Darwin Kastle
@darwinkastle.bsky.social
Creative Director at Wise Wizard Games
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
“The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Make it to a hundred, pay off that 50-Year Trump Mortgage™ and you're sitting pretty for the rest of your life.
THE MEDIAN AGE OF A U.S. HOME BUYER NOW SITS AT A RECORD HIGH OF 61 YEARS, PER NAR.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Make it to a hundred, pay off that 50-Year Trump Mortgage™ and you're sitting pretty for the rest of your life.
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Democrats "have to give up on the idea that they're a governing party. They have to give up on the idea that the Republican party is a traditional political party of which you can have some sort of meeting of the minds."
@stuartpstevens.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:
@stuartpstevens.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:
September 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Democrats "have to give up on the idea that they're a governing party. They have to give up on the idea that the Republican party is a traditional political party of which you can have some sort of meeting of the minds."
@stuartpstevens.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:
@stuartpstevens.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
"Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has warned Donald Trump’s America is drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics — and said other investors are too scared of the president to speak up."
www.ft.com/content/b86b...
www.ft.com/content/b86b...
US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio
Billionaire hedge fund boss says other investors are too scared of Trump to speak out
www.ft.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has warned Donald Trump’s America is drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics — and said other investors are too scared of the president to speak up."
www.ft.com/content/b86b...
www.ft.com/content/b86b...
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Our president is a confessed serial sexual predator, an adjudicated rapist, and a convicted criminal.
He’s the most dangerous one out there.
He’s the most dangerous one out there.
Well, you know the streets of DC are truly dangerous if they're letting the president go out at night for a photo op.
August 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Our president is a confessed serial sexual predator, an adjudicated rapist, and a convicted criminal.
He’s the most dangerous one out there.
He’s the most dangerous one out there.
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
KESSLER: “Why I left the Washington Post… like being on the Titanic, drifting aimlessly as it sank with not enough lifeboats…”
An editor asked him: “How do we appeal more to Fox News viewers”? 🤔
The fact-checker’s reply: “We have to tell the truth.” glennkessler.substack.com/p/why-i-left...
An editor asked him: “How do we appeal more to Fox News viewers”? 🤔
The fact-checker’s reply: “We have to tell the truth.” glennkessler.substack.com/p/why-i-left...
August 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
KESSLER: “Why I left the Washington Post… like being on the Titanic, drifting aimlessly as it sank with not enough lifeboats…”
An editor asked him: “How do we appeal more to Fox News viewers”? 🤔
The fact-checker’s reply: “We have to tell the truth.” glennkessler.substack.com/p/why-i-left...
An editor asked him: “How do we appeal more to Fox News viewers”? 🤔
The fact-checker’s reply: “We have to tell the truth.” glennkessler.substack.com/p/why-i-left...
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Recurring🧵of cartoons: when you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply.
If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.
Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile.
Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social
If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.
Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile.
Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Recurring🧵of cartoons: when you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply.
If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.
Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile.
Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social
If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.
Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile.
Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
If the line prosecutor was fired, and there were no FBI agents in the interview, and the only people there were Blanche and Maxwell, WHO is your source and WHY do you consider it credible?
August 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If the line prosecutor was fired, and there were no FBI agents in the interview, and the only people there were Blanche and Maxwell, WHO is your source and WHY do you consider it credible?
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
🚨 At the White House, Trump vowed to cut drug prices by 1,500%, a mathematically impossible promise that drew instant ridicule, viral memes, and widespread disbelief.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
July 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🚨 At the White House, Trump vowed to cut drug prices by 1,500%, a mathematically impossible promise that drew instant ridicule, viral memes, and widespread disbelief.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
“She’s worse than Epstein”
This is the child sex predator Trump may trade leniency/release for to try to clear his name. What is he hiding?
This is the child sex predator Trump may trade leniency/release for to try to clear his name. What is he hiding?
July 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“She’s worse than Epstein”
This is the child sex predator Trump may trade leniency/release for to try to clear his name. What is he hiding?
