Well, That Was Spooky
@thediscoveryofzero.com
BCBA, M.Ed., Solo Musician, he/him, Coachella Valley https://elirector.bandcamp.com/music
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International Sirens, by Eli Rector
38 track album
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Welcome new followers.
Apologies for dead horses you’ll find me beating:
1. Trad cultural hierarchies & epistemic authority on the RW
2. Global wealth caps
3. Radical Behaviorism and libertarian free market agency
4. Chronic pain
5. Weird shit
6. My latest album: tinyurl.com/yc397vv8
Apologies for dead horses you’ll find me beating:
1. Trad cultural hierarchies & epistemic authority on the RW
2. Global wealth caps
3. Radical Behaviorism and libertarian free market agency
4. Chronic pain
5. Weird shit
6. My latest album: tinyurl.com/yc397vv8
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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Ribbed for my pleasure!
a can of cranberry sauce is being poured into a white plate
ALT: a can of cranberry sauce is being poured into a white plate
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Ribbed for my pleasure!
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They’re just hoping someone fires on them… if you don’t think the 🍊🤡 won’t immediately enact the Insurrection Act at the first sign of armed resistance, you haven’t been paying attention. Do Not Take The Bait!!! Keep it peaceful and keep recording!!! Trials will come…
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
They’re just hoping someone fires on them… if you don’t think the 🍊🤡 won’t immediately enact the Insurrection Act at the first sign of armed resistance, you haven’t been paying attention. Do Not Take The Bait!!! Keep it peaceful and keep recording!!! Trials will come…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Calendars have finally been ordered. Will get an online store deal set up in a day or two!
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Calendars have finally been ordered. Will get an online store deal set up in a day or two!
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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Noise cancelling headphones for the garbage in my head
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Noise cancelling headphones for the garbage in my head
Weirdo Artist stolen valor is real.
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Weirdo Artist stolen valor is real.
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a left-of-center charles murray type who argues that we must stop blaming the myriad problems of southern whites on their diseased culture and instead accept that southern whites are genetically inferior
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
a left-of-center charles murray type who argues that we must stop blaming the myriad problems of southern whites on their diseased culture and instead accept that southern whites are genetically inferior
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A Chicago daycare worker was taken by ICE at drop-off time. Nationally, more than 70% of ICE arrests involve people with no convictions. The “public safety” narrative collapses under the data.
Link: www.wfaa.com/article/synd...
Link: www.wfaa.com/article/synd...
Chicago day care worker detained by immigration agents at drop-off time for children
Witnesses say a Chicago day care employee was detained at work during a drop-off time for children, reflecting the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive...
www.wfaa.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A Chicago daycare worker was taken by ICE at drop-off time. Nationally, more than 70% of ICE arrests involve people with no convictions. The “public safety” narrative collapses under the data.
Link: www.wfaa.com/article/synd...
Link: www.wfaa.com/article/synd...
“Jews are all dangerous criminals” was Nazi rhetoric
“Illegals are all dangerous criminals” is MAGA rhetoric.
There’s really no difference.
“Illegals are all dangerous criminals” is MAGA rhetoric.
There’s really no difference.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“Jews are all dangerous criminals” was Nazi rhetoric
“Illegals are all dangerous criminals” is MAGA rhetoric.
There’s really no difference.
“Illegals are all dangerous criminals” is MAGA rhetoric.
There’s really no difference.
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This is what our elite institutions, the country's largest companies, and law enforcement are busy capitulating to. But inspiring to me that it is friends, neighbors, and normies in what look to be pajamas who stand up against fascism in ways our leaders don't. We must remember both of these facts.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is what our elite institutions, the country's largest companies, and law enforcement are busy capitulating to. But inspiring to me that it is friends, neighbors, and normies in what look to be pajamas who stand up against fascism in ways our leaders don't. We must remember both of these facts.
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(when my book makes a list) haha fucking check THIS out. perfect meritocracy....very cool. vERy cool.
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
(when my book makes a list) haha fucking check THIS out. perfect meritocracy....very cool. vERy cool.
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
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Sammo Hung's Blade of Fury is my favorite kind of historical drama about national mythmaking: the kind where every position on the ideological spectrum is represented by a different martial arts fighter and there’s a quintuple decap in the first fifteen minutes
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Sammo Hung's Blade of Fury is my favorite kind of historical drama about national mythmaking: the kind where every position on the ideological spectrum is represented by a different martial arts fighter and there’s a quintuple decap in the first fifteen minutes
Do you know how many people we could lift out of poverty by legalizing human sacrifice?
