QRDL
@miastodont.bsky.social
Just a fairly dull Polish guy.
A Ukraine-supporting lib.
I barely ever follow-back and it's likely i'll simply block you if you moan about this.
A Ukraine-supporting lib.
I barely ever follow-back and it's likely i'll simply block you if you moan about this.
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I quite often post the map showing approximate flight paths of Russia's missiles and drones after the worst attacks.
This time, Ukraine is almost invisible under the multi-coloured lines - I don't remember it being that bad before.
This time, Ukraine is almost invisible under the multi-coloured lines - I don't remember it being that bad before.
February 7, 2026 at 6:48 AM
I quite often post the map showing approximate flight paths of Russia's missiles and drones after the worst attacks.
This time, Ukraine is almost invisible under the multi-coloured lines - I don't remember it being that bad before.
This time, Ukraine is almost invisible under the multi-coloured lines - I don't remember it being that bad before.
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The first big fascist wave in Germany and Italy was driven by the humiliation and suffering of WW1. Our current wave of American fascism is largely driven by rich guys who want it to be illegal for you to laugh at them.
the fact that they saw Polanski as not being punished despite fleeing to France -- the fact that his social circle did not hold him accountable -- finally makes me understand why the elite media is insane about left activism at elite colleges: nothing anyone else can do to them matters.
February 7, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The first big fascist wave in Germany and Italy was driven by the humiliation and suffering of WW1. Our current wave of American fascism is largely driven by rich guys who want it to be illegal for you to laugh at them.
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People are saying that MAGA Mike has a team of 20 interns who scour dozens of news sources every day for items that he doesn’t want to know anything about. They summarize each item, and then his chief of staff briefs him daily on what he doesn’t know.
No one is more less informed than he is.
No one is more less informed than he is.
February 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
People are saying that MAGA Mike has a team of 20 interns who scour dozens of news sources every day for items that he doesn’t want to know anything about. They summarize each item, and then his chief of staff briefs him daily on what he doesn’t know.
No one is more less informed than he is.
No one is more less informed than he is.
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Roman absolutely wiped the floor with Trumpbasador
February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Roman absolutely wiped the floor with Trumpbasador
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It is not obvious to me that Trump is in control of his mind or can help being what he is. Vance, on the other hand, has chosen to be a hideous pig man. I hate them both, but Vance in particular freaks me the fuck out.
February 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
It is not obvious to me that Trump is in control of his mind or can help being what he is. Vance, on the other hand, has chosen to be a hideous pig man. I hate them both, but Vance in particular freaks me the fuck out.
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go off jack white
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
go off jack white
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People like to do this thing where they’re like “If you successfully argue X, you’ll win the election.” This is just not how anything works! One hundred million Americans are not waiting to hear your answer to this narrow question! Also, the actual winner made no such case!
Why are we out here trying to defend Kamala Harris. She had a shit campaign because she didn't sell herself.on making a difference in anyone's lives. THAT is why people didn't vote for her. She would be the EXACT same as a second Biden term and working class people just checked out. Nothing for them
Kamala Harris ran a good, very aggressive campaign, but started at a significant deficit, and ran headlong into a ocean of misogyny, which has continued to dog her even more post-election, now that people feel empowered to say what they REALLY think about her
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
People like to do this thing where they’re like “If you successfully argue X, you’ll win the election.” This is just not how anything works! One hundred million Americans are not waiting to hear your answer to this narrow question! Also, the actual winner made no such case!
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Since gamergate, I have have in the back of my mind what one might call ‘fascist recruiting tactics.’ Some of these could be called 1) unlock forbidden wishes, promise to satisfy them 2) use inequality to create envy + promise share of spoils 3) create belonging by promising ‘total acceptance.’
February 4, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Since gamergate, I have have in the back of my mind what one might call ‘fascist recruiting tactics.’ Some of these could be called 1) unlock forbidden wishes, promise to satisfy them 2) use inequality to create envy + promise share of spoils 3) create belonging by promising ‘total acceptance.’
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Analysis | The revelation of Trump giving the UAE military-grade AI chips in exchange for a $500 million bribe could push his Republican approval rating below 95%.
