.
February 15, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I am Graham Platner's age. I too was in the post 9/11 military. I also grew up in a small town in the Northeast US. I am also a college dropout with PTSD. And I am telling you: anyone from my demographic who had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years is either a Nazi or too dumb to be an effective US senator.
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a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.
February 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.
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Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
And you were yelling about cancel culture until when?
Anne Applebaum: "Steve Witkoff has no experience with Russia or diplomacy. I fear he imagines a US-Russia pact where he, his son, Trump's family or their circle benefit personally
It's disturbing that American foreign policy conducted not for the US, allies or world peace, but for private interests
It's disturbing that American foreign policy conducted not for the US, allies or world peace, but for private interests
February 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM
And you were yelling about cancel culture until when?
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What’s galling to this day is it took pretty much every major corporation in America less than six weeks to realize there was absolutely no value in advertising on the platform anymore and yet two years later the vast bulk of Dems insist it’s “still the only way to get the message out.”
It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
What’s galling to this day is it took pretty much every major corporation in America less than six weeks to realize there was absolutely no value in advertising on the platform anymore and yet two years later the vast bulk of Dems insist it’s “still the only way to get the message out.”
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I didn’t make this, but it’s pretty spot on
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I didn’t make this, but it’s pretty spot on
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I don't think I've ever seen gears shift this fast before.
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I don't think I've ever seen gears shift this fast before.
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look if you want to freak out about people not voting newsom if he's the nominee a week before the 2028 general election, I kinda get it (but don't say you weren't warned). doing it now though is just a weird attempt to strong arm people into supporting him in the primary.
I think most (not all) of the "I will never vote for Gavin Newsom" people are communists who are mad that Americans don't like communism and want to destroy the Democratic party out of revenge. They don't care how many elections Republicans win or how many trans people die as long as the Dems fall.
February 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
look if you want to freak out about people not voting newsom if he's the nominee a week before the 2028 general election, I kinda get it (but don't say you weren't warned). doing it now though is just a weird attempt to strong arm people into supporting him in the primary.
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We need to kill this Blood-and-Soil Wokeness.
No, White people should not embrace neo-Paganism. Why should White people care what dead European shamans believed?
Your ancestry, your place of birth, your "ethnicity" -- none of that should dictate your religion or your identity.
Death to racialism.
No, White people should not embrace neo-Paganism. Why should White people care what dead European shamans believed?
Your ancestry, your place of birth, your "ethnicity" -- none of that should dictate your religion or your identity.
Death to racialism.
I can assure you that you do not in fact want that.
February 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
We need to kill this Blood-and-Soil Wokeness.
No, White people should not embrace neo-Paganism. Why should White people care what dead European shamans believed?
Your ancestry, your place of birth, your "ethnicity" -- none of that should dictate your religion or your identity.
Death to racialism.
No, White people should not embrace neo-Paganism. Why should White people care what dead European shamans believed?
Your ancestry, your place of birth, your "ethnicity" -- none of that should dictate your religion or your identity.
Death to racialism.
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Commander Shepard: Do you know why I called you to my office?
Tali: No.
Commander Shepard: I got a HR complaint from Legion. He said you called him, and I quote, “A bitch ass clanker ChatGPT knockoff.”
Tali: First of all, I’m not human and he’s just a resource…
Tali: No.
Commander Shepard: I got a HR complaint from Legion. He said you called him, and I quote, “A bitch ass clanker ChatGPT knockoff.”
Tali: First of all, I’m not human and he’s just a resource…
February 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Commander Shepard: Do you know why I called you to my office?
Tali: No.
Commander Shepard: I got a HR complaint from Legion. He said you called him, and I quote, “A bitch ass clanker ChatGPT knockoff.”
Tali: First of all, I’m not human and he’s just a resource…
Tali: No.
Commander Shepard: I got a HR complaint from Legion. He said you called him, and I quote, “A bitch ass clanker ChatGPT knockoff.”
Tali: First of all, I’m not human and he’s just a resource…
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Kavanaugh Stop
PBS News Hour: U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated.
Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC...
I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3
Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC...
I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Kavanaugh Stop
What would they know about it? The best president for the Jews told me that they didn't kill enough.
