Saul Aliasky (he/him/his)
@saulvents.bsky.social
Zavl Epstein Warnock de Clavijo: Milena's dad; Litvak Jew, racialized white; cishet male, queer for all that; snarko-communist. We're all at each other's mercy. Uninvited guest of Wažáže/Kã́ːze — Kansas. City. Missouri. 🖖
Pinned
The key, which you think freed you, is of no similar use to your children. Either they are not prisoned as you were, or you still are.
I would absolutely support abolition in favor of "criminals" stalked by Optimus robots - provided these were the present actually existing Optimus robots, without any remote operators.
Elon Musk’s proposal to have criminals stalked by Optimus robots is significantly less stupid than the position of actually existing abolitionists
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I would absolutely support abolition in favor of "criminals" stalked by Optimus robots - provided these were the present actually existing Optimus robots, without any remote operators.
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Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is a devastating short 🧵, and points up a potential interpersonal divide emerging that I didn't anticipate, but probably should have. 🧵 focuses on legit psych problems given how bots are programmed, but there are so many other problems. Mainly we have unresolved questions of who gets to own...
November 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is a devastating short 🧵, and points up a potential interpersonal divide emerging that I didn't anticipate, but probably should have. 🧵 focuses on legit psych problems given how bots are programmed, but there are so many other problems. Mainly we have unresolved questions of who gets to own...
This is a thoughtful thread. I do think there are 2 things in it worth challenging. The obvious one is the step @lastpositivist.bsky.social makes from achieving contempt for his opponents to "resist[ing] ameliorative measures [aimed at those opponents?] that seem too kind." The challenge...
With genuine shame, recent years in politics have given me my first taste for what it is to have moralised contempt for my opponents. Not hatred, not fear; contempt. There's some core element of the right wing coalition at the moment which seems to me best described as a revolt of the loser men...
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is a thoughtful thread. I do think there are 2 things in it worth challenging. The obvious one is the step @lastpositivist.bsky.social makes from achieving contempt for his opponents to "resist[ing] ameliorative measures [aimed at those opponents?] that seem too kind." The challenge...
Megyn Kelly: "l think there is a difference. There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
Me:
Me:
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Megyn Kelly: "l think there is a difference. There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
Me:
Me:
ONE OF US
all of you are very annoying but i also am very annoying
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
ONE OF US
We have just folded space from Ix. Many machines on Ix.
I have a mental illness called “commenting ‘many such cases’ on every bsky post I see”
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
We have just folded space from Ix. Many machines on Ix.
"One trick is to refinance every couple years - you never have to pay it off at all."
People are reacting to this as if Trump is a fool abt it. He knows the best scams are ones you can play from either end.
"Set up an LLC, take out a 100-yr mortgage. Payments are deductible, then you file Ch 11."
People are reacting to this as if Trump is a fool abt it. He knows the best scams are ones you can play from either end.
"Set up an LLC, take out a 100-yr mortgage. Payments are deductible, then you file Ch 11."
INGRAHAM: Is a 50 year mortgage really a good idea?
TRUMP: It's not even a big deal. You go from 40 to 50 years. All it means is you pay less per month
TRUMP: It's not even a big deal. You go from 40 to 50 years. All it means is you pay less per month
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"One trick is to refinance every couple years - you never have to pay it off at all."
People are reacting to this as if Trump is a fool abt it. He knows the best scams are ones you can play from either end.
"Set up an LLC, take out a 100-yr mortgage. Payments are deductible, then you file Ch 11."
People are reacting to this as if Trump is a fool abt it. He knows the best scams are ones you can play from either end.
"Set up an LLC, take out a 100-yr mortgage. Payments are deductible, then you file Ch 11."
Absolutely this. For 1 thing, straightness isn't a neutral index, even of typicality. It's a competitive contest, and the prize created by the contest. Contestants compete by controlling, but also recruit contestants by controlling. For another, there aren't enough trans ppl to be the usual targets.
I am start to think transphobia is more about cis people trying to control each other more than it ever was about actual trans people at all
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely this. For 1 thing, straightness isn't a neutral index, even of typicality. It's a competitive contest, and the prize created by the contest. Contestants compete by controlling, but also recruit contestants by controlling. For another, there aren't enough trans ppl to be the usual targets.
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I often think about how the government hounded Aaron Swartz to death for scraping Jstor, yet all these AI companies scraped almost literally all of human knowledge (and continue to do so even when they're told to stop) and have had no criminal consequences.
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I often think about how the government hounded Aaron Swartz to death for scraping Jstor, yet all these AI companies scraped almost literally all of human knowledge (and continue to do so even when they're told to stop) and have had no criminal consequences.
Citizens, I give you: the concept of a plan!
"The regulated insurance, with mandated coverage and limited subsidized profits, is BAD. So we'll do away with it and just subsidize... unregulated insurance."
With money left over! What's lolsob is this is basically an argument for UBI, but...
"The regulated insurance, with mandated coverage and limited subsidized profits, is BAD. So we'll do away with it and just subsidize... unregulated insurance."
With money left over! What's lolsob is this is basically an argument for UBI, but...
“In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare.”
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Citizens, I give you: the concept of a plan!
"The regulated insurance, with mandated coverage and limited subsidized profits, is BAD. So we'll do away with it and just subsidize... unregulated insurance."
