Dan Mitchell
@danmitchell.bsky.social
Reporter based in Oakland. An American, Chicago-born.
The writer's bio:
"Annie Holmquist is a writer and editor living in St. Paul. Her other writings can be found in the Epoch Times, Intellectual Takeout, 1819 News, and her Substack, Annie’s Attic."
"Annie Holmquist is a writer and editor living in St. Paul. Her other writings can be found in the Epoch Times, Intellectual Takeout, 1819 News, and her Substack, Annie’s Attic."
@startribune.com finally stands up for the truly forgotten! White men! Can't make this shit up
www.startribune.com/2026-reading...
www.startribune.com/2026-reading...
Opinion | You can’t be diverse if you exclude white men
Those year-end book lists that claim to be all about diversity often seem to miss this one major demographic, Annie Holmquist writes.
www.startribune.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The writer's bio:
"Annie Holmquist is a writer and editor living in St. Paul. Her other writings can be found in the Epoch Times, Intellectual Takeout, 1819 News, and her Substack, Annie’s Attic."
"Annie Holmquist is a writer and editor living in St. Paul. Her other writings can be found in the Epoch Times, Intellectual Takeout, 1819 News, and her Substack, Annie’s Attic."
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The Trump administration has no problem with wanton murder. The only thing we have to thank for its apparent absence here is their incompetence.
"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Trump administration has no problem with wanton murder. The only thing we have to thank for its apparent absence here is their incompetence.
This is very good, even though I just found that one of the hosts, Moira Donegan, has me blocked here. I don't know anything about her other than from this episode, but I like her so far!
Been letting @moiradonegan.bsky.social and @adriandaub.bsky.social talk about terrible things through all of this
December 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is very good, even though I just found that one of the hosts, Moira Donegan, has me blocked here. I don't know anything about her other than from this episode, but I like her so far!
You might have thought that the fact that both DMVs and post offices are generally so much better run now than they used to be would have removed this particular arrow from their quivers, but of course it didn’t.
Guy who has never set foot in an American DMV: they haven’t even been updated since the 1970s
December 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
You might have thought that the fact that both DMVs and post offices are generally so much better run now than they used to be would have removed this particular arrow from their quivers, but of course it didn’t.
This is the core of everything. We, led by the media, collectively played along with this, to the point where the NYT started presenting complaints from explicit bigots as if they were just as valid as complaints from victims of bigotry. It's *insane*.
One of the right wing's top cultural initiatives was trying to destroy the idea that assholery deserves shame and we'll have to reverse that. "I'm just expressing an opinion I'm entitled to." Ok but you're an asshole. "I'm simply doing a business practice that technically isn't illegal." Ok. Asshole
December 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is the core of everything. We, led by the media, collectively played along with this, to the point where the NYT started presenting complaints from explicit bigots as if they were just as valid as complaints from victims of bigotry. It's *insane*.
I have no clear idea how schools teach science, but I think it's highly likely that they don't tend to give instruction on the macro-level stuff like this, with public apprehension of science in mind. Hence all the people making fun of "useless" or "obvious" studies.
Research rarely surprises, and that is not a failure. Its value lies in carefully (dis)confirming, qualifying, or bounding what we already think we know.
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I have no clear idea how schools teach science, but I think it's highly likely that they don't tend to give instruction on the macro-level stuff like this, with public apprehension of science in mind. Hence all the people making fun of "useless" or "obvious" studies.
Some days, I just feel overwhelmed by how everything everywhere is being wrecked. I know there are tons of decent, normal people fighting against this general trend, so we do have hope. But I still feel like every institution in America is rotting away. Or rather, being rotted: this is intentional.
December 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Some days, I just feel overwhelmed by how everything everywhere is being wrecked. I know there are tons of decent, normal people fighting against this general trend, so we do have hope. But I still feel like every institution in America is rotting away. Or rather, being rotted: this is intentional.
Cruising around social media to see what "regular Americans" are up to, I'm struck by how discussions that once took place among dumb teenagers in rec rooms, or idiots in barrooms, are now mass media. Memes about "welfare cheats," "don't drop the soap" jokes, insane conspiracy theories, etc.
December 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Cruising around social media to see what "regular Americans" are up to, I'm struck by how discussions that once took place among dumb teenagers in rec rooms, or idiots in barrooms, are now mass media. Memes about "welfare cheats," "don't drop the soap" jokes, insane conspiracy theories, etc.
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I would love some recommendations on good things to read about how countries that have done actual disarmament/truth-and-reconciliation stuff after deposing authoritarian regimes have made this sort of thing work, when and where it has worked.
I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I would love some recommendations on good things to read about how countries that have done actual disarmament/truth-and-reconciliation stuff after deposing authoritarian regimes have made this sort of thing work, when and where it has worked.
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I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
It's been horrifying for me to realize in recent years that, to vast numbers of people, it never much mattered who was writing for publications like the Atlantic and the NYT, or what they wrote. Such people believe that if those outlets publish something, it must be worthy.
