Zach
@zachmayer.bsky.social
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up there with this classic:
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odysseus: we now set out on our odyssey.
sailor: [raising hand] what's an odyssey?
odysseus: a long journey named after the only survivor.
sailor: oh ok wait what.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
up there with this classic:
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Jesus, can you hear me? Good, the comms are working. Now, you're gonna need to run if you want to evade those Roman soldiers. Hold down A to sprint. Go ahead and try it. ... Good work! You just might be the savior yet. Now pick up that AR-15 and let's do some target practice.
December 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Jesus, can you hear me? Good, the comms are working. Now, you're gonna need to run if you want to evade those Roman soldiers. Hold down A to sprint. Go ahead and try it. ... Good work! You just might be the savior yet. Now pick up that AR-15 and let's do some target practice.
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There should just be one massive car, so big it wraps around the globe dozens of times & is completely immovable, fused in place—a car that is everywhere at the same time but incapable of going anywhere.
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
There should just be one massive car, so big it wraps around the globe dozens of times & is completely immovable, fused in place—a car that is everywhere at the same time but incapable of going anywhere.
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...
There’s like a dozen things that are wrong about this statement.
December 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...
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“And Weiss is apparently doing this all for – sources in and close to the Trump administration tell Zeteo – people who don’t even like her, or who think she’s merely a “useful idiot” embedded in the legacy media that the president loves to trash.”
Bari Weiss praised El Salvador's dictator before spiking '60 Minutes' story on his torture prison.
new w/ @premthakker.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social @zeteo.com
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
new w/ @premthakker.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social @zeteo.com
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador’s Dictator Before Spiking '60 Minutes' Story on His Torture Prison
Weiss touted El Salvador’s brutal leader while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison.
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“And Weiss is apparently doing this all for – sources in and close to the Trump administration tell Zeteo – people who don’t even like her, or who think she’s merely a “useful idiot” embedded in the legacy media that the president loves to trash.”
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a suicide note whose existence and content federal authorities appear to have concealed for years while conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death in their custody raged out of control
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
a suicide note whose existence and content federal authorities appear to have concealed for years while conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death in their custody raged out of control
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it's easy to dunk on conservatives like helen andrews for being morons. in this piece i wanted to go a bit deeper. the great feminization is happening and it is world-historically weird. why is that?
www.theunpopulist.net/p/no-sweethe...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/no-sweethe...
No Sweetheart, Favoritism Isn't Driving ‘The Great Feminization’, Modernity Is
And it’s a good thing for women and the world, contrary to claims of the neo-right’s new darling
www.theunpopulist.net
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
it's easy to dunk on conservatives like helen andrews for being morons. in this piece i wanted to go a bit deeper. the great feminization is happening and it is world-historically weird. why is that?
www.theunpopulist.net/p/no-sweethe...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/no-sweethe...
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Whole administration, then: it's going to be a concentration camp and we couldn't be more aroused
Whole administration now: woah we can't let this piece publish it makes it look like a concentration camp
Whole administration now: woah we can't let this piece publish it makes it look like a concentration camp
December 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Whole administration, then: it's going to be a concentration camp and we couldn't be more aroused
Whole administration now: woah we can't let this piece publish it makes it look like a concentration camp
Whole administration now: woah we can't let this piece publish it makes it look like a concentration camp
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They were happily making piss-tinged ai memes bragging about how evil the camp was going to be, literally using multiple Nazi dog whistles in each one.
And *now* they're like "we can't let people think it's a concentration camp"
And *now* they're like "we can't let people think it's a concentration camp"
December 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
They were happily making piss-tinged ai memes bragging about how evil the camp was going to be, literally using multiple Nazi dog whistles in each one.
And *now* they're like "we can't let people think it's a concentration camp"
And *now* they're like "we can't let people think it's a concentration camp"
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Smart of Bari to spike the Trump critical story because, like the redacted Epstein Files, no one is talking about it now.
December 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Smart of Bari to spike the Trump critical story because, like the redacted Epstein Files, no one is talking about it now.