This is the child sex predator Trump may trade leniency/release for to try to clear his name. What is he hiding?
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
We normalized political violence years ago. Most obviously, we normalized political violence when January 6, 2021 happened & Donald Trump faced exactly zero consequences for it. We're 15 exits past this on the interstate in 2025.
“We’re at real risk of normalizing political violence as a part of our democracy.”
ICYMI, the Trump administration is shutting down prevention programs across the federal government—right as political violence in America has been surging www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICYMI, the Trump administration is shutting down prevention programs across the federal government—right as political violence in America has been surging www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Political violence is surging as Trump kills prevention efforts, a top security expert warns
Former DHS official William Braniff talks about building an innovative model for stopping terrorism—and how its loss may harm America.
www.motherjones.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We normalized political violence years ago. Most obviously, we normalized political violence when January 6, 2021 happened & Donald Trump faced exactly zero consequences for it. We're 15 exits past this on the interstate in 2025.
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Good read.
I don’t know about you, but I'm done pretending this is normal. What is happening is not okay and it never was.
I understand if you’ve been feeling more sad or worried lately. I know I have.
I understand if you’ve been feeling more sad or worried lately. I know I have.
This Is Not Okay and It Never Was
This is only the beginning.
www.thegodpodcast.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Good read.
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Bingo. This has always been the fire @repjeffries @senschumer etc. are playing with. If you don’t show up for Zohran good luck asking young/progressive voters who aren’t die hard to show up for your/your preferred candidates down the line.
July 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Bingo. This has always been the fire @repjeffries @senschumer etc. are playing with. If you don’t show up for Zohran good luck asking young/progressive voters who aren’t die hard to show up for your/your preferred candidates down the line.
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Wowza.
“Here’s what caught my attention: the files were stored on a shared drive that anyone in the division could access. Normally, access is only granted to those working on a project, but because of the hurried nature of the exercise, the usual permission restrictions were not in place. …”
“Here’s what caught my attention: the files were stored on a shared drive that anyone in the division could access. Normally, access is only granted to those working on a project, but because of the hurried nature of the exercise, the usual permission restrictions were not in place. …”
EXCLUSIVE: Not only does an Excel spreadsheet of Trump mentions in the Epstein files exist, but so do training videos explaining how to flag the files for Trump mentions. Plus, the number of people who had access is larger than previously known. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI
Inside the chaotic review process of the Epstein and Maxwell files at the Bureau
www.muellershewrote.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Wowza.
“Here’s what caught my attention: the files were stored on a shared drive that anyone in the division could access. Normally, access is only granted to those working on a project, but because of the hurried nature of the exercise, the usual permission restrictions were not in place. …”
“Here’s what caught my attention: the files were stored on a shared drive that anyone in the division could access. Normally, access is only granted to those working on a project, but because of the hurried nature of the exercise, the usual permission restrictions were not in place. …”
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
This encapsulates the little horrors and the big horrors of just trying to live during all this, and it's overwhelming. "What are we gonna do here man?" www.welcometohellworld.com/even-god-can...
Even God cannot hear us here
My mother called me which is a rare enough thing so I was already like uh oh who died and she said Luke in a tone of voice I hadn’t heard in a long time and my heart sank. She had just gotten a call f...
www.welcometohellworld.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This encapsulates the little horrors and the big horrors of just trying to live during all this, and it's overwhelming. "What are we gonna do here man?" www.welcometohellworld.com/even-god-can...
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
“They ended my ability to even apply to med school. Everything I worked for is gone.”
Trump’s cuts are slamming doors on future doctors—forcing students out of medicine and into debt they can’t escape.
This is how we lose the next generation of healers.
#ClassroomsNotCuts
#USDemocracy
Trump’s cuts are slamming doors on future doctors—forcing students out of medicine and into debt they can’t escape.
This is how we lose the next generation of healers.
