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Cynic watching the world burn with popcorn and whisky. Living sci-fi is always going to be worse than reading it.
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To note very bluntly my view of the next span of years, I will quote Neville Chamberlain: "It is the evil things we fight against, brute force, bad faith, injustice, oppression, and persecution and against them I am confident the right will prevail."
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all those high minded ideals are a response not to ease and comfort, but cataclysm
the fact that so many modern day trekkies are convinced that the ideals are fake and only cynicism is real is so goddamn annoying
the fact that so many modern day trekkies are convinced that the ideals are fake and only cynicism is real is so goddamn annoying
February 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
all those high minded ideals are a response not to ease and comfort, but cataclysm
the fact that so many modern day trekkies are convinced that the ideals are fake and only cynicism is real is so goddamn annoying
the fact that so many modern day trekkies are convinced that the ideals are fake and only cynicism is real is so goddamn annoying
And there really is something of optimism, even with an illusory basis to a lot of it, that such very different societies as the British Empire, FDR's America, and Stalin's USSR sincerely did work together to try to build a better world.
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 16, 2026 at 5:02 AM
And there really is something of optimism, even with an illusory basis to a lot of it, that such very different societies as the British Empire, FDR's America, and Stalin's USSR sincerely did work together to try to build a better world.
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i think this is correct: the characters of lower decks aren't saints and legends, but ordinary jamokes who, nevertheless, still do their best to live up to those high ideals of truth, freedom, and empathy
February 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
i think this is correct: the characters of lower decks aren't saints and legends, but ordinary jamokes who, nevertheless, still do their best to live up to those high ideals of truth, freedom, and empathy
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Unironically yes, LOWER DECKS is about how the response to the disappointments of the post-Cold War era and the complexity of the modern world should not be despair or cynicism but instead a recommitment to the original ideals of liberalism, thank you for coming to my TED talk.
February 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Unironically yes, LOWER DECKS is about how the response to the disappointments of the post-Cold War era and the complexity of the modern world should not be despair or cynicism but instead a recommitment to the original ideals of liberalism, thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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and I think, on behalf of the ideals of liberalism and global participation, the most prophetic critique we can make in retrospect is "the countries who gave the most in WWII should not have been the tentpoles of the post-WWII order". true liberalism would have stepped down towards more equality.
February 16, 2026 at 4:58 AM
and I think, on behalf of the ideals of liberalism and global participation, the most prophetic critique we can make in retrospect is "the countries who gave the most in WWII should not have been the tentpoles of the post-WWII order". true liberalism would have stepped down towards more equality.
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I think folks who call the UN "starry eyed idealists" are pretty much just reactionaries? There's so many criticisms to make about the UN founding (tethering world security specifically to US, UK, Russia, China? woof), but calling the founding of a global org "idealism" is kooky HL Hunt shit
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 16, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I think folks who call the UN "starry eyed idealists" are pretty much just reactionaries? There's so many criticisms to make about the UN founding (tethering world security specifically to US, UK, Russia, China? woof), but calling the founding of a global org "idealism" is kooky HL Hunt shit
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I don't have all the answers, but anyone convincing you to be mad at dems for what donald and the republicans are doing, shouldn't be trusted anymore than someone at your front door trying to sell you an extended car warranty.
February 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
I don't have all the answers, but anyone convincing you to be mad at dems for what donald and the republicans are doing, shouldn't be trusted anymore than someone at your front door trying to sell you an extended car warranty.
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
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Left-liberals and Democrats are organizing patrols to foil ICE while the Left sits at home and says that they're pre-emptively not voting in the midterms because Newsom will be the nominee in 2028 (which he will not) and performing ~opsec concerns~ for why they'll never protest.
the american left is a lost cause, left leaning dems are the path forward, and - note to every online leftist who sees this and gets mad online - they’re toothless
February 16, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Left-liberals and Democrats are organizing patrols to foil ICE while the Left sits at home and says that they're pre-emptively not voting in the midterms because Newsom will be the nominee in 2028 (which he will not) and performing ~opsec concerns~ for why they'll never protest.
Still more pointedly, the question of how and why the whole 'decline of magic' thing that's a part of the modern world could even *happen* in a world of literal monsters and actual fire from heaven magic would be a question by itself.
February 16, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Still more pointedly, the question of how and why the whole 'decline of magic' thing that's a part of the modern world could even *happen* in a world of literal monsters and actual fire from heaven magic would be a question by itself.
That said I can't help but think that like the MonsterVerse actually did go there (and very logically, too) that the existence of these deep conspiracy theories being exposed would lead some people to validation....and like the Panama Papers and Epstein files to utter apathy from most.
February 16, 2026 at 4:27 AM
That said I can't help but think that like the MonsterVerse actually did go there (and very logically, too) that the existence of these deep conspiracy theories being exposed would lead some people to validation....and like the Panama Papers and Epstein files to utter apathy from most.
Rereading Lovecraft's works reminds me of an old thought I've had that I actually am using bits of with my Buffyverse fics. Namely: just what *would* the Mythos world be like with the Internet, the iPhone, and the changes of 21st Century America?
