@msdobalina.bsky.social
Biding my time 'til I unplug Peter Thiel's cryochamber.
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice."
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice."
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Pinned
If I am any country in the world right now (except Russia), I am looking at the US like a box that fell out of a truck driving in front of me that is marked "TNT."
Pulitzer worthy:
There is a long, tragic, fugly history here that stretches back at least to Bethlem Royal Hospital ("Bedlam"). So, no, you can't blame any given POTUS.
Weep for families struggling to get long term (not just crisis/stabilizing) treatment for severely unstable loved ones.
Weep for families struggling to get long term (not just crisis/stabilizing) treatment for severely unstable loved ones.
The state mental hospital near my hometown in Northampton MA lost a court battle in 1978 and *had* to let people out, which did not go as smoothly as well-intentioned petitioners might have hoped.
I'm sure that Reagan was involved somehow
I'm sure that Reagan was involved somehow
It wasn't just Reagan, either. I live in Canada and the same thing happened in the early 1970s. Group homes were supposed to take the place of the institutions, but few of them were built in relation to the number that were necessary.
December 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
There is a long, tragic, fugly history here that stretches back at least to Bethlem Royal Hospital ("Bedlam"). So, no, you can't blame any given POTUS.
Weep for families struggling to get long term (not just crisis/stabilizing) treatment for severely unstable loved ones.
Weep for families struggling to get long term (not just crisis/stabilizing) treatment for severely unstable loved ones.
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This is called "freedom" and it's pissing off the new Commissars who believe that artists must perform at the State's command
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This is called "freedom" and it's pissing off the new Commissars who believe that artists must perform at the State's command
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
JFC
Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
www.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
JFC
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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
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Mamdani has AOC-level powers to make bigoted middle aged white dudes lose their damned minds.
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Mamdani has AOC-level powers to make bigoted middle aged white dudes lose their damned minds.
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Just would like to remind everyone a private citizen with massive foreign financial exposure was brought in to handle sensitive diplomatic negotiations and no indication anyone questioned giving him a clearance again.
Life of nepo baby Jared at its finest.
Life of nepo baby Jared at its finest.
December 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Just would like to remind everyone a private citizen with massive foreign financial exposure was brought in to handle sensitive diplomatic negotiations and no indication anyone questioned giving him a clearance again.
Life of nepo baby Jared at its finest.
Life of nepo baby Jared at its finest.
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This is MTG'w bill. She personally authored. It's happening now, not in the past.
Spare me her redemption arc.
Spare me her redemption arc.
December 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is MTG'w bill. She personally authored. It's happening now, not in the past.
Spare me her redemption arc.
Spare me her redemption arc.
Lol WTF????
This is an implied threat, people. Not "networking." 🤦♀️
This is an implied threat, people. Not "networking." 🤦♀️
December 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Lol WTF????
This is an implied threat, people. Not "networking." 🤦♀️
This is an implied threat, people. Not "networking." 🤦♀️
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Since it’s dead week i humbly offer you this podcast i made for you about older people struggling with screen time issues. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
How About a Little Less Screen Time for the Grown-Ups
It’s not just kids who can’t stop scrolling.
www.theatlantic.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Since it’s dead week i humbly offer you this podcast i made for you about older people struggling with screen time issues. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Psychology of why we fall for narcissists and what we lose in doing so.
I'm using "we" globally here; Trump was obvious shite to many. This is about the other folks, who are a big part of the population. But it's also safe to assume that many more of us have an anxiety-triggered tipping point:
I'm using "we" globally here; Trump was obvious shite to many. This is about the other folks, who are a big part of the population. But it's also safe to assume that many more of us have an anxiety-triggered tipping point:
(GIFTED) Great article on narcissism" "...women are less likely to be narcissists and psychopaths—and more likely to prioritize the collective good. Countries w more female legislators are less likely to go to war" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | Why We Fall for Narcissistic Leaders, Starting in Grade School
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Psychology of why we fall for narcissists and what we lose in doing so.
I'm using "we" globally here; Trump was obvious shite to many. This is about the other folks, who are a big part of the population. But it's also safe to assume that many more of us have an anxiety-triggered tipping point:
I'm using "we" globally here; Trump was obvious shite to many. This is about the other folks, who are a big part of the population. But it's also safe to assume that many more of us have an anxiety-triggered tipping point:
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Remember this. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
December 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Remember this. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
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The cease and desist I got from Harmeet’s law firm in January was full of typos. At one point, they mixed up my name and their clients name.