With money left over! What's lolsob is this is basically an argument for UBI, but...
"The regulated insurance, with mandated coverage and limited subsidized profits, is BAD. So we'll do away with it and just subsidize... unregulated insurance."
With money left over! What's lolsob is this is basically an argument for UBI, but...
This, but also: if none of us is free while one of us is chained, it follows that none of us is safe while one of us is threatened. Whether safety is a right or not, it must be universal or it's another weapon / privilege. You don't get to be (or feel) safe while others are deprived of the same.
I have been screaming this to the heavens for years and it’s lovely to see more people noticing: BEING safe is a right, FEELING safe is between you and your therapist. And the demand to FEEL safe is constantly weaponized to deprive other people of their real, actual safety.
One thing the NYC mayoral race underscored for me is how easily the phrase "I don't feel safe" can be weaponized. It's an argument I would hesitate ever to use again, even for a good cause. I hope we can all agree that we have the right to BE safe. Maybe we should leave it at that.
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This, but also: if none of us is free while one of us is chained, it follows that none of us is safe while one of us is threatened. Whether safety is a right or not, it must be universal or it's another weapon / privilege. You don't get to be (or feel) safe while others are deprived of the same.
with halal taco trucks on every corner, inshallah
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
with halal taco trucks on every corner, inshallah
You think "Manifest Destiny" only ran west?
where the fuck did he get THAT idea
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
You think "Manifest Destiny" only ran west?
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
"It's not a tax: it's a fine!"
Fascinating to see the Trump administration argue that the use of state power to extract money from citizens is not taxation if the purpose is to disincentivize some behavior that the government dislikes, rather than to raise revenue. That is not what Republicans used to claim to believe.
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"It's not a tax: it's a fine!"
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The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
I'm uneasy giving out my name now. A clerk asked me to repeat it a few weeks ago. I did & added "no, I don't have the files." She laughed - not hard, but a genuine, easy, pleased laugh.
The man was a grade A shmok so it doesn't seem right to make light. I'm more than tired of the association tho.
The man was a grade A shmok so it doesn't seem right to make light. I'm more than tired of the association tho.
How thoroughly have the Epstein Files permeated our culture? Random store owners named Epstein in New Jersey are using it in their commercials.
"You’ve heard the rumors… but our Epstein Files only contain one thing: SAVINGS. 😎🛠️"
"You’ve heard the rumors… but our Epstein Files only contain one thing: SAVINGS. 😎🛠️"
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm uneasy giving out my name now. A clerk asked me to repeat it a few weeks ago. I did & added "no, I don't have the files." She laughed - not hard, but a genuine, easy, pleased laugh.
The man was a grade A shmok so it doesn't seem right to make light. I'm more than tired of the association tho.
The man was a grade A shmok so it doesn't seem right to make light. I'm more than tired of the association tho.
Cheney: *dies*
Harris: "Dick was just a great American and a helluva guy. Gonna miss you, Chainsaw! 🫡❤️"
Trump: 🫥🦗
Harris: "Dick was just a great American and a helluva guy. Gonna miss you, Chainsaw! 🫡❤️"
Trump: 🫥🦗
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Cheney: *dies*
Harris: "Dick was just a great American and a helluva guy. Gonna miss you, Chainsaw! 🫡❤️"
Trump: 🫥🦗
Harris: "Dick was just a great American and a helluva guy. Gonna miss you, Chainsaw! 🫡❤️"
Trump: 🫥🦗
More offended, less offended? That's a toss-up.
Would definitely be more engaged, though.
(((Enjoy the moon, yall!)))
Would definitely be more engaged, though.
(((Enjoy the moon, yall!)))
I’d be more offended by bigoted trolls/bots on here if they were better at it
Like using Nazi conspiracy theories about Jews on my combating Islamophobia thread? Yawn so old news
Give me a new one. Be creative
Say Jews invented the moon to create tidal waves. Say Jews made your dog gay
Like using Nazi conspiracy theories about Jews on my combating Islamophobia thread? Yawn so old news
Give me a new one. Be creative
Say Jews invented the moon to create tidal waves. Say Jews made your dog gay
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
More offended, less offended? That's a toss-up.
Would definitely be more engaged, though.
(((Enjoy the moon, yall!)))
Would definitely be more engaged, though.
(((Enjoy the moon, yall!)))
City charter stipulates the fate of losing independent candidates for mayor. The rats are just doing their duty.
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A pack of 10,000 rats has dragged Andrew Cuomo into the subway
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
City charter stipulates the fate of losing independent candidates for mayor. The rats are just doing their duty.
🫡🐀
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As it is said!
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
As it is said!
Loylom Ya‘ed 😁
WTF is a "Yaed Apple"?
Crimes against typeset, right there
Crimes against typeset, right there
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Loylom Ya‘ed 😁
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Recruit a Democrat. Every seat. Every state. Waves need someone to ride them. Call your state party, sign up to run, or volunteer. Make the GOP fight for every inch. Let’s go! No seat left empty!
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Recruit a Democrat. Every seat. Every state. Waves need someone to ride them. Call your state party, sign up to run, or volunteer. Make the GOP fight for every inch. Let’s go! No seat left empty!
Let it be known as the Zohran Mamdate.
Mamdani has over 50% of the vote. I think they call that a Mamdate..
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Let it be known as the Zohran Mamdate.