Willow
@rockshrimp.bsky.social
Cynical idealist, unreliable narrator.
Half kvetching about people, half sports, half music, half pop culture, half politics, etc. not representative of any employer. #NYisBlue. Posting is a form of stimming. I swear a lot.
Half kvetching about people, half sports, half music, half pop culture, half politics, etc. not representative of any employer. #NYisBlue. Posting is a form of stimming. I swear a lot.
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They used to need "right wing intellectuals" to get ideas from outright hate groups and then launder them through Fox/Right Wing Media and to the mainstream media/culture but now anything posted publicly is considered enough of the "right wing intellectual" step.
I feel like everybody who came up covering media in the 2000s understands this and has watched it ossify. Fox is a fake newsroom where the producers and reporters trawl the far-right infosphere for hateful crackpottery about Black people, gay people, and Muslims, and then amplify it.
The reason to be aware of Fox News is it is where the right creates and reinforces all the bullshit narratives that ruin our lives. So you can’t just hope it goes away or ignore it.
January 26, 2026 at 5:48 PM
They used to need "right wing intellectuals" to get ideas from outright hate groups and then launder them through Fox/Right Wing Media and to the mainstream media/culture but now anything posted publicly is considered enough of the "right wing intellectual" step.
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I feel like everybody who came up covering media in the 2000s understands this and has watched it ossify. Fox is a fake newsroom where the producers and reporters trawl the far-right infosphere for hateful crackpottery about Black people, gay people, and Muslims, and then amplify it.
The reason to be aware of Fox News is it is where the right creates and reinforces all the bullshit narratives that ruin our lives. So you can’t just hope it goes away or ignore it.
January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I feel like everybody who came up covering media in the 2000s understands this and has watched it ossify. Fox is a fake newsroom where the producers and reporters trawl the far-right infosphere for hateful crackpottery about Black people, gay people, and Muslims, and then amplify it.
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bingo
I feel like everybody who came up covering media in the 2000s understands this and has watched it ossify. Fox is a fake newsroom where the producers and reporters trawl the far-right infosphere for hateful crackpottery about Black people, gay people, and Muslims, and then amplify it.
The reason to be aware of Fox News is it is where the right creates and reinforces all the bullshit narratives that ruin our lives. So you can’t just hope it goes away or ignore it.
January 26, 2026 at 5:45 PM
bingo
if they weren't such bigots they'd have a point about snow days being important for growth.
Kids being over-scheduled based on their future value to the GDP isn't something that stems from the mayor's office. Our entire culture that has criminalized kids and teens existing in public.
Kids being over-scheduled based on their future value to the GDP isn't something that stems from the mayor's office. Our entire culture that has criminalized kids and teens existing in public.
I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
January 26, 2026 at 5:42 PM
if they weren't such bigots they'd have a point about snow days being important for growth.
Kids being over-scheduled based on their future value to the GDP isn't something that stems from the mayor's office. Our entire culture that has criminalized kids and teens existing in public.
Kids being over-scheduled based on their future value to the GDP isn't something that stems from the mayor's office. Our entire culture that has criminalized kids and teens existing in public.
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A normal human university would ban scumbag racists like this from their campus.
I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
January 26, 2026 at 5:36 PM
A normal human university would ban scumbag racists like this from their campus.
ICE: welcome to the resistance
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
ICE: welcome to the resistance
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ICE leadership: doomers
January 26, 2026 at 4:34 PM
ICE leadership: doomers
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pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 PM
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
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This is an interesting one because you never know whether it's going to weaken the Minnesota GOP or if he'll be replaced with someone more extreme who becomes the new GOP darling. Hopefully the former but I wouldn't bet against the latter.
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This is an interesting one because you never know whether it's going to weaken the Minnesota GOP or if he'll be replaced with someone more extreme who becomes the new GOP darling. Hopefully the former but I wouldn't bet against the latter.
who are the primary challenger(s) in this race?
Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
who are the primary challenger(s) in this race?
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Since there are multiple videos of the Pretti killing much longer than ten seconds, one can only surmise that the U.S. Deputy Attorney General hasn’t bothered to even watch them.
Blanche: "Remember, what we all saw in that 10 or second video is not the full story. Every American should know that. The story goes way beyond that. It starts with the fact that literally for months we have received 0 assistance from the state of Minnesota."
