sina
@rejectionking.bsky.social
Bonsai Wolf. Tiny and Mighty™️. Adorkable chihuahua. Tradecraft analyst focused on cloudsec. Dogged and rigorous. Bit of a weirdo. Feral historian focusing on extremism. he/they Email: theloopcast@gmail.com
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@rejectionking.bsky.social
· Sep 20
oh looks like jill lepore wrote the book i thought i might write www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...
Jill Lepore Thinks the U.S. Constitution Might Break America
www.nytimes.com
[extremism research & @jamellebouie.net book pitch]
tracing the idea of states’ rights from before the civil war and through reconstruction - something like 1815 to 1880 - or from dred to plessy a historical look at states’ rights
@jmberger.com @machete.gay
#HistorySky
tracing the idea of states’ rights from before the civil war and through reconstruction - something like 1815 to 1880 - or from dred to plessy a historical look at states’ rights
@jmberger.com @machete.gay
#HistorySky
do you thing if you said joe hendry’s name at a buffet he would burst through the crab legs and do the Bit™️?
January 10, 2026 at 2:50 AM
do you thing if you said joe hendry’s name at a buffet he would burst through the crab legs and do the Bit™️?
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Who says a Kei car can't fly? Not Colin McRae in his 1993 Subaru Vivio RX-R. This 660c AWD was light and agile, maintaining high speeds on narrow and bendy roads.
Taking place on public roads using commercially available cars, rally racing shows the common place can be exciting.
#Kie #Vivo #JDM
Taking place on public roads using commercially available cars, rally racing shows the common place can be exciting.
#Kie #Vivo #JDM
January 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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The final set of corrections to the galleys just went in. I guess whether I (or you) like it or not, the book is coming on March 10, 2026.
Pre-order info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Pre-order info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The final set of corrections to the galleys just went in. I guess whether I (or you) like it or not, the book is coming on March 10, 2026.
Pre-order info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Pre-order info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
this sid meier’s civilization dystopia is just getting dumber
Wait wait wait, while Americans have to pay hundreds of billions of dollars in new tariffs, Trump is going send over $10,000 to each person in *Greenland*?????????
This is a joke right ?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
This is a joke right ?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US
U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources famil...
www.reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
this sid meier’s civilization dystopia is just getting dumber
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Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show.
ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis is identified
Jonathan Ross, a Minnesota-based agent, was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing motorist.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
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We’re not entering an age of martyrs. We’ve been in one for decades; the honored dead have just tended to belong to the ranks of the marginalized and downtrodden. This gov’t is demonstrating it doesn’t fear martyring the innocent in the dark or right in your face. And it’s not gonna stop on its own.
During the Arab Spring it was basically impossible to tell protest and funerals apart—funerals became protests became funerals became protests again, all the while becoming larger and more impassioned as state murder campaigns kept stacking up victims
Well, here we are
Well, here we are
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 3:52 AM
We’re not entering an age of martyrs. We’ve been in one for decades; the honored dead have just tended to belong to the ranks of the marginalized and downtrodden. This gov’t is demonstrating it doesn’t fear martyring the innocent in the dark or right in your face. And it’s not gonna stop on its own.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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no, we will not be welcoming tom nichols to the resistance. comrade kristol got the only slot for that bit.
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
no, we will not be welcoming tom nichols to the resistance. comrade kristol got the only slot for that bit.
the inverse of civil rights investigations during reconstruction and the mid 20th century
maybe even closer to the role of the federal gov during the fugitive slave acts
not the best development
maybe even closer to the role of the federal gov during the fugitive slave acts
not the best development
Since last year, Trump admin planned what to do if ICE agents were accused of crimes (even murder):
Protect them “no matter what."
Trump laid out ways to retaliate:
—Refuse to hand over an agent
—Charge local officials with “obstructing"
—Threaten to cut off more funding
led by @swin24.bsky.social
Protect them “no matter what."
Trump laid out ways to retaliate:
—Refuse to hand over an agent
—Charge local officials with “obstructing"
—Threaten to cut off more funding
led by @swin24.bsky.social
Inside Trump’s Plans To Protect Killer ICE Agents ‘No Matter What’
Minnesota officials want to investigate ICE’s killing of a mother in Minneapolis. Team Trump has been planning for a moment like this.
zeteo.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
the inverse of civil rights investigations during reconstruction and the mid 20th century
maybe even closer to the role of the federal gov during the fugitive slave acts
not the best development
maybe even closer to the role of the federal gov during the fugitive slave acts
not the best development
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Since last year, Trump admin planned what to do if ICE agents were accused of crimes (even murder):
Protect them “no matter what."
Trump laid out ways to retaliate:
—Refuse to hand over an agent
—Charge local officials with “obstructing"
—Threaten to cut off more funding
led by @swin24.bsky.social
Protect them “no matter what."
Trump laid out ways to retaliate:
—Refuse to hand over an agent
—Charge local officials with “obstructing"
—Threaten to cut off more funding
led by @swin24.bsky.social
Inside Trump’s Plans To Protect Killer ICE Agents ‘No Matter What’
Minnesota officials want to investigate ICE’s killing of a mother in Minneapolis. Team Trump has been planning for a moment like this.
zeteo.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Since last year, Trump admin planned what to do if ICE agents were accused of crimes (even murder):
Protect them “no matter what."
Trump laid out ways to retaliate:
—Refuse to hand over an agent
—Charge local officials with “obstructing"
—Threaten to cut off more funding
led by @swin24.bsky.social
Protect them “no matter what."
