Daniel Harper
@danielharper.bsky.social
One half of the I Don't Speak German podcast. I follow white nationalist assholes so you don't have to. Working on my Spanish. He/him. Todos somos americanos.
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NEW IDSG: Doug Wilson talks to Ross Douthat (Bad Faith Discussion 2). @danielharper.bsky.social & I listen to sinister Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson chat with chunky conservative media lolcow Ross Douthat. Because we hate ourselves apparently. idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/140-doug-wil...
I Don't Speak German: 140: Doug Wilson talks to Ross Douthat (Bad Faith Discussion, Part 2)
Sinister Christian Nationalist pastor Doug Wilson gets interviewed by chunky conservative media lolcow Ross Douthat. Amazingly, the person who comes out of this horrifying development looking wo...
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This one was awhile coming. We originally planned to do it at the end of 2025 as a follow up to the Harris/Wilson discussion, but life and health got in the way, and we ended up recording this over two sessions. Nonetheless, great job Jack on the edit. More to come.
Age verification? I first started learning to type on a manual typewriter. Years later we got an electric, which was much better.
Age verification? Growing up I used a gramophone to play my mum's 78rpm jazz records. And how to indicate I was about to make a turn by sticking my arm out the driver's side window on vehicles that didn't have indicators. (It was on the driving test back then.)
Age verification?
I used to have to stick my finger into one of several holes in a phone and rotate a circular piece of plastic, repeating the process a certain number of times to input the number I wanted to call.
I used to have to stick my finger into one of several holes in a phone and rotate a circular piece of plastic, repeating the process a certain number of times to input the number I wanted to call.
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Age verification? I first started learning to type on a manual typewriter. Years later we got an electric, which was much better.
The US already has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, and nearly a quarter of all the world's prisoners. This would create a parallel system of monstrosity, a nearly unique set of torture camps nearly unique among wealthy nations.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:51 AM
The US already has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, and nearly a quarter of all the world's prisoners. This would create a parallel system of monstrosity, a nearly unique set of torture camps nearly unique among wealthy nations.
Those who have seen Clerks (1993) know that that is actually a fun number.
When someone tells me how old their child is I say "that's such a fun age" even if it's 37
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Those who have seen Clerks (1993) know that that is actually a fun number.
Yes. Clearly. There are technical issues involving radiation exposure and weightlessness has its own challenges of course. The closer to home you are the more ability you have to fuck up without disaster.
February 10, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Yes. Clearly. There are technical issues involving radiation exposure and weightlessness has its own challenges of course. The closer to home you are the more ability you have to fuck up without disaster.
My guess is that plenty of people see it but keeping Musk on your good side is good for the business.
February 10, 2026 at 2:06 AM
My guess is that plenty of people see it but keeping Musk on your good side is good for the business.
If this was anything like a serious project he'd be setting up self-contained and self-supporting bases in Antarctica, which is about a million times easier than the Moon or Mars. Can a team of people live in Antarctica for five years with no outside help? That's step one.
Elon Musk's ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon. https://cnn.it/46sbAMm
February 10, 2026 at 1:28 AM
If this was anything like a serious project he'd be setting up self-contained and self-supporting bases in Antarctica, which is about a million times easier than the Moon or Mars. Can a team of people live in Antarctica for five years with no outside help? That's step one.
Elon Musk's ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon. https://cnn.it/46sbAMm
February 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
If this was anything like a serious project he'd be setting up self-contained and self-supporting bases in Antarctica, which is about a million times easier than the Moon or Mars. Can a team of people live in Antarctica for five years with no outside help? That's step one.
I swear it popped up in my YouTube feed randomly. I clicked on it out of curiosity.
February 9, 2026 at 8:59 AM
I swear it popped up in my YouTube feed randomly. I clicked on it out of curiosity.
To be clear I do not disagree with the OP.
February 9, 2026 at 7:56 AM
To be clear I do not disagree with the OP.
The issue is that a whole lot of people are fine with concentration camps and death squads so long as it's quietly buried away from the proverbial front page.
"Sure, ICE is bad, but we need to deport illegal immigrants"
No you don't.
If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
No you don't.
