@chiefyarbs.bsky.social
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There are so many independent creatives, journalists, etc. I want to support, but "just $5 a month" adds up really fast when there's hundreds of them, so I have to choose. Sure would be nice if we had something like UBI so it was more viable for people to sustainably run these types of small biz.
August 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
There are so many independent creatives, journalists, etc. I want to support, but "just $5 a month" adds up really fast when there's hundreds of them, so I have to choose. Sure would be nice if we had something like UBI so it was more viable for people to sustainably run these types of small biz.
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Just one example of Patriot Front and their ride, a Penske truck, in Springfield, Missouri, this June: sbj.net/stories/pens...
August 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just one example of Patriot Front and their ride, a Penske truck, in Springfield, Missouri, this June: sbj.net/stories/pens...
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It’s incredible how much the collapse of civil society has been engineered by this one single newspaper, constantly trying to highlight everyone else caving as some kind of savvy move by adults
Important details from this story:
1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."
3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.
1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."
3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.
August 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
It’s incredible how much the collapse of civil society has been engineered by this one single newspaper, constantly trying to highlight everyone else caving as some kind of savvy move by adults
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for many of the worst people in our politics, the only real belief they have is that it should be illegal for us not to like them
After a Martha’s Vineyard pierogi vendor refused to sell to him, Epstein’s lawyer plans to sue a farmer’s market so that they must sell to him.
Alan Dershowitz Takes on His Greatest Challenge Yet: A Farmers Market
After a Martha’s Vineyard pierogi vendor refused to sell to him, Epstein’s lawyer plans to sue a farmer’s market so that they must sell to him.
nymag.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
for many of the worst people in our politics, the only real belief they have is that it should be illegal for us not to like them
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"after sixteen months of grueling face-to-face organizing, the Democrats have convinced me, a nonvoting construction worker, to understand that their common-sense agenda will benefit my family"
*opens twitter for 30 minutes*
"actually what America really needs is a race war"
*opens twitter for 30 minutes*
"actually what America really needs is a race war"
July 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"after sixteen months of grueling face-to-face organizing, the Democrats have convinced me, a nonvoting construction worker, to understand that their common-sense agenda will benefit my family"
*opens twitter for 30 minutes*
"actually what America really needs is a race war"
*opens twitter for 30 minutes*
"actually what America really needs is a race war"
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There aren’t enough billionaires in America to fill Carnegie Hall, but they own 3.8 percent of the nation’s wealth.
https://trib.al/kgTcGvN
https://trib.al/kgTcGvN
How the Billionaires Took Over America
Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here’s how we let it happen.
trib.al
July 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
There aren’t enough billionaires in America to fill Carnegie Hall, but they own 3.8 percent of the nation’s wealth.
https://trib.al/kgTcGvN
https://trib.al/kgTcGvN
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All for Christian nationalism.
The IRS said clergy and houses of worship should be allowed to make political endorsements, a potential move away from a 71-year-old policy that banned the mixing of religion and politics.
IRS: Churches should be allowed to make political endorsements
Since 1954, the IRS has banned nonprofits — including congregations — from participating in political campaigns. The agency now says political endorsements by churches should be allowed.
wapo.st
July 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
All for Christian nationalism.
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When you've lost TexAgs,
Apparently, Texas authorities in the area where the horrific floods occurred just spent about 25 minutes of their most recent press conference patting themselves and Trump admin the back - while families desperately waited for new info.
Even the god-fearing users of this Aggies forum are PISSED.
Even the god-fearing users of this Aggies forum are PISSED.
July 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
When you've lost TexAgs,
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We live in the dumbest timeline.
Joe Rogan's Trump endorsement is unraveling. He's furious over ICE raids targeting gardeners and students. He's asking if we're sliding into fascism. https://gizmodo.com/joe-rogan-feels-trump-betrayed-him-on-immigration-2000624426
Joe Rogan Feels Trump Betrayed Him on Immigration
The podcast king, once a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, denounced the president’s aggressive deportation tactics on his wildly popular podcast.
gizmodo.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We live in the dumbest timeline.
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Every exciting dark web intellectual is just a gutter racist who claims to have read Plato.
Curtis Yarvin, who has been profiled in media like Politico and The Wall Street Journal, has publicly stated in the past that he thinks black people are naturally fit to be slaves.
July 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Every exciting dark web intellectual is just a gutter racist who claims to have read Plato.
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If you want to know the end game of the Trump regime, just read Stephen Miller's own words. It's all there. That's the white supremacist blueprint. Take it literally and seriously.
What we're seeing is Miller + the Oligarchy's vision of America.
What we're seeing is Miller + the Oligarchy's vision of America.
July 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If you want to know the end game of the Trump regime, just read Stephen Miller's own words. It's all there. That's the white supremacist blueprint. Take it literally and seriously.
What we're seeing is Miller + the Oligarchy's vision of America.
What we're seeing is Miller + the Oligarchy's vision of America.
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We can no longer use IDIOCRACY as a reference. The characters in that movie weren't this dumb or self-destructive.
Trump: "We're gonna have a UFC fight on the grounds on the White House ... we're gonna do that as part of 250."
July 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
We can no longer use IDIOCRACY as a reference. The characters in that movie weren't this dumb or self-destructive.
