@randomperson03.bsky.social
A random person on the internet. Enjoys SciFi/Fantasy and history. May everything you voted for happen to you.
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People are reading this way wrong. Schumer detached DHS from the other five bills in return for a two week CR on the DHS bill. Now Democrats can make demands on DHS spending without having to shut down agencies covered in the other five bills. They have way more leverage to get real concessions.
People just going out here saying the literal opposite of what happened. Thune caved! Thune did! This is a cave by Thune and Senate Republicans, any possible way you cut it.
January 30, 2026 at 3:34 AM
People are reading this way wrong. Schumer detached DHS from the other five bills in return for a two week CR on the DHS bill. Now Democrats can make demands on DHS spending without having to shut down agencies covered in the other five bills. They have way more leverage to get real concessions.
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City of Others is a weird, spunky urban fantasy mystery that somehow compresses a nefarious corporation, scheming jinn, undead ducklings, wyverns, supernatural markets, and office politics into one seamless story. @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends Jared Poon's Singaporean fantasy adventure:
City of Others by Jared Poon Is Wildly Entertaining - Reactor
Alex Brown reviews a "spectacular," "delightful" workplace urban fantasy—and is already eager for more.
reactormag.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:11 PM
City of Others is a weird, spunky urban fantasy mystery that somehow compresses a nefarious corporation, scheming jinn, undead ducklings, wyverns, supernatural markets, and office politics into one seamless story. @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends Jared Poon's Singaporean fantasy adventure:
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Easy block @foodandvibes.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Easy block @foodandvibes.bsky.social
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Guess who’s coming for your guns…
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Guess who’s coming for your guns…
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The Democrats who voted FOR I.C.E. funding:
Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)
Laura Gillen (N.Y.)
Jared Golden (Maine)
Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Wash.)
Don Davis (N.C.)
Tom Suozzi (N.Y.)
These are conservative Ds anyway, and represent pinkish districts.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)
Laura Gillen (N.Y.)
Jared Golden (Maine)
Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Wash.)
Don Davis (N.C.)
Tom Suozzi (N.Y.)
These are conservative Ds anyway, and represent pinkish districts.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
7 House Democrats Vote To Give ICE $10 Billion
The bill provides $10 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement with no meaningful constraints on its often violent tactics in Minnesota and elsewhere.
www.huffpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Democrats who voted FOR I.C.E. funding:
Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)
Laura Gillen (N.Y.)
Jared Golden (Maine)
Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Wash.)
Don Davis (N.C.)
Tom Suozzi (N.Y.)
These are conservative Ds anyway, and represent pinkish districts.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)
Laura Gillen (N.Y.)
Jared Golden (Maine)
Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Wash.)
Don Davis (N.C.)
Tom Suozzi (N.Y.)
These are conservative Ds anyway, and represent pinkish districts.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
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“If accusation and optics define legality, the optimal strategy is to embed among civilians, prevent evacuation, fight from protected sites, and manipulate information so that every death becomes ammunition. That is not the protection of civilians. It is the exploitation of them.”
-Col. John Spencer
-Col. John Spencer
The Genocide Slur Is Not Just for Jews - Tablet Magazine
Judging Israel’s wartime behavior through epithets, Tik-Tok clips and faulty balance sheets poses a direct danger to American lives
www.tabletmag.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:40 PM
“If accusation and optics define legality, the optimal strategy is to embed among civilians, prevent evacuation, fight from protected sites, and manipulate information so that every death becomes ammunition. That is not the protection of civilians. It is the exploitation of them.”
-Col. John Spencer
-Col. John Spencer
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In any case that's not the only factor a lot of the "slow" Biden or Garland get blamed for was actually caused by John Roberts or other Republican appointed judges slow walking Trump's appeals in order to delay things until the election. The enemy gets a vote on whether your plans succeed.
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 AM
In any case that's not the only factor a lot of the "slow" Biden or Garland get blamed for was actually caused by John Roberts or other Republican appointed judges slow walking Trump's appeals in order to delay things until the election. The enemy gets a vote on whether your plans succeed.
Sanders is a useless hypocrite on his good days. Harris was a much better senator than him, and she'd have been a better president than him.
www.thebulwark.com/p/pediatric-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/pediatric-...
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Sanders is a useless hypocrite on his good days. Harris was a much better senator than him, and she'd have been a better president than him.
www.thebulwark.com/p/pediatric-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/pediatric-...
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Picture it. Trump’s name plastered across Gaza like it’s a real estate project, not a humanitarian catastrophe. Paid for by other countries, while Palestinians are treated like an afterthought.
Where are the anti-Kamala leftists on this?
Where are the anti-Kamala leftists on this?
January 19, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Picture it. Trump’s name plastered across Gaza like it’s a real estate project, not a humanitarian catastrophe. Paid for by other countries, while Palestinians are treated like an afterthought.
