CJ 🏳️🌈🤘
@drensteppur.bsky.social
Texan, shiftless layabout, wearily homosexual.
user policy guru for a large tech company. safe use policy, data security, malicious user behavior analysis, phishing & impersonation prevention, cloud data protection & best practices.
user policy guru for a large tech company. safe use policy, data security, malicious user behavior analysis, phishing & impersonation prevention, cloud data protection & best practices.
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Broke: Bernie Sanders' welfare proposals would be center right in Europe
Bespoke: European welfare systems were originally premised on ethnonationalism
Bespoke: European welfare systems were originally premised on ethnonationalism
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Broke: Bernie Sanders' welfare proposals would be center right in Europe
Bespoke: European welfare systems were originally premised on ethnonationalism
Bespoke: European welfare systems were originally premised on ethnonationalism
once upon a time, I made a joke that he'd be willing to declassify potential evidence of alien life if he thought that it would get him out of trouble for something lolol. I mean, I don't actually believe that we have *definitive* proof of aliens, but I wouldn't put it past him to try this, anyway.
Lara Trump said her father-in-law has prepared a speech on the existence of extraterrestrial life.
Lara Trump Floats Bonkers Theory About Trump’s Pre-Written ‘Major’ Speech
“Oh my gosh, he won’t even fully tell us, maybe there’s more to it,” Trump’s daughter-in-law said about the topic of the speech.
trib.al
February 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
once upon a time, I made a joke that he'd be willing to declassify potential evidence of alien life if he thought that it would get him out of trouble for something lolol. I mean, I don't actually believe that we have *definitive* proof of aliens, but I wouldn't put it past him to try this, anyway.
I mean, she's competing for China because, like other reporting has made known, they've paid her an ungodly sum of money (like $10+m *in addition* to companies that do business in China providing her paid endorsements). I mean, fuck JD Vance, buuuut there's an ethics debate to be had here, for sure.
From @theathletic.com: Vice President JD Vance does not seem to agree with Eileen Gu's choice to represent China, rather than the United States, at the Olympics. Gu, who was born in San Francisco, has won five medals for China, where her mother is from. nyti.ms/3ZJtaYv
JD Vance insinuates Eileen Gu should be representing the United States at Winter Olympics
Gu was born in 2003, and her mother, Yan Gu, is a first-generation Chinese immigrant. Her father is American.
nyti.ms
February 18, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I mean, she's competing for China because, like other reporting has made known, they've paid her an ungodly sum of money (like $10+m *in addition* to companies that do business in China providing her paid endorsements). I mean, fuck JD Vance, buuuut there's an ethics debate to be had here, for sure.
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its the perfect issues to go hard online about cuz they are aggresssibve divorced from reality and will never happen so you get to be morally superior with needing to worry if you ideas might actually function
Love the implication that anyone who is not for "open borders" and "prison abolition" (two concepts that are utterly meaningless in the first place) is a fascist. Amazing website
February 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
its the perfect issues to go hard online about cuz they are aggresssibve divorced from reality and will never happen so you get to be morally superior with needing to worry if you ideas might actually function
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Love the implication that anyone who is not for "open borders" and "prison abolition" (two concepts that are utterly meaningless in the first place) is a fascist. Amazing website
February 18, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Love the implication that anyone who is not for "open borders" and "prison abolition" (two concepts that are utterly meaningless in the first place) is a fascist. Amazing website
yeah, you don't move resources like this unless you're planning to do something for real. we've heard shockingly little about Bibi & Trump talked about when he was at the White House last week, but I'm gonna guess that Netanyahu talked him into a major attack on Tehran & the regime.
The US is continuing its massive airlift in preparation for any potential strike on Iran - one of the biggest in recent years. Overnight 17 tankers headed for the Middle East or crossed the Atlantic to European staging posts.
February 18, 2026 at 4:46 PM
yeah, you don't move resources like this unless you're planning to do something for real. we've heard shockingly little about Bibi & Trump talked about when he was at the White House last week, but I'm gonna guess that Netanyahu talked him into a major attack on Tehran & the regime.