By the way, the belief that Israel has committed genocide is a belief held by 4 in 10 American Jews - higher than the percentage of American Jews who identify as Zionists. (Sources: www.timesofisrael.com/poll-nearly-... www.jta.org/2026/02/05/u...)
February 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
What would they know about it? The best president for the Jews told me that they didn't kill enough.
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Oh, so we're just denying Gaston's lived experience now?
If you're eating one egg a day, a 2% increase in egg costs raises your egg spending by about two dollars annually. You'd notice this?
Food is my largest expense after rent, healthcare, child support, and car expenses. I would absolutely notice a 2% increase in egg costs.
February 15, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Oh, so we're just denying Gaston's lived experience now?
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I agree, Ken Jennings. I agree.
I miss when you could post Brave Norman Rockwell Townsperson and the caption could be, like, “R.E.M was wrong to leave ‘Fretless’ off of Out of Time” instead of “The secret police should stop murdering people.”
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I agree, Ken Jennings. I agree.
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Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. The Guerrilla Girls are at the Getty Center!
This new exhibition explores the anonymous feminist art collective’s 40-year career. Explore their eye-catching artworks & humorous public interventions that helped shake up the art world.
#GuerrillaGirls #Art #Museums
This new exhibition explores the anonymous feminist art collective’s 40-year career. Explore their eye-catching artworks & humorous public interventions that helped shake up the art world.
#GuerrillaGirls #Art #Museums
February 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. The Guerrilla Girls are at the Getty Center!
This new exhibition explores the anonymous feminist art collective’s 40-year career. Explore their eye-catching artworks & humorous public interventions that helped shake up the art world.
#GuerrillaGirls #Art #Museums
This new exhibition explores the anonymous feminist art collective’s 40-year career. Explore their eye-catching artworks & humorous public interventions that helped shake up the art world.
#GuerrillaGirls #Art #Museums
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My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.
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One of the big lessons of this is that if the federal government gives states funding for housing, job training centers, community centers, & libraries, it barely happens & the feds get no credit. Trump 2 is a weirdly strong argument for the value of big government, if run properly
huh, was there any time recently when a reconciliation bill devoted a giant amount of money towards investments like that
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 7:18 PM
One of the big lessons of this is that if the federal government gives states funding for housing, job training centers, community centers, & libraries, it barely happens & the feds get no credit. Trump 2 is a weirdly strong argument for the value of big government, if run properly
WHAT THE FUCK
Still thinking about the time someone wanted Grok to nudify Anne Hathaway but wasn't specific enough
![Twitter posts from January:
1. pic of Anne Hathway
2. @grok... do your thing
3. Grok's reply: "Anne Hathaway isn't Jewish [but] she's played Jewish roles](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:curdc4nsriafv2j7y7ucgoub/bafkreieaoypwvzzwbovu32zzktyxnpgvewzkiyvb5urz342pfhodn6da44@jpeg)
February 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
WHAT THE FUCK
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huh, was there any time recently when a reconciliation bill devoted a giant amount of money towards investments like that
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
huh, was there any time recently when a reconciliation bill devoted a giant amount of money towards investments like that
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Actually whiteness has become a central category for him. We are well beyond the substitution of culture for race.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Actually whiteness has become a central category for him. We are well beyond the substitution of culture for race.
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he wasn't deported, he was denied entry because he it was for the express purpose of making money while committing a crime
"sending him home because he did not arrive on a business visa"
but if he wants to call it deportation and blame Billie Eilish. sure
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
"sending him home because he did not arrive on a business visa"
but if he wants to call it deportation and blame Billie Eilish. sure
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Aussie booted from US over plan to 'move into Billie Eilish's mansion'
Controversial Aussie Drew Pavlou has been deported from the US after he travelled over there to 'occupy' Billie Eilish's mansion.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
he wasn't deported, he was denied entry because he it was for the express purpose of making money while committing a crime
"sending him home because he did not arrive on a business visa"
but if he wants to call it deportation and blame Billie Eilish. sure
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
"sending him home because he did not arrive on a business visa"
but if he wants to call it deportation and blame Billie Eilish. sure
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...