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@snackyd.bsky.social
Ironic Hyundai evangelist, lover of books, laugher at life.
I follow the Portland Timbers and #MLS, generally, just not in long form. #rctid
Pretty excited for the end of 2025, honestly. Not our best year, globally.
I follow the Portland Timbers and #MLS, generally, just not in long form. #rctid
Pretty excited for the end of 2025, honestly. Not our best year, globally.
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Level Set 22, Minnesota United FC: MLS's Marquises of the B Students
Noble, but also not. What follows is a brief history of Minnesota United FC, plus more brief notes on whatever long-term tendencies they hav...
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Level Set 22, Minnesota United FC: MLS's Marquises of the B Students
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The Loons typically do well by achieving average on both sides of the ball. It's an effective formula, so far as it goes.
2025 was a strong season for them, weird hostility and all. #MLS #MNUFC (1/2)
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The Loons typically do well by achieving average on both sides of the ball. It's an effective formula, so far as it goes.
2025 was a strong season for them, weird hostility and all. #MLS #MNUFC (1/2)
Real question: what criminal statute applies to evil on the scale we’re witnessing? Is it already on the books?
I can’t see any American government extraditing Stephen Miller, et al, to The Hague,
so figuring out how to charge these ghouls feels like a wise priority.
I can’t see any American government extraditing Stephen Miller, et al, to The Hague,
so figuring out how to charge these ghouls feels like a wise priority.
Reminder that ICE facilities are supposed to be civil, not criminal. And yet they have been designed under Trump to be concentration camps so terrible detainees will choose “voluntary” deportation rather than continue living there.
This is evil. And history will view it—and its participants—thus.
This is evil. And history will view it—and its participants—thus.
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Real question: what criminal statute applies to evil on the scale we’re witnessing? Is it already on the books?
I can’t see any American government extraditing Stephen Miller, et al, to The Hague,
so figuring out how to charge these ghouls feels like a wise priority.
I can’t see any American government extraditing Stephen Miller, et al, to The Hague,
so figuring out how to charge these ghouls feels like a wise priority.
The official soundtrack for the Trump Administration is a time-bomb ticking toward the inevitable.
One of the scariest aspects of the Trump administration is that they continue to make us vulnerable to an ever lengthening list of disasters that haven't happened yet but eventually will.
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The official soundtrack for the Trump Administration is a time-bomb ticking toward the inevitable.
Do other teams alotted, like, six more roster spots than the Timbers? Seems like some teams never stop adding players… #rctid
🇨🇦 Sources: LAFC to sign Canadian int'l midfielder Stephen Eustaquio from FC Porto. Ojogo 1st.
Eustaquio, 29, has 54 caps for Canada. Made 156 appearances for Porto. www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
Eustaquio, 29, has 54 caps for Canada. Made 156 appearances for Porto. www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
LAFC signing Canada midfielder Stephen Eustáquio from Porto: Sources
The Canadian veteran is headed to MLS after a few years spent with the Portuguese power
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Do other teams alotted, like, six more roster spots than the Timbers? Seems like some teams never stop adding players… #rctid
I dreamt of county fairs, public transit, a bowling leauge, and what one does on learning one of your teammates has cancer. Very intense, quite varied and vivid.
Also, if you give someome $20/week for a year, that adds up.
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjG8...
Also, if you give someome $20/week for a year, that adds up.
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjG8...
Out on the Street
YouTube video by The Vaccines - Topic
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February 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I dreamt of county fairs, public transit, a bowling leauge, and what one does on learning one of your teammates has cancer. Very intense, quite varied and vivid.
Also, if you give someome $20/week for a year, that adds up.
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjG8...
Also, if you give someome $20/week for a year, that adds up.
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjG8...
You’re looking into the 21st-century equivalent of a police scanner every time you check your phone.
I think about this a lot.
Also, Qobuz has everything by The Hives jacked to freakin’ 13.
Good night. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzy...
I think about this a lot.
Also, Qobuz has everything by The Hives jacked to freakin’ 13.
Good night. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzy...
Patrolling Days
YouTube video by The Hives - Topic
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February 6, 2026 at 6:09 AM
You’re looking into the 21st-century equivalent of a police scanner every time you check your phone.
I think about this a lot.
Also, Qobuz has everything by The Hives jacked to freakin’ 13.
Good night. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzy...
I think about this a lot.
Also, Qobuz has everything by The Hives jacked to freakin’ 13.
Good night. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzy...
No new pictures…
Where are you mentally?
Where are you mentally?
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 AM
No new pictures…
Where are you mentally?
Where are you mentally?
Still sick.
I blame RFK.
I blame RFK.
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Still sick.
I blame RFK.
I blame RFK.
Started with claiming memorabilia and party favors from the farewell party for MAD Magazine (watched a documentary last night), ended with signing on to “solve” Stranger Things, a show I watched only once.
Lots of overlap between them…
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SdhA...
Lots of overlap between them…
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SdhA...
Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)
YouTube video by crazyshy84
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February 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Started with claiming memorabilia and party favors from the farewell party for MAD Magazine (watched a documentary last night), ended with signing on to “solve” Stranger Things, a show I watched only once.
Lots of overlap between them…
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SdhA...
Lots of overlap between them…
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SdhA...
Someone just hepped me to the fact that visual portion of the Timbers preseason kicks off…good Lord, this Saturday.
Wee histories officially in trouble, cold still doing some portion of the talking. #MLS #rctid
Wee histories officially in trouble, cold still doing some portion of the talking. #MLS #rctid
I still plan on marching through the wee histories of the rest of the #MLS teams, but, Lord, 30 teams is a lot…
…anyone else looking forward to the 2027 conference realignment?
…anyone else looking forward to the 2027 conference realignment?
February 5, 2026 at 2:34 AM
More first-hand accounts of conditions in ICE facilities breaking containment.
This recounts how they treated asylum seekers who came in
the right way, one of them is a 6-year-old. Tells you a lot about the kind of shit-stain that signs on with ICE. ($ site)
slate.com/news-and-pol...
This recounts how they treated asylum seekers who came in
the right way, one of them is a 6-year-old. Tells you a lot about the kind of shit-stain that signs on with ICE. ($ site)
slate.com/news-and-pol...
My Daughter Lived the Liam Ramos Nightmare. It Turned Out Worse for Us.
The constant threats took a toll on my health. My daughter’s health deteriorated even faster.
slate.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:09 PM
More first-hand accounts of conditions in ICE facilities breaking containment.
This recounts how they treated asylum seekers who came in
the right way, one of them is a 6-year-old. Tells you a lot about the kind of shit-stain that signs on with ICE. ($ site)
slate.com/news-and-pol...
This recounts how they treated asylum seekers who came in
the right way, one of them is a 6-year-old. Tells you a lot about the kind of shit-stain that signs on with ICE. ($ site)
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Wait. Wasn’t it *literally* just yesterday that this same man publicly insulted one of your most prominent journalists and shit all over your whole fucking brand?
Kaitlan Collins? Anything?
Have you no dignity?
Kaitlan Collins? Anything?
Have you no dignity?
Was it just three days ago that I linked to an article about how the media laundered Trump’s clear and tangled connections to Project 2025?
Yes. Yes, it was.
These fucking people, man…
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Yes. Yes, it was.
These fucking people, man…
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Wait. Wasn’t it *literally* just yesterday that this same man publicly insulted one of your most prominent journalists and shit all over your whole fucking brand?
Kaitlan Collins? Anything?
Have you no dignity?
Kaitlan Collins? Anything?
Have you no dignity?
Was it just three days ago that I linked to an article about how the media laundered Trump’s clear and tangled connections to Project 2025?
Yes. Yes, it was.
These fucking people, man…
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Yes. Yes, it was.
These fucking people, man…
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Was it just three days ago that I linked to an article about how the media laundered Trump’s clear and tangled connections to Project 2025?
Yes. Yes, it was.
These fucking people, man…
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Yes. Yes, it was.
These fucking people, man…
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
That is so much cleaner than the "look what you made me do" explanation for reactionary takeovers.
(HT: @richardmiller.bsky.social; thanks for posting link!)
www.volts.wtf/p/all-about-...
That is so much cleaner than the "look what you made me do" explanation for reactionary takeovers.
(HT: @richardmiller.bsky.social; thanks for posting link!)
www.volts.wtf/p/all-about-...
All about "reactionary centrism"
Michael Hobbes joins me to diagnose the pundit class's obsession with scolding the left while the right burns down the house.
www.volts.wtf
February 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
That is so much cleaner than the "look what you made me do" explanation for reactionary takeovers.
(HT: @richardmiller.bsky.social; thanks for posting link!)
www.volts.wtf/p/all-about-...
That is so much cleaner than the "look what you made me do" explanation for reactionary takeovers.
(HT: @richardmiller.bsky.social; thanks for posting link!)
www.volts.wtf/p/all-about-...
Good, clarifying thread. I stand by the broad argument that when a conservative is talking, he is lying. The argument is broad because they will state their goals directly in the right spaces, but most public statements are one or two bankshots away if you listen for the subtext. See thread.
1. I think most liberals are probably familiar with one part of what has become known as Wilhoit’s Law – that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control. This is how composer Frank Wilhoit put it in 2018:
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Good, clarifying thread. I stand by the broad argument that when a conservative is talking, he is lying. The argument is broad because they will state their goals directly in the right spaces, but most public statements are one or two bankshots away if you listen for the subtext. See thread.
What a run, what a tragedy. And what a quote by Ashley Parker. Cracked the wealth-drunk asshole code in one tight sentence.
"I realized that the Post wasn’t the same paper that had recruited me, and that I didn’t want to work for an owner and publisher who couldn’t articulate a vision and confused contempt for the newsroom with a business plan."
-- Ashley Parker, on why she jumped ship
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
-- Ashley Parker, on why she jumped ship
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
What a run, what a tragedy. And what a quote by Ashley Parker. Cracked the wealth-drunk asshole code in one tight sentence.
