Kotu
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Hi, I'm KingoftheUzbeks. You may remember me from such projects as “so-so AH” and “mediocre fanfic”. ↙️↙️↙️. He/Him/His. Go Crew, Go Bucks, Go Cavs, Go Jackets and God Help Ohio's NFL teams. PFP by @reallygoodusername.bsky.social
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Roadblocks to government action by organized groups of citizens is good when the government action is bad and bad when the government action is good.
new from me: it's interesting that one of the biggest roadblocks we're seeing to ICE buying up warehouses to convert into modern day concentration camps for detained immigrants is conservative NIMBYs (non-derogatory, for once) saying "not here, thanks"
Opinion | ICE’s warehouse detention centers run up against NIMBYism
A surprising number of Republican communities are coming out against the idea of ICE deportation facilities in their backyards.
www.ms.now
February 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Roadblocks to government action by organized groups of citizens is good when the government action is bad and bad when the government action is good.
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The rivalry with Mighty Morphin Power Celtic seldom gets mentioned.
February 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The rivalry with Mighty Morphin Power Celtic seldom gets mentioned.
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A Woman But Not That Woman 2028.
This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
she's a liberal and therefore supports a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
February 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A Woman But Not That Woman 2028.
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Until May 1940 there are multiple Bomber Command raids cancelled because they're not allowed to bomb ships in harbour! They weren't allowed to bomb factories because they were private property!
Everyone evacuated London, got bored, then came back just in time for the Blitz!
Everyone evacuated London, got bored, then came back just in time for the Blitz!
February 12, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Until May 1940 there are multiple Bomber Command raids cancelled because they're not allowed to bomb ships in harbour! They weren't allowed to bomb factories because they were private property!
Everyone evacuated London, got bored, then came back just in time for the Blitz!
Everyone evacuated London, got bored, then came back just in time for the Blitz!
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Okay but this happened in the *actual* Second World War so like
If WW2 happened today we'd be so busy arguing on the internet over whether the government was trying to control us with blackout and rations that the Germans would just roll right through us in hours
February 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Okay but this happened in the *actual* Second World War so like
“Matter Eater Lad calls upon the Legion of Substitute Heroes” how can you not love comics
February 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM
“Matter Eater Lad calls upon the Legion of Substitute Heroes” how can you not love comics
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"Is it Contempt of Council if you do not obey a subpoena because you've been elevated to a higher plane of existence, the greatest session in the history of the Federation Council, tabled by the chair after 12,239 hours of heated debate."
February 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
"Is it Contempt of Council if you do not obey a subpoena because you've been elevated to a higher plane of existence, the greatest session in the history of the Federation Council, tabled by the chair after 12,239 hours of heated debate."
All series should have an episode where the characters look at the camera and say "unionize"
Genuinely really cool how pro-union Hollywood is, and for good reason, it's basically the only industry that is unionized across the board
February 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
All series should have an episode where the characters look at the camera and say "unionize"
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Your reminder that Jon Bel Edwards, a legit conservative and the last Dem governor of Louisiana, was pro trans rights while being anti choice. "Dems don't support queer people" is like the most easily disproven lie. If JBE, Kelly, Cooper, and Beshear are all pro trans.
hasan, who is not trans or queer, saying that Dems would shoot every trans person in the head to win elections, is just straight up ratfucking, indefensible
February 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Your reminder that Jon Bel Edwards, a legit conservative and the last Dem governor of Louisiana, was pro trans rights while being anti choice. "Dems don't support queer people" is like the most easily disproven lie. If JBE, Kelly, Cooper, and Beshear are all pro trans.
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Reiterating my belief that any trans person in a blue area who thinks there is no difference between parties has a moral obligation to switch homes with a trans person in Bumfuck, Mississippi who believes otherwise.
Your reminder that Jon Bel Edwards, a legit conservative and the last Dem governor of Louisiana, was pro trans rights while being anti choice. "Dems don't support queer people" is like the most easily disproven lie. If JBE, Kelly, Cooper, and Beshear are all pro trans.
hasan, who is not trans or queer, saying that Dems would shoot every trans person in the head to win elections, is just straight up ratfucking, indefensible
February 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Reiterating my belief that any trans person in a blue area who thinks there is no difference between parties has a moral obligation to switch homes with a trans person in Bumfuck, Mississippi who believes otherwise.
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what if this grand strategy map game was actually a visual novel: the hearts of iron iv: the new order story.
