Davy Crockett
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Venturing over here for a look. To quote myself, “I told the people of my district that I would serve them as faithfully as I had done; but if not, they might go to hell, and I would go to The Other Site.”
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Senate Former-Social-Media-Intern-For-Senator-Smith Gabe’s prodigious Senate expertise is based on his brief internship doing social media for Senator Smith.
DHS is shutting down shortly while the rest of the government remains open bc democrats (so far, things could change) actually handled this situation pretty well, but if you think those facts are going to have any effect on senate Gabe’s poasting, well, I’m afraid you don’t know senate Gabe.
February 14, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Senate Former-Social-Media-Intern-For-Senator-Smith Gabe’s prodigious Senate expertise is based on his brief internship doing social media for Senator Smith.
It’s really hilariously on brand for literally all her writing that even this bizarre fiction exercise prioritizes demonstrating how much her self-insert feels deeply about things as the most important story to be told, above all else.
It really gives the game away that when the protagonist's son is given a death sentence in the final paragraph of the story, the entire focus is on how difficult things will be for her, the mom.
The son is literally an afterthought in the story of his own death.
The son is literally an afterthought in the story of his own death.
February 14, 2026 at 2:45 AM
It’s really hilariously on brand for literally all her writing that even this bizarre fiction exercise prioritizes demonstrating how much her self-insert feels deeply about things as the most important story to be told, above all else.
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Just so everyone knows, this is a weirdly maudlin short-story told from a mother's perspective, not an actual report on anything.
Because as is so often the case with basically all of her writing, Bruenig is utterly incapable of writing about anything that isn't her own perspective.
Because as is so often the case with basically all of her writing, Bruenig is utterly incapable of writing about anything that isn't her own perspective.
No matter what your Thoughts on the Breunigs are, this is necessary and well-done www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Just so everyone knows, this is a weirdly maudlin short-story told from a mother's perspective, not an actual report on anything.
Because as is so often the case with basically all of her writing, Bruenig is utterly incapable of writing about anything that isn't her own perspective.
Because as is so often the case with basically all of her writing, Bruenig is utterly incapable of writing about anything that isn't her own perspective.
Fundamentally the left doesn’t want to give up their delusion that 2016 and the rise of the far right is just factory workers mad paleoleftist economics died in the 1970s and the fact an Administration with that thesis and their total support just failed will not change their minds one iota
Its right at the beginning, this guy organized a protest against refugees in Essen in 2016 and her answer starts with 'in many ways I can relate to him" and she goes on how Dems sucked in 2018
February 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Fundamentally the left doesn’t want to give up their delusion that 2016 and the rise of the far right is just factory workers mad paleoleftist economics died in the 1970s and the fact an Administration with that thesis and their total support just failed will not change their minds one iota
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This is a riveting, heartbreaking piece and it's....fiction.
The @theatlantic.com should be much more clear about that in the editor's note. "based on extensive reporting & interviews" is not enough. Nowhere does it say that this is hypothetical & it should.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The @theatlantic.com should be much more clear about that in the editor's note. "based on extensive reporting & interviews" is not enough. Nowhere does it say that this is hypothetical & it should.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This is a riveting, heartbreaking piece and it's....fiction.
The @theatlantic.com should be much more clear about that in the editor's note. "based on extensive reporting & interviews" is not enough. Nowhere does it say that this is hypothetical & it should.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The @theatlantic.com should be much more clear about that in the editor's note. "based on extensive reporting & interviews" is not enough. Nowhere does it say that this is hypothetical & it should.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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[opening of The Byrds’ “Turn! Turn! Turn!” begins to play] Seattle?! That was on the other side of the country from Winnie and my life here in Baltimore. But maybe in a way we had been a whole country apart for all of eighth grade, ever since we shared that magical kiss by the lake last summer.
Assistant coach Daniel Stern leaving Ravens for Seahawks.
Assistant coach Daniel Stern leaving Ravens for Seahawks
Longtime Ravens assistant coach Daniel Stern is leaving for the Seahawks.
www.nbcsports.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
[opening of The Byrds’ “Turn! Turn! Turn!” begins to play] Seattle?! That was on the other side of the country from Winnie and my life here in Baltimore. But maybe in a way we had been a whole country apart for all of eighth grade, ever since we shared that magical kiss by the lake last summer.
