Cranthemius Gilderthorpe (he/him/his)
@gilderthorpe.bsky.social
Enjoyer of fine profanity. Did not get more conservative as he got older.
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The Plan to Make California Wet By Spreading Beavers Up and Down the State
Ending the drought in the West will require rain—not too much rain—and smarter ways to collect and store that water. But something else that can keep
gizmodo.com
What’s the story about? I don’t fucking care.
This is how you write a goddamn headline.
This is how you write a goddamn headline.
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I'm a Columbia Heights resident. ICE is still here, terrorizing, breaking laws, harassing people, causing chaos. Tell your family and friends. No matter what this administration's minions report: Nothing Has Changed.
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I'm a Columbia Heights resident. ICE is still here, terrorizing, breaking laws, harassing people, causing chaos. Tell your family and friends. No matter what this administration's minions report: Nothing Has Changed.
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What I actually want is less "common-sense" dipshittery and more Lucy Parsons "dirty lousy tramp" energy.
Do I want the labor movement calling for tech douches to be lowered head first into wood chippers? No, I want them to pitch feet-first, and bargain back from there.
Do I want the labor movement calling for tech douches to be lowered head first into wood chippers? No, I want them to pitch feet-first, and bargain back from there.
Working people are worried about how AI will impact their job and their future. That’s why 80% of Americans want common-sense guardrails for AI.
Decisions that lawmakers make now will impact workers for years to come, and they must protect working people.
Decisions that lawmakers make now will impact workers for years to come, and they must protect working people.
AI-powered robots are coming for trade jobs
www.politico.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:20 AM
What I actually want is less "common-sense" dipshittery and more Lucy Parsons "dirty lousy tramp" energy.
Do I want the labor movement calling for tech douches to be lowered head first into wood chippers? No, I want them to pitch feet-first, and bargain back from there.
Do I want the labor movement calling for tech douches to be lowered head first into wood chippers? No, I want them to pitch feet-first, and bargain back from there.
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Working people are worried about how AI will impact their job and their future. That’s why 80% of Americans want common-sense guardrails for AI.
Decisions that lawmakers make now will impact workers for years to come, and they must protect working people.
Decisions that lawmakers make now will impact workers for years to come, and they must protect working people.
AI-powered robots are coming for trade jobs
www.politico.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Working people are worried about how AI will impact their job and their future. That’s why 80% of Americans want common-sense guardrails for AI.
Decisions that lawmakers make now will impact workers for years to come, and they must protect working people.
Decisions that lawmakers make now will impact workers for years to come, and they must protect working people.
You can only imagine my surprise.
The racist whom JD Vance is hanging out with at the Olympics.
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM
You can only imagine my surprise.
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We have to start SHUNNING COMPANIES that keep switching from "OWNING to SUBSCRIPTION"
I heard CAR COMPANIES are planning on making cars sub-only. If you want "extra features," like heated/cooled seats, your sub fee INCREASES.
PUNISH every company that does this.
KILL CORPORATE RULE!!
I heard CAR COMPANIES are planning on making cars sub-only. If you want "extra features," like heated/cooled seats, your sub fee INCREASES.
PUNISH every company that does this.
KILL CORPORATE RULE!!
February 8, 2026 at 1:32 AM
We have to start SHUNNING COMPANIES that keep switching from "OWNING to SUBSCRIPTION"
I heard CAR COMPANIES are planning on making cars sub-only. If you want "extra features," like heated/cooled seats, your sub fee INCREASES.
PUNISH every company that does this.
KILL CORPORATE RULE!!
I heard CAR COMPANIES are planning on making cars sub-only. If you want "extra features," like heated/cooled seats, your sub fee INCREASES.
PUNISH every company that does this.
KILL CORPORATE RULE!!
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The best thing about televisions in bars is that when the motherfuck I have unfriended both online and in meatspace wanders over, I can pretend to give a shit about sports.
February 8, 2026 at 2:47 AM
The best thing about televisions in bars is that when the motherfuck I have unfriended both online and in meatspace wanders over, I can pretend to give a shit about sports.
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I can't believe they scheduled the Olympics I'm not going to watch and the Super Bowl I'm not going to watch on the same weekend. The nerve.
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I can't believe they scheduled the Olympics I'm not going to watch and the Super Bowl I'm not going to watch on the same weekend. The nerve.
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Everyone is shitting on the Post for implying that Bad Bunny, from Puerto Rico, is a “immigrant,” not an American citizen. But WaPo is actually being honest about the Trumpist immigration agenda, for which dutifully if dully supports. The Trumpist agenda is white nationalist.
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The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Everyone is shitting on the Post for implying that Bad Bunny, from Puerto Rico, is a “immigrant,” not an American citizen. But WaPo is actually being honest about the Trumpist immigration agenda, for which dutifully if dully supports. The Trumpist agenda is white nationalist.
