wacky paki
@wp410.bsky.social
politics, movies, box office, and random memes
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Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
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if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
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I honestly still can’t believe they did this
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I honestly still can’t believe they did this
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
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Garcia: In our initial estimation—It could be that we're only getting about 10% of what the DOJ has. And of that 10%, 5% of that has already been released. And the other 5% is highly redacted. So we're getting very little so far
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Garcia: In our initial estimation—It could be that we're only getting about 10% of what the DOJ has. And of that 10%, 5% of that has already been released. And the other 5% is highly redacted. So we're getting very little so far
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those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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I don’t even like the Kennedy center but fuck that noise
December 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I don’t even like the Kennedy center but fuck that noise
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Yeah, the problem with what I guess I'll call Ezra Klein-style liberalism is that it holds that ideas work like tokens that do not have any inherent moral valence, you can trade them and exchange them and they do not actually say anything about the person holding them
if you ever, at any point, thought marjorie taylor greene was maybe secretly a good person get your instincts checked
December 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Yeah, the problem with what I guess I'll call Ezra Klein-style liberalism is that it holds that ideas work like tokens that do not have any inherent moral valence, you can trade them and exchange them and they do not actually say anything about the person holding them
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if you ever, at any point, thought marjorie taylor greene was maybe secretly a good person get your instincts checked
December 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
if you ever, at any point, thought marjorie taylor greene was maybe secretly a good person get your instincts checked
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to be clear, it is fine if you just want to dick around! that's what i mostly do on here. but the idea that "you're giving up the fight to influence people by not using X" is belied by the fact that effectively *no one* uses X. and i don't see any of the "use X!" people on tiktok or youtube.
December 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
to be clear, it is fine if you just want to dick around! that's what i mostly do on here. but the idea that "you're giving up the fight to influence people by not using X" is belied by the fact that effectively *no one* uses X. and i don't see any of the "use X!" people on tiktok or youtube.
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These people want leftist and liberals to come back to Twitter so badly. They give all kinds of reasons, but the fact is without them the Nazi bar marinates in its own juices and they can't stand it.
December 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
These people want leftist and liberals to come back to Twitter so badly. They give all kinds of reasons, but the fact is without them the Nazi bar marinates in its own juices and they can't stand it.
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‘STAR WARS: FATE OF THE OLD REPUBLIC’ has been announced.
Casey Hudson will return as the game director.
Casey Hudson will return as the game director.
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
‘STAR WARS: FATE OF THE OLD REPUBLIC’ has been announced.
Casey Hudson will return as the game director.
Casey Hudson will return as the game director.
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*US NOV. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE 88.7; EST. 93.3
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
*US NOV. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE 88.7; EST. 93.3
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Where I get worried is more about how this will cause people to misunderstand policy effects.
If a rezoning makes housing more available, such that household formation increases, that is a policy success!
But! If you look at "housing as percent of income" it will probably go *up*.
If a rezoning makes housing more available, such that household formation increases, that is a policy success!
But! If you look at "housing as percent of income" it will probably go *up*.
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Where I get worried is more about how this will cause people to misunderstand policy effects.
If a rezoning makes housing more available, such that household formation increases, that is a policy success!
But! If you look at "housing as percent of income" it will probably go *up*.
If a rezoning makes housing more available, such that household formation increases, that is a policy success!
But! If you look at "housing as percent of income" it will probably go *up*.
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
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i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
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the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the fact that most people don't realize that dishwashers are better than hand-washing in almost every aspect is a genuine failure.
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
the fact that most people don't realize that dishwashers are better than hand-washing in almost every aspect is a genuine failure.
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
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I just voted NO on the bill that fails to prevent the looming health care crisis and fails to rein in Trump’s lawless actions, but I won’t give up — and I urge the American people to stay in the fight despite this disappointing outcome.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I just voted NO on the bill that fails to prevent the looming health care crisis and fails to rein in Trump’s lawless actions, but I won’t give up — and I urge the American people to stay in the fight despite this disappointing outcome.
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They really stuck the landing on this one.
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
They really stuck the landing on this one.
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"It is clear now that claims of a fundamental realignment of American politics have been highly exaggerated." @gelliottmorris.com
The 2024 Trump "realignment" is over already
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"It is clear now that claims of a fundamental realignment of American politics have been highly exaggerated." @gelliottmorris.com
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“Once it starts to unravel, I don’t know where it stops.”
Physician and Michigan Senate candidate @abdulelsayed.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social why he’s afraid for the future of healthcare in the US.
Physician and Michigan Senate candidate @abdulelsayed.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social why he’s afraid for the future of healthcare in the US.
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“Once it starts to unravel, I don’t know where it stops.”
Physician and Michigan Senate candidate @abdulelsayed.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social why he’s afraid for the future of healthcare in the US.
Physician and Michigan Senate candidate @abdulelsayed.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social why he’s afraid for the future of healthcare in the US.
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not to bring the vibe down, but my guess is that after tonight Trump will probably double down on gerrymandering, voter suppression, and intimidation as tactics to disincentivize Dem turnout ahead of next year‘s midterms. (with margins like these, it won’t matter, but it’s a time to be vigilant)
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
not to bring the vibe down, but my guess is that after tonight Trump will probably double down on gerrymandering, voter suppression, and intimidation as tactics to disincentivize Dem turnout ahead of next year‘s midterms. (with margins like these, it won’t matter, but it’s a time to be vigilant)