Tucker Whatley
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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I've had a promotional VHS for the test animation that became Batman: The Animated Series for a long time, I bought it on eBay in like...1999? The version they put as a bonus on the DVD said they lost the audio but uh, here it is. You're welcome Bruce Timm.
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I've had a promotional VHS for the test animation that became Batman: The Animated Series for a long time, I bought it on eBay in like...1999? The version they put as a bonus on the DVD said they lost the audio but uh, here it is. You're welcome Bruce Timm.
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I spent the weekend trying to process what's happening in my city of Minneapolis, Minnesota by creating this video. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 26, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I spent the weekend trying to process what's happening in my city of Minneapolis, Minnesota by creating this video. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
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In Super Mario Galaxy, the stars on the letters of the logo spell "u r mr gay", while for the movie it says "he mr gay". This is because you are watching Mario, not playing him.
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In Super Mario Galaxy, the stars on the letters of the logo spell "u r mr gay", while for the movie it says "he mr gay". This is because you are watching Mario, not playing him.
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
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new recession indicator just dropped
September 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
new recession indicator just dropped
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"Selling Out Is Bad" is a valuable concept and despite all the baggage and bullshit and elitism it could contain it's actually really good to reinforce the ideal that having integrity when it matters, especially when it hurts, is what good/cool people do. Should be adapted instead of jettisoned.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"Selling Out Is Bad" is a valuable concept and despite all the baggage and bullshit and elitism it could contain it's actually really good to reinforce the ideal that having integrity when it matters, especially when it hurts, is what good/cool people do. Should be adapted instead of jettisoned.
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In short, force them to try to rule by naked force because they *do not* have enough force and the very nakedness of it will mean they have less and less.
The Civil Rights movement overcame far more with far less, if we had a fraction of their courage, we'll win.
The Civil Rights movement overcame far more with far less, if we had a fraction of their courage, we'll win.
September 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
In short, force them to try to rule by naked force because they *do not* have enough force and the very nakedness of it will mean they have less and less.
The Civil Rights movement overcame far more with far less, if we had a fraction of their courage, we'll win.
The Civil Rights movement overcame far more with far less, if we had a fraction of their courage, we'll win.
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Lefties are radicalized by financial emergencies or institutional failures. Righties are radicalized by people being mean to them online.
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This predates the social media wars of the late 2010s: One Trump appointee told me that a radicalizing experience was being booted out of the [italics] Gawker comments section [roman], way back in the day. But as progressive](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lyspo2bgxpznqtug5ir2q33g/bafkreiclluc2id5dmxlbfzwuj4ftldmlgn34xnsi444ccbuldbifjf3yau@jpeg)
September 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Lefties are radicalized by financial emergencies or institutional failures. Righties are radicalized by people being mean to them online.
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*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
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a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
January 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
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Me when I get to babysit my 5 year old cousin
September 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Me when I get to babysit my 5 year old cousin
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this thing is a living submarine that's the the final boss of earth that cruises miles underwater hunting the fucking Kraken with sonar for snacks and we named it after nut
Just woke up from a social media pause and the first thing I see is an incredible footage of a sperm whale casually cruising with a giant squid in its mouth ??
🦑 🌊 🌿
🦑 🌊 🌿
September 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
this thing is a living submarine that's the the final boss of earth that cruises miles underwater hunting the fucking Kraken with sonar for snacks and we named it after nut
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This explains it better than I can
September 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This explains it better than I can
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In books: Law is a tool, not an end in itself. Justice is the goal of all human rights undertakings—everything in “right relationship.” Right relationship is not status quo and does not appear on the scene without arduous struggle and fundamental social readjustment.
Book Excerpt: 'The Arc Doesn’t Bend Itself'
A new memoir traces the evolution of a trailblazing civil rights group in Texas.
www.texasobserver.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In books: Law is a tool, not an end in itself. Justice is the goal of all human rights undertakings—everything in “right relationship.” Right relationship is not status quo and does not appear on the scene without arduous struggle and fundamental social readjustment.
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We simply cannot live in a country where the death of hate mongers is a tragedy and the death of everyone else only warrants a shrug.
September 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We simply cannot live in a country where the death of hate mongers is a tragedy and the death of everyone else only warrants a shrug.
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It feels like the current administration made a bad call with their “fire everyone with a lifetime of experience solving crimes” strategy
September 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It feels like the current administration made a bad call with their “fire everyone with a lifetime of experience solving crimes” strategy
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This is the person they are suspending people over btw
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is the person they are suspending people over btw
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Thomas Jefferson, now he was a kind of Celebrimbor of his age.
September 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Thomas Jefferson, now he was a kind of Celebrimbor of his age.
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People saying Trump is dying or possibly dead, but I for one would urge caution, because it is quite possible a second healtbar will appear as he enters his second phase and a gargantuan centipede will burst forth from his torso, so be careful of his new sweep attacks and toxic buildup from bites.
August 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
People saying Trump is dying or possibly dead, but I for one would urge caution, because it is quite possible a second healtbar will appear as he enters his second phase and a gargantuan centipede will burst forth from his torso, so be careful of his new sweep attacks and toxic buildup from bites.
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May 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM