Turgid Jacobian
@turgidjacobian.bsky.social
I like a lot of things. Other things, less.
Pinned
Going to be incommunicado for a couple of weeks-low device locations for me for a bit.
Good luck, tweeps
Good luck, tweeps
Going to be incommunicado for a couple of weeks-low device locations for me for a bit.
Good luck, tweeps
Good luck, tweeps
January 11, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Going to be incommunicado for a couple of weeks-low device locations for me for a bit.
Good luck, tweeps
Good luck, tweeps
The vice signalers' fallacy
There's got to be a word for a fallacy where someone assumes a rule or a norm that sounds humanitarian must be entirely divorced from pragmatic logic.
The Trump administration is obviously a common offender, but it's not the only one.
The Trump administration is obviously a common offender, but it's not the only one.
January 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The vice signalers' fallacy
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So they're wiping the kiddie porn off the hard drives huh
NEW: These are ICE agents removing evidence from the shooter's home. They are not DOJ, they are Jonathan Ross's friends and coworkers, not DOJ.
This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
So they're wiping the kiddie porn off the hard drives huh
Fuck me, man, I need to mute Indiana and Oregon .
a white duck with an orange beak is standing on a rock
Alt: a white duck with an orange beak is standing on a rock
media.tenor.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Fuck me, man, I need to mute Indiana and Oregon .
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They are hunting wine moms now, because the thought of middle aged women not knowing their place enrages them.
The MAGA regime is currently doubling down on its tactical stance of “we will kill women like dogs for merely displeasing us.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:28 AM
They are hunting wine moms now, because the thought of middle aged women not knowing their place enrages them.
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Hello new friends (courtesy of the ever magnanimous @themerl.bsky.social)
We are the Merchant Adventurers' Hall - a medieval guild hall in York.
What we lack in serious museum content we make up for in big roof energy. 👇
We are the Merchant Adventurers' Hall - a medieval guild hall in York.
What we lack in serious museum content we make up for in big roof energy. 👇
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Hello new friends (courtesy of the ever magnanimous @themerl.bsky.social)
We are the Merchant Adventurers' Hall - a medieval guild hall in York.
What we lack in serious museum content we make up for in big roof energy. 👇
We are the Merchant Adventurers' Hall - a medieval guild hall in York.
What we lack in serious museum content we make up for in big roof energy. 👇
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Ah yes, the Kavanaugh stop. A brief law enforcement encounter that lasts a mere *checks notes* 25 days.
The Department of Homeland Security released a Maryland woman who was held for 25 days despite evidence that her lawyers say proves she was born in the United States and is a citizen.
After 25 days, ICE releases Maryland woman who says she is a U.S. citizen
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was detained in December despite her legal team’s claims that she was born in the United States.
wapo.st
January 8, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Ah yes, the Kavanaugh stop. A brief law enforcement encounter that lasts a mere *checks notes* 25 days.
God, it's all so stupid.
January 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
God, it's all so stupid.
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Texas universities are no longer actual schools where people can go to learn. They have ceased being universities.
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Texas universities are no longer actual schools where people can go to learn. They have ceased being universities.
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A guy uploaded child porn and not only faced no legal liability, he had his account personally reinstated by Elon Musk
No sign of this being remotely true, by the way
January 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A guy uploaded child porn and not only faced no legal liability, he had his account personally reinstated by Elon Musk
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Like correct me if I'm wrong, but the entire """"narcoterrorism"""" pretext hinged on there being an Actual Group called Cartel de los Soles
My feelings are so strange right now. This is simultaneously the funniest thing I've ever read, and I am also absolutely incandescent with rage.
it's going Great as the Trump admin has to admit they made up a cartel
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Like correct me if I'm wrong, but the entire """"narcoterrorism"""" pretext hinged on there being an Actual Group called Cartel de los Soles
Lovely sky this morning
January 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Lovely sky this morning
Hahahahahaha
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Hahahahahaha
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Elon decided to make a right wing LLM and confirmed pedocon theory in the process
January 5, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Elon decided to make a right wing LLM and confirmed pedocon theory in the process
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So much of his existence is like Wario Obama so it makes sense we went from one of our most cultured presidents to the outer borough thug
January 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
So much of his existence is like Wario Obama so it makes sense we went from one of our most cultured presidents to the outer borough thug
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Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
Possibly the sole advantage to living in a household where I'm seemingly the only person whose vision isn't almost totally dependent on motion... is that they all stopped registering the existence of the fudge in the fridge after day one.
January 4, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Possibly the sole advantage to living in a household where I'm seemingly the only person whose vision isn't almost totally dependent on motion... is that they all stopped registering the existence of the fudge in the fridge after day one.
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Sir Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."
Me: (can't see at all because the cat knocked my glasses behind the toilet)
Me: (can't see at all because the cat knocked my glasses behind the toilet)
January 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Sir Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."
Me: (can't see at all because the cat knocked my glasses behind the toilet)
Me: (can't see at all because the cat knocked my glasses behind the toilet)
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You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
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I can't believe the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize would do this.
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I can't believe the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize would do this.
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
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The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
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Maybe Maduro turned himself in so he can use the $50M reward as downpayment for his pardon bribe?
And to think he could have just bought Trump coins.
And to think he could have just bought Trump coins.
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Maybe Maduro turned himself in so he can use the $50M reward as downpayment for his pardon bribe?
And to think he could have just bought Trump coins.
And to think he could have just bought Trump coins.