Todd Bilsborough
@todd-bilsborough.bsky.social
Enter wholly and fully into the mouth of the crisis.
Poetry, fiction, film, cultural criticism, and general-purpose speculative insanity.
Poetry, fiction, film, cultural criticism, and general-purpose speculative insanity.
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This criticism makes no sense. They're taunting Trump for chickening out on policies which they oppose. Would they rather he followed through on them?
June 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This criticism makes no sense. They're taunting Trump for chickening out on policies which they oppose. Would they rather he followed through on them?
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Jamelle Bouie: "We should treat Trump and his openly authoritarian administration as a failure, not just of our party system or our legal system, but of our Constitution and its ability to meaningfully constrain a destructive and system-threatening force in our political life."
Opinion | Now the President Is an Art Critic
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Jamelle Bouie: "We should treat Trump and his openly authoritarian administration as a failure, not just of our party system or our legal system, but of our Constitution and its ability to meaningfully constrain a destructive and system-threatening force in our political life."
Empty catastrophe porn. Delusional idiots we'll always have with us; point the critique at the liberal order that produced and enabled and that now sustains one such idiot as a locus of power.
Opinion | Trump has entered a disturbing new era in his Truth Social obsession
Trump's social media posts aren't just more frequent — they're taking place in a problematic informational ecosystem.
www.msnbc.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Empty catastrophe porn. Delusional idiots we'll always have with us; point the critique at the liberal order that produced and enabled and that now sustains one such idiot as a locus of power.
"America has never needed an effective opposition party as badly as it needs one now; instead we have the most feckless Democratic leaders of the past 100 years."
100%. Liberalism isn't opposition at all.
Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do? newrepublic.com/article/1961... via @newrepublic.com
100%. Liberalism isn't opposition at all.
Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do? newrepublic.com/article/1961... via @newrepublic.com
Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do?
Recent comments from Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries suggest that the party’s leaders are ill suited for the moment.
newrepublic.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"America has never needed an effective opposition party as badly as it needs one now; instead we have the most feckless Democratic leaders of the past 100 years."
100%. Liberalism isn't opposition at all.
Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do? newrepublic.com/article/1961... via @newrepublic.com
100%. Liberalism isn't opposition at all.
Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do? newrepublic.com/article/1961... via @newrepublic.com
Texas Senator Jerry Cirino (R) is wrong about the educational philosophy of John Dewey, who in reality saw diverse voices as immensely valuable and would not support state censorship of university curricula.
Also love how they're mandating the Federalist Papers while simultaneously ignoring them.
Also love how they're mandating the Federalist Papers while simultaneously ignoring them.
Texas is poised to become the latest GOP state to exert control over university curriculum
University boards appointed by the Texas governor soon could have new powers to control the curriculum required of students and eliminate degree programs.
apnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Texas Senator Jerry Cirino (R) is wrong about the educational philosophy of John Dewey, who in reality saw diverse voices as immensely valuable and would not support state censorship of university curricula.
Also love how they're mandating the Federalist Papers while simultaneously ignoring them.
Also love how they're mandating the Federalist Papers while simultaneously ignoring them.
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Greta Thunberg is right.
June 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Greta Thunberg is right.
Excellent analysis. Labeling Trumpism as a cult reflects a fantasy of closure and moral superiority, of natural and inevitable consequences for transgressing normality, when nothing of the sort is forthcoming.
The Real Reason We Want to See MAGA as a Cult
Understanding Trump’s movement this way helps us believe it will come to some disastrous end.
newrepublic.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Excellent analysis. Labeling Trumpism as a cult reflects a fantasy of closure and moral superiority, of natural and inevitable consequences for transgressing normality, when nothing of the sort is forthcoming.
The suggestion that Trump has crossed some new threshold, that he might one day be his own undoing, is a placating distraction. Absent consequences, such thresholds are without meaning. Keep your eyes on the capital order that produced and sustains him. Don't watch the exhaust, watch the engine.
