Stu
@rickybaker51.bsky.social
Educator by day, pasta menace by night. Ball-knower.
#COYS
#COYS
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if you want liberalism to to find a backbone, us saying we were right all along is what that looks like
February 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
if you want liberalism to to find a backbone, us saying we were right all along is what that looks like
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The Democratic Party is run by people who think politics are dirty & beneath them & they should be given free wins by the invisible referees for being so smart & correct
Look at this boring, sanctimonious junk. They paid someone to do this!
Look at this boring, sanctimonious junk. They paid someone to do this!
February 2, 2026 at 12:18 PM
The Democratic Party is run by people who think politics are dirty & beneath them & they should be given free wins by the invisible referees for being so smart & correct
Look at this boring, sanctimonious junk. They paid someone to do this!
Look at this boring, sanctimonious junk. They paid someone to do this!
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Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
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“You know what the best part of my day is? It’s for about ten seconds from when I open the app to when I get your account, because I think maybe you’ll have deactivated. No goodbye, no ‘taking a mental health break’, nothing — you just logged off”
December 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
“You know what the best part of my day is? It’s for about ten seconds from when I open the app to when I get your account, because I think maybe you’ll have deactivated. No goodbye, no ‘taking a mental health break’, nothing — you just logged off”
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this is a really basic point:
if your frameworks - the way you think about politics - led you to believe that the trump movement wasn't a threat to liberal democracy & you haven't updated those frameworks . . . then you are very, very likely also wrong about what to do next
if your frameworks - the way you think about politics - led you to believe that the trump movement wasn't a threat to liberal democracy & you haven't updated those frameworks . . . then you are very, very likely also wrong about what to do next
February 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
this is a really basic point:
if your frameworks - the way you think about politics - led you to believe that the trump movement wasn't a threat to liberal democracy & you haven't updated those frameworks . . . then you are very, very likely also wrong about what to do next
if your frameworks - the way you think about politics - led you to believe that the trump movement wasn't a threat to liberal democracy & you haven't updated those frameworks . . . then you are very, very likely also wrong about what to do next
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Incumbents will be tempted to lay low, make minimal promises and coast in complacently. They need to be pushed -- primary challengers and town halls, etc.
Get promises of action now so they hit the ground running when they retake Congress. Stake out a clear agenda, win a strong mandate, get moving.
Get promises of action now so they hit the ground running when they retake Congress. Stake out a clear agenda, win a strong mandate, get moving.
the thing is, the way it looks right now democrats are going to do really well even by default. dont have to go on record promising anything, dont need to be bold, dont need to put themselves out there and theyll probably get control
thats just not good enough
thats just not good enough
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Incumbents will be tempted to lay low, make minimal promises and coast in complacently. They need to be pushed -- primary challengers and town halls, etc.
Get promises of action now so they hit the ground running when they retake Congress. Stake out a clear agenda, win a strong mandate, get moving.
Get promises of action now so they hit the ground running when they retake Congress. Stake out a clear agenda, win a strong mandate, get moving.
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The Jeffrey Epstein Experience
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The Jeffrey Epstein Experience
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This is why Democrats need to compete EVERYWHERE.
We won’t win every race, but it’s stupid and irresponsible to simply forfeit certain races to incumbents. Always but especially now, we need competitive elections. And at the bare minimum, make them spend money defending seats they had won by 17 pts
We won’t win every race, but it’s stupid and irresponsible to simply forfeit certain races to incumbents. Always but especially now, we need competitive elections. And at the bare minimum, make them spend money defending seats they had won by 17 pts
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 12:54 PM
This is why Democrats need to compete EVERYWHERE.
We won’t win every race, but it’s stupid and irresponsible to simply forfeit certain races to incumbents. Always but especially now, we need competitive elections. And at the bare minimum, make them spend money defending seats they had won by 17 pts
We won’t win every race, but it’s stupid and irresponsible to simply forfeit certain races to incumbents. Always but especially now, we need competitive elections. And at the bare minimum, make them spend money defending seats they had won by 17 pts
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Real talk: if the environment is anything close to what yesterday’s special election implies in November, there need to be people working very hard on a serious agenda for a substantial Democratic majority in both houses of Congress, focused on voting rights, democracy, and court reform.
February 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Real talk: if the environment is anything close to what yesterday’s special election implies in November, there need to be people working very hard on a serious agenda for a substantial Democratic majority in both houses of Congress, focused on voting rights, democracy, and court reform.
