Corineus Chthonides the Enkidude
@cthonides.bsky.social
burnt-out, neurodivergent, polygottal polymath and reconstructed emigré from the right-wing fever-swamps
Without a conscience, I could have been Q.
Had I been able to conform, I’d have been a pastor.
Now I’m some kind of artsy-fartsy, paganish commie.
Without a conscience, I could have been Q.
Had I been able to conform, I’d have been a pastor.
Now I’m some kind of artsy-fartsy, paganish commie.
Pinned
Yes, and there’s so much more that can be said and has been said about how broad Congress’ constitutional power is, here, but is is not clear that this mechanism is like the false doors in Independence Hall: functionally useless.
Once most powerful leader in the world is “elected” that’s it.
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Once most powerful leader in the world is “elected” that’s it.
😞
There's no firm burden of proof for "high crimes and misdemeanors," but it's properly closer to a preponderance of the evidence than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It's not a criminal proceeding, nobody's life or freedom is in jeopardy. It's an employment review. Likelier than not is sufficient.
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Yes, and there’s so much more that can be said and has been said about how broad Congress’ constitutional power is, here, but is is not clear that this mechanism is like the false doors in Independence Hall: functionally useless.
Once most powerful leader in the world is “elected” that’s it.
😞
Once most powerful leader in the world is “elected” that’s it.
😞
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Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is the complete and utter collapse of the entire AI industry, to include the fortunes of those involved in it
Please and thank you
Because I’d like there to be some semblance of a world left for my niece and nephews in
Please and thank you
Because I’d like there to be some semblance of a world left for my niece and nephews in
December 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is the complete and utter collapse of the entire AI industry, to include the fortunes of those involved in it
Please and thank you
Because I’d like there to be some semblance of a world left for my niece and nephews in
Please and thank you
Because I’d like there to be some semblance of a world left for my niece and nephews in
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December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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During an election when a politician is trying to earn votes is not when you should influence them. Only when they're elected and we have no influence over them at all is when we influence them!
What a goober.
What a goober.
This is exactly the point. You elect a leader that you CAN work with and influence *AFTER* they're in power. Demanding perfection and guarantees during a campaign is nuclear level idiocy. Hurts candidates & causes.
Biden was talked into far more progressive actions in office than he campaigned on.
Biden was talked into far more progressive actions in office than he campaigned on.
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
During an election when a politician is trying to earn votes is not when you should influence them. Only when they're elected and we have no influence over them at all is when we influence them!
What a goober.
What a goober.
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Congratulations to the ADL for deciding to go all-in on working with this administration because of some college student protestors who used intemperate rhetoric.
December 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congratulations to the ADL for deciding to go all-in on working with this administration because of some college student protestors who used intemperate rhetoric.
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We are ruled by a Satanic death cult.
December 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We are ruled by a Satanic death cult.
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Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner
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“born this way" sometimes functions as a materially useful rhetorical defense. it can pressure cishet people to drop their objections to queerness.
a thought-terminating cliche is not a bad thing if the thought being terminated is “i should hate crime this trans woman”.
a thought-terminating cliche is not a bad thing if the thought being terminated is “i should hate crime this trans woman”.
December 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“born this way" sometimes functions as a materially useful rhetorical defense. it can pressure cishet people to drop their objections to queerness.
a thought-terminating cliche is not a bad thing if the thought being terminated is “i should hate crime this trans woman”.
a thought-terminating cliche is not a bad thing if the thought being terminated is “i should hate crime this trans woman”.
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Ahlam has been going to dialysis in Gaza this entire time- as you can imagine this is incredibly difficult and she needs to be somewhere better to get treatment. Even a little donation can help towards an evac fund ❤️
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ahlam. Ahlam has 9 daughters and a son and 22 grandchildren. She has been on dialysis for 11 years- a thing she needed 4 times a week. Today she is having a surgery on a fistula in her leg, she is hoping to evacuate Gaza for better care.
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Ahlam has been going to dialysis in Gaza this entire time- as you can imagine this is incredibly difficult and she needs to be somewhere better to get treatment. Even a little donation can help towards an evac fund ❤️
A good rule of thumb is that anyone "just asking questions" about any marginalized group already knows the answers they want to hear, and is also a bad person whose opinions mean less than those of the group they're interrogating.
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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I hope Mustapha Kharbouch, the Palestinian student who was wrongly accused by many conservatives, sues the hell out of every one.
BREAKING
Law enforcement just identified the suspect of the Brown University shootings as Claudio Valenti, a 48-year-old Portuguese national from Miami, Florida.
