EW Wilder
@ewwilder.bsky.social
Writer, fictional character, nom de-web, https://eastwesterlyreview.com/
I will like all your cat pictures.
I will like all your cat pictures.
So apparently the far right hates DEI programs because they were working, er . . . ?
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
So apparently the far right hates DEI programs because they were working, er . . . ?
The Wreck of the Alfred E. Neuman.
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The Wreck of the Alfred E. Neuman.
You've got to admit it's on brand, though.
Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
You've got to admit it's on brand, though.
So now Trump wants 50 year mortgages. Now, check me if I'm wrong, but isn't a house you keep paying on and never in your life get to own just, you know, a rental?
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
So now Trump wants 50 year mortgages. Now, check me if I'm wrong, but isn't a house you keep paying on and never in your life get to own just, you know, a rental?
Permanent government dysfunction is the long term GOP strategy.
The more desperate and disaffected the electorate, the more easily we can be pitted against one another.
The more desperate and disaffected the electorate, the more easily we can be pitted against one another.
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Permanent government dysfunction is the long term GOP strategy.
The more desperate and disaffected the electorate, the more easily we can be pitted against one another.
The more desperate and disaffected the electorate, the more easily we can be pitted against one another.
Do you suppose Jimmy Buffett was reunited with his lost shaker of salt in the afterlife?
#askingforafriend
#askingforafriend
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Do you suppose Jimmy Buffett was reunited with his lost shaker of salt in the afterlife?
#askingforafriend
#askingforafriend
You know, getting Trump to instate universal health care in a fit of pique would be just fine with me--and a tremendous inadvertent self-pwn.
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
You know, getting Trump to instate universal health care in a fit of pique would be just fine with me--and a tremendous inadvertent self-pwn.
Yet another poem of the forgotten master Bean Newton, rescued from obscurity.
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Mortimer Altitude Banghead Network
Found written on the back of the packaging that contained an AOL CD ROM, “Mortimer Altitude Banghead Network” represents late Bean Newton at his most cogent. Interpolating e.e. cummings…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Yet another poem of the forgotten master Bean Newton, rescued from obscurity.
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Overheard on the couch:
His side: "Well, if you don't know what to do with a live pterodactyl, what in the heck do you think you're going to do with a dead one?"
Her side: "It's like the dodo. You can still 'em on tour."
His side: "Well, if you don't know what to do with a live pterodactyl, what in the heck do you think you're going to do with a dead one?"
Her side: "It's like the dodo. You can still 'em on tour."
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Overheard on the couch:
His side: "Well, if you don't know what to do with a live pterodactyl, what in the heck do you think you're going to do with a dead one?"
Her side: "It's like the dodo. You can still 'em on tour."
His side: "Well, if you don't know what to do with a live pterodactyl, what in the heck do you think you're going to do with a dead one?"
Her side: "It's like the dodo. You can still 'em on tour."
We're already seeing the effects of AI on massive deskilling and the widespread erosion of critical thinking, but I suspect that the main long term effect is going to be separating out those who are able to deal with reality intellectually and emotionally and those who aren't.
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We're already seeing the effects of AI on massive deskilling and the widespread erosion of critical thinking, but I suspect that the main long term effect is going to be separating out those who are able to deal with reality intellectually and emotionally and those who aren't.
Musk's desire to have "influence" over his "robot army" marks his leap from mere Bond villain right into Emperor Palpatine territory.
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Musk's desire to have "influence" over his "robot army" marks his leap from mere Bond villain right into Emperor Palpatine territory.
The irony of SCOTUS anointing an imperial president in Trump v. USA is that the quickest, easiest way to get them to reverse course is electing a leftist president willing to abuse executive orders in the same way Trump has.
Suddenly a unitary executive won't seem so good an idea.
Suddenly a unitary executive won't seem so good an idea.
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The irony of SCOTUS anointing an imperial president in Trump v. USA is that the quickest, easiest way to get them to reverse course is electing a leftist president willing to abuse executive orders in the same way Trump has.
Suddenly a unitary executive won't seem so good an idea.
Suddenly a unitary executive won't seem so good an idea.
I guess I don't understand what the disaffected MAGA people thought they were getting with Donald Trump. It was never a movement, always just a conflagration puffing up one man's ego.
There's a difference between a coherent political philosophy and a set of opinions with which you happen to agree.
There's a difference between a coherent political philosophy and a set of opinions with which you happen to agree.
