Tommaso Sciortino
@sciortino.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, East Bay YIMBY, socdem🧦, founding board member of @eb4everyone, singer/pianist, 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇪🇺, I � Unicode, Gemini CLI Dev
First James Bond Book: Fairly realistic spy story with grounded - if eccentric - villan.
Second James Bond Book: Ian Fleming goes floridly insane.
Second James Bond Book: Ian Fleming goes floridly insane.
February 19, 2026 at 3:04 AM
First James Bond Book: Fairly realistic spy story with grounded - if eccentric - villan.
Second James Bond Book: Ian Fleming goes floridly insane.
Second James Bond Book: Ian Fleming goes floridly insane.
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“I think my preferred candidate is the best for reasons X, Y, and Z and I hope you agree and vote for them” is a much more compelling message for most democratic primary voters than “if you don’t vote for my candidate I’m going to be so mad that I’ll let the fascists win”
February 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM
“I think my preferred candidate is the best for reasons X, Y, and Z and I hope you agree and vote for them” is a much more compelling message for most democratic primary voters than “if you don’t vote for my candidate I’m going to be so mad that I’ll let the fascists win”
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Most Americans have 3 months of savings and are able to finance normal expenditures in the absence of a missed paycheck.
America is a rich country - most (not all!) Americans are financially comfortable compared to anywhere else (or Americans at previous points in history).
America is a rich country - most (not all!) Americans are financially comfortable compared to anywhere else (or Americans at previous points in history).
February 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Most Americans have 3 months of savings and are able to finance normal expenditures in the absence of a missed paycheck.
America is a rich country - most (not all!) Americans are financially comfortable compared to anywhere else (or Americans at previous points in history).
America is a rich country - most (not all!) Americans are financially comfortable compared to anywhere else (or Americans at previous points in history).
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A related version of this is the folks acting like it’s some sort of sage wisdom to be constantly prepared for an absolute worst case type scenario, when in reality that’s just anxiety and/or leftwing prepperism (often under the guise of “raising awareness” of something)
I am not v interested in continuing the “the Democrats will betray us on #$ISSUE the moment they get into power” B/S because a. There’s no way to falsify it and b. It’s fundamentally rooted in a nihilistic doomerism that nobody believes anything, we’re all gonna get betrayed, nothing matters anyways
February 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
A related version of this is the folks acting like it’s some sort of sage wisdom to be constantly prepared for an absolute worst case type scenario, when in reality that’s just anxiety and/or leftwing prepperism (often under the guise of “raising awareness” of something)
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Chuck Schumer spectacularly failed the “vote blue no matter who” test and should be hounded from office
I believe Stancil here, but to honor the skepticism some on the left have about this, i think it's fair to note that Chuck Schumer failed this test
When you say "vote blue no matter who" these guys always say "oh ho ho, but what if it was Lina Khan, would you vote blue THEN?"
And the answer is "yes"? Very obviously? Was "vote blue no matter who" unclear?
And the answer is "yes"? Very obviously? Was "vote blue no matter who" unclear?
February 18, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Chuck Schumer spectacularly failed the “vote blue no matter who” test and should be hounded from office
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Living Internet Theory is the idea that some of the people interacting with this post, and/or the person who posted it, might be real physical conscious human beings
February 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Living Internet Theory is the idea that some of the people interacting with this post, and/or the person who posted it, might be real physical conscious human beings
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imagine if you were a vampire that lived for 100s of years but you just had a regular guy's memory. Like a normal person. "What was Venice like in the 14th century" Ahhh, I don't...I don't fucking remember. There was a guy, Vincenzo? Maybe that was the 15th century. Wait, did I live in Venice?
February 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
imagine if you were a vampire that lived for 100s of years but you just had a regular guy's memory. Like a normal person. "What was Venice like in the 14th century" Ahhh, I don't...I don't fucking remember. There was a guy, Vincenzo? Maybe that was the 15th century. Wait, did I live in Venice?
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americans cannot fathom a meaningful social safety net and are therefore convinced that efficiency improvements are evil, and so they hate them whenever they are visible
the comments here make me think we're ngmi. surveillance concerns are totally legit, but most posters legitimately seem to prefer a doordash slave caste to lil' robots carrying burritos.
Everyone seems to hate these things but aren’t they better for the climate and urban traffic than getting stuff delivered by car?
February 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
americans cannot fathom a meaningful social safety net and are therefore convinced that efficiency improvements are evil, and so they hate them whenever they are visible
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behold, possibly the greatest single figure in any ai paper
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM
behold, possibly the greatest single figure in any ai paper
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the fundamental divide in the democratic party isn't between "moderates" and "socialists" but between fight and don't fight. the new crop of dems understands that fight is the only option. we can disagree about policy later, as among friends--but we have to crush these people now
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
the fundamental divide in the democratic party isn't between "moderates" and "socialists" but between fight and don't fight. the new crop of dems understands that fight is the only option. we can disagree about policy later, as among friends--but we have to crush these people now
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"I'm sad all the time and I don't know why" isn't a polling category and also doesn't sound serious, but "the economy is bad" does.
February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
"I'm sad all the time and I don't know why" isn't a polling category and also doesn't sound serious, but "the economy is bad" does.
