Strahan Cadell 🇨🇦🇻🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱
@quincunctial.bsky.social
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it's backwards. obama and biden conceded the republican framework of border obsession, sliding right and setting off a near-inevitable push to where we are today. once again the democrats triangulated themselves into becoming republicans, allowing republicans to publicly embrace explicit fascism.
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
it's backwards. obama and biden conceded the republican framework of border obsession, sliding right and setting off a near-inevitable push to where we are today. once again the democrats triangulated themselves into becoming republicans, allowing republicans to publicly embrace explicit fascism.
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It is this humble servant's duty to report that Arnaud Bertrand is never beating the charges of being a thoroughly historically-illiterate dumbass...
February 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
It is this humble servant's duty to report that Arnaud Bertrand is never beating the charges of being a thoroughly historically-illiterate dumbass...
epuration
I think it would be a good idea for people to begin making their peace with just how severe the consequences will have to be for those who participated in this administration. Because it will be shocking and there will be many in the chattering class who insist on letting bygones be bygones.
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
epuration
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honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
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We may find higher excess mortality in ICE concentration camps than in Japanese internment camps.
February 13, 2026 at 2:25 AM
We may find higher excess mortality in ICE concentration camps than in Japanese internment camps.
being a self-caricature is more important than stopping fascism
she's a liberal and therefore supports a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 AM
being a self-caricature is more important than stopping fascism
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Former Obama WH Counsel Kathy Ruemmler is resigning from Goldman Sachs due to her relationship/communications with Jeffrey Epstein.
Another case in which a woman who is not accused of participating in/enabling criminal conduct is taking a bigger hit than the men who actually did engage in/enable it
Another case in which a woman who is not accused of participating in/enabling criminal conduct is taking a bigger hit than the men who actually did engage in/enable it
Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to resign over Epstein links
Attorney to depart Wall Street bank on June 30 after new documents revealed extent of her ties to the sex offender
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Former Obama WH Counsel Kathy Ruemmler is resigning from Goldman Sachs due to her relationship/communications with Jeffrey Epstein.
Another case in which a woman who is not accused of participating in/enabling criminal conduct is taking a bigger hit than the men who actually did engage in/enable it
Another case in which a woman who is not accused of participating in/enabling criminal conduct is taking a bigger hit than the men who actually did engage in/enable it
Tyler Austin Pickme
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Tyler Austin Pickme
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He spent a year on that article?????
February 13, 2026 at 2:18 AM
He spent a year on that article?????
Setting aside this moron standing in judgment over the intellect of “Douglas”, it is laughably untrue that “the Crown” was doing “slavery reformation” before April 19, 1775 - or that “the Crown” ever did more than grudgingly consent to something it could no longer stop.
Bluesky "leftist": "Frederick Douglass wasn't literate enough to read and understand the Constitution. I am very smart and woke."
Doing great folks, just great.
Doing great folks, just great.
February 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Setting aside this moron standing in judgment over the intellect of “Douglas”, it is laughably untrue that “the Crown” was doing “slavery reformation” before April 19, 1775 - or that “the Crown” ever did more than grudgingly consent to something it could no longer stop.
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It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
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In the most niche local news possible, some assholes vandalized Lakenenland. Glad to see that Tom Lakenen is on the right side of yet another issue. This also confirms my prejudice against snowmobilers.
Snowmobilers blamed for vandalism of 'anti-ICE' sculpture at Lakenenland
CHOCOLAY TWP., Mich. (WJMN/WBUP) — Two acts of vandalism related to an anti-ICE art installation have gotten snowmobilers the cold shoulder at one of the Upper Peninsula's most unique art
www.myupnow.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:59 AM
In the most niche local news possible, some assholes vandalized Lakenenland. Glad to see that Tom Lakenen is on the right side of yet another issue. This also confirms my prejudice against snowmobilers.
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They think good is weak & evil is based, because they are wicked. ICE is doing wicked things & hiring wicked men to do them. It is difficult to look such a thing in the eye, but that is all there there is to them
This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 1:49 AM
They think good is weak & evil is based, because they are wicked. ICE is doing wicked things & hiring wicked men to do them. It is difficult to look such a thing in the eye, but that is all there there is to them
I strongly disagree that prison time is the solution.
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I strongly disagree that prison time is the solution.
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Pam Bondi is Doing Politics Right
By Ezra Klein
By Ezra Klein
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Pam Bondi is Doing Politics Right
By Ezra Klein
By Ezra Klein
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Marco Rubio telling Jeffrey Epstein he loves him in 2016
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Marco Rubio telling Jeffrey Epstein he loves him in 2016
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This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
This is just unconscionable man
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Ring walks away from Flock. Statement is a doozy! www.theverge.com/news/878447/...
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
www.theverge.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Ring walks away from Flock. Statement is a doozy! www.theverge.com/news/878447/...
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There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
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I learned a lot from reading this
For 30 years, Section 230 has protected online speech—from Wikipedia edits to Yelp reviews. We spoke with Yelp's Chief Legal Officer Aaron Schur about why weakening it would hurt consumers first. www.eff.org/pages/inter...
The Internet Still Works: Yelp Protects Consumer Reviews
Section 230 helps make it possible for online communities to host user speech: from restaurant reviews, to fan fiction, to collaborative encyclopedias. But recent debates about the law often overlook
www.eff.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:32 AM
I learned a lot from reading this
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Fwiw, in my reporting of the 2024 election I found the belief that the mass deportation stuff was just for show *very prevalent* among Trump voters. Including among naturalised, non-white citizens.
An odd occasion where voters assumed the candidate was lying and so didn't let it change their vote
An odd occasion where voters assumed the candidate was lying and so didn't let it change their vote
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Fwiw, in my reporting of the 2024 election I found the belief that the mass deportation stuff was just for show *very prevalent* among Trump voters. Including among naturalised, non-white citizens.
An odd occasion where voters assumed the candidate was lying and so didn't let it change their vote
An odd occasion where voters assumed the candidate was lying and so didn't let it change their vote
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Good news: there's no durable majority for fascism
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Good news: there's no durable majority for fascism
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
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i think it is a massive fucking problem that the first best use for LLMs was to cheat in school
Ill be clear about why I am so angry and critical about it: Im seeing a good portion of my students who have imbibed the notion that they dont have to read, think or write for themselves because ChatGPT/CoPilot will do their thinking for them, and its terrifying. It should scare all of us.
February 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
i think it is a massive fucking problem that the first best use for LLMs was to cheat in school
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Isn't this determination supposed to be made by the agency based on substantial evidence on the record, not by the president at a press conference?
Trump: "We are officially terminating the so-called 'endangerment finding'"
February 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Isn't this determination supposed to be made by the agency based on substantial evidence on the record, not by the president at a press conference?
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many dumb and shitty people equate being a complete asshole with “keeping it real,” and they are rife in the commentariat and electorate
I think Trump gets a weird “honorary transparency” card from the media and electorate because everyone knows he’s a lying sack of shit so people think he’s honest about being dishonest.
The kicker is there's been plenty of cover ups along the way too, the prestige tier of American media has just been in the tank for the rapist in chief for a decade.
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
many dumb and shitty people equate being a complete asshole with “keeping it real,” and they are rife in the commentariat and electorate