Evan Klondar
@theklondar.bsky.social
Philly-born, DC-based. Dad of two. We’re all we got, we’re all we need.
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Happy Hanukkah, the holiday where we celebrate the defeat of a large cosmpolitan empire by a small determined group of militant religious fanatics
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Happy Hanukkah, the holiday where we celebrate the defeat of a large cosmpolitan empire by a small determined group of militant religious fanatics
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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The thing I try to explain the most to those who don’t live here is that the Nuzzis of the world live in Washington (the place that deserves your ire) and the rest of us live in D.C., a collection of diverse, mostly quiet, walkable residential neighborhoods with no federal representation
I live in DC. You think “official Washington” didn’t care what Trump administration 2 was likely to do?
Talk to someone who works at NIH. Or State. Or CFPB. Or DOJ. They all knew what was at stake. They were all scared + furious.
And reporters like Nuzzi saw none of it because they didn’t care.
Talk to someone who works at NIH. Or State. Or CFPB. Or DOJ. They all knew what was at stake. They were all scared + furious.
And reporters like Nuzzi saw none of it because they didn’t care.
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The thing I try to explain the most to those who don’t live here is that the Nuzzis of the world live in Washington (the place that deserves your ire) and the rest of us live in D.C., a collection of diverse, mostly quiet, walkable residential neighborhoods with no federal representation
@profanity.accountant testing one two three?
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
@profanity.accountant testing one two three?
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What’s important to consider, while watching the Eagles, is that life is nothing but a slow march toward eternal darkness.
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What’s important to consider, while watching the Eagles, is that life is nothing but a slow march toward eternal darkness.
Jamelle is absolutely correct
i would push rogue one down and bring solo and the last jedi up. i’d also place attack of the clones at the bottom.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Jamelle is absolutely correct
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rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
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I’m a big fan of Liberal Currents, whose work I’ve found particularly invigorating over this last year.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I’m a big fan of Liberal Currents, whose work I’ve found particularly invigorating over this last year.
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Worth it, it's far better than every cinematic Star War made since 1980
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
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Disney Spent More On ‘Andor’ Than Any Of Its ‘Star Wars’ Movies
Disney has revealed it spent $60.5 million on Star Wars streaming series Andor in 2024, giving the show a total cost of $705.5 million - far higher than the spending on any of the movies in the saga.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Worth it, it's far better than every cinematic Star War made since 1980
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@aaronschatz.com sorry to be nitpicky but in the special Super Bowl matchups it’s mistyped as “malace at the palace” and should be “malice”
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
@aaronschatz.com sorry to be nitpicky but in the special Super Bowl matchups it’s mistyped as “malace at the palace” and should be “malice”
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a concept i talk about a lot with the guy i'm seeing is "fast thinking", which is like low-grade, shallow, and easily disposable pop intellectualism. key hallmarks include focusing on discourse over substance, not being able to separate similar form from different content, and "annoying = evil"
legitimately i think one of the core failings of centrist pundits is that they have come to define themselves by what they are against--to chart their intellectual course by who they think is being annoying this week--instead of by recourse to genuine principle
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
a concept i talk about a lot with the guy i'm seeing is "fast thinking", which is like low-grade, shallow, and easily disposable pop intellectualism. key hallmarks include focusing on discourse over substance, not being able to separate similar form from different content, and "annoying = evil"
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people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
Cc @siracusa.social - Robot or Not?
A dishwasher is already a robot that does your dishes
The loading-the-dishwasher struggle is real. Even—or especially—for the $20,000 1X Neo humanoid home robot.
🔗: on.wsj.com/47whlZ1
🔗: on.wsj.com/47whlZ1
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Cc @siracusa.social - Robot or Not?
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They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.
October 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.
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Oppression is the mask of fear.
FYI: There's a Nemik super-edit that's…weirdly powerful? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf60...
Andor: Karis Nemik
YouTube video by SWFT
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October 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Oppression is the mask of fear.
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Vought’s threat all but calls forth Lincoln’s searing argument at Cooper Union:
“Plainly stated … you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you please, on all points in dispute between you and us. You will rule or ruin in all events.”
“Plainly stated … you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you please, on all points in dispute between you and us. You will rule or ruin in all events.”
Marshall calls Vought a degenerate criminal for his threats to maul the people’s government, and he’s right — but the truth is even more galling.
Assent to our crimes against the Constitution, Vought now demands — or else he will commit further such crimes. He _revels_ in flouting his oath.
Assent to our crimes against the Constitution, Vought now demands — or else he will commit further such crimes. He _revels_ in flouting his oath.
This seems to be their angle. If there’s a shutdown they won’t furlough employees they’ll fire them permanently. The fact that this is illegal kind of isn’t the point these days. I don’t see why this is much of a threat. They don’t have to do this. It’s a choice. They run the govt. when things …
September 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Vought’s threat all but calls forth Lincoln’s searing argument at Cooper Union:
“Plainly stated … you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you please, on all points in dispute between you and us. You will rule or ruin in all events.”
“Plainly stated … you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you please, on all points in dispute between you and us. You will rule or ruin in all events.”
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shit ain’t over til it’s over
September 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
shit ain’t over til it’s over
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this isn't a consolidated dictatorship and it's pathetic to pretend it is. but at bottom, you've got to ask yourself if you'll put yourself at hazard to preserve your freedom and that of your fellow citizens. a lot of corporate executives and university administrators are presently saying "no"
September 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
this isn't a consolidated dictatorship and it's pathetic to pretend it is. but at bottom, you've got to ask yourself if you'll put yourself at hazard to preserve your freedom and that of your fellow citizens. a lot of corporate executives and university administrators are presently saying "no"
Running Man, Demolition Man, The Matrix.
Build a trilogy out of 3 unrelated Films.
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Running Man, Demolition Man, The Matrix.
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I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves.
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
September 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves.
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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"this returns us to what is perhaps the most fundamental problem before us: not policy or program but culture and mindset. We want to program out the possibility of power used badly. But this cannot be done." www.liberalcurrents.com/good-governa...
Good Governance Requires Accountability
We must rediscover the virtue of ambition: the ambition to get out there and make some real changes—and the courage to face the music after.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"this returns us to what is perhaps the most fundamental problem before us: not policy or program but culture and mindset. We want to program out the possibility of power used badly. But this cannot be done." www.liberalcurrents.com/good-governa...
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every day i see hundreds of comments of people spinning elaborate scenarios to explain how trump can control everything and all opposition is futile. a) i think a lot of you need to log off and stop following professional doomsayers. b) i think a lot of you are cowards
August 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
every day i see hundreds of comments of people spinning elaborate scenarios to explain how trump can control everything and all opposition is futile. a) i think a lot of you need to log off and stop following professional doomsayers. b) i think a lot of you are cowards
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Echoes of Enrique Peñalosa's “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation."
Mamdani: We need to make public transportation so good that “no matter how much money is in your pocket, you say: I’m gonna use this.”
September 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Echoes of Enrique Peñalosa's “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation."
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rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
August 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides