Clay Ammentorp
@claystripe.bsky.social
Your local purveyor of semi-interesting information. Now with a doctorate!
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Crucially, by upholding their constitution and the rule of law, Brazil discovered that support for Bolsonaro evaporated save for a dwindling minority of die-hards and dead-enders. Because Brazilians see Bolsonaro as a criminal and a loser, they've largely moved on from him.
Could've been us...
Could've been us...
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Crucially, by upholding their constitution and the rule of law, Brazil discovered that support for Bolsonaro evaporated save for a dwindling minority of die-hards and dead-enders. Because Brazilians see Bolsonaro as a criminal and a loser, they've largely moved on from him.
Could've been us...
Could've been us...
Seeing discourse on the tl about The Last Jedi in 2025. I'm sorry guys, if you have any opinion about that movie that doesn't end with "but folks are entitled to like or dislike the movie if they'd like, it's really not a big deal, we're just having fun talking movies" you're not a serious person!
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Seeing discourse on the tl about The Last Jedi in 2025. I'm sorry guys, if you have any opinion about that movie that doesn't end with "but folks are entitled to like or dislike the movie if they'd like, it's really not a big deal, we're just having fun talking movies" you're not a serious person!
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new @carceralhistory.bsky.social: an author's pitch from David Coogan, editor of The Cambridge Companion to American Prison Writing and Mass Incarceration, recently published by @universitypress.cambridge.org carceral-history.ghost.io/prisoners-wh...
prisoners "who write to determine their own fates and secure justice"
"If you read this book, you’ll see the growth of the prison industrial complex. But you’ll also see the strength and creativity of people writing through it, beyond it, toward freedom."
carceral-history.ghost.io
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
new @carceralhistory.bsky.social: an author's pitch from David Coogan, editor of The Cambridge Companion to American Prison Writing and Mass Incarceration, recently published by @universitypress.cambridge.org carceral-history.ghost.io/prisoners-wh...
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any system that showers hundreds of billions on this person for building zero sustainably profitable businesses is a bad system
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
any system that showers hundreds of billions on this person for building zero sustainably profitable businesses is a bad system
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the only thing musk should be remembered for
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
the only thing musk should be remembered for
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To recap: Trump said Zohran isn’t a jihadist and is going to do a good job, even as Zohran still maintained Trump is a fascist.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
To recap: Trump said Zohran isn’t a jihadist and is going to do a good job, even as Zohran still maintained Trump is a fascist.
Zohran would really be doing the best service to his constituents if he didn't do any part of his job at all and just hung out at the White House every day. Trump might be endorsing socialism by Christmas.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Zohran would really be doing the best service to his constituents if he didn't do any part of his job at all and just hung out at the White House every day. Trump might be endorsing socialism by Christmas.
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"Trump is a fucking idiot who gets rolled by anyone who's nice to him" theory remains undefeated, putting someone like Mamdani in there is like having Randy Johnson sub in for a 5th grade Little League game
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"Trump is a fucking idiot who gets rolled by anyone who's nice to him" theory remains undefeated, putting someone like Mamdani in there is like having Randy Johnson sub in for a 5th grade Little League game
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trump (after zohran mamdani charms him for 5 minutes): “we’re looking very strongly at implementing socialism, many people are saying it. they love redistribution of wealth and you’re hearing it more and more. there’s a term, they call it, a centrally planned economy. it’s an old fashioned term”
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
trump (after zohran mamdani charms him for 5 minutes): “we’re looking very strongly at implementing socialism, many people are saying it. they love redistribution of wealth and you’re hearing it more and more. there’s a term, they call it, a centrally planned economy. it’s an old fashioned term”
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And it has indeed come to pass.
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
And it has indeed come to pass.
I somehow missed this news last week. Think I'm gonna have to fit in some Kurosawa and Kobayashi this weekend.
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I somehow missed this news last week. Think I'm gonna have to fit in some Kurosawa and Kobayashi this weekend.
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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Man, CBS must feel really stupid right now!
Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.
Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.
Eleventh Circuit throws out Trump's suit against CNN in a per curiam unpublished ruling. Meaning Trump's arguments were totally meritless, not even worthy of a published opinion. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Man, CBS must feel really stupid right now!
Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.
Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.
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I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
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ICE has been spotted in Durham today and people are scared but also mobilizing to support our neighbors on a level that's honestly awe-inspiring. If you want to help locally or donate from anywhere, Siembra NC is doing incredible organizing work already www.siembranc.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
ICE has been spotted in Durham today and people are scared but also mobilizing to support our neighbors on a level that's honestly awe-inspiring. If you want to help locally or donate from anywhere, Siembra NC is doing incredible organizing work already www.siembranc.org
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Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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🏈 TB 32 - 44 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🏈 TB 32 - 44 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
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matt yglesias' primary claim about politics is that to win elections, democrats should adopt the strategy which has given starmer a 13% approval rating in the UK
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
matt yglesias' primary claim about politics is that to win elections, democrats should adopt the strategy which has given starmer a 13% approval rating in the UK
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Now Trump (married 3 times, famously cheated on his pregnant wife with an adult film star) is attacking Republican Rep. Massie for getting remarried after his wife died.
Even Trump’s former lawyer Jenna Ellis is appalled.
Even Trump’s former lawyer Jenna Ellis is appalled.
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Now Trump (married 3 times, famously cheated on his pregnant wife with an adult film star) is attacking Republican Rep. Massie for getting remarried after his wife died.
Even Trump’s former lawyer Jenna Ellis is appalled.
Even Trump’s former lawyer Jenna Ellis is appalled.