Douglas Bianchi
@dbianchi.bsky.social
Nevada City Tai Chi practitioner. Retired Bassist. Lifetime news junkie. Burdened with the belief that we can fix the world with our words.
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This is MAGA's Achilles heel: these people who seem to have all the power and money, they are DESPERATE to be liked.
We can withhold the deference and inclusion they crave. They don't feel shame, but they feel exclusion and contempt, ACUTELY.
Shunning is free, non-violent and highly effective.
We can withhold the deference and inclusion they crave. They don't feel shame, but they feel exclusion and contempt, ACUTELY.
Shunning is free, non-violent and highly effective.
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is MAGA's Achilles heel: these people who seem to have all the power and money, they are DESPERATE to be liked.
We can withhold the deference and inclusion they crave. They don't feel shame, but they feel exclusion and contempt, ACUTELY.
Shunning is free, non-violent and highly effective.
We can withhold the deference and inclusion they crave. They don't feel shame, but they feel exclusion and contempt, ACUTELY.
Shunning is free, non-violent and highly effective.
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A person who lives according to a truth you've told may have been compelled by the truth, not you.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
December 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A person who lives according to a truth you've told may have been compelled by the truth, not you.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
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Honestly I think if Trump faced an opponent who made stuff up about him the way he makes shit up about his opponents it would be effective; after a 3 minute debate rant full of lies the other person just shrugged and said "what can you expect from this guy? he shits in the sink" and moved along.
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Honestly I think if Trump faced an opponent who made stuff up about him the way he makes shit up about his opponents it would be effective; after a 3 minute debate rant full of lies the other person just shrugged and said "what can you expect from this guy? he shits in the sink" and moved along.
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Re: Australian shooting
This is why I hate during active shooter trainings when it’s “hide, cover, lock and wait for help”
No thank you. Attack, attack, attack if you can. Put the pressure on them…the police aren’t saving you.
This is why I hate during active shooter trainings when it’s “hide, cover, lock and wait for help”
No thank you. Attack, attack, attack if you can. Put the pressure on them…the police aren’t saving you.
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Re: Australian shooting
This is why I hate during active shooter trainings when it’s “hide, cover, lock and wait for help”
No thank you. Attack, attack, attack if you can. Put the pressure on them…the police aren’t saving you.
This is why I hate during active shooter trainings when it’s “hide, cover, lock and wait for help”
No thank you. Attack, attack, attack if you can. Put the pressure on them…the police aren’t saving you.
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Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
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Sources close to the president's family say that Maduro will be forgiven and left in power if he, like Hernández before him, can produce 400 tons of cocaine.
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Sources close to the president's family say that Maduro will be forgiven and left in power if he, like Hernández before him, can produce 400 tons of cocaine.
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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I don’t care anymore just pick a time and LEAVE IT - STOP CHANGING IT!
I prefer DST but I will still live if it stays CST.
I prefer DST but I will still live if it stays CST.
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I don’t care anymore just pick a time and LEAVE IT - STOP CHANGING IT!
I prefer DST but I will still live if it stays CST.
I prefer DST but I will still live if it stays CST.
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“Sleep and circadian experts generally advocate for permanent Standard Time… Change between Standard Time and DST is not simply loss/gain of sleep, but rather misalignment between circadian and social clocks…”
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Sleep and circadian experts generally advocate for permanent Standard Time… Change between Standard Time and DST is not simply loss/gain of sleep, but rather misalignment between circadian and social clocks…”
Breaking: George Soros declares bankruptcy!
October 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Breaking: George Soros declares bankruptcy!
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If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.
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Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.
October 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.
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It’s the news from Portland you’ve all been waiting for: the emergency naked bike ride will be Sunday Oct 12 at 2:30pm
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It’s the news from Portland you’ve all been waiting for: the emergency naked bike ride will be Sunday Oct 12 at 2:30pm
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Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
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In order for the United States to become a party to the International Criminal Court and have our officials be subject to trial at The Hague, the US Senate would need to ratify the Rome statute by a two-thirds vote. Let’s start running on that.
October 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
In order for the United States to become a party to the International Criminal Court and have our officials be subject to trial at The Hague, the US Senate would need to ratify the Rome statute by a two-thirds vote. Let’s start running on that.
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Yes, because our training was based in the idea that people’s depression, anxiety, etc. is based on faulty cognition, and what we are seeing now is that these symptoms are the rational response to the environment we find ourselves in.
September 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Yes, because our training was based in the idea that people’s depression, anxiety, etc. is based on faulty cognition, and what we are seeing now is that these symptoms are the rational response to the environment we find ourselves in.
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Easy to mock rapture folks but I wonder if part of human nature is that it is easier to imagine the world ending than yourself ending & the world going on w/o you. There've been tons of these cults over history & the anti-nuke & climate horror folks are similar in some ways.
September 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Easy to mock rapture folks but I wonder if part of human nature is that it is easier to imagine the world ending than yourself ending & the world going on w/o you. There've been tons of these cults over history & the anti-nuke & climate horror folks are similar in some ways.
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That clear enough for you?
September 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That clear enough for you?
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Will Trump family crypto holdings provide an economic umbrella for the entire nation after Treasury bonds collapse and the stock market crashes? We asked three recently-pardoned financial criminals.
August 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Will Trump family crypto holdings provide an economic umbrella for the entire nation after Treasury bonds collapse and the stock market crashes? We asked three recently-pardoned financial criminals.
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EARTH1 covers Bolton raid.
EARTH2 babbles about Bed Bath % Beyond and Cracker Barrel.
Do NOT forget THESE REALITIES:
First Epstein files TO BE RELEASED to Congress.
Judge orders Alligator Alcatraz to CLOSE.
New Poll: 79% of DC residents OPPOSE 'occupation.'
Fed CONFIRMS tariffs impacting prices.
EARTH2 babbles about Bed Bath % Beyond and Cracker Barrel.
Do NOT forget THESE REALITIES:
First Epstein files TO BE RELEASED to Congress.
Judge orders Alligator Alcatraz to CLOSE.
New Poll: 79% of DC residents OPPOSE 'occupation.'
Fed CONFIRMS tariffs impacting prices.
August 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
EARTH1 covers Bolton raid.
EARTH2 babbles about Bed Bath % Beyond and Cracker Barrel.
Do NOT forget THESE REALITIES:
First Epstein files TO BE RELEASED to Congress.
Judge orders Alligator Alcatraz to CLOSE.
New Poll: 79% of DC residents OPPOSE 'occupation.'
Fed CONFIRMS tariffs impacting prices.
EARTH2 babbles about Bed Bath % Beyond and Cracker Barrel.
Do NOT forget THESE REALITIES:
First Epstein files TO BE RELEASED to Congress.
Judge orders Alligator Alcatraz to CLOSE.
New Poll: 79% of DC residents OPPOSE 'occupation.'
Fed CONFIRMS tariffs impacting prices.
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New rule: no criticizing the way others choose to resist unless you have a better, actionable idea and kind, constructive feedback. New ideas are good! Performative contrarianism is useless.
July 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
New rule: no criticizing the way others choose to resist unless you have a better, actionable idea and kind, constructive feedback. New ideas are good! Performative contrarianism is useless.
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