John Soo 🏳️🌈
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Types, parentheses, ideology. He/him/they
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Host of the Orange Combinator meetup
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There is no such thing as conservative thought!
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Host of the Orange Combinator meetup
https://meetup.com/orange-combinator
cis/het
There is no such thing as conservative thought!
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John Soo 🏳️🌈
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· Jun 3
I know I don't have a pfp but default yellow at symbol is pretty good, tbh
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Those not horrified? The National Sheriffs Association, which just issued a statement saying, basically, we support this
www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-am...
www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-am...
December 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Those not horrified? The National Sheriffs Association, which just issued a statement saying, basically, we support this
www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-am...
www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-am...
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Ronald Reagan: “We lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people, our strength, from every country and every corner of the world, and we continuously renew and enrich our nation.”
Jay Nordlinger: “This ‘Heritage American’ business is a scam.”
open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...
Jay Nordlinger: “This ‘Heritage American’ business is a scam.”
open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...
‘Heritage Americans’ and the American Heritage
On a creepy new classification
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ronald Reagan: “We lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people, our strength, from every country and every corner of the world, and we continuously renew and enrich our nation.”
Jay Nordlinger: “This ‘Heritage American’ business is a scam.”
open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...
Jay Nordlinger: “This ‘Heritage American’ business is a scam.”
open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...
This is incredible pro-diet coke propaganda
December 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
This is incredible pro-diet coke propaganda
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Oh, this is great news.
UPDATE: We may see the first time English is displaced as the most popular language among Bluesky posters as soon as Americans head to sleep tonight.
Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Oh, this is great news.
The national character is narcissism or something
fahrenheit vs celsius debates always fail to really get to the core of the issue because the real core is the emotional attachment, endemic in american culture, to the principle of "it's my right to be stupid, im doing it on purpose, im very proud of this, and you can't make me stop"
December 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The national character is narcissism or something
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In my experience, discussions on X are atrocious (because Nazis, bots, and false info) and discussions on Threads suck (because of shallow rage bait and many who take it).
Discussions on Bluesky are far from perfect—it’s on the internet—but I guess different people are bothered by different things.
Discussions on Bluesky are far from perfect—it’s on the internet—but I guess different people are bothered by different things.
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 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
In my experience, discussions on X are atrocious (because Nazis, bots, and false info) and discussions on Threads suck (because of shallow rage bait and many who take it).
Discussions on Bluesky are far from perfect—it’s on the internet—but I guess different people are bothered by different things.
Discussions on Bluesky are far from perfect—it’s on the internet—but I guess different people are bothered by different things.
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feels like the us committing a crime
Conservative candidate Nasry Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras's presidential election. The bruising contest devolved into chaos when President Trump pledged his support for Asfura, threatening to cut aid if he didn’t win.
Trump-backed conservative candidate wins Honduran presidential election
Nasry Asfura’s win comes after weeks of delays and intervention by President Donald Trump, and amid accusations of electoral fraud by Asfura’s main opponent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
feels like the us committing a crime
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Great example of a useless law just to tell constituents you're doing something. Postal crimes are handled by the US Postal Inspection Service, but prosecuted by regular prosecutors. For federal crimes that'd be the DOJ, who'd have to allocate significant resources to prosecuting petty theft.
"porch piracy" is theft. it's illegal in every single state. in states with expansive statutes, this could even be burglary. there is no evidence that local police or prosecutors are unable to handle this. and existing federal law on interstate transportation of stolen property can handle big cases.
December 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Great example of a useless law just to tell constituents you're doing something. Postal crimes are handled by the US Postal Inspection Service, but prosecuted by regular prosecutors. For federal crimes that'd be the DOJ, who'd have to allocate significant resources to prosecuting petty theft.
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with how much Fascism 1 loved radio, i feel like the main factor is new forms of media/communication emerging in a population with no immunity to it yet
i get tired of europeans on bsky acting like being hijacked by a right wing conspiracy is core to our american character as if reform and afd aren't leading polls rn
December 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
with how much Fascism 1 loved radio, i feel like the main factor is new forms of media/communication emerging in a population with no immunity to it yet
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Tennessee Republicans are planning to take over control of Memphis schools from local leaders: tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/24/h...
House GOP to push forward Memphis school takeover plan with ‘teeth’ • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee House Republican leaders will push forward a plan in 2026 to take over control of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
tennesseelookout.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Tennessee Republicans are planning to take over control of Memphis schools from local leaders: tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/24/h...
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Reuters is reporting one of the Israeli objectives for the months-end Trump-Netenyahu meeting is to secure American support for an intensified military campaign in Lebanon
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
I bet the Lebanese people and state institutions love this
I bet the Lebanese people and state institutions love this
IDF says Lebanon strike killed 3 Hezbollah men, one of whom also served in Lebanese army
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www.timesofisrael.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Reuters is reporting one of the Israeli objectives for the months-end Trump-Netenyahu meeting is to secure American support for an intensified military campaign in Lebanon
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We need to cut the shit with the “don’t trust the press” thing.