Anyone ever read Fitz-James O’Brien?
Sounds like a good time.
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgtR...
Sounds like a good time.
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgtR...
Love Tsunami
YouTube video by The Darts - US - Topic
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Anyone ever read Fitz-James O’Brien?
Sounds like a good time.
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgtR...
Sounds like a good time.
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgtR...
“I’m Trying (to Be the Man You Need)”, Reigning Sound
“A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturday’”, De La Soul
“They Found Me (at the Back of the Galaxy)”, The Intelligence
“A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturday’”, De La Soul
“They Found Me (at the Back of the Galaxy)”, The Intelligence
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
“I’m Trying (to Be the Man You Need)”, Reigning Sound
“A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturday’”, De La Soul
“They Found Me (at the Back of the Galaxy)”, The Intelligence
“A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturday’”, De La Soul
“They Found Me (at the Back of the Galaxy)”, The Intelligence
Again, you’re not doing anyone but Trump any good by volunteering to serve as a hate object.
The entire press corps should walk out, not come back, & we simply shouldn’t tolerate this.
Months of “Joe Biden won’t do a press conference.” A nonstop national story. Same with Harris in Aug/Sep 2024 & interviews. Trump does this stuff & everyone shrugs. It’s appalling.
Months of “Joe Biden won’t do a press conference.” A nonstop national story. Same with Harris in Aug/Sep 2024 & interviews. Trump does this stuff & everyone shrugs. It’s appalling.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Again, you’re not doing anyone but Trump any good by volunteering to serve as a hate object.
I still plan on marching through the wee histories of the rest of the #MLS teams, but, Lord, 30 teams is a lot…
…anyone else looking forward to the 2027 conference realignment?
…anyone else looking forward to the 2027 conference realignment?
February 4, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I still plan on marching through the wee histories of the rest of the #MLS teams, but, Lord, 30 teams is a lot…
…anyone else looking forward to the 2027 conference realignment?
…anyone else looking forward to the 2027 conference realignment?
This useless dipshit’s statements are all over Truth Social, so please stop going into that room to serve as hate-object pinatas and direct resources/reporters to investigative work on the impacts of his policies.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
This useless dipshit’s statements are all over Truth Social, so please stop going into that room to serve as hate-object pinatas and direct resources/reporters to investigative work on the impacts of his policies.
follow up question: “so the official position of the Republican Party is against due process?”
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
follow up question: “so the official position of the Republican Party is against due process?”
And bringing it all back home:
“We just need Democrats to stop avoiding the subject of immigration.”
(From that first artcle; good interview, fwiw)
(Also, burn down the too-clever-by-half consultant class.)
“We just need Democrats to stop avoiding the subject of immigration.”
(From that first artcle; good interview, fwiw)
(Also, burn down the too-clever-by-half consultant class.)
This starts by referencing Minneapolis (et al), but it also captures the essence of MAGA: it is not so much an ideology as a permission structure for “unifying” violence against out groups, if with a froth of elite theft, aka, Trump’s cut.
Now, what we don’t see…
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Now, what we don’t see…
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Transcript: Trump ICE Threats Take Darker Turn as MAGA Calls for Blood
As Trump’s designs grow more unnerving and MAGA figures demand an escalation, a journalist who closely tracks ICE explains how the agency is effectively becoming an instrument of authoritarian state t...
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
And bringing it all back home:
“We just need Democrats to stop avoiding the subject of immigration.”
(From that first artcle; good interview, fwiw)
(Also, burn down the too-clever-by-half consultant class.)
“We just need Democrats to stop avoiding the subject of immigration.”
(From that first artcle; good interview, fwiw)
(Also, burn down the too-clever-by-half consultant class.)
This starts by referencing Minneapolis (et al), but it also captures the essence of MAGA: it is not so much an ideology as a permission structure for “unifying” violence against out groups, if with a froth of elite theft, aka, Trump’s cut.
Now, what we don’t see…
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Now, what we don’t see…
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Transcript: Trump ICE Threats Take Darker Turn as MAGA Calls for Blood
As Trump’s designs grow more unnerving and MAGA figures demand an escalation, a journalist who closely tracks ICE explains how the agency is effectively becoming an instrument of authoritarian state t...
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This starts by referencing Minneapolis (et al), but it also captures the essence of MAGA: it is not so much an ideology as a permission structure for “unifying” violence against out groups, if with a froth of elite theft, aka, Trump’s cut.
Now, what we don’t see…
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Now, what we don’t see…
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Would more people start watching (or linking to clips, or posting secondhand commentary) mainstream news if they started to accurately describe what is happening?
Wouldn’t you like to find out?
Good night. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lfy5...
Wouldn’t you like to find out?
Good night. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lfy5...
The Blow - Pile of Gold (Full Quality)
YouTube video by Ian Midgley
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February 3, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Would more people start watching (or linking to clips, or posting secondhand commentary) mainstream news if they started to accurately describe what is happening?
Wouldn’t you like to find out?
Good night. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lfy5...
Wouldn’t you like to find out?
Good night. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lfy5...