Authorities say that he was found in a storage unit dead by suicide.
Law enforcement just identified the suspect of the Brown University shootings as Claudio Valenti, a 48-year-old Portuguese national from Miami, Florida.
Authorities say that he was found in a storage unit dead by suicide.
December 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I hope Mustapha Kharbouch, the Palestinian student who was wrongly accused by many conservatives, sues the hell out of every one.
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feels like a "cover-up is worse than the crime" moment for the DNC — an organization perpetually in trouble for not being transparent newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
feels like a "cover-up is worse than the crime" moment for the DNC — an organization perpetually in trouble for not being transparent newrepublic.com/article/2045...
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Love Threatens The Empire:
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Love Threatens The Empire:
From an old friend in Minneapolis:
“Many people don’t actually have a category for what’s happening. Americans are used to thinking of ourselves as the ones who welcome refugees. We don’t imagine ourselves as the ones who become them.”
makiashe.substack.com/p/an-america...
“Many people don’t actually have a category for what’s happening. Americans are used to thinking of ourselves as the ones who welcome refugees. We don’t imagine ourselves as the ones who become them.”
makiashe.substack.com/p/an-america...
An American Exorcism
Notes on Being Cast Out
makiashe.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
From an old friend in Minneapolis:
“Many people don’t actually have a category for what’s happening. Americans are used to thinking of ourselves as the ones who welcome refugees. We don’t imagine ourselves as the ones who become them.”
makiashe.substack.com/p/an-america...
“Many people don’t actually have a category for what’s happening. Americans are used to thinking of ourselves as the ones who welcome refugees. We don’t imagine ourselves as the ones who become them.”
makiashe.substack.com/p/an-america...
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Very few law profs believe that anyone in the administration cares that we think it routinely breaks the law. Many of us hope that other people care or can be persuaded to care about that.
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Very few law profs believe that anyone in the administration cares that we think it routinely breaks the law. Many of us hope that other people care or can be persuaded to care about that.
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i sincerely think this is what happened, i am not shitposting
This has to be it, right? They had a big Venezuela announcement lined up for him to read but last second some other member of the imperial court walked him down so he just decided to riff.
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
i sincerely think this is what happened, i am not shitposting
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“call your congresspeople and beg them not to sentence trans people to death” is a regular feature of our politics now and it fucking sucks
December 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
“call your congresspeople and beg them not to sentence trans people to death” is a regular feature of our politics now and it fucking sucks
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it is terrifying and awful that this passed the House with any Dem support at all (and once again, the continued leadership support for Cuellar is unconscionable)
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, and Vicente Gonzalez joined Republicans in voting to criminalize trans health care.
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
clerk.house.gov
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
it is terrifying and awful that this passed the House with any Dem support at all (and once again, the continued leadership support for Cuellar is unconscionable)
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
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Portugal's government to amend labour reform after general strike reut.rs/4pb3Tks
Portugal's government to amend labour reform after general strike
Portugal's centre-right minority government has said it will amend labour reform legislation to appease trade unions following the country's first general strike in more than a decade.
reut.rs
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.
Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms
As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statem...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.
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On a very basic level, when something you care about is in the news, you should be wondering why a member of Congress is not stopping all business to force debate on the topic.
December 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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After four years of Democrat Party chaos, America is finally under the resolute leadership of President Donald J. Trump, who reminds me of my alcoholic father.
by Susie Wiles
by Susie Wiles
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
After four years of Democrat Party chaos, America is finally under the resolute leadership of President Donald J. Trump, who reminds me of my alcoholic father.
by Susie Wiles
by Susie Wiles
Updated Poirot
The people demand more Benoit Blanc. Benoit Blanc in the morning, Benoit Blanc for lunch, an afternoon with Benoit Blanc, and then a lovely evening entertained by Benoit Blanc.
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Updated Poirot
This is a hell of a thread on a prominent capitalist broligarch:
Trump State Dept., including Under Secretary of State Sarah Rogers, “meets far-right AfD official ahead of MAGA gala” … 12/16/25 … 1/ www.ms.now/opinion/stat...
December 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is a hell of a thread on a prominent capitalist broligarch:
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My policy is that any member who describes this behavior without saying what they will do about it is fully endorsing everything the Trump administration is doing.
I just came out of the briefing with Sec. Rubio and Sec. Hegseth on the military strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Here's what I learned.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.
December 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My policy is that any member who describes this behavior without saying what they will do about it is fully endorsing everything the Trump administration is doing.