January 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Since there are multiple videos of the Pretti killing much longer than ten seconds, one can only surmise that the U.S. Deputy Attorney General hasn’t bothered to even watch them.
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Their work always cited properly (even if it’s absolute dogshit & always wrong). Their bills always paid. They don’t die sick with poor/no healthcare. This why I don’t give a damn about these 11th hour “we were wrong” declarations. Admitting being inept at best, antiblack at worst…isn’t contrition.
I love when people who are professionally wrong for a living describe it as being really into "nuance"
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Their work always cited properly (even if it’s absolute dogshit & always wrong). Their bills always paid. They don’t die sick with poor/no healthcare. This why I don’t give a damn about these 11th hour “we were wrong” declarations. Admitting being inept at best, antiblack at worst…isn’t contrition.
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"The left" is not an ideology. It is a relative positioning.
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"The left" is not an ideology. It is a relative positioning.
Ye, fka Kanye West, has a new album coming out.
Ye, fka Kanye West, takes out a full-page in the Wall Street Journal to apologize to the Black community, and for antisemitism:
“I lost touch with reality”
“I lost touch with reality”
January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Ye, fka Kanye West, has a new album coming out.
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.... what
Ye, fka Kanye West, takes out a full-page in the Wall Street Journal to apologize to the Black community, and for antisemitism:
“I lost touch with reality”
“I lost touch with reality”
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
.... what
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A wonderfully eloquent statement about humanity and a reminder of just how fragile our grasp is on so much that we love.
NEW: Reflections on a soccer Saturday, from a state under siege by the FIFA Peace Prize winner. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A Saturday and a state killing: soccer as Minnesota is torn apart | Jeff Rueter
On the whims of Fifa’s Peace Prize winner, a life usually so focused on sports has found anything but peace
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
A wonderfully eloquent statement about humanity and a reminder of just how fragile our grasp is on so much that we love.
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You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM
You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.
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They don’t even know what forgiveness is. They think being forgiven means never having to be reminded of what they’ve done.
!!! And expect forgiveness lmao
You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
They don’t even know what forgiveness is. They think being forgiven means never having to be reminded of what they’ve done.
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why do so many people seek absolution without effort and from people they didn’t even consider worth listening to before
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
why do so many people seek absolution without effort and from people they didn’t even consider worth listening to before
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Striking members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) reached their second week on the picket line in below-freezing temperatures.
Where New York nurses stand as strike moves through second week in blustery cold
Striking members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) reached their second week on the picket line.
amsterdamnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Striking members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) reached their second week on the picket line in below-freezing temperatures.
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Tacit acknowledgement they've lost control of the narrative plus saving face via lawfare
January 26, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Tacit acknowledgement they've lost control of the narrative plus saving face via lawfare
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We are raising a nation of dumbasses. It’s on purpose
“In Ron DeSantis’s Florida…parents at one Miami school received a notice that their first graders would need a signed permission slip to “participate and listen to a book written by an African American.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/b...
Can American Children Point to America on a Map?
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 PM
We are raising a nation of dumbasses. It’s on purpose
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It is absolutely by design. Theyr’e tired of white people sympathizing with Black and brown folks. That’s why they’re so mad and confused in Minnesota.
All the nice white people yelling at them to get fucked. It’s like their dads are yelling at them in a bathrobe. They can’t cope.
All the nice white people yelling at them to get fucked. It’s like their dads are yelling at them in a bathrobe. They can’t cope.
people really like to ignore the "on purpose" part. So easy to talk about how dumb the kids are while ignoring it's by design
January 26, 2026 at 1:57 PM
It is absolutely by design. Theyr’e tired of white people sympathizing with Black and brown folks. That’s why they’re so mad and confused in Minnesota.
All the nice white people yelling at them to get fucked. It’s like their dads are yelling at them in a bathrobe. They can’t cope.
All the nice white people yelling at them to get fucked. It’s like their dads are yelling at them in a bathrobe. They can’t cope.
I don't tend to listen to music while I work because it distracts me from working and I will start singing along even if I'm in the office... but goddamned it's good for my soul.
January 26, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I don't tend to listen to music while I work because it distracts me from working and I will start singing along even if I'm in the office... but goddamned it's good for my soul.