Cugel the Clever
@cugel.bsky.social
Seattle-based software engineer with an interest in urbanism and global affairs. Anti-fascist; statist social democrat. Advocate of the Butlerian jihad. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸🇺🇳
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I've said this before, but "america was always fascist" is simply not an effective messaging strategy for fighting an american fascist movement. you should not cede them control of the national identity! that's what they want!
People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
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 2:30 PM
I've said this before, but "america was always fascist" is simply not an effective messaging strategy for fighting an american fascist movement. you should not cede them control of the national identity! that's what they want!
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People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
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 2:08 PM
People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
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The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
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The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
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We have an entire class of Democratic "leadership" that has been told that it's dangerous and extreme to say this, and that does not understand that what Democrats want is for their leaders to articulate what they believe and why they believe it. That should not be as big an ask as it apparently is.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
We have an entire class of Democratic "leadership" that has been told that it's dangerous and extreme to say this, and that does not understand that what Democrats want is for their leaders to articulate what they believe and why they believe it. That should not be as big an ask as it apparently is.
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"Regular liberals seem to be radicalizing. The Democratic primary base very much wants their leaders to fight. This is not a few fringe academics, but vast swaths of American society." www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
Liberalism Did Not Fail, Conservatism Did
We are moving from an ideologically multipolar world, to a bipolar one.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
"Regular liberals seem to be radicalizing. The Democratic primary base very much wants their leaders to fight. This is not a few fringe academics, but vast swaths of American society." www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
The cult that's moved into a location in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood put up a load of posters over the weekend, trying to pull in more victims.
I pulled down 15 this afternoon. Saw another 10 or so that someone had gotten to before me.
I pulled down 15 this afternoon. Saw another 10 or so that someone had gotten to before me.
January 20, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The cult that's moved into a location in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood put up a load of posters over the weekend, trying to pull in more victims.
I pulled down 15 this afternoon. Saw another 10 or so that someone had gotten to before me.
I pulled down 15 this afternoon. Saw another 10 or so that someone had gotten to before me.
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Society parried the ozone layer, acid rain, and Y2K back to back and instead of going "wow, parrying is badass" a lot of people went "society didn't even get hit so I guess there's no need to learn how to parry" and instantly took a thousand hits
we live in a sick society that thinks preventing problems is a waste of time and effort and hey, guess why everything sucks now
January 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Society parried the ozone layer, acid rain, and Y2K back to back and instead of going "wow, parrying is badass" a lot of people went "society didn't even get hit so I guess there's no need to learn how to parry" and instantly took a thousand hits
FAFO
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM
FAFO
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Donald Trump and his toadies are the ultimate beneficiaries of the only Democrats have agency crew.
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Donald Trump and his toadies are the ultimate beneficiaries of the only Democrats have agency crew.
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The reason why I think that it's important that the Star Tribune (and institutions like it) continue to exist and have a big role in media, despite being reactionary is because a hundred people in my timeline are simultaneously retweeting an unsourced substack writer who pays for x dot com
January 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The reason why I think that it's important that the Star Tribune (and institutions like it) continue to exist and have a big role in media, despite being reactionary is because a hundred people in my timeline are simultaneously retweeting an unsourced substack writer who pays for x dot com
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Everyone who is like “hahah the police will always stand with ICE,” kindly shut up. Your city didn’t go through what our city is going through. Even our observers - not exactly pro-cop people - have noticed distinct hostility between ICE and MPD.
This is fantasy. Local cops routinely fail to represent the interest of their community during ICE invasions across the country, regardless of comparative numbers.
It is culture that keeps cops on the sidelines + on the attack when it comes to protestors.
On the whole, the police back ICE.
It is culture that keeps cops on the sidelines + on the attack when it comes to protestors.
On the whole, the police back ICE.
To the people out of state who keep saying “why won’t the local cops stop ICE” you need to understand that ICE is overwhelmingly the largest force on the ground in Minneapolis. They outnumber Minneapolis cops four to one. They’re more likely to stop the cops than the other way around
January 15, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Everyone who is like “hahah the police will always stand with ICE,” kindly shut up. Your city didn’t go through what our city is going through. Even our observers - not exactly pro-cop people - have noticed distinct hostility between ICE and MPD.
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The anti-science "wellness" industry is probably the most underestimated and underreported foundations of the modern fascist movement.
Once we take the country back, this entire industry needs to be rooted out like a cancer.
Once we take the country back, this entire industry needs to be rooted out like a cancer.
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:49 AM
The anti-science "wellness" industry is probably the most underestimated and underreported foundations of the modern fascist movement.
Once we take the country back, this entire industry needs to be rooted out like a cancer.
Once we take the country back, this entire industry needs to be rooted out like a cancer.
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I have to say, I'm a little frustrated, there are vast numbers of horrifying videos of ICE circulating privately right now, but a lot of paranoia about sharing them publicly on social media. Sharing is fairly low-risk and THE ONLY WAY the full scope of what's happening here will be understood.
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I have to say, I'm a little frustrated, there are vast numbers of horrifying videos of ICE circulating privately right now, but a lot of paranoia about sharing them publicly on social media. Sharing is fairly low-risk and THE ONLY WAY the full scope of what's happening here will be understood.
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This is a wild hill to die on for someone who creates environments for kids.
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games (Fortnite/Battle Royale) argues against CP protections on social media/AI platforms, claiming legislators are ‘just censoring political opponents’.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games (Fortnite/Battle Royale) argues against CP protections on social media/AI platforms, claiming legislators are ‘just censoring political opponents’.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents'
Not the hill I'd die on, but I'm not a billionaire.
www.pcgamer.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
This is a wild hill to die on for someone who creates environments for kids.
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games (Fortnite/Battle Royale) argues against CP protections on social media/AI platforms, claiming legislators are ‘just censoring political opponents’.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games (Fortnite/Battle Royale) argues against CP protections on social media/AI platforms, claiming legislators are ‘just censoring political opponents’.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
ICE DEFEATED BY ICE
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
ICE DEFEATED BY ICE
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Autocracies are literally built on doomers that don't do shit. Publicly whining about decline until badmouthing the regime is outlawed. Then they just stfu for the rest of their lives.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
January 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Autocracies are literally built on doomers that don't do shit. Publicly whining about decline until badmouthing the regime is outlawed. Then they just stfu for the rest of their lives.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
Slightly diminish a game:
Quarter-Life
Quarter-Life
Slightly diminish a game:
Assassin's Informal Guideline
Assassin's Informal Guideline
Slightly diminish a game:
Red Dead Apology 2
Red Dead Apology 2
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Slightly diminish a game:
Quarter-Life
Quarter-Life
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rightwingers always call women “too emotional” but renee good states she’s not mad in a calm voice while the agitated emotional ICE agent unloads his gun umprompted and calls her a “fucking bitch” after she’s dead
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
rightwingers always call women “too emotional” but renee good states she’s not mad in a calm voice while the agitated emotional ICE agent unloads his gun umprompted and calls her a “fucking bitch” after she’s dead
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We’re mobilizing across the country this weekend to honor Renee Nicole Good, demand accountability for ICE’s killing of Renee, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s terror: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 9, 2026 at 3:11 AM
We’re mobilizing across the country this weekend to honor Renee Nicole Good, demand accountability for ICE’s killing of Renee, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s terror: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I had no idea state guards were a thing. Moderately curious.
hey so uh I just volunteered for the CA State Guard
January 8, 2026 at 5:58 AM
I had no idea state guards were a thing. Moderately curious.
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I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.