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Fnord Borgly
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· Feb 10
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Robbins: We’ve had dark ages in the past.
Marshall: Does it feel like a dark age to you?
Robbins: It’s starting to feel that way more and more, but my porchlight is burning night and day.
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Marshall: Does it feel like a dark age to you?
Robbins: It’s starting to feel that way more and more, but my porchlight is burning night and day.
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I'd say it's because we're all twelve years old now, but kids actually are curious about stuff (or they disengage.)
no one wanting to understand how anything works if it takes more than a tweet is part of how we got into all these predicaments
January 23, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I'd say it's because we're all twelve years old now, but kids actually are curious about stuff (or they disengage.)
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I am just a small-town political scientist, & it’s a long way to November, but allow me to again note that it doesn’t appear that The Democrats actually need to do any of the things that Ezra Douthglesias or the Deciding To Win folks or the Crypto-Enabling Word-Policing Senators insist they Must Do.
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I am just a small-town political scientist, & it’s a long way to November, but allow me to again note that it doesn’t appear that The Democrats actually need to do any of the things that Ezra Douthglesias or the Deciding To Win folks or the Crypto-Enabling Word-Policing Senators insist they Must Do.
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It's cliche to say this, but I liked Existential Dread before they went big. Now it just feels like they're everywhere.
January 22, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's cliche to say this, but I liked Existential Dread before they went big. Now it just feels like they're everywhere.
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Fun fact: when bluesky was invite-only, we got our invite from AOC
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
January 23, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Fun fact: when bluesky was invite-only, we got our invite from AOC
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My life hack: put my rep and two senators in contacts on my phone. Every time I’m getting mad, leave a 1 minute message (they never answer). Share my short opinion. If I like how they voted, thank them. 5-6 minutes total, demonstrably effective politics, and good for mental health.
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 AM
My life hack: put my rep and two senators in contacts on my phone. Every time I’m getting mad, leave a 1 minute message (they never answer). Share my short opinion. If I like how they voted, thank them. 5-6 minutes total, demonstrably effective politics, and good for mental health.
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The reason why the national Democratic strategy is fucking risible to anybody that lives anywhere where this is happening is because the folks that don't live here don't believe it is happening (because our media is fucked, etc) and the messaging is not aimed at us
January 23, 2026 at 4:35 AM
The reason why the national Democratic strategy is fucking risible to anybody that lives anywhere where this is happening is because the folks that don't live here don't believe it is happening (because our media is fucked, etc) and the messaging is not aimed at us
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A number of people from out-of-state have been opening tabs at small businesses—coffee shops where people on patrol can grab a drink and warm up, bars where people can be in community, etc. It’s been a deeply appreciated form of solidarity and helps the businesses closing tomorrow.
how (if at all) can we support the minnesota general strike on friday from afar?
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 AM
A number of people from out-of-state have been opening tabs at small businesses—coffee shops where people on patrol can grab a drink and warm up, bars where people can be in community, etc. It’s been a deeply appreciated form of solidarity and helps the businesses closing tomorrow.
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Today's factoid from the history of US fascism: the guy who hatched the idea to publish Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative in 1960 (the ur-text of US conservatism) was Leo Reardon. In the 1930s Reardon was Father Coughlin's manager & he'd traveled to Nazi Germany as Coughlin's representative.
January 22, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Today's factoid from the history of US fascism: the guy who hatched the idea to publish Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative in 1960 (the ur-text of US conservatism) was Leo Reardon. In the 1930s Reardon was Father Coughlin's manager & he'd traveled to Nazi Germany as Coughlin's representative.
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I do think this fact is important but also we should replace everyone who voted yes because they are bad Reps
Let me explain the math since it isn’t obvious to people who don’t work here.
The total number of R votes on the DHS bill was 214. The total number of Rs on the war powers res when it goes down will be 217. They had more members coming, even if all Dems voted against the DHS bill it would’ve passed
The total number of R votes on the DHS bill was 214. The total number of Rs on the war powers res when it goes down will be 217. They had more members coming, even if all Dems voted against the DHS bill it would’ve passed
January 22, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I do think this fact is important but also we should replace everyone who voted yes because they are bad Reps
BTW Matthew has a fun book about food aversions, with neat recipes:
Not to disagree with a viral skeet recently that said going viral doesn’t boost book sales, whenever one of my food picture posts or food aversion posts gets any measure of popularity on a Bluesky, I can literally see an increase in my cookbook sales.
