I'm sensing the sentiment on Bluesky is:
AOC = radical, good
Warren = squishy, bad
But apart from rhetoric, isn't the message the same? "Trump is doing this terrible thing instead of helping the American people."
AOC = radical, good
Warren = squishy, bad
But apart from rhetoric, isn't the message the same? "Trump is doing this terrible thing instead of helping the American people."
January 13, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I'm sensing the sentiment on Bluesky is:
AOC = radical, good
Warren = squishy, bad
But apart from rhetoric, isn't the message the same? "Trump is doing this terrible thing instead of helping the American people."
AOC = radical, good
Warren = squishy, bad
But apart from rhetoric, isn't the message the same? "Trump is doing this terrible thing instead of helping the American people."
Is there a write-in option, for "probably not as often as people think actually, but holy shit even once is too much."
Lots of stunning data in here. There's a reason Trump has been a manic, impulsive mess these last few days.
January 13, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Is there a write-in option, for "probably not as often as people think actually, but holy shit even once is too much."
Important early EP from New Zealand band The Clean.
January 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Important early EP from New Zealand band The Clean.
DHS compares being denied hotel accommodations to the persecution of Jesus Christ.
To quote a famous Minnesotan:
"You're not him."
To quote a famous Minnesotan:
"You're not him."
January 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
DHS compares being denied hotel accommodations to the persecution of Jesus Christ.
To quote a famous Minnesotan:
"You're not him."
To quote a famous Minnesotan:
"You're not him."
Do they think the Monroe Doctrine is settled international law?
One of most remarkable US presentations at UN Security Council I've ever seen.
- No reference to UN Charter legal justification
- Claims Panama as precedent (which the UN condemned)
- Energy reserves ⤵️ as justification is illegal
- Sharp contrast with US Ambassador Pickering presentation in 1989
- No reference to UN Charter legal justification
- Claims Panama as precedent (which the UN condemned)
- Energy reserves ⤵️ as justification is illegal
- Sharp contrast with US Ambassador Pickering presentation in 1989
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Do they think the Monroe Doctrine is settled international law?
Stop calling them suspenders, they're assistant principals
January 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Stop calling them suspenders, they're assistant principals
I think it's important to realize that USERS are doing this, not Grok.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I think it's important to realize that USERS are doing this, not Grok.
The weird thing to me is the suit-and-tie salespitch at the end. Always Be Closing-ass robot.
January 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The weird thing to me is the suit-and-tie salespitch at the end. Always Be Closing-ass robot.
This is significantly less sexy when it's a football score.
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
This is significantly less sexy when it's a football score.
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Soviet New Year's card from the World War II showing Ded Moroz (Santa Claus) decorating his tree with Nazis, 1942
December 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Soviet New Year's card from the World War II showing Ded Moroz (Santa Claus) decorating his tree with Nazis, 1942
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
Social history, intellectual history, cultural history, or anything else is more important than military history, because what matters is WHY people decide to start killing each other.
90% of military history is about where the latrines are dug. You cannot make war if you have dysentery.
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Social history, intellectual history, cultural history, or anything else is more important than military history, because what matters is WHY people decide to start killing each other.
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Gary Shteyngart: In my book I invented the äppärät as a cautionary tale.
Techbros: At long last, we have created the äppärät from classic sci-fi novel Super Sad True Love Story.
(Also the President is going to invade Venezuela).
Techbros: At long last, we have created the äppärät from classic sci-fi novel Super Sad True Love Story.
(Also the President is going to invade Venezuela).
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Gary Shteyngart: In my book I invented the äppärät as a cautionary tale.
Techbros: At long last, we have created the äppärät from classic sci-fi novel Super Sad True Love Story.
(Also the President is going to invade Venezuela).
Techbros: At long last, we have created the äppärät from classic sci-fi novel Super Sad True Love Story.
(Also the President is going to invade Venezuela).
It's functionally a mandate until someone stops them.
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's functionally a mandate until someone stops them.
I don't see why this needs to come to a crisis point, rather than staying at a simmer for a long time. The status-quo is very profitable for grifters, and creating new martyrs and boogeymen every few months helps them avoid accountability for bigger failures.
Miller and Hegseth appear to be running a de facto duumvirate over the entire US government, and both of these guys want blood.
Both of them think that escalating to open violence in the streets is a win button for them. This is rapidly heading towards a Euromaidan-style confrontation soonish.
Both of them think that escalating to open violence in the streets is a win button for them. This is rapidly heading towards a Euromaidan-style confrontation soonish.
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I don't see why this needs to come to a crisis point, rather than staying at a simmer for a long time. The status-quo is very profitable for grifters, and creating new martyrs and boogeymen every few months helps them avoid accountability for bigger failures.
Their one and only superpower is that any resistance to their cruelty requires collective action. In other words, we're screwed.
No one wants to be the first. I guarantee that once someone breaks the seal and says something, others will feel more confident doing so moving forward. Courage is contagious
I can’t tell if it’s cowardice or some fucked up sense of decorum that makes no sense in the current environment with this fuckin guy
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Their one and only superpower is that any resistance to their cruelty requires collective action. In other words, we're screwed.
Terror Management Theory has massive explanatory power for this guy.
Continually amazed that someone who's been in public life as long as Trump has lacks the capacity to say anything appropriate when someone has died.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Terror Management Theory has massive explanatory power for this guy.
What does this guy think when he's eating a hamburger?
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
What does this guy think when he's eating a hamburger?
And without even having recourse to those weird precogs!
To paraphrase what an ICE field director said at a Texas hiring event earlier this year: what makes ICE different from other law enforcement officers is that we catch criminals "before" a crime is committed.
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And without even having recourse to those weird precogs!
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The thing about Trump saying it’s fine for Mamdani to call him a fascist is that he genuinely thinks all of this is kayfabe, just as he could insult Rubio or Cruz but still work with them. It’s not possible for him to imagine other people being sincere about anything.
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The thing about Trump saying it’s fine for Mamdani to call him a fascist is that he genuinely thinks all of this is kayfabe, just as he could insult Rubio or Cruz but still work with them. It’s not possible for him to imagine other people being sincere about anything.
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When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
Satire? Or a more perceptive analysis than you'll get from 90% of pundits?
Trump's savvy decision to tank the economy could create more economic anxiety, which could help Republicans in the midterms.
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Satire? Or a more perceptive analysis than you'll get from 90% of pundits?