Ineffable Benthic Pulchritude (braveiowan on bird app)
@anineffablegrump.bsky.social
Iowa. Root beer floats. #YNWA. If martin buber and EM Cioran had a baby and it married Italo Calvino's punk rock estranged kid, and they had a kid. Middling. Former licensed attorney, video store owner and floor layer.
Hell of a headline
And, i understand the judges pov, but its not inevitable. Can we get beyond the whole we have no corroborating evidence besides, gee, the testimony of the arrested and all the facebook messages that followed
This means the only guilty verdict is a confession or nothing
And, i understand the judges pov, but its not inevitable. Can we get beyond the whole we have no corroborating evidence besides, gee, the testimony of the arrested and all the facebook messages that followed
This means the only guilty verdict is a confession or nothing
Chicago police officer acquitted of sexually abusing handcuffed woman
Chicago police officer acquitted of sexually abusing handcuffed woman
A Cook County judge on Monday found a Chicago police officer not guilty of sexually abusing a woman while she was in custody and handcuffed to a wall.
trib.al
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Hell of a headline
And, i understand the judges pov, but its not inevitable. Can we get beyond the whole we have no corroborating evidence besides, gee, the testimony of the arrested and all the facebook messages that followed
This means the only guilty verdict is a confession or nothing
And, i understand the judges pov, but its not inevitable. Can we get beyond the whole we have no corroborating evidence besides, gee, the testimony of the arrested and all the facebook messages that followed
This means the only guilty verdict is a confession or nothing
I will take zero joy on The Day It Finally Happens, i will rue the waste of human life, fear what is to come next....
....but i will be having insane amounts of fun the subsequent halloween that falls After It Finally Happens lol
I'm human
The haunted houses alone are going to be nuts
....but i will be having insane amounts of fun the subsequent halloween that falls After It Finally Happens lol
I'm human
The haunted houses alone are going to be nuts
I wonder if Trump realizes that The Day It Finally Happens is gonna be such widespread cause for celebration that theyre gonna be showing live footage of ppl partying out in public on the news that day
December 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I will take zero joy on The Day It Finally Happens, i will rue the waste of human life, fear what is to come next....
....but i will be having insane amounts of fun the subsequent halloween that falls After It Finally Happens lol
I'm human
The haunted houses alone are going to be nuts
....but i will be having insane amounts of fun the subsequent halloween that falls After It Finally Happens lol
I'm human
The haunted houses alone are going to be nuts
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The Trump admin, in its quest to eliminate the entire concept of asylum from the law and get rid of all asylum applicants without hearing their cases, wants to deport a Chinese dissident to Uganda, despite the fact that he has a slam-dunk asylum claim.
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Trump admin, in its quest to eliminate the entire concept of asylum from the law and get rid of all asylum applicants without hearing their cases, wants to deport a Chinese dissident to Uganda, despite the fact that he has a slam-dunk asylum claim.
This is just Hannity n Colmes lol
Its just matty saying alan colmes is the aspirational lib we should all salute and he wants to be
Rip to colmes, who i believe did have the same sincerity matty might, albeit colmes reward was to prop hannity up and leave in 08 given fox would never promote him
Its just matty saying alan colmes is the aspirational lib we should all salute and he wants to be
Rip to colmes, who i believe did have the same sincerity matty might, albeit colmes reward was to prop hannity up and leave in 08 given fox would never promote him
December 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is just Hannity n Colmes lol
Its just matty saying alan colmes is the aspirational lib we should all salute and he wants to be
Rip to colmes, who i believe did have the same sincerity matty might, albeit colmes reward was to prop hannity up and leave in 08 given fox would never promote him
Its just matty saying alan colmes is the aspirational lib we should all salute and he wants to be
Rip to colmes, who i believe did have the same sincerity matty might, albeit colmes reward was to prop hannity up and leave in 08 given fox would never promote him
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incredible things happening at the nazi bar
December 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
incredible things happening at the nazi bar
There is no doubt in my mind this group is the center of a future oscar winning doc about the absurdity of this entire thing
It has very eric mcdavid, sacramento three vibes
It has very eric mcdavid, sacramento three vibes
Weirdly, there is nothing that supports the existence of the “Turtle Island Liberation Front” prior to yesterday.
No journalism or news media, academic writing, NGO reports, court records, government statements, or mainstream or extremism-monitoring coverage - just a handful of social media posts.
No journalism or news media, academic writing, NGO reports, court records, government statements, or mainstream or extremism-monitoring coverage - just a handful of social media posts.