The thing about the classic "game that starts as a walking sim about exploring a cave, then a Shocking Discovery establishes the real genre" conceit is there's no limit on what that real genre can be. "Dungeon crawler" is traditional, of course, but there's no rule that it can't be "shop simulator".
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
what if this grand strategy map game was actually a visual novel: the hearts of iron iv: the new order story.
BREAKING: Rodger supports the occupation of the 6 Counties by the British Empire, standing in the way of a United Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
been getting a lot of questions about this. some quick answers:
—I am IN FAVOR of the current borders of Europe's nation-states
—I bear ABSOLUTELY NO ALLEGIANCE to Kaiser Wilhelm or the Emperor of Austria-Hungary
—I have NO plans to assassinate ANY archdukes
Hope this clears things up
—I am IN FAVOR of the current borders of Europe's nation-states
—I bear ABSOLUTELY NO ALLEGIANCE to Kaiser Wilhelm or the Emperor of Austria-Hungary
—I have NO plans to assassinate ANY archdukes
Hope this clears things up
I need to be clear that I am NOT!
trying to restart World War I
trying to restart World War I
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
BREAKING: Rodger supports the occupation of the 6 Counties by the British Empire, standing in the way of a United Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
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Peaceful manatee timeline cleanse 〰️🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #coralcitycamera #timelinecleanse #peaceful
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Peaceful manatee timeline cleanse 〰️🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #coralcitycamera #timelinecleanse #peaceful
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Nothing destroys religion better than a state church, and nothing protects it better than secular government. Counterintuitive but true
The data is stark. Iran: 47% report losing their religion, regime officials openly worry about godlessness. Turkey: atheism jumps from 2% to 10% since the 2000s. When religious practice signals political power rather than virtue, the public stops equating piety with morality.
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Nothing destroys religion better than a state church, and nothing protects it better than secular government. Counterintuitive but true
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a weird outcome of the 2024 election is that Trump has pushed the dial so far on so many issues that if you give an honest, sober assessment of what Harris would have possibly done, you come off as if you're saying she'd of been the greatest President in American history and not mid-average
February 11, 2026 at 7:58 PM
a weird outcome of the 2024 election is that Trump has pushed the dial so far on so many issues that if you give an honest, sober assessment of what Harris would have possibly done, you come off as if you're saying she'd of been the greatest President in American history and not mid-average
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Christie to Rubio in 2016
Warren to Bloomberg in 2020
Lander to Cuomo in 2025
All had their factors, but the Kamikaze Maneuver has had success. I hope if Pritzker/Moore/whoever never get off the ground, they can at least accept this principal with Newsom.
Warren to Bloomberg in 2020
Lander to Cuomo in 2025
All had their factors, but the Kamikaze Maneuver has had success. I hope if Pritzker/Moore/whoever never get off the ground, they can at least accept this principal with Newsom.
I think Lander has shown us two things:
1. At its best RCV can lower the temperature because you have to appeal to your opponents core supporters.
2. Kamikaze Campaign tactics continue to have a strong record.
1. At its best RCV can lower the temperature because you have to appeal to your opponents core supporters.
2. Kamikaze Campaign tactics continue to have a strong record.
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Christie to Rubio in 2016
Warren to Bloomberg in 2020
Lander to Cuomo in 2025
All had their factors, but the Kamikaze Maneuver has had success. I hope if Pritzker/Moore/whoever never get off the ground, they can at least accept this principal with Newsom.
Warren to Bloomberg in 2020
Lander to Cuomo in 2025
All had their factors, but the Kamikaze Maneuver has had success. I hope if Pritzker/Moore/whoever never get off the ground, they can at least accept this principal with Newsom.
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- 20% of the Caucus (ie 10 Senators) can call an Unscheduled Meeting of the caucus.
- The formal rules don't seem to have a particular procedure for removal, but I do hope a majority vote of the Caucus would convince him to resign.
- would be a secret ballot for leadership
- The formal rules don't seem to have a particular procedure for removal, but I do hope a majority vote of the Caucus would convince him to resign.
- would be a secret ballot for leadership
Whats the procedure here to boot him. How many needed to at least force a vote of the caucus, I suppose that's step one.
March 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
- 20% of the Caucus (ie 10 Senators) can call an Unscheduled Meeting of the caucus.
- The formal rules don't seem to have a particular procedure for removal, but I do hope a majority vote of the Caucus would convince him to resign.
