Thalweg Borborygme
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Well, the best lack all conviction
And the worst keep sharpening their claws
They're peddling in their dark fictions
While what's left of us
Well, we just hem and we haw
~Andrew Bird
And the worst keep sharpening their claws
They're peddling in their dark fictions
While what's left of us
Well, we just hem and we haw
~Andrew Bird
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When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
January 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
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Seen in Minneapolis this morning
January 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Seen in Minneapolis this morning
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Stick this directly in my veins
January 17, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Stick this directly in my veins
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You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.
January 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.
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This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
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the 'fuck your feelings' crowd has very sensitive feefees.
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
the 'fuck your feelings' crowd has very sensitive feefees.
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"I know gassing babies isn't ideal, but it's important that you remain civil."
Part of what makes this administration so sure of its choices and so easy with its abuses is that it knows Democrats will lie down for it, and softly rebuke their own voters for not taking abuse with greater equanimity.
Part of what makes this administration so sure of its choices and so easy with its abuses is that it knows Democrats will lie down for it, and softly rebuke their own voters for not taking abuse with greater equanimity.
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
"I know gassing babies isn't ideal, but it's important that you remain civil."
Part of what makes this administration so sure of its choices and so easy with its abuses is that it knows Democrats will lie down for it, and softly rebuke their own voters for not taking abuse with greater equanimity.
Part of what makes this administration so sure of its choices and so easy with its abuses is that it knows Democrats will lie down for it, and softly rebuke their own voters for not taking abuse with greater equanimity.
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the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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🤔Thinking about Camp Omni for your camper this summer? Drop in for our first virtual Parent Info Session tonight at 7pm PT! 🗓️
💻Join via the Linktree in our bio 👆 & if you know other families that might be interested in the Camp Omni community, please pass this along. We’d love to meet them, too! 🎉
💻Join via the Linktree in our bio 👆 & if you know other families that might be interested in the Camp Omni community, please pass this along. We’d love to meet them, too! 🎉
January 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
🤔Thinking about Camp Omni for your camper this summer? Drop in for our first virtual Parent Info Session tonight at 7pm PT! 🗓️
💻Join via the Linktree in our bio 👆 & if you know other families that might be interested in the Camp Omni community, please pass this along. We’d love to meet them, too! 🎉
💻Join via the Linktree in our bio 👆 & if you know other families that might be interested in the Camp Omni community, please pass this along. We’d love to meet them, too! 🎉
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Thomas Jefferson figured out how to impeach a despot's many crimes in a single document.
“The hard part of impeachment is what in the litany of illegal actions [that have] been taken do you actually draft articles on?”
She has got to be kidding me with this. In March of last year I sent her chief of staff a list of 27 impeachable offenses.
She has got to be kidding me with this. In March of last year I sent her chief of staff a list of 27 impeachable offenses.
Donald Trump has "crossed" line of impeachable offenses, AOC says
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told reporters that Trump has “absolutely” committed impeachable offenses.
www.newsweek.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Thomas Jefferson figured out how to impeach a despot's many crimes in a single document.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
💻We're hosting virtual Parent Info Sessions during our registration season for interested families that want to learn more about Camp Omni - join us!
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~January 14th @ 7 pm PT
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leftist plan to increase the birthrate:
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
leftist plan to increase the birthrate:
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
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This really is the test of this moment and I think it's time we speak with clarity and demand our leaders do the same.
There's hardly a meaningful distinction between ICE and the Gestapo at this point and we might as well confront that.
No reforming an institution which became the gestapo. It must be destroyed.
No reforming an institution which became the gestapo. It must be destroyed.
January 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
This really is the test of this moment and I think it's time we speak with clarity and demand our leaders do the same.
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Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
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a reminder, again, that AltNPS is a grifter account run by people who have no affiliation with the National Park Service and indeed who never did have any affiliation with the National Park Service. They have no sources, they have no information, they are purely there to scam you.
"Receiving reports" my ass. AltNPS is not receiving reports of ICE raids in Saint Paul. They are seeing posts on social media like the rest of us.
I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
January 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM
a reminder, again, that AltNPS is a grifter account run by people who have no affiliation with the National Park Service and indeed who never did have any affiliation with the National Park Service. They have no sources, they have no information, they are purely there to scam you.
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They never wanted "small goverment," just a goverment they control weaponized to harm the people they don't like.
The anti government militias were never anti government, they just hate Black people.
January 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
They never wanted "small goverment," just a goverment they control weaponized to harm the people they don't like.
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Unsolicited advice for anyone on Bluesky who wants to fight fascism in 2026 - don't stress about following big national accounts.
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
January 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Unsolicited advice for anyone on Bluesky who wants to fight fascism in 2026 - don't stress about following big national accounts.
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
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Yes. The point of outright lies contradicting what we can all see isn't to convince anyone in a genuine debate, it is to assist their confederates in creating enough noise, they hope, to bring the truth into doubt for those who aren't going to review the evidence.
I contend that they aren’t manufacturing evidence to convince people in reasoned and logical argument. They are manufacturing props to be used in a fantasy performance among people who collectively agree with the make-believe narrative of that performance.
“For the Trump administration, these creators don’t just amplify the White House’s messaging, they manufacture the evidence to justify it.”
January 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Yes. The point of outright lies contradicting what we can all see isn't to convince anyone in a genuine debate, it is to assist their confederates in creating enough noise, they hope, to bring the truth into doubt for those who aren't going to review the evidence.
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ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole Good.
January 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole Good.
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We saw Jan 6, 2021 and Jan 7, 2026 with our own eyes.
This is not Orwell's 1984.
This is not Orwell's 1984.
January 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
We saw Jan 6, 2021 and Jan 7, 2026 with our own eyes.
This is not Orwell's 1984.
This is not Orwell's 1984.
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Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
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i wish our culture weren't eternal middle school where everyone has to make rent
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
i wish our culture weren't eternal middle school where everyone has to make rent
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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Evergreen:
The first thing cops say after an incident is always a lie.
The first thing cops say after an incident is always a lie.
Black folk will tell you: The 1st thing cops say after an incident is always a lie.🤷🏿♂️
They lie because there's upside in it for them, and no downside.
No matter how many times they get caught lying, newspapers will print their next lie as the gospel truth.🤡
And people stop caring before truth hits
They lie because there's upside in it for them, and no downside.
No matter how many times they get caught lying, newspapers will print their next lie as the gospel truth.🤡
And people stop caring before truth hits
ICE lied about the person it shot, claiming he was a "criminal," but NBC finds that he had no criminal history whatsoever. Not even traffic tickets in 12 years! It also lied about the extent of the injuries to its agents....
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Evergreen:
The first thing cops say after an incident is always a lie.
The first thing cops say after an incident is always a lie.