Driver Eight
@jce80.bsky.social
working on getting things properly sorted
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This is Just to Say
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is Just to Say
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
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as a thought exercise for everyone reading ross douthat's latest missive in the NYT, i want you to think about sending an email to your entire company with the subject line "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?", then think about the over/under on the number of minutes/hours you would still be employed
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
as a thought exercise for everyone reading ross douthat's latest missive in the NYT, i want you to think about sending an email to your entire company with the subject line "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?", then think about the over/under on the number of minutes/hours you would still be employed
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I gotta say, I’m seeing the most Live Laugh Love women I went to all girls high school with in Ohio posting anti-ICE Instagram reels and demanding people pay attention to the threat of fascism
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I gotta say, I’m seeing the most Live Laugh Love women I went to all girls high school with in Ohio posting anti-ICE Instagram reels and demanding people pay attention to the threat of fascism
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no noah, i wrote that post because i think you are a weird antisocial loser and i want you to know that
He actually wrote that Jamelle insulting him is bad for America
September 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
no noah, i wrote that post because i think you are a weird antisocial loser and i want you to know that
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My latest in @newrepublic.com: an urgent plea to recognize the humanity of DC residents, their longtime second-class citizenship and need
—should democracy not already be lost forever—for statehood.
“Washington, D.C., residents are the most powerless canary in the most authoritarian coal mine.”
—should democracy not already be lost forever—for statehood.
“Washington, D.C., residents are the most powerless canary in the most authoritarian coal mine.”
Like It or Not, We Are All D.C. Now
The residents of the nation’s capital have long been denied their democratic rights. If Trump has his way, other cities may soon feel what that’s like.
newrepublic.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
My latest in @newrepublic.com: an urgent plea to recognize the humanity of DC residents, their longtime second-class citizenship and need
—should democracy not already be lost forever—for statehood.
“Washington, D.C., residents are the most powerless canary in the most authoritarian coal mine.”
—should democracy not already be lost forever—for statehood.
“Washington, D.C., residents are the most powerless canary in the most authoritarian coal mine.”
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This is a dark moment for our democracy, but it is far from the first.
I've been reflecting on how we need not only strategies for this moment, but mindsets.
I offer four ideas for those here, and hopefully some inspiration from those who came before. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-hard-w...
I've been reflecting on how we need not only strategies for this moment, but mindsets.
I offer four ideas for those here, and hopefully some inspiration from those who came before. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-hard-w...
The hard-won hope of the long defeat
A mindset for a dark time
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
August 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is a dark moment for our democracy, but it is far from the first.
I've been reflecting on how we need not only strategies for this moment, but mindsets.
I offer four ideas for those here, and hopefully some inspiration from those who came before. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-hard-w...
I've been reflecting on how we need not only strategies for this moment, but mindsets.
I offer four ideas for those here, and hopefully some inspiration from those who came before. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-hard-w...
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August 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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/5 By the way: in case there is any ambiguity, or someone is tempted so say "Ken seems to be" or "Ken is arguably".....
I am absolutely mocking a federal law enforcement officer for getting hit in the body armor with a sandwich. You can quote me. I am 100% doing that.
I am absolutely mocking a federal law enforcement officer for getting hit in the body armor with a sandwich. You can quote me. I am 100% doing that.
August 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
/5 By the way: in case there is any ambiguity, or someone is tempted so say "Ken seems to be" or "Ken is arguably".....
I am absolutely mocking a federal law enforcement officer for getting hit in the body armor with a sandwich. You can quote me. I am 100% doing that.
I am absolutely mocking a federal law enforcement officer for getting hit in the body armor with a sandwich. You can quote me. I am 100% doing that.
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“capital put under armed occupation because regime henchman named Big Balls got the absolute piss beaten out of him by a child” would probably get cut from a Zucker brothers movie script
August 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“capital put under armed occupation because regime henchman named Big Balls got the absolute piss beaten out of him by a child” would probably get cut from a Zucker brothers movie script
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Maybe it’s just me, but I will say that I find the normal, Washington D.C. reportorial voice and attitude—worldly, knowing, ironic—off-putting when writing about a child rapist.
July 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Maybe it’s just me, but I will say that I find the normal, Washington D.C. reportorial voice and attitude—worldly, knowing, ironic—off-putting when writing about a child rapist.