- would be a secret ballot for leadership
- The formal rules don't seem to have a particular procedure for removal, but I do hope a majority vote of the Caucus would convince him to resign.
- would be a secret ballot for leadership
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Serialized storytelling is great and has produced great episodes of television. But sometimes the quest for the next "Ozymandias" kills any hope of the next "Across the Stars" or the next "Not What He Seems" comes at the price of the next "Puhoy."
June 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Serialized storytelling is great and has produced great episodes of television. But sometimes the quest for the next "Ozymandias" kills any hope of the next "Across the Stars" or the next "Not What He Seems" comes at the price of the next "Puhoy."
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It rules how all these ancient sites got turned into fortresses in the Middle Ages. I hope someone turns the Lincoln memorial into a castle.
The Torre Delle Milizie above Trajan’s forum was one of Rome's most defensible positions during the Middle Ages. This where three cardinals hoped to hold out against Henry VII’ demands to be crowned emperor in 1312, whilst below them the city turned into a slaughterhouse. #history 🧵(1/4).
February 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It rules how all these ancient sites got turned into fortresses in the Middle Ages. I hope someone turns the Lincoln memorial into a castle.
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Solar will save us is my most hope pilled position. I just hope the world isn't leashed to China as a supplier.
you're living through a technological revolution, but it has nothing to do with web 3.0, cryptocurrency, the metaverse or even AI. Solar+storage are taking over the energy grids everywhere on the entire planet and will make fossil fuels extinct.
Climate laggard Poland?
Not anymore - coal used to provide 95% of Polish electricity.
Last year it was 53.5% with wind & solar providing almost one quarter.
Source: @ember-energy.org
Not anymore - coal used to provide 95% of Polish electricity.
Last year it was 53.5% with wind & solar providing almost one quarter.
Source: @ember-energy.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Solar will save us is my most hope pilled position. I just hope the world isn't leashed to China as a supplier.
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Do you think they explored eachother's bodies?*
*-Shrunk down a submarine and entered the blood stream, Fantastic Voyage style.
*-Shrunk down a submarine and entered the blood stream, Fantastic Voyage style.
January 31, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Do you think they explored eachother's bodies?*
*-Shrunk down a submarine and entered the blood stream, Fantastic Voyage style.
*-Shrunk down a submarine and entered the blood stream, Fantastic Voyage style.
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Superman may get the title "last son" but as the past however many years have shown, he is a son of Kansas. Kara is the last True Kryptonian. The last one who remembers.
I'd say that's an aspect that isn't explored enough but I'll be honest I haven't read enough Supergirl to say that.
I'd say that's an aspect that isn't explored enough but I'll be honest I haven't read enough Supergirl to say that.
The film version of her is predominantly based on the limited run "Woman of Tomorrow", which has a more melancholic version of the character, who under an heroic surface is aching with the grief of losing her planet. So I would assume her drinking and partying is in part a coping mechanism.
July 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Superman may get the title "last son" but as the past however many years have shown, he is a son of Kansas. Kara is the last True Kryptonian. The last one who remembers.
I'd say that's an aspect that isn't explored enough but I'll be honest I haven't read enough Supergirl to say that.
I'd say that's an aspect that isn't explored enough but I'll be honest I haven't read enough Supergirl to say that.
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God announcing true artificial intelligence: Remember that time I gave a monkey anxiety? I figured out a way to do that to sand.
Concerned Angel: Hey, man. Are you okay?
Concerned Angel: Hey, man. Are you okay?
February 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
God announcing true artificial intelligence: Remember that time I gave a monkey anxiety? I figured out a way to do that to sand.
Concerned Angel: Hey, man. Are you okay?
Concerned Angel: Hey, man. Are you okay?
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During the GM strike it was the neutral and even pro-labor attitudes of Murphy and Roosevelt that allowed the UAW to win. My thesis of all American labor history is that unions only win when they neutralize the normal corporate-government alliance you very much see today.
February 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
During the GM strike it was the neutral and even pro-labor attitudes of Murphy and Roosevelt that allowed the UAW to win. My thesis of all American labor history is that unions only win when they neutralize the normal corporate-government alliance you very much see today.
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Update: Cecil Rhodes has just called in to call "Kill the Boer" a bop.
I am a firm anti-Natalist. And anti-KwaZuluist while I'm at it. They know what they did.
May 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Update: Cecil Rhodes has just called in to call "Kill the Boer" a bop.