Eric Bottorff
@torff.bsky.social
Adjunct of economics and philosophy / You’ll Never Walk Alone
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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I wish I was capable of loving anything as much as ICE agents love crashing cars
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I wish I was capable of loving anything as much as ICE agents love crashing cars
Unfollowing accounts that are calling for Slot to be fired.
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Unfollowing accounts that are calling for Slot to be fired.
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I just feel awful for the National Guard troopers caught up in this. They’re just standing around looking bored all the time, but they have been made into a deliberate symbol by the Trump admin and that may have made them a target for this gunman.
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday.
Trump Admin to Escalate D.C. Military Takeover After Two National Guard Members Shot
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I just feel awful for the National Guard troopers caught up in this. They’re just standing around looking bored all the time, but they have been made into a deliberate symbol by the Trump admin and that may have made them a target for this gunman.
This is fucking depressing. And baffling. When you look at the xG numbers, feels like we’re cursed.
9 - Liverpool have lost nine of their last 12 games across all competitions, their most defeats over a 12-game spell since November 1953 to January 1954 (also 9). Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is fucking depressing. And baffling. When you look at the xG numbers, feels like we’re cursed.
The gap between xG and actual goals has been ridiculous this season.
Liverpool have three wins from three against their Pot 1 & 2 opponents, two defeats from two against Pots 3 & 4.
It's a ridiculous season. Very occasionally sublime, very frequently ridiculous, often from one minute to the next.
Still love you, lads. You're breaking my heart though. Up the Reds
It's a ridiculous season. Very occasionally sublime, very frequently ridiculous, often from one minute to the next.
Still love you, lads. You're breaking my heart though. Up the Reds
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The gap between xG and actual goals has been ridiculous this season.
That would be insane. If we weren’t continuing to win on xG nearly every game, that’s *maybe* a conversation worth having. But whatever it is that’s happening now, part of it is clearly an exceptional amount of bad luck.
Slot looks like the only thing he knows is that's getting fired.
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
That would be insane. If we weren’t continuing to win on xG nearly every game, that’s *maybe* a conversation worth having. But whatever it is that’s happening now, part of it is clearly an exceptional amount of bad luck.
Current xG:
LIV 2.7 - 2.22 PSV
The score is LIV 1 - 4 PSV
LIV 2.7 - 2.22 PSV
The score is LIV 1 - 4 PSV
Current xG:
PSG 1.68 - 1.75 TOT
The score is PSG 5 - 3 TOT lol
PSG 1.68 - 1.75 TOT
The score is PSG 5 - 3 TOT lol
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Current xG:
LIV 2.7 - 2.22 PSV
The score is LIV 1 - 4 PSV
LIV 2.7 - 2.22 PSV
The score is LIV 1 - 4 PSV
I can’t watch this slop. Turning it off.
This is wild
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I can’t watch this slop. Turning it off.
I’m done with Kerkez. Hope we sell him in the next transfer window and get an actual left-back, as Robbo cannot play 90 every week.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I’m done with Kerkez. Hope we sell him in the next transfer window and get an actual left-back, as Robbo cannot play 90 every week.
Of course this will just keep them there longer
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Of course this will just keep them there longer
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National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
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From my anecdotal experience, this is absolutely true
Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.
Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people
A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges of using the city's license plate cameras to stalk and harass people.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
From my anecdotal experience, this is absolutely true
Virg was right to be angry there. He wasn’t doing anything against the rules. He’s just huge and strong.
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Virg was right to be angry there. He wasn’t doing anything against the rules. He’s just huge and strong.
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
Why does this commentator sound like he’s on methadone?
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Why does this commentator sound like he’s on methadone?
How was that not a penalty??!? I don’t expect the PL refs to give that to us because they hate us. But I do expect the CL refs to call it fair.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
How was that not a penalty??!? I don’t expect the PL refs to give that to us because they hate us. But I do expect the CL refs to call it fair.
Virg looking awful. With that yellow, maybe put in Gomez.
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Virg looking awful. With that yellow, maybe put in Gomez.
Utterly baffling from him. This whole match has been hard to watch thus far.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Utterly baffling from him. This whole match has been hard to watch thus far.
I have a lot of words. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
I have no words.
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I have a lot of words. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Fucking pathetic
Virgil what are you doing there?!!!?
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Fucking pathetic
Virgil what are you doing there?!!!?
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Virgil what are you doing there?!!!?
This is actually insane. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is actually insane. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Some good news for renters www.npr.org/2025/11/25/g...
New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices
Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal prosecut...
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Some good news for renters www.npr.org/2025/11/25/g...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