Matt
@tiredgenerally.bsky.social
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ICE mall cop, hired seven weeks ago: "no"
Elected US representative: "okay 😔"
Elected US representative: "okay 😔"
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
ICE mall cop, hired seven weeks ago: "no"
Elected US representative: "okay 😔"
Elected US representative: "okay 😔"
still comes across as idk.. servile? you’re a US congressperson. the response to “you can’t [exercise your legal rights as a representative of the people]” should be “ever been in front of a congressional committee? held in contempt? i hope you have a good lawyer”
Rep. Vargas talks about trying to inspect the ICE facility at Otay Mesa:
"Each and every time that I had previously come here, either announced or unannounced, they've always allowed me in. Today they didn't."
"I'm receiving reports that they're putting people in cages..."
[Video via his office]
"Each and every time that I had previously come here, either announced or unannounced, they've always allowed me in. Today they didn't."
"I'm receiving reports that they're putting people in cages..."
[Video via his office]
February 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM
still comes across as idk.. servile? you’re a US congressperson. the response to “you can’t [exercise your legal rights as a representative of the people]” should be “ever been in front of a congressional committee? held in contempt? i hope you have a good lawyer”
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BREAKING NEWS: ELON MUSK TO FOCUS ON MARSHMALLOW FARM INSTEAD OF GUMDROP CITY
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
SpaceX Delays Mars Plans To Focus on Moon
Elon Musk’s rocket company had aimed to reach the red planet in 2026
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:31 PM
BREAKING NEWS: ELON MUSK TO FOCUS ON MARSHMALLOW FARM INSTEAD OF GUMDROP CITY
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
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I cannot begin to express how happy I am that everyone, including the people I hate viscerally, now agree with me specifically
February 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I cannot begin to express how happy I am that everyone, including the people I hate viscerally, now agree with me specifically
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In 1982, Reagan’s press secretary, Larry Speakes, was asked to respond to the emergence of AIDS. He chose to make jokes about it.
The fucking nerve to compare modern Democrats to a monster like Reagan. It’s sickening. youtu.be/yAzDn7tE1lU?...
The fucking nerve to compare modern Democrats to a monster like Reagan. It’s sickening. youtu.be/yAzDn7tE1lU?...
February 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
In 1982, Reagan’s press secretary, Larry Speakes, was asked to respond to the emergence of AIDS. He chose to make jokes about it.
The fucking nerve to compare modern Democrats to a monster like Reagan. It’s sickening. youtu.be/yAzDn7tE1lU?...
The fucking nerve to compare modern Democrats to a monster like Reagan. It’s sickening. youtu.be/yAzDn7tE1lU?...
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It's interesting that this attitude by the press actively encourages partisanship. Republicans are here being punished for breaking with the president by having more negative coverage for the party
tbh i think that republicans are calling it racist gives them license to say there’s some kind of bipartisan consensus on its content, which is integral to how the NYT interprets reality
I don’t know if this counts as a watershed moment or whatever but it is significant that even the NYT has to drop the pretense and call it what it is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
February 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
It's interesting that this attitude by the press actively encourages partisanship. Republicans are here being punished for breaking with the president by having more negative coverage for the party
re: chris hayes post from 2016, it really is interesting how we sort of just memoryhole the pre-trump world. its a practically alien universe to anyone who wasnt in a coma for the past decade
also there was a huge policy realignment in 2016 that actually did happen and some things which were left-coded are no longer left-coded. the reason we dont think of it as that way anymore is a “fish doesnt know what water is” thing.
February 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
re: chris hayes post from 2016, it really is interesting how we sort of just memoryhole the pre-trump world. its a practically alien universe to anyone who wasnt in a coma for the past decade
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where do they find these yakubian homunculi
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid
As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country’s racist apartheid...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
where do they find these yakubian homunculi
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yeah Bluesky is primarily a Tumblric language
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
yeah Bluesky is primarily a Tumblric language
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Tech is good, actually.
20th century liberals and progressives used to understand this before falling victim to the manly blue collar voter cargo cult.
bsky.app/profile/chro...
20th century liberals and progressives used to understand this before falling victim to the manly blue collar voter cargo cult.
bsky.app/profile/chro...
Broke: Political polarization as an inhibitor of AI adoption
Woke (2.0): Political polarization as a driver of AI adoption
Woke (2.0): Political polarization as a driver of AI adoption
Katie Miller: classical liberal democracy is woke leftist ideology
Anyway, get a Claude subscription.
Anyway, get a Claude subscription.
February 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Tech is good, actually.
20th century liberals and progressives used to understand this before falling victim to the manly blue collar voter cargo cult.
bsky.app/profile/chro...
20th century liberals and progressives used to understand this before falling victim to the manly blue collar voter cargo cult.
bsky.app/profile/chro...
ok which staffer? if you’re going to blame a patsy, at least give us a head to chop.
