David Poe
@culthero12.bsky.social
Consultant, cat-owner, cook.
Feel like this one needs to be busted out for a while:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7870768-never-believe-that-anti-semites-are-completely-unaware-of-the-absurdity
Feel like this one needs to be busted out for a while:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7870768-never-believe-that-anti-semites-are-completely-unaware-of-the-absurdity
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The polls of people who actually watched the debate showed Biden losing badly... by the exact same margin that Trump lost the Harris debate. But Trump by contrast didn't have weeks of drumbeat, full-court-press news afterwards about his debate failure - media instead dropped the story
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The polls of people who actually watched the debate showed Biden losing badly... by the exact same margin that Trump lost the Harris debate. But Trump by contrast didn't have weeks of drumbeat, full-court-press news afterwards about his debate failure - media instead dropped the story
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We should have started being one of these serious countries at Appomattox & right afterward, but alas, that's when the foundations of the "total failure of elite accountability" American system started:
Also, the failure of Reconstruction is the through-line of US politics, from 1867-2023, & its roots were unfortunately also planted at Appomattox. We should finish it belatedly now, so we can finally be an actual representative democracy of equal rights for everyone.
From Ron Chernow's "Grant":
From Ron Chernow's "Grant":
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We should have started being one of these serious countries at Appomattox & right afterward, but alas, that's when the foundations of the "total failure of elite accountability" American system started:
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 in Gaza, reports of IDF ground operations going beyond the "yellow line" and expanding in Gaza City, so I must ask again: What constitutes no ceasefire, rather than a "fragile" or "tested" ceasefire?
Israeli airstrikes kill 25 Palestinians in Gaza, rattling fragile ceasefire, medics say
Israel and Hamas have traded blame for what both call violations of the U.S.-brokered truce, the first stage of President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for a post-war Gaza.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 in Gaza, reports of IDF ground operations going beyond the "yellow line" and expanding in Gaza City, so I must ask again: What constitutes no ceasefire, rather than a "fragile" or "tested" ceasefire?
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Musk's ego was mortally wounded by Joyce Carol Oates and he's been on a narcissistic supply bender since
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Musk's ego was mortally wounded by Joyce Carol Oates and he's been on a narcissistic supply bender since
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Nano Banana Pro, released this morning, is clearly the best image generation model. Superb instruction following, plus it can generate full infographics (with correct spelling and properly rendered text!) from a short prompt based on running extra searches simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/20/...
Nano Banana Pro aka gemini-3-pro-image-preview is the best available image generation model
Hot on the heels of Tuesday’s Gemini 3 Pro release, today it’s Nano Banana Pro, also known as Gemini 3 Pro Image. I’ve had a few days of preview access …
simonwillison.net
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nano Banana Pro, released this morning, is clearly the best image generation model. Superb instruction following, plus it can generate full infographics (with correct spelling and properly rendered text!) from a short prompt based on running extra searches simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/20/...
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Unhinged, un-American, and wrong. The words themselves are corrosive, and an executive branch directly opposed to the laws of armed combat and the Constitution's checks and balances is a very serious problem.
But while his desire for authoritarian dominance is bottomless, his capacity isn't close.
But while his desire for authoritarian dominance is bottomless, his capacity isn't close.
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Unhinged, un-American, and wrong. The words themselves are corrosive, and an executive branch directly opposed to the laws of armed combat and the Constitution's checks and balances is a very serious problem.
But while his desire for authoritarian dominance is bottomless, his capacity isn't close.
But while his desire for authoritarian dominance is bottomless, his capacity isn't close.
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President reposts this symbol all by itself should get him impeached
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
President reposts this symbol all by itself should get him impeached
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Musk says that 10-20 years is "long term to me."
A rare admission of the biggest public misunderstanding about him: his brand is that of a long-term futurist, but in reality he's a plate-spinner who rarely thinks farther ahead than the next fundraising round.
A rare admission of the biggest public misunderstanding about him: his brand is that of a long-term futurist, but in reality he's a plate-spinner who rarely thinks farther ahead than the next fundraising round.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Musk says that 10-20 years is "long term to me."
A rare admission of the biggest public misunderstanding about him: his brand is that of a long-term futurist, but in reality he's a plate-spinner who rarely thinks farther ahead than the next fundraising round.
A rare admission of the biggest public misunderstanding about him: his brand is that of a long-term futurist, but in reality he's a plate-spinner who rarely thinks farther ahead than the next fundraising round.
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This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”
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Thinking about how Summers and Epstein both frequently manipulated the media into giving or withholding coverage when they wanted and how the same media mysteriously decided to wage a scorched earth jihad against Harvard's President Claudine Gay. It's a strange coincidence to ponder!
Faculty discipline committees should really normalize de-tenuring/dismissal investigations for the sort of behavior described in the Summers case
A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thinking about how Summers and Epstein both frequently manipulated the media into giving or withholding coverage when they wanted and how the same media mysteriously decided to wage a scorched earth jihad against Harvard's President Claudine Gay. It's a strange coincidence to ponder!
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This is existential for Trump. MTG is creating a permission structure for MAGA (not just moderate GOP who never really loved Trump) to break with him decisively. If he can’t put this rebellion down it’s gonna get real bad for him real quick
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is existential for Trump. MTG is creating a permission structure for MAGA (not just moderate GOP who never really loved Trump) to break with him decisively. If he can’t put this rebellion down it’s gonna get real bad for him real quick
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it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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At what point does the New York Times get charged as organizationally conspiring to abet human trafficking of minors.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
At what point does the New York Times get charged as organizationally conspiring to abet human trafficking of minors.
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I would be utterly thrilled to rid the Democratic Party of everyone who was pals with Jeffrey fucking Epstein
why exactly would I want a child abuser to make government policy
why exactly would I want a child abuser to make government policy
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would be utterly thrilled to rid the Democratic Party of everyone who was pals with Jeffrey fucking Epstein
why exactly would I want a child abuser to make government policy
why exactly would I want a child abuser to make government policy
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What a great day for finding out that a lot of things people thought were conspiracies are actually backed up by emails that are like hey pedo, let us pedo together in pedoland on the second day of the pedo month
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What a great day for finding out that a lot of things people thought were conspiracies are actually backed up by emails that are like hey pedo, let us pedo together in pedoland on the second day of the pedo month
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The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.
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Vast sin-concealing chaos
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Vast sin-concealing chaos
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Maybe it really is as simple as to frame the Biden administration as the collective swan song of his cohort. A bunch of geriatric “norms respecting” zionists who, at the end of the day, only want to talk about rural healthcare policy from the confines of their retirement home (Washington DC)
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Maybe it really is as simple as to frame the Biden administration as the collective swan song of his cohort. A bunch of geriatric “norms respecting” zionists who, at the end of the day, only want to talk about rural healthcare policy from the confines of their retirement home (Washington DC)