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Kierkegaarden Cop
@joshsteich.bsky.social
· Mar 13
People having a lot of trouble understanding how Dems behave as a party don’t understand the Democratic Party.
It’s not a party united by ideology—like the GOP mostly is—it’s a bunch of constituencies in a basic (democratic) bargain: votes for government programs that benefit them.
It’s not a party united by ideology—like the GOP mostly is—it’s a bunch of constituencies in a basic (democratic) bargain: votes for government programs that benefit them.
So, as a Los Angeles neighborhood council member: accessibility isn’t an end unto itself
The ultimate goal is to improve the lives of the people you serve, & accessibility helps articulate needs/priorities & suggest novel solutions.
But also we need to be honest about ourselves as the public
The ultimate goal is to improve the lives of the people you serve, & accessibility helps articulate needs/priorities & suggest novel solutions.
But also we need to be honest about ourselves as the public
Government should be accessible. The people who work for government, the people who influence its policies, should be accessible. Mamdani's doing this right.
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
So, as a Los Angeles neighborhood council member: accessibility isn’t an end unto itself
The ultimate goal is to improve the lives of the people you serve, & accessibility helps articulate needs/priorities & suggest novel solutions.
But also we need to be honest about ourselves as the public
The ultimate goal is to improve the lives of the people you serve, & accessibility helps articulate needs/priorities & suggest novel solutions.
But also we need to be honest about ourselves as the public
lol if the mark of authentic human-made media is compassionate inclusion of trans people
Trump's new executive order about AI states that companies' models must not incorporate the idea that trans people exist as a concept. Seems bad.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
lol if the mark of authentic human-made media is compassionate inclusion of trans people
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should we do a group watch of shattered glass as therapy
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
should we do a group watch of shattered glass as therapy
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Anybody gonna drop Part 3 into a google doc for us? Because as much as I would normally abhor not paying for a journalist’s work, they’ve both ceased to be journalists and I won’t give them a dime. Ever.
But I’m weak and would read.
But I’m weak and would read.
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Anybody gonna drop Part 3 into a google doc for us? Because as much as I would normally abhor not paying for a journalist’s work, they’ve both ceased to be journalists and I won’t give them a dime. Ever.
But I’m weak and would read.
But I’m weak and would read.
Off the top of my head:
McLusky, “Lightsaber Cocksucker Blues”
Alice Coltrane, “Ptah the El Daoud”
TV on the Radio, “The Wrong Way”
Wu-Tang Clan, “Bring Da Ruckus”
Sleep, “Dragonaut”
McLusky, “Lightsaber Cocksucker Blues”
Alice Coltrane, “Ptah the El Daoud”
TV on the Radio, “The Wrong Way”
Wu-Tang Clan, “Bring Da Ruckus”
Sleep, “Dragonaut”
Led Zeppelin, "Good Times, Bad Times"
Sinead, "Jackie"
Little Richard, "Tutti Frutti"
Destiny's Child, "So Good"
Melt Banana, "Plot in a Pot"
Sinead, "Jackie"
Little Richard, "Tutti Frutti"
Destiny's Child, "So Good"
Melt Banana, "Plot in a Pot"
Top 5 Side 1, Track 1s
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Off the top of my head:
McLusky, “Lightsaber Cocksucker Blues”
Alice Coltrane, “Ptah the El Daoud”
TV on the Radio, “The Wrong Way”
Wu-Tang Clan, “Bring Da Ruckus”
Sleep, “Dragonaut”
McLusky, “Lightsaber Cocksucker Blues”
Alice Coltrane, “Ptah the El Daoud”
TV on the Radio, “The Wrong Way”
Wu-Tang Clan, “Bring Da Ruckus”
Sleep, “Dragonaut”
It’s because bad pecan pie is just karo with nuts, but a good pecan pie is a great pecan pie
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
It’s because bad pecan pie is just karo with nuts, but a good pecan pie is a great pecan pie
Again, White men would have been materially better off if Harris had won. Arguing voting for racism and sexism advances White men’s material interests by harming other groups is literally Trump’s campaign speech, & it’s wrong.
If you believe otherwise, you’ve confused Theory with fact.
If you believe otherwise, you’ve confused Theory with fact.
