Dark Cloud
@darkcloud.bsky.social
cynical optimist
When is collective punishment justified?
Never.
When is collective punishment justified?
Never.
Which one is Kavin Hassett, Trump economist? Which one is Colin Robinson, psychic vampire?
#kevinhassett
#whatwedointheshadows
#colinrobinson
#psychicvampire
#energyvampire
#kevinhassett
#whatwedointheshadows
#colinrobinson
#psychicvampire
#energyvampire
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Which one is Kavin Hassett, Trump economist? Which one is Colin Robinson, psychic vampire?
#kevinhassett
#whatwedointheshadows
#colinrobinson
#psychicvampire
#energyvampire
#kevinhassett
#whatwedointheshadows
#colinrobinson
#psychicvampire
#energyvampire
Morning marsh mist
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Morning marsh mist
Yep. This is like the slowest deer-in-the-headlights catastrophe possible
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Yep. This is like the slowest deer-in-the-headlights catastrophe possible
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Holy shit, the NOAA hurricane hunters flying over Jamaica in Kermit are working without pay
God, I love scientists
#noaa #hurricane #melissa
God, I love scientists
#noaa #hurricane #melissa
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Holy shit, the NOAA hurricane hunters flying over Jamaica in Kermit are working without pay
God, I love scientists
#noaa #hurricane #melissa
God, I love scientists
#noaa #hurricane #melissa
I have voted in the California special election.
If you live in California, you should vote YES ON 50!
If you live in California, you should vote YES ON 50!
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I have voted in the California special election.
If you live in California, you should vote YES ON 50!
If you live in California, you should vote YES ON 50!
Kites in Busan, South Korea
October 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Kites in Busan, South Korea
Donald, did Charlie say that before or after he got shot?
If after, was it immediately after, or “afterlife” after?
If after, was it immediately after, or “afterlife” after?
Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."
October 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Donald, did Charlie say that before or after he got shot?
If after, was it immediately after, or “afterlife” after?
If after, was it immediately after, or “afterlife” after?
Betteridge, don’t fail me now
Adventures in framing:
Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.
Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.
October 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Betteridge, don’t fail me now
Chinese peppers coming in nicely
September 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Chinese peppers coming in nicely
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You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
September 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
enignorancificationism: policy and practice of trying to make society more ignorant — see also Trumpism
September 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
enignorancificationism: policy and practice of trying to make society more ignorant — see also Trumpism
It’s called “tetrodoxotin”
A single injection guarantees you will not die of any virus.
A single injection guarantees you will not die of any virus.
RFK has announced that he is developing a vaccine against all viruses. Yes, every single one. The whole, uh, "phylum"
August 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It’s called “tetrodoxotin”
A single injection guarantees you will not die of any virus.
A single injection guarantees you will not die of any virus.
“Reshaping” is too benign a word to use for this cancer.
We need to demand better headline writers
We need to demand better headline writers
Data collected by some weather balloons halted.
Statistics for HIV among transgender people scrubbed from the CDC website.
President Trump has been wielding influence over data used by researchers and scientists — drawing more attention after he fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Statistics for HIV among transgender people scrubbed from the CDC website.
President Trump has been wielding influence over data used by researchers and scientists — drawing more attention after he fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
How Trump is reshaping government data
The Trump administration has influenced data used by researchers, economists and scientists — an effort that drew more attention after the president fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
nbcnews.to
August 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Reshaping” is too benign a word to use for this cancer.
We need to demand better headline writers
We need to demand better headline writers
Quote mash-up:
“Quoth the jabberwocky, ‘nevertheless’ “
“Quoth the jabberwocky, ‘nevertheless’ “
July 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Quote mash-up:
“Quoth the jabberwocky, ‘nevertheless’ “
“Quoth the jabberwocky, ‘nevertheless’ “
July 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Quote mash-up:
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and there’s one born every minute”
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and there’s one born every minute”
July 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Quote mash-up:
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and there’s one born every minute”
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and there’s one born every minute”
Amazing how often the “conservative” response to any issue is to accelerate the cause
“Yes, atmospheric CO2 has increased over time—but so has life expectancy,” writes Chris Wright. In a guest essay America’s energy secretary invites the world to rethink renewable energy
econ.st/4kCU2kY
Illustration: Dan Williams
econ.st/4kCU2kY
Illustration: Dan Williams
July 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Amazing how often the “conservative” response to any issue is to accelerate the cause
Tell me you’re talking about the crown jewels without telling me you are talking about the crown jewels
I mean it doesn't get more English national culture than stealing shit and refusing to return it because it's ours now
The idea that the Elgin Marbles are in some way part of *our* "national culture" is such an obviously absurd thing to claim.
July 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Tell me you’re talking about the crown jewels without telling me you are talking about the crown jewels
Raven is keeping watch
July 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Raven is keeping watch
This tells us who they think their enemies are.
It is us.
It is us.
But “we’re broke”, right? We can’t afford health care, housing, education, etc right?
A budget is a moral document. 🇺🇸
A budget is a moral document. 🇺🇸
July 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This tells us who they think their enemies are.
It is us.
It is us.
Nope.
Contact your Congressman & Senators.
Nope.
Contact your Congressman & Senators.
Nope.
The Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting detention centers, according to new guidance: cnn.it/4edTalh
DHS issues new guidance for lawmakers visiting ICE facilities after tense confrontations | CNN Politics
The agency’s new memo seeks to differentiate ICE field offices from detention facilities, noting that “ICE Field Offices are not detention facilities” and therefore do not fall under the appropriation...
cnn.it
June 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nope.
Contact your Congressman & Senators.
Nope.
Contact your Congressman & Senators.
Nope.
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The Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting detention centers, according to new guidance: cnn.it/4edTalh
DHS issues new guidance for lawmakers visiting ICE facilities after tense confrontations | CNN Politics
The agency’s new memo seeks to differentiate ICE field offices from detention facilities, noting that “ICE Field Offices are not detention facilities” and therefore do not fall under the appropriation...
cnn.it
June 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting detention centers, according to new guidance: cnn.it/4edTalh
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we have an elite impunity problem and a lot of the people and institutions that nominally oppose Trump will burn down their own before admitting that this helped produce him
I've said it many times before and Andrew Cuomo is making me say it again: we don't have a cancellation problem. We have never had a cancellation problem. To the contrary, we have a problem that "disgrace" is a very temporary embarrassment— an brief entr'acte more than an intermission.
June 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
we have an elite impunity problem and a lot of the people and institutions that nominally oppose Trump will burn down their own before admitting that this helped produce him