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Dilettante, socialist, California supremacist
And all tomorrows in my funnybone
And all tomorrows in my funnybone
I think this piece is valuable in that it forces to name what exactly our alternative vision (aesthetic and political) to Trumpism really is.
There’s an unstated assumption On Here that we can somehow make it politically 2012 again, which is impossible. What do we want our new world to look like?
There’s an unstated assumption On Here that we can somehow make it politically 2012 again, which is impossible. What do we want our new world to look like?
I wrote about Trump’s ballroom and the right’s quest to remake the symbolic order for @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social nyra.nyc/articles/wre...
Wrecking Ballroom
Trump is tearing down the White House. Good riddance.
nyra.nyc
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I think this piece is valuable in that it forces to name what exactly our alternative vision (aesthetic and political) to Trumpism really is.
There’s an unstated assumption On Here that we can somehow make it politically 2012 again, which is impossible. What do we want our new world to look like?
There’s an unstated assumption On Here that we can somehow make it politically 2012 again, which is impossible. What do we want our new world to look like?
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if only solar panels hadn't alienated conservatives wiht progressive issue positions on gender and race
seems the permitting reform bill might go down in Congress because Republican hardliners are mad it will enable some renewables projects heatmap.news/politics/all...
The Party of ‘All of the Above’ Is Now ‘Anything But’
The tension between the two GOP energy philosophies — one admitting renewables, the other firmly rejecting — could tank a permitting reform deal.
heatmap.news
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
if only solar panels hadn't alienated conservatives wiht progressive issue positions on gender and race
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so are we all really going to perish from climate change in 50 years? half of what I read makes it seem that catastrophic
December 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
so are we all really going to perish from climate change in 50 years? half of what I read makes it seem that catastrophic
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
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now feels like a test of whether those who say they’re just antizionist and not antisemitic actually demonstrate that
December 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
now feels like a test of whether those who say they’re just antizionist and not antisemitic actually demonstrate that
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The world would be better off if the Palestinians just didn't exist, says former president of the United States
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The world would be better off if the Palestinians just didn't exist, says former president of the United States
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nearly 100 people are dead. we barely know anything about them. their largest impact on the politics of the country that murdered them resulted entirely from how psychopathically the deed was done, not that it was done in the first place, that's totally fine!
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
nearly 100 people are dead. we barely know anything about them. their largest impact on the politics of the country that murdered them resulted entirely from how psychopathically the deed was done, not that it was done in the first place, that's totally fine!
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the number of subsistence-level fishermen living in desperate fear right now because Kegseth and co have to make snuff videos for twitter is just...you get very angry if you think about all this too long
Hegseth: We've had a pause on striking boats because we're struggling to find boats to strike right now
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
the number of subsistence-level fishermen living in desperate fear right now because Kegseth and co have to make snuff videos for twitter is just...you get very angry if you think about all this too long
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This is all a very good example of how TPUSA actually works to advance conservative ideas, and why all the paeans to Charlie Kirk's commitment to free discourse and debate were so mind-numbingly stupid.
she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is all a very good example of how TPUSA actually works to advance conservative ideas, and why all the paeans to Charlie Kirk's commitment to free discourse and debate were so mind-numbingly stupid.
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it's almost like... there's a direct connection between fossil fuels heating up the planet and loss of water resources
you might even acknowledge every tanker of imported oil displaces a tanker's load of fresh water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
you might even acknowledge every tanker of imported oil displaces a tanker's load of fresh water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
it's almost like... there's a direct connection between fossil fuels heating up the planet and loss of water resources
you might even acknowledge every tanker of imported oil displaces a tanker's load of fresh water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
you might even acknowledge every tanker of imported oil displaces a tanker's load of fresh water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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then they spit on you repeatedly, tell you your family members and relatives who are stuck at home won't be able to come, tell you your relatives that did make it might get deported back, and call you slurs nonstop. what do you think will happen to your already cooked brain
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
then they spit on you repeatedly, tell you your family members and relatives who are stuck at home won't be able to come, tell you your relatives that did make it might get deported back, and call you slurs nonstop. what do you think will happen to your already cooked brain
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A foreign army shows up to your village when you're a young adult or even straight up still a child and tells you they'll pay you to kill people for them or do really anything to help kill people for them. then they take you to their country after they lose but give you no job, house, or citizenship
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A foreign army shows up to your village when you're a young adult or even straight up still a child and tells you they'll pay you to kill people for them or do really anything to help kill people for them. then they take you to their country after they lose but give you no job, house, or citizenship
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This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
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Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
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Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Alarm as Tennessee libraries shut down for Republican 'book purge'
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.For Popular Information, Rebecca...
www.rawstory.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
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Kind of baffling how all the Serious People have converged on this notion that climate change is yesterday’s news right around the time it actually starts to have a visible, day to day impact that even regular people have to go out of their way to not notice.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Kind of baffling how all the Serious People have converged on this notion that climate change is yesterday’s news right around the time it actually starts to have a visible, day to day impact that even regular people have to go out of their way to not notice.
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as a moderate i am willing to compromise on the issue of whether there should be a trial
Honestly I'm very willing to be a single issue voter where my single issue is "show trial for Miller"
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
as a moderate i am willing to compromise on the issue of whether there should be a trial
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Average person who talked about a Syria test for 14 years is completely ok with this btw
According to local Syrian media, the IDF which occupies all of Palestine, much of southern Lebanon, and huge swathes of southwestern Syria, attempted to arrest a Syrian civilian tonight in Beit Jinn but was met with resistance from the locals, and in turn the IDF killed two people via airstrike.
Deleted last post because the battle in Beit Jinn is apparently still ongoing
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Average person who talked about a Syria test for 14 years is completely ok with this btw
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for the record, it is extremely fucked up how much we reasonably fear reprisals against civilian populations if anyone harms the armies of criminals occupying our cities
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
for the record, it is extremely fucked up how much we reasonably fear reprisals against civilian populations if anyone harms the armies of criminals occupying our cities
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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"But the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are still socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"But the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are still socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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yeah it's a good thing Landon didn't publish any of this shit. the Times might have had to bump an article about trans people.
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
yeah it's a good thing Landon didn't publish any of this shit. the Times might have had to bump an article about trans people.
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.