FBI foils bombing plot targeting Los Angeles, US attorney general says
Four people are facing criminal charges in connection with what Attorney General Pam Bondi described on Monday as a foiled bomb plot that contemplated multiple targets, including U.S. immigration agen...
www.reuters.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
There is no doubt in my mind this group is the center of a future oscar winning doc about the absurdity of this entire thing
It has very eric mcdavid, sacramento three vibes
It has very eric mcdavid, sacramento three vibes
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In honour of Rob Reiner, have David Moore's thread on the best sword fight in movie history and exactly how nerdy it is.
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
In honour of Rob Reiner, have David Moore's thread on the best sword fight in movie history and exactly how nerdy it is.
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Twitter, and by extension, any bad social media, succeeds in the worst ways the more it convinces its users their free userdom makes them actually employees of a gigantic media company and they owe loyalty to tout its influence
You were not chosen, you signed up
Its not a petition for *anything*
You were not chosen, you signed up
Its not a petition for *anything*
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Twitter, and by extension, any bad social media, succeeds in the worst ways the more it convinces its users their free userdom makes them actually employees of a gigantic media company and they owe loyalty to tout its influence
You were not chosen, you signed up
Its not a petition for *anything*
You were not chosen, you signed up
Its not a petition for *anything*
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
Look, im a happily married straight dude, but her husband was also Chiwetel Ejiofor.
I mean, nothing personal against andrew lincoln, but he is no Chiwetel Ejiofor, in any universe or context
I mean, nothing personal against andrew lincoln, but he is no Chiwetel Ejiofor, in any universe or context
lol there's just nothing redeeming about this movie, especially this scene:
Her husband was inside the house LMFAO
Her husband was inside the house LMFAO
a man is holding up a sign that says " and at christmas you tell the truth "
Alt: a man is holding up a sign that says " and at christmas you tell the truth "
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Look, im a happily married straight dude, but her husband was also Chiwetel Ejiofor.
I mean, nothing personal against andrew lincoln, but he is no Chiwetel Ejiofor, in any universe or context
I mean, nothing personal against andrew lincoln, but he is no Chiwetel Ejiofor, in any universe or context
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Your favorite young economist was on @nbcnews.com today. Big fro and all. Mama, we made it. #blacksky #news #booksky
December 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Your favorite young economist was on @nbcnews.com today. Big fro and all. Mama, we made it. #blacksky #news #booksky
Who stabs rob reiner
Someone bubble wrap mel brooks
But who tf stabs rob reiner
One of the few great straddlers of utterly popular but not superficial film
Hard to be both mainstream and intentional like reiner and he did it often. Really ruins the great doc w that group
Someone bubble wrap mel brooks
But who tf stabs rob reiner
One of the few great straddlers of utterly popular but not superficial film
Hard to be both mainstream and intentional like reiner and he did it often. Really ruins the great doc w that group
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Who stabs rob reiner
Someone bubble wrap mel brooks
But who tf stabs rob reiner
One of the few great straddlers of utterly popular but not superficial film
Hard to be both mainstream and intentional like reiner and he did it often. Really ruins the great doc w that group
Someone bubble wrap mel brooks
But who tf stabs rob reiner
One of the few great straddlers of utterly popular but not superficial film
Hard to be both mainstream and intentional like reiner and he did it often. Really ruins the great doc w that group
I assume the 78 yo male found in a rob reiner owned house *is* 78 yo rob reiner (and wife) but ffs bluesky, if they havent been id'd yet per AP as of 10 minutes ago, maybe dont repost tmz as a gospel source
If its true, wait for confirmation. Speculate, reasonably assume, but dont be those accounts
If its true, wait for confirmation. Speculate, reasonably assume, but dont be those accounts
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I assume the 78 yo male found in a rob reiner owned house *is* 78 yo rob reiner (and wife) but ffs bluesky, if they havent been id'd yet per AP as of 10 minutes ago, maybe dont repost tmz as a gospel source
If its true, wait for confirmation. Speculate, reasonably assume, but dont be those accounts
If its true, wait for confirmation. Speculate, reasonably assume, but dont be those accounts
Nobody asking the obvious, why were two iowa guards members in syria to be killed in the first place?