February 16, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Rereading Lovecraft's works reminds me of an old thought I've had that I actually am using bits of with my Buffyverse fics. Namely: just what *would* the Mythos world be like with the Internet, the iPhone, and the changes of 21st Century America?
Nina runs a campaign from a van that looks like the stereotypical 'hey kid want some candy' butt of a joke and then screams the Jews stole her election from her. In every way the ideal Bluesky Leftist and proof that these people will never vote Dem all the way to the gas chamber.
I think that we should unite behind a popular front to defeat fascism rather than treating a coalition as a hostage negotiation
(also the reality is that most swing voters are incoherent weirdos who are persuaded by random, often heterodox policies and vibes)
(also the reality is that most swing voters are incoherent weirdos who are persuaded by random, often heterodox policies and vibes)
February 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Nina runs a campaign from a van that looks like the stereotypical 'hey kid want some candy' butt of a joke and then screams the Jews stole her election from her. In every way the ideal Bluesky Leftist and proof that these people will never vote Dem all the way to the gas chamber.
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The leftism of Nina Turner isn't being a "swing vote," it's being a hostage taker. Swing voters are either deeply cross-pressured, driven by unusual motivations, or low-information. Nina Turner leftism is neither of those. It is high information hostage-taking to achieve coalitional minority rule.
I think that we should unite behind a popular front to defeat fascism rather than treating a coalition as a hostage negotiation
(also the reality is that most swing voters are incoherent weirdos who are persuaded by random, often heterodox policies and vibes)
(also the reality is that most swing voters are incoherent weirdos who are persuaded by random, often heterodox policies and vibes)
February 15, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The leftism of Nina Turner isn't being a "swing vote," it's being a hostage taker. Swing voters are either deeply cross-pressured, driven by unusual motivations, or low-information. Nina Turner leftism is neither of those. It is high information hostage-taking to achieve coalitional minority rule.
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While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town. | Will Bunch
A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests, concentration camps.
www.inquirer.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
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I think about how when they sang La Marseillaise they were still in the midst of a war they did not know they were going to win.
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I think about how when they sang La Marseillaise they were still in the midst of a war they did not know they were going to win.
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A former Democratic colleague of hers once told me that Susan Collins is “usually there when you don’t need her and never there when you actually do.” The moderate brand she projects is entirely performative. It’s always surprised me that Maine voters don’t seem to care.
February 16, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A former Democratic colleague of hers once told me that Susan Collins is “usually there when you don’t need her and never there when you actually do.” The moderate brand she projects is entirely performative. It’s always surprised me that Maine voters don’t seem to care.
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LETS GO!!
WIN: The Virginia Supreme Court authorized an April special election in which voters will decide whether the state should redraw its congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders.
If passed, Democrats could gain four more seats in Congress, leaving Republicans with just one of 11 seats.
If passed, Democrats could gain four more seats in Congress, leaving Republicans with just one of 11 seats.
In victory for Democrats, Virginia Supreme Court says redistricting vote can go forward
Voters will get to decide on a proposed “10-1” map that could deliver four more Democratic seats in Congress.
www.democracydocket.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:07 AM
LETS GO!!
100%.
I can't say I'm a huge fan of either Chuck Schumer or the state of Israel, but there's definitely a way you can talk to me about those two things concurrently that'll get you a block *very* quickly
February 16, 2026 at 4:07 AM
100%.
Cenk's nephew the dog-shocker is a literal Turkish Fascist who 100 years ago would have voluntarily signed up for the Einsatzgruppen.
Counterpoint: if the Prince of Darkness rises from a fiery portal at the Iowa Caucus and declares his opposition to Donald Trump, I will ride to battle with the host of Hell
February 16, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Cenk's nephew the dog-shocker is a literal Turkish Fascist who 100 years ago would have voluntarily signed up for the Einsatzgruppen.
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I’m sorry but somehow it’s the middle of Trump’s term and we’re already doing the thing where we forget how bad Trump is???
Counterpoint: if the Prince of Darkness rises from a fiery portal at the Iowa Caucus and declares his opposition to Donald Trump, I will ride to battle with the host of Hell
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I’m sorry but somehow it’s the middle of Trump’s term and we’re already doing the thing where we forget how bad Trump is???
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they're not actually high engagement *with the politics*, they're high engagement with very limited and highly stupid online social circles.
I remain perplexed by high engagement, low information voters
You know how the House Democrats are _that_ close to requiring ICE to follow the CONSTITUTION in getting judicial warrants for entering homes, but it's controversial? Let's both hope that Biss discovers a previously-unknown appetite for defying those holding his leash on that vote!
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 AM
they're not actually high engagement *with the politics*, they're high engagement with very limited and highly stupid online social circles.
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Got a bad feeling about this. No ransom demand, an unwell, frail woman. The kidnappers don't want money.
Message of Savannah Guthrie to her mother Nancy’s abductor: “It’s never too late to do the right thing.”
If you know anything about where Nancy Guthrie might be please contact 1-890-CALL-FBI
If you know anything about where Nancy Guthrie might be please contact 1-890-CALL-FBI
February 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Got a bad feeling about this. No ransom demand, an unwell, frail woman. The kidnappers don't want money.