Materialist Gnostic
@walmsley.bsky.social
Programmer. Trying to enjoy arguing on the Internet less. He/Him.
Sometimes post pictures of food or thoughts on books I read.
Sometimes post pictures of food or thoughts on books I read.
something this picture makes me think about is that I think a lot of our discourse on this issue is warped by people perceiving teenagers primarily through Hollywood where they are played by people who are 30. when you see this picture your immediate response is "that is a child"
Kinda wild that these people are just in charge of things isn’t it
February 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
something this picture makes me think about is that I think a lot of our discourse on this issue is warped by people perceiving teenagers primarily through Hollywood where they are played by people who are 30. when you see this picture your immediate response is "that is a child"
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The fundamental thrust of totalitarianism is that the government dictates terms of how every aspect of every organization, as well as your own life, operates. The Soviet Union, the Nazis, the modern PRC, all have commissars in every org to ensure they follow the government political line.
Breaking news: The Pentagon issued a warning to Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts, saying the organization risks losing its long-standing partnership with the U.S. military unless it rapidly implements “core value reforms.”
Pentagon warns Scouts to restore ‘core values’ or lose military support
The relationship dates back decades, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticized the organization for allowing girls to join and changing its name from Boy Scouts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The fundamental thrust of totalitarianism is that the government dictates terms of how every aspect of every organization, as well as your own life, operates. The Soviet Union, the Nazis, the modern PRC, all have commissars in every org to ensure they follow the government political line.
the only thing this accomplishes is to make it easier for abusers to hide what they are doing
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
the only thing this accomplishes is to make it easier for abusers to hide what they are doing
cannot imagine more loser shit than "society must give me babies"
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
cannot imagine more loser shit than "society must give me babies"
now, I can't speak to this with confidence as a man, but I suspect phrases like "female vote" are not going to lead to you winning women
Of all the things in the history of the world that definitely did not happen - this is the pinnacle.
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
now, I can't speak to this with confidence as a man, but I suspect phrases like "female vote" are not going to lead to you winning women
the data he appears to be citing here is a difference of like .2 for an age gap of two years, something almost no one would call an "age gap relationship"
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
the data he appears to be citing here is a difference of like .2 for an age gap of two years, something almost no one would call an "age gap relationship"
people you're looking at bridgerton wrong. the fact that they are not asking you to tell a dozen weak-chinned british men apart is a gift
Forgive me, Jesus, because I genuinely deeply enjoy how perpetually unhappy and desolate these losers are.
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 AM
people you're looking at bridgerton wrong. the fact that they are not asking you to tell a dozen weak-chinned british men apart is a gift
now I assume China and India have their own dipshits, but I personally would not extol the virtues of a system that elevated Helen Andrews to prominence
I'm not saying anything new here but the rapid normalization of open extreme racism, thuggery, & general idiocy on the American right is really astonishing! This has been the case for a while now but has become notably worse in the last year, w/ these people increasingly just sounding like
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 AM
now I assume China and India have their own dipshits, but I personally would not extol the virtues of a system that elevated Helen Andrews to prominence
groundhog fall survival
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 AM
groundhog fall survival
leftist-MattY anti-newsom coalition
February 2, 2026 at 11:18 PM
leftist-MattY anti-newsom coalition
while self-immolation is most famous by it's use in Tibetan protests, there was a case in India of a man who self-immolated in protest of (the local version of) affirmative action
‘Isn’t it interesting how protestors are always vindicated 20 years later?’ was such irritating smug midwit shit. Protestors are wrong all the fucking time.
this was also when people were doing 'students are always on the right side politically throughout the whole of history' a lot.
February 2, 2026 at 10:15 PM
while self-immolation is most famous by it's use in Tibetan protests, there was a case in India of a man who self-immolated in protest of (the local version of) affirmative action
Elon Musk promises to "unearth the Black Garden from beneath the sands of Mars", says he will "bring about the end of flesh" and "instantiate the Godmind"
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Elon Musk promises to "unearth the Black Garden from beneath the sands of Mars", says he will "bring about the end of flesh" and "instantiate the Godmind"
"crime is way down, because of our sexy, sexy soldiers. all the criminals are too horny for our smoking-hot soldiers to do any crime"
Trump: "Crime is way down in DC. The reason for it is we have very big, strong, good-looking soldiers standing around, and I think they make the place look better."
February 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"crime is way down, because of our sexy, sexy soldiers. all the criminals are too horny for our smoking-hot soldiers to do any crime"
"offensive player" is funny to say in this particular context
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"offensive player" is funny to say in this particular context
an alternative strategy we could consider is allowing people to go to college and retire and just having some immigration
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 2, 2026 at 9:24 PM
an alternative strategy we could consider is allowing people to go to college and retire and just having some immigration
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if you are committed to lighting dumpsters on fire the best thing you can do for a movement is to allow someone visibly associated with it to stop you from lighting a dumpster on fire
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
if you are committed to lighting dumpsters on fire the best thing you can do for a movement is to allow someone visibly associated with it to stop you from lighting a dumpster on fire
it always gets so fucking weird when the racists start talking about Asians
We only want the good immigrants who study hard and don't commit crimes, unless they try to take little Brayleigh's (28 ACT, 1350 SAT) God-given slot at an Ivy away by being smarter, in which case Korematsu didn't go far enough
February 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
it always gets so fucking weird when the racists start talking about Asians
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I should add that revoking TPS for Haitians (and others) is another clear sign that none of this is about "immigration enforcement." As stated above, this is an attempt at carrying out ethnic cleansing. And it should be reported as such.
February 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I should add that revoking TPS for Haitians (and others) is another clear sign that none of this is about "immigration enforcement." As stated above, this is an attempt at carrying out ethnic cleansing. And it should be reported as such.
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Every story I read about the revocation of TPS for Haitians makes me shake with rage. I am no longer surprised at the cruelty of this regime, but it is deeply shameful that our country is doing this. This is simply ethnic cleansing.
‘I’m dead.’ As Haitian temporary protected status ends tomorrow, it’s unknown how people will survive. - The Boston Globe
TPS, a legal status reserved for those fleeing countries in upheaval, is slated to end for Haitians on Tuesday.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Every story I read about the revocation of TPS for Haitians makes me shake with rage. I am no longer surprised at the cruelty of this regime, but it is deeply shameful that our country is doing this. This is simply ethnic cleansing.
deskilling America but the skill is "being able to function as an adult"
"adam tooze comes out as a treatler"
You bolt awake in the shores of Little St James. You are not online. It is 1997 AD. You are the Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. The financial industry must not be deregulated
You bolt awake in the shores of Little St James. You are not online. It is 1997 AD. You are the Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. The financial industry must not be deregulated
February 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
deskilling America but the skill is "being able to function as an adult"
I guess the way to look at Kash is that while he is a fascist grifter, he is a grifter first and a fascist second
the fact that Rubio has ended up doing more evil than Patel is genuinely surprising measured against my expectations going in
February 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I guess the way to look at Kash is that while he is a fascist grifter, he is a grifter first and a fascist second
many people are going to be tempted to say this proves the weakness of peaceful protest. this is incorrect because it assumes this happening is a failure of peaceful protest rather than the mechanism by which it succeeds
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 5:46 AM
many people are going to be tempted to say this proves the weakness of peaceful protest. this is incorrect because it assumes this happening is a failure of peaceful protest rather than the mechanism by which it succeeds
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It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.