Coffeemancer Vanvidum
@vanvidum.bsky.social
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Drifting around inner New England. he/him
Drifting around inner New England. he/him
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The league of the dumb know-it-alls have descended upon AOC because they appear not to understand strategic ambiguity
ITS NOT A YES OR NO QUESTION THATS THE WHOLE POINT OF STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY YOU DUMB FUCK
February 18, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The league of the dumb know-it-alls have descended upon AOC because they appear not to understand strategic ambiguity
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I don't think it is a "warning to the left" but a symptom of the decline of journalism under oligarchic consolidation, in which formerly reputable outlets such as the Washington Post and NY Magazine are screwing up this badly.
Saying "um, ah, well..." for thirty seconds and then changing the subject has been the literal policy of the united states as regards the defense of Taiwan for decades. The whole point is to avoid giving a straight answer. If you want to critique on FP at least read a Wikipedia first.
AOC’s Munich Stumble Is a Warning to the Left
It’s time for progressives to get more sophisticated about national security and foreign policy.
nymag.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I don't think it is a "warning to the left" but a symptom of the decline of journalism under oligarchic consolidation, in which formerly reputable outlets such as the Washington Post and NY Magazine are screwing up this badly.
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There are several entirely legitimate reasons to not vote Greens (particularly the FP/NIMBY/anti-science stuff).
Transphobia is not a legitimate reason at all.
Transphobia is not a legitimate reason at all.
I said I was considering a protest vote for the Greens (which I acknowledge makes no sense in a local election) and his response was "yeah, but the Greens don't know what a woman is" 🙄
February 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
There are several entirely legitimate reasons to not vote Greens (particularly the FP/NIMBY/anti-science stuff).
Transphobia is not a legitimate reason at all.
Transphobia is not a legitimate reason at all.
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At a certain point we need to discuss the mental regression of the average UK politician into an actual manchild
I said I was considering a protest vote for the Greens (which I acknowledge makes no sense in a local election) and his response was "yeah, but the Greens don't know what a woman is" 🙄
February 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
At a certain point we need to discuss the mental regression of the average UK politician into an actual manchild
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What annoys me most about this stuff how horseracerbrained this all is. There is plenty to criticize in AOCs Munich remarks when it comes to the substance and even process!!!
I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat
February 18, 2026 at 2:40 PM
What annoys me most about this stuff how horseracerbrained this all is. There is plenty to criticize in AOCs Munich remarks when it comes to the substance and even process!!!
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I am not joking when I say that I've known, hmm, three Chinese guys like this. One became a *hardcore* libertarian.
February 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I am not joking when I say that I've known, hmm, three Chinese guys like this. One became a *hardcore* libertarian.
If political press don't want to be treated as legacy groypher trolls, they can chose to act differently at any time.
I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat
February 18, 2026 at 2:38 PM
If political press don't want to be treated as legacy groypher trolls, they can chose to act differently at any time.
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anyone who's ever seen AOC speak knows she can run rings around these fucking shitweasels and that's why they're big mad
"tries strategic incomprehensibility" oh you mean US policy on Taiwan since WW2
"tries strategic incomprehensibility" oh you mean US policy on Taiwan since WW2
I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat
February 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
anyone who's ever seen AOC speak knows she can run rings around these fucking shitweasels and that's why they're big mad
"tries strategic incomprehensibility" oh you mean US policy on Taiwan since WW2
"tries strategic incomprehensibility" oh you mean US policy on Taiwan since WW2
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Still haven’t gotten a satisfying answer why
1. This dude stopped
2. Agreed to disarm
3. didn’t act like a marked man
1. This dude stopped
2. Agreed to disarm
3. didn’t act like a marked man
Wagner was supposed to collapse after Prigozhin's death.
Instead, parts of it were absorbed by Russian military intelligence and are now recruiting vulnerable Europeans to commit sabotage on their own soil.
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Instead, parts of it were absorbed by Russian military intelligence and are now recruiting vulnerable Europeans to commit sabotage on their own soil.
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February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Still haven’t gotten a satisfying answer why
1. This dude stopped
2. Agreed to disarm
3. didn’t act like a marked man
1. This dude stopped
2. Agreed to disarm
3. didn’t act like a marked man
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I was not expecting Detroit to be so pervasively beautiful and really want to go back and explore more.
These are in the Guardian Building
These are in the Guardian Building
February 18, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I was not expecting Detroit to be so pervasively beautiful and really want to go back and explore more.
These are in the Guardian Building
These are in the Guardian Building
They're marketed and often purchased as gender affirmation vehicles
There's an ad I keep seeing for ram 1500 pickup trucks embodies the problem with modern pickup trucks:
Lists the following selling points:
"It has 'road presence'
black chrome wheels
A sport performance hood"
And says absolutely nothing about what it can do, y'know, as an actual useful trucks.
Lists the following selling points:
"It has 'road presence'
black chrome wheels
A sport performance hood"
And says absolutely nothing about what it can do, y'know, as an actual useful trucks.
February 18, 2026 at 1:51 PM
They're marketed and often purchased as gender affirmation vehicles
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It is also an indicator that legacy news medias deep seated misogyny has not abated in the least and they are eager to destroy a third Democratic female presidential prospect
I think journalists at major outlets love their role as "agenda setters" and with AOC they are jumping at the opportunity to create a narrative about someone they view as a newer player on the world stage. It's all about them reinforcing their own legitimacy and power.