January 22, 2026 at 11:44 PM
BTW Matthew has a fun book about food aversions, with neat recipes:
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 PM
For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
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You correctly point out that you cannot have reconciliation without the crucifixion
You err to the extent that you suggest that America can only be crucified, and not reconciled
You err to the extent that you suggest that America can only be crucified, and not reconciled
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 3:21 PM
You correctly point out that you cannot have reconciliation without the crucifixion
You err to the extent that you suggest that America can only be crucified, and not reconciled
You err to the extent that you suggest that America can only be crucified, and not reconciled
Evergreen
I told you them folks are stupid as hell
January 22, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Evergreen
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i think this is correct and i think what it exposed is that our regular legal order was fundamentally incapable of overcoming partisan polarization to impose said consequences
i feel that the failure to impose any consequences on Trump for January 6 is the root cause of everything bad that is happening now
January 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM
i think this is correct and i think what it exposed is that our regular legal order was fundamentally incapable of overcoming partisan polarization to impose said consequences
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tl;dr: a government shutdown will not shut down ICE or CBP, which is front-funded until Trump is out of office. the minibus does two major things: it chokes off multiyear funding and restricts the amount of money which can be spent in detention.
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 AM
tl;dr: a government shutdown will not shut down ICE or CBP, which is front-funded until Trump is out of office. the minibus does two major things: it chokes off multiyear funding and restricts the amount of money which can be spent in detention.
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1. In a major victory, Democrats have managed to get all anti-trans riders stripped from the final appropriations bills.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
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This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Democrats Successfully Strip All Anti-Trans Riders From Final Appropriations Bills
The HHS and Education bills once contained the most sweeping anti-trans provisions in congressional history. Now they contain none.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
1. In a major victory, Democrats have managed to get all anti-trans riders stripped from the final appropriations bills.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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A dad on patrol this morning is showing off his new egregiously expensive ice-fishing boots that he justified “because I’m standing out here all the time.” Dudes are going to continue rocking until morale improves
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
A dad on patrol this morning is showing off his new egregiously expensive ice-fishing boots that he justified “because I’m standing out here all the time.” Dudes are going to continue rocking until morale improves
So I get the conventional Dem pol wisdom but this actually makes sense?
All these airplanes keep coming back with bullet holes in the ”affordability” part of the fuselage. Guess we better reinforce that
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 AM
So I get the conventional Dem pol wisdom but this actually makes sense?
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But you dilute the force of cop culture by making 80 percent of them a rotating civil body.
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 AM
But you dilute the force of cop culture by making 80 percent of them a rotating civil body.
Ima say this again, stopping Miller is worth some major personal sacrifices. And he moved to a military base because he knows it too.
This cycle of "Stephen Miller openly breaks the law until the case winds its way up to the SC and possibly loses" will keep going until somehow something stops Stephen Miller openly breaking the law in the first place.
January 22, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Ima say this again, stopping Miller is worth some major personal sacrifices. And he moved to a military base because he knows it too.
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i know his team controls his time with an iron fist but we have got to find ways to get him in rooms with more people like zohran. remember that? he LOVED him. zohran or anyone else goodlooking and affable could get him to sign M4A in half an hour. the sky is the limit
January 21, 2026 at 8:16 PM
i know his team controls his time with an iron fist but we have got to find ways to get him in rooms with more people like zohran. remember that? he LOVED him. zohran or anyone else goodlooking and affable could get him to sign M4A in half an hour. the sky is the limit
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Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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[ Displaying it this way is easier to read. ]
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king — the White House press corps squeezed him into existing rituals, and then wrote endlesslly about his contempt for them— the rituals and the reporters. 3/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king — the White House press corps squeezed him into existing rituals, and then wrote endlesslly about his contempt for them— the rituals and the reporters. 3/
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
[ Displaying it this way is easier to read. ]
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king — the White House press corps squeezed him into existing rituals, and then wrote endlesslly about his contempt for them— the rituals and the reporters. 3/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king — the White House press corps squeezed him into existing rituals, and then wrote endlesslly about his contempt for them— the rituals and the reporters. 3/