February 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Analysis | The revelation of Trump giving the UAE military-grade AI chips in exchange for a $500 million bribe could push his Republican approval rating below 95%.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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no matter how annoying discourse on here can get, it never gets this bad
February 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
no matter how annoying discourse on here can get, it never gets this bad
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this is exactly right. "popularism" in practice amounts to an abdication of political leadership!
This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 AM
this is exactly right. "popularism" in practice amounts to an abdication of political leadership!
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i don't particularly disagree with a lot of the critiques of anarchist activism by liberals but I bristle when they act as if their best practices are any wiser. we're here because none of us figured out how to avoid being here.
everyone should have some goddamn humility.
everyone should have some goddamn humility.
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
i don't particularly disagree with a lot of the critiques of anarchist activism by liberals but I bristle when they act as if their best practices are any wiser. we're here because none of us figured out how to avoid being here.
everyone should have some goddamn humility.
everyone should have some goddamn humility.
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Someone said Republicans are school shooters and Democrats are the Uvalde cops and man…
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Someone said Republicans are school shooters and Democrats are the Uvalde cops and man…
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It's why I find the "Oh I'm so disappointed to see X in the files" interesting when maybe the only reason you know that person is because they were propped up by the pedo pubs and there were other scholarly books or papers on the topic but you never knew about them because they weren't in pedo club
February 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
It's why I find the "Oh I'm so disappointed to see X in the files" interesting when maybe the only reason you know that person is because they were propped up by the pedo pubs and there were other scholarly books or papers on the topic but you never knew about them because they weren't in pedo club
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Maybe they didn't care about teaching or learning or writing papers maybe they just liked being around impressionable 18 year olds. And you, a person who didn't go to an Ivy, only knows their name because they were written about or wrote something in a prestige pub. Funny how that works.
February 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Maybe they didn't care about teaching or learning or writing papers maybe they just liked being around impressionable 18 year olds. And you, a person who didn't go to an Ivy, only knows their name because they were written about or wrote something in a prestige pub. Funny how that works.
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once again these things boil down to “is your group a bohemian cultural identity” or “is your group actually trying to do things?” and the key tell is whether your activity centers on policing of in-group behavior or whether it centers on, again, tangible goals
February 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
once again these things boil down to “is your group a bohemian cultural identity” or “is your group actually trying to do things?” and the key tell is whether your activity centers on policing of in-group behavior or whether it centers on, again, tangible goals
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"The gun groups can’t risk condemning the politicians who have worked for decades to weaken gun regulations, all so another 129 Americans can die today to protect gun owners against tyranny they apparently happily support so long as it is delivered unto liberals." — @schaller67.bsky.social
Guns for me, but not for thee
How the Rittenhouse Rules changed the Second Amendment.
www.publicnotice.co
February 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
"The gun groups can’t risk condemning the politicians who have worked for decades to weaken gun regulations, all so another 129 Americans can die today to protect gun owners against tyranny they apparently happily support so long as it is delivered unto liberals." — @schaller67.bsky.social
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daily affirmations i am perfect i am a genius i have the right to be mean to people
February 3, 2026 at 2:56 AM
daily affirmations i am perfect i am a genius i have the right to be mean to people
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The death of walkable cities was a conspiracy by the elite to make barricading neighborhoods hard- *I am hit in the neck with a dart and fall to the ground*
"WE NEED TO MAN THE BARRICADES, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR CHAINS"
wait, what are we barricading against?
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID LIB WRECKER"
wait, what are we barricading against?
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID LIB WRECKER"
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 AM
The death of walkable cities was a conspiracy by the elite to make barricading neighborhoods hard- *I am hit in the neck with a dart and fall to the ground*
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You wake up this morning and think "yeah, I think I'll risk jail by punching somebody," there is no shortage of ICE stormtroopers in the streets for you to assault, and you pick Will Stancil
You chose your target because you are a little bitch who isn't actually about that life.
You chose your target because you are a little bitch who isn't actually about that life.
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
You wake up this morning and think "yeah, I think I'll risk jail by punching somebody," there is no shortage of ICE stormtroopers in the streets for you to assault, and you pick Will Stancil
You chose your target because you are a little bitch who isn't actually about that life.
You chose your target because you are a little bitch who isn't actually about that life.
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In the last week before the Super Bowl, Trump supporters are training around the clock to be outraged by Bad Bunny halftime show
February 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
In the last week before the Super Bowl, Trump supporters are training around the clock to be outraged by Bad Bunny halftime show