Nute Year, Nute You
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Centre-left politics. Fan of AS Roma and the New York Mets, for my sins. Nerd stuff
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🚨 IMPORTANT: If you begin playing Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace at exactly 11:38:48 PM then Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray will say “Ah, Victory” at exactly midnight. Start the new year off right.
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This is I think the single biggest thing that everyone living, *even the religious* miss, is that 'the gods smiled on me', was in ancient Rome, an explanation that fit the available data *as neatly* as 'my phone is probably in the other room'.
February 18, 2026 at 2:05 AM
This is I think the single biggest thing that everyone living, *even the religious* miss, is that 'the gods smiled on me', was in ancient Rome, an explanation that fit the available data *as neatly* as 'my phone is probably in the other room'.
Julian the Apostate had his entire family murdered by his cousin, the Christian emperor Constantius, secretly converted to paganism, rose up in rebellion, and was marching towards 100% certain defeat when the 44 year old Constantius suddenly keeled over, leaving Julian as unchallenged Roman Emperor
Chinggis Khan dies from complications from falling off a horse! This is the problem with going 'arf arf, what is Aragorn's tax policy'....real life is often either a) dramatically unsatisfying or b) so dramatically neat as to feel contrived.
that's what makes medieval history so wild that so many stories of powerful rulers end with "and then on campaign he got the chills and died"
or in the case of vlad vi of wallachia "after a couple of large ones got on his horse and rode into the dâmbovița river"
or in the case of vlad vi of wallachia "after a couple of large ones got on his horse and rode into the dâmbovița river"
February 18, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Julian the Apostate had his entire family murdered by his cousin, the Christian emperor Constantius, secretly converted to paganism, rose up in rebellion, and was marching towards 100% certain defeat when the 44 year old Constantius suddenly keeled over, leaving Julian as unchallenged Roman Emperor
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"Where the party is" is very much contested, and *some* of how that's resolved has to do with which candidates run well and which not so much. But a lot of it precedes the primaries, as candidates move to where party actors are.
February 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"Where the party is" is very much contested, and *some* of how that's resolved has to do with which candidates run well and which not so much. But a lot of it precedes the primaries, as candidates move to where party actors are.
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Yes, it can matter which person actually becomes president if the party wins. But much less than you think. With the (large, but not total) exception of Trump, what tends to happen is that the winning candidate winds up wherever the party is, rather than the other way around.
February 17, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Yes, it can matter which person actually becomes president if the party wins. But much less than you think. With the (large, but not total) exception of Trump, what tends to happen is that the winning candidate winds up wherever the party is, rather than the other way around.
Sorry but GEM skeeting this without noting that it’s from Crockett’s own super PAC is just evidence #762 that he’s an extremely bad faith actor when it comes to interpreting polls
February 17, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Sorry but GEM skeeting this without noting that it’s from Crockett’s own super PAC is just evidence #762 that he’s an extremely bad faith actor when it comes to interpreting polls
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Juventus concede 5+ goals in a European knockout match for only the second time in their history 😬
The first time was in the 1958-59 European Cup against Austrian club Weiner 👀
The first time was in the 1958-59 European Cup against Austrian club Weiner 👀
February 17, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Juventus concede 5+ goals in a European knockout match for only the second time in their history 😬
The first time was in the 1958-59 European Cup against Austrian club Weiner 👀
The first time was in the 1958-59 European Cup against Austrian club Weiner 👀
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
Yes although in fairness a very important part of the commentary around Trump’s first term on the left of centre was elder millennials insisting that this was totally not as bad as George W Bush man, now there was a real bad president
eternally doomed to be the only person in the world who remembers trumps first term
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Yes although in fairness a very important part of the commentary around Trump’s first term on the left of centre was elder millennials insisting that this was totally not as bad as George W Bush man, now there was a real bad president
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eternally doomed to be the only person in the world who remembers trumps first term
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
eternally doomed to be the only person in the world who remembers trumps first term
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We really do need to underline this for people - because somehow the prevaling myth seems to be Russia is winning: the invasion of Ukraine has been the largest political, military and strategic blunder by a state since the Franco-Prussian war. Maybe greater
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
Not a single strategic goal has been met. Russia's losing a Vietnam's worth of soldiers every few months. The economy is sprinting toward stagnation, while Moscow is turning more and more every month into a Chinese vassal—all while the Kremlin's allies topple elsewhere.
Staggering historic failure.
Staggering historic failure.
February 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM
We really do need to underline this for people - because somehow the prevaling myth seems to be Russia is winning: the invasion of Ukraine has been the largest political, military and strategic blunder by a state since the Franco-Prussian war. Maybe greater
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
Darkly funny that traditional feminist historical complaints are like “culturally institutionalized rape” or “endless grinding uncompensated labour” while the MRA complaints are things like “a disproportionate number of men died in this famous boat sinking”
-… then if you check table 6 it will tell you how many points you get for your age. Add those points to the ones from your Relatives-aboard cards and Family-elsewhere cards…
-Um, Eric, the water's getting pretty high.
-Then stop interrupting! Next, you'll need your dice and the saving throw chart.
