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If you blame/attack Democrats more than Republicans, you are not on the left.
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Someday, everyone needs to reckon with the utterly blasé attitude with which the internet left invokes the slaughter in Gaza as a rhetorical cudgel to beat social media enemies with.
It cheapens the suffering, has no positive benefit at all, and turns a real war crime into a meme. It’s disgusting.
It cheapens the suffering, has no positive benefit at all, and turns a real war crime into a meme. It’s disgusting.
Something that is infuriating is that if Americans were to, en masse, obnoxiously and confidently Ameri-splain what voters in England and Germany want from Labour or the SPD, people would rightfully tell us to fuck off.
But everyone with a pulse feels like they can arrogantly explain US politics.
But everyone with a pulse feels like they can arrogantly explain US politics.
February 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Something that is infuriating is that if Americans were to, en masse, obnoxiously and confidently Ameri-splain what voters in England and Germany want from Labour or the SPD, people would rightfully tell us to fuck off.
But everyone with a pulse feels like they can arrogantly explain US politics.
But everyone with a pulse feels like they can arrogantly explain US politics.
Not for nothing, this probably would have no impact on the final deal you get if you go to a reputable dealer.
imagine going to a car dealership with a T-shirt that said “I’m going to buy a car no matter what today.” this is exactly how you get swindled. this is how you get a snake like Fetterman in power, out of desperation. you will never force the Democrats to change if you don’t put pressure on them.
February 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Not for nothing, this probably would have no impact on the final deal you get if you go to a reputable dealer.
The big disconnect is that the people making AI products (with the exception of Anthropic) seem to have no idea what is actually useful about them.
No, I do not want Facebook to create some form of digital zombie of my grandparents. No, I do not want Grok to replace my physician. I was thinking we could like… mildly improve my calendar organization or some shit.
February 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The big disconnect is that the people making AI products (with the exception of Anthropic) seem to have no idea what is actually useful about them.
I’d support a blanket ban on insult lists, but a) that’s not what this is and b) it’s not being applied equally.
So somebody didn't like my "people who use zionist as a slur at me when I'm talking about literally anything else" list and Bluesky has blocked it from your view.
February 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I’d support a blanket ban on insult lists, but a) that’s not what this is and b) it’s not being applied equally.
You would think this would make me happy because people are coming to their senses, but the opposite is true. I’ve never been angrier.
Literally millions of people voted for the imaginary Trump in their heads and are extremely upset that they got Actually Existing Trump, because they're dumb motherfuckers rather than truly depraved monsters.
it has never been more over.
February 18, 2026 at 4:29 AM
You would think this would make me happy because people are coming to their senses, but the opposite is true. I’ve never been angrier.
It's worth unpacking what this looks like.
Gay marriage happened because:
1. Dems united around dignity first and foremost.
2. Obama focused on the highest floor policy option of civil unions.
3. Representation in pop culture was undeniable (and, frankly, unthreatening).
4. The idea became obvious.
Gay marriage happened because:
1. Dems united around dignity first and foremost.
2. Obama focused on the highest floor policy option of civil unions.
3. Representation in pop culture was undeniable (and, frankly, unthreatening).
4. The idea became obvious.
C. maybe we [the dems] should put effort into shifting public opinion, instead of accepting the ongoing onslaught of republican efforts to demonize a small minority [i.e. trans folks] as a fait accompli, but what do I know i'm just one of those #$SLURS with skin in this game
February 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
It's worth unpacking what this looks like.
Gay marriage happened because:
1. Dems united around dignity first and foremost.
2. Obama focused on the highest floor policy option of civil unions.
3. Representation in pop culture was undeniable (and, frankly, unthreatening).
4. The idea became obvious.
Gay marriage happened because:
1. Dems united around dignity first and foremost.
2. Obama focused on the highest floor policy option of civil unions.
3. Representation in pop culture was undeniable (and, frankly, unthreatening).
4. The idea became obvious.
I have found the continued effort to smear GLP-1s utterly bizarre.
