Sethro
@armlessphelan.bsky.social
Zune guy. Vegetarian. Comic book lover. Semi-retired gamer. Friend of Dazzler. Maricuntcito.
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Sethro
@armlessphelan.bsky.social
· Jun 4
Colton Haynes is ugly.
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“trump is racist” is in fact very salient given what he did here and if you do not comprehend that then you should fuck off back to playing with computers or whatever
Sorry if you think "Trump is racist" is suddenly politically salient in 2026 and don't think mainstreaming election lies poses the bigger problem ...
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
“trump is racist” is in fact very salient given what he did here and if you do not comprehend that then you should fuck off back to playing with computers or whatever
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Here’s the thing…
Your friends’ neighborhoods would not be occupied if this didn’t happen.
The other thing…if folks would have cared about Black and Brown communities HERE a fraction of what they claim to care about Palestine your friends’ neighborhood wouldn’t be occupied.
I could keep going…
Your friends’ neighborhoods would not be occupied if this didn’t happen.
The other thing…if folks would have cared about Black and Brown communities HERE a fraction of what they claim to care about Palestine your friends’ neighborhood wouldn’t be occupied.
I could keep going…
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Here’s the thing…
Your friends’ neighborhoods would not be occupied if this didn’t happen.
The other thing…if folks would have cared about Black and Brown communities HERE a fraction of what they claim to care about Palestine your friends’ neighborhood wouldn’t be occupied.
I could keep going…
Your friends’ neighborhoods would not be occupied if this didn’t happen.
The other thing…if folks would have cared about Black and Brown communities HERE a fraction of what they claim to care about Palestine your friends’ neighborhood wouldn’t be occupied.
I could keep going…
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"Ellie, are you saying you think that you should have to be a certain level of smart/educated to get social clout" I'm saying that people who sounded a certain way used to be smart/educated and now those people all got purged/forced into industry (hey, it's me!) & now people who sound like that suck
February 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"Ellie, are you saying you think that you should have to be a certain level of smart/educated to get social clout" I'm saying that people who sounded a certain way used to be smart/educated and now those people all got purged/forced into industry (hey, it's me!) & now people who sound like that suck
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as always, I point to the way that Charles Guiteau was portrayed in Death by Lightning as a transhistorical example of this: someone who desperately wants the social clout of people who have a deeper understanding he doesn't have, who can copy the surface traits & sometimes fit in above his station
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
as always, I point to the way that Charles Guiteau was portrayed in Death by Lightning as a transhistorical example of this: someone who desperately wants the social clout of people who have a deeper understanding he doesn't have, who can copy the surface traits & sometimes fit in above his station
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I think this is a cargo cult of how academia used to be; stereotypical tumblr was the first iteration of this, with (largely) smart teenagers/youth outside of academia copying a form of communication that appeared to have social capital, and this is that degraded all the way to YouTube comments
This was a reply on a video of an Italian American showing how to make pasta e piselli, THE WAY HIS ITALIAN GRANDMOTHER MADE.
There's a sentiment here that's ...fine, out of context, but when in context, it's ...what the fuck? Why are you doing this? And then you go to their profile and see a ghost
There's a sentiment here that's ...fine, out of context, but when in context, it's ...what the fuck? Why are you doing this? And then you go to their profile and see a ghost
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I think this is a cargo cult of how academia used to be; stereotypical tumblr was the first iteration of this, with (largely) smart teenagers/youth outside of academia copying a form of communication that appeared to have social capital, and this is that degraded all the way to YouTube comments
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i need you people to think for five seconds about how this would even work
seriously sit down for a moment and ask yourself if it makes any fucking sense at all for some Filipino guy to be seated at a keyboard remote-controlling a taxi halfway across the globe like he's playing GTA
seriously sit down for a moment and ask yourself if it makes any fucking sense at all for some Filipino guy to be seated at a keyboard remote-controlling a taxi halfway across the globe like he's playing GTA
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
i need you people to think for five seconds about how this would even work
seriously sit down for a moment and ask yourself if it makes any fucking sense at all for some Filipino guy to be seated at a keyboard remote-controlling a taxi halfway across the globe like he's playing GTA
seriously sit down for a moment and ask yourself if it makes any fucking sense at all for some Filipino guy to be seated at a keyboard remote-controlling a taxi halfway across the globe like he's playing GTA
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I know Gummy Davis Jr. was getting tired of the bullshit coming from his Daddy in the White House.