The more I think about the DC press slagging AOC for a lack of FP depth while Donald Trump is President, twice, is making me angry enough to explode. The fuck is wrong with the journalists that they're like this
February 18, 2026 at 1:12 PM
It is also an indicator that legacy news medias deep seated misogyny has not abated in the least and they are eager to destroy a third Democratic female presidential prospect
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What's wild is that in this case you can really see how subject-independent the narrative setting is, like, it doesn't matter what woman it is, they know and reach for the same file
I think journalists at major outlets love their role as "agenda setters" and with AOC they are jumping at the opportunity to create a narrative about someone they view as a newer player on the world stage. It's all about them reinforcing their own legitimacy and power.
The more I think about the DC press slagging AOC for a lack of FP depth while Donald Trump is President, twice, is making me angry enough to explode. The fuck is wrong with the journalists that they're like this
February 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM
What's wild is that in this case you can really see how subject-independent the narrative setting is, like, it doesn't matter what woman it is, they know and reach for the same file
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Me: I'm giving up using Microsoft Office until Easter.
Him: How do you think that's gonna go?
Me: It will be Excel Lent.
Him: How do you think that's gonna go?
Me: It will be Excel Lent.
February 17, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Me: I'm giving up using Microsoft Office until Easter.
Him: How do you think that's gonna go?
Me: It will be Excel Lent.
Him: How do you think that's gonna go?
Me: It will be Excel Lent.
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I haven't encountered this too much (that I can tell!) but it's also more than zero, and I have a similar reaction to Rose here. As she says... it's just very bizarre to do a philosophy degree if you don't actually want to think and work through ideas. What... what are you doing here?
Yesterday my friend told me about her PHILOSOPHY students all using ai for their assignments and like come the fuck on man you’re in Uni doing the subject thats Thinking about Thinking and u refuse to Think
February 18, 2026 at 8:27 AM
I haven't encountered this too much (that I can tell!) but it's also more than zero, and I have a similar reaction to Rose here. As she says... it's just very bizarre to do a philosophy degree if you don't actually want to think and work through ideas. What... what are you doing here?
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Some people should probably step back from courageously defending the honor of 20th century French artists and intellectuals when it comes to the exploitation of children, and that is by no means a suggestion their non-French counterparts were good in that regard.
February 18, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Some people should probably step back from courageously defending the honor of 20th century French artists and intellectuals when it comes to the exploitation of children, and that is by no means a suggestion their non-French counterparts were good in that regard.
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they are losing the Fake Judges, like, actually, terminally losing them
BREAKING: An immigration judge has *terminated* the Trump-Vance administration's efforts to deport Columbia pro-Palestine student protestor Mohsen Mahdawi.
Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.
Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.
February 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM
they are losing the Fake Judges, like, actually, terminally losing them
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Let me explain. Your British predecessors had a name for what you are doing to your children:
"Omissional infanticide."
All clear now?
"Omissional infanticide."
All clear now?
It’s weird we never do stuff like this with other terrible decisions. Newspaper doesn’t run “I saw a half empty can of Mountain Dew left on the street and drank the rest of that mfer”, and the guy who drank the Mountain Dew is only hurting himself
February 17, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Let me explain. Your British predecessors had a name for what you are doing to your children:
"Omissional infanticide."
All clear now?
"Omissional infanticide."
All clear now?
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No. I will not let you explain. I will walk away from your dumbass. I do not have to give anti-vaxxers one iota of my time. My brain can only handle so much stupidity.
It’s weird we never do stuff like this with other terrible decisions. Newspaper doesn’t run “I saw a half empty can of Mountain Dew left on the street and drank the rest of that mfer”, and the guy who drank the Mountain Dew is only hurting himself
February 17, 2026 at 10:54 PM
No. I will not let you explain. I will walk away from your dumbass. I do not have to give anti-vaxxers one iota of my time. My brain can only handle so much stupidity.
"I deliberately and willfully abuse and neglect my kids, let me explain."
It’s weird we never do stuff like this with other terrible decisions. Newspaper doesn’t run “I saw a half empty can of Mountain Dew left on the street and drank the rest of that mfer”, and the guy who drank the Mountain Dew is only hurting himself
February 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
"I deliberately and willfully abuse and neglect my kids, let me explain."
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Yeah. Between that and CHIPS, a lot of investment that *should've* gone into building semiconductor production instead chased speculation or positional goods, because it's really fucking hard to expand (or even maintain) a manufacturing supply chain when tariffs are determined by Senility RNG.
We're also seeing whìplash from decisions taken to deal with tariffs earlier at play here. I strongly suspect
February 17, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Yeah. Between that and CHIPS, a lot of investment that *should've* gone into building semiconductor production instead chased speculation or positional goods, because it's really fucking hard to expand (or even maintain) a manufacturing supply chain when tariffs are determined by Senility RNG.
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In an irritable mood today, and this is one source.
What accounting fuckery is Amtrak doing that makes it cheaper to run diesel under wire.
www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicle...
What accounting fuckery is Amtrak doing that makes it cheaper to run diesel under wire.
www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicle...
February 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
In an irritable mood today, and this is one source.
What accounting fuckery is Amtrak doing that makes it cheaper to run diesel under wire.
www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicle...
What accounting fuckery is Amtrak doing that makes it cheaper to run diesel under wire.
www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicle...
The past 10 years has been a continuous cycle of downward revisions of general estimations of intelligence & wisdom of people who have had every opportunity to be better.
February 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
The past 10 years has been a continuous cycle of downward revisions of general estimations of intelligence & wisdom of people who have had every opportunity to be better.