David Ryan Andersson
@dandersson.bsky.social
Video Editor. Writer.
Podcasts and videos about movies and politics.
He/Him
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Podcasts and videos about movies and politics.
He/Him
https://open.spotify.com/show/6QK88s1ssdaabYTmQLAAVk?si=La8ZebvgTcOPfavxDFVvRw
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longing once again for a world where more people are capable of grasping complex and inscrutable concepts like “it’s still really really good for Democrats if they *lose* by a much smaller margin than expected in Tennessee”
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
longing once again for a world where more people are capable of grasping complex and inscrutable concepts like “it’s still really really good for Democrats if they *lose* by a much smaller margin than expected in Tennessee”
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Speaking as someone who was cast as "alarmist" for accurately predicting the GOP mainstreaming of outright fascism, that sort of attitude is the flip side of those earlier alarmism accusations.
These folks are so petrified of change and the unknown that they wishcast a permanent status quo.
These folks are so petrified of change and the unknown that they wishcast a permanent status quo.
The main thing that's annoying and offensive about this is it's usually not framed as simply a factual observation about all the obvious hurdles, as if anybody needs reminding. It's how it's said in a mood of cynical, condescending hostility to even advocating for accountability. Ditto impeachment.
While this usually isn't the intent, "no one will ever be held accountable for this" doomerism is an excuse not to try.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Speaking as someone who was cast as "alarmist" for accurately predicting the GOP mainstreaming of outright fascism, that sort of attitude is the flip side of those earlier alarmism accusations.
These folks are so petrified of change and the unknown that they wishcast a permanent status quo.
These folks are so petrified of change and the unknown that they wishcast a permanent status quo.
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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The purpose of a system of is what it does.
OpenAI's Sora Is Letting Teens Generate Videos of School Shootings
OpenAI's Sora 2 easily allows teenagers to generate videos of school shootings and other harmful content, despite repeated claims of safety.
futurism.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The purpose of a system of is what it does.
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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Below 30% approval on inflation/cost of living means the disapproval is cutting into Trump’s base.
Trump is absolutely cratering on economy in new Marquette poll:
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Anger over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking
As Trump’s inflation rants grow more unhinged amid brutal new polls for him, an economics writer explains why Trump is ill-suited for the crisis that might be coming—and why the bottom might be about ...
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Below 30% approval on inflation/cost of living means the disapproval is cutting into Trump’s base.
One silver lining to this dystopian post-truth world is that liars don't try to be clever about their lies anymore.
There's no conception of truth to blend in with. Might as well just lie as boldly and stupidly as you want. There will be some bubble that accepts it.
It makes them lazy and sloppy.
There's no conception of truth to blend in with. Might as well just lie as boldly and stupidly as you want. There will be some bubble that accepts it.
It makes them lazy and sloppy.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
One silver lining to this dystopian post-truth world is that liars don't try to be clever about their lies anymore.
There's no conception of truth to blend in with. Might as well just lie as boldly and stupidly as you want. There will be some bubble that accepts it.
It makes them lazy and sloppy.
There's no conception of truth to blend in with. Might as well just lie as boldly and stupidly as you want. There will be some bubble that accepts it.
It makes them lazy and sloppy.
My honest theory is that everything is moving too fast for Trump. His only strategy was to delay until he didn't have to, and that isn't working.
He might just let Pam Bondi get thrown to the wolves as she gets the impossible task of satisfying the public and protecting elites from accountability.
He might just let Pam Bondi get thrown to the wolves as she gets the impossible task of satisfying the public and protecting elites from accountability.
Trump signed the Epstein bill. Fights not over. We have to keep driving until all the information is drug into the daylight!
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Trump signs bill to release DOJ's Epstein files
President Trump signs a bill compelling the Justice Department to release its records on Jeffrey Epstein after months of pushback.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
My honest theory is that everything is moving too fast for Trump. His only strategy was to delay until he didn't have to, and that isn't working.
He might just let Pam Bondi get thrown to the wolves as she gets the impossible task of satisfying the public and protecting elites from accountability.
He might just let Pam Bondi get thrown to the wolves as she gets the impossible task of satisfying the public and protecting elites from accountability.
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For all those sure there was some master plan, may I present....
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
For all those sure there was some master plan, may I present....
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Remember. A vote is NOT NEEDED to release the Epstein Files.
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Remember. A vote is NOT NEEDED to release the Epstein Files.
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
A vote is needed to FORCE the release of the Epstein Files
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You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
Wait, did a Democrat accidentally vote against releasing the Epstein Files and then change their vote?
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wait, did a Democrat accidentally vote against releasing the Epstein Files and then change their vote?
Looks like it'll probably be a unanimous vote for the release of the Epstein Files in the House.
Republicans know they can't oppose it no matter how much they furiously complained about it all morning and urged the Senate to rewrite the bill.
Republicans know they can't oppose it no matter how much they furiously complained about it all morning and urged the Senate to rewrite the bill.
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Looks like it'll probably be a unanimous vote for the release of the Epstein Files in the House.
Republicans know they can't oppose it no matter how much they furiously complained about it all morning and urged the Senate to rewrite the bill.
Republicans know they can't oppose it no matter how much they furiously complained about it all morning and urged the Senate to rewrite the bill.
The Right gets its MeToo, but it's for being a pedophile.
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Right gets its MeToo, but it's for being a pedophile.
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It’s pretty simple.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s pretty simple.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
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Before anyone gets too carried away here.
Anthony Fauci says Marjorie Taylor Greene drove death threats against him
Ex-leader of US Covid response said congresswoman and Fox News sparked ‘credible death threats’ against him and his family
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Before anyone gets too carried away here.
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No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
Oh he's REALLY guilty huh?
Trump: “I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene…”
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Oh he's REALLY guilty huh?
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So I’ve had a very brief search of the Epstein database in the last half hour.
Noticed Epstein was paying for Google search result poisoning and attending hacker conferences
Noticed Epstein was paying for Google search result poisoning and attending hacker conferences
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
So I’ve had a very brief search of the Epstein database in the last half hour.
Noticed Epstein was paying for Google search result poisoning and attending hacker conferences
Noticed Epstein was paying for Google search result poisoning and attending hacker conferences
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Let me get this straight: The Right has spent years calling trans people, drag performers, queers, teachers and librarians "groomers" -- but Epstein and Trump are NOT child molesters, because *checks notes* their victims were young-looking 15-year-olds?!
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Let me get this straight: The Right has spent years calling trans people, drag performers, queers, teachers and librarians "groomers" -- but Epstein and Trump are NOT child molesters, because *checks notes* their victims were young-looking 15-year-olds?!
MeToo 2 needs to be more aggressive than last time. Lawyers. Tribunals. Make Harvey Weinstein a drop in the bucket.
Also I complained on social media about getting harassed constantly at cons and an adult woman told me that complaining about it was like complaining about my maid stealing from me and I should be aware of my pretty privilege and yes that has lived rent free in my brain ever since
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
MeToo 2 needs to be more aggressive than last time. Lawyers. Tribunals. Make Harvey Weinstein a drop in the bucket.
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It’s not over but when it is I will never, ever forget the “serious people” who buckled and compromised and abetted the torture and crime and murder for a fascist lottery ticket.
I think the core point is that trump had a honeymoon in which capital/media/political opposition all decided he was the one true voice of america. he did a lot of horrible things with that (including murdering 100s of thousands), but didn't consolidate power...
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It’s not over but when it is I will never, ever forget the “serious people” who buckled and compromised and abetted the torture and crime and murder for a fascist lottery ticket.
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I was off by 49 days
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I was off by 49 days