Paul Hanky
@historicmusings.bsky.social
I prepared it as I bathed
Civil servant. Former public accountant and history teacher. he/him
Civil servant. Former public accountant and history teacher. he/him
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I generally like Errol Louis. But he should be embarassed by bringing on a Manhattan Institute hack who is paid handsomely to argue that better things aren't possible without providing that context.
Author Nicole Gelinas says @mayor.nyc.gov would do well to back away from his pledge to freeze rents on regulated apartments. Full discussion at youtu.be/Fh_LREj1y8E?...
January 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I generally like Errol Louis. But he should be embarassed by bringing on a Manhattan Institute hack who is paid handsomely to argue that better things aren't possible without providing that context.
This is some Walder Frey shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 AM
This is some Walder Frey shit.
God damn this flu ain't no joke
January 18, 2026 at 12:38 AM
God damn this flu ain't no joke
Trump's America is, to steal from Gibbon in his analysis of Caracalla, the "common enemy of mankind"
Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego: “Trump has made the US now the enemy of the free world.”
January 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Trump's America is, to steal from Gibbon in his analysis of Caracalla, the "common enemy of mankind"
This ignores much of our history and that our country's leadership has, at numerous points, declined to purge society of the very forces currently driving this tyranny.
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
This ignores much of our history and that our country's leadership has, at numerous points, declined to purge society of the very forces currently driving this tyranny.
Bettman, who bowed to bigots over Pride Night warmups, smells a payday and is now all about Heated Rivalry. This man sucks almost as much as Don Cherry did.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman binged 'Heated Rivalry' in one night! 📺 #HeatedRivalry
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January 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Bettman, who bowed to bigots over Pride Night warmups, smells a payday and is now all about Heated Rivalry. This man sucks almost as much as Don Cherry did.
Really feels like most companies are run by people who cannot be bothered to understand their core product or their consumer base, and that it may be why consumer confidence is plummeting despite the financial market's "line going up."
"You’re not going to get in the car and go to the next town to see a movie," says Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
www.avclub.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Really feels like most companies are run by people who cannot be bothered to understand their core product or their consumer base, and that it may be why consumer confidence is plummeting despite the financial market's "line going up."
Kyle Tucker likely ending up with the highest annual salary in baseball is laughable.
Yes, he's good. He isn't $60m/year good. But the Dodgers absolutely improved an already great roster and it is now up to the rest of the league to attempt to improve in a market that the Dodgers just inflated.
Yes, he's good. He isn't $60m/year good. But the Dodgers absolutely improved an already great roster and it is now up to the rest of the league to attempt to improve in a market that the Dodgers just inflated.
January 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Kyle Tucker likely ending up with the highest annual salary in baseball is laughable.
Yes, he's good. He isn't $60m/year good. But the Dodgers absolutely improved an already great roster and it is now up to the rest of the league to attempt to improve in a market that the Dodgers just inflated.
Yes, he's good. He isn't $60m/year good. But the Dodgers absolutely improved an already great roster and it is now up to the rest of the league to attempt to improve in a market that the Dodgers just inflated.
Amazing how every institution formed in the last 10 years claiming to be "moderate", "balanced", or "offering diverse opinions" is already a fully fascist propaganda machine. Compact is a fucking joke, staffed by a bunch of riggt wing midwits who should face showtrials as collaborators.
Three generations of law professors making history up is enough.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
January 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Amazing how every institution formed in the last 10 years claiming to be "moderate", "balanced", or "offering diverse opinions" is already a fully fascist propaganda machine. Compact is a fucking joke, staffed by a bunch of riggt wing midwits who should face showtrials as collaborators.
Truly one of modern America's most repulsive personalities, right here.
I hate to do this, I really do, but you need to see this video of Michael Rapaport eating on the reality show he just got kicked off of
January 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Truly one of modern America's most repulsive personalities, right here.
Giant bigot Sally Jenkins has thoughts.
Advocates for trans athletes did not make a winning argument before the Supreme Court. Until they can answer a simple question, hard to see how they win in the high court. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
The Question at the Heart of the Debate Over Trans Athletes
Until the science is clearer, a resolution to this painful issue is hard to envision.
www.theatlantic.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Giant bigot Sally Jenkins has thoughts.
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One of the few positives about the last decade or so is people are starting to get hip to the fact that the Luddites were right all along.
January 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
One of the few positives about the last decade or so is people are starting to get hip to the fact that the Luddites were right all along.
