Natsuka
@octopodeeznuts.bsky.social
FORTRAN, Perl, and dotfile de-spaghettifier
she/they bi 🏳️⚧️ autist 📄 '89
GOP delenda est
she/they bi 🏳️⚧️ autist 📄 '89
GOP delenda est
me in five years, probably: "look, 99.9% of the uptick in air travel disasters can be traced to ATC problems, so nobody will notice if easing up on FAA cert requirements affects safety of flight, and this would let smaller manufacturers compete with the motherfuckers who wrote those requirements"
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
me in five years, probably: "look, 99.9% of the uptick in air travel disasters can be traced to ATC problems, so nobody will notice if easing up on FAA cert requirements affects safety of flight, and this would let smaller manufacturers compete with the motherfuckers who wrote those requirements"
just got a WSJ push saying it passed but congress.gov still doesn't show it smdh
also, the Senate vote we're all mad about was only for cloture
H.R.5371 itself hasn't passed the Senate yet
distinction without a difference, maybe, but it irks me when people are sloppy with wording about such clearly defined processes
H.R.5371 itself hasn't passed the Senate yet
distinction without a difference, maybe, but it irks me when people are sloppy with wording about such clearly defined processes
i have no idea how many people i'm subtweeting with this, but the government shutdown hasn't actually ended yet
the Senate deal isn't the final step
the Senate deal isn't the final step
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
just got a WSJ push saying it passed but congress.gov still doesn't show it smdh
now would be a great time for anarchists to make SNAP unnecessary
y'all's main competition is gone
y'all's main competition is gone
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
now would be a great time for anarchists to make SNAP unnecessary
y'all's main competition is gone
y'all's main competition is gone
also, the Senate vote we're all mad about was only for cloture
H.R.5371 itself hasn't passed the Senate yet
distinction without a difference, maybe, but it irks me when people are sloppy with wording about such clearly defined processes
H.R.5371 itself hasn't passed the Senate yet
distinction without a difference, maybe, but it irks me when people are sloppy with wording about such clearly defined processes
i have no idea how many people i'm subtweeting with this, but the government shutdown hasn't actually ended yet
the Senate deal isn't the final step
the Senate deal isn't the final step
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
also, the Senate vote we're all mad about was only for cloture
H.R.5371 itself hasn't passed the Senate yet
distinction without a difference, maybe, but it irks me when people are sloppy with wording about such clearly defined processes
H.R.5371 itself hasn't passed the Senate yet
distinction without a difference, maybe, but it irks me when people are sloppy with wording about such clearly defined processes
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We went from "I bet Schumer can't lift this truck" to "I bet Schumer can't lift it over his head" to "I bet he can't hold it there for 20 minutes" to "He's so weak he could only hold the truck over his head for 2 hours."
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We went from "I bet Schumer can't lift this truck" to "I bet Schumer can't lift it over his head" to "I bet he can't hold it there for 20 minutes" to "He's so weak he could only hold the truck over his head for 2 hours."
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i am joining the war on ultra-processed foods on the side of the ultra-processed foods
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target. n.pr/4qMrN7P
People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
i am joining the war on ultra-processed foods on the side of the ultra-processed foods
if you plan on flying soon, could i instead interest you in something safer? maybe cave freediving, free solo mountaineering, or wingsuit BASE jumping?
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
if you plan on flying soon, could i instead interest you in something safer? maybe cave freediving, free solo mountaineering, or wingsuit BASE jumping?
i have no idea how many people i'm subtweeting with this, but the government shutdown hasn't actually ended yet
the Senate deal isn't the final step
the Senate deal isn't the final step
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i have no idea how many people i'm subtweeting with this, but the government shutdown hasn't actually ended yet
the Senate deal isn't the final step
the Senate deal isn't the final step
And if we want anything really big, we need a comfortable majority that allows for defections
The 89th Congress (1964 election) started with 68 Senators and 295 House reps on the blue team. LBJ swinging his dick around helped, sure, but holy shit those numbers though.
The 89th Congress (1964 election) started with 68 Senators and 295 House reps on the blue team. LBJ swinging his dick around helped, sure, but holy shit those numbers though.
The thing about winning is that if you wanna win the policies you want you have to actually win elections. We lost elections in 24. So now we don’t get to win policies. Lots of folks seem to struggle with that. Gotta elect majorities.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
And if we want anything really big, we need a comfortable majority that allows for defections
The 89th Congress (1964 election) started with 68 Senators and 295 House reps on the blue team. LBJ swinging his dick around helped, sure, but holy shit those numbers though.
The 89th Congress (1964 election) started with 68 Senators and 295 House reps on the blue team. LBJ swinging his dick around helped, sure, but holy shit those numbers though.
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"You're a colonizer if you don't like Jar-Jar Binks" is Bsky at it's most Bsky
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"You're a colonizer if you don't like Jar-Jar Binks" is Bsky at it's most Bsky
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If we were really going to "run the government like a business," Costco is the actual model we'd want to follow.
Let's again stipulate that the government is not a business & the whole idea it should run like one is a dumb category error. But if anyone was actually serious about running the government like a business & eliminating waste, the model would be Costco & not a single person/firm from Silicon Valley.
Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If we were really going to "run the government like a business," Costco is the actual model we'd want to follow.
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Yup. If you’re unwilling to vote, donate, help, or run for office, you absolutely would not be willing to do the *much worse* shit that would come after electoral politics.
