Wannabe Apparatchik
@apparatchikwannabe.bsky.social
he/him
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
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The number of people on the left who will not only argue that Epstein was obviously an Israeli agent, but who will treat you as somehow part of the conspiracy if you criticize that view, is, uh, not great
February 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
The number of people on the left who will not only argue that Epstein was obviously an Israeli agent, but who will treat you as somehow part of the conspiracy if you criticize that view, is, uh, not great
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Michele Obama says eat more vegetables: Demonic tyranny
Domestic abuser Mike Tyson and a mumbling raisin failson of the Kennedy clan say eat more beef tallow, steak, and ferments: freedom baybee
Domestic abuser Mike Tyson and a mumbling raisin failson of the Kennedy clan say eat more beef tallow, steak, and ferments: freedom baybee
February 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Michele Obama says eat more vegetables: Demonic tyranny
Domestic abuser Mike Tyson and a mumbling raisin failson of the Kennedy clan say eat more beef tallow, steak, and ferments: freedom baybee
Domestic abuser Mike Tyson and a mumbling raisin failson of the Kennedy clan say eat more beef tallow, steak, and ferments: freedom baybee
admittedly, Dreher adopting the same position as PissStalin420 on modern society is a hilarious bit
“If you wanted to create a society and a culture that’s guaranteed to make people miserable,” Dreher told me, citing the psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist, “you couldn’t do better than what we’re living in now.”
Yeah, super original take. Not like hundreds of fake philosophers have thought this before.
Yeah, super original take. Not like hundreds of fake philosophers have thought this before.
February 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
admittedly, Dreher adopting the same position as PissStalin420 on modern society is a hilarious bit
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I work in drug discovery and these people are funny as hell. They seem to be the rich version of folks who think pharma companies have these secret vaults where the cure for everything is stored. They just don't release them because they would rather treat than cure diseases. But these rich
one thing that makes you understand how the world really works is hearing about medical treatments rich people get to treat ailments that science does not actually regard as treatable.
maybe they know something we don’t, but a better explanation is they don’t know little but have a lot of money
maybe they know something we don’t, but a better explanation is they don’t know little but have a lot of money
Rich people think they live in a higher tier of society full of better and more brilliant people, but it’s actually just the same society except the people have more money to waste and lose. So much of what they do is just wealth-induced hallucination
February 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I work in drug discovery and these people are funny as hell. They seem to be the rich version of folks who think pharma companies have these secret vaults where the cure for everything is stored. They just don't release them because they would rather treat than cure diseases. But these rich
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interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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@reuters.com
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February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
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my jobs in post-Enlightenment society will obviously be blogger and thought leader
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
my jobs in post-Enlightenment society will obviously be blogger and thought leader
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Guy who thinks the Enlightenment was a mistake but who literally lives like a philosophe:
"His daily routine... is a trip to a local café followed by hours of reading and writing. Later he will walk around the city, his only form of exercise, and perhaps meet friends for drinks or dinner."
"His daily routine... is a trip to a local café followed by hours of reading and writing. Later he will walk around the city, his only form of exercise, and perhaps meet friends for drinks or dinner."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Oh fuck off.
This guy isn't interesting or deep. He's a racist, reactionary authoritarian lickspittle and courtier.
Oh fuck off.
This guy isn't interesting or deep. He's a racist, reactionary authoritarian lickspittle and courtier.
Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Guy who thinks the Enlightenment was a mistake but who literally lives like a philosophe:
"His daily routine... is a trip to a local café followed by hours of reading and writing. Later he will walk around the city, his only form of exercise, and perhaps meet friends for drinks or dinner."
"His daily routine... is a trip to a local café followed by hours of reading and writing. Later he will walk around the city, his only form of exercise, and perhaps meet friends for drinks or dinner."
