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@ignominious.bsky.social
If you think “hearing from all sides” is a useful way to spend your time, you may have too much time on your hands. Give me sound logic or talk to someone else. My time is too valuable for nonsense.
Apologies in advance. I don’t read or repost Substack.
Apologies in advance. I don’t read or repost Substack.
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@ignominious.bsky.social
· Jan 6
I hear that, occasionally. I countered that mindset early by posting a giant “WHAT IF EVERYBODY DID THAT?” sign in the classroom.
It came up again the other day regarding leash laws.
Reasoning: Why are you mad? His dog is behaving very well without a leash.
Rebuttal: *Taps the sign*
It came up again the other day regarding leash laws.
Reasoning: Why are you mad? His dog is behaving very well without a leash.
Rebuttal: *Taps the sign*
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Wait until he hears about what happened during slavery
Fascism is essentially at its core a form of conspiracy theory wielded by the capitalist class to misdirect from the exploitation and harm they inflict upon us.
Et voila.
Et voila.
January 2, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Wait until he hears about what happened during slavery
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just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
January 1, 2026 at 7:11 AM
just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
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This is a common Asheville issue. Shore up and clean up around the house and yard, or you have a new roommate for the winter.
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 AM
This is a common Asheville issue. Shore up and clean up around the house and yard, or you have a new roommate for the winter.
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I got more than one reply to this that was a version of "won't you think of the poor drivers" and no, I won't.
Most drivers don't think about me. They don't agitate for better public transit. They don't care if some places are unreachable unless you have a car.
So no, drivers don't get my sympathy.
Most drivers don't think about me. They don't agitate for better public transit. They don't care if some places are unreachable unless you have a car.
So no, drivers don't get my sympathy.
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I got more than one reply to this that was a version of "won't you think of the poor drivers" and no, I won't.
Most drivers don't think about me. They don't agitate for better public transit. They don't care if some places are unreachable unless you have a car.
So no, drivers don't get my sympathy.
Most drivers don't think about me. They don't agitate for better public transit. They don't care if some places are unreachable unless you have a car.
So no, drivers don't get my sympathy.
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What do you mean "but" - the people who warned about it were telling the truth and the outlets like Axios who helped Trump distance himself from it were lying.
The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 was a campaign trail boogeyman for President Trump, but much of it became reality during his first year back in office.
Trump enacted dozens of Project 2025 goals. Here's what's left
Project 2025 has dozens more action items awaiting Trump's attention in 2026.
www.axios.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
What do you mean "but" - the people who warned about it were telling the truth and the outlets like Axios who helped Trump distance himself from it were lying.
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According to the new rules, if you and a few friends go to a defense contractor’s testing facility and you say “where are the missiles” and they don’t let you in then all federal funds for defense contractors will be frozen
January 1, 2026 at 10:44 PM
According to the new rules, if you and a few friends go to a defense contractor’s testing facility and you say “where are the missiles” and they don’t let you in then all federal funds for defense contractors will be frozen
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There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
When the city announced a speed limit in June, haters rejoiced. But the plan had some holes.
www.wsj.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
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the majority of swiss cooperatives are just taller, better designed, and higher quality garden apartments
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January 1, 2026 at 8:18 PM
the majority of swiss cooperatives are just taller, better designed, and higher quality garden apartments
baumbergerstegmeier.ch/projekte/geb...
baumbergerstegmeier.ch/projekte/geb...
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day one in mamdani’s new york
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
day one in mamdani’s new york
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Do other countries have this weird notion that you’re not a “real” representative of the nation if you live in an urban center? Like do the French say Parisians aren’t really French? Are you considered not a real German if you live in Berlin? Or is this mainly a weird American thing?
January 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Do other countries have this weird notion that you’re not a “real” representative of the nation if you live in an urban center? Like do the French say Parisians aren’t really French? Are you considered not a real German if you live in Berlin? Or is this mainly a weird American thing?
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Mary Sheffield was sworn in as Detroit’s 76th mayor, becoming the first woman to hold the office in the city's 324-year history
January 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Mary Sheffield was sworn in as Detroit’s 76th mayor, becoming the first woman to hold the office in the city's 324-year history
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Lots of fun to y'all! 🐦🥲 @effinbirds.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Lots of fun to y'all! 🐦🥲 @effinbirds.com
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Mamdani’s message is as American as apple pie, and that’s why he drives reactionaries of many different political stripes crazy.
Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Mamdani’s message is as American as apple pie, and that’s why he drives reactionaries of many different political stripes crazy.
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Is New York still there
January 1, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Is New York still there
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The Library of Alexandria was burned. The Nazis burned books. Lenin destroyed Soviet science. This is no different.
Trump and the GOP are coming for both science and our libraries.
Trump and the GOP are coming for both science and our libraries.
January 1, 2026 at 4:01 AM
The Library of Alexandria was burned. The Nazis burned books. Lenin destroyed Soviet science. This is no different.
Trump and the GOP are coming for both science and our libraries.
Trump and the GOP are coming for both science and our libraries.
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The US Senate, the two party system, the electoral college and the Supreme Court exist to keep the majority from getting what it wants.
We don’t need more breaks on popular majorities—we need to change our institutions so they channel what the people want into law.
We don’t need more breaks on popular majorities—we need to change our institutions so they channel what the people want into law.
Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution. https://cnn.it/3LsloyF
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The US Senate, the two party system, the electoral college and the Supreme Court exist to keep the majority from getting what it wants.
We don’t need more breaks on popular majorities—we need to change our institutions so they channel what the people want into law.
We don’t need more breaks on popular majorities—we need to change our institutions so they channel what the people want into law.
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We can't understate this: Curtis Yarvin is "the brain of Peter Thiel" in exactly the way that Aleksandr Dugin is "the brain of Vladimir Putin." Indeed, the two are thoroughly synched. If you buy JD Vance, Thiel's sock puppet, this is what you get.
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 4:04 PM
We can't understate this: Curtis Yarvin is "the brain of Peter Thiel" in exactly the way that Aleksandr Dugin is "the brain of Vladimir Putin." Indeed, the two are thoroughly synched. If you buy JD Vance, Thiel's sock puppet, this is what you get.
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It's what they do now. I think, a qoute from my old maga boss is relevant.
"Well if someone is an adult and can't make enough money to afford surgery maybe it's better for society if they don't get it."
He didn't even mean the poor. He meant anyone making less than 200,000 a year.
"Well if someone is an adult and can't make enough money to afford surgery maybe it's better for society if they don't get it."
He didn't even mean the poor. He meant anyone making less than 200,000 a year.
December 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's what they do now. I think, a qoute from my old maga boss is relevant.
"Well if someone is an adult and can't make enough money to afford surgery maybe it's better for society if they don't get it."
He didn't even mean the poor. He meant anyone making less than 200,000 a year.
"Well if someone is an adult and can't make enough money to afford surgery maybe it's better for society if they don't get it."
He didn't even mean the poor. He meant anyone making less than 200,000 a year.
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If I were this guy I would absolutely get sworn in on Karl Marx's personal copy of the Quran just to make losers have strokes
BREAKING
Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.
Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.
January 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
If I were this guy I would absolutely get sworn in on Karl Marx's personal copy of the Quran just to make losers have strokes
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
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That's some headline, NBC.
"...as he seeks to advance his progressive agenda."
Actually, getting sworn in happens regardless of his agenda, and being sworn in doesn't advance it in any way.
"...as he seeks to advance his progressive agenda."
Actually, getting sworn in happens regardless of his agenda, and being sworn in doesn't advance it in any way.
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as New York City mayor as he seeks to advance his progressive agenda.
nbcnews.to/4pYcvfb
nbcnews.to/4pYcvfb
January 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
That's some headline, NBC.
"...as he seeks to advance his progressive agenda."
Actually, getting sworn in happens regardless of his agenda, and being sworn in doesn't advance it in any way.
"...as he seeks to advance his progressive agenda."
Actually, getting sworn in happens regardless of his agenda, and being sworn in doesn't advance it in any way.
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For those who didn't spot it right away... Sure seems like having AG Letitia James swear him in is saying it with his whole chest. A great start.
BREAKING
Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.
Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.
January 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
For those who didn't spot it right away... Sure seems like having AG Letitia James swear him in is saying it with his whole chest. A great start.