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“Kamala Harris will kill puppies if she’s elected”
“No, wtf?”
“she COULD kill puppies if she’s elected, plenty of other people kill puppies”
“I guess but she’s never shown any interest in that plus she’s constrained by her party”
“You blue anon posters are all the same, I’m just raising awareness”
“No, wtf?”
“she COULD kill puppies if she’s elected, plenty of other people kill puppies”
“I guess but she’s never shown any interest in that plus she’s constrained by her party”
“You blue anon posters are all the same, I’m just raising awareness”
February 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
“Kamala Harris will kill puppies if she’s elected”
“No, wtf?”
“she COULD kill puppies if she’s elected, plenty of other people kill puppies”
“I guess but she’s never shown any interest in that plus she’s constrained by her party”
“You blue anon posters are all the same, I’m just raising awareness”
“No, wtf?”
“she COULD kill puppies if she’s elected, plenty of other people kill puppies”
“I guess but she’s never shown any interest in that plus she’s constrained by her party”
“You blue anon posters are all the same, I’m just raising awareness”
nice to see all these cishet people who'd have *nothing* to lose after the wipeout elections that puts the GOP into amend-the-constitution territory if the Democratic party goes full 'open borders.' what have I been saying about people On Here radicalizing themselves to 'no immigration enforcement?'
February 18, 2026 at 1:23 PM
nice to see all these cishet people who'd have *nothing* to lose after the wipeout elections that puts the GOP into amend-the-constitution territory if the Democratic party goes full 'open borders.' what have I been saying about people On Here radicalizing themselves to 'no immigration enforcement?'
can't wait for this dipshit to be reelected by double digits again this November because nobody in this state can be bothered to give a fuck 🤷
Huh, what do you know? The Uvalde congressman is a real piece of shit.
February 18, 2026 at 1:02 PM
can't wait for this dipshit to be reelected by double digits again this November because nobody in this state can be bothered to give a fuck 🤷
excellent development; this will also give hefty diplomatic cover to other states who don't want to participate but are scared to say that out loud. Leo doing an overall pretty great job of keeping up with the lofty standards of international relations that Francis set before him.
February 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
excellent development; this will also give hefty diplomatic cover to other states who don't want to participate but are scared to say that out loud. Leo doing an overall pretty great job of keeping up with the lofty standards of international relations that Francis set before him.
1. yes. I've been incredibly annoyed by this, too.
2. Talarico is going to lose, maybe by double digits, and this damn site is not going to take it well. his campaign is specifically targeting GOP & white voters, and I simply cannot overstate how thoroughly such a campaign is doomed to fail in TX.
2. Talarico is going to lose, maybe by double digits, and this damn site is not going to take it well. his campaign is specifically targeting GOP & white voters, and I simply cannot overstate how thoroughly such a campaign is doomed to fail in TX.
This really feels like an in-kind donation to Talarico, who was trailing by nine points before him and Colbert hatched this stunt one day before the polls opened.
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 18, 2026 at 12:32 PM
1. yes. I've been incredibly annoyed by this, too.
2. Talarico is going to lose, maybe by double digits, and this damn site is not going to take it well. his campaign is specifically targeting GOP & white voters, and I simply cannot overstate how thoroughly such a campaign is doomed to fail in TX.
2. Talarico is going to lose, maybe by double digits, and this damn site is not going to take it well. his campaign is specifically targeting GOP & white voters, and I simply cannot overstate how thoroughly such a campaign is doomed to fail in TX.
okay so I guess we're just all gonna sit here & watch the Oslo accords just wither away in real time, and not a single person who could stop this will do anything to prevent it from happening. we *really* need to know what Bibi promised Trump at the White House last week in exchange for his silence.