‘Out Of His Mind’: Critics Aghast At Trump's ‘Detached From Reality’ New Message
The president shared a bizarre conspiracy theory about Joe Biden.
www.huffpost.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The suggestion that Trump has crossed some new threshold, that he might one day be his own undoing, is a placating distraction. Absent consequences, such thresholds are without meaning. Keep your eyes on the capital order that produced and sustains him. Don't watch the exhaust, watch the engine.
Spot on: "Thinking about this longer history helps us see that Trump is a symptom of a larger disease, rather than a cause. He’s the culmination of decades-long trends, and to assume that once he leaves the scene things will necessarily get better is to misunderstand the nature of the problem."
The Right Is Risen: It's Time to Admit the US Constitution Has Failed | Common Dreams
An 18th century white slaver’s rulebook has, unsurprisingly, failed to serve the interests of a modern, multi-racial democracy. We can do better.
www.commondreams.org
June 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Spot on: "Thinking about this longer history helps us see that Trump is a symptom of a larger disease, rather than a cause. He’s the culmination of decades-long trends, and to assume that once he leaves the scene things will necessarily get better is to misunderstand the nature of the problem."
I'm grateful I still find opportunities for dissatisfaction and boredom. Pervasive need fulfillment is a kind of pacification.
May 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm grateful I still find opportunities for dissatisfaction and boredom. Pervasive need fulfillment is a kind of pacification.
Something absolutely must be done about billionaires. Billionaires absolutely do not want anything done about them. The pressure builds; how is it going to escape? This is a statistical question about events before it's an ethical question about actions.
December 23, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Something absolutely must be done about billionaires. Billionaires absolutely do not want anything done about them. The pressure builds; how is it going to escape? This is a statistical question about events before it's an ethical question about actions.
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The shooter is a hero in my book. Absolutely zero sympathy for the CEO
December 6, 2024 at 12:57 AM
The shooter is a hero in my book. Absolutely zero sympathy for the CEO
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After reading this, I feel like a CEO getting shot ain't enough.
Just one? Nah, let the whole board of directors feel that fear, too. Dust off the French guillotines, if necessary. If the rich think they're free to do whatever they want then they might need a reminder.
Just one? Nah, let the whole board of directors feel that fear, too. Dust off the French guillotines, if necessary. If the rich think they're free to do whatever they want then they might need a reminder.
December 5, 2024 at 9:50 PM
After reading this, I feel like a CEO getting shot ain't enough.
Just one? Nah, let the whole board of directors feel that fear, too. Dust off the French guillotines, if necessary. If the rich think they're free to do whatever they want then they might need a reminder.
Just one? Nah, let the whole board of directors feel that fear, too. Dust off the French guillotines, if necessary. If the rich think they're free to do whatever they want then they might need a reminder.
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It’s really disheartening to see trans users having to step back from Bluesky because of the influx of transphobic harassment. Trans posters built the culture of this platform and it would behoove cis allies to advocate for their safety as Bluesky expands and they get targeted
December 1, 2024 at 9:37 PM
It’s really disheartening to see trans users having to step back from Bluesky because of the influx of transphobic harassment. Trans posters built the culture of this platform and it would behoove cis allies to advocate for their safety as Bluesky expands and they get targeted
Venial sin amortizes the caustic justice siphon.
November 27, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Venial sin amortizes the caustic justice siphon.
November 27, 2024 at 5:33 AM
One wonders what there might be to redeem us from lining up like pigs along a trough to slop and choke down the viscera of children born under the whip. We can only imagine something which transforms our fundamental nature, knowing ourselves so vile, knowing our own hearts and our own blind feeding.
November 27, 2024 at 4:43 AM
One wonders what there might be to redeem us from lining up like pigs along a trough to slop and choke down the viscera of children born under the whip. We can only imagine something which transforms our fundamental nature, knowing ourselves so vile, knowing our own hearts and our own blind feeding.