Ferny Reyes
@fernyreyes.bsky.social
Gay, Mexican, Education Administrator. Boston, MA.
Proud graduate of the 'epicenter of the woke mind virus' and banned from Russia.
Proud graduate of the 'epicenter of the woke mind virus' and banned from Russia.
One obvious generation gap that is going to hit the left is AI. It's shocking the extent to which normie left-leaning folks over the age of 45 have decided GenAI meant GPT-3 in 2023 and have stopped updating their priors except "the tech bros causing a bubble".
February 12, 2026 at 5:23 PM
One obvious generation gap that is going to hit the left is AI. It's shocking the extent to which normie left-leaning folks over the age of 45 have decided GenAI meant GPT-3 in 2023 and have stopped updating their priors except "the tech bros causing a bubble".
The "Surya Bonaly" discourse is the new "Marsha threw the first brick at Stonewall" discourse.
February 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The "Surya Bonaly" discourse is the new "Marsha threw the first brick at Stonewall" discourse.
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this is also the case for every leftist who hears about the labor theory of value for the first time
The more jobs I hear listed as "bullshit jobs", the more I realize that people just don't understand that coordination and organization are necessary tasks
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.
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 AM
this is also the case for every leftist who hears about the labor theory of value for the first time
There is no future liberal/leftist majority that can govern without us publicly owning patriotism!
Normies want to like their country! The left should make arguments that the country we want to build will allow them to like and be proud of their country!
Normies want to like their country! The left should make arguments that the country we want to build will allow them to like and be proud of their country!
February 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
There is no future liberal/leftist majority that can govern without us publicly owning patriotism!
Normies want to like their country! The left should make arguments that the country we want to build will allow them to like and be proud of their country!
Normies want to like their country! The left should make arguments that the country we want to build will allow them to like and be proud of their country!
Hot take: Bad Bunny's show, while pretty good, missed some of the true high-energy spectacle because of some social/political points he wanted to make (which I liked!).
One example of the tradeoff: when you hear Don Omar and Daddy Yankee for a brief second, imagine the energy...
One example of the tradeoff: when you hear Don Omar and Daddy Yankee for a brief second, imagine the energy...
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Hot take: Bad Bunny's show, while pretty good, missed some of the true high-energy spectacle because of some social/political points he wanted to make (which I liked!).
One example of the tradeoff: when you hear Don Omar and Daddy Yankee for a brief second, imagine the energy...
One example of the tradeoff: when you hear Don Omar and Daddy Yankee for a brief second, imagine the energy...
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also the fact that the largest single faction of actually existing Hawaiian independence activists are monarchists who want to turn Hawaii back into Brutal Pineapple Dubai, which is what it was before independence. the actually existing descendant of the Hawaiian communists is the Hawaiian Democrats
my favorite part of the Hawaii independence dead enders is that they are also almost universally anti-tourism
and it’s like, you realize that as an independent country Hawaii would have to be *even more reliant on tourism* to sustain its economy and standard of living
and it’s like, you realize that as an independent country Hawaii would have to be *even more reliant on tourism* to sustain its economy and standard of living
OH YEA PUERTO RICO STATEHOOD DISCOURSE IS BACK
BRING BACK HAWAI’I INDEPENDENCE BY WHITE PEOPLE NEXT
BRING BACK HAWAI’I INDEPENDENCE BY WHITE PEOPLE NEXT
February 10, 2026 at 5:31 AM
also the fact that the largest single faction of actually existing Hawaiian independence activists are monarchists who want to turn Hawaii back into Brutal Pineapple Dubai, which is what it was before independence. the actually existing descendant of the Hawaiian communists is the Hawaiian Democrats
I am hanging on X only see the white supremacist South Americans lose their minds with the Bad Bunny performance.
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 AM
I am hanging on X only see the white supremacist South Americans lose their minds with the Bad Bunny performance.
Oh man, this would totally suck.
University of Houston/Hobby pol
Texas Democratic primary
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 47%
🟦 James Talarico 39%
🟦 Ahmad Hassan 2%
1/20-1/31 LV
www.uh.edu/hobby/primar...
