ApocalypticaNow
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I've been online for 100 years. I believe in people power. I want us all to do better.
She/her. Phillyish. Crone-age. So so late.
She/her. Phillyish. Crone-age. So so late.
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"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
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"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
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I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.
January 6, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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your mileage may vary but my experience on here improved pretty noticeably when I stopped offering explanations to people whose questions sought conflict rather than answers
January 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
your mileage may vary but my experience on here improved pretty noticeably when I stopped offering explanations to people whose questions sought conflict rather than answers
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We now live in the country the Jan. 6 attackers and coup plotters hoped to create.
January 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
We now live in the country the Jan. 6 attackers and coup plotters hoped to create.
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"weak men create hard times" meme confirmed once again. a bunch of coddled stupid dickheads who take wretched material excess entirely for granted ruining everything for no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
"weak men create hard times" meme confirmed once again. a bunch of coddled stupid dickheads who take wretched material excess entirely for granted ruining everything for no reason
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last i checked, grok was #3 in the apple store's productivity downloads, and claude, which people i trust say is the best (at least for coding) and the most ethically run, wasn't in the top 10
Wrote about an obvious and yet profoundly underappreciated aspect of the AI boom: its total narrative capture by Elon Musk's X nymag.com/intelligence...
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
last i checked, grok was #3 in the apple store's productivity downloads, and claude, which people i trust say is the best (at least for coding) and the most ethically run, wasn't in the top 10
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Thinking about how the Taliban hates running Afghanistan because they have to actually show up to work every day instead of shooting guns with their friends.
Dan Bongino has departed FBI, per statement
January 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Thinking about how the Taliban hates running Afghanistan because they have to actually show up to work every day instead of shooting guns with their friends.
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Does this man understand how politics works
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Does this man understand how politics works
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can I just point out again that refusing an illegal order is what you're supposed to do? that's why the military defines some orders as illegal
NEW: Pentagon initiates proceedings to demote U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, a retired captain, over video telling soldiers to refuse illegal orders
January 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
can I just point out again that refusing an illegal order is what you're supposed to do? that's why the military defines some orders as illegal
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I do not believe in the death penalty for humans.
I do support the death penalty for corporations.
When they murder people, let's dissolve them. Break them up, destroy their technology, nationalize their assets.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
I do support the death penalty for corporations.
When they murder people, let's dissolve them. Break them up, destroy their technology, nationalize their assets.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case.
arstechnica.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 AM
I do not believe in the death penalty for humans.
I do support the death penalty for corporations.
When they murder people, let's dissolve them. Break them up, destroy their technology, nationalize their assets.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
I do support the death penalty for corporations.
When they murder people, let's dissolve them. Break them up, destroy their technology, nationalize their assets.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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This is the correct read. Most European leaders have a 'white knuckle it until Governor Fungible (D-Nonsuch) gets 270 electoral votes in 2029' approach. Not a good idea IMV.
"Vassal" talk is a bit much, but those Starmer (and other EU leaders tbf) statements read like all these people still believe, if we can just hold our breath for three more years, this nightmare will be over and we'll be back to singing Atlantic Kumbaya
January 5, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This is the correct read. Most European leaders have a 'white knuckle it until Governor Fungible (D-Nonsuch) gets 270 electoral votes in 2029' approach. Not a good idea IMV.
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Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
The periodic studies proving the big benefits and minimal risks of gender affirming care remind me of the periodic studies proving the big benefits and minimal risks of universal basic income.
They work but won't affect policy for (cruel) political reasons
They work but won't affect policy for (cruel) political reasons
Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
Utah debate over transgender treatments for minors divides policymakers, experts over state 'systematic review'
Do No Harm alleges Utah Department of Health and Human Services "systematic review" misleads on transgender outcomes.
www.deseret.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The periodic studies proving the big benefits and minimal risks of gender affirming care remind me of the periodic studies proving the big benefits and minimal risks of universal basic income.
They work but won't affect policy for (cruel) political reasons
They work but won't affect policy for (cruel) political reasons
When looking back at historical events, we tend to impose narrative, cause-and-effect, and rationality to the choices actors made. In the actual moment however, events are fluid, contingent, and can be the result of inexplicable choices by the players involved
i think people are wildly overestimating the level of strategic thinking behind what just happened in venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
When looking back at historical events, we tend to impose narrative, cause-and-effect, and rationality to the choices actors made. In the actual moment however, events are fluid, contingent, and can be the result of inexplicable choices by the players involved
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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How you manufacture consent.
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
How you manufacture consent.
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A whale went on Polymarket a few days ago & earned $400,000 correctly predicting Maduro's capture.
@emmarjanssen.bsky.social had already been studying how easy it would be for White House officials to use prediction markets to self-enrich based on their own policy decisions.
This is a great report.
@emmarjanssen.bsky.social had already been studying how easy it would be for White House officials to use prediction markets to self-enrich based on their own policy decisions.
This is a great report.
Monetizing Regime Change - The American Prospect
It is trivially easy for administration officials to use prediction markets to bet on the policies they authorize. We may have just seen it in Venezuela.
prospect.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A whale went on Polymarket a few days ago & earned $400,000 correctly predicting Maduro's capture.
@emmarjanssen.bsky.social had already been studying how easy it would be for White House officials to use prediction markets to self-enrich based on their own policy decisions.
This is a great report.
@emmarjanssen.bsky.social had already been studying how easy it would be for White House officials to use prediction markets to self-enrich based on their own policy decisions.
This is a great report.
A man with a lifetime of crime and little/no punishment for any of it and a Republican Party dedicated to winning no matter the cost
Loving how the Supreme Court has created a President who feels emboldened to act with total immunity such that he just goes into other countries and arrests THEIR Presidents for doing crimes while in office.
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
A man with a lifetime of crime and little/no punishment for any of it and a Republican Party dedicated to winning no matter the cost
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Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Giuliani & Erik Prince travelled to Venezuela and attempted to reach a secret deal with Maduro during the first Trump presidency, the deal was not on behalf of the United States and would financially benefit Trump and his cohorts.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
State Department says Giuliani was freelancing in Venezuela
Rudy Giuliani went rogue when he attempted back-channel diplomacy and did legal work on behalf of a businessman connected to Nicolás Maduro, according to Venezuela special envoy Elliott Abrams.
www.miamiherald.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Giuliani & Erik Prince travelled to Venezuela and attempted to reach a secret deal with Maduro during the first Trump presidency, the deal was not on behalf of the United States and would financially benefit Trump and his cohorts.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Compare this to Biden leaving Afghanistan & think about what the incentives are for every American politician
everyone on the tv wants you to know that this is good actually
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Compare this to Biden leaving Afghanistan & think about what the incentives are for every American politician