I think it's some toxic cocktail of anti-pharma sentiment, weird puritanical notions of "deservingness" of thinness, gym culture, and a difficulty unwinding the inherent contradictions of "don't bully people" & "obesity is deadly."
I think it's some toxic cocktail of anti-pharma sentiment, weird puritanical notions of "deservingness" of thinness, gym culture, and a difficulty unwinding the inherent contradictions of "don't bully people" & "obesity is deadly."
The difference between this and right wing agitprop is that we know as a result of extensive study that GLP-1s are a public health intervention only slightly less effective than indoor plumbing or antibiotics. Opposing them from a strict QALY perspective is worse than being a RFK style anti-vaxxer.
February 17, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I have found the continued effort to smear GLP-1s utterly bizarre.
I think it's some toxic cocktail of anti-pharma sentiment, weird puritanical notions of "deservingness" of thinness, gym culture, and a difficulty unwinding the inherent contradictions of "don't bully people" & "obesity is deadly."
I think it's some toxic cocktail of anti-pharma sentiment, weird puritanical notions of "deservingness" of thinness, gym culture, and a difficulty unwinding the inherent contradictions of "don't bully people" & "obesity is deadly."
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Like if you look at any study on how you are seeing 50% hazard ratios for shit like Alzheimers in the treatment arm and your takeaway is “well people should be free to choose” it’s like, mmmm no thanks, i think you should be getting these drugs via the water supply if that’s what it takes.
February 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Like if you look at any study on how you are seeing 50% hazard ratios for shit like Alzheimers in the treatment arm and your takeaway is “well people should be free to choose” it’s like, mmmm no thanks, i think you should be getting these drugs via the water supply if that’s what it takes.
And read the AP Government samples to have a fun time:
apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap...
This sample bad response sounds like most posts on here!
apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap...
This sample bad response sounds like most posts on here!
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
And read the AP Government samples to have a fun time:
apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap...
This sample bad response sounds like most posts on here!
apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap...
This sample bad response sounds like most posts on here!
People use stuff like this to dunk on the Obama administration, when in reality, the opposite is true.
The "hope" of his election in 2008 was more or less that this version of the country could be relegated to the past. His victory and re-election proved that to them. It turned out to be pyrrhic.
The "hope" of his election in 2008 was more or less that this version of the country could be relegated to the past. His victory and re-election proved that to them. It turned out to be pyrrhic.
These interviews with former Obama administration officials underscore a mistake none of them will express bluntly.
They gravely overestimated the character of the American people. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
They gravely overestimated the character of the American people. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
February 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
People use stuff like this to dunk on the Obama administration, when in reality, the opposite is true.
The "hope" of his election in 2008 was more or less that this version of the country could be relegated to the past. His victory and re-election proved that to them. It turned out to be pyrrhic.
The "hope" of his election in 2008 was more or less that this version of the country could be relegated to the past. His victory and re-election proved that to them. It turned out to be pyrrhic.
Who are the people allegedly pushing Newsom? I have yet to see this anywhere, yet they're the bogeyman of this site.
If they exist, I suspect it's like, boomers reading screenshots of his tweets in chain letters, which is not a constituency your bluesky vote abstention threats are going to reach.
If they exist, I suspect it's like, boomers reading screenshots of his tweets in chain letters, which is not a constituency your bluesky vote abstention threats are going to reach.
There is entirely too much discourse about a man California barely thinks about
i am calling for total and complete shutdown of discourse about gavin newsom on this site until we can figure out what is going on.
February 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Who are the people allegedly pushing Newsom? I have yet to see this anywhere, yet they're the bogeyman of this site.
If they exist, I suspect it's like, boomers reading screenshots of his tweets in chain letters, which is not a constituency your bluesky vote abstention threats are going to reach.
If they exist, I suspect it's like, boomers reading screenshots of his tweets in chain letters, which is not a constituency your bluesky vote abstention threats are going to reach.
I won't use the brave guy meme, but:
I think it's broadly a good thing people are taking the Trump administration's efforts to influence the midterms seriously. Are some letting it drift into unhealthy territory? Sure. But part of why Jan. 6 failed was because people like Marc Elias were prepared.
