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I stream Let's Play Minecraft on YouTube while unpacking the socioeconomic implications of the imperfect American political system. He/Him. https://www.facebook.com/philisophidelic
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· Mar 8
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are American values. Those opposed are obviously nazis.
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Krugman puts his finger on what should be the starting point for any attempt to make sense of our current political moment.
February 19, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Krugman puts his finger on what should be the starting point for any attempt to make sense of our current political moment.
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NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
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This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
February 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.
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In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
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JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
February 18, 2026 at 11:41 PM
JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
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KANSAS JUST ENACTED A BILL THAT INVALIDATES AND REVOKES THE DRIVER'S LICENSES OF TRANS PEOPLE.
www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/...
www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/...
February 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
KANSAS JUST ENACTED A BILL THAT INVALIDATES AND REVOKES THE DRIVER'S LICENSES OF TRANS PEOPLE.
www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/...
www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/...
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Leavitt today: “When you see something on Truth Social, you know it’s directly from President Trump. It’s coming straight from the horse’s mouth. That’s the beauty of this president.”
February 18, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Leavitt today: “When you see something on Truth Social, you know it’s directly from President Trump. It’s coming straight from the horse’s mouth. That’s the beauty of this president.”
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Donald Trump won in 2016 and 2024 because anti-system voters flocked to him.
Democrats need a strategy for competing with anti-system voters in 2028.
This is, in some ways, a very strong case for nominating someone like AOC over Newsom.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/meet-ameri...
Democrats need a strategy for competing with anti-system voters in 2028.
This is, in some ways, a very strong case for nominating someone like AOC over Newsom.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/meet-ameri...
Meet America’s new swing voter: The anti-system voter. (Or: Why Democrats should think through nominating AOC in 2028)
A new paper finds anti-system sentiment — not left-right ideology — decided the 2016 and 2024 elections
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Donald Trump won in 2016 and 2024 because anti-system voters flocked to him.
Democrats need a strategy for competing with anti-system voters in 2028.
This is, in some ways, a very strong case for nominating someone like AOC over Newsom.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/meet-ameri...
Democrats need a strategy for competing with anti-system voters in 2028.
This is, in some ways, a very strong case for nominating someone like AOC over Newsom.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/meet-ameri...
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This is the reason behind the Trump
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
February 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This is the reason behind the Trump
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
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I was excited about the mRNA work that was making all the vaccines and curing cancer and AIDS and stuff, but your fascist government is killing that for eugenics, so, maybe I don't hate technology I just hate your product and your fascist loving faces.
February 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I was excited about the mRNA work that was making all the vaccines and curing cancer and AIDS and stuff, but your fascist government is killing that for eugenics, so, maybe I don't hate technology I just hate your product and your fascist loving faces.
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"Is there technology the left is excited about?" is the kind of question you only ask if you're wildly naive about technology.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
February 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"Is there technology the left is excited about?" is the kind of question you only ask if you're wildly naive about technology.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
The maga-sphere seems terrified of AOC, whose eloquence and clarity of speech confound the magas. The best the opposition press could do is say AOC talks like Donald Trump.
Maybe AOC should consider running for president. I would certainly back her.
Maybe AOC should consider running for president. I would certainly back her.
I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat
February 18, 2026 at 2:22 PM
The maga-sphere seems terrified of AOC, whose eloquence and clarity of speech confound the magas. The best the opposition press could do is say AOC talks like Donald Trump.
Maybe AOC should consider running for president. I would certainly back her.
Maybe AOC should consider running for president. I would certainly back her.
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Salem, Oregon, has always been a prison town. But late last year, city leaders were confronted with what to do when formerly incarcerated people want to join civic life.
@thewesternedge.bsky.social has uncovered how a series of backroom deals and a smear campaign roiled the city for weeks.
@thewesternedge.bsky.social has uncovered how a series of backroom deals and a smear campaign roiled the city for weeks.
Is Redemption Possible in Oregon's Capital City?
The Western Edge uncovered a manufactured crisis, backroom deals, political spending, AI slop and a city council bending to appease a police union.
www.thewesternedge.media
February 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Salem, Oregon, has always been a prison town. But late last year, city leaders were confronted with what to do when formerly incarcerated people want to join civic life.
@thewesternedge.bsky.social has uncovered how a series of backroom deals and a smear campaign roiled the city for weeks.