POLITICO reporting that the White House has now claimed the ape video was an accident and removed it.
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
ok which staffer? if you’re going to blame a patsy, at least give us a head to chop.
kind of him to suggest JD Vance is worth any amount of drugs
where is the lie, I ask you www.foxnews.com/media/jd-van...
JD Vance should have been sold by his mother for drugs, NYT columnist says
New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie suggested Vice President JD Vance's mother was reasonable when attempting to sell him for drugs during his childhood.
www.foxnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
kind of him to suggest JD Vance is worth any amount of drugs
tbh i think that republicans are calling it racist gives them license to say there’s some kind of bipartisan consensus on its content, which is integral to how the NYT interprets reality
I don’t know if this counts as a watershed moment or whatever but it is significant that even the NYT has to drop the pretense and call it what it is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
tbh i think that republicans are calling it racist gives them license to say there’s some kind of bipartisan consensus on its content, which is integral to how the NYT interprets reality
i really am worried that the next admin is going to have a bunch of staffers who cooked their brain on bsky and want to eliminate transformative use on copyright law or have nhsta effectively ban self driving taxis
one area where i really diverge from people on here is that i have neutral to positive views on automation overall
February 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
i really am worried that the next admin is going to have a bunch of staffers who cooked their brain on bsky and want to eliminate transformative use on copyright law or have nhsta effectively ban self driving taxis
one area where i really diverge from people on here is that i have neutral to positive views on automation overall
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
one area where i really diverge from people on here is that i have neutral to positive views on automation overall
that is not at all what was said. the headline in this article is insanely deceptive.
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
that is not at all what was said. the headline in this article is insanely deceptive.
just run for governor, my god
kamala harris's 6-7 themed zoomer digital marketing group has already changed its name after getting made fun of. for some reason they changed it to "68." we're witnessing a level of political instinct never before imaginable
February 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
just run for governor, my god
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place themselves at odds with our responsibility to represent the electorate and the views of the majority of Americans, who find the genocide in Gaza an appalling affront to American values and do not want to see US taxpayer funded weapons used to perpetuate it.
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
place themselves at odds with our responsibility to represent the electorate and the views of the majority of Americans, who find the genocide in Gaza an appalling affront to American values and do not want to see US taxpayer funded weapons used to perpetuate it.
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New podcast alert!
For this week's edition of The Economics Show, I interviewed Tyler Cowen on the economics of food, though the conversation ended up a bit broader than that.
Links to listen here:
www.ft.com/content/4c85...
For this week's edition of The Economics Show, I interviewed Tyler Cowen on the economics of food, though the conversation ended up a bit broader than that.
Links to listen here:
www.ft.com/content/4c85...
February 6, 2026 at 10:07 AM
New podcast alert!
For this week's edition of The Economics Show, I interviewed Tyler Cowen on the economics of food, though the conversation ended up a bit broader than that.
Links to listen here:
www.ft.com/content/4c85...
For this week's edition of The Economics Show, I interviewed Tyler Cowen on the economics of food, though the conversation ended up a bit broader than that.
Links to listen here:
www.ft.com/content/4c85...
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I think the problem with this approach is the power of US money rapidly makes them the only ideological show in town on the right, and then regardless of domestic opposition to MAGA, you are one bad economic run from them getting power.
No reason to get too worked up about this.
Ultranationalist transnationalism is not an easy thing to pull off — and the trademark „MAGA-funded“ might hurt European forces more than help on balance.
Ultranationalist transnationalism is not an easy thing to pull off — and the trademark „MAGA-funded“ might hurt European forces more than help on balance.
February 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I think the problem with this approach is the power of US money rapidly makes them the only ideological show in town on the right, and then regardless of domestic opposition to MAGA, you are one bad economic run from them getting power.
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There’s Always A Tweet (Getfiscal Edition)
February 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
There’s Always A Tweet (Getfiscal Edition)
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ask yourself: does the mainstream media’s coverage accurately reflect that this is the president’s state of mind and the kind of stuff he’s focusing on?
Democrats erupt in fury over Trump demanding Schumer help rename Dulles, Penn Station
"There is no point in yielding to his ever-changing ransom demands," said one Democrat.
www.axios.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
ask yourself: does the mainstream media’s coverage accurately reflect that this is the president’s state of mind and the kind of stuff he’s focusing on?
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wow too much for tim scott is saying something
Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, had this to say:
February 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
wow too much for tim scott is saying something
im sorry what
r/AskSocialists was overtaken by the American Communist Party (ACP), which is MAGA communists. There are other subreddits that are actually socialist
February 6, 2026 at 5:48 AM
im sorry what
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the Forrest Gump of American decline, everyone's saying it
February 6, 2026 at 1:50 AM
the Forrest Gump of American decline, everyone's saying it