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as a wordcel it is very appealing to think that a top 2 president was the best because he was a god tier writer
”This is a world of compensations; and he who would *be* no slave, must consent to *have* no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”
February 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
as a wordcel it is very appealing to think that a top 2 president was the best because he was a god tier writer
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I agree that if democrats take control of the house in 2026 they should starve ICE/CBP of funding, as republicans successfully did with the IRS when they took control of the house in 2022
ICE/CBP have gone unfunded for 3 days; how about 3 years? The best way to claw back the $170 billion immigration enforcement surge in the Big Beautiful Bill is to just claw it back. The 2nd-best way is to slowly drain it by never funding the underlying appropriation. @ryanlcooper.com makes the case:
The Case for Keeping ICE and CBP Defunded - The American Prospect
Democrats should not provide one thin dime to MAGA storm troopers.
prospect.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I agree that if democrats take control of the house in 2026 they should starve ICE/CBP of funding, as republicans successfully did with the IRS when they took control of the house in 2022
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The successful effort to force Biden out signaled to elite media that they had a veto over Democratic Party primary voters. Whether they successfully exercise it or simply try to in 2028 is an open question but bet your sweet nippy they’re going to try.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The successful effort to force Biden out signaled to elite media that they had a veto over Democratic Party primary voters. Whether they successfully exercise it or simply try to in 2028 is an open question but bet your sweet nippy they’re going to try.
we gotta vote in people who will destroy the fascist Cathedral
i don't like "steelmanning" but i do want to say that the discussion around "we have to vote all the time to keep out fascism" has never really addressed the core of the issue, which is that it gets tiring for every election to be "the most important election of our lifetimes."
February 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
we gotta vote in people who will destroy the fascist Cathedral
it’s exactly what Republicans did to the IRS money in the Inflation Reduction Act
ICE/CBP have gone unfunded for 3 days; how about 3 years? The best way to claw back the $170 billion immigration enforcement surge in the Big Beautiful Bill is to just claw it back. The 2nd-best way is to slowly drain it by never funding the underlying appropriation. @ryanlcooper.com makes the case:
The Case for Keeping ICE and CBP Defunded - The American Prospect
Democrats should not provide one thin dime to MAGA storm troopers.
prospect.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
it’s exactly what Republicans did to the IRS money in the Inflation Reduction Act
yeeeesh www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Erika Kirk Faces Backlash Over Alleged 'Inappropriate' Texts With A 15-Year-Old: 'Absolutely Vile'
Purported Texts Between Erika Kirk And A 15-Year-Old Go Viral Sparking Backlash And 'Grooming' Allegations
www.yahoo.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
yeeeesh www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
good piece
New post out:
We have a guest post today from the excellent @dsquareddigest.bsky.social.
"Build the Rail! Save the snails!"
Or how we don't need to sacrifice the environment to speed up our mad planning processes.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
We have a guest post today from the excellent @dsquareddigest.bsky.social.
"Build the Rail! Save the snails!"
Or how we don't need to sacrifice the environment to speed up our mad planning processes.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
Build the Rail! Save the Snails!
How to speed up the planning system without trashing the environment
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM
good piece
Simba is also maybe the dumbest Disney protagonist? this mf cannot put 2 and 2 together
kiddo has been out sick all week. yesterday we showed him THE LION KING, his first movie. overall pretty solid but man is Matthew Broderick horribly miscast lol
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Simba is also maybe the dumbest Disney protagonist? this mf cannot put 2 and 2 together
I think before the stroke he meant it tbh
As a Senate candidate, Fetterman guaranteed voters he’d be a reliable Dem, not another Manchin or Sinema.
Constantly. It was his core promise to primary voters.
Liar.
Constantly. It was his core promise to primary voters.
Liar.
February 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I think before the stroke he meant it tbh
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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this is a "y'all got jokes" moment considering that there is no more security discipline left in the US national security establishment anymore. The director of national intelligence is a foreign cutout, strike plans are shared on insecure group chats, teenage cybercriminals ran loose in gov
February 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
this is a "y'all got jokes" moment considering that there is no more security discipline left in the US national security establishment anymore. The director of national intelligence is a foreign cutout, strike plans are shared on insecure group chats, teenage cybercriminals ran loose in gov
sat down to watch 15 minutes of TV with the boy, he wanted Ms Rachel, but then YouTube served up a 2 hour driver’s POV video of a train going through rural Japan, and he picked that instead, and by Jove he sat rapt for the whole time
February 15, 2026 at 3:26 AM
sat down to watch 15 minutes of TV with the boy, he wanted Ms Rachel, but then YouTube served up a 2 hour driver’s POV video of a train going through rural Japan, and he picked that instead, and by Jove he sat rapt for the whole time
I was watching an ep of Batman TAS the other day, big fan as a kid, and it really jumped out at me how cool and stylish it looks compared to modern CGI kid shows
This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
February 14, 2026 at 11:57 PM
I was watching an ep of Batman TAS the other day, big fan as a kid, and it really jumped out at me how cool and stylish it looks compared to modern CGI kid shows
straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant
yep. you can’t overdose on gambling but it’s also pretty hard to blow your entire life savings in 5 minutes doing opioids
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM
yep. you can’t overdose on gambling but it’s also pretty hard to blow your entire life savings in 5 minutes doing opioids
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February 14, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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journalism as a profession should be noble. on balance it is net monstrous
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
journalism as a profession should be noble. on balance it is net monstrous
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Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
really hit a nerve with this post! can't fav them all but keep the stories coming, I like hearing about your pals
watching John Green talk about his buddy from high school who is still his friend and I’m curious, is that common for people on here?
February 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
really hit a nerve with this post! can't fav them all but keep the stories coming, I like hearing about your pals
genius commander US Grant's tragic flaw was being a complete moron about anything having to do with business. alas
Under appreciated factor is the Panic of 1873. If the Republicans had had a more successful domestic economy they might have been able to maintain reconstruction
We killed a quarter of the South’s male population and reduced it to the brink of famine.
It wasn’t a lack of ruthless violence that caused us to fail at Reconstruction later on (we crushed the Klan). It was just plain old exhaustion from war and an economic depression.
It wasn’t a lack of ruthless violence that caused us to fail at Reconstruction later on (we crushed the Klan). It was just plain old exhaustion from war and an economic depression.
February 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
genius commander US Grant's tragic flaw was being a complete moron about anything having to do with business. alas
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There's a real "let's do everything they told us we couldn't" thing going on at Meta now. The facial recognition glasses bring to mind an old story I haven't seen mentioned today: Facebook built a feature like this a decade ago and didn't release it www.businessinsider.com/facebook-bui...
February 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
There's a real "let's do everything they told us we couldn't" thing going on at Meta now. The facial recognition glasses bring to mind an old story I haven't seen mentioned today: Facebook built a feature like this a decade ago and didn't release it www.businessinsider.com/facebook-bui...
so what happened was we were only living there for half the year, they conveniently assumed it was the whole year
the local privatized tax collector says I owe $4700. awesome
February 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
so what happened was we were only living there for half the year, they conveniently assumed it was the whole year
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
interc.pt
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.