Where are the anti-Kamala leftists on this?
Where are the anti-Kamala leftists on this?
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It was your job, as voters, not to elect the guy who was clearly going to do all this. You failed at that job.
It was not the democrats’ “job” to convince you. The democrats were job applicants. So were the republicans.
Your job was to hire the better applicant. You failed spectacularly.
It was not the democrats’ “job” to convince you. The democrats were job applicants. So were the republicans.
Your job was to hire the better applicant. You failed spectacularly.
January 17, 2026 at 1:03 AM
It was your job, as voters, not to elect the guy who was clearly going to do all this. You failed at that job.
It was not the democrats’ “job” to convince you. The democrats were job applicants. So were the republicans.
Your job was to hire the better applicant. You failed spectacularly.
It was not the democrats’ “job” to convince you. The democrats were job applicants. So were the republicans.
Your job was to hire the better applicant. You failed spectacularly.
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This is my song. “Those are the real stakes — not white children feeling guilty, but white children armed with truth, history and a righteous desire to work with others to change the world.”
January 18, 2026 at 12:34 AM
This is my song. “Those are the real stakes — not white children feeling guilty, but white children armed with truth, history and a righteous desire to work with others to change the world.”
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I am also reading this right now, and it's a remarkable reflection on strategy and operations in general. Ppl need to get to know MLK the flinty-eyed political operator, not just MLK the freedom-and-equality-loving idealist.
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
January 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I am also reading this right now, and it's a remarkable reflection on strategy and operations in general. Ppl need to get to know MLK the flinty-eyed political operator, not just MLK the freedom-and-equality-loving idealist.
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With touching family dynamics and a heartfelt story set against a backdrop of dark woods and mystical creatures, Through the Witches Stone delivers. Find out what's in the deep woods...
www.timberghostpress.com/witches-ston...
Cover art by Don Noble
@horrorscott.bsky.social
www.timberghostpress.com/witches-ston...
Cover art by Don Noble
@horrorscott.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
With touching family dynamics and a heartfelt story set against a backdrop of dark woods and mystical creatures, Through the Witches Stone delivers. Find out what's in the deep woods...
www.timberghostpress.com/witches-ston...
Cover art by Don Noble
@horrorscott.bsky.social
www.timberghostpress.com/witches-ston...
Cover art by Don Noble
@horrorscott.bsky.social
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Due at the end of March, Steel Gods is the second novel in the Great Silence trilogy from author @richardswanauthor.bsky.social - a dark flintlock fantasy of empire and plague, filled with epic adventure, arcane mysteries and tense, cosmic, creeping dread!
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January 8, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Due at the end of March, Steel Gods is the second novel in the Great Silence trilogy from author @richardswanauthor.bsky.social - a dark flintlock fantasy of empire and plague, filled with epic adventure, arcane mysteries and tense, cosmic, creeping dread!
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Whether it's Donald Trump having ICE kill unarmed American citizens or Joe Biden accepting free ice cream from American citizens, both sides have an ice problem.
January 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Whether it's Donald Trump having ICE kill unarmed American citizens or Joe Biden accepting free ice cream from American citizens, both sides have an ice problem.
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It’s science fiction day, 2026! And I’ve got you covered. Each of these books has science fiction either as a main theme or one of the major themes. You can find everything at jendiagammon.com/books.
#books #scifi #sciencefiction #sciencefictionday #nationalsciencefictionday
#books #scifi #sciencefiction #sciencefictionday #nationalsciencefictionday
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
It’s science fiction day, 2026! And I’ve got you covered. Each of these books has science fiction either as a main theme or one of the major themes. You can find everything at jendiagammon.com/books.
#books #scifi #sciencefiction #sciencefictionday #nationalsciencefictionday
#books #scifi #sciencefiction #sciencefictionday #nationalsciencefictionday
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And here, from @michellemanus.com, are the first three Nyx Fortuna novels, which blend sci-fi and fantasy in really interesting ways (with characters you will become hugely attached to, perhaps at your own peril) payhip.com/b/q4klH
Nyx Fortuna Volume 1
Welcome to Earth Between. The inhabitants are magical, the fugitives dashing, and the new Guardian is having a seriously strange life.It’s easy to feel forgettable. Nyx literally is, and the condition...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
And here, from @michellemanus.com, are the first three Nyx Fortuna novels, which blend sci-fi and fantasy in really interesting ways (with characters you will become hugely attached to, perhaps at your own peril) payhip.com/b/q4klH
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Last month, I wrote on all legislative races of 2025. There were still a few elections left in the year, however. But now, they're all done.
And so we've updated the analysis:
—Democrats flipped 25 legislative seats in 2025.
That's 21% of the 119 GOP-held seats at play.