Trump laid out ways to retaliate:
—Refuse to hand over an agent
—Charge local officials with “obstructing"
—Threaten to cut off more funding
led by @swin24.bsky.social
this is like the inverse of civil rights investigations that took place during reconstruction and then during mid 20th century
not the best development :(
not the best development :(
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
this is like the inverse of civil rights investigations that took place during reconstruction and then during mid 20th century
not the best development :(
not the best development :(
does the Other Place even produce the numbers anymore?
looking at you iran analysts
looking at you iran analysts
genuinely pathetic to see people still trying to justify staying on Twitter in 2026. embarrassing! degrading!
you are publicly advertising that you are a sad little piglet who lives for being ritually degraded by Nazi pedophiles!
you are publicly advertising that you are a sad little piglet who lives for being ritually degraded by Nazi pedophiles!
January 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
does the Other Place even produce the numbers anymore?
looking at you iran analysts
looking at you iran analysts
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really want to continue to build on this @theloopcast.bsky.social conversation we had with @jgienapp.bsky.social on a historical critique of originalism
thinking about inviting professor amar, professor lash, or professor calabresi - maybe the last simply to discuss ed meese’ role in originalism
thinking about inviting professor amar, professor lash, or professor calabresi - maybe the last simply to discuss ed meese’ role in originalism
February 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
really want to continue to build on this @theloopcast.bsky.social conversation we had with @jgienapp.bsky.social on a historical critique of originalism
thinking about inviting professor amar, professor lash, or professor calabresi - maybe the last simply to discuss ed meese’ role in originalism
thinking about inviting professor amar, professor lash, or professor calabresi - maybe the last simply to discuss ed meese’ role in originalism
might as well restart @theloopcast.bsky.social
looking for guests to be on @theloopcast.bsky.social - our primary focus for this season will be on lawful extremism - looking for guests to help discuss some of topics we will be covering including: birthright citizenship, the history of segregation, and abortion rights
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
might as well restart @theloopcast.bsky.social
scripted the first episode and it’s a introduction to extremism as a topic and the need to bridge the study of extremism with the study of history
what’s a reasonable length for @theloopcast.bsky.social’s first video essay/lecture examining extremism?
wendigoon, super eye patch wolf, super bunny hop, and even red letter media do hours long essays/discussions and seem to do well
probably aiming for 45 minutes to an hour?
wendigoon, super eye patch wolf, super bunny hop, and even red letter media do hours long essays/discussions and seem to do well
probably aiming for 45 minutes to an hour?
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
scripted the first episode and it’s a introduction to extremism as a topic and the need to bridge the study of extremism with the study of history
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defund then abolish ice is easiest thing to do here
congress should behave like a co equal branch
impeachment
defunding
filing suits
subpoenas
writing laws
hearings, hearings, hearings
what else?
impeachment
defunding
filing suits
subpoenas
writing laws
hearings, hearings, hearings
what else?
January 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
defund then abolish ice is easiest thing to do here
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Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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When FBI agents killed white separatist Vicki Weaver while trying to take her criming husband into custody, it fueled the anti-government militia movement that formed one tributary into today's MAGA right, which is shrugging off today's state murder of Renee Good.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ri...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ri...
Ruby Ridge standoff - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:21 AM
When FBI agents killed white separatist Vicki Weaver while trying to take her criming husband into custody, it fueled the anti-government militia movement that formed one tributary into today's MAGA right, which is shrugging off today's state murder of Renee Good.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ri...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ri...
heavily inspired by the reconstruction congress makes me want to run for office
i dont have the rizz but gosh darnit do i enjoy deep dives and being an adversarial historian
i dont have the rizz but gosh darnit do i enjoy deep dives and being an adversarial historian
congress should behave like a co equal branch
impeachment
defunding
filing suits
subpoenas
writing laws
hearings, hearings, hearings
what else?
impeachment
defunding
filing suits
subpoenas
writing laws
hearings, hearings, hearings
what else?
January 8, 2026 at 2:10 AM
heavily inspired by the reconstruction congress makes me want to run for office
i dont have the rizz but gosh darnit do i enjoy deep dives and being an adversarial historian
i dont have the rizz but gosh darnit do i enjoy deep dives and being an adversarial historian
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it’s when first sergeant makes everyone in the scif take their cat ears off 😿 (2026)
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
it’s when first sergeant makes everyone in the scif take their cat ears off 😿 (2026)
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what the fuck is a 'serious war' (2026)
January 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
what the fuck is a 'serious war' (2026)
a vera and luther crossover would be too w y l d even by britbox standards
January 8, 2026 at 2:07 AM
a vera and luther crossover would be too w y l d even by britbox standards
defund then abolish ice is easiest thing to do here
congress should behave like a co equal branch
impeachment
defunding
filing suits
subpoenas
writing laws
hearings, hearings, hearings
what else?
impeachment
defunding
filing suits
subpoenas
writing laws
hearings, hearings, hearings
what else?
January 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
defund then abolish ice is easiest thing to do here
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this is true in so far AS WE LITERALLY ALREADY HAVE THE AIR AND RADAR BASE THAT WE'D WANT THERE
“I believe Greenland has massive strategic benefits for the United States,” John Fetterman wrote.
Dem Senator Breaks Ranks to Support Trump’s Takeover Plan
John Fetterman said he supports the Trump administration’s bonkers push to take over Greenland.
trib.al
January 8, 2026 at 1:07 AM
this is true in so far AS WE LITERALLY ALREADY HAVE THE AIR AND RADAR BASE THAT WE'D WANT THERE