Liberals generally trust mainstream news until they’re openly lied to.
Conservatives distrust the mainstream news because it doesn’t tell them their preferred lies.
Liberals generally trust mainstream news until they’re openly lied to.
Conservatives distrust the mainstream news because it doesn’t tell them their preferred lies.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We need to cut the shit with the “don’t trust the press” thing.
Liberals generally trust mainstream news until they’re openly lied to.
Conservatives distrust the mainstream news because it doesn’t tell them their preferred lies.
Liberals generally trust mainstream news until they’re openly lied to.
Conservatives distrust the mainstream news because it doesn’t tell them their preferred lies.
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As sampling, for you folks
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As sampling, for you folks
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Officially, seven people have died in ICE detention this month. Thinking about the way the Trump admin vanishes both people and data, I suspect the real number is higher.
December Was Deadliest Month in Deadliest Year in ICE Custody Deaths
There has been an alarming spike in immigrants dying while in ICE detention during the Trump administration.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Officially, seven people have died in ICE detention this month. Thinking about the way the Trump admin vanishes both people and data, I suspect the real number is higher.
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Autonomous RIVR delivery robots in Pittsburgh
December 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Autonomous RIVR delivery robots in Pittsburgh
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from arendt:
“Totalitarianism strives not toward despotic rule over men, but toward a system in which men are superfluous.”
“Totalitarianism strives not toward despotic rule over men, but toward a system in which men are superfluous.”
this is totalitarianism, basically. it’s almost eerie how much this is an open expression of what arendt described as the essence of the totalitarian mindset.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
from arendt:
“Totalitarianism strives not toward despotic rule over men, but toward a system in which men are superfluous.”
“Totalitarianism strives not toward despotic rule over men, but toward a system in which men are superfluous.”
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Please remember his approval is in the 30s when you see him demanding people’s beloved networks get pulled from the air at his whim.
Trump wants to cancel TV licenses because he doesn't like what late night TV hosts are saying about him.
What happened to "stop cancel culture" and buck up "snowflakes?" And what happened to the First Amendment?
What happened to "stop cancel culture" and buck up "snowflakes?" And what happened to the First Amendment?
December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Please remember his approval is in the 30s when you see him demanding people’s beloved networks get pulled from the air at his whim.
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guy looking at America in a world where right-wing populists are sweeping elections everywhere: actually this is entirely because Americans are dumb and uneducated
December 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
guy looking at America in a world where right-wing populists are sweeping elections everywhere: actually this is entirely because Americans are dumb and uneducated
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Been real impressed with the tools @outpost.pub provides Ghost users. We've finally got a real way to gift patron accounts, for now at our Community Patron tier (which offers access to our Discord server, among other things) www.liberalcurrents.com/gift-subscri...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Been real impressed with the tools @outpost.pub provides Ghost users. We've finally got a real way to gift patron accounts, for now at our Community Patron tier (which offers access to our Discord server, among other things) www.liberalcurrents.com/gift-subscri...
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low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
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anyway you don’t even have to read between the lines of this piece to see that the real complaint is that nikole hannah-jones won a macarthur fellowship and he hasn’t. which, talk about ego.
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
anyway you don’t even have to read between the lines of this piece to see that the real complaint is that nikole hannah-jones won a macarthur fellowship and he hasn’t. which, talk about ego.
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and the reason isn’t the quality of his prose or the sharpness of his mind, the obvious reason IS that he is a loudly and publicly “anti-woke” black person (sorry, “ex-black man”) who fully aligns entirely key gatekeepers in the literary and journalism worlds.
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
and the reason isn’t the quality of his prose or the sharpness of his mind, the obvious reason IS that he is a loudly and publicly “anti-woke” black person (sorry, “ex-black man”) who fully aligns entirely key gatekeepers in the literary and journalism worlds.
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whining about wokeness in 2025 is the equivalent of those shipwrecked WW2 holdouts who never learned the war ended
it requires an absolutely staggering lack of self awareness for chatterton to complain that he has lost elite opportunities because he has anti-woke views.
The Other Way the ‘Super Woke’ Left Discriminates
Race and gender aren’t the only categories that determine who gets special treatment.
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
whining about wokeness in 2025 is the equivalent of those shipwrecked WW2 holdouts who never learned the war ended
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What the expletive deleted is wrong with Out Magazine? Real person slashfic is creepy as hell, and definitely not something that should be encouraged.
December 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What the expletive deleted is wrong with Out Magazine? Real person slashfic is creepy as hell, and definitely not something that should be encouraged.
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This is bullshit, why not just make it Chex-tra delicious from the beginning
December 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is bullshit, why not just make it Chex-tra delicious from the beginning