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Do you know how many people we could lift out of poverty by legalizing human sacrifice?
Thinking about joining a Little Weirdo Community That Takes Itself Really Seriously.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Thinking about joining a Little Weirdo Community That Takes Itself Really Seriously.
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I'm Jewish. I grew up in an observant home. My bar mitzvah was at a Lubavitch shul. My parents were ardent Zionists who donated to the Jewish National Fund and AIPAC as birthday presents.
If *I* can recognize Israel is a genocidal apartheid state and become antizionist, so can you.
If *I* can recognize Israel is a genocidal apartheid state and become antizionist, so can you.
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm Jewish. I grew up in an observant home. My bar mitzvah was at a Lubavitch shul. My parents were ardent Zionists who donated to the Jewish National Fund and AIPAC as birthday presents.
If *I* can recognize Israel is a genocidal apartheid state and become antizionist, so can you.
If *I* can recognize Israel is a genocidal apartheid state and become antizionist, so can you.
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Threatening a sitting politician with legal action for simply stating the law reeks of authoritarianism. This is a dangerous new step in the politicization of the Dept of Defense.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...
Pentagon launches 'thorough review' into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over video to troops
The Department of Defense on Monday said it is launching a "thorough review" into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.
abcnews.go.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Threatening a sitting politician with legal action for simply stating the law reeks of authoritarianism. This is a dangerous new step in the politicization of the Dept of Defense.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...
My older brother (55y) is in the hospital because he ate shit on a frontside grind and broke his foot and the pins got infected. But it's a weird one because I guess the antibiotics didn't quite work and now the specter of amputation looms.
Dude, over a frontside grind.
Dude, over a frontside grind.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My older brother (55y) is in the hospital because he ate shit on a frontside grind and broke his foot and the pins got infected. But it's a weird one because I guess the antibiotics didn't quite work and now the specter of amputation looms.
Dude, over a frontside grind.
Dude, over a frontside grind.
Maybe the answer is more obvious: we can't really decide on how we got here, so we can't decide on what to fix.
The liberal view is maybe just do what we were doing before but *better*: better messaging, better get out the vote, maybe popular programs, but nothing really radical or structural. 1/4
The liberal view is maybe just do what we were doing before but *better*: better messaging, better get out the vote, maybe popular programs, but nothing really radical or structural. 1/4
Still read nary a peep about what *we weren’t doing* that allowed the RW destruction of our democracy.
How will we plan to make the needed changes if we don’t start thinking about this?
How will we plan to make the needed changes if we don’t start thinking about this?
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Maybe the answer is more obvious: we can't really decide on how we got here, so we can't decide on what to fix.
The liberal view is maybe just do what we were doing before but *better*: better messaging, better get out the vote, maybe popular programs, but nothing really radical or structural. 1/4
The liberal view is maybe just do what we were doing before but *better*: better messaging, better get out the vote, maybe popular programs, but nothing really radical or structural. 1/4
Dipped back in to X for a sec to try and find RW people to interview and it occurs to me how many people over there are simply in it for the conflict.
Just endless MAGA vs. LIB insult trading.
Just endless MAGA vs. LIB insult trading.
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Dipped back in to X for a sec to try and find RW people to interview and it occurs to me how many people over there are simply in it for the conflict.
Just endless MAGA vs. LIB insult trading.
Just endless MAGA vs. LIB insult trading.
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a sort of inchoate cloud of antisocial resentments that tracks with SUV bloat & gun sales; incoherent as ideology, impracticable as policy, but "simple" in a way that white jingos who harbor these resentments toward ""woke"" can understand
Trump may implode. But Trumpism? I never really understood what this is. Or wokeism for that matter. He is/was the perfect vessel for this post-liberal, nostalgic, fear-driven assholeism that we have seen emerging everywhere. I see no signs of this going away. "Woke" remains a big trigger for this.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
a sort of inchoate cloud of antisocial resentments that tracks with SUV bloat & gun sales; incoherent as ideology, impracticable as policy, but "simple" in a way that white jingos who harbor these resentments toward ""woke"" can understand
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?