I've literally written a dissertation on eugenics and Darwinism. Go be an idiot in someone else's replies.
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Again, White men would have been materially better off if Harris had won. Arguing voting for racism and sexism advances White men’s material interests by harming other groups is literally Trump’s campaign speech, & it’s wrong.
If you believe otherwise, you’ve confused Theory with fact.
If you believe otherwise, you’ve confused Theory with fact.
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She needs to be nuremberg'd asap.
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
She needs to be nuremberg'd asap.
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God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group
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Think it's worth distinguishing between "people who work in tech" at the level of say, a Google PM, and the people at Google who are making these strategic decisions. The former mostly don't want to kill the Web; the latter are at *best* indifferent.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Think it's worth distinguishing between "people who work in tech" at the level of say, a Google PM, and the people at Google who are making these strategic decisions. The former mostly don't want to kill the Web; the latter are at *best* indifferent.
Apparently, YIMBY isn’t welcome in Robinson’s union-busting, X-posting, gentrifying part of the left
Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Apparently, YIMBY isn’t welcome in Robinson’s union-busting, X-posting, gentrifying part of the left
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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Rush Hour being quietly the most cursed franchise
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Rush Hour being quietly the most cursed franchise
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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Lmaooo dude deal with the fact that the only truly right-coded things are pedophilia, racism, misogyny, and stupidity and not necessarily in that order
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Lmaooo dude deal with the fact that the only truly right-coded things are pedophilia, racism, misogyny, and stupidity and not necessarily in that order
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ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
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A healthcare system where we hope someone wants our autograph
James Van Der Beek is selling autographed and unsigned 'Varsity Blues' jerseys to raise money for his cancer treatment and to support for other families: 'Endlessly grateful for all of you.'
James Van Der Beek dons 'Varsity Blues' jersey to raise money for cancer treatment: 'Endlessly grateful for all of you'
James Van Der Beek is selling autographed and unsigned 'Varsity Blues' jerseys to raise money for his cancer treatment and to support for other families: 'Endlessly grateful for all of you.'
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A healthcare system where we hope someone wants our autograph
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
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“One of the most powerful forms of climate communication is just telling people that a majority of other people think climate change is happening, human-caused, a serious problem and a priority for action,” said Prof Anthony Leiserowitz at Yale University in the US.
A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“One of the most powerful forms of climate communication is just telling people that a majority of other people think climate change is happening, human-caused, a serious problem and a priority for action,” said Prof Anthony Leiserowitz at Yale University in the US.
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A few years after that, I read EXCELLENT CADAVERS, an incredible book about the Mafia in Sicily, and I realized that's humanity's fundamental choice: build a system and keep trying to improve it, OR create a culture where everyone can take the law into their own hands. There's no third option.
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A few years after that, I read EXCELLENT CADAVERS, an incredible book about the Mafia in Sicily, and I realized that's humanity's fundamental choice: build a system and keep trying to improve it, OR create a culture where everyone can take the law into their own hands. There's no third option.
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In a more explicitly political sense, this happened to a lot of political and activist organizations. Many orgs that would have been activating people, delivering votes, or at least shaping the narrative died out or imploded due to online drama, and scrolling and right-wing slop filled the void.
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
In a more explicitly political sense, this happened to a lot of political and activist organizations. Many orgs that would have been activating people, delivering votes, or at least shaping the narrative died out or imploded due to online drama, and scrolling and right-wing slop filled the void.
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brain-boiling from lockdown and such is absolutely part of it but I'm mostly referring to the sheer weight of unprocessed grief bsky.app/profile/docs...
That’s right. The experience of Covid comprehensively and irreparably boiled the brains of at least a third of our fellow citizens and we’re gonna be dealing with the consequences of this shit for the rest of our lives.
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
brain-boiling from lockdown and such is absolutely part of it but I'm mostly referring to the sheer weight of unprocessed grief bsky.app/profile/docs...
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* Haribo used to sell a gummi candy in Germany called "Asses With Ears."
I promise this image is 100% real and not AI.
I promise this image is 100% real and not AI.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
* Haribo used to sell a gummi candy in Germany called "Asses With Ears."
I promise this image is 100% real and not AI.
I promise this image is 100% real and not AI.