Capybaron Goldstein
@goldstein.bsky.social
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair
Never again is now.
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?"
Never again is now.
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?"
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A man is given a key, and men who gave it to him now cry thief when he opens the door they left unlocked.
A man is given a key, and men who gave it to him now cry thief when he opens the door they left unlocked.
January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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A man is given a key, and men who gave it to him now cry thief when he opens the door they left unlocked.
A man is given a key, and men who gave it to him now cry thief when he opens the door they left unlocked.
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Two fun historical facts: You know who was in charge of prosecuting Manuel Noriega after OPERATION JUST CAUSE?! Robert Mueller and Bill Barr.
January 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Two fun historical facts: You know who was in charge of prosecuting Manuel Noriega after OPERATION JUST CAUSE?! Robert Mueller and Bill Barr.
I have the Ghana jollof song stuck in my head.
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I have the Ghana jollof song stuck in my head.
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the declaration of independence says a free people must rise up against their ruler.
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the declaration of independence says a free people must rise up against their ruler.
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I think we have proven over and over beyond any possible doubt what it is we in fact believe in, and it isn’t that.
January 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I think we have proven over and over beyond any possible doubt what it is we in fact believe in, and it isn’t that.
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Excited to see China substantially increase long-arm transnational repression citing the actions of the US as a precedent
January 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Excited to see China substantially increase long-arm transnational repression citing the actions of the US as a precedent
Has anyone checked on John Bolton lately? I have to imagine he's spent the entire morning giddy as a school boy.
January 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Has anyone checked on John Bolton lately? I have to imagine he's spent the entire morning giddy as a school boy.
Gotta say, being a member of the Birch Society does, in fact, strike as a pretty reasonable jumping off point for any discussion about the line for excommunication. I mean...correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they accuse Eisenhower of being a communist?
I was thinking about Mamdani's comments about civility and cruelty when I came across this 1966 column by William F. Buckley excoriating Arnold Forster, General Counsel of the ADL, for refusing to shake the hand of John Rousselot, public relations director of the John Birch Society.
January 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Gotta say, being a member of the Birch Society does, in fact, strike as a pretty reasonable jumping off point for any discussion about the line for excommunication. I mean...correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they accuse Eisenhower of being a communist?
Is it...legal to just abandon your cop uniforms like this? Seems like you're just begging for a criminal to take it and impersonate an officer this way.
Also, what does it say about these people that they would be willing to leave trash in the street like this?
Also, what does it say about these people that they would be willing to leave trash in the street like this?
January 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Is it...legal to just abandon your cop uniforms like this? Seems like you're just begging for a criminal to take it and impersonate an officer this way.
Also, what does it say about these people that they would be willing to leave trash in the street like this?
Also, what does it say about these people that they would be willing to leave trash in the street like this?
When you are the hegemon, nothing you do can be rogue state stuff. That's the whole point of hegemony.
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
When you are the hegemon, nothing you do can be rogue state stuff. That's the whole point of hegemony.
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I'll spell it out: Offering that Maduro is bad but the strikes and kidnappings violated legal procedure, is discursively like closing the back door to Trump while opening the front door. You concede the moral case, and offer a legal one that nobody without a lanyard knows of or gives a shit about.
"Maduro was bad, but" shut the fuck up, you people will never learn.
January 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I'll spell it out: Offering that Maduro is bad but the strikes and kidnappings violated legal procedure, is discursively like closing the back door to Trump while opening the front door. You concede the moral case, and offer a legal one that nobody without a lanyard knows of or gives a shit about.
The pathetic response of an Atlanticist left dangling in the wind by an America that would have no problem seeing her dead or imprisoned if she crossed it.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The pathetic response of an Atlanticist left dangling in the wind by an America that would have no problem seeing her dead or imprisoned if she crossed it.
Counterpoint: we cannot have a vibrant society that views the existence of institutions of art through a lens of profitability.
If you want to see a Trump appointee at the Kennedy Center make absolutely no sense - check out this video.
'We cannot have art institutions that lose money': Grenell defends Kenne... youtu.be/U0Y1kKh5I0k?... via @YouTube
'We cannot have art institutions that lose money': Grenell defends Kenne... youtu.be/U0Y1kKh5I0k?... via @YouTube
'We cannot have art institutions that lose money': Grenell defends Kennedy Center takeover
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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January 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Counterpoint: we cannot have a vibrant society that views the existence of institutions of art through a lens of profitability.
