Wolverinethad (Boo Thad)
@lettersfromthewasteland.org
Democratic Socialist, LFC diehard, Michigan Man, deconstructing Christian, occasional web developer, and front-end/SQL support engineer. I parent two furbabies with my wife.
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
RFK Jr is a threat to humanity.
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I think there is some information in there that isn't familiar to a lot of people. Including that the US is currently holding three times as many people in immigration detention as were detained in the entire Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939—six years into the Third Reich.
January 20, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I think there is some information in there that isn't familiar to a lot of people. Including that the US is currently holding three times as many people in immigration detention as were detained in the entire Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939—six years into the Third Reich.
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the people who were scolded relentlessly for celebrating this moment nine years ago have been completely vindicated. punching a nazi in the face now polls higher than any member of congress.
(source: i made it up but it feels very true in my heart)
(source: i made it up but it feels very true in my heart)
Well, it’s the 9th anniversary of this today. No special reason for mentioning it now, obviously
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 AM
the people who were scolded relentlessly for celebrating this moment nine years ago have been completely vindicated. punching a nazi in the face now polls higher than any member of congress.
(source: i made it up but it feels very true in my heart)
(source: i made it up but it feels very true in my heart)
Grotesque erasure given what ACTUALLY HAPPENED during the Uprising.
I hate it here so bad. Republicans should be banned like the Communist Party is. Sorry, supporting treason and fascism breaks the compact.
I hate it here so bad. Republicans should be banned like the Communist Party is. Sorry, supporting treason and fascism breaks the compact.
Yesterday I taught a class about the historiography of Stonewall.
I used the official defacing of the Stonewall National Monument - removing the TQ+ by the administration - to illustrate how public memory and debates about history, aka historiography, have relevance today.
Next year I'll use this.
I used the official defacing of the Stonewall National Monument - removing the TQ+ by the administration - to illustrate how public memory and debates about history, aka historiography, have relevance today.
Next year I'll use this.
A small, ancillary detail in this horror that made me cry
January 20, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Grotesque erasure given what ACTUALLY HAPPENED during the Uprising.
I hate it here so bad. Republicans should be banned like the Communist Party is. Sorry, supporting treason and fascism breaks the compact.
I hate it here so bad. Republicans should be banned like the Communist Party is. Sorry, supporting treason and fascism breaks the compact.
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modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening
January 20, 2026 at 1:11 AM
modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening
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When trump starts releasing your private messages, you call your spy servcies and ask "what you got" and if the answer is nothing you shut the spy services
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 AM
When trump starts releasing your private messages, you call your spy servcies and ask "what you got" and if the answer is nothing you shut the spy services
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Oh no, did a sex predator exposed for grooming underage girls lose his friends? The travesty
January 20, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Oh no, did a sex predator exposed for grooming underage girls lose his friends? The travesty
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Republicans have made a documented effort to mislead these communities with well funded, highly localized Spanish language propaganda campaigns in recent years, which, as is usually the case when mainstream reporters try to tease out a segment of the electorate's thinking, simply isn't mentioned
To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Republicans have made a documented effort to mislead these communities with well funded, highly localized Spanish language propaganda campaigns in recent years, which, as is usually the case when mainstream reporters try to tease out a segment of the electorate's thinking, simply isn't mentioned
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Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
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each day we’re forced to confront the craziest shit you could possibly imagine and each day we’re forced to wash the same spoon for the millionth time
January 20, 2026 at 11:31 AM
each day we’re forced to confront the craziest shit you could possibly imagine and each day we’re forced to wash the same spoon for the millionth time
In other words, they're killing people. Plain and simple. Death by withheld treatment.
January 20, 2026 at 11:42 AM
In other words, they're killing people. Plain and simple. Death by withheld treatment.
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Working class people and others who care about being able to afford dinner also care about not being kidnapped or murdered
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Working class people and others who care about being able to afford dinner also care about not being kidnapped or murdered
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I like how people on here defending Schumer et al like to say: sorry you Out of Touch Bluesky people don’t understand he’s messaging to NORMAL people who care about PRICES. as if it is not both true and smart politics to say the White House is threatening to go door to door in your town.
January 20, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I like how people on here defending Schumer et al like to say: sorry you Out of Touch Bluesky people don’t understand he’s messaging to NORMAL people who care about PRICES. as if it is not both true and smart politics to say the White House is threatening to go door to door in your town.
How about we tax these fuckers properly, and stop approving AI data centers until a tangible benefit can be proven? This is the route of digital serfdom.
'That's not going to last': Jeff Bezos believes AI will force you to rent your PC from the cloud, and the RAM crisis is accelerating it
Your next PC upgrade might be a subscription
www.tomsguide.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:40 AM
How about we tax these fuckers properly, and stop approving AI data centers until a tangible benefit can be proven? This is the route of digital serfdom.
Motherfucker is going to destroy America and nobody who can stop it will stop it.
Happy birthday to us! 🤬
Happy birthday to us! 🤬
Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States
January 20, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Motherfucker is going to destroy America and nobody who can stop it will stop it.
Happy birthday to us! 🤬
Happy birthday to us! 🤬
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We got an Indiana national championship before GTA 6
January 20, 2026 at 4:19 AM
We got an Indiana national championship before GTA 6
HOLY SHIT BECK THREW AN AWFUL PICK.
INDIANA ARE YOUR NCAA FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
That was incredible.
INDIANA ARE YOUR NCAA FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
That was incredible.
January 20, 2026 at 4:16 AM
HOLY SHIT BECK THREW AN AWFUL PICK.
INDIANA ARE YOUR NCAA FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
That was incredible.
INDIANA ARE YOUR NCAA FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
That was incredible.
Toney holding on there was LEGIT.
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Toney holding on there was LEGIT.
Roughing the passer, come on, don't be doing that.
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Roughing the passer, come on, don't be doing that.
Miami has a lot of time to go win this. Making me nervous for IU.
January 20, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Miami has a lot of time to go win this. Making me nervous for IU.
I'm not a fan of that call. Mendoza running bootleg off a fake would've been a lot better.
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I'm not a fan of that call. Mendoza running bootleg off a fake would've been a lot better.
That false start is looking LARGE now for IU. And you gotta take the FG here if you don't get the first, right?
January 20, 2026 at 4:06 AM
That false start is looking LARGE now for IU. And you gotta take the FG here if you don't get the first, right?
Miami finally used a TO.
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Miami finally used a TO.
I am still blown away at how good Malachi Toney is this young. That is incredible.
24-21. Hoosiers better respond.
24-21. Hoosiers better respond.
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I am still blown away at how good Malachi Toney is this young. That is incredible.
24-21. Hoosiers better respond.
24-21. Hoosiers better respond.
4th and 5 again for the Hoosiers. Mendoza just BULLDOZED everyone and scores on the QB draw.
McAfee losing his mind on the Deuce...Lol
McAfee losing his mind on the Deuce...Lol
January 20, 2026 at 3:38 AM
4th and 5 again for the Hoosiers. Mendoza just BULLDOZED everyone and scores on the QB draw.
McAfee losing his mind on the Deuce...Lol
McAfee losing his mind on the Deuce...Lol
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The DOJ is weighing rolling back gun restrictions but implementing a form change requiring applicants purchasing a gun to list their "biological sex at birth" which would serve to out trans people and potentially target them with criminal charges if they list their current sex or gender identity.
January 20, 2026 at 3:13 AM
The DOJ is weighing rolling back gun restrictions but implementing a form change requiring applicants purchasing a gun to list their "biological sex at birth" which would serve to out trans people and potentially target them with criminal charges if they list their current sex or gender identity.