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This veteran civil rights litigator, who just won a Voting Rights Act case that helped Black Democrats break a GOP supermajority in deep-red Mississippi. Now, he shares his fears that #SCOTUS could be on verge of crippling the VRA.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Democrats Just Won Seats in Mississippi. The Supreme Court Could Block a Repeat.
A veteran civil rights attorney won a landmark redistricting case. He fears such wins could soon vanish.
www.politico.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This veteran civil rights litigator, who just won a Voting Rights Act case that helped Black Democrats break a GOP supermajority in deep-red Mississippi. Now, he shares his fears that #SCOTUS could be on verge of crippling the VRA.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
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Okay so she just killed a story investigating the concentration camp in a banana republic Trump is sending American residents to
Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
www.theatlantic.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Okay so she just killed a story investigating the concentration camp in a banana republic Trump is sending American residents to
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Almost every story Weiss greenlit at the Free Press lacked sufficient context. It's kinda their entire schtick.
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Almost every story Weiss greenlit at the Free Press lacked sufficient context. It's kinda their entire schtick.
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can't this weekend I'm writing the Great American AI Prompt
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
can't this weekend I'm writing the Great American AI Prompt
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Newly discovered phone call recordings show how far Trump went to attempt overturning the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/b6NRAnR
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/b6NRAnR
December 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Newly discovered phone call recordings show how far Trump went to attempt overturning the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/b6NRAnR
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/b6NRAnR
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A year of Met police dragging off nonviolent white pensioners is the best illustration I can recall of how western governments control the "terrorist" label and are willing to apply it to *anyone* whom they deem politcally inconvenient. See also: UNRWA; Ahmed al-Sharaa; US-Venezuela relations.
Arrests for terrorism-related offences are up 660% from last year after Palestine Action was banned
news.sky.com/story/terror...
news.sky.com/story/terror...
Terrorism arrests soar by 660% after Palestine Action ban
Official figures show 1,630, or 86%, of the 1,886 arrests for terrorism-related activity in the year to the end of September 2025 were linked to supporting the group.
news.sky.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A year of Met police dragging off nonviolent white pensioners is the best illustration I can recall of how western governments control the "terrorist" label and are willing to apply it to *anyone* whom they deem politcally inconvenient. See also: UNRWA; Ahmed al-Sharaa; US-Venezuela relations.
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It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost—$10.67?
Brutal numbers for food in the latest inflation report:
- bananas rose 6.7 percent in the past year
-beef and veal rose by 15.8 percent
-coffee, which rose 18.8 percent in the last year.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
- bananas rose 6.7 percent in the past year
-beef and veal rose by 15.8 percent
-coffee, which rose 18.8 percent in the last year.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Inflation spikes 2.7 percent despite Trump’s claims ‘prices are down’
Prices on numerous goods spike as the labor market continues to be sluggish
www.independent.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost—$10.67?
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Friends, don't take the bait. There is only one story tonight. Trump is unwell, and the nation is in crisis. More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/there-is-o...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/there-is-o...
There Is Only One Story Tonight - Trump Is Unwell
This was without question the most disturbing public speech by an American President in modern times....
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Friends, don't take the bait. There is only one story tonight. Trump is unwell, and the nation is in crisis. More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/there-is-o...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/there-is-o...
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i'm fascinated by how much people love and are amazed by chat gpt saying "nice catch!" and "great observation!" because i personally find the condescension and obsequiousness the most skin-crawling thing about how LLMs "talk"
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
i'm fascinated by how much people love and are amazed by chat gpt saying "nice catch!" and "great observation!" because i personally find the condescension and obsequiousness the most skin-crawling thing about how LLMs "talk"
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NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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it's so cool that he was able to run for president again and people elected him. just awesome stuff.
NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
it's so cool that he was able to run for president again and people elected him. just awesome stuff.
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TLDR: You fucking fight for the right thing. You fight for it because it's the fucking right thing. And when you do so, you do well. This is not hard to understand for anyone who doesn't have Pundit Brain. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
The high cost of rolling over on immigration
What Matt Yglesias, Hakeem Jeffries, and Keir Starmer got wrong about the politics of immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
TLDR: You fucking fight for the right thing. You fight for it because it's the fucking right thing. And when you do so, you do well. This is not hard to understand for anyone who doesn't have Pundit Brain. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...