Mangled Hubris
@jwrudolph.bsky.social
Horrors persist, so do I.
📍Seattle, WA
📍Seattle, WA
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people, Mamdani is not lending legitimacy to Trump. he is absolutely humiliating him. in the eyes of the country Trump is legitimizing *Mamdani*
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
people, Mamdani is not lending legitimacy to Trump. he is absolutely humiliating him. in the eyes of the country Trump is legitimizing *Mamdani*
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we still haven't moved past the double meaning problem here---the people who want Zohran to be "tougher on antisemitism" really mean "silent on Israeli genocide."
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
we still haven't moved past the double meaning problem here---the people who want Zohran to be "tougher on antisemitism" really mean "silent on Israeli genocide."
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Culture for the elites, hustle and grind for the poors. Got it.
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Culture for the elites, hustle and grind for the poors. Got it.
“that the new emerging take on Jesus was so transparently bogus that eventually people would snap out of it and return to their former orthodoxy. They were wrong, and that is not an error I would like to see repeated in the struggle for democracy”
This is quite the essay on MAGA Christianity, an insider lament about things I’ve observed from the outside, and things I didn’t know about.
I’m not Christian, but I find some things admirable about Christianity, and think it’s a shame how the dominant form of US Christianity has inverted them.
I’m not Christian, but I find some things admirable about Christianity, and think it’s a shame how the dominant form of US Christianity has inverted them.
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“that the new emerging take on Jesus was so transparently bogus that eventually people would snap out of it and return to their former orthodoxy. They were wrong, and that is not an error I would like to see repeated in the struggle for democracy”
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american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
I know it’s not the same but I recently got an e-ink typewriter to draft the rest of my novel and I’m obsessed.
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I know it’s not the same but I recently got an e-ink typewriter to draft the rest of my novel and I’m obsessed.
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This is what being gay on Bluesky is like.
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is what being gay on Bluesky is like.
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It’s funny how much traction the pension thing is getting. People are really angry about her getting a pension that she literally earned outright.
MTG has increased her net worth by up to $25 million since taking office (from just $700k!) but people get riled up that she qualified for a pension.
MTG has increased her net worth by up to $25 million since taking office (from just $700k!) but people get riled up that she qualified for a pension.
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It’s funny how much traction the pension thing is getting. People are really angry about her getting a pension that she literally earned outright.
MTG has increased her net worth by up to $25 million since taking office (from just $700k!) but people get riled up that she qualified for a pension.
MTG has increased her net worth by up to $25 million since taking office (from just $700k!) but people get riled up that she qualified for a pension.
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Basically what Mom & Dad said 👇🏾
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Basically what Mom & Dad said 👇🏾
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Just this morning I walked outside in east West Seattle and noticed how bad the air smelled of smog
What timing to have this shared with me today
What timing to have this shared with me today
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just this morning I walked outside in east West Seattle and noticed how bad the air smelled of smog
What timing to have this shared with me today
What timing to have this shared with me today
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The time to stop bad things from happening was November 2024. And a lot of people convinced themselves the right thing to do was to not vote for the "lesser evil" of Harris. See how well that turned out
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The time to stop bad things from happening was November 2024. And a lot of people convinced themselves the right thing to do was to not vote for the "lesser evil" of Harris. See how well that turned out
Jonathan Bailey, rent free.
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Jonathan Bailey, rent free.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
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This is conspiracy theory stuff. China doesn’t need to spy on baby monitors to know what Americans are doing. They can just open Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, or one of the many apps that Americans use to share the kind of information that two generations ago couldn’t be waterboarded out of them.
HINSON: As a mom, I think about watching a baby monitor. That's a very intimate moment with your baby and to think the Chinese could be spying on your morning routine
BARTIROMO: Why are they spying on moms?
HINSON: They just want to know what Americans are up to to undermine our way of life
BARTIROMO: Why are they spying on moms?
HINSON: They just want to know what Americans are up to to undermine our way of life
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is conspiracy theory stuff. China doesn’t need to spy on baby monitors to know what Americans are doing. They can just open Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, or one of the many apps that Americans use to share the kind of information that two generations ago couldn’t be waterboarded out of them.
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every tech billionaire is like this. they think everyone but Silicon Valley capitalists are idiots, all safety rules are stupid, and you can do anything if you go fast enough bsky.app/profile/nate...
I know a rocket scientist who consulted with Elon. He said that Elon insisted on skipping all the safety lock downs that are required when testing rocket engines. Eventually he was forced to give in and do them, but he put up a huge fight about it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
every tech billionaire is like this. they think everyone but Silicon Valley capitalists are idiots, all safety rules are stupid, and you can do anything if you go fast enough bsky.app/profile/nate...
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the Linux Century starts now
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
the Linux Century starts now
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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Gonna repost this a number of times probably.
Also remember you can use their online resources to shop and compare products and once you've come to a decision, buy it somewhere else!
This increases their costs while still denying them revenue.
www.peoplesworld.org/article/we-a...
Also remember you can use their online resources to shop and compare products and once you've come to a decision, buy it somewhere else!
This increases their costs while still denying them revenue.
www.peoplesworld.org/article/we-a...
‘We Ain’t Buying It’: Pro-MAGA monopolies targeted for holiday boycott
WASHINGTON—National organizations behind the No Kings demonstrations and other major activities against the Trump administration and its billionaire backers have launched the “We Ain’t Buying It” holi...
www.peoplesworld.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Gonna repost this a number of times probably.
Also remember you can use their online resources to shop and compare products and once you've come to a decision, buy it somewhere else!
This increases their costs while still denying them revenue.
www.peoplesworld.org/article/we-a...
Also remember you can use their online resources to shop and compare products and once you've come to a decision, buy it somewhere else!
This increases their costs while still denying them revenue.
www.peoplesworld.org/article/we-a...
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It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
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Someone is buying up American starter homes and pricing you out. But it’s not who you’ve been told. #EconSky #Housing #PolSky #RonanFarrow
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Someone is buying up American starter homes and pricing you out. But it’s not who you’ve been told. #EconSky #Housing #PolSky #RonanFarrow