December 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It's been horrifying for me to realize in recent years that, to vast numbers of people, it never much mattered who was writing for publications like the Atlantic and the NYT, or what they wrote. Such people believe that if those outlets publish something, it must be worthy.
People say you can't make decent money in journalism. Pfft. All you have to do is be a hack and a shameless toady.
December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
People say you can't make decent money in journalism. Pfft. All you have to do is be a hack and a shameless toady.
When Pence said in '16 that he was never alone with a woman, I talked to people he'd worked with in radio who said it was bulllshit. I pitched the story to the Village Voice where I knew an editor, Mark Gimein. He didn't think what Pence said was so dumb.
He's the tech editor at the Free Press now.
He's the tech editor at the Free Press now.
December 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
When Pence said in '16 that he was never alone with a woman, I talked to people he'd worked with in radio who said it was bulllshit. I pitched the story to the Village Voice where I knew an editor, Mark Gimein. He didn't think what Pence said was so dumb.
He's the tech editor at the Free Press now.
He's the tech editor at the Free Press now.
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I've become downright fascinated by FB slop and the audience for it. Millions of people every day commenting on this stuff, either believing it's real or bragging that they see right through it. Or thinking it's genuinely funny. Or horndogging. It's fascinating, and it's terrifying.
December 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I've become downright fascinated by FB slop and the audience for it. Millions of people every day commenting on this stuff, either believing it's real or bragging that they see right through it. Or thinking it's genuinely funny. Or horndogging. It's fascinating, and it's terrifying.
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here we go (police incident report follows)
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
here we go (police incident report follows)
All of which highlights Hillary Clinton’s and Joe Biden’s warmongering ways, and reveals why Trump voters at heart just want peace.
— The next issue of Jacobin magazine, probably.
— The next issue of Jacobin magazine, probably.
First-ever US airstrikes in Nigeria put the second Trump admin’s 2025 combat actions at:
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
December 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
All of which highlights Hillary Clinton’s and Joe Biden’s warmongering ways, and reveals why Trump voters at heart just want peace.
— The next issue of Jacobin magazine, probably.
— The next issue of Jacobin magazine, probably.
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It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
December 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
I've become downright fascinated by FB slop and the audience for it. Millions of people every day commenting on this stuff, either believing it's real or bragging that they see right through it. Or thinking it's genuinely funny. Or horndogging. It's fascinating, and it's terrifying.
December 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I've become downright fascinated by FB slop and the audience for it. Millions of people every day commenting on this stuff, either believing it's real or bragging that they see right through it. Or thinking it's genuinely funny. Or horndogging. It's fascinating, and it's terrifying.
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Indiana State Senator wishes you a Merry Christmas by… posting images of himself assaulting Santa Claus.
Are the fascists okay?
Are the fascists okay?
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Indiana State Senator wishes you a Merry Christmas by… posting images of himself assaulting Santa Claus.
Are the fascists okay?
Are the fascists okay?
This is @gcaw.bsky.social, who is among the most Serious of the Very Serious People. You should take his Seriousness very Seriously.
The @theatlantic.com claims that Canadians will use "treachery" to make America and its media look "silly".
No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers.
Deal with it.
No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers.
Deal with it.
December 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is @gcaw.bsky.social, who is among the most Serious of the Very Serious People. You should take his Seriousness very Seriously.
This is fucking ridiculous. Just a straight-up falsehood that will almost certainly not get a correction.
They keep getting away with this shit because "we" (collectively) let them.
They keep getting away with this shit because "we" (collectively) let them.
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is fucking ridiculous. Just a straight-up falsehood that will almost certainly not get a correction.
They keep getting away with this shit because "we" (collectively) let them.
They keep getting away with this shit because "we" (collectively) let them.
Look at this display copy. They got the "inside story" on this grotesque corruption that they refuse to call corruption. The news is that people were "surprised," apparently.
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Look at this display copy. They got the "inside story" on this grotesque corruption that they refuse to call corruption. The news is that people were "surprised," apparently.
Counterpoint: Eat me, Vox.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Counterpoint: Eat me, Vox.
More likely WHATever put it together.
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
More likely WHATever put it together.
All they had to do was put "alternative" in quotes and lose the "so-called." They do this shit on purpose, even when they don't know they're doing it on purpose.
Jimmy Kimmel appeared on British television screens on Christmas Day to deliver a so-called “alternative Christmas message,” in which he said tyranny was “booming” in the U.S.
Kimmel Tells U.K. Viewers ‘Tyranny Is Booming’ in America
Chosen by a British TV station to give an “alternative” to the king’s speech, Jimmy Kimmel said it had been a great year for the U.S. “from a fascism perspective.”
nyti.ms
December 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
All they had to do was put "alternative" in quotes and lose the "so-called." They do this shit on purpose, even when they don't know they're doing it on purpose.