A penitent who is loud
@loudpenitent.bsky.social
Interfaith cis Jew, never posts on behalf of his employer, he/his
Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.
Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.
I suddenly wish to try XO sauce.
January 7, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I suddenly wish to try XO sauce.
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Please call your senators today to ask them to support this war powers resolution.
Greenland war powers vote could be heading to Senate floor
Sen. Ruben Gallego said he will introduce a war powers resolution to forestall a U.S. invasion of the Danish territory.
www.politico.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Please call your senators today to ask them to support this war powers resolution.
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this is where i am at: THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. do you want to outsource your military policy to steven miller? no? how about the dc blob? also no? THEN LEARN WHAT THE FUCK HOW TO MILITARY
www.breakingbeijing.com/p/there-is-n...
www.breakingbeijing.com/p/there-is-n...
January 6, 2026 at 10:28 PM
this is where i am at: THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. do you want to outsource your military policy to steven miller? no? how about the dc blob? also no? THEN LEARN WHAT THE FUCK HOW TO MILITARY
www.breakingbeijing.com/p/there-is-n...
www.breakingbeijing.com/p/there-is-n...
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The constitutional remedy for a president who launches a war of acquisition against an ally is impeachment, removal, disqualification, and ultimately a criminal trial. And the same is true for every member of his cabinet involved in such an illegal undertaking.
January 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM
The constitutional remedy for a president who launches a war of acquisition against an ally is impeachment, removal, disqualification, and ultimately a criminal trial. And the same is true for every member of his cabinet involved in such an illegal undertaking.
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Some truly demonic stuff online
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Some truly demonic stuff online
Good god, this flu is like walking through molasses and static. Movement hurts.
January 6, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Good god, this flu is like walking through molasses and static. Movement hurts.
nnnnnope!
what it says is that a lot of American voters were fucking stupid and are now frantically trying to mitigate the harm caused by their own moral failures, not that they righteously shared our politics.
what it says is that a lot of American voters were fucking stupid and are now frantically trying to mitigate the harm caused by their own moral failures, not that they righteously shared our politics.
January 6, 2026 at 8:29 PM
nnnnnope!
what it says is that a lot of American voters were fucking stupid and are now frantically trying to mitigate the harm caused by their own moral failures, not that they righteously shared our politics.
what it says is that a lot of American voters were fucking stupid and are now frantically trying to mitigate the harm caused by their own moral failures, not that they righteously shared our politics.
What this tends to be motivated by is "*I* did my part, I (and my community) voted for the right cause, I couldn't reasonably have done any more. Clearly our leaders could have done something better to make my efforts matter."
Which, true, but that's the issue w/democracy. What matters is numbers.
Which, true, but that's the issue w/democracy. What matters is numbers.
… what mechanism do they think exists to do this that’s independent of voters
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
What this tends to be motivated by is "*I* did my part, I (and my community) voted for the right cause, I couldn't reasonably have done any more. Clearly our leaders could have done something better to make my efforts matter."
Which, true, but that's the issue w/democracy. What matters is numbers.
Which, true, but that's the issue w/democracy. What matters is numbers.
I have often said that in this day and age the mythic symbol of the redcap fash (if not the literal redcap) is the werewolf, imo, not the vampire.
Seemingly nice, normal people who abruptly reveal a feral, monstrous desire for raw violence and terror of the weak and downtrodden.
Seemingly nice, normal people who abruptly reveal a feral, monstrous desire for raw violence and terror of the weak and downtrodden.
The werewolf-bite-hiders surround us
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I have often said that in this day and age the mythic symbol of the redcap fash (if not the literal redcap) is the werewolf, imo, not the vampire.
Seemingly nice, normal people who abruptly reveal a feral, monstrous desire for raw violence and terror of the weak and downtrodden.
Seemingly nice, normal people who abruptly reveal a feral, monstrous desire for raw violence and terror of the weak and downtrodden.
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On Twitter, they're suddenly throwing around 'goy' references.
Yeah not going to even bother with a callout, I know who's the outsider here.
Yeah not going to even bother with a callout, I know who's the outsider here.
Socialist who spends most of their time on Twitter starts throwing around "Jews" very often, I'm suspicious
January 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
On Twitter, they're suddenly throwing around 'goy' references.
Yeah not going to even bother with a callout, I know who's the outsider here.
Yeah not going to even bother with a callout, I know who's the outsider here.
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I ended up hospitalized because of the flu once. It’s not a joke. Get vaccinated if you haven’t. I get my vaccine the exact second I can every year. Children are dying from the flu; get them vaccinated too if you haven’t.
