Egghead
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Reality is a progression of Moments and we're in the dumbest one yet
Reality is a progression of Moments and we're in the dumbest one yet
I just think every representative that votes to continue funding ICE should be tried by the ICC for their complicity in perpetuating crimes against humanity. Clearly our constitution means nothing and our justice system means even less.
January 20, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I just think every representative that votes to continue funding ICE should be tried by the ICC for their complicity in perpetuating crimes against humanity. Clearly our constitution means nothing and our justice system means even less.
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i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
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A passage from the 1943 OSS psychological assessment of Hitler, for your holiday mo(u)rning www.cia.gov/readingroom/...
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A passage from the 1943 OSS psychological assessment of Hitler, for your holiday mo(u)rning www.cia.gov/readingroom/...
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on his day, I always read MLK's riverside church speech ("beyond vietnam"), which he gave exactly one year before he was killed... if only it didn't always feel so damn relevant. sigh.
(from: kinginstitute.sites-pro.stanford.edu/king-papers/...)
(from: kinginstitute.sites-pro.stanford.edu/king-papers/...)
!["A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, “This way of settling differences is not just.” This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. [sustained applause]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kcaed6g32y2hmuhsdcbfeyqx/bafkreiclwqtwzc53saaoartukufgjjy3midnrk4gu3ewieh2a5b4gpglua@jpeg)
January 15, 2024 at 5:01 PM
on his day, I always read MLK's riverside church speech ("beyond vietnam"), which he gave exactly one year before he was killed... if only it didn't always feel so damn relevant. sigh.
(from: kinginstitute.sites-pro.stanford.edu/king-papers/...)
(from: kinginstitute.sites-pro.stanford.edu/king-papers/...)
Unsimplified: these are all the same insecurity expressed distinctly but consistently: Trump et al have an impossible expectation of masculinity that demands respect without resistance calibrated to a racialized patriarchy that no longer exists; Obama & the libs symbolize their intolerable failure
It sounds ludicrous and oversimplified if you're not a huge racist with a host of insecurities, but "Obama" is one of the key explanations for a lot of what Trump and Republicans do.
(Other similar explanations include "gender" and "to own the libs.")
(Other similar explanations include "gender" and "to own the libs.")
fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
January 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Unsimplified: these are all the same insecurity expressed distinctly but consistently: Trump et al have an impossible expectation of masculinity that demands respect without resistance calibrated to a racialized patriarchy that no longer exists; Obama & the libs symbolize their intolerable failure
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The "ICE is using military tactics suited for a warzone, not for American streets" rhetoric kinda misses the point that warzones are not naturally occuring. The US military creates war zones from residential neighborhoods and the tactics are not more justifiable just because it's overseas
January 18, 2026 at 1:42 AM
The "ICE is using military tactics suited for a warzone, not for American streets" rhetoric kinda misses the point that warzones are not naturally occuring. The US military creates war zones from residential neighborhoods and the tactics are not more justifiable just because it's overseas
Great thread. It exposes the ambiguity of enlightenment thought that has allowed fascism to continually reassert itself. It raises the question that often makes "equality" an uncomfortable topic: *why* do we believe all humans should be treated as equals?" It turns out no truth is self-evident:
The history of modern political philosophy can be summed up like this: all humans were created equal, and so should be treated thusly. This is the proclaimed ideal. Then, in practice, an ever more nuanced web of exceptions has been spun, through which the universal human is defined ever narrower
the thing is, universal human rights are only universal if they include everyone, even the groups of people society has decided are less important (children, prisoners, people with names you can't pronounce, homeless people, the unemployed, disabled people who don't make good inspiration porn, etc)
January 18, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Great thread. It exposes the ambiguity of enlightenment thought that has allowed fascism to continually reassert itself. It raises the question that often makes "equality" an uncomfortable topic: *why* do we believe all humans should be treated as equals?" It turns out no truth is self-evident:
Abstraction is not a way of escaping reality, but of understanding reality at a different scope. Our individual judgements of deservedness and selectivity are justified in the moment but create a broader system of denial & exclusion. Universal Justice requires Unity, and Unity requires Universalism!
what it comes down to is this: if human rights are something you have to deserve, then anyone - including you! - can be deemed undeserving.
and once you believe that, the only thing separating you from a fascist is a little bit of haggling over the price.
and once you believe that, the only thing separating you from a fascist is a little bit of haggling over the price.