I think it's broadly a good thing people are taking the Trump administration's efforts to influence the midterms seriously. Are some letting it drift into unhealthy territory? Sure. But part of why Jan. 6 failed was because people like Marc Elias were prepared.
February 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I won't use the brave guy meme, but:
I think it's broadly a good thing people are taking the Trump administration's efforts to influence the midterms seriously. Are some letting it drift into unhealthy territory? Sure. But part of why Jan. 6 failed was because people like Marc Elias were prepared.
I think it's broadly a good thing people are taking the Trump administration's efforts to influence the midterms seriously. Are some letting it drift into unhealthy territory? Sure. But part of why Jan. 6 failed was because people like Marc Elias were prepared.
No, it's a way of saying, "I am an unreliable coalition partner, so you can go ahead and ignore any of my extortionary demands, as I will likely pull an If You Give a Mouse A Cookie later (again) if you concede to any of them."
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
No, it's a way of saying, "I am an unreliable coalition partner, so you can go ahead and ignore any of my extortionary demands, as I will likely pull an If You Give a Mouse A Cookie later (again) if you concede to any of them."
The most interesting thing about AI to me is that it seems like the first technology in a very long time that won't let tech people usurp creatives, but will let creatives usurp tech.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
I continue to think a lot of the quality issues we see with AI art is less a deficiency of AI itself & more that the vast majority of people using it are uncreative hacks.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The most interesting thing about AI to me is that it seems like the first technology in a very long time that won't let tech people usurp creatives, but will let creatives usurp tech.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
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And the Leftists on this site will never accept that, because admitting that Mamdani *did* get that acceptance means their entire theory of mind, politics, and the world is wrong and they will see reality burn first.
Cuomo is not Trump and even in that race the vast majority of Dems and Dem institutions supported Mamdani
February 17, 2026 at 5:40 AM
And the Leftists on this site will never accept that, because admitting that Mamdani *did* get that acceptance means their entire theory of mind, politics, and the world is wrong and they will see reality burn first.
Gavin Newsom is annoying and a little used car salesman-y. He'd also be totally fine as president and I would happily support him if he got the nomination.
February 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Gavin Newsom is annoying and a little used car salesman-y. He'd also be totally fine as president and I would happily support him if he got the nomination.
The reason I am harping on this is that it is one of the most important things in politics right now. It's great to have Will on board, and I knew he'd eventually get here.
But the goal isn't/wasn't to browbeat Will. It's to get *everyone* to realize we've been building this hell together.
But the goal isn't/wasn't to browbeat Will. It's to get *everyone* to realize we've been building this hell together.
February 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The reason I am harping on this is that it is one of the most important things in politics right now. It's great to have Will on board, and I knew he'd eventually get here.
But the goal isn't/wasn't to browbeat Will. It's to get *everyone* to realize we've been building this hell together.
But the goal isn't/wasn't to browbeat Will. It's to get *everyone* to realize we've been building this hell together.
I'm so proud of our guy.
Everyone left of center is working overtime to maneuver themselves into the personally advantageous position of always criticizing Dems, never defending them. But if we all do that we're going to have a heck of a time ever digging out of this hole. Someone has to bite the bullet and be honest.
February 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I'm so proud of our guy.
This is getting a sequel right now in the Maine senate primary, for the same reasons too.
My dude, you should check who was pushing for Fetterman over Connor Lamb in the D primary back in 2020
February 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This is getting a sequel right now in the Maine senate primary, for the same reasons too.
He got here eventually, and it’s really great to see.
This the skeleton key that explains the entire left-of-center political and informational environment. There is no social reward for ever saying anything nice about a mainline Democrat, so no one does. As a result, baseless antipathy towards the party completely pervades the environment.
February 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
He got here eventually, and it’s really great to see.
The only people holding him up as an inevitability are the people on here who obsessively talk about him every day, lying about his record.
It’s really weird. It’s almost like you all want him to win the nomination specifically so you can performatively stay home.
It’s really weird. It’s almost like you all want him to win the nomination specifically so you can performatively stay home.
