Stankvicious
@stankvicious.bsky.social
Lyrical assassin. Malcontented daydreamer. Time falls like rain. 🇨🇦
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“He doesn’t regret what he did. He said he’d do it again. But the pain has started to take a toll on him."
Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he’d do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’
Despite Ahmed al Ahmed being in a lot of pain, according to his migration lawyer, he felt as if disarming the gunman at Bondi was an act for the community.
www.smh.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“He doesn’t regret what he did. He said he’d do it again. But the pain has started to take a toll on him."
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I think we have pretty conclusive proof prayer doesn’t work, and you all know what I mean.
December 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I think we have pretty conclusive proof prayer doesn’t work, and you all know what I mean.
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State Dept. source speculated to me in March that the purpose of making fentanyl a WMD "is a combination of designating fentanyl cartels as terrorist organizations and creating justification for conducting military operations in Mexico and Canada" and "deporting drug users who are not citizens."
Trump to declare 'illicit' fentanyl 'Weapon of Mass Destruction,' per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
State Dept. source speculated to me in March that the purpose of making fentanyl a WMD "is a combination of designating fentanyl cartels as terrorist organizations and creating justification for conducting military operations in Mexico and Canada" and "deporting drug users who are not citizens."
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Imagine thinking you're "combating" the right by hanging out on a platform it owns, governed by algorithms it has programmed, exposed every day to a torrent of deranged content it has chosen for you.
Much more plausible is that you slowly become brain poisoned & lose perspective.
Much more plausible is that you slowly become brain poisoned & lose perspective.
IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Imagine thinking you're "combating" the right by hanging out on a platform it owns, governed by algorithms it has programmed, exposed every day to a torrent of deranged content it has chosen for you.
Much more plausible is that you slowly become brain poisoned & lose perspective.
Much more plausible is that you slowly become brain poisoned & lose perspective.
I'm not a drinker or a dancer, but when it happens I'll be drinking and dancing.
December 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I'm not a drinker or a dancer, but when it happens I'll be drinking and dancing.
Nouvelle Vague is on my top three list of the year. It's probably not for everybody but I could watch it over and over.
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nouvelle Vague is on my top three list of the year. It's probably not for everybody but I could watch it over and over.
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As a reminder: Trump is rewarded for saying the most insanely hateful things if you, like sheep, simply disseminate it for him even on platforms where is largely blocked.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As a reminder: Trump is rewarded for saying the most insanely hateful things if you, like sheep, simply disseminate it for him even on platforms where is largely blocked.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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This has to be one of the greatest runs any director has ever experienced.
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This has to be one of the greatest runs any director has ever experienced.
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They're selling you the same pasta in different shapes and you're falling for it
December 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
They're selling you the same pasta in different shapes and you're falling for it
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this is what a climate shock looks like as our world warms 👇
Washington State Issues Evacuation Orders for 100,000 Amid Floods #Climate
Washington State Issues Evacuation Orders for 100,000 Amid Floods
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December 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
this is what a climate shock looks like as our world warms 👇
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Opinion: Trump’s national security strategy delivers grim message that Canadians downplay at our peril
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Trump's national security strategy delivers grim message that Canadians downplay at our peril
The Trump doctrine essentially portrays Canada as vassal state to American 'pre-eminence' in the hemisphere. Canada, Mexico and other nations of the Americas are expected to pursue their national…
www.hilltimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Opinion: Trump’s national security strategy delivers grim message that Canadians downplay at our peril
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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The media is entirely responsible for Donald Trump in our lives and Elon Musk as well. Real engineers and scientists knew he was a moron long ago. I was told repeatedly by my brother and his nerds at JPL that Elon was a dolt. But tech press don't know shit either and access is the name of the game.
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The media is entirely responsible for Donald Trump in our lives and Elon Musk as well. Real engineers and scientists knew he was a moron long ago. I was told repeatedly by my brother and his nerds at JPL that Elon was a dolt. But tech press don't know shit either and access is the name of the game.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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Since SINNERS is back in the news, here's a repost of the great conversation @812filmreviews.com and I had about the movie at @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
www.rogerebert.com/features/rob...
www.rogerebert.com/features/rob...
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk Sinners | Features | Roger Ebert
Two critics talk Coogler.
www.rogerebert.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Since SINNERS is back in the news, here's a repost of the great conversation @812filmreviews.com and I had about the movie at @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
www.rogerebert.com/features/rob...
www.rogerebert.com/features/rob...
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New blog! An update on the Battlestar Galactica book I'm writing, other links & updates on what I'm up to, plus a few thoughts on the occupation on New Caprica--er, I mean, Chicago. On finding the darkness & the light at Broadview & elsewhere during the ICE invasion www.moryan.com/a-battlestar...
A Battlestar Galactica book update, a Spartacus revival & a Chicago sitrep
Before I head into the New England woods to do a LOT of writing, here are some updates, links and thoughts on the occupation of New Caprica (a.k.a. Chicago)
www.moryan.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New blog! An update on the Battlestar Galactica book I'm writing, other links & updates on what I'm up to, plus a few thoughts on the occupation on New Caprica--er, I mean, Chicago. On finding the darkness & the light at Broadview & elsewhere during the ICE invasion www.moryan.com/a-battlestar...
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FYI, voters at the time knew the election was being stolen and begged Gore not to concede until the recount was done. Dems gotta “be the bigger person” tho, so we got our first failson president.
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
FYI, voters at the time knew the election was being stolen and begged Gore not to concede until the recount was done. Dems gotta “be the bigger person” tho, so we got our first failson president.
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
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Saw this right after I saw the Jeffries statement throwing impeachment under the bus.
The contrast is huge.
The contrast is huge.
Went to a Christmas party this evening for Dallas District 14 commissioners and board members. Mostly older folks, probably all Democrats. Every time I attend an event like this now, I come away with one certainty: If you're a centrist Dem, you have totally lost the plot. Normies are radicalized.
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Saw this right after I saw the Jeffries statement throwing impeachment under the bus.
The contrast is huge.
The contrast is huge.
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If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
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African immigrant Elon Musk spouts racist BS about African immigrants www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
African immigrant Elon Musk spouts racist BS about African immigrants
South African immigrant Elon Musk is still� criticizing �immigrants from Black majority countries, this time accusing them of coming to the United States to vote for Democrats.
Musk made his racist ....
www.dailykos.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
African immigrant Elon Musk spouts racist BS about African immigrants www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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A classic of the genre
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A classic of the genre
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MAGA is bringing back traditional masculinity by obsessing over fonts, gold trim and ballrooms.
Mr. Rubio said switching back to Times New Roman would “restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work.” Calibri is “informal” when compared to serif typefaces like Times New Roman and “clashes” with the department’s official letterhead. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
MAGA is bringing back traditional masculinity by obsessing over fonts, gold trim and ballrooms.
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Next time someone uses the stock market as a metric to judge the overall economy, remind them that Americans in the top 10% of wealth own 87.2% of the market.
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Next time someone uses the stock market as a metric to judge the overall economy, remind them that Americans in the top 10% of wealth own 87.2% of the market.
The ability to taste umami developed 400 million years ago, before our ancestors had even left the sea.
December 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The ability to taste umami developed 400 million years ago, before our ancestors had even left the sea.