Edward Carney
@ecarney.bsky.social
Executive dysfunction, a conspicuous lack of marketable skills, and a paradoxical ambition to build a better society from the ground up.
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Edward Carney
@ecarney.bsky.social
· Feb 21
Growing up, I recall a lot of people asking, "How could the German people let this happen?" but no one ever asked, "Would they have let if happen if they could effortlessly access detailed information about current events and history and had also been warned all their lives to not let this happen?"
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what if the firehose of fascist shit isn't wiping out the memory of the electorate? what if it's just hitting different things? and idk it seems like a persisting problem to me that dems aren't in lockstep with and fully tied to no kings, possibly the biggest social movement in american history
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
what if the firehose of fascist shit isn't wiping out the memory of the electorate? what if it's just hitting different things? and idk it seems like a persisting problem to me that dems aren't in lockstep with and fully tied to no kings, possibly the biggest social movement in american history
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I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
Could there be anything more American?
psh 50 year mortgages are a half measure; real ones want 100 year mortgages that burden all the debtor's genetic descendants and let investors build actual castles off all the interest they'll collect for their outlay
QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Could there be anything more American?
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Their political philosophy hinges on a vision of white supremacy in which people who aren’t white are here at the privilege of white people, which they can revoke at any time, which they expect to be received with gratitude.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Their political philosophy hinges on a vision of white supremacy in which people who aren’t white are here at the privilege of white people, which they can revoke at any time, which they expect to be received with gratitude.
I can't understand why people have a problem with Bond dying & coming back to life, but don't have a problem with him being immortal. The writers of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace actually included lines to suggest James Bond was a "cover name," but fans prefer to think he's been 35 since 1962.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I can't understand why people have a problem with Bond dying & coming back to life, but don't have a problem with him being immortal. The writers of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace actually included lines to suggest James Bond was a "cover name," but fans prefer to think he's been 35 since 1962.
Carnivorous Death Ball, with opening act The Odd Deep-Sea Finds
Carnivorous 'death-ball' among odd deep-sea finds. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge is team's oddest deep-sea find
The unusual creature lurks more than two miles (3.2km) deep in a trench in the Southern Ocean.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Carnivorous Death Ball, with opening act The Odd Deep-Sea Finds
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The reason why I'm so angry has a lot to do with the lives that will be lost — people are absolutely going to die as a direct result of Senate Democrats folding on health care. It also has a lot to do with the suffering that was endured — people were struggling to get by without food assistance. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The reason why I'm so angry has a lot to do with the lives that will be lost — people are absolutely going to die as a direct result of Senate Democrats folding on health care. It also has a lot to do with the suffering that was endured — people were struggling to get by without food assistance. 🧵
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Is Perkins directing movies back to back? How does he have this much output?
Nicole Kidman is finally returning to horror with a role in Osgood Perkins' THE YOUNG PEOPLE, which hits theaters next year.
Nicole Kidman Makes A Grand Return To Horror For THE YOUNG PEOPLE
Nicole Kidman is finally returning to horror with a role in Osgood Perkins' THE YOUNG PEOPLE, which hits theaters next year.
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Is Perkins directing movies back to back? How does he have this much output?
As certain as Will is that this is true, I'm equally certain that it's not, and I don't think either of us has anything to go off of, other than, "That's the impression that I get."
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
As certain as Will is that this is true, I'm equally certain that it's not, and I don't think either of us has anything to go off of, other than, "That's the impression that I get."
One thing I firmly believe about Elon Musk is that he's not capable of enjoying things and doesn't really think anyone else is, either. He thinks of pop culture references only as a means of signaling membership in an in-group, and he can't understand why it never seems to work for him.
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
One thing I firmly believe about Elon Musk is that he's not capable of enjoying things and doesn't really think anyone else is, either. He thinks of pop culture references only as a means of signaling membership in an in-group, and he can't understand why it never seems to work for him.
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I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
Comments like these make it seem like some Democrats were counting on the shutdown to resolve with Republicans' empathy kicking in before their own. I would call that extremely fucking misguided!
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Comments like these make it seem like some Democrats were counting on the shutdown to resolve with Republicans' empathy kicking in before their own. I would call that extremely fucking misguided!
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It’s time for a new political party in America.
That’s why we need a hostile takeover of the Democratic Party. Register and get active in primaries.
That’s why we need a hostile takeover of the Democratic Party. Register and get active in primaries.
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It’s time for a new political party in America.
That’s why we need a hostile takeover of the Democratic Party. Register and get active in primaries.
That’s why we need a hostile takeover of the Democratic Party. Register and get active in primaries.
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“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I feel like people don't properly appreciate what an extraordinary villain Rains' Invisible Man was, especially for the time. In each previous Universal monster movie, there's maybe two deaths. Then comes Dr. Griffin to derail an entire train as part of a plan for global domination.
It’s Claude Rains’ birthday
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
The Invisible Man (1933) - I'll Show You Who I Am Scene (1/10) | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I feel like people don't properly appreciate what an extraordinary villain Rains' Invisible Man was, especially for the time. In each previous Universal monster movie, there's maybe two deaths. Then comes Dr. Griffin to derail an entire train as part of a plan for global domination.
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sometimes i feel like the republican party is a big tornado that is coming to kill me. and the democratic party is the rickety shed that i'm hiding in. and i say "we should really fix this shed, because it's not doing much." and people say "what? why aren't you criticizing the tornado instead?!"
June 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
sometimes i feel like the republican party is a big tornado that is coming to kill me. and the democratic party is the rickety shed that i'm hiding in. and i say "we should really fix this shed, because it's not doing much." and people say "what? why aren't you criticizing the tornado instead?!"
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
Public service announcement to twenty-something women in customer service: Smiling and greeting someone by name can really brighten their day, but you cannot be *cloyingly sweet*, on a consistent basis, to middle-aged men. It's confusing.
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Public service announcement to twenty-something women in customer service: Smiling and greeting someone by name can really brighten their day, but you cannot be *cloyingly sweet*, on a consistent basis, to middle-aged men. It's confusing.
Why is it so easy to forget that work is only supposed to be the thing that affords you the means to pursue your real passions?
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Why is it so easy to forget that work is only supposed to be the thing that affords you the means to pursue your real passions?
It would be difficult to overstate how much I hate living in a society where, when you ask someone "how are you?" there's like a 60 percent chance they'll just answer "busy."
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It would be difficult to overstate how much I hate living in a society where, when you ask someone "how are you?" there's like a 60 percent chance they'll just answer "busy."
Yes, definitely. When there's an aspiring dictator in the White House, the first thing you want to do is establish the precedent that you can just dissolve the entire Congress. Very well thought out.
Bluesky is slowly, steadily losing its goddamn mind.
Bluesky is slowly, steadily losing its goddamn mind.
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Yes, definitely. When there's an aspiring dictator in the White House, the first thing you want to do is establish the precedent that you can just dissolve the entire Congress. Very well thought out.
Bluesky is slowly, steadily losing its goddamn mind.
Bluesky is slowly, steadily losing its goddamn mind.
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The post-MAGA de-Nazification of the federal workforce is going to be quite a monumental project
NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The post-MAGA de-Nazification of the federal workforce is going to be quite a monumental project
Ah, here's to another long week of simultaneously feeling like I worked really, really hard and like I got absolutely nothing done. Can't help but wonder how much longer this has to go on before my inevitable fatal stroke.
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ah, here's to another long week of simultaneously feeling like I worked really, really hard and like I got absolutely nothing done. Can't help but wonder how much longer this has to go on before my inevitable fatal stroke.