There are some democrats who are really bad. Some (many, even!) who are really good. And most who are somewhere in between.
Currently, one of the very worst ones is being held up as something of an inevitability, which might be why rhetoric is particularly hot around him.
Currently, one of the very worst ones is being held up as something of an inevitability, which might be why rhetoric is particularly hot around him.
February 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The only people holding him up as an inevitability are the people on here who obsessively talk about him every day, lying about his record.
It’s really weird. It’s almost like you all want him to win the nomination specifically so you can performatively stay home.
It’s really weird. It’s almost like you all want him to win the nomination specifically so you can performatively stay home.
So proud right now 🫡
Well, two possibilities - every single Democrat is world-historical awful, or there’s some kind of major change in how we talk about politics that has made every random governor or senator appear nearly as bad as the worst leader in American history
At what point do you just say "fuck it we need a revolution"?
I'm neither a tankie nor even American but you guys seem to have incredibly shit candidates that nobody likes. There has to be a breaking point.
I'm neither a tankie nor even American but you guys seem to have incredibly shit candidates that nobody likes. There has to be a breaking point.
February 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
So proud right now 🫡
Another major part of my opposition to “Dismantle DHS” is that this was simply not an idea anyone was discussing until Abolish ICE became more mainstream.
It feels like rhetorical one-upsmanship without any actual reasons undergirding it.
It feels like rhetorical one-upsmanship without any actual reasons undergirding it.
I’d love to get every single Democrat on board with “abolish ICE and dismantle DHS” but you’re going to need some votes from folks who don’t want to embrace that particular rhetoric and good news “there’s just too much corruption we’ve got to dismantle it to solve the problem” is sitting right there
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
February 17, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Another major part of my opposition to “Dismantle DHS” is that this was simply not an idea anyone was discussing until Abolish ICE became more mainstream.
It feels like rhetorical one-upsmanship without any actual reasons undergirding it.
It feels like rhetorical one-upsmanship without any actual reasons undergirding it.
Harris literally picked Walz over Shapiro specifically to try to take these people at their word. What did she get for it in return?
Biden and Harris have taught a generation of Democratic politicians to tell the left to pound sand. They just piss into the tent with no intention of coming inside.
Biden and Harris have taught a generation of Democratic politicians to tell the left to pound sand. They just piss into the tent with no intention of coming inside.
Answer this simple question:
When has this strategy ever worked?
Cuz to me, it seems like we literally just went through this, and it didn't work any time it was tried!
When has this strategy ever worked?
Cuz to me, it seems like we literally just went through this, and it didn't work any time it was tried!
I absolutely refuse to vote for Gavin Newsom if he’s the nominee in 2028. Shame me all you want, but it just isn’t happening. He won’t protect my trans daughter any better than whoever his Republican counterpart is.
February 17, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Harris literally picked Walz over Shapiro specifically to try to take these people at their word. What did she get for it in return?
Biden and Harris have taught a generation of Democratic politicians to tell the left to pound sand. They just piss into the tent with no intention of coming inside.
Biden and Harris have taught a generation of Democratic politicians to tell the left to pound sand. They just piss into the tent with no intention of coming inside.
They still haven’t come to terms with the fact that this is why they lost in 2016 AND 2020.
Biden was the only Democrat in 2020 who ran unabashedly on loving Barack Obama. Shockingly, Democrats agree!
Biden was the only Democrat in 2020 who ran unabashedly on loving Barack Obama. Shockingly, Democrats agree!
This site will never admit that the left is way over its skis here, because you cannot be Cool On Bluesky and ever offer an iota of criticism of the left. But the normies who make up the vast majority of Dem voters will have absolutely zero patience for this nonsense. It will not end how you think.
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM
They still haven’t come to terms with the fact that this is why they lost in 2016 AND 2020.
Biden was the only Democrat in 2020 who ran unabashedly on loving Barack Obama. Shockingly, Democrats agree!
Biden was the only Democrat in 2020 who ran unabashedly on loving Barack Obama. Shockingly, Democrats agree!