I’m at the “vote, donate, help, run for office or shut the fuck up” stage of political activism on socials man.
Cause most of the “we gotta burn it down, we need a new system” folks won’t bust a grape.
Cause most of the “we gotta burn it down, we need a new system” folks won’t bust a grape.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Yup. If you’re unwilling to vote, donate, help, or run for office, you absolutely would not be willing to do the *much worse* shit that would come after electoral politics.
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Psychopaths do not follow the law.
Psychopaths do not keep promises or honor deals.
That is their nature.
They lie and cheat and break the law.
The smart thing to do would have been to prevent such a person from becoming president.
But america failed at that task.
So we live with the consequences.
Psychopaths do not keep promises or honor deals.
That is their nature.
They lie and cheat and break the law.
The smart thing to do would have been to prevent such a person from becoming president.
But america failed at that task.
So we live with the consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Psychopaths do not follow the law.
Psychopaths do not keep promises or honor deals.
That is their nature.
They lie and cheat and break the law.
The smart thing to do would have been to prevent such a person from becoming president.
But america failed at that task.
So we live with the consequences.
Psychopaths do not keep promises or honor deals.
That is their nature.
They lie and cheat and break the law.
The smart thing to do would have been to prevent such a person from becoming president.
But america failed at that task.
So we live with the consequences.
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The big accounts here love Axios because it gives them fuel for rage farming about Dems, accuracy be damned.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The big accounts here love Axios because it gives them fuel for rage farming about Dems, accuracy be damned.
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Because they like Republicans and want them to win
2. Yes
3. Because they like Republicans and want them to win
Three questions:
1. Is who politicians follow online newsworthy?
2. Is the vice-president more important than a primary candidate to be junior Senator from Texas?
3. If the answer is yes to the first two, why isn’t Axios doing a fuck ton of stories about who JD Vance is following?
1. Is who politicians follow online newsworthy?
2. Is the vice-president more important than a primary candidate to be junior Senator from Texas?
3. If the answer is yes to the first two, why isn’t Axios doing a fuck ton of stories about who JD Vance is following?
James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Because they like Republicans and want them to win
2. Yes
3. Because they like Republicans and want them to win
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The Furries get to stay. Republicans can go.
Goad Gatsby (@GoadGatsby)
The Spotsylvania County School Board is a mess despite right-wing reactionaries no longer holding a majority. The two remaining wackos are trying to ban furries from public schools. https://t.co/g8AEZYvxYl
xcancel.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Furries get to stay. Republicans can go.
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part of the problem is American Environmentalism draws heavily from Henry David Thoreau, noble-savage myth racist, through the idea that only the "primitive" state represents the righteous relationship of Man and Nature
i think we do actually need to force this issue.
"we", collectively, as humans
i think that we have had a window of internet driven activism that has notably elevated people with emotionally satisfying but practically disastrous policies and positions
if we want to succeed it has to end
"we", collectively, as humans
i think that we have had a window of internet driven activism that has notably elevated people with emotionally satisfying but practically disastrous policies and positions
if we want to succeed it has to end
It's bad manners to force the issue but in a lot of environmental advocacy (not necessarily climate), there is remarkable ambivalence about whether or not there should be people at all.
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
part of the problem is American Environmentalism draws heavily from Henry David Thoreau, noble-savage myth racist, through the idea that only the "primitive" state represents the righteous relationship of Man and Nature
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LIZ: What sketch comes after Fart Doctor in the lineup?
FRANK: That Frankenstein legal drama where Tracy plays the monster and Kim Kardashian is his paralegal.
LIZ: That’s still in??
FRANK: That Frankenstein legal drama where Tracy plays the monster and Kim Kardashian is his paralegal.
LIZ: That’s still in??
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
LIZ: What sketch comes after Fart Doctor in the lineup?
FRANK: That Frankenstein legal drama where Tracy plays the monster and Kim Kardashian is his paralegal.
LIZ: That’s still in??
FRANK: That Frankenstein legal drama where Tracy plays the monster and Kim Kardashian is his paralegal.
LIZ: That’s still in??
typical user of the Discover feed
"The third is its slowness in taking a jest.
Should you happen to venture on one,
It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed:
And it always looks grave at a pun.
Should you happen to venture on one,
It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed:
And it always looks grave at a pun.
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
typical user of the Discover feed
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They thought they could freeze them out when they should have been letting them in and showing off shiny objects, basically
The fundamental sin of the Biden admin wasn't being contemptuous of the press. If anything the lesson of the Biden admin is that we aren't sufficiently contemptuous of them. It's their failure to hide this contempt.
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
They thought they could freeze them out when they should have been letting them in and showing off shiny objects, basically
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The next admin needs to do something like have, e.g., a group of staffers dedicated to LARPing and leaking minor drama so the Rachel Bades of the world having something that's more on their intellectual level.
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The next admin needs to do something like have, e.g., a group of staffers dedicated to LARPing and leaking minor drama so the Rachel Bades of the world having something that's more on their intellectual level.
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INCREDIBLE hater energy. laser-sharp focus. all gas, no brakes, etc.
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
INCREDIBLE hater energy. laser-sharp focus. all gas, no brakes, etc.
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I love L Louise Lucas as much as is possible to love a state senator from a state I don’t live in
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I love L Louise Lucas as much as is possible to love a state senator from a state I don’t live in
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Normalize telling Dave Weigel to eat shit
November 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Normalize telling Dave Weigel to eat shit