Scott Williams
@tpcscott.bsky.social
Former TV researcher • I got paid to figure out why people like TV shows • the double-slit experiment wrecks my brain • dogs > cats • Tonal fan • Niners
the penguins outmaneuvered trump on tariffs
April 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
the penguins outmaneuvered trump on tariffs
Good to see some starting to snap out of it. Welcome to reality.
April 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Good to see some starting to snap out of it. Welcome to reality.
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Christianity doesn’t teach morality—it teaches obedience. Instead of valuing all people equally (horizontal morality), it trains followers to submit to power (vertical morality). This is why Christians keep aligning with authoritarian rulers. I break it down in my latest essay. Read on Substack:
The Gospel of Control: How Christianity Prepares Its Followers for Authoritarian Rule
To confront injustice, we must examine its source.
edgarrooke.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Christianity doesn’t teach morality—it teaches obedience. Instead of valuing all people equally (horizontal morality), it trains followers to submit to power (vertical morality). This is why Christians keep aligning with authoritarian rulers. I break it down in my latest essay. Read on Substack:
Most kids think their parents are dumb. If they want to know for sure, just ask them if they gave you the measles vaccine.
March 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Most kids think their parents are dumb. If they want to know for sure, just ask them if they gave you the measles vaccine.
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Can confirm. Former USAID here, and I’ve been approached twice in the last 30 days.
Your new allies: www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
www.cnn.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Can confirm. Former USAID here, and I’ve been approached twice in the last 30 days.
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Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
February 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
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For Black History Month, I bring you this. Everything they're trying to cover up, all the history they're trying to erase, this is at the root of it. I encourage you to study it. Sit with it. Especially if you grew up here, and/or, like me, you have slavers among your ancestors.
February 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
For Black History Month, I bring you this. Everything they're trying to cover up, all the history they're trying to erase, this is at the root of it. I encourage you to study it. Sit with it. Especially if you grew up here, and/or, like me, you have slavers among your ancestors.
Mills has a higher approval rating than he does. Bigly.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Mills has a higher approval rating than he does. Bigly.
Try asking DeepSeek if China is a dictatorship and then watch it censor itself - you can see it writing an answer but then it comes back with “that’s beyond my scope.”
If you are considering downloading DeepSeek, please read this first and share with others
You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..
You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..
You should read DeepSeek terms and conditions before you download the app:
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
January 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Try asking DeepSeek if China is a dictatorship and then watch it censor itself - you can see it writing an answer but then it comes back with “that’s beyond my scope.”
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Thanks. This clarifies nothing.
January 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Thanks. This clarifies nothing.
Abhorrent
The White House has to "check back" about whether or not they just shut off the program that funds health care for 2 million Arizonans?
I can tell you the answer: Arizona's Medicaid payment portal has been turned off.
This is absurd.
I can tell you the answer: Arizona's Medicaid payment portal has been turned off.
This is absurd.
January 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Abhorrent
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This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
January 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
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If your spouse needs a safe word with her friends to protect herself from you, you should be in therapy.
Or in prison.
Not the Secretary of Defense.
Or in prison.
Not the Secretary of Defense.
January 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If your spouse needs a safe word with her friends to protect herself from you, you should be in therapy.
Or in prison.
Not the Secretary of Defense.
Or in prison.
Not the Secretary of Defense.
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If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
🙌🏼
BREAKING: North Carolina Supreme Court Rejects Petition to Toss 60k Ballots, Waits for Lower Courts.
Paige and I explain this big development.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLi...
Paige and I explain this big development.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLi...
BREAKING: North Carolina Supreme Court Rejects Petition to Toss 60k Ballots, Waits for Lower Courts
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
🙌🏼
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A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant.
I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.
Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.
Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
November 11, 2024 at 7:21 PM
A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant.
I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.
Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.
Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
If it doesn’t mean what it means, then post a video of yourself doing it.
January 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
If it doesn’t mean what it means, then post a video of yourself doing it.
💯 musk
the "there, my initial thought" is a telltale elon musk-ism
What is socialism, if not the state owning the memes of production
January 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
💯 musk
Zuck’s masculine energy
January 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Zuck’s masculine energy
Buckle up
Nothing to worry about, just the pro-Putin president getting the anti-Putin intelligence committee chair who does oversight removed from his position
Turner is one of the most pro-Ukraine, anti-Putin Republicans and as intelligence chair has access to the gritty details of what our adversaries are up to.
This is an intra-party purge in the service of opponents of our democracy — and a preview of what’s coming when Trump takes power in five days.
This is an intra-party purge in the service of opponents of our democracy — and a preview of what’s coming when Trump takes power in five days.
January 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Buckle up
because believing what's actually true would mean having to change your behavior. lies are easier.
People believe all kinds of bullshit conspiracies but the actual conspiracy to cook the planet for profit is somehow not getting as much traction as some weird shit about cyanide in fruit or seed oils or whatever.
January 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
because believing what's actually true would mean having to change your behavior. lies are easier.
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In my country if you want to fight fires you can do 540 hours of training & become a highly salaried firefighter. But if you are impatient you can just kill someone & fight fires for free. However if you want to continue fighting fires after paying your debt to society you must kill someone again.
January 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
In my country if you want to fight fires you can do 540 hours of training & become a highly salaried firefighter. But if you are impatient you can just kill someone & fight fires for free. However if you want to continue fighting fires after paying your debt to society you must kill someone again.