January 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Abstraction is not a way of escaping reality, but of understanding reality at a different scope. Our individual judgements of deservedness and selectivity are justified in the moment but create a broader system of denial & exclusion. Universal Justice requires Unity, and Unity requires Universalism!
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it’d be pretty cool if any of the people elected into positions of power that could possibly stop something like this would actually try to stop something like this
ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
it’d be pretty cool if any of the people elected into positions of power that could possibly stop something like this would actually try to stop something like this
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Child abuse is a central plank in the conservative platform, because physical mastery of the weak is how they establish dominance, their only value. It's not just something a lot of conservatives do, it is part of being a conservative.
About the ICE agent who fatally shot a man on New Year’s Eve while off-duty:
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
ICE agent believed responsible for L.A. killing accused of child abuse, racism in court filings
A court filing made public this week claims that a federal immigration agent thought to have shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year's Eve was previously accused of child abuse and making racist...
www.latimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Child abuse is a central plank in the conservative platform, because physical mastery of the weak is how they establish dominance, their only value. It's not just something a lot of conservatives do, it is part of being a conservative.
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This is a great teaching example for why cross-national comparison matters in social science. People also make “bad choices” in peer countries, but they’re far less likely to end up homeless.
Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.
“There Is No Place for Us”: A Sympathetic, but Skewed, Portrait of the Working Homeless
Brian Goldstone’s new book downplays the role of personal choices.
www.city-journal.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This is a great teaching example for why cross-national comparison matters in social science. People also make “bad choices” in peer countries, but they’re far less likely to end up homeless.
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"During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night.
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
"During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night.
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
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I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
January 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
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I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
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ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
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this is part of DBT btw :)
January 17, 2026 at 1:08 PM
this is part of DBT btw :)
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This kind of messaging is intended to drown moms in research, risk, and responsibility.
The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.
The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr: "This idea that you should trust the experts, a good mother doesn't do that"
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This kind of messaging is intended to drown moms in research, risk, and responsibility.
The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.
The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.
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"there's evidence they FEEL shortchanged"
I dunno. That would have been a good time to do a quick analysis as to whether rural areas are actually shortchanged (because they're not).
I dunno. That would have been a good time to do a quick analysis as to whether rural areas are actually shortchanged (because they're not).
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
"there's evidence they FEEL shortchanged"
I dunno. That would have been a good time to do a quick analysis as to whether rural areas are actually shortchanged (because they're not).
I dunno. That would have been a good time to do a quick analysis as to whether rural areas are actually shortchanged (because they're not).
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Cops don’t need a warrant to enter your home anymore
Supreme Court Backs Police Entry Without Warrant in Emergencies www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Supreme Court Backs Police Entry Without Warrant in Emergencies
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Cops don’t need a warrant to enter your home anymore
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If you can see through “ICE killed her because she was a domestic terrorist attacking them” in the U.S., you can see through “the IDF killed them because they were Hamas terrorists attacking them” in Palestine.
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
If you can see through “ICE killed her because she was a domestic terrorist attacking them” in the U.S., you can see through “the IDF killed them because they were Hamas terrorists attacking them” in Palestine.
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trump doesn't want people to be angry about ICE murdering people, he just wants ICE to murder people. being angry about that is what *you* should want. you're a politician, man. you should know that anger over injustice is like, one of the best ways to channel political power into action. grow up
State investigators have been on the scene in North Minneapolis.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 AM
trump doesn't want people to be angry about ICE murdering people, he just wants ICE to murder people. being angry about that is what *you* should want. you're a politician, man. you should know that anger over injustice is like, one of the best ways to channel political power into action. grow up
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A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.
January 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.
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You know what prevents bad actors like this?
PURITY TESTS.
PURITY TESTS.
Hey CA!
Vet out candidates closely!! There are going to be a LOT of these wolves in sheep's clothing this year.
www.rawstory.com/california-r...
Vet out candidates closely!! There are going to be a LOT of these wolves in sheep's clothing this year.
www.rawstory.com/california-r...
Pro-Auschwitz Republican flips to Democrat in bid to win after California redistricting
A Republican candidate for governor in California will instead run for Congress as a Democrat despite floating Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, as an "unemployment plan."In paperwork f...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
You know what prevents bad actors like this?
PURITY TESTS.
PURITY TESTS.