As Israel takes steps to claim land in West Bank, U.S. stands by
Despite President Donald Trump’s opposition to annexation, Israel has taken steps to expand control over the West Bank that experts say may lead to seizure of territory.
wapo.st
February 18, 2026 at 10:32 AM
okay so I guess we're just all gonna sit here & watch the Oslo accords just wither away in real time, and not a single person who could stop this will do anything to prevent it from happening. we *really* need to know what Bibi promised Trump at the White House last week in exchange for his silence.
siiiiiigh. I figured this was coming. this definitely would've never happened under a Democratic president because the bog standard reaction by Democrats to annexation is to sanction the settlers directly, and that approach works incredibly well to stop this. now, there are zero guardrails left.
Here's a good explanation that's not a Linkedin post. Israel is allowing registration of property titles in Occupied Territory for the first time since 1967. For now, it's Area C where most settlements are located, but it's effectively annexation.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...
February 18, 2026 at 8:52 AM
siiiiiigh. I figured this was coming. this definitely would've never happened under a Democratic president because the bog standard reaction by Democrats to annexation is to sanction the settlers directly, and that approach works incredibly well to stop this. now, there are zero guardrails left.
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bad news about where this sort of yeller got “corpo” from, even. lmao
go on, manage a supply chain, youtuber. I dare you
go on, manage a supply chain, youtuber. I dare you
Look, I post a lot about video games, but if you sound like this you should really take a beat and assess whether you're burning your best energy on the right thing.
February 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
bad news about where this sort of yeller got “corpo” from, even. lmao
go on, manage a supply chain, youtuber. I dare you
go on, manage a supply chain, youtuber. I dare you
the discourse on this damnable site will be sooooo baaaaaad when it's announced that GTA6 is gonna have a $120 price tag lololol
Look, I post a lot about video games, but if you sound like this you should really take a beat and assess whether you're burning your best energy on the right thing.
February 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
the discourse on this damnable site will be sooooo baaaaaad when it's announced that GTA6 is gonna have a $120 price tag lololol
"The Chamber of Commerce is a left-wing, open borders supporting activist group," legit just made me do a cackling spit take lololol. there is no adult human in the entire world who would ever believe that statement, what planet do these people live on???
libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
February 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
"The Chamber of Commerce is a left-wing, open borders supporting activist group," legit just made me do a cackling spit take lololol. there is no adult human in the entire world who would ever believe that statement, what planet do these people live on???
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i mean, democrats *are* going to block it, collins knows that, that’s why she voted for it, it’s a dead letter.
Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes, but Democrats could still block it
The SAVE America Act has passed the House and enjoys President Trump's support, meaning the Senate's 60-vote threshold is the only thing standing in the way of it becoming law.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
i mean, democrats *are* going to block it, collins knows that, that’s why she voted for it, it’s a dead letter.
the longer All Of This goes on, the more I'm convinced that the political future that gets us away from a new Jim Crow & American fascism is permanently relegating like ~15% of this country to the status of a permanent underclass because that really seems to be the only alternative we'll accept.
and of course there are lots of folks saying, "well, burrito taxi jobs actually pay well now, do the robots aren't actually needed," which is, of course, MISSING THE WHOLE GODDAMN POINT that voters were so fucking mad about burrito taxi jobs paying well that we went full fascist over it.
February 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
the longer All Of This goes on, the more I'm convinced that the political future that gets us away from a new Jim Crow & American fascism is permanently relegating like ~15% of this country to the status of a permanent underclass because that really seems to be the only alternative we'll accept.
this is basically the 2024 election in a nutshell, and the fact that so many people On Here don't understand that this is ultimately a concise summary of the forces that drove people to vote the way they did is actually REALLY fucking grim. we are being presented a choice, and we're choosing wrong.
the comments here make me think we're ngmi. surveillance concerns are totally legit, but most posters legitimately seem to prefer a doordash slave caste to lil' robots carrying burritos.
Everyone seems to hate these things but aren’t they better for the climate and urban traffic than getting stuff delivered by car?
