Wolverinethad (Boo Thad)
@lettersfromthewasteland.org
Democratic Socialist, LFC diehard, Michigan Man, deconstructing Christian, occasional web developer, and front-end/SQL support engineer. I parent two furbabies with my wife.
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
RFK Jr is a threat to humanity.
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ted bundy ass tactics by the gestapo
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 16, 2026 at 12:46 AM
ted bundy ass tactics by the gestapo
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This AI-loving newspaper editor is teaching young journalists a valuable lesson: editors can be dumbasses
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Journalism schools are teaching fear of the future: Letter from the Editor
Journalism schools lag in teaching AI, crucial for modern reporting, which aids in efficient news gathering and frees reporters for fieldwork.
www.cleveland.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
This AI-loving newspaper editor is teaching young journalists a valuable lesson: editors can be dumbasses
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
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Scotts? Fucking moron. And he left out the Welsh from his white nationalist pure-blooded volk fantasy. He's even a fuck up in his racism.
February 16, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Scotts? Fucking moron. And he left out the Welsh from his white nationalist pure-blooded volk fantasy. He's even a fuck up in his racism.
The Stars putting a beating on the old man Stripes here.
JB Bickerstaff, Cade and JD being a big part of that is such a huge boost for what they're doing here in Detroit.
What a phenomenal night. #NBAAllStar
JB Bickerstaff, Cade and JD being a big part of that is such a huge boost for what they're doing here in Detroit.
What a phenomenal night. #NBAAllStar
February 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The Stars putting a beating on the old man Stripes here.
JB Bickerstaff, Cade and JD being a big part of that is such a huge boost for what they're doing here in Detroit.
What a phenomenal night. #NBAAllStar
JB Bickerstaff, Cade and JD being a big part of that is such a huge boost for what they're doing here in Detroit.
What a phenomenal night. #NBAAllStar
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What Peter Thiel did to Gawker proved that you can’t have billionaires and a free press at the same time.
i think you can judge how free - or not - our political media is by the fact that elon musk literally did a sieg heil (twice) at a rally and it’s still seen as uncouth and overly partisan (in legacy media) to describe his politics as straightforwardly white supremacist.
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
What Peter Thiel did to Gawker proved that you can’t have billionaires and a free press at the same time.
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just going to "reiterate" that "carpetbagger" was literally a white supremacist slur developed after the civil war to justify violence against people who came south to help develop multi racial democracy. 1
February 16, 2026 at 12:08 AM
just going to "reiterate" that "carpetbagger" was literally a white supremacist slur developed after the civil war to justify violence against people who came south to help develop multi racial democracy. 1
I can name a bunch of guys named Cole. I couldn't find another Brantley if I tried
In retrospect, what do you guys think is the least plausible name of the bro country era. I think my answer is “Cole Swindell” but I am willing to hear arguments for “Brantley Gilbert” and “Jerrod Niemann”
February 16, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I can name a bunch of guys named Cole. I couldn't find another Brantley if I tried
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Chase Rice is not eligible for this category (industry plant, simply cannot be a real person)
Chase Rice - and it’s not just his name. His entire bio is so implausible that if you gave it to a country musician character in a movie, critics would call it pandering and derivative
February 16, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Chase Rice is not eligible for this category (industry plant, simply cannot be a real person)
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A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
I meant it's Kawhi vs the World right now. No joke. #NBAAllStar
wtf, kawhi
February 16, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I meant it's Kawhi vs the World right now. No joke. #NBAAllStar
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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 8:24 PM
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
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Note: Allegations of racial profiling aren’t just coming from congressional Democrats.
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
February 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Note: Allegations of racial profiling aren’t just coming from congressional Democrats.
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
Cade missing that fast break dunk hurt my heart. #NBAAllStar
February 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Cade missing that fast break dunk hurt my heart. #NBAAllStar
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A Washington Post columnist whose beat is food and science was whining on here yesterday about how scientists fleeing to Bluesky meant science was "hard left" - the truth is that if science has a leftward bias, it's because the right has decided to destroy science.
@bostonglobe.com Why no gift links? Not even one?