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Executioner washes his hands. But it's not even an execution: it's a corruption, a throttling, a degradation, and a betrayal.
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 8, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Executioner washes his hands. But it's not even an execution: it's a corruption, a throttling, a degradation, and a betrayal.
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Fondly remembering the months of weirdness/unhinged comments we got from Pritzker fiends on this app and others for simply (and accurately!) covering state police attacks on protesters outside Broadview. Godspeed to everyone in Minnesota facing the same from the Walz fan club
🚨BREAKING: Local Minneapolis police SWARM ICE protesters making mass arrests in front of ICE prison. One protesters forehead is gushing blood ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Fondly remembering the months of weirdness/unhinged comments we got from Pritzker fiends on this app and others for simply (and accurately!) covering state police attacks on protesters outside Broadview. Godspeed to everyone in Minnesota facing the same from the Walz fan club
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The GOP is entering the “finding out” phase of gerrymandering. By the same metric, Dems got almost 40% of the vote in Utah and currently hold zero congressional seats due to gerrymandering
February 7, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The GOP is entering the “finding out” phase of gerrymandering. By the same metric, Dems got almost 40% of the vote in Utah and currently hold zero congressional seats due to gerrymandering
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The political class and business elites would be happy to see attention to Epstein fade away. But the broader public won't allow it. They correctly sense something is rotten about the earlier investigations (or the lack thereof) and the current coverup...and they're right.
February 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The political class and business elites would be happy to see attention to Epstein fade away. But the broader public won't allow it. They correctly sense something is rotten about the earlier investigations (or the lack thereof) and the current coverup...and they're right.
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
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on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
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you mean to tell me kid rock does’t actually care about faith and family??
Kid Rock lyrics about underage girls draw questions ahead of ‘faith and family’-based TPUSA show
“I like ’em underage, see some say that’s statutory (but I say that’s mandatory),” Kid Rock sings on the 2001 song, which was also for a children’s movie.
ktla.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:06 PM
you mean to tell me kid rock does’t actually care about faith and family??
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“Democrats should talk about ICE…Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda is deeply unpopular once voters see the real-world consequences. Support for ICE reforms is overwhelming…Polling toplines understate how intense anti-ICE sentiment has become…”
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Yes, Democrats should run on ICE
Elliott and David Nir talk about 2026 strategy, the special election in Texas, and, voters' anxieties about the economy and democracy
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“Democrats should talk about ICE…Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda is deeply unpopular once voters see the real-world consequences. Support for ICE reforms is overwhelming…Polling toplines understate how intense anti-ICE sentiment has become…”
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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If you think ICE are part of the problem but cops in general aren't part of the problem... YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
If you think ICE are part of the problem but cops in general aren't part of the problem... YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM
Voting for white supremacists will not protect you from them.
Cubans have traditionally enjoyed a privileged position in the US compared with other Latin American immigrants, thanks to fast-track routes to residency and citizenship.
Now under the Trump regime, those Cubans who had arrived legally now face deportation.
Now under the Trump regime, those Cubans who had arrived legally now face deportation.
‘It’s been brutal’: Cubans caught in crosshairs of Trump’s deportation push
Cubans, once fast-tracked to US residency, now find themselves targets of Trump’s immigration crackdown
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Voting for white supremacists will not protect you from them.
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I should note that, while I finished 3 books today, I didn't START them today. I seem to go through phases where I begin a lot of works, slowly work through them all depending on mood, and then sometimes I finish several in one day. 💙📚
February 7, 2026 at 6:29 AM
I should note that, while I finished 3 books today, I didn't START them today. I seem to go through phases where I begin a lot of works, slowly work through them all depending on mood, and then sometimes I finish several in one day. 💙📚
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My mom said they should move basketball to the Winter Olympics because it’s indoors and usually played during winter and I agree lol
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
My mom said they should move basketball to the Winter Olympics because it’s indoors and usually played during winter and I agree lol
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"ICE repression is already alive and well in Michigan. It is now up to our community to follow in Minneapolis’ footsteps." 💯
@michigandaily.bsky.social
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From The Daily: Michigan must be ready for ICE
What happened there can happen anywhere, and the threat of Trump’s militia inciting unwelcome violence should be on our city’s radar. But there are ways to protect ourselves and those ICE seeks to det...
www.michigandaily.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:49 AM
"ICE repression is already alive and well in Michigan. It is now up to our community to follow in Minneapolis’ footsteps." 💯
@michigandaily.bsky.social
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@michigandaily.bsky.social
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When your representative says "Don't talk to me about my own morality," I suggest talking to them about their own morality INCESSANTLY.
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:53 PM
When your representative says "Don't talk to me about my own morality," I suggest talking to them about their own morality INCESSANTLY.