Josh Rudolph
@voltron64.bsky.social
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They are, as a core ideological tenet, actively hostile to professionalism and institutional standards. That something is wildly immature and trashes civic norms, such as government agencies communicating in meme-speak slop while ganking somebody's IP over their express objection, is reason enough.
Anyone have a theory on the administration's sudden obsession with Franklin the turtle?
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
They are, as a core ideological tenet, actively hostile to professionalism and institutional standards. That something is wildly immature and trashes civic norms, such as government agencies communicating in meme-speak slop while ganking somebody's IP over their express objection, is reason enough.
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If the global financial system so much as flutters, China's economy will implode.
China Banking News: "Beijing has given marching orders to China’s commercial banks, to extend “special loans” to financially distressed government entities running late on their payments to regional businesses."
open.substack.com/pub/chinaban...
open.substack.com/pub/chinaban...
Beijing orders China's banks to lend to debt-burdened state-owned entities
The goal is to boost China's economy with an influx of funds for small businesses.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
If the global financial system so much as flutters, China's economy will implode.
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AI corpos are paying influencers and actors a cartloads to shill it so makes sense. How embarrassing.
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
AI corpos are paying influencers and actors a cartloads to shill it so makes sense. How embarrassing.
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"porn's going back underground"
"we're going back to cash"
"we're going to crypto"
"we're gonna mail print only"
how about instead of saying funny shit online you call your reps and speak up for us so we don't have to do this
"we're going back to cash"
"we're going to crypto"
"we're gonna mail print only"
how about instead of saying funny shit online you call your reps and speak up for us so we don't have to do this
December 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"porn's going back underground"
"we're going back to cash"
"we're going to crypto"
"we're gonna mail print only"
how about instead of saying funny shit online you call your reps and speak up for us so we don't have to do this
"we're going back to cash"
"we're going to crypto"
"we're gonna mail print only"
how about instead of saying funny shit online you call your reps and speak up for us so we don't have to do this
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too many people want to have kids but don't want to parent
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
too many people want to have kids but don't want to parent
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The average 7th Party System Democrat.
I’m running for the U.S. Senate so the people who built Colorado can take back control of our healthcare, our homes, and our futures.
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The average 7th Party System Democrat.
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I wrote about Trump's attack on Somalis, and how racism is both a tactic and a goal for fascists. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
Let's call Trump's anti-Somali hate for what it is
It's not "heated" or "divisive." It's Nazi stuff.
www.publicnotice.co
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I wrote about Trump's attack on Somalis, and how racism is both a tactic and a goal for fascists. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
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Tech used to have an aesthetic and didn't track your spending habits
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Tech used to have an aesthetic and didn't track your spending habits
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I have already written to my future descendants, and I realized later that I could summarize my pages in a single cartoon by Tom Toro, published in 2012 in The New Yorker, which remains one of my favorites.
December 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I have already written to my future descendants, and I realized later that I could summarize my pages in a single cartoon by Tom Toro, published in 2012 in The New Yorker, which remains one of my favorites.
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Oh...oh no. He can't really think that...right?
I think every single day about how Schumer wrote in his latest book that the Serbs and Bosnians got over it
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Oh...oh no. He can't really think that...right?
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Wow, so true, now to take a big sip of coffee and read up on which participants in the Israel/Palestine conflict have accepted partition and the framework of a 2SS since 1988 and which one continues to insist on total unilateral control of all of the territory between the River and the Sea.
My apologies I forgot he was actually just positively quoting Bill Maher, who says that the Serbs and Muslims got over it
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Wow, so true, now to take a big sip of coffee and read up on which participants in the Israel/Palestine conflict have accepted partition and the framework of a 2SS since 1988 and which one continues to insist on total unilateral control of all of the territory between the River and the Sea.
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This is extremely funny given that she already confessed to contributing to the toxic culture, but when someone else calls her out for it she goes back on the attack. It’s just who she is.
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is extremely funny given that she already confessed to contributing to the toxic culture, but when someone else calls her out for it she goes back on the attack. It’s just who she is.
