Chet Davis
@chetdavis1959.bsky.social
Oldish pseudonymous Midwestern white guy. I am neither of the trumpet players in my profile pic. They are Chet Baker and Miles Davis.
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I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
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i’m sure ICE guys with their guns and masks fancy themselves big brave men, but when you see real, honest courage it knocks you on your ass. it’s a glimpse of something holy.
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 1:47 AM
i’m sure ICE guys with their guns and masks fancy themselves big brave men, but when you see real, honest courage it knocks you on your ass. it’s a glimpse of something holy.
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If he wants to declare martial law, he will. It won't be based on reality. I don't know why some people continue to say: "be peaceful or he'll invoke martial law." Are you all living in this country in 2026???? Haven't you seen them make things up out of whole cloth???? Are you 10 years old?
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 AM
If he wants to declare martial law, he will. It won't be based on reality. I don't know why some people continue to say: "be peaceful or he'll invoke martial law." Are you all living in this country in 2026???? Haven't you seen them make things up out of whole cloth???? Are you 10 years old?
I kind of feel like *every* day is Hey Taco Bell The Illuminati Is Not A Frivolous Subject Day.
Happy Hey Taco Bell The Illuminati Is Not A Frivolous Subject Day to all who celebrate!
January 8, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I kind of feel like *every* day is Hey Taco Bell The Illuminati Is Not A Frivolous Subject Day.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Your country, I want to buy it. How much for the island?
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Your country, I want to buy it. How much for the island?
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"Chuck Schumer" is a complete sentence.
January 6, 2026 at 6:14 AM
"Chuck Schumer" is a complete sentence.
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Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
Honestly insane they didn't brief the gang of eight until it was underway
January 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
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"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
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the hypocrisy may be the point but also what a miserable way to exist, where you have to condition your entire worldview on whatever the marching orders are day to day and just fall in line
I rather enjoy having consistent takes, actually, I think my brain would explode
I rather enjoy having consistent takes, actually, I think my brain would explode
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 AM
the hypocrisy may be the point but also what a miserable way to exist, where you have to condition your entire worldview on whatever the marching orders are day to day and just fall in line
I rather enjoy having consistent takes, actually, I think my brain would explode
I rather enjoy having consistent takes, actually, I think my brain would explode
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
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Average Americans would find this repulsive, but there is literally no way to inform most of them that it even happened.
Unless you're on Truth Social (3% of U.S. adults) or Bluesky (4%), you're just not going to see it. Major papers and news networks won't report it. X/Facebook will suppress it.
Unless you're on Truth Social (3% of U.S. adults) or Bluesky (4%), you're just not going to see it. Major papers and news networks won't report it. X/Facebook will suppress it.
Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
January 4, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Average Americans would find this repulsive, but there is literally no way to inform most of them that it even happened.
Unless you're on Truth Social (3% of U.S. adults) or Bluesky (4%), you're just not going to see it. Major papers and news networks won't report it. X/Facebook will suppress it.
Unless you're on Truth Social (3% of U.S. adults) or Bluesky (4%), you're just not going to see it. Major papers and news networks won't report it. X/Facebook will suppress it.
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Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
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Stephen Miller ate my cat. Pass it on.
December 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Stephen Miller ate my cat. Pass it on.
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This Brazilian woman hates AI
December 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This Brazilian woman hates AI
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Oh hell yes
Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
December 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Oh hell yes
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Anyway as the year draws to a close, a reminder that in 2023 Microsoft AI's CEO said that "LLM hallucinations will be largely eliminated by 2025".
December 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Anyway as the year draws to a close, a reminder that in 2023 Microsoft AI's CEO said that "LLM hallucinations will be largely eliminated by 2025".
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🤌🤌🤌
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🤌🤌🤌
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[on phone with 911] You guys don’t do figgy pudding delivery do you? Have kind of a situation on the front law—YES HON I CAN HEAR WHAT THEY’RE SINGING
December 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
[on phone with 911] You guys don’t do figgy pudding delivery do you? Have kind of a situation on the front law—YES HON I CAN HEAR WHAT THEY’RE SINGING
He’s the fucking pope. They call him “Your Holiness”. Being holier than thou is literally in his job description.
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
He’s the fucking pope. They call him “Your Holiness”. Being holier than thou is literally in his job description.
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Here is the full CECOT torture prison segment that CBS tried to kill to appease Trump. Please spread it far and wide.
YouTube: youtu.be/F81WnOyDXD4?...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
YouTube: youtu.be/F81WnOyDXD4?...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
Full CECOT Interview from CBS Canada
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Here is the full CECOT torture prison segment that CBS tried to kill to appease Trump. Please spread it far and wide.
YouTube: youtu.be/F81WnOyDXD4?...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
YouTube: youtu.be/F81WnOyDXD4?...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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The problem isn't that we can't talk to each other
The marketplace has heard the ideas
Large supermajorities reject them
Yet our anti-democratic political institutions allow the 20-25% that like those ideas to capture & control all the institutions
The problem is the anti-democratic institutions
The marketplace has heard the ideas
Large supermajorities reject them
Yet our anti-democratic political institutions allow the 20-25% that like those ideas to capture & control all the institutions
The problem is the anti-democratic institutions
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The problem isn't that we can't talk to each other
The marketplace has heard the ideas
Large supermajorities reject them
Yet our anti-democratic political institutions allow the 20-25% that like those ideas to capture & control all the institutions
The problem is the anti-democratic institutions
The marketplace has heard the ideas
Large supermajorities reject them
Yet our anti-democratic political institutions allow the 20-25% that like those ideas to capture & control all the institutions
The problem is the anti-democratic institutions
Raiders of the Lost Ark. Punching Nazis. I can get behind this.
December 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Raiders of the Lost Ark. Punching Nazis. I can get behind this.