@thewesternedge.bsky.social has uncovered how a series of backroom deals and a smear campaign roiled the city for weeks.
It's 02/17/2026 and I'm playing #Minecraft - Post-Post-Spaghetti
Fuck it, I'll do it live!
topics: THE VOTE, the PLOT AGAINST DEMOCRACY, the trolley problem, 2016 review
youtube.com/live/1WfNnih...
Fuck it, I'll do it live!
topics: THE VOTE, the PLOT AGAINST DEMOCRACY, the trolley problem, 2016 review
youtube.com/live/1WfNnih...
It's 02/17/2026 and I'm playing Minecraft - Post-Post-Spaghetti
YouTube video by pogokero
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February 17, 2026 at 11:58 PM
It's 02/17/2026 and I'm playing #Minecraft - Post-Post-Spaghetti
Fuck it, I'll do it live!
topics: THE VOTE, the PLOT AGAINST DEMOCRACY, the trolley problem, 2016 review
youtube.com/live/1WfNnih...
Fuck it, I'll do it live!
topics: THE VOTE, the PLOT AGAINST DEMOCRACY, the trolley problem, 2016 review
youtube.com/live/1WfNnih...
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One of the lessons I hope people take away from Jesse Jackson’s life and the outpouring of remembrances small and large is that progress is made and measured in every act and utterance against oppression and not measured solely in legislative or electoral victories.
February 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
One of the lessons I hope people take away from Jesse Jackson’s life and the outpouring of remembrances small and large is that progress is made and measured in every act and utterance against oppression and not measured solely in legislative or electoral victories.
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Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
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I know there are a LOT of people who are convinced any leftist criticizing the Democrats are saying "Don't vote," but the vast majority of us aren't.
SOMETIMES, when it's literally the MONTH OF an election, we MIGHT, but usually we're saying "Get better policies" to the politicians in question.
SOMETIMES, when it's literally the MONTH OF an election, we MIGHT, but usually we're saying "Get better policies" to the politicians in question.
February 17, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I know there are a LOT of people who are convinced any leftist criticizing the Democrats are saying "Don't vote," but the vast majority of us aren't.
SOMETIMES, when it's literally the MONTH OF an election, we MIGHT, but usually we're saying "Get better policies" to the politicians in question.
SOMETIMES, when it's literally the MONTH OF an election, we MIGHT, but usually we're saying "Get better policies" to the politicians in question.
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NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
NEW: The Supreme Court will begin requiring litigants in March to list the stock ticker for each party involved in a case to make it easier to check if a justice has a conflict of interest that might require recusal. #SCOTUS
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
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“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.sunjournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
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We don't need to look to another country for a comparison. All Black people, including free Black people before the Reconstruction Amendments had to produce proof of how they became free on demand. Whites routinely presumed someone with Black skin o be enslaved w/ the burden on African Americans. 1/
" In a free society, the burden cannot be on us to prove our legal status on demand. Otherwise, we’d be a country where everyone — citizens and non-citizens alike — must be prepared at all times to prove their legal right to be here. We’d be a cliched “papers, please” dystopia..."
New at The Watch:
The Democrats' demands to "reform" Trump's immigration thugs aren't reforms at all. They're already the law, the Constitution, and widely accepted police practices. And in a free society, they'd never be negotiable.
The Democrats' demands to "reform" Trump's immigration thugs aren't reforms at all. They're already the law, the Constitution, and widely accepted police practices. And in a free society, they'd never be negotiable.
February 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
We don't need to look to another country for a comparison. All Black people, including free Black people before the Reconstruction Amendments had to produce proof of how they became free on demand. Whites routinely presumed someone with Black skin o be enslaved w/ the burden on African Americans. 1/
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
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It's like ICE is completely ignoring every lesson that moderately competent police forces are forced to learn, like "don't do high speed chases in densely populated areas with low risk targets"
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 AM
It's like ICE is completely ignoring every lesson that moderately competent police forces are forced to learn, like "don't do high speed chases in densely populated areas with low risk targets"
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i‘m using it for a column but i want to share here this line from lincoln on jefferson because it is applies to our situation as well. you can find it in his april 6, 1859 letter to henry l. pierce.
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
i‘m using it for a column but i want to share here this line from lincoln on jefferson because it is applies to our situation as well. you can find it in his april 6, 1859 letter to henry l. pierce.