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@johnbrownstan.bsky.social
Militant liberal. Aspiring re-education camp counselor. Filibuster abolition enjoyer.
Look down the game tree. What's at the end of all those off-equilibrium paths? DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
Look down the game tree. What's at the end of all those off-equilibrium paths? DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
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"rich asshole who stops a multi-billion dollar project and causes an international incident to protect his lucrative duty-free gasoline concession" is really the perfect exemplar of parasitic trumpism. think of how wealthy the american people would be if we shook off all these bloodsuckers.
Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
"rich asshole who stops a multi-billion dollar project and causes an international incident to protect his lucrative duty-free gasoline concession" is really the perfect exemplar of parasitic trumpism. think of how wealthy the american people would be if we shook off all these bloodsuckers.
I'm happy to have Yankee adopted as a demonym for the entire country because it furthers my goal of eradicating Dixie cultural identity
'yankee' having a completely different meaning in different parts of the US is a bit of a problem, also its origins are obscure, but otherwise its fine
February 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I'm happy to have Yankee adopted as a demonym for the entire country because it furthers my goal of eradicating Dixie cultural identity
It's weird that most browser/keyboard dictionaries still consider "okey" to be an acceptable spelling because I've literally never seen it in the wild
February 10, 2026 at 11:10 PM
It's weird that most browser/keyboard dictionaries still consider "okey" to be an acceptable spelling because I've literally never seen it in the wild
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y'all want to pretend you're in a WWII Nazi occupied resistance and casually allege stuff that got people shot, it's not doing wonders to defuse the allegations it's all a LARP to you
February 10, 2026 at 10:59 PM
y'all want to pretend you're in a WWII Nazi occupied resistance and casually allege stuff that got people shot, it's not doing wonders to defuse the allegations it's all a LARP to you
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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Ethos is underrated as an aspect of argument. There is a kind of early internet person that treats all non-logos argument as presumptively invalid and I think that kind of person is terrible and smells bad
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Ethos is underrated as an aspect of argument. There is a kind of early internet person that treats all non-logos argument as presumptively invalid and I think that kind of person is terrible and smells bad
I'm convinced that he has lost the ability to do his job because he is afraid of right wing violence against his family, and when things get to that point you really have a duty to resign
Kind of shocking how much respect I’ve lost for Tim Walz in all of this.
February 10, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I'm convinced that he has lost the ability to do his job because he is afraid of right wing violence against his family, and when things get to that point you really have a duty to resign
This hasn't happened much since I was put on the British TERF blocklist, but it is common on here for people to expect grovelling apologies for accidental misgendering in the middle of a debate.
Not great for the advancement of trans rights when people do that, imho
Not great for the advancement of trans rights when people do that, imho
What you guys need to understand is that if you want me to take your accusations of racism/misogyny/transphobia/etc. seriously, you first need to satisfy the gateway criterion of not acting like malicious freaks who are incredibly thrilled to make those accusations. Then we can talk like adults
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
This hasn't happened much since I was put on the British TERF blocklist, but it is common on here for people to expect grovelling apologies for accidental misgendering in the middle of a debate.
Not great for the advancement of trans rights when people do that, imho
Not great for the advancement of trans rights when people do that, imho
中国, i.e. Zhongguo, what we call China, literally translates to "middle kingdom", as in center of the world. But they're not in the center of MY map. They therefore need to change their name for their own country in their language to satisfy my resentment.
In English, America is traditionally used just for the US for various historical reasons. In Spanish it's used for the entire hemisphere for different historical reasons more relevant to a Spanish speaker. I do not understand getting pissy about a grouping convention in a whole different language.
February 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
中国, i.e. Zhongguo, what we call China, literally translates to "middle kingdom", as in center of the world. But they're not in the center of MY map. They therefore need to change their name for their own country in their language to satisfy my resentment.
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A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
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so much of the dirtbag left just turned out to be a revolt against republican virtue. really just virtue in general, which explains red scare
okay but like the burden is literally on us
February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
so much of the dirtbag left just turned out to be a revolt against republican virtue. really just virtue in general, which explains red scare
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Fuck a morning coffee, this picture is enough to jolt me awake
February 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Fuck a morning coffee, this picture is enough to jolt me awake
I cannot stress enough that authoritarianism *increases* our burden
okay but like the burden is literally on us
February 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I cannot stress enough that authoritarianism *increases* our burden
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okay but like the burden is literally on us
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
okay but like the burden is literally on us
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
Sweet potatoes are mid
February 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Sweet potatoes are mid
This graphic is wrong, the number of generations is limited to three.
That's fine though. I'm an American. I love this country so much I'm ready to purge about a third of it.
That's fine though. I'm an American. I love this country so much I'm ready to purge about a third of it.
Oh damn, guess I'm a Canadian citizen if I want to be
I'm not saying that Canada is perfect, I'm saying that the bar is pretty low right now.
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
This graphic is wrong, the number of generations is limited to three.
That's fine though. I'm an American. I love this country so much I'm ready to purge about a third of it.
That's fine though. I'm an American. I love this country so much I'm ready to purge about a third of it.
Oh damn, guess I'm a Canadian citizen if I want to be
I'm not saying that Canada is perfect, I'm saying that the bar is pretty low right now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Oh damn, guess I'm a Canadian citizen if I want to be
How are people still doing this
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM
How are people still doing this
The fun thing about watching old Law & Order episodes are all the random people who show up. Here's Ted Beneke before he got into tax fraud
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 AM
The fun thing about watching old Law & Order episodes are all the random people who show up. Here's Ted Beneke before he got into tax fraud
Bluesky: the first micro blogging website for the illiterate
I swear to God, Bluesky is a text based social media app where a significant portion of the userbase functionally cannot read
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Bluesky: the first micro blogging website for the illiterate
Pretty wild to me how many students were willing to occupy university buildings to protest something happening halfway around the world, but not in response to those very same universities caving to an authoritarian administration setting up concentration camps in our own borders
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Pretty wild to me how many students were willing to occupy university buildings to protest something happening halfway around the world, but not in response to those very same universities caving to an authoritarian administration setting up concentration camps in our own borders
This is wild. My understanding is that Native Americans from the United States prefer the term American Indian?
“American Indian” is not an offensive term and the weirdos who searched through my tens of thousands of posts to try and find something they could use to label me a racist are not acting in good faith. The game of trying to set up rhetorical tripwires to attack people you hate is incredibly toxic.
When members of a marginalised group tell you to stop using a term to refer to them, it’s not hard to just… be gracious and stop doing it. Which is much easier and makes you look a lot better than doubling down on a racist term and telling the people who find it offensive that they’re wrong.
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
This is wild. My understanding is that Native Americans from the United States prefer the term American Indian?
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I wonder if Megan will be retracting this based on the new information that’s out there.
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I wonder if Megan will be retracting this based on the new information that’s out there.
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like, the most prestigious newspaper in the country and the people who decide what stories go in the Opinion page can't be bothered to do ten fucking seconds of research
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
like, the most prestigious newspaper in the country and the people who decide what stories go in the Opinion page can't be bothered to do ten fucking seconds of research