Wear a mask and wash your hands often. Don’t touch your face. Be safe!
Wear a mask and wash your hands often. Don’t touch your face. Be safe!
“These viruses are serious, dangerous, and life-threatening. We are seeing children who are seriously ill, families grieving devastating losses, and hospitals under capacity strain.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN
Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I ended up hospitalized because of the flu once. It’s not a joke. Get vaccinated if you haven’t. I get my vaccine the exact second I can every year. Children are dying from the flu; get them vaccinated too if you haven’t.
Wear a mask and wash your hands often. Don’t touch your face. Be safe!
Wear a mask and wash your hands often. Don’t touch your face. Be safe!
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personally I think we ended up with fascism because a bunch of voters looked at the guy promising to do a fascism and said "yeah sounds good, whatever brings down the price of eggs"
I need people to understand that saying, "I don't like or support this politician, but the other person will be worse, so I'll vote for them," is precisely how we ended up with fascism.
If you're not voting affirmatively for something you actually want, you don't live in a democracy.
If you're not voting affirmatively for something you actually want, you don't live in a democracy.
January 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
personally I think we ended up with fascism because a bunch of voters looked at the guy promising to do a fascism and said "yeah sounds good, whatever brings down the price of eggs"
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Because young people can’t read.
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Because young people can’t read.
Psychic assault.
I am so mad that these people are allowed to put this shit on a government website.
It would be a great day for reporters to ask elected Republicans if the 2020 election was stolen.
It would be a great day for reporters to ask elected Republicans if the 2020 election was stolen.
January 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Psychic assault.
Man this flu going around really sucks. I advise people not to get it!
January 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Man this flu going around really sucks. I advise people not to get it!
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do not understand why the new york times considers it important to maintain ideological neutrality towards an ideology which would fill a mass grave with the staff of the new york times
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 AM
do not understand why the new york times considers it important to maintain ideological neutrality towards an ideology which would fill a mass grave with the staff of the new york times
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I find the first comment so bizarre. As has been noted ad nauseam, Greenland's already in NATO and virtually every potential US military use is something Denmark already happily lets the US do anyway. If you don't know this then you clearly didn't care about it previously, so who's the pretense for?
genuinely hilarious to what extent TikTok comment sections are now publics
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 AM
I find the first comment so bizarre. As has been noted ad nauseam, Greenland's already in NATO and virtually every potential US military use is something Denmark already happily lets the US do anyway. If you don't know this then you clearly didn't care about it previously, so who's the pretense for?
This is me Not Having An Opinion about porn discourse beyond "hey maybe you shouldn't harass people over it"
January 6, 2026 at 5:25 AM
This is me Not Having An Opinion about porn discourse beyond "hey maybe you shouldn't harass people over it"
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things feel very bad right now, but I'd also encourage people to think of how it was a year ago vs how it was in December.
January 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
things feel very bad right now, but I'd also encourage people to think of how it was a year ago vs how it was in December.
I don't think it's an accident that many of the Hellenic mythic figures who challenge the Gods, for example, are people who are themselves privileged among mortals. They do so because their power has conditioned them to see themselves as untouchable, not as some broader project of mortal liberty.
(This is extremely relevant! In most traditional religions observance is not a matter of personal faith, it's a matter of collective communal practice, where if one fails to uphold the proper obeisances, the entire community is now in danger, so there's huge cultural pressure to observe.)
January 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I don't think it's an accident that many of the Hellenic mythic figures who challenge the Gods, for example, are people who are themselves privileged among mortals. They do so because their power has conditioned them to see themselves as untouchable, not as some broader project of mortal liberty.
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You know, if a fucking Warhammer demon named “Cuchulainn the Impure” tried to convince me God is fake, I’d believe in God approximately 50,000 times harder than I have every other day in my life combined.
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
You know, if a fucking Warhammer demon named “Cuchulainn the Impure” tried to convince me God is fake, I’d believe in God approximately 50,000 times harder than I have every other day in my life combined.
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
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im genuinely curious if this resonates with voters. this naked appeal to imperialism from a shrieking, shrill man
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
im genuinely curious if this resonates with voters. this naked appeal to imperialism from a shrieking, shrill man
The sheer thuggish cruelty and wickedness of Miller is difficult to understate.
This is the sort of man who could never achieve such power on his own, because he's just too antisocial.
This is the sort of man who could never achieve such power on his own, because he's just too antisocial.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
The sheer thuggish cruelty and wickedness of Miller is difficult to understate.
This is the sort of man who could never achieve such power on his own, because he's just too antisocial.
This is the sort of man who could never achieve such power on his own, because he's just too antisocial.