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one of my biggest radicalization moments was when bush bombed iraq in blatant violation of international law and the reaction by the western world was… -nothing-. the US has been doing this shit forever, killing millions of innocent people and never facing consequences.
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM
one of my biggest radicalization moments was when bush bombed iraq in blatant violation of international law and the reaction by the western world was… -nothing-. the US has been doing this shit forever, killing millions of innocent people and never facing consequences.
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It's gonna be a bad twenty years for nuclear nonproliferation.
BBC's Lyse Doucet, "President Trump said he wanted to put that in the past: forever wars, intervening in countries to topple their regimes, that was all in the past. That this was not going to be his approach"
"Well, he's certainly upended that today (with the attack on Venezuela)"
"Well, he's certainly upended that today (with the attack on Venezuela)"
January 3, 2026 at 12:57 PM
It's gonna be a bad twenty years for nuclear nonproliferation.
He didn't usurp anything. He was handed the keys.
A Mad King has usurped the power of Congress—which represents the American people. That is, he has seized power that belongs to you and me collectively. He has declared war without consultation with or approval from Congress. And with no imminent threat. This is a profound betrayal of the republic.
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
He didn't usurp anything. He was handed the keys.
If America is allowed to get away with kidnapping a foreign head of state, it will send a message to Russia (and China and India and everywhere else) that they are also allowed to do the same thing. Because their policy is "if America can, we can too." If I were Zelensky, I'd be worried.
January 3, 2026 at 1:05 PM
If America is allowed to get away with kidnapping a foreign head of state, it will send a message to Russia (and China and India and everywhere else) that they are also allowed to do the same thing. Because their policy is "if America can, we can too." If I were Zelensky, I'd be worried.
You don't really know which cut is the fatal one in a death by a thousand cuts, but it also doesn't really matter. Every cut mattered.
okay this war crime will dismantle the illusion of intl law. Ok THIS war crime will. No. Maybe the next one if youre good?
If the EU doesn't forcefully speak out against this, then they will shred any last little bit of credibility that the liberal order's international law has.
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
You don't really know which cut is the fatal one in a death by a thousand cuts, but it also doesn't really matter. Every cut mattered.
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It's literally their plan. They're on the record - for a decade! - talking about it.
Musk, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, Marc Andreesen, all the technofascists' plan.
Musk, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, Marc Andreesen, all the technofascists' plan.
I think many people in western countries are going to get a rude awakening when our governments all collectively announce that elections aren't a thing any more, or they make it so only the rich/landed gentry can vote while bootlickers squeal to defend it.
January 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
It's literally their plan. They're on the record - for a decade! - talking about it.
Musk, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, Marc Andreesen, all the technofascists' plan.
Musk, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, Marc Andreesen, all the technofascists' plan.
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america is a nuclear armed fascist state dedicated to utterly shattering world peace for its own imperial gains and any decent person should want everyone involved brought before the hague
January 3, 2026 at 7:01 AM
america is a nuclear armed fascist state dedicated to utterly shattering world peace for its own imperial gains and any decent person should want everyone involved brought before the hague
Shadowrun ass years.
"2026" is a pretty futuristic-sounding year. 2027 is not. I can't explain this. The next big one is 2031. 2049 is gonna be huge.
January 3, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Shadowrun ass years.
And to paraphrase Chomsky, if they did not believe what they did, they would not be in the roles they are in.
"Why did our military follow these commands?"
This is the United States military.
This is the United States military.
January 3, 2026 at 11:57 AM
And to paraphrase Chomsky, if they did not believe what they did, they would not be in the roles they are in.
Because I like to try weird food I got Ovi's limited time cereal and omg, its basically just a parody of Russian culture. Its literally just bran flakes. Nothing else.
January 3, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Because I like to try weird food I got Ovi's limited time cereal and omg, its basically just a parody of Russian culture. Its literally just bran flakes. Nothing else.
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Liberals are very upset this morning, not because of what trump just did, but because it was trump that did it. if it were biden they'd be cheering
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Liberals are very upset this morning, not because of what trump just did, but because it was trump that did it. if it were biden they'd be cheering
If Trump really wanted to keep that blood thin, he'd start a regime of leeches.
January 3, 2026 at 11:43 AM
If Trump really wanted to keep that blood thin, he'd start a regime of leeches.