Magenta
@magentab.bsky.social
Progressive Democrat from Jersey City
it was so peak
im watching national treasure now (the best film ever made)
February 16, 2026 at 5:18 AM
it was so peak
im watching national treasure now (the best film ever made)
February 15, 2026 at 9:16 PM
im watching national treasure now (the best film ever made)
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Blue Jays and Mark Carney did this…Canada again
Is the anti-incumbent wave over?
February 15, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Blue Jays and Mark Carney did this…Canada again
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Man the "well the candidate I've negatively polarized myself into supporting is just a little guy and if nothing new and bad has come out in several months he's good ok" is tiring in the ME-Sen primary
February 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Man the "well the candidate I've negatively polarized myself into supporting is just a little guy and if nothing new and bad has come out in several months he's good ok" is tiring in the ME-Sen primary
it's just too regionalized of a word in american culture for it to really feel right to describe everybody
it's easier to use as a foreigner when you are in an ability to generalize all americans, but that use feels to archaic in american english
it's easier to use as a foreigner when you are in an ability to generalize all americans, but that use feels to archaic in american english
i have an inherent problem of using yankee as a derogatory to describe all americans, bc there is no reality where i can view anybody from south of the mason-dixon as a "yank"
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 AM
it's just too regionalized of a word in american culture for it to really feel right to describe everybody
it's easier to use as a foreigner when you are in an ability to generalize all americans, but that use feels to archaic in american english
it's easier to use as a foreigner when you are in an ability to generalize all americans, but that use feels to archaic in american english
i have an inherent problem of using yankee as a derogatory to describe all americans, bc there is no reality where i can view anybody from south of the mason-dixon as a "yank"
February 15, 2026 at 8:20 AM
i have an inherent problem of using yankee as a derogatory to describe all americans, bc there is no reality where i can view anybody from south of the mason-dixon as a "yank"
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What? Texas Republicans may really have fucked themselves on that congressional map to where the GOP loses 6 seats including 2 they already hold because of Hispanic reversion
February 15, 2026 at 1:50 AM
What? Texas Republicans may really have fucked themselves on that congressional map to where the GOP loses 6 seats including 2 they already hold because of Hispanic reversion
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Alberta is part Canadian, part insane
February 15, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Alberta is part Canadian, part insane
in hindsight, the vibes were obviously bad in 2024 when MSM outlets started trying to fact check harris and trump equally as if they were lying at the same level
leading to headlines like this
leading to headlines like this
The problem is the information environment is shit because the news is evil.
February 15, 2026 at 12:36 AM
in hindsight, the vibes were obviously bad in 2024 when MSM outlets started trying to fact check harris and trump equally as if they were lying at the same level
leading to headlines like this
leading to headlines like this
what is it with the padres and extremely injured pitchers
Griffin Canning to Padres
February 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
what is it with the padres and extremely injured pitchers
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this sounds perfectly normal tbh
the Heated Rivalry fandom has done a really remarkable speedrun from a celebration of a fluffy, sexy gay show to calling cast members pedophiles & journalists "klan members" (yes, really) — v excited about @wired.com's blow-by-blow feat interviews w fans on the front lines
The ‘Heated Rivalry’ Fandom Is Tearing Itself Apart
The breakout hockey romance has sparked legions of enthralled fans, along with obsessive, parasocial behavior that’s starting to get called out.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
this sounds perfectly normal tbh
"NAFTA is a failed policy for many working-class and rural communities"
oh that's rust belt red meat, she is REALLY running
oh that's rust belt red meat, she is REALLY running
If we are going to stave off the scourges of authoritarianism globally, our politics need to center the working class.
February 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"NAFTA is a failed policy for many working-class and rural communities"
oh that's rust belt red meat, she is REALLY running
oh that's rust belt red meat, she is REALLY running
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AOC making the same correct point that civil rights advocates made in the 1950s: democracies are strongest when we live up to our values
"... to act out these paradoxes, whether it is kidnapping a foreign head of state, whether it is threatening our allies to colonize Greenland, whether it is looking the other way in a genocide. Hypocrisies are vulnerabilities, and they threaten democracies globally."
February 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
AOC making the same correct point that civil rights advocates made in the 1950s: democracies are strongest when we live up to our values
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Leftists in complete shambles as wine mom firebombs Walmart before kneeling and mumbling Ruthkanda forever.
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Leftists in complete shambles as wine mom firebombs Walmart before kneeling and mumbling Ruthkanda forever.
The House of Representatives is too small. Here is one way to fix it.
YouTube video by Vox
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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She’s gonna win the Bluesky elder millennial natsec demographic by 150 points
AOC: "I think we have to recognize that we are in a new day and in a new time. But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order, and that we're ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy."
February 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
She’s gonna win the Bluesky elder millennial natsec demographic by 150 points
is that a principled stance for liberal internationalism i see?
"... to act out these paradoxes, whether it is kidnapping a foreign head of state, whether it is threatening our allies to colonize Greenland, whether it is looking the other way in a genocide. Hypocrisies are vulnerabilities, and they threaten democracies globally."
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
is that a principled stance for liberal internationalism i see?
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Don't even have to google it to know its Gottheimer
February 13, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Don't even have to google it to know its Gottheimer
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Oh, also, carpetbagging penalties are still a real thing.
Daniel Biss just dropped a new internal poll in #IL09. Shows him at 31% and Laura Fine/Kat Abu slugging it out for second at 18%.
February 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Oh, also, carpetbagging penalties are still a real thing.
one nation flip?
Ley to resign from Parliament in a few weeks. By-election coming for #Farrer
February 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
one nation flip?
im so excited to never hear about this race ever again
Daniel Biss just dropped a new internal poll in #IL09. Shows him at 31% and Laura Fine/Kat Abu slugging it out for second at 18%.
February 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
im so excited to never hear about this race ever again
oh boy
February 12, 2026 at 10:39 PM
oh boy