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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you don't realize how preposterously stupid people are at comprehending large systems until you start talking to them about food
February 13, 2026 at 2:37 PM
you don't realize how preposterously stupid people are at comprehending large systems until you start talking to them about food
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I refuse to talk about Gavin Newsom getting the presidential nomination until there is actually a chance of that happening, the primaries for the midterms aren't even over yet
February 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I refuse to talk about Gavin Newsom getting the presidential nomination until there is actually a chance of that happening, the primaries for the midterms aren't even over yet
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I'm incredibly tired of the 'X section of the Dems aren't messaging how I like and it's provoking the right wing' arguments. No, it isn't. They need no encouragement, and they really believe in it. It's not cynical triangulation. Its not a rhetorical bankshot nudge and such a nudge wasn't needed
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I'm incredibly tired of the 'X section of the Dems aren't messaging how I like and it's provoking the right wing' arguments. No, it isn't. They need no encouragement, and they really believe in it. It's not cynical triangulation. Its not a rhetorical bankshot nudge and such a nudge wasn't needed
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very much a "ohh this site actually is driving us insane" moment
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
very much a "ohh this site actually is driving us insane" moment
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it is very odd to see trans people yelling at other trans people that democrats want to kill trans people, and to cite why this is so they are putting forward incredibly, solidly republican states cutting trans care as evidence
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
it is very odd to see trans people yelling at other trans people that democrats want to kill trans people, and to cite why this is so they are putting forward incredibly, solidly republican states cutting trans care as evidence
the thing about Newsom discourse is that the problem with him isn’t that he’s a strong anti-trans ideologue or anything, it’s that he is an empty suit who will do what he thinks will advance himself. this is bad, but it’s in a “will be performatively moderate” way and not a “fanatical policy” way
i am far from Gavin Newsom's biggest fan, he is not a perfect angel on trans issues, he has vetoed some bills that i would not have vetoed
but this idea that he's just waiting to pounce and sacrifice trans people on an altar is complete fucking delusion
but this idea that he's just waiting to pounce and sacrifice trans people on an altar is complete fucking delusion
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
the thing about Newsom discourse is that the problem with him isn’t that he’s a strong anti-trans ideologue or anything, it’s that he is an empty suit who will do what he thinks will advance himself. this is bad, but it’s in a “will be performatively moderate” way and not a “fanatical policy” way
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i am far from Gavin Newsom's biggest fan, he is not a perfect angel on trans issues, he has vetoed some bills that i would not have vetoed
but this idea that he's just waiting to pounce and sacrifice trans people on an altar is complete fucking delusion
but this idea that he's just waiting to pounce and sacrifice trans people on an altar is complete fucking delusion
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM
i am far from Gavin Newsom's biggest fan, he is not a perfect angel on trans issues, he has vetoed some bills that i would not have vetoed
but this idea that he's just waiting to pounce and sacrifice trans people on an altar is complete fucking delusion
but this idea that he's just waiting to pounce and sacrifice trans people on an altar is complete fucking delusion
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if Gavin Newsom wanted to shoot trans people he would already be doing so considering he is Governor of California
you are genuinely delusional
you are genuinely delusional
GTFOH with this "he's vetoed some bills I wouldn't have vetoed," as if we're talking about inconsequential shit. Hasan is 100% right about Newsom.
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
if Gavin Newsom wanted to shoot trans people he would already be doing so considering he is Governor of California
you are genuinely delusional
you are genuinely delusional
it is very funny that there is a set of people who genuinely believe that bluesky labelers are an objective statement of reality that can be used to win arguments
tbh you attacking hasan for “weaponizing trans people” while responding to accounts that are tagged as transphobic is rich asf
February 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is very funny that there is a set of people who genuinely believe that bluesky labelers are an objective statement of reality that can be used to win arguments
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
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Helen Lewis is back in The Atlantic with "Youth Gender Medicine Is Indeed Up for Debate". It is a masterclass in manufacturing consent, framing the capitulation of medical bodies to political terror as a calm "return to reason."
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Helen Lewis is back in The Atlantic with "Youth Gender Medicine Is Indeed Up for Debate". It is a masterclass in manufacturing consent, framing the capitulation of medical bodies to political terror as a calm "return to reason."
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
yet another case of “we live in Stupid Cyberpunk”
i am not even sure *how* your protect organizationally sensitive information in a world where basically anyone could try to get a prediction racket going on it and then bet on it
not just military, but, like, earnings reports, product releases, etc., etc., and i suspect there are very organizations who have adjusted their insider threat models for any of this shit
February 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM
yet another case of “we live in Stupid Cyberpunk”
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i am not even sure *how* your protect organizationally sensitive information in a world where basically anyone could try to get a prediction racket going on it and then bet on it
not just military, but, like, earnings reports, product releases, etc., etc., and i suspect there are very organizations who have adjusted their insider threat models for any of this shit
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
i am not even sure *how* your protect organizationally sensitive information in a world where basically anyone could try to get a prediction racket going on it and then bet on it
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very amusing to see the ideological lines on housing in the Zohran administration
on the one hand you have zohran supporting a plan to replace decrepit NYCHA projects with brand new mixed income apartments
on the other hand you have the dumbest socialists and right wing think tankers in opposition
on the one hand you have zohran supporting a plan to replace decrepit NYCHA projects with brand new mixed income apartments
on the other hand you have the dumbest socialists and right wing think tankers in opposition
February 13, 2026 at 4:34 AM
very amusing to see the ideological lines on housing in the Zohran administration
on the one hand you have zohran supporting a plan to replace decrepit NYCHA projects with brand new mixed income apartments
on the other hand you have the dumbest socialists and right wing think tankers in opposition
on the one hand you have zohran supporting a plan to replace decrepit NYCHA projects with brand new mixed income apartments
on the other hand you have the dumbest socialists and right wing think tankers in opposition
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Funny, because I'm pretty sure firing ppl was the whole draw of this in the first place.
It's actually pretty impressive, given how Trump v1.0 went, that they've managed to hold the line on basically never firing anyone for any reason this time around, but scheming viziers gonna scheme and means are there to be reverted to.
February 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Funny, because I'm pretty sure firing ppl was the whole draw of this in the first place.
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yup. if you think this is reasonable or defensible directed at anyone but a reactionary I don't want to organize with you, because you'll sell your allies out if its convenient
February 13, 2026 at 4:38 AM
yup. if you think this is reasonable or defensible directed at anyone but a reactionary I don't want to organize with you, because you'll sell your allies out if its convenient