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it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
July 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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He proposes releasing some ICE prisoners to labor on farms where the employers will “own them” and be responsible for them.
Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.
Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.
The camp is to filter out workers for Trumps new Slavery policy where he sells them to businesses.
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
He proposes releasing some ICE prisoners to labor on farms where the employers will “own them” and be responsible for them.
Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.
Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.
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Benjamin Ryan has managed to launder his anti-trans fixation into a mainstream job but he’s deeply networked with Nazi Twitter. It’s insane that the Times is taking him seriously and completely predictable those Nazis would immediately use him to outsource supposed dirt from their criminal hack
man i wonder how eugenicist and white supremacist Jordan Lasker (aka Cremieux) managed to get his story into the New York Times. i'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Benjamin Ryan, who is bylined on that story, is a reader of his work? such an interesting coincidence!
July 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Benjamin Ryan has managed to launder his anti-trans fixation into a mainstream job but he’s deeply networked with Nazi Twitter. It’s insane that the Times is taking him seriously and completely predictable those Nazis would immediately use him to outsource supposed dirt from their criminal hack
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I think one of the biggest pitfalls of having so many older people in government is that they still try to govern like it's 1978. Like, they have to learn sooner or later that the "Give a little, get a little" strategy is dead, and like, your Republican colleagues literally just want you dead.
July 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I think one of the biggest pitfalls of having so many older people in government is that they still try to govern like it's 1978. Like, they have to learn sooner or later that the "Give a little, get a little" strategy is dead, and like, your Republican colleagues literally just want you dead.
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Also THE BILL IS BECOMING MORE UNPOPULAR EVERY DAY. It’s like they learned absolutely nothing from the Abrego-Garcia situation: the longer the conflict sits unresolved, the more attention it garners, and the more opportunities Dems have to make their case. Delay is their best friend.
July 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Also THE BILL IS BECOMING MORE UNPOPULAR EVERY DAY. It’s like they learned absolutely nothing from the Abrego-Garcia situation: the longer the conflict sits unresolved, the more attention it garners, and the more opportunities Dems have to make their case. Delay is their best friend.
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My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
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"Repeatedly accuse your opponents of doing something they are not doing, so that when you take power and actually do it, the worst you'll face is 'both sides do it' handwringing."
It's a low, shitty, dishonest strategy, but it works, again and again and again.
It's a low, shitty, dishonest strategy, but it works, again and again and again.
I seem to recall MAGA complaining a lot about weaponizing government institutions against political opponents. I guess they’re over that now.
June 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Repeatedly accuse your opponents of doing something they are not doing, so that when you take power and actually do it, the worst you'll face is 'both sides do it' handwringing."
It's a low, shitty, dishonest strategy, but it works, again and again and again.
It's a low, shitty, dishonest strategy, but it works, again and again and again.
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I agree with this post, less so with the one that follows, which implies that individuals building a following on social media caused the fragmentation of institutional credibility.
I'd point to the development of right wing media and its slow slide away from journalistic principles...
I'd point to the development of right wing media and its slow slide away from journalistic principles...
The problem AI poses is ancient in a way - when information arrived in text or via word of mouth, there was also no way to distinguish truth from fiction. The solution is to create INSTITUTIONS that have credibility and can be relied upon. The bigger issue, I think, is how those have fragmented.
"The quiz...is a warning. If citizens can’t tell what’s real, how can we preserve trust in elections, journalism, education—or daily life?...isn’t just about innovation; it’s about protecting civil rights, public safety, and democratic trust." Reader EMHinMI www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
June 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I agree with this post, less so with the one that follows, which implies that individuals building a following on social media caused the fragmentation of institutional credibility.
I'd point to the development of right wing media and its slow slide away from journalistic principles...
I'd point to the development of right wing media and its slow slide away from journalistic principles...
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The fragmentation of information comes from one thing above all else: the collapse in the cost of publication. It costs individuals a $500 phone and an internet connection to publish worldwide with audio, text, and video.
The resulting profusion of media means audiences have endless choice.
The resulting profusion of media means audiences have endless choice.
I agree with this post, less so with the one that follows, which implies that individuals building a following on social media caused the fragmentation of institutional credibility.
I'd point to the development of right wing media and its slow slide away from journalistic principles...
I'd point to the development of right wing media and its slow slide away from journalistic principles...
The problem AI poses is ancient in a way - when information arrived in text or via word of mouth, there was also no way to distinguish truth from fiction. The solution is to create INSTITUTIONS that have credibility and can be relied upon. The bigger issue, I think, is how those have fragmented.
June 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The fragmentation of information comes from one thing above all else: the collapse in the cost of publication. It costs individuals a $500 phone and an internet connection to publish worldwide with audio, text, and video.
The resulting profusion of media means audiences have endless choice.
The resulting profusion of media means audiences have endless choice.
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Zohran is obviously correct, no sane society would have billionaires. Rich? Sure. But so rich that their individual unchecked decisions can change the course of history at a whim?
No, that’s insane and un American.
No, that’s insane and un American.
June 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Zohran is obviously correct, no sane society would have billionaires. Rich? Sure. But so rich that their individual unchecked decisions can change the course of history at a whim?
No, that’s insane and un American.
No, that’s insane and un American.