Hegseth so busy killing people w no due process in South America no ones around to deal with this, isis hasnt claimed responsibility last i looked, which is strange for them
Hegseth so busy killing people w no due process in South America no ones around to deal with this, isis hasnt claimed responsibility last i looked, which is strange for them
Iowa Guard mourns first combat deaths since Sgt. Terryl Pasker in 2011
Iowa Guard mourns first combat deaths since Sgt. Terryl Pasker in 2011
Two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in a Syria ambush are the Guard’s first combat deaths since Sgt. Terryl Pasker was fatally shot in Afghanistan in 2011.
www.kcci.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nobody asking the obvious, why were two iowa guards members in syria to be killed in the first place?
Hegseth so busy killing people w no due process in South America no ones around to deal with this, isis hasnt claimed responsibility last i looked, which is strange for them
Hegseth so busy killing people w no due process in South America no ones around to deal with this, isis hasnt claimed responsibility last i looked, which is strange for them
Lol, this is the upper ed hipster reactionary equivalent of middle/high school called in bomb threats to get out of a period
Unis are cooked, unc
Unis are cooked, unc
The malicious compliance aspect of this is that students can apparently now submit a complaint against every professor in the university and shut the whole place down indefinitely.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Lol, this is the upper ed hipster reactionary equivalent of middle/high school called in bomb threats to get out of a period
Unis are cooked, unc
Unis are cooked, unc
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New, from me: by embracing unitary executive theory, the Supreme Court is moving towards making all public employees fireable at the will of the President.
This will not just hurt government competence, it will aid democratic backsliding. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
This will not just hurt government competence, it will aid democratic backsliding. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
At will? Whose will?
Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New, from me: by embracing unitary executive theory, the Supreme Court is moving towards making all public employees fireable at the will of the President.
This will not just hurt government competence, it will aid democratic backsliding. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
This will not just hurt government competence, it will aid democratic backsliding. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
If you ever wondered what it would look like for someone against the death penalty to execute somebody.... (you can find the deleted post in the comments)
Drove 9 hours to talk to someone this week. He was on death row for 27 years.
But thanks for the advice.
But thanks for the advice.
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
If you ever wondered what it would look like for someone against the death penalty to execute somebody.... (you can find the deleted post in the comments)
Thought about this last night, driving in our towns square "loop." In the center of the square is a giant newish courthouse, surrounded by multiple bars, bail bondsman and lawyers. The local pd announced dui stops were up some huge %. Yet the bars still go selling by the courthouse steps just fine
People still speed. They still drive drunk. What them?
December 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thought about this last night, driving in our towns square "loop." In the center of the square is a giant newish courthouse, surrounded by multiple bars, bail bondsman and lawyers. The local pd announced dui stops were up some huge %. Yet the bars still go selling by the courthouse steps just fine
There is so much behind the scenes petty power playing going on here. Im really curious how these very different outcomes got what palms greased when or why
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There is so much behind the scenes petty power playing going on here. Im really curious how these very different outcomes got what palms greased when or why
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More whitewashing of American history: "Most notably, the Black Abolition, Women’s Suffrage and Civil Rights quarters were replaced with quarters that instead commemorate the Mayflower Compact, Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address." theconversation.com/trump-admini...
Trump administration replaces America 250 quarters honoring abolition and women’s suffrage with Mayflower and Gettysburg designs
US coins showcase American identity and public memory through their designs. The America 250 coins just unveiled reflect the nation’s divided politics and history.
theconversation.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
More whitewashing of American history: "Most notably, the Black Abolition, Women’s Suffrage and Civil Rights quarters were replaced with quarters that instead commemorate the Mayflower Compact, Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address." theconversation.com/trump-admini...
Why cant we all unify behind an absolute increase in material conditions, particularly increasing the free time and available resources for people waiting to use all available tools to undermine an absolute increase in material conditions
The postracial solidarity ourobouros has atlantic thoughts
The postracial solidarity ourobouros has atlantic thoughts
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Why cant we all unify behind an absolute increase in material conditions, particularly increasing the free time and available resources for people waiting to use all available tools to undermine an absolute increase in material conditions
The postracial solidarity ourobouros has atlantic thoughts
The postracial solidarity ourobouros has atlantic thoughts
Hey @highvaluecvnt.bsky.social you know what i worry about? Landfill Kumas
The character “kuma (熊),” meaning bear in Japanese, was selected as kanji of the year for 2025, the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announced Friday, after a year defined by a surge in bear encounters and nationwide unease amid a string of attacks. 👉 ebx.sh/JXz4J8
December 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hey @highvaluecvnt.bsky.social you know what i worry about? Landfill Kumas
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George Will: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
George Will: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...