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I'd love to see Dems do one press conference a day where a Senator or House member reveals that they are not in the Epstein tapes and then opens it up to policy questions. Which is the only way it seems that anyone will cover policy.
July 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'd love to see Dems do one press conference a day where a Senator or House member reveals that they are not in the Epstein tapes and then opens it up to policy questions. Which is the only way it seems that anyone will cover policy.
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It is hard to grasp but large masses of Americans are both racist/xenophobic AND not racist/xenophobic enough to applaud what Trump is doing. It's goldilocks shit, they want a level of racism/xenophobia calibrated exactly to their personal preferences, and you just can't make that policy. Don't try.
June 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It is hard to grasp but large masses of Americans are both racist/xenophobic AND not racist/xenophobic enough to applaud what Trump is doing. It's goldilocks shit, they want a level of racism/xenophobia calibrated exactly to their personal preferences, and you just can't make that policy. Don't try.
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"I'm coming up against a spiritual struggle today, something people less privileged than me have had to deal with for their whole lives, which is how to live among millions of evil people.
I should define what I mean by that."
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
I should define what I mean by that."
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
So Shines A Good Deed In A Weary World
Dark isn't the opposite of light, it's the absence of light.
www.the-reframe.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"I'm coming up against a spiritual struggle today, something people less privileged than me have had to deal with for their whole lives, which is how to live among millions of evil people.
I should define what I mean by that."
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
I should define what I mean by that."
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
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The NYT's Zohran story is not only idiotic, but after a decade of Donald Trump, it is quaint: Does anyone care anymore about (alleged) embarrassing indiscretions in the past when the current President is a legit monster?
July 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The NYT's Zohran story is not only idiotic, but after a decade of Donald Trump, it is quaint: Does anyone care anymore about (alleged) embarrassing indiscretions in the past when the current President is a legit monster?
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Hot take: Not only are work requirements for Medicaid bad, tying health care to work at all is cruel and we should be doing it less not more.
Everyone deserves health care. Everyone.
Everyone deserves health care. Everyone.
July 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hot take: Not only are work requirements for Medicaid bad, tying health care to work at all is cruel and we should be doing it less not more.
Everyone deserves health care. Everyone.
Everyone deserves health care. Everyone.
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I see some discourse about ditching the former Twitter, and so I'll remind folks that the best reason to there is that it's a fucking Nazi bar and we all deserve better. I'm on social media to enjoy conversation with cool folks. Bluesky does a bang-up job of that. The former Twitter doesn't.
June 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I see some discourse about ditching the former Twitter, and so I'll remind folks that the best reason to there is that it's a fucking Nazi bar and we all deserve better. I'm on social media to enjoy conversation with cool folks. Bluesky does a bang-up job of that. The former Twitter doesn't.
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do you ever think about how this is all happening for no reason at all?
June 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
do you ever think about how this is all happening for no reason at all?
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A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...
A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research
Over the past four months, I’ve spoken to dozens of biomedical researchers...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...
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I think it's that feeling of elites playacting and killing time and clinging to the past when we could come together and look for a new way forward - just look, not necessarily even find one - that hurts so much.
May 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I think it's that feeling of elites playacting and killing time and clinging to the past when we could come together and look for a new way forward - just look, not necessarily even find one - that hurts so much.
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Thought of what I think is a good slogan:
Born Here, Belong Here
Born Here, Belong Here
May 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thought of what I think is a good slogan:
Born Here, Belong Here
Born Here, Belong Here
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The internet-winning prize for this week has to be shared among @thelostmuppet.bsky.social @oldjavaguy.bsky.social and @elkmovie.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/thel...
bsky.app/profile/thel...
May 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The internet-winning prize for this week has to be shared among @thelostmuppet.bsky.social @oldjavaguy.bsky.social and @elkmovie.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/thel...
bsky.app/profile/thel...
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Good morning! It’s a perfect day to realize that the politics you’re used to are gone and never coming back so you can either think about what you want the future to look like and try to build toward that or keep trying to wishcast the country back to 1998 and be part of the problem.
May 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Good morning! It’s a perfect day to realize that the politics you’re used to are gone and never coming back so you can either think about what you want the future to look like and try to build toward that or keep trying to wishcast the country back to 1998 and be part of the problem.