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@countessemilia.bsky.social
I'm pretty mercurial.
Reskeets not endorsements
She/her/hers
Usonian/Estadounidense/Usania/Usana/United Statesian
Erie land on Lake Erie
Slava Ukraini
Free Palestine
Reskeets not endorsements
She/her/hers
Usonian/Estadounidense/Usania/Usana/United Statesian
Erie land on Lake Erie
Slava Ukraini
Free Palestine
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Getting the low-propensity voters who were mobilized by Trump to return to political non-participation would be a major victory in itself, and would also probably improve the social media environment.
February 16, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Getting the low-propensity voters who were mobilized by Trump to return to political non-participation would be a major victory in itself, and would also probably improve the social media environment.
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Capitalism is bad for democracy. Somehow, people never get to that conclusion.
Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
February 16, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Capitalism is bad for democracy. Somehow, people never get to that conclusion.
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The attention economy rewards bad faith arguments!
Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
February 16, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The attention economy rewards bad faith arguments!
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Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
February 16, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
February 16, 2026 at 6:25 AM
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Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
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"the economy" is the language of modern politics. this is why reactionaries who are mad that a woman didn't smile at them tweet endlessly about how the economy will be so based and chad once we institute breeding camps
"I'm sad all the time and I don't know why" isn't a polling category and also doesn't sound serious, but "the economy is bad" does.
February 16, 2026 at 12:58 AM
"the economy" is the language of modern politics. this is why reactionaries who are mad that a woman didn't smile at them tweet endlessly about how the economy will be so based and chad once we institute breeding camps
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and as long as Cuba stands against western capitalism, the dream of global revolution from long before most of us were even born, from a world that died when I was an infant, still clings on.
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
and as long as Cuba stands against western capitalism, the dream of global revolution from long before most of us were even born, from a world that died when I was an infant, still clings on.
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I was talking to my (pretty progressive) younger brother about DSA's...weird relationship with the Cuban government and I'm afraid he landed a hit with 'it's their emotional-support communist state'
February 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I was talking to my (pretty progressive) younger brother about DSA's...weird relationship with the Cuban government and I'm afraid he landed a hit with 'it's their emotional-support communist state'
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the left slept on the consequences of mass emmigration from Cuba over the last decade. it wasn't a second Mariel boatlift getting rid of malcontents and reactionaries, it's demographically unsustainable.
there is basically no convincing evidence for the “capitalism is soon to collapse” theory. American empire, perhaps, but global capitalism will survive that. cuba is one of the last remnants of a system that has failed in most other countries, and facing catastrophic population decline.
February 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
the left slept on the consequences of mass emmigration from Cuba over the last decade. it wasn't a second Mariel boatlift getting rid of malcontents and reactionaries, it's demographically unsustainable.
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It's interesting: Progressive Dems like Van Hollen have taken AOC's "no funding for ICE" line, but not the "Abolish ICE" line
What's the reason for this?
What's the reason for this?
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:23 AM
It's interesting: Progressive Dems like Van Hollen have taken AOC's "no funding for ICE" line, but not the "Abolish ICE" line
What's the reason for this?
What's the reason for this?
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It does bother me how much of leftish political strategy for fighting fascism breaks down to "build the largest possible socialist organizations and wait for the counter revolution".
Especially since the counter revolution always happens faster than socialists can build, and already did here.
Especially since the counter revolution always happens faster than socialists can build, and already did here.
Eugene Debs, the Noblest Loser of them all (affectionate)
February 16, 2026 at 4:45 AM
It does bother me how much of leftish political strategy for fighting fascism breaks down to "build the largest possible socialist organizations and wait for the counter revolution".
Especially since the counter revolution always happens faster than socialists can build, and already did here.
Especially since the counter revolution always happens faster than socialists can build, and already did here.
