License is not liberty
@dmrobinson.bsky.social
collective self-determination absolutist
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we are living in the golden age for assholes, there has never been a better time to be an unredeemable asshole than the one we are currently living in
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM
we are living in the golden age for assholes, there has never been a better time to be an unredeemable asshole than the one we are currently living in
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amazing how a malicious audit can be almost immediate, but good policy can take decades
January 21, 2026 at 12:42 PM
amazing how a malicious audit can be almost immediate, but good policy can take decades
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Pastors working for ICE
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Pastors working for ICE
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
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Every obsessive critic of "wokeness" embodies the actual qualities that they attribute to "wokeness." In this case, the mentality that any obstacle you encounter is discrimination bsky.app/profile/park...
There’s a certain kind of aging provocateur who can’t imagine losing on the merits, so every loss becomes proof of discrimination.
Like... dude, you lost to Ricky Gervais. I don't think it was about "wokeness." variety.com/2026/awards/...
Like... dude, you lost to Ricky Gervais. I don't think it was about "wokeness." variety.com/2026/awards/...
January 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Every obsessive critic of "wokeness" embodies the actual qualities that they attribute to "wokeness." In this case, the mentality that any obstacle you encounter is discrimination bsky.app/profile/park...
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It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
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In a country where it's functionally legal to murder anyone protesting for human rights: "The left is out of control!"
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In a country where it's functionally legal to murder anyone protesting for human rights: "The left is out of control!"
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An important thing many corruption stories get wrong is that what's stolen isn't "taxpayer money" it's collective governance
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An important thing many corruption stories get wrong is that what's stolen isn't "taxpayer money" it's collective governance
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they understand insurance. the entire premise of libertarian opposition to mandatory insurance is that they should not have to care about anyone else and be permitted to take risks. it's the same opposition to vaccination and taxation.
they are bad neighbors.
they are bad neighbors.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
they understand insurance. the entire premise of libertarian opposition to mandatory insurance is that they should not have to care about anyone else and be permitted to take risks. it's the same opposition to vaccination and taxation.
they are bad neighbors.
they are bad neighbors.
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The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
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New York electing its first Muslim mayor 24 years after 9/11 and rejecting the idiotic racism that would connect those events is actually a legit excuse for American triumphalism, but the people who say they love America the most hate all the best things about it.
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New York electing its first Muslim mayor 24 years after 9/11 and rejecting the idiotic racism that would connect those events is actually a legit excuse for American triumphalism, but the people who say they love America the most hate all the best things about it.
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People who hate Zohran and everything he stands for: Now that Zohran has won, the most effective thing he can do is betray all of his principles
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
People who hate Zohran and everything he stands for: Now that Zohran has won, the most effective thing he can do is betray all of his principles
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Dems spent months handwringing after the last election about how to excite the electorate. Then the electorate gets ignited and they spend months trying to distance themselves from the enthusiasm. It doesn’t really track without considering big-money donors
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Dems spent months handwringing after the last election about how to excite the electorate. Then the electorate gets ignited and they spend months trying to distance themselves from the enthusiasm. It doesn’t really track without considering big-money donors
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If our system is unwilling—as it so often has been historically—to preserve the survival of the poorest & most vulnerable among us, then it doesn’t deserve to survive.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If our system is unwilling—as it so often has been historically—to preserve the survival of the poorest & most vulnerable among us, then it doesn’t deserve to survive.
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Shame is good because shame is the least restrictive and least violent deterrent for anti-social behavior, and you aren't going to like what happens when shame goes away if you're already worried about getting shamed.
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Shame is good because shame is the least restrictive and least violent deterrent for anti-social behavior, and you aren't going to like what happens when shame goes away if you're already worried about getting shamed.
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Don't take your policy out in public, it's unseemly. Your policy is not your message. The *outcome* of your policy is your message - the life it will deliver for people.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
one of the things i think is that policies answer the question of “what will you do” but they don’t answer the question of “why should i vote for you” and i think there is a tendency in this broad conversation to equate the two
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Don't take your policy out in public, it's unseemly. Your policy is not your message. The *outcome* of your policy is your message - the life it will deliver for people.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
In Maine this week, the Friends of Feral Felines 6th annual fundraising online auction: www.32auctions.com/FoFFAuction2...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In Maine this week, the Friends of Feral Felines 6th annual fundraising online auction: www.32auctions.com/FoFFAuction2...
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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I can completely identify with the desire for an opposition party, but I find it absolutely baffling that there are people who seem to be actually invested in the existing Democratic Party as it stands now.
October 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I can completely identify with the desire for an opposition party, but I find it absolutely baffling that there are people who seem to be actually invested in the existing Democratic Party as it stands now.
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When your system of belief starts with a rigid hierarchy is necessary for the universe to exist, of course you're going to discover hierarchies where none exist.
October 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
When your system of belief starts with a rigid hierarchy is necessary for the universe to exist, of course you're going to discover hierarchies where none exist.
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Janet Mills — who is 77 — should stay the absolute fuck away from the Senate race and this situation is honestly
FRUSTRATING. AS. FUCK.
GRAHAM PLATNER FOR SENATE!
FRUSTRATING. AS. FUCK.
GRAHAM PLATNER FOR SENATE!
October 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Janet Mills — who is 77 — should stay the absolute fuck away from the Senate race and this situation is honestly
FRUSTRATING. AS. FUCK.
GRAHAM PLATNER FOR SENATE!
FRUSTRATING. AS. FUCK.
GRAHAM PLATNER FOR SENATE!
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Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.
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This is, and has always been, a class war. There’s a veneer over top of it that presents parties and leaders and media as faux representative, but when the rubber meets the road and capitalism requires fascism, they turn to capitulation and collaboration.
October 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is, and has always been, a class war. There’s a veneer over top of it that presents parties and leaders and media as faux representative, but when the rubber meets the road and capitalism requires fascism, they turn to capitulation and collaboration.
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THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
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There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.
September 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.