Enlightened Despotist in Name Only
@edino.bsky.social
A true DINO. (In reality a progressive incrementalist.) Math and board game fan.
Phila, PA
Tax the rich.
Phila, PA
Tax the rich.
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Seems like grok has made some contentious claims about Elon Musk’s prowess in various domains this evening, but I’m not convinced that any of the claims as yet are obviously unreasonable. Now, if it said Musk is a better political commentator than Chris Cillizza, that would be a different ballgame.
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Seems like grok has made some contentious claims about Elon Musk’s prowess in various domains this evening, but I’m not convinced that any of the claims as yet are obviously unreasonable. Now, if it said Musk is a better political commentator than Chris Cillizza, that would be a different ballgame.
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The Trump Admin will fire you for having a Pride flag on your desk but downplays & normalizes swastikas & nooses?
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Trump Admin will fire you for having a Pride flag on your desk but downplays & normalizes swastikas & nooses?
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
Sir, they’ll say with tears on their eyes, please have this oil. You liberated us, and we don’t merely want to greet you, we also want to thank you. No no, your money’s no good here. In fact let us pay you to take it.
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Sir, they’ll say with tears on their eyes, please have this oil. You liberated us, and we don’t merely want to greet you, we also want to thank you. No no, your money’s no good here. In fact let us pay you to take it.
Goddamn it my history dissertation was almost finished and this shithead shows up out of nowhere and scoops me?!?!
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Goddamn it my history dissertation was almost finished and this shithead shows up out of nowhere and scoops me?!?!
“As Sean Duffy astutely observed earlier today, it all really started when men stopped wearing suits and ties on airplanes.”
In order to figure out where all the antisemitism on the right has come from, we interviewed the most obtuse fool imaginable who is both Jewish AND built one of the key institutions that has served as an incubator of right wing antisemitism since its founding.
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“As Sean Duffy astutely observed earlier today, it all really started when men stopped wearing suits and ties on airplanes.”
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Is Piggy referring to his attempted coup on January 6th?
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Is Piggy referring to his attempted coup on January 6th?
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The President of the United States is using his platform to lift up people calling for political violence—the hanging of Democratic Members of Congress.
This is dangerous beyond measure. There has to be a line, and my Republican colleagues must wake up and speak out.
This is dangerous beyond measure. There has to be a line, and my Republican colleagues must wake up and speak out.
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The President of the United States is using his platform to lift up people calling for political violence—the hanging of Democratic Members of Congress.
This is dangerous beyond measure. There has to be a line, and my Republican colleagues must wake up and speak out.
This is dangerous beyond measure. There has to be a line, and my Republican colleagues must wake up and speak out.
“I got fired for telling my boss she should wear a skirt/smile more”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I get diarrhea when I eat too much Taco Bell”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I can’t beat Silksong”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I got a DUI on Easter”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I get diarrhea when I eat too much Taco Bell”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I can’t beat Silksong”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I got a DUI on Easter”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“I got fired for telling my boss she should wear a skirt/smile more”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I get diarrhea when I eat too much Taco Bell”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I can’t beat Silksong”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I got a DUI on Easter”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I get diarrhea when I eat too much Taco Bell”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I can’t beat Silksong”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
“I got a DUI on Easter”
(non sequitor about immigrants)
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This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
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Dude steals from Medicare for the love of the game.
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Dude steals from Medicare for the love of the game.
This is very similar to the plot of one of my favorite twilight zone episodes, including the fact that he has to periodically complete reprogram it bc he doesn’t love it back.
Elon Musk can't get humans to love him so he made a robot to love him instead and now all the humans are making fun of the robot. This is the smartest man in the world, a once-in-a-generation genius and clear member of the natural aristocracy
this thread is unbelievable
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is very similar to the plot of one of my favorite twilight zone episodes, including the fact that he has to periodically complete reprogram it bc he doesn’t love it back.
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This cartoon showing MBS with Trump on a leash gives "Quiet, Piggy" a whole new spin.
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
This cartoon showing MBS with Trump on a leash gives "Quiet, Piggy" a whole new spin.
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Ukraine should never agree to any limitations on its armed forces because they are its only truly reliable long-term security guarantor
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Ukraine should never agree to any limitations on its armed forces because they are its only truly reliable long-term security guarantor
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
In fairness, Reason is also really fucking stupid.
If you subscribe to The Washington Post, here is what you are paying for.
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
In fairness, Reason is also really fucking stupid.
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
They are forcing kids to watch the inferior final Star Wars trilogy, bc of snoke.
They are forcing kids to learn subgame perfect Nash Equilibria because of folk
They're forcing kids to listen to "Mumford and Sons" because of folk
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
They are forcing kids to watch the inferior final Star Wars trilogy, bc of snoke.
You cannot shop around when you’re fucking dying of cancer and though I try to be a better person part of me can’t help but wish he winds up in a situation himself where he’ll learn that lesson.
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
You cannot shop around when you’re fucking dying of cancer and though I try to be a better person part of me can’t help but wish he winds up in a situation himself where he’ll learn that lesson.
Stayed focused people, eyes on the prize. I think that, with enough determination and grit, by this time next year we can get the total losses to $1T + N, where N is the current total market value of all crypto.
NEW: Cryptocurrencies have lost >$1 TRILLION in market value since Oct. 6.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Crypto World Wipes Out $1 Trillion as Bitcoin Plunges Anew
The great crypto crash of 2025 entered a new phase on Wednesday, as Bitcoin plunged to its lowest level in seven months, extending the more than $1 trillion wipeout across the digital‑asset world.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Stayed focused people, eyes on the prize. I think that, with enough determination and grit, by this time next year we can get the total losses to $1T + N, where N is the current total market value of all crypto.
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Lindsay Halligan: "I'm sorry, Your Honor—
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Lindsay Halligan: "I'm sorry, Your Honor—
I don’t believe this poll but, nonetheless, Lord Jesus, I’ve seen what you’ve done for Marist, and I want that for me.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I don’t believe this poll but, nonetheless, Lord Jesus, I’ve seen what you’ve done for Marist, and I want that for me.
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Sounds like he thought he had a get out of jail free card on the underage sex charge since he was ICE www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Sounds like he thought he had a get out of jail free card on the underage sex charge since he was ICE www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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