Parker J. Reed
@parkerjreed.bsky.social
Classical liberal focused on first-principles political reasoning under stress, societal stabilization, epistemic rigor, and good-faith dialectic.
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Why isn't this being discussed in the news?
It is horrifying. So this is why Greenland's population is tiny. And the Danes only got around to apologizing last year, after Trump made noises about Greenland.
I want Trump to make every Greenlander, with their consent, a millionaire and an American.
It is horrifying. So this is why Greenland's population is tiny. And the Danes only got around to apologizing last year, after Trump made noises about Greenland.
I want Trump to make every Greenlander, with their consent, a millionaire and an American.
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Why isn't this being discussed in the news?
It is horrifying. So this is why Greenland's population is tiny. And the Danes only got around to apologizing last year, after Trump made noises about Greenland.
I want Trump to make every Greenlander, with their consent, a millionaire and an American.
It is horrifying. So this is why Greenland's population is tiny. And the Danes only got around to apologizing last year, after Trump made noises about Greenland.
I want Trump to make every Greenlander, with their consent, a millionaire and an American.
Democratic leadership has offered nothing to the people of Venezuela and Iran this week.
Silence isn’t neutral.
It signals whose lives are legible and whose can be set aside.
Trump cannot be the only moral reference point. The lives of humans seeking freedom mean more than one orange man.
Silence isn’t neutral.
It signals whose lives are legible and whose can be set aside.
Trump cannot be the only moral reference point. The lives of humans seeking freedom mean more than one orange man.
January 7, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Democratic leadership has offered nothing to the people of Venezuela and Iran this week.
Silence isn’t neutral.
It signals whose lives are legible and whose can be set aside.
Trump cannot be the only moral reference point. The lives of humans seeking freedom mean more than one orange man.
Silence isn’t neutral.
It signals whose lives are legible and whose can be set aside.
Trump cannot be the only moral reference point. The lives of humans seeking freedom mean more than one orange man.
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We got receipts.
2020. Chuck Schumer criticizes Trump for not bringing an end to the Maduro regime.
Schumer: "The President brags about his Venezuela policy? Give us a break. He hasn't brought an end to the Maduro regime." - h/t MAZE
2020. Chuck Schumer criticizes Trump for not bringing an end to the Maduro regime.
Schumer: "The President brags about his Venezuela policy? Give us a break. He hasn't brought an end to the Maduro regime." - h/t MAZE
January 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
We got receipts.
2020. Chuck Schumer criticizes Trump for not bringing an end to the Maduro regime.
Schumer: "The President brags about his Venezuela policy? Give us a break. He hasn't brought an end to the Maduro regime." - h/t MAZE
2020. Chuck Schumer criticizes Trump for not bringing an end to the Maduro regime.
Schumer: "The President brags about his Venezuela policy? Give us a break. He hasn't brought an end to the Maduro regime." - h/t MAZE
Lots of progressive voices on X at the moment and the algorithm is giving them visibility for once.
If you ever want to experience discourse on X, right now is about as productive as it ever gets and it's remarkably civil, by X standards.
Respect to the people standing up to the crowd.
If you ever want to experience discourse on X, right now is about as productive as it ever gets and it's remarkably civil, by X standards.
Respect to the people standing up to the crowd.
January 7, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Lots of progressive voices on X at the moment and the algorithm is giving them visibility for once.
If you ever want to experience discourse on X, right now is about as productive as it ever gets and it's remarkably civil, by X standards.
Respect to the people standing up to the crowd.
If you ever want to experience discourse on X, right now is about as productive as it ever gets and it's remarkably civil, by X standards.
Respect to the people standing up to the crowd.
Does this sum up a coherent representative view of Trump here on Bluesky?
Trump’s politics are fundamentally incompatible with justice, equity, and democracy. There is no morally coherent way to support or excuse any aspect of his actions.
Trump’s politics are fundamentally incompatible with justice, equity, and democracy. There is no morally coherent way to support or excuse any aspect of his actions.
January 7, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Does this sum up a coherent representative view of Trump here on Bluesky?
Trump’s politics are fundamentally incompatible with justice, equity, and democracy. There is no morally coherent way to support or excuse any aspect of his actions.
Trump’s politics are fundamentally incompatible with justice, equity, and democracy. There is no morally coherent way to support or excuse any aspect of his actions.
Civilization is not the default state of humanity
January 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Civilization is not the default state of humanity
Why Brazil, though?
January 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Why Brazil, though?
Terror in Berlin -- arson leaves 45,000 without power for several days
January 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Terror in Berlin -- arson leaves 45,000 without power for several days
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In 2024, American leftists were willing to sacrifice America to save terrorists whose sole reason for existence is to kill Jews in Israel.
Born #OTD in 1914, British agent Noor Inayat Khan. She worked with the French resistance as wireless operator. She was captured by the Nazis and executed at Dachau in 1944.
