Spamuel J. Risk
@itshard.bsky.social
I just want to have a fun time this time.
Just so you know, the Atlantic thinks you shouldn’t report on anything without government thumbs up. Good to know their reporting is worthless.
Bari Weiss was right about how to improve the “60 Minutes” CECOT report, Graeme Wood argues—but her “drama-detector, so refined when seeking out news stories, seems to have failed her when avoiding it in her own newsroom.”
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
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December 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Just so you know, the Atlantic thinks you shouldn’t report on anything without government thumbs up. Good to know their reporting is worthless.
You know Sally is dumb because she thinks anyone will buy this line. A smarter person would come up with better cover for being pro torture.
The Bari Weiss hysteria continues. Exactly what in "this piece isn't ready" and "try harder to get comment from the administration" constitutes the death of American journalism? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
You know Sally is dumb because she thinks anyone will buy this line. A smarter person would come up with better cover for being pro torture.
I sort of think hiring someone entirely because she thought the military should slaughter Americans protesting police murders was probably a bad idea. But I’m no CEO so…
“.. her lengthening series of missteps cast fog around Paramount management’s ability to run media properties with any degree of success.”
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December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I sort of think hiring someone entirely because she thought the military should slaughter Americans protesting police murders was probably a bad idea. But I’m no CEO so…
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Me yesterday, seeing WH desperately try to spin the Epstein doc dump into a story about Bill Clinton even as the Justice Dept fails to release all the files: “No way this will work, even with the horrible DC press.”
Me, today, looking at these headlines: “Welp, I’m a dummy.”
Me, today, looking at these headlines: “Welp, I’m a dummy.”
December 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Me yesterday, seeing WH desperately try to spin the Epstein doc dump into a story about Bill Clinton even as the Justice Dept fails to release all the files: “No way this will work, even with the horrible DC press.”
Me, today, looking at these headlines: “Welp, I’m a dummy.”
Me, today, looking at these headlines: “Welp, I’m a dummy.”
The frustrating thing is it’s gonna work. By the end of next week every major media outlet will have confirmed “Trump nowhere to be seen in Epstein files. Guess he’s innocent.” And that’ll be it.
This is the shit that'll get them. We already have footage that all the public has seen (even the dopes) & photos of them together. A smart crook would leave a few photos/emails/notes in the files to show that what contact he did have with Epstein wasn't as bad as others, but instead they do this
i’m just going to assume the 90% of pages that they blacked out is ONLY donald trump
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The frustrating thing is it’s gonna work. By the end of next week every major media outlet will have confirmed “Trump nowhere to be seen in Epstein files. Guess he’s innocent.” And that’ll be it.
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This is a surgical dismantling of yet another dumb Matt Yglesias argument by a former clean energy exec and current Representative. This is the sort of thing that should make people stop listening to people like Yglesias.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is a surgical dismantling of yet another dumb Matt Yglesias argument by a former clean energy exec and current Representative. This is the sort of thing that should make people stop listening to people like Yglesias.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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billionaire: i have 3 brains. in my skull
interviewer: incredible
interviewer: incredible
December 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
billionaire: i have 3 brains. in my skull
interviewer: incredible
interviewer: incredible
Yeah, I’m gonna be Havana caipirinha on the beach this Christmas.
So did Havana Syndrome get sorted out?
December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Yeah, I’m gonna be Havana caipirinha on the beach this Christmas.
I think it’s funny that Schumer is so far from being a normal person that he thinks killing a bunch of people is a distraction. This guy has to go. He’s not even human anymore. Just a vile sack of skin wrapped around a maladjusted monster. A husk of worthlessness.
Trump “won’t rule out” sending your sons and daughters to war, all to distract from the mandated release of the Epstein files.
Everything he does is for himself. Americans do not want more endless war.
Everything he does is for himself. Americans do not want more endless war.
December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think it’s funny that Schumer is so far from being a normal person that he thinks killing a bunch of people is a distraction. This guy has to go. He’s not even human anymore. Just a vile sack of skin wrapped around a maladjusted monster. A husk of worthlessness.
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I don’t know how it works at the New York Times, but my editors at The Guardian would never let me publish this if they knew that I was one of the elites who spent time with Epstein. And if I published it without telling them, I would be out of a job.
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I don’t know how it works at the New York Times, but my editors at The Guardian would never let me publish this if they knew that I was one of the elites who spent time with Epstein. And if I published it without telling them, I would be out of a job.
