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I have learned SO MUCH from silently watching other people get into it online.
February 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I have learned SO MUCH from silently watching other people get into it online.
Yes, I think AOC’s words are rightly interpreted as her intentionally replacing RW language (“Immigrants took your jobs!”) with the left’s preferred language (income equality). It’s exactly the kind of thing she would do, and even if one disagrees, there’s no reason to think she did it by mistake.
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Yes, I think AOC’s words are rightly interpreted as her intentionally replacing RW language (“Immigrants took your jobs!”) with the left’s preferred language (income equality). It’s exactly the kind of thing she would do, and even if one disagrees, there’s no reason to think she did it by mistake.
As an American, I’m feeling shame and horror at my country like never before. At the same time I’ve become intensely sentimental, and protective, about the good things this country is supposed to represent. I never used to want to die for my country but now I’m ready.
Fuck MAGA, this is MY country.
Fuck MAGA, this is MY country.
February 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM
As an American, I’m feeling shame and horror at my country like never before. At the same time I’ve become intensely sentimental, and protective, about the good things this country is supposed to represent. I never used to want to die for my country but now I’m ready.
Fuck MAGA, this is MY country.
Fuck MAGA, this is MY country.
They’re not even managing to consistently pay the ICE agents with their massive budget.
February 14, 2026 at 8:27 PM
They’re not even managing to consistently pay the ICE agents with their massive budget.
I think there’s widespread agreement the administration will try something. But doomers have contributed essentially nothing to the conversation. They keep repeating the same farfetched scenarios, refusing to be educated, and offering zero solutions. People are right not to listen to them.
February 14, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I think there’s widespread agreement the administration will try something. But doomers have contributed essentially nothing to the conversation. They keep repeating the same farfetched scenarios, refusing to be educated, and offering zero solutions. People are right not to listen to them.
And blocking protects other people, too. I understand wanting to talk to everyone, but Bluesky moderators don’t do enough to keep things civil. If large accounts want to encourage good conversation, they need to take it upon themselves to ban the cat piss men.
I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 AM
And blocking protects other people, too. I understand wanting to talk to everyone, but Bluesky moderators don’t do enough to keep things civil. If large accounts want to encourage good conversation, they need to take it upon themselves to ban the cat piss men.
And the women who really hate men usually just don’t have sex with them. Men who hate women want to rape them. Women who hate men are “feminazis.” Men who hate women are actual nazis. Women who hate men want to jail pedophiles. Men who hate women want to bomb kindergartens. The difference is stark.
February 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
And the women who really hate men usually just don’t have sex with them. Men who hate women want to rape them. Women who hate men are “feminazis.” Men who hate women are actual nazis. Women who hate men want to jail pedophiles. Men who hate women want to bomb kindergartens. The difference is stark.
How concerned should we be? Is this actually routine, or is that a lie?
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 AM
How concerned should we be? Is this actually routine, or is that a lie?
Wikipedia says it’s an acronym for “Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, (modern) Cosmism, Rationalists (the internet community, not to be confused with other uses of the term), Effective Altruism, and Longtermism.”
Literally one sentence in and I’ve given up on ever understanding this.
Literally one sentence in and I’ve given up on ever understanding this.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Wikipedia says it’s an acronym for “Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, (modern) Cosmism, Rationalists (the internet community, not to be confused with other uses of the term), Effective Altruism, and Longtermism.”
Literally one sentence in and I’ve given up on ever understanding this.
Literally one sentence in and I’ve given up on ever understanding this.
The issue is at hand is opsec. The self-proclaimed organizers he’s criticizing are the people obsessed with anonymity to the point of crippling the resistance with gatekeeping. So the “organizing” in this instance isn’t stuff like forming supply lines, it’s people wanting to dress up in black bloc.
February 2, 2026 at 11:59 PM
The issue is at hand is opsec. The self-proclaimed organizers he’s criticizing are the people obsessed with anonymity to the point of crippling the resistance with gatekeeping. So the “organizing” in this instance isn’t stuff like forming supply lines, it’s people wanting to dress up in black bloc.
I don’t think Will has ever said anything disrespectful about people who, say, run food pantries.
He does rapid response and his position is merely that if you want to do that work, you have to accept the risk, and he’s right. This is an insult to no one. If you can’t do RR, find a different role.
He does rapid response and his position is merely that if you want to do that work, you have to accept the risk, and he’s right. This is an insult to no one. If you can’t do RR, find a different role.
February 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I don’t think Will has ever said anything disrespectful about people who, say, run food pantries.
He does rapid response and his position is merely that if you want to do that work, you have to accept the risk, and he’s right. This is an insult to no one. If you can’t do RR, find a different role.
He does rapid response and his position is merely that if you want to do that work, you have to accept the risk, and he’s right. This is an insult to no one. If you can’t do RR, find a different role.
We need leaders who can capitalize on popular momentum and build a movement for change, not some doomed fantasy of bipartisanship. The mistakes we make today our children will have to fix tomorrow.
