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.
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.
trying to figure out who I need to post on the good side of to end up coming out on top in the purges when we depose vichy Twitter
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
February 1, 2026 at 5:11 AM
trying to figure out who I need to post on the good side of to end up coming out on top in the purges when we depose vichy Twitter
I'm willing to overlook a lot from a recipe but I'm sorry: you cannot call for "3/4 of an egg". that is illegal.
food52.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I'm willing to overlook a lot from a recipe but I'm sorry: you cannot call for "3/4 of an egg". that is illegal.
ngl seeing the name "wambsganss" my first thought was "like from Succession?"
February 1, 2026 at 4:57 AM
ngl seeing the name "wambsganss" my first thought was "like from Succession?"
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“Trumpism is Israeli, Trumpism is Peronist, Trumpism is Nazi.” You are all wrong. Trumpism is Dubai
Stephen Miller's ideal America is one with a migrant worker model of a Gulf State
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
“Trumpism is Israeli, Trumpism is Peronist, Trumpism is Nazi.” You are all wrong. Trumpism is Dubai
waow
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
waow
the epstein stuff is disturbing not just morally but epistemically. how much of the random stuff that is happening now that seems kind bad is, in fact, the work of one rich pervert I'm going to find out about in 30 years?
January 31, 2026 at 5:55 AM
the epstein stuff is disturbing not just morally but epistemically. how much of the random stuff that is happening now that seems kind bad is, in fact, the work of one rich pervert I'm going to find out about in 30 years?
taken with Ariely's academic fraud, this is indicative to me of an absolute indifference to morality within a large swathe of our elite
January 31, 2026 at 1:29 AM
taken with Ariely's academic fraud, this is indicative to me of an absolute indifference to morality within a large swathe of our elite
[breaking bad from the timeline where it's about making interracial porn] "Jesse we have to cuck"
January 30, 2026 at 7:16 PM
[breaking bad from the timeline where it's about making interracial porn] "Jesse we have to cuck"
please I'm begging you I will teach you to cook it's not that hard
Ma'am you are spending 1/3 of your post-tax income on doordash
January 30, 2026 at 6:33 PM
please I'm begging you I will teach you to cook it's not that hard
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the fact that this bullshit has even reached the supreme court is completely disqualifying to the entire field of law
A different kind of April fools
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
January 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM
the fact that this bullshit has even reached the supreme court is completely disqualifying to the entire field of law
whether it's college students protesting or the federal government arresting journalists, both sides have made troubling moves on free speech
January 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
whether it's college students protesting or the federal government arresting journalists, both sides have made troubling moves on free speech
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This is a popular misconception. People think that because it’s gay to have straight sex, it means it’s straight to have gay sex. Gay sex doesn’t make you straight. Having a job does.
fellas is it straight to have gay sex?
January 30, 2026 at 3:11 AM
This is a popular misconception. People think that because it’s gay to have straight sex, it means it’s straight to have gay sex. Gay sex doesn’t make you straight. Having a job does.
look, you have to admit: you can bonesaw way more of your critics to death in Saudi Arabia than you can here. and, ultimately, isn't that what we're all looking for? well, all of us who haven't been bonesaw'd to death
Tucker Carlson: "Saudi Arabia [...] is kind of a weirdly free place.”
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Saudi Real Estate Forum
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:41 AM
look, you have to admit: you can bonesaw way more of your critics to death in Saudi Arabia than you can here. and, ultimately, isn't that what we're all looking for? well, all of us who haven't been bonesaw'd to death
probably shoulda locked in flights for a couple more trips, huh?
January 30, 2026 at 2:17 AM
probably shoulda locked in flights for a couple more trips, huh?
people are saying Elon is the most divorced guy in history, and yet he doesn't even have an X
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 PM
people are saying Elon is the most divorced guy in history, and yet he doesn't even have an X
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The goal should not be to get some small-bore stuff passed before the pendulum swings again. It should be to break the pendulum once and for all.
January 29, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The goal should not be to get some small-bore stuff passed before the pendulum swings again. It should be to break the pendulum once and for all.
man I was the least interesting 23 year old in the world and this just seems like an incredibly depressing way to be 23 to me
January 29, 2026 at 2:54 PM
man I was the least interesting 23 year old in the world and this just seems like an incredibly depressing way to be 23 to me
I know it's objectively scary but my main emotional response to the fulton county thing is that it's just so fucking *stupid*. it is insulting to be governed by people who are chasing conspiracy theories from half a decade ago
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 AM
I know it's objectively scary but my main emotional response to the fulton county thing is that it's just so fucking *stupid*. it is insulting to be governed by people who are chasing conspiracy theories from half a decade ago
"he has queer kids" and "he attacked a left-wing congresswoman" does not seem like a fact pattern I would want to draw attention to as a conservative
The right never misses a chance to smear queer kids for something they have nothing to do with. It’s basically a provocation to violence.
And in reality the guy who assaulted Omar was a pro Trump nut
And in reality the guy who assaulted Omar was a pro Trump nut
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 AM
"he has queer kids" and "he attacked a left-wing congresswoman" does not seem like a fact pattern I would want to draw attention to as a conservative
something to bear in mind is that they were quiet about the "51st state" bullshit until the Alberta stuff came up again, so the fact that they've slunk off from their attempt to annex Greenland should be seen as a reprieve rather than a victory
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 AM
something to bear in mind is that they were quiet about the "51st state" bullshit until the Alberta stuff came up again, so the fact that they've slunk off from their attempt to annex Greenland should be seen as a reprieve rather than a victory
guy so fascist he can only conceive of an opposition that's other kinds of fascist
This is a response to Serwer’s article and it’s just completely divorced from any way a mentally well-adjusted person would think.
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 AM
guy so fascist he can only conceive of an opposition that's other kinds of fascist
tbh this does seem low for Putin, the only leader on this list who is currently at war with another country
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 PM
tbh this does seem low for Putin, the only leader on this list who is currently at war with another country
wait was she not
Nicki Minaj has received Donald Trump’s Gold Card, which grants her U.S. residency.
January 28, 2026 at 10:28 PM
wait was she not