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@zas.bsky.social
· Jun 15
“Ruby Bridges and ruby ridges” is the prescription for 21st century liberalism
i am not talking about arresting them. we need a ruby ridge every week for four years.
New QT’ing to pin
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right. like, what bari weiss was saying, in front of a jewish audience, was, "i think that the media should reflect mainstream ideas, such as the idea that the jewish billionaire who placed me in charge of the news is part of a conspiracy whereby jewish billionaires control the news."
Some of the replies to this are just "yeah because they're billionaires" and I think that's missing what makes it all so disturbing. A lot of these people are like, Jews from the generation immediately after the Holocaust. It's *incomprehensible* that they dismiss shit like Musk doing Hitler salutes
i went through like nine separate revisions of this tweet because the actual substance of it -- "conservative jewish billionaires somehow don't care about antisemitism against american jews" -- has the pattern of an antisemitic conspiracy theory but is substantively the inverse of one.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
right. like, what bari weiss was saying, in front of a jewish audience, was, "i think that the media should reflect mainstream ideas, such as the idea that the jewish billionaire who placed me in charge of the news is part of a conspiracy whereby jewish billionaires control the news."
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Isaac Chotiner like my editors haven't assigned me a new act of violence in two whole weeks I gotta start freelancing
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Isaac Chotiner like my editors haven't assigned me a new act of violence in two whole weeks I gotta start freelancing
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release the epstein files files
JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
release the epstein files files
Anyone have DND one shot recs that I could run for my elementary schooler cousins?
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Anyone have DND one shot recs that I could run for my elementary schooler cousins?
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I’m really basking in this bc during the primary, I got a lot of heat from centrist YIMBY types calling me overly credulous/deluded for saying Zohran would be a good mayor and would support building more housing
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I’m really basking in this bc during the primary, I got a lot of heat from centrist YIMBY types calling me overly credulous/deluded for saying Zohran would be a good mayor and would support building more housing
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
Just got an Apple News notification for an article about a Kennedy…how does anyone still care about them beyond the murder one
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Just got an Apple News notification for an article about a Kennedy…how does anyone still care about them beyond the murder one
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so it turns out Klippenstein left out a very important detail which is that its 170 crimes *of which a person has been convicted* not what they've been accused of
NYC's sanctuary laws are considerably more liberal than the Democratic party is now but this won't be received well.
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
so it turns out Klippenstein left out a very important detail which is that its 170 crimes *of which a person has been convicted* not what they've been accused of
Adam Friedland is OLDER than Mamdani lmaoooo
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Adam Friedland is OLDER than Mamdani lmaoooo
WHAT THE FUCK?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsi5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsi5...
ZOHRAN MAMDANI Talks Meeting Trump, Mayoral Election, Arsenal
YouTube video by The Adam Friedland Show
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
WHAT THE FUCK?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsi5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsi5...
If you are a notary public you get a stamp with your name on it.
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If you are a notary public you get a stamp with your name on it.
Funniest part of glass bead game is when someone posits that the reason things are politically calmer now is because “the occident” is no longer the center of world history
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Funniest part of glass bead game is when someone posits that the reason things are politically calmer now is because “the occident” is no longer the center of world history
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Romania's answer to the Miner Question was to privatize/kill the mines while paying them Danegeld lvls of pensions at 42 so they will no longer burn Bucharest
You take whatever lesson you can from it
You take whatever lesson you can from it
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Romania's answer to the Miner Question was to privatize/kill the mines while paying them Danegeld lvls of pensions at 42 so they will no longer burn Bucharest
You take whatever lesson you can from it
You take whatever lesson you can from it
The fourth best Star Wars movie is the animated Star Wars the clone wars movie because it is a good children’s movie that is fun enough to watch as an adult(according to my dad) that also makes sense in and adds to the larger Star Wars universe.
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The fourth best Star Wars movie is the animated Star Wars the clone wars movie because it is a good children’s movie that is fun enough to watch as an adult(according to my dad) that also makes sense in and adds to the larger Star Wars universe.
Tbc I’ve read low double digits Star Wars novels.
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tbc I’ve read low double digits Star Wars novels.
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alas, there's a lot of sanewashing in this piece - even as it expresses frustration in RFK, it treats him as a legitimate, good faith actor in a way that's just not true.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
alas, there's a lot of sanewashing in this piece - even as it expresses frustration in RFK, it treats him as a legitimate, good faith actor in a way that's just not true.
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also, frankly, RFK's personal story is way less important than the fact that he is going to kill many, many people.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
also, frankly, RFK's personal story is way less important than the fact that he is going to kill many, many people.
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rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
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Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
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Everyone likes to pretend the prequels weren’t three of the worst movies ever made.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Everyone likes to pretend the prequels weren’t three of the worst movies ever made.
huh yeah this is baaasically correct.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
huh yeah this is baaasically correct.
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I don't think the press should be some government mouthpiece. I actually agree with the "fourth estate" people that a healthy, free press is indispensable to representative government! That's precisely why they need to be punished severely for how they have behaved over the past 30 years.
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I don't think the press should be some government mouthpiece. I actually agree with the "fourth estate" people that a healthy, free press is indispensable to representative government! That's precisely why they need to be punished severely for how they have behaved over the past 30 years.
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You don't hate the press enough
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You don't hate the press enough
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in many ways, this is a retvrn to tradition
A 500-year-old castle wall was 'ripped down' by visitors who used its stones to cross a large puddle, a charity has said
Historic castle wall 'ripped down' by visitors to use as stepping stones in puddle
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
in many ways, this is a retvrn to tradition
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Gen Z has the least freedom to choose how they spend their days and the shittiest jobs, that’s how the economy works.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Gen Z has the least freedom to choose how they spend their days and the shittiest jobs, that’s how the economy works.
Living in computer world for all my life had me relatively surprised upon entering running a city world to learn that bandwidth to act on information is a tighter bottleneck than amount of information. Good reminder abt much of reality.
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Living in computer world for all my life had me relatively surprised upon entering running a city world to learn that bandwidth to act on information is a tighter bottleneck than amount of information. Good reminder abt much of reality.