@nateplus4.bsky.social
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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the other funny bit is that "free market think tanks" like this insist they're focused on "protecting taxpayers," but they'll literally NEVER mention the fact that giant region telecom monopolies are slathered in untold billions in taxpayer subsidies for substandard access they never fully deliver
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
the other funny bit is that "free market think tanks" like this insist they're focused on "protecting taxpayers," but they'll literally NEVER mention the fact that giant region telecom monopolies are slathered in untold billions in taxpayer subsidies for substandard access they never fully deliver
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Have some self-respect. You are citizens of a republic, not Donald Trump's courtiers. Stand the fuck up.
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Have some self-respect. You are citizens of a republic, not Donald Trump's courtiers. Stand the fuck up.
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Feed Musk’s wealth and power into the woodchipper
(distribute it to the less fortunate via the government)
(distribute it to the less fortunate via the government)
But more importantly, can you say wood chipper on this site?
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Feed Musk’s wealth and power into the woodchipper
(distribute it to the less fortunate via the government)
(distribute it to the less fortunate via the government)
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.
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You’re scared of Spanish? Do you also piss yourself when you see your own shadow
October 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
You’re scared of Spanish? Do you also piss yourself when you see your own shadow
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The caning of Charles Sumner was so brutal if you just filmed it based on the historical record it would be the goriest thing you’ve ever seen on film.
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The caning of Charles Sumner was so brutal if you just filmed it based on the historical record it would be the goriest thing you’ve ever seen on film.
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billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
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It’s pronounced cyclist.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It’s pronounced cyclist.
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I've read a couple of history books and I can tell you for sure that rounding up your generals, having a drunk yell at them and call them fat, and then stopping paying them that same day is absolutely how you institute durable personalist rule
October 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I've read a couple of history books and I can tell you for sure that rounding up your generals, having a drunk yell at them and call them fat, and then stopping paying them that same day is absolutely how you institute durable personalist rule
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Posting early 90s minivans as a timeline cleanse.
September 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Posting early 90s minivans as a timeline cleanse.
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a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
January 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
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2️⃣ Private wealth is at record highs in all advanced regions.
Public wealth, by contrast, has declined to turn negative in North America, fall near zero in Europe, while East Asia has stabilized with 25-30% of national wealth in public hands.
Public wealth, by contrast, has declined to turn negative in North America, fall near zero in Europe, while East Asia has stabilized with 25-30% of national wealth in public hands.
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
2️⃣ Private wealth is at record highs in all advanced regions.
Public wealth, by contrast, has declined to turn negative in North America, fall near zero in Europe, while East Asia has stabilized with 25-30% of national wealth in public hands.
Public wealth, by contrast, has declined to turn negative in North America, fall near zero in Europe, while East Asia has stabilized with 25-30% of national wealth in public hands.
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1. At Charlie Kirk's vigil just now, DNI Tulsi Gabbard just invoked MLK Jr.'s line, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that." She insisted Kirk "lived" by that line.
Unclear how Kirk would've felt about that comparison, since he decried MLK as “awful” and "not a good person."
Unclear how Kirk would've felt about that comparison, since he decried MLK as “awful” and "not a good person."
September 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
1. At Charlie Kirk's vigil just now, DNI Tulsi Gabbard just invoked MLK Jr.'s line, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that." She insisted Kirk "lived" by that line.
Unclear how Kirk would've felt about that comparison, since he decried MLK as “awful” and "not a good person."
Unclear how Kirk would've felt about that comparison, since he decried MLK as “awful” and "not a good person."
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Never forget that one of the big reasons that social media is so heavily slanted towards bad moderation and ignoring violent rhetoric from the right is that they did have automated tools that deplatformed far right rhetoric, but they turned it all off because almost all Republicans got caught too
September 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Never forget that one of the big reasons that social media is so heavily slanted towards bad moderation and ignoring violent rhetoric from the right is that they did have automated tools that deplatformed far right rhetoric, but they turned it all off because almost all Republicans got caught too
I know I am saying this on the internet, but…
We gotta turn off the internet
We gotta turn off the internet
September 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I know I am saying this on the internet, but…
We gotta turn off the internet
We gotta turn off the internet
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There was a lot of violence today across the country. Our hearts are with the families in Colorado who lost their children as well as Charlie Kirk’s family. Violence is never the answer. We must come together to build safer, stronger communities, and take decisive action to address gun violence.
September 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
There was a lot of violence today across the country. Our hearts are with the families in Colorado who lost their children as well as Charlie Kirk’s family. Violence is never the answer. We must come together to build safer, stronger communities, and take decisive action to address gun violence.
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Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
September 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
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In the articles about the renamed “Department of War” (which still by law needs congressional approval) it would be helpful if journalists pointed out how many tens of millions of dollars (if not more) the rebrand will cost.
September 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In the articles about the renamed “Department of War” (which still by law needs congressional approval) it would be helpful if journalists pointed out how many tens of millions of dollars (if not more) the rebrand will cost.
Subtext is dead; we will have to bury it. From now on, everything has to be named in the dumbest and most literal way possible
Trump: "We decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Defense. So we're going to Department of War ... I think it's a much more appropriate name especially in light of where the world is right now."
September 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Subtext is dead; we will have to bury it. From now on, everything has to be named in the dumbest and most literal way possible
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Trump: "We decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Defense. So we're going to Department of War ... I think it's a much more appropriate name especially in light of where the world is right now."
September 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Trump: "We decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Defense. So we're going to Department of War ... I think it's a much more appropriate name especially in light of where the world is right now."
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On the trolleys: There was definitely a “cars make us free” attitude there, but there was also anger at how the trolley companies had meddled in politics. My impression, though, is that it’s the typical problem: Politicians rewire society for a technology the rich enjoy, at others’ expense.
September 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On the trolleys: There was definitely a “cars make us free” attitude there, but there was also anger at how the trolley companies had meddled in politics. My impression, though, is that it’s the typical problem: Politicians rewire society for a technology the rich enjoy, at others’ expense.
Am starting to believe that Dems are soft on crime because there is an ongoing fascist takeout of our nation’s capital and they are doing little to nothing about it.
August 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Am starting to believe that Dems are soft on crime because there is an ongoing fascist takeout of our nation’s capital and they are doing little to nothing about it.