@roomiestpeppers.bsky.social
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oh wow robots are gonna do everything for us and we'll never have to work again?? wake up bro. they said basically the same shit about slinkies and guess what? eighty years later we're walkin down more stairs than ever
January 24, 2026 at 2:17 AM
oh wow robots are gonna do everything for us and we'll never have to work again?? wake up bro. they said basically the same shit about slinkies and guess what? eighty years later we're walkin down more stairs than ever
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simultaneously a good news story on McBride's deftness and a real shattering account of how many Democrats still need to get punted into a hole in the ocean
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
Sarah McBride knew some Democrats would betray trans people, so she lobbied Republicans
Sarah McBride successfully lobbied a handful of Republicans to vote against a ban on gender-affirming care for youth.
www.advocate.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
simultaneously a good news story on McBride's deftness and a real shattering account of how many Democrats still need to get punted into a hole in the ocean
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
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zero Senate Democrats, which should not be surprising because they didn't remove him after the catastrophe eight months ago either. they fully endorse what's happening & are just picking the immune members to take the fall
UPDATE — Here are the at least 11 congressional Democrats, 11 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
zero Senate Democrats, which should not be surprising because they didn't remove him after the catastrophe eight months ago either. they fully endorse what's happening & are just picking the immune members to take the fall
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Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
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Senate Democrats: what just happened under our current leadership is a total travesty
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Senate Democrats: what just happened under our current leadership is a total travesty
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
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Tell @durbin.senate.gov to turn his voice mail on, those of us in Illinois have some thoughts on this.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Tell @durbin.senate.gov to turn his voice mail on, those of us in Illinois have some thoughts on this.
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Heh. The machines might have the upper hand right now, but never fear: I have a plan. (I sit back and smirk while a giant robot destroys the city until it’s clear I’m not going to do anything)
January 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Heh. The machines might have the upper hand right now, but never fear: I have a plan. (I sit back and smirk while a giant robot destroys the city until it’s clear I’m not going to do anything)
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Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
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Dem consultants out there saying "voters won't care unless it affects their daily life" even as we are living through an extended nationwide hysteria about trans girls in high school sports, an issue which affects literally maybe a dozen Americans.
September 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Dem consultants out there saying "voters won't care unless it affects their daily life" even as we are living through an extended nationwide hysteria about trans girls in high school sports, an issue which affects literally maybe a dozen Americans.
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But why must it be? "Dumb, selfish people believing deliberate lies" has a deep, rich history in human affairs! It explains many, many mob behaviors of the past! One might even say that it is the explanation for *most* violent mob behaviors throughout history. It's definitely a thing that happens!
August 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
But why must it be? "Dumb, selfish people believing deliberate lies" has a deep, rich history in human affairs! It explains many, many mob behaviors of the past! One might even say that it is the explanation for *most* violent mob behaviors throughout history. It's definitely a thing that happens!
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I can’t believe doing nothing but in the most annoying way possible isn’t working
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Dems Are Struggling to Register Voters and Raise Money
The Democratic Party is struggling to register voters and raise money ahead of the 2026 midterms, when the party hopes to win back the House.
www.rollingstone.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I can’t believe doing nothing but in the most annoying way possible isn’t working
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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I don’t know if Newsom, Shapiro and Rahm are idiots, but this is an idiotic strategy.
August 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I don’t know if Newsom, Shapiro and Rahm are idiots, but this is an idiotic strategy.
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OKAY LISTEN UP, MEAN BEAN MACHINES
I am a *GUEST* at Long Beach Comic Con 2025, 8/30 - 8/31 — If you didn't have Labor Day Weekend plans, you now do and if you DID have plans, THIS WILL BE BETTER.
FOLLOW: @longbeachcomiccon.bsky.social
BUY TICKETS: www.eventbrite.com/e/long-beach...
SEE YOU THERE
I am a *GUEST* at Long Beach Comic Con 2025, 8/30 - 8/31 — If you didn't have Labor Day Weekend plans, you now do and if you DID have plans, THIS WILL BE BETTER.
FOLLOW: @longbeachcomiccon.bsky.social
BUY TICKETS: www.eventbrite.com/e/long-beach...
SEE YOU THERE
August 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
OKAY LISTEN UP, MEAN BEAN MACHINES
I am a *GUEST* at Long Beach Comic Con 2025, 8/30 - 8/31 — If you didn't have Labor Day Weekend plans, you now do and if you DID have plans, THIS WILL BE BETTER.
FOLLOW: @longbeachcomiccon.bsky.social
BUY TICKETS: www.eventbrite.com/e/long-beach...
SEE YOU THERE
I am a *GUEST* at Long Beach Comic Con 2025, 8/30 - 8/31 — If you didn't have Labor Day Weekend plans, you now do and if you DID have plans, THIS WILL BE BETTER.
FOLLOW: @longbeachcomiccon.bsky.social
BUY TICKETS: www.eventbrite.com/e/long-beach...