February 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I know Gummy Davis Jr. was getting tired of the bullshit coming from his Daddy in the White House.
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DEVELOPING: Federal judge will let Marimar Martinez release text messages sent by Border Patrol agent who shot her
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/f...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/f...
Federal judge will let Marimar Martinez release text messages sent by Border Patrol agent who shot her
U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis pointed out that Martinez is "presumed innocent of any offense of which she has not been convicted." Martinez's attorney said the text messages and other evidence ...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
DEVELOPING: Federal judge will let Marimar Martinez release text messages sent by Border Patrol agent who shot her
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/f...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/f...
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This to me is a little incoherent, or at least inconsistent in how it uses labels (compare the use of "lib", "neoliberal", but it does seem to an accurate description of what many leftists actually believe.
February 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This to me is a little incoherent, or at least inconsistent in how it uses labels (compare the use of "lib", "neoliberal", but it does seem to an accurate description of what many leftists actually believe.
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The way to square this circle is to simultaneously believe that
1. Leftists are few, but consistent Democratic voters and
2. Leftist *policies* would attract money voters who don't count as leftists for these purposes, but should for their coalition strength.
1. Leftists are few, but consistent Democratic voters and
2. Leftist *policies* would attract money voters who don't count as leftists for these purposes, but should for their coalition strength.
If:
-The loss in 2024 wasn't due to leftists abstaining
-There are a huge number of voters who weren't won over
Then:
The people who need to be won over aren't leftists
I don't think they're politically coherent; they want "normal" and believed people in their bubbles saying that Trump is normal
-The loss in 2024 wasn't due to leftists abstaining
-There are a huge number of voters who weren't won over
Then:
The people who need to be won over aren't leftists
I don't think they're politically coherent; they want "normal" and believed people in their bubbles saying that Trump is normal
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The way to square this circle is to simultaneously believe that
1. Leftists are few, but consistent Democratic voters and
2. Leftist *policies* would attract money voters who don't count as leftists for these purposes, but should for their coalition strength.
1. Leftists are few, but consistent Democratic voters and
2. Leftist *policies* would attract money voters who don't count as leftists for these purposes, but should for their coalition strength.
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The vile video is racist. Period. And it came from a racist White House. If you can't say that, what are we doing here.
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The vile video is racist. Period. And it came from a racist White House. If you can't say that, what are we doing here.
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They're not beating the "You Are all 12" theories today with this!
Yes adults w maturity and humility CAN and WILL be positive even when work is interrupted by a kid!
Yes adults w maturity and humility CAN and WILL be positive even when work is interrupted by a kid!
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
They're not beating the "You Are all 12" theories today with this!
Yes adults w maturity and humility CAN and WILL be positive even when work is interrupted by a kid!
Yes adults w maturity and humility CAN and WILL be positive even when work is interrupted by a kid!
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I think most normal people who aren't bundles of rage in a suit would react in a similar way to a kid interrupting their work.
(seen a bunch of people sharing this/talking in general about how "normal" Mamdani is but imo this doesn't show a normal person, but an *exceptionally* skilled communicator - a normal person wouldn't react like that to having a speech interrupted by a child! give him his due!)
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I think most normal people who aren't bundles of rage in a suit would react in a similar way to a kid interrupting their work.
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The @mayorsoffice.nyc.gov printed thousands of Know Your Rights pamphlets for immigrants in ten different languages, handing stacks of them out for clergy and community leaders to hand out to congregants and community members.
