Kyle
@gnomekyle.bsky.social
Minneapolitan. I like beer, good conversation, and playing rec sports year round. I do a little gardening and have a solid gnome collection, if I do say so myself.
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Another issue to investigate starting in 2027
December 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Another issue to investigate starting in 2027
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I’m truly heartened by the array of people who got The Onion as a present this year. We got teens, we got dads, and this year we cracked the coveted Wacky Girlfriend demo.
Thank you to everyone who gifted a paper today. We really are gonna have more print subscribers than the Washington Post, huh?
Thank you to everyone who gifted a paper today. We really are gonna have more print subscribers than the Washington Post, huh?
Got my dad—a Recovering Republican—a subscription to @theonion.com for Christmas and he’s already cackling away.
December 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’m truly heartened by the array of people who got The Onion as a present this year. We got teens, we got dads, and this year we cracked the coveted Wacky Girlfriend demo.
Thank you to everyone who gifted a paper today. We really are gonna have more print subscribers than the Washington Post, huh?
Thank you to everyone who gifted a paper today. We really are gonna have more print subscribers than the Washington Post, huh?
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the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
Opinion | The Way to Pay for Free Buses Is to End Free Parking
Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me
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Manufacturing culture wars allows Republicans to sound faux populist without having to address the practical problems faced by most Americans — lack of paid sick leave, unaffordable child care and elder care, stagnant wages, and inadequate housing. Don’t fall for it.
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Manufacturing culture wars allows Republicans to sound faux populist without having to address the practical problems faced by most Americans — lack of paid sick leave, unaffordable child care and elder care, stagnant wages, and inadequate housing. Don’t fall for it.
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not speaking politics is not a virtue and it makes me so uncomfortable when people imply it is
December 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
not speaking politics is not a virtue and it makes me so uncomfortable when people imply it is
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Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
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The solution is right above us. Solar panels on existing buildings, car parks, and along highways generate clean power without sacrificing farmland or wild spaces. Let's use our built world first. #Renewables #Innovation
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The solution is right above us. Solar panels on existing buildings, car parks, and along highways generate clean power without sacrificing farmland or wild spaces. Let's use our built world first. #Renewables #Innovation
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
I think the current state of social media sucks so badly because even in participating in the right side of a given issue you are feeding the fire that is consuming us #MondayBeers
December 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I think the current state of social media sucks so badly because even in participating in the right side of a given issue you are feeding the fire that is consuming us #MondayBeers
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
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my read is that they are easily distracted bird brains who don't actually care about or believe in anything and everything is just about what posture they intend to assume on any given day and what grievance they believe is most advantageous to hammer on about
my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it
It’s kind of incredible how little has been published about this guy and how little conservatives seem to care. Did people just forget these people were screeching for civil war when they thought he was a liberal?
December 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
my read is that they are easily distracted bird brains who don't actually care about or believe in anything and everything is just about what posture they intend to assume on any given day and what grievance they believe is most advantageous to hammer on about
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Just once I’d like an athlete to say “hail Satan” at the beginning of a post game interview, is that too much to ask
December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just once I’d like an athlete to say “hail Satan” at the beginning of a post game interview, is that too much to ask
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The overton window shifted so far we now say Halo had simple graphics.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The overton window shifted so far we now say Halo had simple graphics.
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Tomorrow's article for Strength In Numbers paying subscribers: How cable news fueled the culture war and broke U.S. politics www.gelliottmorris.com/p/how-cable-...
How cable news fueled the culture war and broke U.S. politics
News organizations, and not just Fox News, focus on inflammatory stories, polarizing voters and tilting political agendas toward right-leaning issues including crime, safety, and immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tomorrow's article for Strength In Numbers paying subscribers: How cable news fueled the culture war and broke U.S. politics www.gelliottmorris.com/p/how-cable-...
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coming soon: "the constitution is unconstitutional"
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
coming soon: "the constitution is unconstitutional"
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Trump has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a boon for big corporations.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a boon for big corporations.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
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2000: measles declared eradicated in the U.S.
2025: measles surging in the Americas; U.S. expected to lose measles-free certification next month and is a harbinger of things to come
[discussion of polio and diphtheria follows]
🧪 #medsky
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
2025: measles surging in the Americas; U.S. expected to lose measles-free certification next month and is a harbinger of things to come
[discussion of polio and diphtheria follows]
🧪 #medsky
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Measles resurgence a herald of other infectious disease waves, WHO warns
A global resurgence of measles is a “fire alarm” for further waves of other infectious diseases such as diphtheria and polio, a senior health official has said.
The remarks came at the launch of the ...
www.bmj.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
2000: measles declared eradicated in the U.S.
2025: measles surging in the Americas; U.S. expected to lose measles-free certification next month and is a harbinger of things to come
[discussion of polio and diphtheria follows]
🧪 #medsky
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
2025: measles surging in the Americas; U.S. expected to lose measles-free certification next month and is a harbinger of things to come
[discussion of polio and diphtheria follows]
🧪 #medsky
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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“The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out”
So many scandals now but pay attention to this: DOJ has sued 14 states-12 led by Dems-to demand full unredacted voter files in order to turbocharge Trump voter suppression plans
@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & I detail threat this poses to voting rights ahead of 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & I detail threat this poses to voting rights ahead of 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out”
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
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goodlord
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
goodlord
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Greg, continuing to crush the left reported column beat
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Greg, continuing to crush the left reported column beat