SEE YOU THERE
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Building *slows* gentrification; and *not* building makes it much worse: "The findings suggest that not allowing more homes to be built—even for high-income residents—pushes up all rents, making it harder for low-income tenants to remain in their neighborhoods." -- www.pew.org/en/research-...
New Housing Slows Rent Growth Most for Older, More Affordable Units
The nationwide housing shortage has driven rents up more in low-income neighborhoods than in the U.S. overall, but in areas that have recently added large amounts of housing, rents have fallen the mos...
www.pew.org
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Building *slows* gentrification; and *not* building makes it much worse: "The findings suggest that not allowing more homes to be built—even for high-income residents—pushes up all rents, making it harder for low-income tenants to remain in their neighborhoods." -- www.pew.org/en/research-...
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Three competing “autopsies” - none of which want to talk about the actual problem - is peak Democratic Party.
The leaders that got us into this mess are literally incapable of getting us out of it. We need a new generation in power in every sense of the word. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
The leaders that got us into this mess are literally incapable of getting us out of it. We need a new generation in power in every sense of the word. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Three competing “autopsies” - none of which want to talk about the actual problem - is peak Democratic Party.
The leaders that got us into this mess are literally incapable of getting us out of it. We need a new generation in power in every sense of the word. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
The leaders that got us into this mess are literally incapable of getting us out of it. We need a new generation in power in every sense of the word. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
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Chris Rufo generated the CRT and Claudine Gay panics by working the NYT; a disciplined Democratic message aligned with left-wing media could make the Rufo-NYT scandal name-recognized. Dems should say in interviews "we're up against Trump, MAGA, Chris Rufo and The New York Times"
if anyone at the NYT wants to talk about this rufo/mamdani/columbia leak clusterfuck, i’m marisakabas.04 on signal
July 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Chris Rufo generated the CRT and Claudine Gay panics by working the NYT; a disciplined Democratic message aligned with left-wing media could make the Rufo-NYT scandal name-recognized. Dems should say in interviews "we're up against Trump, MAGA, Chris Rufo and The New York Times"
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A global minimum tax on the ultrarich could change planetary politics. Right now South Africa, Chile, France, and Spain are pushing for it
France could raise around €20 billion per year from this tax
That’s half of the €40B the government is looking for this year
Globally? $302–377 billion could be raised—every year
From the ultra-rich. Who currently pay very little.
gabriel-zucman.eu/files/report...
That’s half of the €40B the government is looking for this year
Globally? $302–377 billion could be raised—every year
From the ultra-rich. Who currently pay very little.
gabriel-zucman.eu/files/report...
July 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A global minimum tax on the ultrarich could change planetary politics. Right now South Africa, Chile, France, and Spain are pushing for it
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This is the fundamental problem with the “let them mess up and we’ll just get them back” line of reasoning. If you’re trying to play around the margins from election to election, you’re never going to fix the stuff that keeps giving you authoritarian nationalists who hate you at a cellular level.
July 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is the fundamental problem with the “let them mess up and we’ll just get them back” line of reasoning. If you’re trying to play around the margins from election to election, you’re never going to fix the stuff that keeps giving you authoritarian nationalists who hate you at a cellular level.
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this is who they surveyed
July 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
this is who they surveyed
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The singularity is awesome
June 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The singularity is awesome
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If you think that Zohran doesn’t have the experience yet, you back Lander, who does, or Adrienne Adams, who also does. You don’t turn to a washed up sex pest who doesn’t even live here and has a track record of bringing about the deaths of 17,000 New Yorkers bc he wouldn’t stop swinging his dick.
June 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If you think that Zohran doesn’t have the experience yet, you back Lander, who does, or Adrienne Adams, who also does. You don’t turn to a washed up sex pest who doesn’t even live here and has a track record of bringing about the deaths of 17,000 New Yorkers bc he wouldn’t stop swinging his dick.
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puppy
Baby bison zoomies alert! 💨 Meet Samson, the newest (and speediest) member of our Free-Roaming Area herd. Born over Memorial Day Weekend, this fluffy little calf has already mastered the art of sprinting joyfully across 435 acres of forested fields like he owns the place. 🦬
June 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
puppy
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Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.
June 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.
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remember those 3 weeks last year when they were loudly called weird creeps and the weird creeps lost their fucking minds and melted down, the whole thing was funny & it was *working* then of course the Dem leadership/consultant class put a STOP to all that because they have a public failure kink
the centrist “identity politics is bad” argument, sneering at leftists over pronouns - like we’re fixated on arcane academic concepts and you need a PhD in gender studies just to express an opinion - falls apart pretty fast when you reframe this as Normal Humans vs. Creeps Spying On Strangers Peeing
May 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
remember those 3 weeks last year when they were loudly called weird creeps and the weird creeps lost their fucking minds and melted down, the whole thing was funny & it was *working* then of course the Dem leadership/consultant class put a STOP to all that because they have a public failure kink