SilentSnerk
@silentsnerk.bsky.social
Profoundly curious. Midwest coaster, Esperantist, queer, married.
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"racism is a discreditable crankish vice, the rich and well connected can never be discredited cranks, ergo"
February 16, 2026 at 12:13 AM
"racism is a discreditable crankish vice, the rich and well connected can never be discredited cranks, ergo"
The North and South American continents as a whole were free of malaria entirely back during the Bush administration when vaccination wasn't a partisan topic. We'd have occasional limited outbreaks from international travels, but we were good. Now? Not so much, and it's guys like RFK Jr's fault.
I set your house on fire but I also called the fire department to put it out. Why all this hate?!
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The North and South American continents as a whole were free of malaria entirely back during the Bush administration when vaccination wasn't a partisan topic. We'd have occasional limited outbreaks from international travels, but we were good. Now? Not so much, and it's guys like RFK Jr's fault.
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this started a holy war, so let me state a very plain and direct argument for this
the democratic primary is when we decide if we get to have things be good or mid
the general election is when you decide if you dislike nazis
the democratic primary is when we decide if we get to have things be good or mid
the general election is when you decide if you dislike nazis
Counterpoint: if the Prince of Darkness rises from a fiery portal at the Iowa Caucus and declares his opposition to Donald Trump, I will ride to battle with the host of Hell
February 16, 2026 at 2:40 AM
this started a holy war, so let me state a very plain and direct argument for this
the democratic primary is when we decide if we get to have things be good or mid
the general election is when you decide if you dislike nazis
the democratic primary is when we decide if we get to have things be good or mid
the general election is when you decide if you dislike nazis
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imagine being a beautiful cow and ending up as a boxy, three-button USA flag sport coat with a collar gap and the bottom-most button fastened
February 16, 2026 at 4:02 AM
imagine being a beautiful cow and ending up as a boxy, three-button USA flag sport coat with a collar gap and the bottom-most button fastened
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Violets are grue
Roses, demonic
Si enil txen siht
Boustrophedonic.
Roses, demonic
Si enil txen siht
Boustrophedonic.
February 15, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Violets are grue
Roses, demonic
Si enil txen siht
Boustrophedonic.
Roses, demonic
Si enil txen siht
Boustrophedonic.
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And ICE has been disappearing American citizens, because their primary criterion on deciding who to approach is how not-white they are
Because legally qualified American voters don't want to be harassed and intimidated by masked gunmen as a condition of going to vote. Is that really hard to understand?
February 16, 2026 at 12:40 AM
And ICE has been disappearing American citizens, because their primary criterion on deciding who to approach is how not-white they are
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Bullshit.
Homan: "When they say 'stop racial profiling' -- that's just not occurring. ICE will briefly detain and question somebody based on reasonable suspicion. It has nothing to do with racial profiling."
February 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Bullshit.
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Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
February 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
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As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.
February 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.
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You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
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Found this old @kenwhite.bsky.social tweet on my camera roll
February 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Found this old @kenwhite.bsky.social tweet on my camera roll
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Disgraceful
February 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Disgraceful
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Had an IC class where I read a bunch of interviews with former warlord/terrorist recruits and it was very interesting how many of them were using ideology as a vehicle for violence instead of using violence to pursue an ideology. "Excitement" was one of the main reasons a lot of them joined!
Yes. This is it. Some people believe their politics; other people adopt politics as an excuse to hurt other people for fun and tell themselves it’s for a good cause and they can’t be blamed.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
I often think the real ideological divide online is not really ideology by whether politics exists as a permission structure for behaviour or not
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Had an IC class where I read a bunch of interviews with former warlord/terrorist recruits and it was very interesting how many of them were using ideology as a vehicle for violence instead of using violence to pursue an ideology. "Excitement" was one of the main reasons a lot of them joined!
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Terrible people fighting other terrible people is generally good. That said, the last thing we all need is for Noem & Lewandowski to get yeeted & cause a reduction in public pressure only to have them replaced with some other ghouls. They *all* need the Hague, not just the figureheads.
As always with pieces like this, there’s the story-proper and the “why are we hearing this story?”–story, which is often equally interesting. (In this case: Lots of folks within Trumpworld regard Noem/Lewandowski with contempt and would happily see them ousted.)
The Wall Street Journal story on Noem and Lewandowski is just a bus running over them, backing up, running over them again, and on and on. A line of admin officials waiting to get their turn at the wheel.
Paywalled at WSJ, free at MSN (good biz model)
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
Paywalled at WSJ, free at MSN (good biz model)
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
February 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Terrible people fighting other terrible people is generally good. That said, the last thing we all need is for Noem & Lewandowski to get yeeted & cause a reduction in public pressure only to have them replaced with some other ghouls. They *all* need the Hague, not just the figureheads.
Yep. Conspiracies tend to be syncretic because there's no pressure to evaluate any particular claim, so they just get bolted together.
One issue here is crank convergence, and the escalation ladder of a competitive media environment. The other is that there's no social cost to beliefs anymore, being a 9/11 truther or an anti-vaxer or a Nazi doesn't actually *mean* as much as it used to, because identity has become so cheap.
Going to need to a complete and total shutdown on podcasters and political livestreams until we can figure out what’s going on
February 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Yep. Conspiracies tend to be syncretic because there's no pressure to evaluate any particular claim, so they just get bolted together.
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Running for President in 2028 on one issue:
You shouldn't have to create a login to apply for a job.
You shouldn't have to create a login to apply for a job.
February 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Running for President in 2028 on one issue:
You shouldn't have to create a login to apply for a job.
You shouldn't have to create a login to apply for a job.
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archive.ph/Tg11D
Someone posted the archive yesterday. I prefer not to share those but this piece needs to be read, even by people who vaccinate.
Someone posted the archive yesterday. I prefer not to share those but this piece needs to be read, even by people who vaccinate.
archive.ph
February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
archive.ph/Tg11D
Someone posted the archive yesterday. I prefer not to share those but this piece needs to be read, even by people who vaccinate.
Someone posted the archive yesterday. I prefer not to share those but this piece needs to be read, even by people who vaccinate.
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Yeah, I’m sort of convinced that Epstein, rather than being in some kind of far-reaching conspiracy with elites, was instead SCAMMING THOSE ELITES. He was a fraud, who illicitly acquired a fortune, then used it plus the girls around him to open doors and pass himself off as something he wasn’t.
Couple getting your first few hundred million in that way with then trading off the incredible insider information your network of “friends” sends to you, and there’s no huge mystery to solve as to Epstein’s wealth.
He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.
He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Yeah, I’m sort of convinced that Epstein, rather than being in some kind of far-reaching conspiracy with elites, was instead SCAMMING THOSE ELITES. He was a fraud, who illicitly acquired a fortune, then used it plus the girls around him to open doors and pass himself off as something he wasn’t.
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So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
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The *best version* of the Epstein scandal is that a wide swathe of American elites was palling around with a known child predator and explicit eugenicist for years on end — and is now closing ranks to downplay the severity of his crimes and their own complicity.
February 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The *best version* of the Epstein scandal is that a wide swathe of American elites was palling around with a known child predator and explicit eugenicist for years on end — and is now closing ranks to downplay the severity of his crimes and their own complicity.
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