So manu modern Chamberlains and Quislings among elected Dems. They keep thinking that the right blend of policy and decorum will work for them, but their vibes are terrible and at the end of the day, the public views them as being wholly unfit for the fight precisely because of responses like this.
Why does the mainstream Democratic response to authoritarian violence always have to be abstracted like this? defector.com/how-hard-is-...
How Hard Is It To Oppose Murder? | Defector
By now you’ve almost certainly seen the video for yourself, or read about it: an ICE agent shooting a Minneapolis woman, Renee Nicole Good, in the head from point-blank range, killing her as she…
defector.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
So manu modern Chamberlains and Quislings among elected Dems. They keep thinking that the right blend of policy and decorum will work for them, but their vibes are terrible and at the end of the day, the public views them as being wholly unfit for the fight precisely because of responses like this.
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I've seen zero evidence that Democrats exhibit any long-term organizing capacity to counter the GOP. There's no serious leadership, or sign of life. Many of them even tried to resurrect Cuomo's career. We'd be better off if we put Old Yeller down and started a new party that actually fights fascism.
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I've seen zero evidence that Democrats exhibit any long-term organizing capacity to counter the GOP. There's no serious leadership, or sign of life. Many of them even tried to resurrect Cuomo's career. We'd be better off if we put Old Yeller down and started a new party that actually fights fascism.
This murderer's hairline recedes every time his wife cheats on him with a man with a real job
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
This murderer's hairline recedes every time his wife cheats on him with a man with a real job
Hall of Fame-level bad faith question, right here.
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Hall of Fame-level bad faith question, right here.
Today is a great day for New Yorkers who aren't virulent bigots.
January 1, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Today is a great day for New Yorkers who aren't virulent bigots.
I said it after the campaign event at Forest Hills Stadium and I'll say it again: this man's ability to take the pulse of NYC and then use that knowledge to craft an aesthetic for first a campaign, and now an administration, is essentially flawless.
Mamdani arrives to his mayoral inauguration at City Hall in a motorcade of NYC taxi cabs—workers he went on hunger strike with in 2021.
January 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I said it after the campaign event at Forest Hills Stadium and I'll say it again: this man's ability to take the pulse of NYC and then use that knowledge to craft an aesthetic for first a campaign, and now an administration, is essentially flawless.
Listen, at the end of the day, I think that the more conservative you are, the narrower your view of "ommunity" and "society" are. It's why, when you actually have a conversation with them, they support liberal/progressive policy on the things that affect then and their immediate family.
I’m always stunned to read passages like this. The human cost of not extending Obamacare subsidies becomes meaningful to a Congressperson only when she learns that “her two adult daughters“ will be affected.
December 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Listen, at the end of the day, I think that the more conservative you are, the narrower your view of "ommunity" and "society" are. It's why, when you actually have a conversation with them, they support liberal/progressive policy on the things that affect then and their immediate family.
I don't know if it is my favorite, but this Spike Jonze classic is forever burned into my brain...
youtu.be/DcP-RtK3QIU?...
youtu.be/DcP-RtK3QIU?...
December 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I don't know if it is my favorite, but this Spike Jonze classic is forever burned into my brain...
youtu.be/DcP-RtK3QIU?...
youtu.be/DcP-RtK3QIU?...
Hey Mark, if you are finding things easier over on the Nazi site, that says a lot more about you than it does about us.
No shock. This app has turned my mentions, and others, into mostly hate. But there are a few people worth connecting with
CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
December 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hey Mark, if you are finding things easier over on the Nazi site, that says a lot more about you than it does about us.
Meanwhile the entire conservative project is built on upper l-middle class suburbanite sob stories about having to once look at a homeless person on the subway.
In a profile of Stephen Miller with @swin24.bsky.social, we reported he’s privately laughed off immigrant families’ “sob stories.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Meanwhile the entire conservative project is built on upper l-middle class suburbanite sob stories about having to once look at a homeless person on the subway.
Can't wait for this thing to get taken out by a $500 drone 6 months after it is completed because battleships are obsolete.
NYT - President Trump will announce that the Navy is to build a new "Trump-class" battleship, which will become the centerpiece of the president's vision for a new "Golden Fleet." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/...
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Can't wait for this thing to get taken out by a $500 drone 6 months after it is completed because battleships are obsolete.
Peter Theil leads this taintlicker around by the nose. Truly the "freethinker" America needs...
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Peter Theil leads this taintlicker around by the nose. Truly the "freethinker" America needs...