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The Biden admin shoulda followed the Harry Hopkins school of lend lease tbh
I think one of the biggest mistakes we (the west) made was not spinning up Ukraine on tacair sooner.
After nearly 4 years of war, they would absolutely have a very capable conventional air capability if we devoted the energy early on.
My lesson learned: go big early in defense of Democracy.
After nearly 4 years of war, they would absolutely have a very capable conventional air capability if we devoted the energy early on.
My lesson learned: go big early in defense of Democracy.
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Biden admin shoulda followed the Harry Hopkins school of lend lease tbh
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Dumb bastards really did think that 2024 was the End Of History
Lol so the UTGOP is so scared shitless of sharing the ballot with the Union Ban referendum they are just going to repeal it before?
BREAKING NEWS: The Utah legislature will REPEAL the anti-union law they passed earlier this year in Tuesday's special session: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
December 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Dumb bastards really did think that 2024 was the End Of History
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“People do not have a right to a platform for their ideas. People do not have the right to a debate. However, people do have a right to not have to hear that their worth as human beings, their very existence in society, is something that is up for debate.”
Boiling Water
The corrosive damage caused by forcing people to defend their own lives by debating ideas that have already been defeated.
www.the-reframe.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“People do not have a right to a platform for their ideas. People do not have the right to a debate. However, people do have a right to not have to hear that their worth as human beings, their very existence in society, is something that is up for debate.”
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a regime that is publicly humiliated by Henry Cuellar does not have the juice to dismantle the Republic.
December 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
a regime that is publicly humiliated by Henry Cuellar does not have the juice to dismantle the Republic.
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It is *extremely* telling what NYT leadership feels comfortable opining about
Anger over illegal migration helped return Donald Trump to the presidency. A New York Times review of former President Joe Biden’s actions on immigration found that Biden and his advisers repeatedly rebuffed recommendations to stem that migration. Here are key takeaways.
4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record
A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that they created an opening for a more aggressive Trump administration agenda.
nyti.ms
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It is *extremely* telling what NYT leadership feels comfortable opining about
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
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Bipartisanship and norms were always an excuse not to make hard governing decisions and it selected for a class of politicians who are afraid of power, unsure of what they’re looking at when faced with genuine irreconcilable polarization and too stupid to realize the old rules no longer apply.
December 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Bipartisanship and norms were always an excuse not to make hard governing decisions and it selected for a class of politicians who are afraid of power, unsure of what they’re looking at when faced with genuine irreconcilable polarization and too stupid to realize the old rules no longer apply.
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I T ‘ S T H E P H O N E S
K I L L T H E P H O N E S
K I L L T H E P H O N E S
Why is chudification happening in real time to like 90% of politicians across the spectrum
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I T ‘ S T H E P H O N E S
K I L L T H E P H O N E S
K I L L T H E P H O N E S
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Lol so the UTGOP is so scared shitless of sharing the ballot with the Union Ban referendum they are just going to repeal it before?
BREAKING NEWS: The Utah legislature will REPEAL the anti-union law they passed earlier this year in Tuesday's special session: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
Repeal of anti-union bill, redistricting on special session agenda
The Utah State Legislature is planning to repeal a controversial bill that bans public employee unions from collective bargaining.
www.fox13now.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Lol so the UTGOP is so scared shitless of sharing the ballot with the Union Ban referendum they are just going to repeal it before?
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We really need a Secretary of the Arts in this country.
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We really need a Secretary of the Arts in this country.
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
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this is a good excuse to post my all time favorite Star Trek meme
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this is a good excuse to post my all time favorite Star Trek meme
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Most lonely straight men don't understand that they're not exactly in competition with other men when it comes to relationships. The real hurdle is being a better experience for a woman than staying single. Should be an obvious bar to clear, but apparently not.
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Most lonely straight men don't understand that they're not exactly in competition with other men when it comes to relationships. The real hurdle is being a better experience for a woman than staying single. Should be an obvious bar to clear, but apparently not.