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the idea that compromising your values at all means winning isn't worth it is one of the most destructive ideas we have, the ghost of the New Left and its generational defeat
February 16, 2026 at 2:49 AM
the idea that compromising your values at all means winning isn't worth it is one of the most destructive ideas we have, the ghost of the New Left and its generational defeat
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Debs is great, but his base looks nothing like ours, and we have a world to win *right now*
February 16, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Debs is great, but his base looks nothing like ours, and we have a world to win *right now*
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Eugene Debs, the Noblest Loser of them all (affectionate)
February 16, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Eugene Debs, the Noblest Loser of them all (affectionate)
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they're not actually high engagement *with the politics*, they're high engagement with very limited and highly stupid online social circles.
I remain perplexed by high engagement, low information voters
You know how the House Democrats are _that_ close to requiring ICE to follow the CONSTITUTION in getting judicial warrants for entering homes, but it's controversial? Let's both hope that Biss discovers a previously-unknown appetite for defying those holding his leash on that vote!
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 AM
they're not actually high engagement *with the politics*, they're high engagement with very limited and highly stupid online social circles.
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ah, podcasters
I remain perplexed by high engagement, low information voters
You know how the House Democrats are _that_ close to requiring ICE to follow the CONSTITUTION in getting judicial warrants for entering homes, but it's controversial? Let's both hope that Biss discovers a previously-unknown appetite for defying those holding his leash on that vote!
February 16, 2026 at 3:23 AM
ah, podcasters
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Hah, yes. That Musk thing is just impressively stupid. Not to mention how may waves of immigration/colonisation affected the UK. I speak English, but regularly use French, Latin and Norse words in daily speech because (wait for it)...
The English: I can tell how you were brought up, where you went to school, and your parents' average household income within a thousand pounds within three seconds of hearing you speak
Elon Musk: as you can see, it is the complete sameness of the culture that makes them stand together
Elon Musk: as you can see, it is the complete sameness of the culture that makes them stand together
February 15, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Hah, yes. That Musk thing is just impressively stupid. Not to mention how may waves of immigration/colonisation affected the UK. I speak English, but regularly use French, Latin and Norse words in daily speech because (wait for it)...
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The English: I can tell how you were brought up, where you went to school, and your parents' average household income within a thousand pounds within three seconds of hearing you speak
Elon Musk: as you can see, it is the complete sameness of the culture that makes them stand together
Elon Musk: as you can see, it is the complete sameness of the culture that makes them stand together
February 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The English: I can tell how you were brought up, where you went to school, and your parents' average household income within a thousand pounds within three seconds of hearing you speak
Elon Musk: as you can see, it is the complete sameness of the culture that makes them stand together
Elon Musk: as you can see, it is the complete sameness of the culture that makes them stand together
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She didn't accuse Jews as a people of committing genocide, though. She accused the government and the military of the state of Israel of doing so. People reporting it this way are trying to make a conflation that AOC herself was careful not to make.
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
She didn't accuse Jews as a people of committing genocide, though. She accused the government and the military of the state of Israel of doing so. People reporting it this way are trying to make a conflation that AOC herself was careful not to make.
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😭😭😭 a community member just handed this off to a patroller in our neighborhood
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
😭😭😭 a community member just handed this off to a patroller in our neighborhood
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The best part of Wuthering Heights was when Jacob Elordi said "IT'S WUTHERING TIME" and wuthered all over those guys
February 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
The best part of Wuthering Heights was when Jacob Elordi said "IT'S WUTHERING TIME" and wuthered all over those guys
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so, if I’m understanding this correctly, the 4chan weirdos behind gamergate were sexist freaks but at the same time, one of the main targets of their harassment is… also a racist freak?
February 16, 2026 at 2:30 AM
so, if I’m understanding this correctly, the 4chan weirdos behind gamergate were sexist freaks but at the same time, one of the main targets of their harassment is… also a racist freak?
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“These people deserve oppression” - a complete psychopath
so, if I’m understanding this correctly, the 4chan weirdos behind gamergate were sexist freaks but at the same time, one of the main targets of their harassment is… also a racist freak?
February 16, 2026 at 2:31 AM
“These people deserve oppression” - a complete psychopath
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My love language is a sugaring class at a mill built in 1811. It also happens to have been my Valentines Day present this year.
February 16, 2026 at 2:33 AM
My love language is a sugaring class at a mill built in 1811. It also happens to have been my Valentines Day present this year.