Texas Democratic primary
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 47%
🟦 James Talarico 39%
🟦 Ahmad Hassan 2%
1/20-1/31 LV
www.uh.edu/hobby/primar...
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Oh man, this would totally suck.
Hell, we just saw this in a piece of art, OBAA! Benicio del Toro runs a network that has protected thousands and continues to do so; the French 75, while sometimes acutely useful, also spent a lot of their time just blowing up banks and not helping people.
Everyone doing Opsec Discourse should read this book and realize that the radical underground movements of the 1960s and 70s should not serve as role models for 2020s activism, no matter how cool and badass they appear in hindsight.
Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough: 9780143107972 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
"A fascinating look at an almost forgotten era of homegrown terrorism . . . Utterly captivating, coupling careful historical research with breathless accounts of the bombings and the perpetrators’...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Hell, we just saw this in a piece of art, OBAA! Benicio del Toro runs a network that has protected thousands and continues to do so; the French 75, while sometimes acutely useful, also spent a lot of their time just blowing up banks and not helping people.
The funny part is that while Helen is a white supremacist, she is accidentally somewhat correct here. It would be bad if our universities were about min-maxxiing credentials and very specific measurables.
For one, min maxing on numeric academic measures isn't all our society needs!
For one, min maxing on numeric academic measures isn't all our society needs!
We only want the good immigrants who study hard and don't commit crimes, unless they try to take little Brayleigh's (28 ACT, 1350 SAT) God-given slot at an Ivy away by being smarter, in which case Korematsu didn't go far enough
February 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
The funny part is that while Helen is a white supremacist, she is accidentally somewhat correct here. It would be bad if our universities were about min-maxxiing credentials and very specific measurables.
For one, min maxing on numeric academic measures isn't all our society needs!
For one, min maxing on numeric academic measures isn't all our society needs!
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The moment in recent history that most succinctly captures Bari Weiss’s approach to bold reform is when Bill Ackman bought his way into a pro tennis tournament and then flailed around for a while as the audience booed. That’s the Bari Weiss Media Revolution in a capsule.
January 28, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The moment in recent history that most succinctly captures Bari Weiss’s approach to bold reform is when Bill Ackman bought his way into a pro tennis tournament and then flailed around for a while as the audience booed. That’s the Bari Weiss Media Revolution in a capsule.
The revelation of deep human ties, a belief that we are all equally chosen, doomed Liuzzo, Good, and Pretti, as revelation so often does. But it also immortalized them"
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The revelation of deep human ties, a belief that we are all equally chosen, doomed Liuzzo, Good, and Pretti, as revelation so often does. But it also immortalized them"
A @rivertam.bsky.social the "normie lib Joe Rogan" sign: Bill Simmons closing the podcast with MN about why he wanted to say something in a normally not political podcast, Sal saying Barkley was right on his take, and both of them being like "what the hell are we trying to do there".
January 26, 2026 at 5:19 PM
A @rivertam.bsky.social the "normie lib Joe Rogan" sign: Bill Simmons closing the podcast with MN about why he wanted to say something in a normally not political podcast, Sal saying Barkley was right on his take, and both of them being like "what the hell are we trying to do there".
No words.
There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:55 PM
No words.
One odd positive in all of the horrors of the last few weeks is that I think we are pretty close to throwing off some of the vestiges of the worst of left-wing online culture that emerged post 2012 and peaked in 2020-2021.
It turns out when folks are actually organizing (or preparing to) against...
It turns out when folks are actually organizing (or preparing to) against...
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 AM
One odd positive in all of the horrors of the last few weeks is that I think we are pretty close to throwing off some of the vestiges of the worst of left-wing online culture that emerged post 2012 and peaked in 2020-2021.
It turns out when folks are actually organizing (or preparing to) against...
It turns out when folks are actually organizing (or preparing to) against...
I mean, while I want to abolish ICE and salt it from the Earth, I find the theory and writing of police abolitionists to be unconvincing. There has yet to be a society without a dedicated group that has the legal/social ability to enforce laws.