It’s really quite something how Online Stan Culture leads to people putting the bar for some politicians so low it’s in the parking garage below the subbasement.
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It’s really quite something how Online Stan Culture leads to people putting the bar for some politicians so low it’s in the parking garage below the subbasement.
The story of the Ukrainian skeleton helmet and the IOC is where you really miss Bob Costas, because he would clearly have an opinion and make you know it and understand it in a convincing way and Tirico is ever so clearly a smiley corporate hack trying to avoid making anyone uncomfortable.
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
The story of the Ukrainian skeleton helmet and the IOC is where you really miss Bob Costas, because he would clearly have an opinion and make you know it and understand it in a convincing way and Tirico is ever so clearly a smiley corporate hack trying to avoid making anyone uncomfortable.
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Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
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Amateurs think about strategy, professionals think about logistics, academics think about themselves
Incidentally, this has reminded me of when I got blocked on here for arguing with the David Graeber Institute that "Logistics Manager" wasn't a "bullshit job". I hope every one of them is waiting on a vital package from Southern Texas.
All this speculation about the potential horrid things the airspace closure around El Paso could signifiy, and all I can think of is the logistics managers having the *worst* day and week of their lives.
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Amateurs think about strategy, professionals think about logistics, academics think about themselves
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So in case anyone doubted, trackAIPAC really should just be called TrackJewish, because to them all donations from Jewish groups are the same.
So all of you who believed them out of hand - you got conned.
So all of you who believed them out of hand - you got conned.
The Track AIPAC website is purposely misleading. If you bothered to look around the website to the breakdown of funds you'd find this. No AIPAC. also the official AIPAC website says they never endorsed her.
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
So in case anyone doubted, trackAIPAC really should just be called TrackJewish, because to them all donations from Jewish groups are the same.
So all of you who believed them out of hand - you got conned.
So all of you who believed them out of hand - you got conned.
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A very real dilemma: you really can’t a lot of stuff this administration puts out BUT reducing trust in government in general is very bad for progressive causes and ultimately great for the populist right
Bluesky in a nutshell.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
February 11, 2026 at 5:03 PM
A very real dilemma: you really can’t a lot of stuff this administration puts out BUT reducing trust in government in general is very bad for progressive causes and ultimately great for the populist right
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Why not set it to End of the Road?
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Why not set it to End of the Road?
LOL, ROFL, LMFAO, what a joke this guy is
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
LOL, ROFL, LMFAO, what a joke this guy is
Oh, great, we’re importing “Tony Blair was bad, actually, because anyone could’ve won the 1997 General Election” now.
Anyway, as with Blair, the actual test was the fact Clinton (unlike his immediate Democratic predecessor) both won reelection and built a lasting political coalition.
Anyway, as with Blair, the actual test was the fact Clinton (unlike his immediate Democratic predecessor) both won reelection and built a lasting political coalition.
Clinton's victory in 1992 is the canonical example that supposedly proves Dems win by moving to the center. There's only one problem: The data disagrees. Voters saw Clinton as more liberal than Dukakis, & simulations show even a solid progressive would have won www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-the-d...
What Democrats can actually learn from the 1992 election
Bill Clinton's victory is supposed to prove that Democrats win by moving to the center. The data disagrees
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Oh, great, we’re importing “Tony Blair was bad, actually, because anyone could’ve won the 1997 General Election” now.
Anyway, as with Blair, the actual test was the fact Clinton (unlike his immediate Democratic predecessor) both won reelection and built a lasting political coalition.
Anyway, as with Blair, the actual test was the fact Clinton (unlike his immediate Democratic predecessor) both won reelection and built a lasting political coalition.
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The incredibly tiny size of the DSA relative to the attention it gets on social media has always been pretty funny. It’s now a mere 40,000 or so behind the juggernaut that is the Constitution Party
wait y'all didn't have 100k members until this weekend
Democratic Socialists of America — We are at 100,000 members!