#ClassroomsNotCuts
#USDemocracy
July 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“They ended my ability to even apply to med school. Everything I worked for is gone.”
Trump’s cuts are slamming doors on future doctors—forcing students out of medicine and into debt they can’t escape.
This is how we lose the next generation of healers.
#ClassroomsNotCuts
#USDemocracy
Trump’s cuts are slamming doors on future doctors—forcing students out of medicine and into debt they can’t escape.
This is how we lose the next generation of healers.
#ClassroomsNotCuts
#USDemocracy
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?
900?!
900?!
July 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?
900?!
900?!
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Grok now searches Musk's X profile before answering questions.
Only a tech bro would invest millions in an advanced language model that can process tens of thousands of pieces of data in seconds ... & then ruin it by programming it to copy a single person's view of the world!
Great investment!
Only a tech bro would invest millions in an advanced language model that can process tens of thousands of pieces of data in seconds ... & then ruin it by programming it to copy a single person's view of the world!
Great investment!
July 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Grok now searches Musk's X profile before answering questions.
Only a tech bro would invest millions in an advanced language model that can process tens of thousands of pieces of data in seconds ... & then ruin it by programming it to copy a single person's view of the world!
Great investment!
Only a tech bro would invest millions in an advanced language model that can process tens of thousands of pieces of data in seconds ... & then ruin it by programming it to copy a single person's view of the world!
Great investment!
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
I’ve had quite a few conversations about this in recent weeks with contacts across the north and further afield. There is definitely something more explicit going on - bolder - in terms of explicit racism. And not just online
"The denial by conservatives of the way that mainstream white identitarian arguments have helped pave the way for open racism reveals an extraordinary degree of blinkeredness."
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Modern racism has become loud and proud | The Observer
The response to a photo of a class in London shows how ethnic notions of national identity have seeped into mainstream conservatism
observer.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I’ve had quite a few conversations about this in recent weeks with contacts across the north and further afield. There is definitely something more explicit going on - bolder - in terms of explicit racism. And not just online
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
July 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces and LA's economy is floundering without them.
Hello?
Hello?
July 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces and LA's economy is floundering without them.
Hello?
Hello?
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Surprise, surprise. All roads lead to Putin.
😲 This explains SO MUCH:
👉 Darren Beattie – the man behind the State Department purge – is married to a Russian woman with close family ties to Vladimir Putin 🇷🇺
Yes, really.
newrepublic.com/post/196029/...
👉 Darren Beattie – the man behind the State Department purge – is married to a Russian woman with close family ties to Vladimir Putin 🇷🇺
Yes, really.
newrepublic.com/post/196029/...
Trump Official Behind Controversial Russia Decision Has Kremlin Ties
Darren Beattie dismantled a key agency fighting Russian propaganda. There’s a reason why.
newrepublic.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Surprise, surprise. All roads lead to Putin.
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
Those who only believe in neoliberal transactional behaviors, those who have this absurd obsession with markets in every fucking situation, they cannot understand this.
"You'd be kind? For free?!"
Yes. Your transactional world has brought us to ruin.
It's time to just be kind.
"You'd be kind? For free?!"
Yes. Your transactional world has brought us to ruin.
It's time to just be kind.
Superman builds our modern discomfort w/ sincerity into its interpretation. The other characters keep prodding our hero on what his deal is, whether they can trust him. This Superman is, above all, concerned w/ our society’s struggle to accept the possibility of inherent goodness.
Gift link.
Gift link.
What’s Brilliant About the New Superman Movie
The newest take on the caped hero wisely embraces his corniness.
www.theatlantic.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Those who only believe in neoliberal transactional behaviors, those who have this absurd obsession with markets in every fucking situation, they cannot understand this.
"You'd be kind? For free?!"
Yes. Your transactional world has brought us to ruin.
It's time to just be kind.
"You'd be kind? For free?!"
Yes. Your transactional world has brought us to ruin.
It's time to just be kind.
Reposted by Darwin Kastle