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I guess I don't understand what the disaffected MAGA people thought they were getting with Donald Trump. It was never a movement, always just a conflagration puffing up one man's ego.
There's a difference between a coherent political philosophy and a set of opinions with which you happen to agree.
There's a difference between a coherent political philosophy and a set of opinions with which you happen to agree.
Funny how all those who claim to worry about the fate of Western civilization seem to be just fine with the direct assault on academic freedom, which is, by all accounts, at the very heart of Western civilization.
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Funny how all those who claim to worry about the fate of Western civilization seem to be just fine with the direct assault on academic freedom, which is, by all accounts, at the very heart of Western civilization.
You see gerrymandering, but I see a bunch of politicians muttering to each other in private "This job would be great if it weren't for all the voters."
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
You see gerrymandering, but I see a bunch of politicians muttering to each other in private "This job would be great if it weren't for all the voters."
I think we'll have the GOP plan to replace the ACA with something better right about when we all get cold fusion reactors in our back yards.
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I think we'll have the GOP plan to replace the ACA with something better right about when we all get cold fusion reactors in our back yards.
So Musk is up for a trillion dollar pay package based on the idea that his car company, which sells an outdated and shoddily built product to a stagnant market, will miraculously pivot to selling an "army" (his words) of humanoid robots.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So Musk is up for a trillion dollar pay package based on the idea that his car company, which sells an outdated and shoddily built product to a stagnant market, will miraculously pivot to selling an "army" (his words) of humanoid robots.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
The death of Dick Cheney serves as a reminder of the fact that he opened the door to the whole "unitary executive" rot that Trump is now using to derail democracy.
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The death of Dick Cheney serves as a reminder of the fact that he opened the door to the whole "unitary executive" rot that Trump is now using to derail democracy.
So I guess "viewpoint diversity" includes both Catholic and Protestant Christian nationalism, then?
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
So I guess "viewpoint diversity" includes both Catholic and Protestant Christian nationalism, then?
Overheard on the couch:
His side: "Remember when we were all satisfied with just Coca-Cola and jellied ham?"
Her side: "No."
His side: "I blame feminism."
His side: "Remember when we were all satisfied with just Coca-Cola and jellied ham?"
Her side: "No."
His side: "I blame feminism."
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Overheard on the couch:
His side: "Remember when we were all satisfied with just Coca-Cola and jellied ham?"
Her side: "No."
His side: "I blame feminism."
His side: "Remember when we were all satisfied with just Coca-Cola and jellied ham?"
Her side: "No."
His side: "I blame feminism."
So I guess all it takes now to be "radicalleft" is wanting to maintain a health insurance program designed by a right wing think tank and first implemented by a Republican governor?
November 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
So I guess all it takes now to be "radicalleft" is wanting to maintain a health insurance program designed by a right wing think tank and first implemented by a Republican governor?
Just remember: the lack of SNAP benefits due to a government shutdown is not an emergency, but declining crime rates is.
November 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Just remember: the lack of SNAP benefits due to a government shutdown is not an emergency, but declining crime rates is.
The skunk starts, halts, now
north, south, mounts the curb and jumps:
full autumn's first dawn.
north, south, mounts the curb and jumps:
full autumn's first dawn.
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The skunk starts, halts, now
north, south, mounts the curb and jumps:
full autumn's first dawn.
north, south, mounts the curb and jumps:
full autumn's first dawn.
He thinks he's Gatsby, but he's really a two bit Tom Buchanan. Bit really, Tom Buchanan wouldn't even give this nouveau riche the time of day--and Tom was the worst person in the book!
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
He thinks he's Gatsby, but he's really a two bit Tom Buchanan. Bit really, Tom Buchanan wouldn't even give this nouveau riche the time of day--and Tom was the worst person in the book!
And, I might add, "promote the general Welfare" (sic) is right there in the preamble to the Constitution.
We could argue about whether or not that includes feeding people, but it's hard to see how starving people promotes said welfare, generally.
We could argue about whether or not that includes feeding people, but it's hard to see how starving people promotes said welfare, generally.
November 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
And, I might add, "promote the general Welfare" (sic) is right there in the preamble to the Constitution.
We could argue about whether or not that includes feeding people, but it's hard to see how starving people promotes said welfare, generally.
We could argue about whether or not that includes feeding people, but it's hard to see how starving people promotes said welfare, generally.