🌹 dsausa.org/join
🌹 dsausa.org/join
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 AM
The incredibly tiny size of the DSA relative to the attention it gets on social media has always been pretty funny. It’s now a mere 40,000 or so behind the juggernaut that is the Constitution Party
Post a banger that isn’t in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-w...
February 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Post a banger that isn’t in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-w...
(The real Hot Take is the shared comparison is Biden, where both seem to have a general “Blair/Clinton & Obama was a mistake and lost our 1970s voters to the populist right” while never having a coherent vision for how to govern in the 21st century economy, society, and electorate)
Problem with any anti-Starmer tweet that gets attention is I inevitably have to hear the thoughts of people who think Starmer is Blair 2.0, when a lot of the Starmer project's reactionary tendencies are an attempt to distance itself from the socially liberal aspects of Blairism
Starmer "led Labour to a thumping victory nobody thought possible" is one of those weird revisions of history, when 400+ seats was obviously in the realm of possibility from the moment the first post-minibudget polls dropped in September/October 2022
February 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
(The real Hot Take is the shared comparison is Biden, where both seem to have a general “Blair/Clinton & Obama was a mistake and lost our 1970s voters to the populist right” while never having a coherent vision for how to govern in the 21st century economy, society, and electorate)
Last time it was in San Francisco, we also got a tribute to everything that makes this country great*
*Other Super Bowl Halftime Shows
*Other Super Bowl Halftime Shows
The sad thing is that I really think if conservatives went into this halftime show with an open mind they would see that it embodies everything that makes this country great*
*Agriculture, butts
*Agriculture, butts
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Last time it was in San Francisco, we also got a tribute to everything that makes this country great*
*Other Super Bowl Halftime Shows
*Other Super Bowl Halftime Shows
That was one of the more astounding things of reading the various “Morgan’s buddies” post-mortems, a total refusal to even acknowledge how the Government’s electoral performance is going while still touting this guy as a brilliant strategist heading off the soft left or whatever
And that's ultimately who he was: the preferred chief of staff of the 'no policies, just vibes' crowd, who are in denial even now that they have driven Labour to the brink of death.
February 8, 2026 at 6:03 PM
That was one of the more astounding things of reading the various “Morgan’s buddies” post-mortems, a total refusal to even acknowledge how the Government’s electoral performance is going while still touting this guy as a brilliant strategist heading off the soft left or whatever
It’s hilariously nonsensical given the fact the region went super Republican at the Presidential level in every election 1972-1988 save the two cycles where rural south evangelical identity politics candidate Jimmy Carter led the ticket.
The problem with "NAFTA destroyed dems in the south" is that Bush Sr. Negotiated it, more republicans voted for it, the dem most visibly responsible for it was popular, republicans lauded it, and by the time consequences for it might have been felt, the south was already turning, but other than that
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 AM
It’s hilariously nonsensical given the fact the region went super Republican at the Presidential level in every election 1972-1988 save the two cycles where rural south evangelical identity politics candidate Jimmy Carter led the ticket.
The sheer amount of Volare at these games just makes me think of Sam Beckett www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhpP...
Quantum Leap HD: Sam Beckett Sings Volare 1x06 (1989)
YouTube video by ClippyDidntStealYourData
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The sheer amount of Volare at these games just makes me think of Sam Beckett www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhpP...
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The B1G expansion has really got out of hand.
February 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The B1G expansion has really got out of hand.
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Some opera house needs to do a composer race during intermission.
February 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Some opera house needs to do a composer race during intermission.
Not to be @nutedawn.bsky.social but the runaway Gold medalist in the “man in public life most in need of therapy” competition is Gordon “Tony and Cherie’s Baby Carriage Is Mocking Me” Brown
There is a part of me that feels sorry for Starmer because I do not think there's been a man in public life with a more urgent need for therapy (not a joke just a fact - find him fascinating).
February 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Not to be @nutedawn.bsky.social but the runaway Gold medalist in the “man in public life most in need of therapy” competition is Gordon “Tony and Cherie’s Baby Carriage Is Mocking Me” Brown