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
this is basically the 2024 election in a nutshell, and the fact that so many people On Here don't understand that this is ultimately a concise summary of the forces that drove people to vote the way they did is actually REALLY fucking grim. we are being presented a choice, and we're choosing wrong.
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the comments here make me think we're ngmi. surveillance concerns are totally legit, but most posters legitimately seem to prefer a doordash slave caste to lil' robots carrying burritos.
Everyone seems to hate these things but aren’t they better for the climate and urban traffic than getting stuff delivered by car?
We all gathered around to bully a delivery robot on the sidewalk
February 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
the comments here make me think we're ngmi. surveillance concerns are totally legit, but most posters legitimately seem to prefer a doordash slave caste to lil' robots carrying burritos.
you really can't overstate just how incredible it is that the WSJ is going after Hegseth this hard. this is an amazing op-ed; I've never seen these guys go this hard after one of Trump's own. you can FEEL the disdain they have for this man oozing from every word & letter, and it's marvelous lolol.
Opinion | Judge Leon Educates Pete Hegseth
The military version of lawfare loses in embarrassing fashion.
www.wsj.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:50 PM
you really can't overstate just how incredible it is that the WSJ is going after Hegseth this hard. this is an amazing op-ed; I've never seen these guys go this hard after one of Trump's own. you can FEEL the disdain they have for this man oozing from every word & letter, and it's marvelous lolol.
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This midterm DSA saboteur is so brave that comments and quote posts are turned off while trashing democrats.
Nine months before the election that will decide if we go full dictatorship and they think the DNC is the problem and that they “push” candidates on voters.
@lisalove420.bsky.social
Nine months before the election that will decide if we go full dictatorship and they think the DNC is the problem and that they “push” candidates on voters.
@lisalove420.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 11:40 AM
This midterm DSA saboteur is so brave that comments and quote posts are turned off while trashing democrats.
Nine months before the election that will decide if we go full dictatorship and they think the DNC is the problem and that they “push” candidates on voters.
@lisalove420.bsky.social
Nine months before the election that will decide if we go full dictatorship and they think the DNC is the problem and that they “push” candidates on voters.
@lisalove420.bsky.social
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I am considering leaving Substack for another newsletter platform. I would love to hear from those of you who have left, specifically about the user experience at your new home. What do you like and what don't you like? Did your Substack followers come along for the ride, specifically paid subs?
February 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I am considering leaving Substack for another newsletter platform. I would love to hear from those of you who have left, specifically about the user experience at your new home. What do you like and what don't you like? Did your Substack followers come along for the ride, specifically paid subs?
this is why it's so damn important that the Ellisons not be allowed to buy Warner Bros Discovery. if they're willing to do this to CBS and their portfolio of streaming & cable, imagine what they'll do if they're allowed to buy 3x the amount of channels they already have.
NEWS: CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr.
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
this is why it's so damn important that the Ellisons not be allowed to buy Warner Bros Discovery. if they're willing to do this to CBS and their portfolio of streaming & cable, imagine what they'll do if they're allowed to buy 3x the amount of channels they already have.
an incredible act of bravery from this woman—especially given that Russia has a long track record of harassing and/or harming Russian dissidents who live overseas. this could easily get her or her loved ones maimed or even killed, and she surely knows that.
Russian woman carried Ukraine team placard at Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Russian woman carried Ukraine team placard at Winter Olympics opening ceremony
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Anastasia Kucherova has been living in Milan for 14 years
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‘It’s important to show not all people think the same way’
The woman who carried the Ukrainian team placard at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony was a Russian living in Milan, who chose to perform a small act of resistance to show her support for Ukraine.
Anastasia Kucherova, an architect who has been living in Milan for 14 years, was unrecognisable in a hooded silver puffer coat, with her eyes also covered with dark glasses. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:44 AM
an incredible act of bravery from this woman—especially given that Russia has a long track record of harassing and/or harming Russian dissidents who live overseas. this could easily get her or her loved ones maimed or even killed, and she surely knows that.