Khan received the George Cross and the French Croix de Guerre posthumously.
#WeRememberThem.
wapo.st/45xWLr0
Khan received the George Cross and the French Croix de Guerre posthumously.
#WeRememberThem.
wapo.st/45xWLr0
Meet the Muslims who sacrificed themselves to save Jews and fight Nazis in World War II
Given recent history, it's a story that deserves retelling.
wapo.st
January 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In 2024, American leftists were willing to sacrifice America to save terrorists whose sole reason for existence is to kill Jews in Israel.
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Would it make a difference if the project were privately funded, entirely by donations from people who can well afford to give something to the public?
I see facets and implications that weigh in different directions, but is the objection about public funds, or about symbolism, power, and taste?
I see facets and implications that weigh in different directions, but is the objection about public funds, or about symbolism, power, and taste?
January 5, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Would it make a difference if the project were privately funded, entirely by donations from people who can well afford to give something to the public?
I see facets and implications that weigh in different directions, but is the objection about public funds, or about symbolism, power, and taste?
I see facets and implications that weigh in different directions, but is the objection about public funds, or about symbolism, power, and taste?
I think this is the organizing principle at work for some in MAGA:
Trump is a uniquely competent actor fighting an omnipresent enemy.
Once that premise is accepted, failures become strategy, criticism becomes conspiracy, and countervailing facts become lies. That’s why rebuttal rarely lands.
Trump is a uniquely competent actor fighting an omnipresent enemy.
Once that premise is accepted, failures become strategy, criticism becomes conspiracy, and countervailing facts become lies. That’s why rebuttal rarely lands.
January 5, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I think this is the organizing principle at work for some in MAGA:
Trump is a uniquely competent actor fighting an omnipresent enemy.
Once that premise is accepted, failures become strategy, criticism becomes conspiracy, and countervailing facts become lies. That’s why rebuttal rarely lands.
Trump is a uniquely competent actor fighting an omnipresent enemy.
Once that premise is accepted, failures become strategy, criticism becomes conspiracy, and countervailing facts become lies. That’s why rebuttal rarely lands.
I'm going to see if they appreciate this humor at the other place.
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I'm going to see if they appreciate this humor at the other place.
Congratulations to Venezuela!!!
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Congratulations to Venezuela!!!
Why the Left Isn’t “Wrong” to Be Angry That a Dictator Is Gone.
This is what The Other Place just can't understand.
An essay on moral frameworks, translation failure, and what gets lost when explanation overtakes perception.
parkerjanusreed.substack.com/p/why-the-le...
This is what The Other Place just can't understand.
An essay on moral frameworks, translation failure, and what gets lost when explanation overtakes perception.
parkerjanusreed.substack.com/p/why-the-le...
Why the Left Isn’t “Wrong” to Be Angry That a Dictator Is Gone
On moral frameworks, salience, and what happens when explanation overtakes perception
parkerjanusreed.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Why the Left Isn’t “Wrong” to Be Angry That a Dictator Is Gone.
This is what The Other Place just can't understand.
An essay on moral frameworks, translation failure, and what gets lost when explanation overtakes perception.
parkerjanusreed.substack.com/p/why-the-le...
This is what The Other Place just can't understand.
An essay on moral frameworks, translation failure, and what gets lost when explanation overtakes perception.
parkerjanusreed.substack.com/p/why-the-le...
This is a good thing he is doing.
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 AM
This is a good thing he is doing.
Why do people cut off family members over politics? I explore this delicate question without judgment in this short post.
parkerjanusreed.substack.com/p/on-exclusi...
parkerjanusreed.substack.com/p/on-exclusi...
On Exclusion Without Malice
Interiority, Moral Distance, and the Quiet Logic of Withdrawal
parkerjanusreed.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Why do people cut off family members over politics? I explore this delicate question without judgment in this short post.
parkerjanusreed.substack.com/p/on-exclusi...
parkerjanusreed.substack.com/p/on-exclusi...
The most dangerous belief is:
“Because we are compassionate, we cannot become cruel.”
Every group that went far down the Rwanda scale believed some version of that sentence. The moment exclusion feels like kindness, the slope steepens.
“Because we are compassionate, we cannot become cruel.”
Every group that went far down the Rwanda scale believed some version of that sentence. The moment exclusion feels like kindness, the slope steepens.
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The most dangerous belief is:
“Because we are compassionate, we cannot become cruel.”
Every group that went far down the Rwanda scale believed some version of that sentence. The moment exclusion feels like kindness, the slope steepens.
“Because we are compassionate, we cannot become cruel.”
Every group that went far down the Rwanda scale believed some version of that sentence. The moment exclusion feels like kindness, the slope steepens.
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These are disturbed people
January 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
These are disturbed people
