Rachel Dresbeck
@raddrrach.bsky.social
We should welcome their hate.
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The Russian Federation should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people.
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Russian Federation should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people.
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I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
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bradley is a disgrace to his uniform, and while he might not care about my opinion as a civilian who never served, i care, and his oath was sworn to me as a citizen of the united states
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
bradley is a disgrace to his uniform, and while he might not care about my opinion as a civilian who never served, i care, and his oath was sworn to me as a citizen of the united states
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This will always and forever be the most on point and prescient thing that Fukuyama ever wrote.
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This will always and forever be the most on point and prescient thing that Fukuyama ever wrote.
They are babies who have never suffered.
they've just never had to work hard for anything, they've never had to fight for anything, they're never satisfied with their efforts, they've never had anything they wanted to fight *for*, they don't believe in anything or anyone, including themselves
December 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
They are babies who have never suffered.
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Donald Trump to receive World Wrestling Entertainment's "Greatest Intellect Award"
December 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Donald Trump to receive World Wrestling Entertainment's "Greatest Intellect Award"
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This...should have been two separate emails.
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This...should have been two separate emails.
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Olivia Nuzzi parted ways with her employer. She was always doing this.
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Olivia Nuzzi parted ways with her employer. She was always doing this.
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John Roberts has been a GOP operative, in "institutionalist" clothing, through all of his career.
Chapter and verse, here: www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
He was on GWBush team during the 2000 Florida recount battles.
Think: Mike Johnson, with Harvard vs LSU pedigree.
Chapter and verse, here: www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
He was on GWBush team during the 2000 Florida recount battles.
Think: Mike Johnson, with Harvard vs LSU pedigree.
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
John Roberts has been a GOP operative, in "institutionalist" clothing, through all of his career.
Chapter and verse, here: www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
He was on GWBush team during the 2000 Florida recount battles.
Think: Mike Johnson, with Harvard vs LSU pedigree.
Chapter and verse, here: www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
He was on GWBush team during the 2000 Florida recount battles.
Think: Mike Johnson, with Harvard vs LSU pedigree.
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
I'm a fourth-year freshman at UCLA
But my goal is to become a veterinarian, 'cause I love children!
But my goal is to become a veterinarian, 'cause I love children!
what
December 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm a fourth-year freshman at UCLA
But my goal is to become a veterinarian, 'cause I love children!
But my goal is to become a veterinarian, 'cause I love children!
Rapunzel or Mowgli: you decide.
I cannot convey to you the sheer fucking weirdness of Olivia Nuzzi's book.
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Rapunzel or Mowgli: you decide.
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If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
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Great story from @gosiawoz.bsky.social
Former Univision anchor fights ICE misinformation with newscast from a Portland basement
The need for balanced Spanish-language news has become pressing in recent months as masked federal agents have detained hundreds of people in Oregon, undocumented residents and U.S. citizens alike.
www.oregonlive.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Great story from @gosiawoz.bsky.social
Be a hero.
I just keep thinking there are people who know how far gone Trump is. Who know what Hegseth did. Who know what’s in the Epstein files. But in the Trump era the success rate for whistleblowers having a real impact is close to zero.
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Be a hero.
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Narco(lepsy)terrorism
“.. A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds of the meeting Tuesday showed that during nine separate instances, Trump’s eyes were closed for extended periods or he appeared to struggle to keep them open, amounting cumulatively to nearly six minutes.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Narco(lepsy)terrorism
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Inviting apps for a workshop to develop a project focused on a mechanistic understanding of canonical cortical computations at the circuit level. Deadline is 1/5/2026: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-foundation-now-accepting-applications-for-workshop-on-canonical-cortical-computations
Simons Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Workshop on Canonical Cortical Computations
Simons Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Workshop on Canonical Cortical Computations on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Inviting apps for a workshop to develop a project focused on a mechanistic understanding of canonical cortical computations at the circuit level. Deadline is 1/5/2026: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-foundation-now-accepting-applications-for-workshop-on-canonical-cortical-computations
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"Are you truly willing to debase yourselves so dishonorably, all to shield the likes of 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘨𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘩 from scrutiny? Really? 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺?"
News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump Boat Bombings Suddenly on Shakier Ground as Damning Info Emerges
Will Republicans give us a real investigation into Trump’s bombings, now that we just learned horrific new details about them? Or are they seriously going to fall on their swords for Pete Hegseth?
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Are you truly willing to debase yourselves so dishonorably, all to shield the likes of 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘨𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘩 from scrutiny? Really? 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺?"
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TPUSA have been at this long enough that the default assumption of their involvement in literally anything that has to do with college campuses should be an assumption of bad faith based on a long and well-documented history of bad faith actions
Assumption of good faith is a solid heuristic.
But also "assumptions" are guesses you make before you have the evidence. You are allowed to retract good faith once more evidence arises.
But also, you shouldn't assume good faith from folks who are your avowed enemies.
But also "assumptions" are guesses you make before you have the evidence. You are allowed to retract good faith once more evidence arises.
But also, you shouldn't assume good faith from folks who are your avowed enemies.
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
TPUSA have been at this long enough that the default assumption of their involvement in literally anything that has to do with college campuses should be an assumption of bad faith based on a long and well-documented history of bad faith actions
and...it's time to mute that whole discourse.
I don’t really have a lot to say about the OU thing except 1) it’s obviously about the trans instructor and 2) red state publics are all so, so vulnerable to this
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
and...it's time to mute that whole discourse.
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presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
presented without comment
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every neoliberal policy analyst wants to "trim the fat" of society until the lean times come. community level resilience, redundancies, etc are good actually
When power went out across all of Puerto Rico on 16 April, a lot of the lights in the town of Adjuntas stayed on. A combination of experimental microgrids, solar panels, and storage kept power on for many businesses and residents.
spectrum.ieee.org/puerto-rico-...
spectrum.ieee.org/puerto-rico-...
Could Microgrids Be Puerto Rico's Answer to Endless Blackouts?
Meanwhile, feds redirect $365 million away from solar toward grid fixes
spectrum.ieee.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
every neoliberal policy analyst wants to "trim the fat" of society until the lean times come. community level resilience, redundancies, etc are good actually
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This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
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Weirdly, this is all part of a 50-year-long plan to get their parents back together
The identical twin brother of MAGA Texas Rep. Troy Nehls is hoping to replace his brother in Congress after Nehls announced his retirement on Saturday.
MAGA Rep. Tries to Hand Seat to Literally Identical Successor
Trever Nehls is hoping to replace his brother, Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, in Congress.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Weirdly, this is all part of a 50-year-long plan to get their parents back together