In any case, this is depressing:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
In any case, this is depressing:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
‘My scientific career is essentially over.’ A brain drain imperils Massachusetts’ biomedical future - The Boston Globe
In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
A Washington Post columnist whose beat is food and science was whining on here yesterday about how scientists fleeing to Bluesky meant science was "hard left" - the truth is that if science has a leftward bias, it's because the right has decided to destroy science.
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If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
This is a very normie person doing this without any face protection at all, which means she's ESPECIALLY normie.
This is how angry people are with ICE. This ain't LA or NYC or Chicago. It's KANSAS CITY. Dems better understand this and not give an inch.
This is how angry people are with ICE. This ain't LA or NYC or Chicago. It's KANSAS CITY. Dems better understand this and not give an inch.
February 15, 2026 at 10:08 PM
This is a very normie person doing this without any face protection at all, which means she's ESPECIALLY normie.
This is how angry people are with ICE. This ain't LA or NYC or Chicago. It's KANSAS CITY. Dems better understand this and not give an inch.
This is how angry people are with ICE. This ain't LA or NYC or Chicago. It's KANSAS CITY. Dems better understand this and not give an inch.
It's like the lore doesn't mean anything
These two things were said on NBC within ten minutes of each other
February 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
It's like the lore doesn't mean anything
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Members of Congress, too. Some Dems have woken up, but the House GOP made the ridiculously overblown "Twitter Files" their first big oversight fixation in 2023, playing directly to Musk and his Beliebers, believing—possibly correctly—that the slimest attempts to limit disinformation cost Trump 2020.
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 9:57 PM
Members of Congress, too. Some Dems have woken up, but the House GOP made the ridiculously overblown "Twitter Files" their first big oversight fixation in 2023, playing directly to Musk and his Beliebers, believing—possibly correctly—that the slimest attempts to limit disinformation cost Trump 2020.
John Tesh has got to be so incredibly happy...dude is raking in the cash again. #NBAAllStar
February 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
John Tesh has got to be so incredibly happy...dude is raking in the cash again. #NBAAllStar
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in his rendering of the past 30yrs, the worst thing that happened to Europe isn't the resurgence of Ru imperialism but Europe's common market and supranational integration. He may have been a tad softer, but I see no substantive difference from JD Vance's 2025 speech. www.state.gov/releases/off...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference - United States Department of State
SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you very much. We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world. When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation – ...
www.state.gov
February 15, 2026 at 2:27 AM
in his rendering of the past 30yrs, the worst thing that happened to Europe isn't the resurgence of Ru imperialism but Europe's common market and supranational integration. He may have been a tad softer, but I see no substantive difference from JD Vance's 2025 speech. www.state.gov/releases/off...
Because having everyone indoors and out of sight means less incriminating photos to show of our concentration camps.
ICE reportedly plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers.
Let’s translate what $38.3 BILLION actually means in human terms.
Not abstractions. Real impact. Thread:
Let’s translate what $38.3 BILLION actually means in human terms.
Not abstractions. Real impact. Thread:
February 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Because having everyone indoors and out of sight means less incriminating photos to show of our concentration camps.
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Over in Hell, the billionaires are fighting with each other over who hung out with Epstein more. 🍿
February 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Over in Hell, the billionaires are fighting with each other over who hung out with Epstein more. 🍿
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🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
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Again, you can either be the "I'm just a moderate, empirical popularist following the data on public opinion" guy, or you can be the "political scientists are unrepentant partisan hacks whose research should come with warning labels" guy. But really, you have to choose.
I regret to inform you that Ezra Douthglesias is at it again
This is the guy who believes political scientists are unrepentant partisan hacks, whose research should come with warning labels (bsky.app/profile/mcop...), just inventing numbers to try & counter two of the best scholars in the field:
This is the guy who believes political scientists are unrepentant partisan hacks, whose research should come with warning labels (bsky.app/profile/mcop...), just inventing numbers to try & counter two of the best scholars in the field:
We have no idea where Yglesias got his numbers but they’re wrong. This debate has for so long been plagued by numbers basically pulled out of thin air
Right pic is from my and @adambonica.bsky.social’s response essay: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Right pic is from my and @adambonica.bsky.social’s response essay: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Again, you can either be the "I'm just a moderate, empirical popularist following the data on public opinion" guy, or you can be the "political scientists are unrepentant partisan hacks whose research should come with warning labels" guy. But really, you have to choose.