Michael Hobbes
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
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Vaguely recall how Biden admin emails to Twitter were the biggest attack on free speech ever. There was a whole twitter files thing about that.
Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?
Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Vaguely recall how Biden admin emails to Twitter were the biggest attack on free speech ever. There was a whole twitter files thing about that.
Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?
Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?
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More recent friends are like onions
February 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
More recent friends are like onions
I weirdly have a ton of close friends from middle and high school but almost none from college.
watching John Green talk about his buddy from high school who is still his friend and I’m curious, is that common for people on here?
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I weirdly have a ton of close friends from middle and high school but almost none from college.
The public values authenticity in public figures above almost everything else.
The fact that Newsom was a standard center-left politician and is now shifting to the right will alienate him from both his old constituency and his new one.
Have Democrats really not learned their lesson on this?
The fact that Newsom was a standard center-left politician and is now shifting to the right will alienate him from both his old constituency and his new one.
Have Democrats really not learned their lesson on this?
A major reason that Gavin Newsom will not be the Democratic nominee is that it's very clear that he read the same stuff we all did last year about swing voters not liking orthodox social liberals and is "pivoting" on certain issues to try and pretend that he didn't have an entire career being one
February 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The public values authenticity in public figures above almost everything else.
The fact that Newsom was a standard center-left politician and is now shifting to the right will alienate him from both his old constituency and his new one.
Have Democrats really not learned their lesson on this?
The fact that Newsom was a standard center-left politician and is now shifting to the right will alienate him from both his old constituency and his new one.
Have Democrats really not learned their lesson on this?
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it's backwards. obama and biden conceded the republican framework of border obsession, sliding right and setting off a near-inevitable push to where we are today. once again the democrats triangulated themselves into becoming republicans, allowing republicans to publicly embrace explicit fascism.
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
it's backwards. obama and biden conceded the republican framework of border obsession, sliding right and setting off a near-inevitable push to where we are today. once again the democrats triangulated themselves into becoming republicans, allowing republicans to publicly embrace explicit fascism.
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when they have me flying a bomber in Civil War Woke im painting this on the payload
February 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
when they have me flying a bomber in Civil War Woke im painting this on the payload
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Shooting yourself repeatedly in the genitalia to punish "the establishment" [who will be just fine regardless]
New economic research: "We estimate that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time."
The Economic Costs of Brexit on the UK | Econofact
Brexit has had a substantial economic impact on the United Kingdom, with adverse effects on investment, productivity, employment, and growth.
econofact.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Shooting yourself repeatedly in the genitalia to punish "the establishment" [who will be just fine regardless]
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the feeling of going into a jewelry store and asking for shrek was unrivaled
February 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
the feeling of going into a jewelry store and asking for shrek was unrivaled
Not surprising but incredibly disappointing to see COVID cranks rehabilitated by mainstream media
New Yorker & Daily Show Platform a Kook
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Not surprising but incredibly disappointing to see COVID cranks rehabilitated by mainstream media
I love this kind of episode
February 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I love this kind of episode
Dogs are not prohibited in Islam and the man in question (as far as I can tell) isn’t even Muslim.
February 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Dogs are not prohibited in Islam and the man in question (as far as I can tell) isn’t even Muslim.
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Youth gender care in the UK had scandalous aspects, only in the opposite direction of the claims the press ran with.
In addition to years long waits for time sensitive treatments, older teens who passed assessment were forced to do a year on puberty blockers before hormones were considered.
In addition to years long waits for time sensitive treatments, older teens who passed assessment were forced to do a year on puberty blockers before hormones were considered.
This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Youth gender care in the UK had scandalous aspects, only in the opposite direction of the claims the press ran with.
In addition to years long waits for time sensitive treatments, older teens who passed assessment were forced to do a year on puberty blockers before hormones were considered.
In addition to years long waits for time sensitive treatments, older teens who passed assessment were forced to do a year on puberty blockers before hormones were considered.
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Gender affirming treatment has an astonishingly high rate of satisfaction. You probably already know this, but I feel like we need to repeat it over and over.
This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Gender affirming treatment has an astonishingly high rate of satisfaction. You probably already know this, but I feel like we need to repeat it over and over.
One of the purest examples of a moral panic in our time. A clinic that had years-long waitlists and required an average of 7 appointments before providing transition care smeared and shut down for being reckless.
a clinic that provided services to 12,000 people being closed on the basis of 8 complaints perfectly captures the nature of the uk 'trans-debate'
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
One of the purest examples of a moral panic in our time. A clinic that had years-long waitlists and required an average of 7 appointments before providing transition care smeared and shut down for being reckless.
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This is a 100% elite manufactured craze.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM
This is a 100% elite manufactured craze.
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"'She is dead,'" Officer Auderer told Officer Solan, before bursting out laughing.
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
Seattle to Pay $29 Million to Family of Woman Fatally Struck by Police S.U.V.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 AM
"'She is dead,'" Officer Auderer told Officer Solan, before bursting out laughing.
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
I'm genuinely really curious whether addiction researchers find this to be a plausible explanation for the fall in overdose deaths
Decrease in drug deaths stems from ‘shock’ to fentanyl supply, new research suggests
A new Science paper links the sharp decline in U.S. overdose deaths since 2023 to reduced fentanyl potency, pointing to a supply-side shock.
www.statnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I'm genuinely really curious whether addiction researchers find this to be a plausible explanation for the fall in overdose deaths
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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This is absolutely brutal. Just SIXTY journalists make up Oregon's largest newspaper chain.
In testimony on a journalism funding bill, a Carpenter Media representative reveals that the company that owns the largest share of newspapers in Oregon employs 60 journalists. Before Carpenter bought them, the Pamplin chain employed 110 people and EO 185, though not all were journalists.
February 13, 2026 at 1:34 AM
This is absolutely brutal. Just SIXTY journalists make up Oregon's largest newspaper chain.
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Convinced that the prestige reactionary centrists are cranking that "The Illiberal Left!" dial up to 11 in the hopes that their readership will be rage baited into forgetting that their entire foundational claim - that leftist excesses are the "real" fascist threat - has been thoroughly discredited
The Atlantic is Atlanticking extremely hard this morning
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Convinced that the prestige reactionary centrists are cranking that "The Illiberal Left!" dial up to 11 in the hopes that their readership will be rage baited into forgetting that their entire foundational claim - that leftist excesses are the "real" fascist threat - has been thoroughly discredited
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How much do you have to hate yourself to even read this article?
February 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
How much do you have to hate yourself to even read this article?
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God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again