I don't think they do have an aversion to the word. It's not semantic; they actually do not want to get rid of police, and dislike the idea of getting rid of ICE. 1
Question for the crowd:
Why do you think moderates, liberals, and other folks are scared or have an aversion to the word “abolish”?
Why do you think moderates, liberals, and other folks are scared or have an aversion to the word “abolish”?
January 26, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I mean, while I want to abolish ICE and salt it from the Earth, I find the theory and writing of police abolitionists to be unconvincing. There has yet to be a society without a dedicated group that has the legal/social ability to enforce laws.
The things you do to avoid sending your kids to schools with 'poor' kids.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
$140,000 a Year in Manhattan: Pizza Is a Treat, and Old Toys Are New
New York City is among the most expensive cities in the world. Here is one family’s strategy for making it work.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The things you do to avoid sending your kids to schools with 'poor' kids.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I think it's important to consider that a lot of it wasn't cowardice, but opportunism to reject the idea they could be accountable as well.
Many elites felt more comfortable negotiating with a fascists than the public, critics, or the people in their own institutions.
Many elites felt more comfortable negotiating with a fascists than the public, critics, or the people in their own institutions.
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I think it's important to consider that a lot of it wasn't cowardice, but opportunism to reject the idea they could be accountable as well.
Many elites felt more comfortable negotiating with a fascists than the public, critics, or the people in their own institutions.
Many elites felt more comfortable negotiating with a fascists than the public, critics, or the people in their own institutions.
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Glory to the martyrs who defend the republic
Alex Pretti grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he played football, baseball and ran track for Preble High School. He was a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Glory to the martyrs who defend the republic
This is correct. There is a group of people who has taken an absolutist "certain POCs are always correct" as an attitude, and it's interesting which folks get that.
Race isn't the determinant thing in all things
Race isn't the determinant thing in all things
very good @michellegoldberg.bsky.social piece on the very real dangers posed by khive to the Democratic Party
(she doesn't say "khive" because the article is for normal people but we online freaks can read the esoteric meaning clearly)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...
(she doesn't say "khive" because the article is for normal people but we online freaks can read the esoteric meaning clearly)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...
Opinion | Two Comedians Told the Truth About Jasmine Crockett’s Campaign
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:17 PM
This is correct. There is a group of people who has taken an absolutist "certain POCs are always correct" as an attitude, and it's interesting which folks get that.
Race isn't the determinant thing in all things
Race isn't the determinant thing in all things
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whenever someone gets mad about the gay NATO flag I post it more, those are the rules
January 23, 2026 at 6:37 PM
whenever someone gets mad about the gay NATO flag I post it more, those are the rules
Like seriously folks, this South Park episode inadvertently explains to you what you do when you believe the government is all powerful through insinuation, not evidence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrvS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrvS...
South Park - George Bush Didn't Do 9/11
YouTube video by George W. Bush
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Like seriously folks, this South Park episode inadvertently explains to you what you do when you believe the government is all powerful through insinuation, not evidence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrvS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrvS...
If you actually believe this, take up arms and plot revolution, or get the hell out of the country.
I fucking swear...
It's more doomerism from folks who get off on imagining the worst because it absolves on finding ways to take action locally.
I fucking swear...
It's more doomerism from folks who get off on imagining the worst because it absolves on finding ways to take action locally.
Please read and share this. It shapes all my thinking about the future of the US right now, and it explains why Trump and the GOP are behaving the way they do.
There is a near zero chance a Democrat will be sworn in as President in 2029, no matter how people vote.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
There is a near zero chance a Democrat will be sworn in as President in 2029, no matter how people vote.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
bylinetimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:46 PM
If you actually believe this, take up arms and plot revolution, or get the hell out of the country.
I fucking swear...
It's more doomerism from folks who get off on imagining the worst because it absolves on finding ways to take action locally.
I fucking swear...
It's more doomerism from folks who get off on imagining the worst because it absolves on finding ways to take action locally.