Con Flambers
@themagicconch19.bsky.social
Wisconsin politics and other things. Opinions are mine and mine alone. He/him
Blog doing deep dives on politics and history here - https://delving-deeper.ghost.io.
Blog doing deep dives on politics and history here - https://delving-deeper.ghost.io.
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Con Flambers
@themagicconch19.bsky.social
· Jun 22
I saw a raccoon and a deer chowing down on some foliage on the side of the road while driving home tonight... this is what solidarity looks like...
A very good friend of mine who found out I that I had some car trouble this week, making me unable to go home for Thanksgiving... invited me to her family Thanksgiving instead. I am a very blessed man!
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A very good friend of mine who found out I that I had some car trouble this week, making me unable to go home for Thanksgiving... invited me to her family Thanksgiving instead. I am a very blessed man!
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he’s fascinating to me to observe simply as an example of the varieties of human experience. Totally incapable of empathy or even the appropriateness that can serve as a guide to conceal the inability to feel empathy.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
he’s fascinating to me to observe simply as an example of the varieties of human experience. Totally incapable of empathy or even the appropriateness that can serve as a guide to conceal the inability to feel empathy.
It's moments like these that it's really, really hard to not just write off every single person who still supports this man.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It's moments like these that it's really, really hard to not just write off every single person who still supports this man.
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Continually amazed that someone who's been in public life as long as Trump has lacks the capacity to say anything appropriate when someone has died.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Continually amazed that someone who's been in public life as long as Trump has lacks the capacity to say anything appropriate when someone has died.
This is what differentiates me from RFK Jr and his bandwagon: I can acknowledge the nuances of health issues, and that what doesn't work for me might well work for others. They take away others' options, all the while asserting they're giving people choices.
My own experience with SSRIs was disastrous. I never want to take one again. Getting out of a toxic environment and building up my capacity to tolerate very stressful situations + taking some light amounts of buspirone >>>> Zoloft. But also... it works just great for other people.
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is what differentiates me from RFK Jr and his bandwagon: I can acknowledge the nuances of health issues, and that what doesn't work for me might well work for others. They take away others' options, all the while asserting they're giving people choices.
Real shame RFK Jr. has totally taken over the reasonable notion that medication is sometimes insufficient to address mental health problems and just made it insane. SSRIs are not some evil drug lol, even if I think sometimes they're overprescribed.
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Real shame RFK Jr. has totally taken over the reasonable notion that medication is sometimes insufficient to address mental health problems and just made it insane. SSRIs are not some evil drug lol, even if I think sometimes they're overprescribed.
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To put this in context, I was offered a teaching track job in 2023 that had a salary of $55,000.
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
To put this in context, I was offered a teaching track job in 2023 that had a salary of $55,000.
Anyone else ever come back to maxed out notifications and been like, "alright, who's mad at me now"
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Anyone else ever come back to maxed out notifications and been like, "alright, who's mad at me now"
The turkeys in Eau Claire are escalating their war on local residents if reports are to be believed.
Which is why I'm joining the turkey war...
ON THE SIDE OF THE TURKEYS.
Which is why I'm joining the turkey war...
ON THE SIDE OF THE TURKEYS.
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The turkeys in Eau Claire are escalating their war on local residents if reports are to be believed.
Which is why I'm joining the turkey war...
ON THE SIDE OF THE TURKEYS.
Which is why I'm joining the turkey war...
ON THE SIDE OF THE TURKEYS.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
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Frog tied some string around the box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Frog tied some string around the box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
I've been getting back into Halsey's music lately and yep, still slaps
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I've been getting back into Halsey's music lately and yep, still slaps
The thing about Nazis like Musk and his fanboys is that many of them are savvy enough to understand the social stigma that remains around the label, even if it's weaker than it used to be. It's why we should double down on using these labels: 1. because they're accurate and 2. because they work.
Elon Musk, the guy who did two Nazi salutes in public and has previously described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” thinks it should be a crime to “falsely” call someone a Nazi or a fascist.
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The thing about Nazis like Musk and his fanboys is that many of them are savvy enough to understand the social stigma that remains around the label, even if it's weaker than it used to be. It's why we should double down on using these labels: 1. because they're accurate and 2. because they work.
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
This is so funny. Like what workload? Dude's totally surrendered the authority of his branch of government to a charlatan with a 5 year old's understanding of government.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This is so funny. Like what workload? Dude's totally surrendered the authority of his branch of government to a charlatan with a 5 year old's understanding of government.
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I think plenty of it speaks to the state of the media, but an obvious one is that Vox and Vanity Fair barely investigated her and that she managed to commit an unforgivable journalistic crime before getting a book deal and walking into another prestige job, while plenty of others are being laid off
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I think plenty of it speaks to the state of the media, but an obvious one is that Vox and Vanity Fair barely investigated her and that she managed to commit an unforgivable journalistic crime before getting a book deal and walking into another prestige job, while plenty of others are being laid off
"Can you believe someone who was shamelessly biased against the pro-democracy president would bang the subject of a story she was writing about?" Yeah, I can actually. Dunno if Nuzzi is actually a fascist, but she's fine with being a collaborator with them. Potato, pohtato, etc.
A lot of people are like "The Nuzzi affair is a disaster for political journalism in this country" and it's like sure it is but a bigger disaster was the whitewashing of Trump 2024 that most political journalists happily participated in last year.
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"Can you believe someone who was shamelessly biased against the pro-democracy president would bang the subject of a story she was writing about?" Yeah, I can actually. Dunno if Nuzzi is actually a fascist, but she's fine with being a collaborator with them. Potato, pohtato, etc.
A lot of people are like "The Nuzzi affair is a disaster for political journalism in this country" and it's like sure it is but a bigger disaster was the whitewashing of Trump 2024 that most political journalists happily participated in last year.
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
A lot of people are like "The Nuzzi affair is a disaster for political journalism in this country" and it's like sure it is but a bigger disaster was the whitewashing of Trump 2024 that most political journalists happily participated in last year.
"Weird and terrifying kinships form" is both accurate and a magnificent turn of phrase
Small town and suburban bars the week of thanksgiving have the most insane vibes—adults at home visiting parents and already going insane and sneaking out at night to drink. Weird and terrifying kinships form
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"Weird and terrifying kinships form" is both accurate and a magnificent turn of phrase
Walking back from the store tonight and realizing: your day can never be fully bad when you've seen a wiener dog
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Walking back from the store tonight and realizing: your day can never be fully bad when you've seen a wiener dog
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Like here's the thing: the idea that America is some dystopian hellhole for everyone, including financially comfortable people, is hilarious. America is GREAT... if you're rich (or at least pretty financially solid).
Now, if you're working class...
Now, if you're working class...
This country really doesn't like people who don't have money
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Like here's the thing: the idea that America is some dystopian hellhole for everyone, including financially comfortable people, is hilarious. America is GREAT... if you're rich (or at least pretty financially solid).
Now, if you're working class...
Now, if you're working class...
It'd be awesome if the US actually invested in train infrastructure so instead of spending Thanksgiving alone tomorrow because my car is in the shop, I could just YOLO it and hop on a train
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It'd be awesome if the US actually invested in train infrastructure so instead of spending Thanksgiving alone tomorrow because my car is in the shop, I could just YOLO it and hop on a train