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Progressives: “Sure, we were completely wrong that improving the station of working-class people would result in electoral gains, but that’s just because, on a deeper level, we were correct that everyone is furious about wealth inequality”
America: *elects a billionaire backed by Elon Musk*
America: *elects a billionaire backed by Elon Musk*
Can we please stop with this argument?
It wasn’t a “vibecession,” it was people seeing how comparatively better the wealthy were doing than they were. It always comes back to the wealth gap and the fact that productivity gains have disproportionately flowed upward.
It wasn’t a “vibecession,” it was people seeing how comparatively better the wealthy were doing than they were. It always comes back to the wealth gap and the fact that productivity gains have disproportionately flowed upward.
Allow me to suggest that lying to yourself about what actually happened - the working class did great 2021-24 - is a great way to keep walking into the same traps!!
February 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Progressives: “Sure, we were completely wrong that improving the station of working-class people would result in electoral gains, but that’s just because, on a deeper level, we were correct that everyone is furious about wealth inequality”
America: *elects a billionaire backed by Elon Musk*
America: *elects a billionaire backed by Elon Musk*
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Laughing and crying and then laughing some more
February 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Laughing and crying and then laughing some more
The median person debating @besttroll.bsky.social makes a fool of themselves.
... or is that the *average* person debating him?
... or is that the *average* person debating him?
I don't think I've ever seen gears shift this fast before.
February 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The median person debating @besttroll.bsky.social makes a fool of themselves.
... or is that the *average* person debating him?
... or is that the *average* person debating him?
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I don't think I've ever seen gears shift this fast before.
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I don't think I've ever seen gears shift this fast before.
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Biden was the most economically progressive president since LBJ at least, he pursued a full-employment economy at huge political risk, it worked spectacularly.
And what happened is that the entire progressive universe decided that he must not have done any of it, or else he would have been popular
And what happened is that the entire progressive universe decided that he must not have done any of it, or else he would have been popular
Are the progressive economic policies in the room with us right now?
February 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Biden was the most economically progressive president since LBJ at least, he pursued a full-employment economy at huge political risk, it worked spectacularly.
And what happened is that the entire progressive universe decided that he must not have done any of it, or else he would have been popular
And what happened is that the entire progressive universe decided that he must not have done any of it, or else he would have been popular
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This guy probably voted for Trump, and that was bad, but you know what? That's between him and whatever force we answer to after death, what matters is getting him to be a good, responsible person *now* and into the future.
February 14, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This guy probably voted for Trump, and that was bad, but you know what? That's between him and whatever force we answer to after death, what matters is getting him to be a good, responsible person *now* and into the future.
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For all the AI hate on here, it honestly is very funny the extent to which our tech overlords have to force the engineers to do gymnastics to prevent the computer from being a Democrat.
February 15, 2026 at 4:46 PM
For all the AI hate on here, it honestly is very funny the extent to which our tech overlords have to force the engineers to do gymnastics to prevent the computer from being a Democrat.
I'm always annoyed when people publicly argue in favor of lying. Like, even if you believe it, shouldn't that be the obvious first thing to lie about?!
it is almost never a good idea to lie “for the greater good”
February 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I'm always annoyed when people publicly argue in favor of lying. Like, even if you believe it, shouldn't that be the obvious first thing to lie about?!
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the account which posted this appears to be an AI agent farming karma before it turns into an advertising bot
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
the account which posted this appears to be an AI agent farming karma before it turns into an advertising bot
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- flawless fake video, everywhere
- reasoned discussion more a hallmark of AI than people
- simultaneous dumbing of politics but gigabraining of tech labs?
- somehow bitcoin is worth AU$100,000
- "hello computer!" Star Trek-style voice interfaces to get computer to do complicated things
- reasoned discussion more a hallmark of AI than people
- simultaneous dumbing of politics but gigabraining of tech labs?
- somehow bitcoin is worth AU$100,000
- "hello computer!" Star Trek-style voice interfaces to get computer to do complicated things
February 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
- flawless fake video, everywhere
- reasoned discussion more a hallmark of AI than people
- simultaneous dumbing of politics but gigabraining of tech labs?
- somehow bitcoin is worth AU$100,000
- "hello computer!" Star Trek-style voice interfaces to get computer to do complicated things
- reasoned discussion more a hallmark of AI than people
- simultaneous dumbing of politics but gigabraining of tech labs?
- somehow bitcoin is worth AU$100,000
- "hello computer!" Star Trek-style voice interfaces to get computer to do complicated things
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I keep a few handy. This one is appropriate for February 2026.
February 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I keep a few handy. This one is appropriate for February 2026.
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Just this morning my southern Italian bar told a call-in order that it's valentines day and they are not working and busy making love instead. His wife yelled out "and we are going to sell the video on onlyfans" and I was thinking how we have polluted the timeline even in Southern Italy
February 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Just this morning my southern Italian bar told a call-in order that it's valentines day and they are not working and busy making love instead. His wife yelled out "and we are going to sell the video on onlyfans" and I was thinking how we have polluted the timeline even in Southern Italy
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i often think about this review
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
i often think about this review