If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
February 9, 2026 at 7:55 AM
The issue is that a whole lot of people are fine with concentration camps and death squads so long as it's quietly buried away from the proverbial front page.
This has most definitely been my experience as well.
i should add that in my experience native Spanish speakers in the Americas are EXTREMELY generous with those of us who speak Spanish badly and make even a small effort to communicate in Spanish. They want us to succeed. Which I appreciate.
February 9, 2026 at 4:58 AM
This has most definitely been my experience as well.
Honestly this is an easy second place to Fargo as "best USAian film set in a depth of snow." And it's a very close second.
watching A Simple Plan and man, Sam Raimi's the best
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Honestly this is an easy second place to Fargo as "best USAian film set in a depth of snow." And it's a very close second.
I for one welcome Woke Elmo with open arms.
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I for one welcome Woke Elmo with open arms.
These people are all in the same group chat. I have no direct proof, but I'm absolutely certain of it.
They live in the real bubble
This is the most entertaining game of the night
February 9, 2026 at 4:50 AM
These people are all in the same group chat. I have no direct proof, but I'm absolutely certain of it.
I'm watching the All American Halftime Show when I should be at bed (I'll probably finish it tomorrow) and given the Bad Bunny performance I think we should start calling Kid Rock "El niño de la Roca."
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I'm watching the All American Halftime Show when I should be at bed (I'll probably finish it tomorrow) and given the Bad Bunny performance I think we should start calling Kid Rock "El niño de la Roca."
@timescarcass.bsky.social and I discussed that one on the Patreon last year. I do understand your reaction but I feel it hasn't aged particularly well from an antifascist perspective.
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 AM
@timescarcass.bsky.social and I discussed that one on the Patreon last year. I do understand your reaction but I feel it hasn't aged particularly well from an antifascist perspective.
Pretty sure you can find it for free online with a few minutes work. I own the DVD because I'm that kind of movie nerd lol.
February 9, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Pretty sure you can find it for free online with a few minutes work. I own the DVD because I'm that kind of movie nerd lol.
Seriously, watch this speech and tell me you don't want to see the movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH0N...
The Intruder (1962) - Hate Speech aka. I Hate Your Guts
YouTube video by toontownexpress
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Seriously, watch this speech and tell me you don't want to see the movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH0N...
I could name a lot of examples here, but the one that is often overlooked is The Intruder (1962). Directed by Roger Corman (that Roger Corman) and starring William Shatner (that William Shatner). Filmed in the midst of the Civil Rights era. Shockingly relevant even today.
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I could name a lot of examples here, but the one that is often overlooked is The Intruder (1962). Directed by Roger Corman (that Roger Corman) and starring William Shatner (that William Shatner). Filmed in the midst of the Civil Rights era. Shockingly relevant even today.
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
They want to pretend that Kirk was a man of insightful thoughts working to understand the other side, but that would mean quoting things he actually said that would indicate that.
Also, they're still running ad reads he did on his stupid podcast, which continues without him.
Also, they're still running ad reads he did on his stupid podcast, which continues without him.
The parade of memes is Kirk’s fitting memorial: that a bunch of them are also anti-Semitic is worrying but also reflective of who he was and the movement he built.
Kind of like they tried to make Charlie Kirk’s murder into a moment of somber reflection but it couldn’t be done because Kirk was a vulgar asshole surrounded by other vulgar assholes
February 9, 2026 at 4:06 AM
They want to pretend that Kirk was a man of insightful thoughts working to understand the other side, but that would mean quoting things he actually said that would indicate that.
Also, they're still running ad reads he did on his stupid podcast, which continues without him.
Also, they're still running ad reads he did on his stupid podcast, which continues without him.
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Bad Bunny did a good job, but failed to call Drake a pedophile.
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Bad Bunny did a good job, but failed to call Drake a pedophile.
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I had a moment in the middle of that when I thought about Trump throwing paper towels in Puerto Rico after the hurricane and thought “now THIS is revenge.”
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I had a moment in the middle of that when I thought about Trump throwing paper towels in Puerto Rico after the hurricane and thought “now THIS is revenge.”
I've dabbled in Russian but don't think I'll ever really put the time in for even basic fluency.
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I've dabbled in Russian but don't think I'll ever really put the time in for even basic fluency.