January 31, 2026 at 10:08 AM
We need leaders who can capitalize on popular momentum and build a movement for change, not some doomed fantasy of bipartisanship. The mistakes we make today our children will have to fix tomorrow.
The majority of Dem voters and a plurality of independents support abolishing ICE. The number of undecideds shows that more people can be persuaded.
ICE isn’t some hallowed institution, it was created only 23 years ago in the bogus war on terror. We can abolish ICE and bring back the INS.
ICE isn’t some hallowed institution, it was created only 23 years ago in the bogus war on terror. We can abolish ICE and bring back the INS.
YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
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January 31, 2026 at 10:08 AM
The majority of Dem voters and a plurality of independents support abolishing ICE. The number of undecideds shows that more people can be persuaded.
ICE isn’t some hallowed institution, it was created only 23 years ago in the bogus war on terror. We can abolish ICE and bring back the INS.
ICE isn’t some hallowed institution, it was created only 23 years ago in the bogus war on terror. We can abolish ICE and bring back the INS.
Okay, so nix the Ingraham/Roy clip. I think the poll I cited is as relevant to describing median voter brain as yours.
January 29, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Okay, so nix the Ingraham/Roy clip. I think the poll I cited is as relevant to describing median voter brain as yours.
After rereading the thread I still see people talking primarily about voters and elections. I was responding to the entire thread and simply addressing you because you were the last to post, and because I believed that the poll I was thinking of was a useful complement to the poll you shared.
January 29, 2026 at 10:16 AM
After rereading the thread I still see people talking primarily about voters and elections. I was responding to the entire thread and simply addressing you because you were the last to post, and because I believed that the poll I was thinking of was a useful complement to the poll you shared.
I thought the argument was that the median voter would prefer reforming ICE to abolishing it and that sensible Dems should give the voters what they want. Goddamn, are you telling me I misread this entire conversation? 😫
I’ll bow out in that case!
I’ll bow out in that case!
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 AM
I thought the argument was that the median voter would prefer reforming ICE to abolishing it and that sensible Dems should give the voters what they want. Goddamn, are you telling me I misread this entire conversation? 😫
I’ll bow out in that case!
I’ll bow out in that case!
People in this conversation who are presumably more closely aligned with Democrats than Republicans.
Abolishing ICE is not unpopular and I believe effective messaging can make it more popular. People want immigration control, but they don’t have a deep reverence for this agency.
Abolishing ICE is not unpopular and I believe effective messaging can make it more popular. People want immigration control, but they don’t have a deep reverence for this agency.
YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
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January 29, 2026 at 9:48 AM
People in this conversation who are presumably more closely aligned with Democrats than Republicans.
Abolishing ICE is not unpopular and I believe effective messaging can make it more popular. People want immigration control, but they don’t have a deep reverence for this agency.
Abolishing ICE is not unpopular and I believe effective messaging can make it more popular. People want immigration control, but they don’t have a deep reverence for this agency.
Sorry, why are we to the right of Laura Ingraham and Chip Roy on this? To falsely equate abolishing ICE with “Open borders, criminals welcome!” is a lack of creative thinking. Why couldn’t an ambitious Dem running as a change-maker not be able to sell the public on abolishing ICE?
January 29, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Sorry, why are we to the right of Laura Ingraham and Chip Roy on this? To falsely equate abolishing ICE with “Open borders, criminals welcome!” is a lack of creative thinking. Why couldn’t an ambitious Dem running as a change-maker not be able to sell the public on abolishing ICE?
I vaguely recall a case where a teen was killed after his parents hired a quack to inject him with hydrogen peroxide. I don’t remember if he had cancer or something else and I don’t know how to find the case again, but unsurprisingly there are other people out there doing the same thing.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:51 AM
I vaguely recall a case where a teen was killed after his parents hired a quack to inject him with hydrogen peroxide. I don’t remember if he had cancer or something else and I don’t know how to find the case again, but unsurprisingly there are other people out there doing the same thing.
Bush wasn’t on the same level as Trump, but he laid the groundwork.
January 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Bush wasn’t on the same level as Trump, but he laid the groundwork.
Right, I follow Aaron on multiple platforms, so I’m curious about this. If we’re going to forsake him for having the wrong family name, are we going to do that with Mary Trump too?
Or is there some controversy regarding Aaron specifically that I’ve never heard of??
Or is there some controversy regarding Aaron specifically that I’ve never heard of??
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Right, I follow Aaron on multiple platforms, so I’m curious about this. If we’re going to forsake him for having the wrong family name, are we going to do that with Mary Trump too?
Or is there some controversy regarding Aaron specifically that I’ve never heard of??
Or is there some controversy regarding Aaron specifically that I’ve never heard of??
How many times do we have to learn that appeasement doesn’t work? He respects strength.
January 17, 2026 at 9:19 PM
How many times do we have to learn that appeasement doesn’t work? He respects strength.