—The GOP flipped 0.
And so we've updated the analysis:
—Democrats flipped 25 legislative seats in 2025.
That's 21% of the 119 GOP-held seats at play.
—The GOP flipped 0.
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats - Bolts
Editor’s note: The article was updated on Dec. 31 to reflect the results of three special elections held in late December, none of which resulted in a partisan flip. At... Read More
boltsmag.org
January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Last month, I wrote on all legislative races of 2025. There were still a few elections left in the year, however. But now, they're all done.
And so we've updated the analysis:
—Democrats flipped 25 legislative seats in 2025.
That's 21% of the 119 GOP-held seats at play.
—The GOP flipped 0.
And so we've updated the analysis:
—Democrats flipped 25 legislative seats in 2025.
That's 21% of the 119 GOP-held seats at play.
—The GOP flipped 0.
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Happy New Year!
I've bundled all four books of my Empire of Ruin series into one collection!
That's 3,769 pages and 733,571 to keep you occupied this January :)
Did I mention it's a British Fantasy Award nominated series?
mybook.to/empireofruin...
It's on KU, too.
I've bundled all four books of my Empire of Ruin series into one collection!
That's 3,769 pages and 733,571 to keep you occupied this January :)
Did I mention it's a British Fantasy Award nominated series?
mybook.to/empireofruin...
It's on KU, too.
January 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Happy New Year!
I've bundled all four books of my Empire of Ruin series into one collection!
That's 3,769 pages and 733,571 to keep you occupied this January :)
Did I mention it's a British Fantasy Award nominated series?
mybook.to/empireofruin...
It's on KU, too.
I've bundled all four books of my Empire of Ruin series into one collection!
That's 3,769 pages and 733,571 to keep you occupied this January :)
Did I mention it's a British Fantasy Award nominated series?
mybook.to/empireofruin...
It's on KU, too.
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You know what would be awesome?
If a single one of these talking heads bothered to point out the Democrat's pledge not to use PACs (which voters demanded of them) is exactly WHY they can't launch national ad campaigns before the elections are officially underway.
If a single one of these talking heads bothered to point out the Democrat's pledge not to use PACs (which voters demanded of them) is exactly WHY they can't launch national ad campaigns before the elections are officially underway.
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
You know what would be awesome?
If a single one of these talking heads bothered to point out the Democrat's pledge not to use PACs (which voters demanded of them) is exactly WHY they can't launch national ad campaigns before the elections are officially underway.
If a single one of these talking heads bothered to point out the Democrat's pledge not to use PACs (which voters demanded of them) is exactly WHY they can't launch national ad campaigns before the elections are officially underway.
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2026 is almost here & so are some amazing books. I had a fear that 2025 had truly spoilt us in terms of books but as I started building the 2026 list, there were so many books that I am now properly primed for 2026
vinayvasan.substack.com/p/26-for-2026
vinayvasan.substack.com/p/26-for-2026
26 for 2026
26 of my anticipated SFF titles for 2026 (and a few more)
vinayvasan.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:27 AM
2026 is almost here & so are some amazing books. I had a fear that 2025 had truly spoilt us in terms of books but as I started building the 2026 list, there were so many books that I am now properly primed for 2026
vinayvasan.substack.com/p/26-for-2026
vinayvasan.substack.com/p/26-for-2026
No 3rd party does anything more than enable Republicans. That is their only purpose. And they know it.
December 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
No 3rd party does anything more than enable Republicans. That is their only purpose. And they know it.
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I'm calling out your shit excuse.
If you were bothered by Cheney campaigning AGAINST THAT FASCIST that's a YOU problem. So yes, yes indeed, I'm blaming you for even bringing that up as an excuse.
If you were bothered by Cheney campaigning AGAINST THAT FASCIST that's a YOU problem. So yes, yes indeed, I'm blaming you for even bringing that up as an excuse.
December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'm calling out your shit excuse.
If you were bothered by Cheney campaigning AGAINST THAT FASCIST that's a YOU problem. So yes, yes indeed, I'm blaming you for even bringing that up as an excuse.
If you were bothered by Cheney campaigning AGAINST THAT FASCIST that's a YOU problem. So yes, yes indeed, I'm blaming you for even bringing that up as an excuse.
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They originally formed under Brand New Congress (now a PAC) then as 2016 came into focus, Exley made a 'trip to Russia' about 2014 & returned to start Justice Democrats, joining Bernie's new campaign with Tad DeVine, also fresh from electioneering for Putin in Ukraine with Manafort.
December 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
They originally formed under Brand New Congress (now a PAC) then as 2016 came into focus, Exley made a 'trip to Russia' about 2014 & returned to start Justice Democrats, joining Bernie's new campaign with Tad DeVine, also fresh from electioneering for Putin in Ukraine with Manafort.