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The @mayorsoffice.nyc.gov printed thousands of Know Your Rights pamphlets for immigrants in ten different languages, handing stacks of them out for clergy and community leaders to hand out to congregants and community members.
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Anybody who's still following a certain medievalist who also sells yarn really ought not be doing that. Or buying her yarn.
Should I just do and delete one of these a day until we all die? (people literally send me screen shots because apparently I’m a notorious bitch).
Remember when everyone pretended to hate the LA Review of Books for like two months because of this person?
Remember when everyone pretended to hate the LA Review of Books for like two months because of this person?
February 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Anybody who's still following a certain medievalist who also sells yarn really ought not be doing that. Or buying her yarn.
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If you could slash turnout to pre-Trump levels Democrats would probably win every national election in a blowout. That's an uncomfortable fact for various reasons but important to recognize
February 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM
If you could slash turnout to pre-Trump levels Democrats would probably win every national election in a blowout. That's an uncomfortable fact for various reasons but important to recognize
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I think people don't really understand what the bottom half of the American electorate looks like in terms of political knowledge. What has happened in the extreme-turnout elections of recent years is that decisive numbers of these people have started voted in presidential cycles
February 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I think people don't really understand what the bottom half of the American electorate looks like in terms of political knowledge. What has happened in the extreme-turnout elections of recent years is that decisive numbers of these people have started voted in presidential cycles
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If you knew who Dick Cheney was, you were in a class of high-info voters who Kamala won
She bragged about getting endorsed by Dick Cheney
All the complaints about her campaign are basically stupid nitpicks and the people convinced they’d have changed EVERYTHING by adjusting the words in her ads or whatever are out of their minds. Trump’s support was built out of years of irresponsible false nostalgia for his hellish first presidency
February 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
If you knew who Dick Cheney was, you were in a class of high-info voters who Kamala won
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Something I remembered off of reading a TV Tropes page, paraphrasing:
Despite the French Revolution losing, its long-term goals have persisted - no one is seriously advocating for the divine right of kings, and even dictatorships maintain a veneer of liberal democracy.
Despite the French Revolution losing, its long-term goals have persisted - no one is seriously advocating for the divine right of kings, and even dictatorships maintain a veneer of liberal democracy.
Liberalism is the method and once you switch it on you literally can't turn it off, ever, in history. You got things like the USSR appealing to a constitution and human rights, or the fucking klan saying they stood for freedom
February 6, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Something I remembered off of reading a TV Tropes page, paraphrasing:
Despite the French Revolution losing, its long-term goals have persisted - no one is seriously advocating for the divine right of kings, and even dictatorships maintain a veneer of liberal democracy.
Despite the French Revolution losing, its long-term goals have persisted - no one is seriously advocating for the divine right of kings, and even dictatorships maintain a veneer of liberal democracy.
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There sexual predators control major companies and governments
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 AM
There sexual predators control major companies and governments
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Uhhh, ya sure. All true. But there are some, um, bigger problems with that "memo."
As far as I know, this is DHS's first effort to explain their position that I-205 forms allow entry into the home. They rely on the dicta in the 1960 Abel case (before Payton) and re-imagine the plurality opinion in Lucas as if it were the majority (and then overrely on it).
February 6, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Uhhh, ya sure. All true. But there are some, um, bigger problems with that "memo."
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Think of a new libel, I’m bored
February 2, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Think of a new libel, I’m bored
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The Isles’ most vile people always end up becoming American, it’s been going on for 400 years
February 5, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The Isles’ most vile people always end up becoming American, it’s been going on for 400 years
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you love to see it
"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."
Inside the resistance with Will Stancil
"It's something I could do to keep them from stealing my neighbors."
www.publicnotice.co
February 5, 2026 at 12:53 AM
you love to see it
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It's the "finally some one said it like it is," anti-woke kind of racism, y'know, the one that we recognize as very in vogue right now in most other instances?
February 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
It's the "finally some one said it like it is," anti-woke kind of racism, y'know, the one that we recognize as very in vogue right now in most other instances?