-Um, Eric, the water's getting pretty high.
-Then stop interrupting! Next, you'll need your dice and the saving throw chart.
February 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Darkly funny that traditional feminist historical complaints are like “culturally institutionalized rape” or “endless grinding uncompensated labour” while the MRA complaints are things like “a disproportionate number of men died in this famous boat sinking”
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Your biggest concern re elections should just be people voting for Republicans. After that, probably gerrymandering. After that, GOP legal challenges to throw out votes based on technicalities, like they tried in 2020, or seizing ballots and destroying the chain of custody to create uncertainty.
February 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Your biggest concern re elections should just be people voting for Republicans. After that, probably gerrymandering. After that, GOP legal challenges to throw out votes based on technicalities, like they tried in 2020, or seizing ballots and destroying the chain of custody to create uncertainty.
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-… then if you check table 6 it will tell you how many points you get for your age. Add those points to the ones from your Relatives-aboard cards and Family-elsewhere cards…
-Um, Eric, the water's getting pretty high.
-Then stop interrupting! Next, you'll need your dice and the saving throw chart.
-Um, Eric, the water's getting pretty high.
-Then stop interrupting! Next, you'll need your dice and the saving throw chart.
February 17, 2026 at 7:14 AM
-… then if you check table 6 it will tell you how many points you get for your age. Add those points to the ones from your Relatives-aboard cards and Family-elsewhere cards…
-Um, Eric, the water's getting pretty high.
-Then stop interrupting! Next, you'll need your dice and the saving throw chart.
-Um, Eric, the water's getting pretty high.
-Then stop interrupting! Next, you'll need your dice and the saving throw chart.
I can’t help but feel there may be some sort of subliminal political message here
February 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I can’t help but feel there may be some sort of subliminal political message here
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We will be rocking your town in celebration and in defense of America — American democracy, American freedom, our American Constitution and our sacred American dream — all of which are under attack by our wannabe king and his rogue government in Washington, D.C.
February 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
We will be rocking your town in celebration and in defense of America — American democracy, American freedom, our American Constitution and our sacred American dream — all of which are under attack by our wannabe king and his rogue government in Washington, D.C.
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We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.
February 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.
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Goodwin is employing a straight-up Holocaust denier.
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Goodwin is employing a straight-up Holocaust denier.
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Another triumph for Goodwin's campaign. No doubt he'll continue to pretend he cares about anti-semitism.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
February 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Another triumph for Goodwin's campaign. No doubt he'll continue to pretend he cares about anti-semitism.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
(now that the dust is clearing a bit, it's genuinely just wild malpractice by AOC's staff to let her do a Big Foreign Policy Trip without having apparently done *any* prep for a question on Taiwan????)
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
(now that the dust is clearing a bit, it's genuinely just wild malpractice by AOC's staff to let her do a Big Foreign Policy Trip without having apparently done *any* prep for a question on Taiwan????)
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US Senator Mark Kelly tells BBC he will 'seriously consider' White House run www.bbc.com/news/article...
Senator Mark Kelly says he will 'seriously consider' running for president
The former Navy captain and astronaut says "we're in some seriously challenging times".
www.bbc.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:33 PM
US Senator Mark Kelly tells BBC he will 'seriously consider' White House run www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Literally every day there is some mad story about something Matt Goodwin, who in terms of 'actually viable candidates for a parliamentary seat' is the by-election candidate furthest from public opinion since, what...Bermondsey 1983?
February 17, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Literally every day there is some mad story about something Matt Goodwin, who in terms of 'actually viable candidates for a parliamentary seat' is the by-election candidate furthest from public opinion since, what...Bermondsey 1983?
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Jerry Siegel: Curt, you finish that Lois Lane comic cover about supergirl moving in yet?
Curt Swan: Sure did boss, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked.
Jerry Siegel: what
Curt Swan: Sure did boss, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked.
Jerry Siegel: what
February 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Jerry Siegel: Curt, you finish that Lois Lane comic cover about supergirl moving in yet?
Curt Swan: Sure did boss, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked.
Jerry Siegel: what
Curt Swan: Sure did boss, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked.
Jerry Siegel: what
So glad CBS has installed a champion of the free press in their leadership so they can censor their hosts from interviewing candidates hostile to the ruling party!
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
So glad CBS has installed a champion of the free press in their leadership so they can censor their hosts from interviewing candidates hostile to the ruling party!
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The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
listen you can make fun of GoT fans still deluding themselves that GRRM will finish the stories but remember that in the late 60s, nerds were eagerly awaiting the Silmarillion being finished any day now while Tolkien was busy writing forty page essays on phonological shifts in Quenya
how dare you, Tolkien never wrote a prequel in his life, just accidental sequels which actually got published before he went back and rewrote the unfinished original stories for the seventeenth time
February 17, 2026 at 3:10 AM
listen you can make fun of GoT fans still deluding themselves that GRRM will finish the stories but remember that in the late 60s, nerds were eagerly awaiting the Silmarillion being finished any day now while Tolkien was busy writing forty page essays on phonological shifts in Quenya