Oh my god. The Washington Post is a fucking joke now.
I thought the “the post office is failing but daddy Bezos is here to save us” article was bad.
I thought the “the post office is failing but daddy Bezos is here to save us” article was bad.
The dumbest person in American letters
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Oh my god. The Washington Post is a fucking joke now.
I thought the “the post office is failing but daddy Bezos is here to save us” article was bad.
I thought the “the post office is failing but daddy Bezos is here to save us” article was bad.
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i think something missing in all the "liberals need to come back to twitter. actually everyone needs to transition to video content" discourse is that some people aren't logging on to social media to change hearts and minds. some of us are just talking shit
December 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
i think something missing in all the "liberals need to come back to twitter. actually everyone needs to transition to video content" discourse is that some people aren't logging on to social media to change hearts and minds. some of us are just talking shit
This guy fucking sucks. If he ever becomes president we are fucked forever. Just late stage capitalism until we’re dust.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This guy fucking sucks. If he ever becomes president we are fucked forever. Just late stage capitalism until we’re dust.
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
It would have been so great if it had happened during the Video Game Awards and millions of people found out from Geoff freaking Keighly.
December 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
It would have been so great if it had happened during the Video Game Awards and millions of people found out from Geoff freaking Keighly.
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This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
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The media is entirely responsible for Donald Trump in our lives and Elon Musk as well. Real engineers and scientists knew he was a moron long ago. I was told repeatedly by my brother and his nerds at JPL that Elon was a dolt. But tech press don't know shit either and access is the name of the game.
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The media is entirely responsible for Donald Trump in our lives and Elon Musk as well. Real engineers and scientists knew he was a moron long ago. I was told repeatedly by my brother and his nerds at JPL that Elon was a dolt. But tech press don't know shit either and access is the name of the game.
I know it’s sort of silly to rag on the NYT for viewing Hitler favorably 90 years ago. It’s true, but also those people are in hell now. But maybe more meaningful is that the Old Gray Lady was pro drunk driving in the 80s. It’s a pattern. This paper is vile.
since driving discourse is raging on the timeline, i guess it's time to reup this, the greatest op ed the NYT ever ran
LONG ISLAND OPINION; DRINKING AND DRIVING CAN MIX (Published 1984)
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I know it’s sort of silly to rag on the NYT for viewing Hitler favorably 90 years ago. It’s true, but also those people are in hell now. But maybe more meaningful is that the Old Gray Lady was pro drunk driving in the 80s. It’s a pattern. This paper is vile.
One of these days we’re going to have to face the fact that we elected a bunch of democrats who don’t want to do things. Generally they don’t disagree with Trump and don’t mind any of this. There are exceptions, but that’s like 10-15 elected Dems tops. Bidens and Obamas throughout.
Democrats should commit now to not recognizing any pardons issued in advance of charges. Tell Trump administration officials that preemptive pardons will not be honored by a future Democratic administration and that criminals will be arrested.
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
December 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
One of these days we’re going to have to face the fact that we elected a bunch of democrats who don’t want to do things. Generally they don’t disagree with Trump and don’t mind any of this. There are exceptions, but that’s like 10-15 elected Dems tops. Bidens and Obamas throughout.
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This presidency has fully devolved into a series of Make A Wish situations staged for an addled, dying man
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This presidency has fully devolved into a series of Make A Wish situations staged for an addled, dying man
Seems like if a guy in a mask and an unmarked car with no badge hops into your car and starts threatening you, he should probably go to prison, no? These dudes are lucky they don’t get shot in the face every single day.
The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Seems like if a guy in a mask and an unmarked car with no badge hops into your car and starts threatening you, he should probably go to prison, no? These dudes are lucky they don’t get shot in the face every single day.
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AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
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Here’s a thing outlets need to understand: if I KNOW that some of your articles are dogshit rage bait, I can’t trust ANY of them. I know this guy isn’t dumb enough to think any of this stuff is true. So how do I know which articles are real and which are goofs? So I’ll just never read The Atlantic.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Here’s a thing outlets need to understand: if I KNOW that some of your articles are dogshit rage bait, I can’t trust ANY of them. I know this guy isn’t dumb enough to think any of this stuff is true. So how do I know which articles are real and which are goofs? So I’ll just never read The Atlantic.