Ladies and gentlemen, the head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
December 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The cease and desist I got from Harmeet’s law firm in January was full of typos. At one point, they mixed up my name and their clients name.
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Just need to outrun it for three more days.
December 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Just need to outrun it for three more days.
These people (white Mennonites) have zero -- ZERO -- reason to distrust modern medicine. Yet they're all full up with their narrow-eyed indignant suspicions, and BS theories about how Measles is normal and just makes you stronger.
I could weep for their kids.
I could weep for their kids.
Child abuse via abject stupidity.
His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a Decade
A visit with a family in mourning
www.theatlantic.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
These people (white Mennonites) have zero -- ZERO -- reason to distrust modern medicine. Yet they're all full up with their narrow-eyed indignant suspicions, and BS theories about how Measles is normal and just makes you stronger.
I could weep for their kids.
I could weep for their kids.
For a naive ex-Catholic like myself, this entire article is...
Quite...
Something.
Quite...
Something.
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
For a naive ex-Catholic like myself, this entire article is...
Quite...
Something.
Quite...
Something.
Oh, hey, maybe we could encourage risky stunts, too? Like during the Great Depression! It amused the wealthy, anyway, without the distastefulness of an actual, official Hunger Games.
“[Trump] is turning to the allure of sweepstakes-style checks from the government to help coax voters out of their financial malaise ahead of next year’s midterm elections.”
The Santa Presidency
Trump is trying to fix the economy—by handing out cash.
www.theatlantic.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Oh, hey, maybe we could encourage risky stunts, too? Like during the Great Depression! It amused the wealthy, anyway, without the distastefulness of an actual, official Hunger Games.
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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Read Jim's whole thread! I also want to add some historical context. During the 1918 pandemic, there was so much confusion because many scientists still thought that a bacteria, not a virus caused the flu (because, as Jim notes, we couldn't even see viruses under a microscope yet).
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Read Jim's whole thread! I also want to add some historical context. During the 1918 pandemic, there was so much confusion because many scientists still thought that a bacteria, not a virus caused the flu (because, as Jim notes, we couldn't even see viruses under a microscope yet).
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When his aircraft landed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, President Zelenskyy was met by Prime Minister Mark Carney – the head of government of Canada.
When he landed at Miami, Florida, not a single U.S. official met Zelenskyy.
Canada is Ukraine's ally. The U.S. is Russia's proxy.
When he landed at Miami, Florida, not a single U.S. official met Zelenskyy.
Canada is Ukraine's ally. The U.S. is Russia's proxy.
December 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
When his aircraft landed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, President Zelenskyy was met by Prime Minister Mark Carney – the head of government of Canada.
When he landed at Miami, Florida, not a single U.S. official met Zelenskyy.
Canada is Ukraine's ally. The U.S. is Russia's proxy.
When he landed at Miami, Florida, not a single U.S. official met Zelenskyy.
Canada is Ukraine's ally. The U.S. is Russia's proxy.
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Let’s swap out the fragile, slowly maturing frontal cortexes of society’s teens and replace them with a soulless, sycophantic pattern recognizing machine designed by hubristic, Ayn Rand obsessed simpletons with no historical sensibility, & whose main motivation is profit maximization. This is fine.
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Let’s swap out the fragile, slowly maturing frontal cortexes of society’s teens and replace them with a soulless, sycophantic pattern recognizing machine designed by hubristic, Ayn Rand obsessed simpletons with no historical sensibility, & whose main motivation is profit maximization. This is fine.
I don't know that these laws will survive, but it's a good impulse. And these exploitative criminals in holy drag need to hear the message, over and over again, that society is beyond sick of their recidivist child rape under cover of the cross.
After @startribune.com and ProPublica investigated child sexual abuse within a Minnesota church, a lawmaker is pushing to change the state’s mandatory reporting rules: “These victim survivors coming forward ... it would just be wrong to not respond.”
Lawmaker Calls for Stronger Mandatory Reporting Rules Following Our Investigation Into Church Abuse Case
Mandatory reporters in Minnesota can be charged with a misdemeanor if they do not report child abuse to authorities. But violators of the statute are rarely convicted, and fines are often similar to t...
www.propublica.org
December 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I don't know that these laws will survive, but it's a good impulse. And these exploitative criminals in holy drag need to hear the message, over and over again, that society is beyond sick of their recidivist child rape under cover of the cross.
lolol this 🧵
"Why Peter Thiel is leaving Silicon Valley" (2018)
December 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
lolol this 🧵