Hellscape Navigator
@hellscapenavigator.bsky.social
not as well read as I'd like. will ramble about politics, gaming, dogs, and books.
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drop a “well not with that attitude” in your group chat today. respect the classics
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Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
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Taking an anti-vaccination stances against a treatment that saves the life of ONE IN FIVE HUNDRED KIDS and has no verified deaths involving healthy recipients is not just anti-science and anti-logic, it's evil. I have studied this disease too extensively to soften that word.
It's just evil.
It's just evil.
February 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Taking an anti-vaccination stances against a treatment that saves the life of ONE IN FIVE HUNDRED KIDS and has no verified deaths involving healthy recipients is not just anti-science and anti-logic, it's evil. I have studied this disease too extensively to soften that word.
It's just evil.
It's just evil.
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the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
February 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
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the reason i have moved to the center on some political issues and/or deradicalized depending on how you want to put it (i don’t think either term is correct, but i don’t have a clearly better one) is because i have seen enough evidence over time that leads me to believe my initial view was wrong
February 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
the reason i have moved to the center on some political issues and/or deradicalized depending on how you want to put it (i don’t think either term is correct, but i don’t have a clearly better one) is because i have seen enough evidence over time that leads me to believe my initial view was wrong
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"I live in a democracy but the candidates I like rarely win. Therefore, democracy is of no use to me." is the basis of way too much leftist thought on here and frankly we need to do a lot better job shutting these people down and shaming them for it than we've been doing.
February 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
"I live in a democracy but the candidates I like rarely win. Therefore, democracy is of no use to me." is the basis of way too much leftist thought on here and frankly we need to do a lot better job shutting these people down and shaming them for it than we've been doing.
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The biggest political divide on here is not between left and liberal but between "politics is real and involves real outcomes for real people" and "no it doesn't fuck you"
February 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The biggest political divide on here is not between left and liberal but between "politics is real and involves real outcomes for real people" and "no it doesn't fuck you"
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Someone put it (correctly) that there no one reads anything as isposting anymore, it's all oughtposting. Explaining how something works is viewed by its very nature as an endorsement of the thing. It's bizarre.
a very persistent thing on here is
poster a: untrue claim about a political figure - often a justly dislikable or objectionable one
poster b: correction of untrue claim
poster a: oh so you support them
it's part of the general comprehension collapse but it's a distinct dynamic.
poster a: untrue claim about a political figure - often a justly dislikable or objectionable one
poster b: correction of untrue claim
poster a: oh so you support them
it's part of the general comprehension collapse but it's a distinct dynamic.
i have never supported Gavin Newsom in any election and hopefully i never will
February 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Someone put it (correctly) that there no one reads anything as isposting anymore, it's all oughtposting. Explaining how something works is viewed by its very nature as an endorsement of the thing. It's bizarre.
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Trump is already responsible for the deaths of more Americans than anyone in history not named Jefferson Davis, and it's clear he's not content with second place.
February 13, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Trump is already responsible for the deaths of more Americans than anyone in history not named Jefferson Davis, and it's clear he's not content with second place.
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If you’re a liberal or on the left and celebrated the end of USAID, or did a classic ”well, actually, they have a point…”, you’re lower than a parasite
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
news.westernu.ca
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
If you’re a liberal or on the left and celebrated the end of USAID, or did a classic ”well, actually, they have a point…”, you’re lower than a parasite
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correct. we should’ve shot all the confederates and occupied the south for a hundred years, and we’ve been paying for it ever since
👇🎯 @willbunch.bsky.social is right. The reason all the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - from 1865 to now - is because there are never any actual legal, personal, & professional consequences for the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics. That must change this time.
Gift article: "We won’t get anything resembling democracy until we clear that widespread debris, and that means sending a bunch of these liars to prison, because they are the real criminals. America desperately needs truth and consequences."
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
correct. we should’ve shot all the confederates and occupied the south for a hundred years, and we’ve been paying for it ever since
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Oh my god
Current state of things: One Fox News host casually declares that Epstein’s money comes from “Jewish billionaires” and a “Jewish banking family,” another responds that he was a “sex rabbi.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Oh my god
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I think part of why this discourse in particular drives people insane is that people hear this and interpret it as "You should be happy and/or grateful and/or relieved" and, of course, they're not, because things are terrible and they're going to remain terrible for the foreseeable future!
Schumer and Jeffries executed a strategy funding almost the entire government, rejecting nearly all of Trump's proposed cuts - and forced Republicans to split out DHS which means Dems can hold up its funding indefinitely. That is a huge victory!
And they did this all with a double minority!
And they did this all with a double minority!
You should really bring that up with Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries while they do Fuck all but fund the fascist govt forces.
February 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I think part of why this discourse in particular drives people insane is that people hear this and interpret it as "You should be happy and/or grateful and/or relieved" and, of course, they're not, because things are terrible and they're going to remain terrible for the foreseeable future!
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The year is 2015. China is getting richer and more powerful every year, but America has three trump cards: universitities, biomedical research, and immigration.
February 13, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The year is 2015. China is getting richer and more powerful every year, but America has three trump cards: universitities, biomedical research, and immigration.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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When people read current writing on immigration a few decades from now, it'll hit the same as a reading the way people wrote about "the Jewish problem" in the 1930s. Just loads of well-educated and seemingly normal people accepting a monstrous normative frame as though it's natural.
really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
When people read current writing on immigration a few decades from now, it'll hit the same as a reading the way people wrote about "the Jewish problem" in the 1930s. Just loads of well-educated and seemingly normal people accepting a monstrous normative frame as though it's natural.
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"Can the American electorate have a genuine change in preferences or are we stuck in a thermostatic enshitification ratchet" is the question to define our future
Good news: there's no durable majority for fascism
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
February 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"Can the American electorate have a genuine change in preferences or are we stuck in a thermostatic enshitification ratchet" is the question to define our future
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never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a moron.
how about with the average american voter
aye, I could do that.
how about with the average american voter
aye, I could do that.
Good news: there's no durable majority for fascism
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
February 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a moron.
how about with the average american voter
aye, I could do that.
how about with the average american voter
aye, I could do that.
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Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures
I agree, he sounds more like Bernie Madoff. His name spread through the rich-people-grapevine. "I've got a guy" type speak, a guy who gives good advice and is valuable to know. But when you look at his actual accomplishments, he just never said 'no'.
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures
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"I have a WW1 trench knife embedded in my bedroom wall just in case. 1917 edition. More useful than a gun in close quarters."
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"I have a WW1 trench knife embedded in my bedroom wall just in case. 1917 edition. More useful than a gun in close quarters."
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Everyone lied about the Biden economy every day of his presidency and now we’re here
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Everyone lied about the Biden economy every day of his presidency and now we’re here
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this is a comically textbook example of how totalitarians think - the masses are mere clay, mindless; might makes right; the world is run via conspiracy and endless propaganda.
February 11, 2026 at 11:19 PM
this is a comically textbook example of how totalitarians think - the masses are mere clay, mindless; might makes right; the world is run via conspiracy and endless propaganda.
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the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
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People waste a lot of time on this site demanding Chuck Schumer make better statements to make them personally feel better
February 10, 2026 at 3:22 PM
People waste a lot of time on this site demanding Chuck Schumer make better statements to make them personally feel better
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Kid rock guys are doing stolen valor but from line cooks
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Kid rock guys are doing stolen valor but from line cooks