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Dawg it's a choice right now to be clearing your throat from the back of the room like "I'm sure some of these people just didn't know it was that type of party"
I feel like someone’s gotta say something, so I guess it’s going to be me. I’m 100% certain that I either know, have met, or have sought meetings with people who have done horrible things in their lives, too. How about y’all? Association is not causation, and it's not guilt — of anything. (1/8)
January 31, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Dawg it's a choice right now to be clearing your throat from the back of the room like "I'm sure some of these people just didn't know it was that type of party"
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It's been fun seeing The Consultants lose their mind about how they don't get this ad, which is the coolest shit she's done yet.
(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)
(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It's been fun seeing The Consultants lose their mind about how they don't get this ad, which is the coolest shit she's done yet.
(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)
(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)
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On this day in 1964, a Black man named Louis Allen was ambushed and killed in Liberty, Mississippi. Mr. Allen had suffered violence, intimidation, and threats since providing evidence against a white man for killing a local Black activist.
Jan. 31, 1964 | Louis Allen Ambushed and Murdered for Speaking Out in Liberty, Mississippi
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1964, a Black man named Louis Allen was ambushed and killed in Liberty, Mississippi. Mr. Allen had suffered violence, intimidation, and threats since providing evidence against a white man for killing a local Black activist.
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if you'd like to read more about the role of shockingly openly racist and unapologetically violent white law enforcement from the imperial valley of california in the history of the modern american right boy do I have a book for you
January 31, 2026 at 4:55 PM
if you'd like to read more about the role of shockingly openly racist and unapologetically violent white law enforcement from the imperial valley of california in the history of the modern american right boy do I have a book for you
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the democrats have everything they need to destroy the largest funder of the opposition right now today if they want to, if not legally then in the public square
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 PM
the democrats have everything they need to destroy the largest funder of the opposition right now today if they want to, if not legally then in the public square
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From: Jeffrey Epstein
To: Cain From The Bible
Date: March 7th, 3000BC
Subject: Re: Thinking of killing my brother? 👀👀
go for it it wouljld be extremlry sexy to invenf thr cornvept of murder snd yherefore curse mankind fur eternkity ;) ;)
To: Cain From The Bible
Date: March 7th, 3000BC
Subject: Re: Thinking of killing my brother? 👀👀
go for it it wouljld be extremlry sexy to invenf thr cornvept of murder snd yherefore curse mankind fur eternkity ;) ;)
January 31, 2026 at 2:18 PM
From: Jeffrey Epstein
To: Cain From The Bible
Date: March 7th, 3000BC
Subject: Re: Thinking of killing my brother? 👀👀
go for it it wouljld be extremlry sexy to invenf thr cornvept of murder snd yherefore curse mankind fur eternkity ;) ;)
To: Cain From The Bible
Date: March 7th, 3000BC
Subject: Re: Thinking of killing my brother? 👀👀
go for it it wouljld be extremlry sexy to invenf thr cornvept of murder snd yherefore curse mankind fur eternkity ;) ;)
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I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
If not, why not?
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
If not, why not?
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I’m old and have a lot less at stake than many people. If I get arrested, I won’t lose my pension. If I get shot, I’ll lose 10-20 years of arthritis getting worse and worse. I have no reason not to rouse a little rabble.
January 31, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I’m old and have a lot less at stake than many people. If I get arrested, I won’t lose my pension. If I get shot, I’ll lose 10-20 years of arthritis getting worse and worse. I have no reason not to rouse a little rabble.
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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Senators and staffers will swear to you up and down they can’t do hardcore obstruction or that they tried once and no one cared.
In reality, they can, but it’s hard work and if they’re successful Republicans might change the rules on them to which I say, cool, make them do that.
In reality, they can, but it’s hard work and if they’re successful Republicans might change the rules on them to which I say, cool, make them do that.
The "oh they are a minority, they can't do anything" excuse is completely absurd when applies to the United States of America.
Our Senate is one of the most singularly, and infamously, powerful counter-majoritarian bodies on the planet. A single senator can halt all business and force debate!
Our Senate is one of the most singularly, and infamously, powerful counter-majoritarian bodies on the planet. A single senator can halt all business and force debate!
January 31, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Senators and staffers will swear to you up and down they can’t do hardcore obstruction or that they tried once and no one cared.
In reality, they can, but it’s hard work and if they’re successful Republicans might change the rules on them to which I say, cool, make them do that.
In reality, they can, but it’s hard work and if they’re successful Republicans might change the rules on them to which I say, cool, make them do that.
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The Biden DOJ just sat on all this??
January 31, 2026 at 8:15 AM
The Biden DOJ just sat on all this??
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Elon Musk reading the Epstein Files
January 31, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Elon Musk reading the Epstein Files