soonergrunt
@soonergrunt.bsky.social
Retired Soldier, Union guy, public lands lover. Capybara fan. Servant to Freddie the Rescue Pup. Utah
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. -Mencken
Bluesky Fauxscialists fuck off.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. -Mencken
Bluesky Fauxscialists fuck off.
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If you made a Venn diagram of every weird person I knew in Silicon Valley during the first dot-com boom, centrifuged it, extracted the pellet, and re-suspended it in high-proof eugenics with a splash of AI, you'd end up with something like this.
It'll take a strong stomach to read this "gift" link.
It'll take a strong stomach to read this "gift" link.
Can You Optimize Love?
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:53 PM
If you made a Venn diagram of every weird person I knew in Silicon Valley during the first dot-com boom, centrifuged it, extracted the pellet, and re-suspended it in high-proof eugenics with a splash of AI, you'd end up with something like this.
It'll take a strong stomach to read this "gift" link.
It'll take a strong stomach to read this "gift" link.
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But the rainbow B2 is just as bad as the non-rainbow B2!!! Everybody knows that!!!!11!!11!
January 6, 2026 at 10:32 PM
But the rainbow B2 is just as bad as the non-rainbow B2!!! Everybody knows that!!!!11!!11!
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I’m doing my fucking best
January 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I’m doing my fucking best
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Tangential, but I keep seeing an anti-military thread w/ a decent number of flat-out lies, the gist being: "don't join the military it's evil" and I'm sort of dumbstruck. We need a military, and ideally we should have moral people staffing and running it. Don't cede control of that to shitty people!
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Tangential, but I keep seeing an anti-military thread w/ a decent number of flat-out lies, the gist being: "don't join the military it's evil" and I'm sort of dumbstruck. We need a military, and ideally we should have moral people staffing and running it. Don't cede control of that to shitty people!
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lot of hating him because he told them the truth going on in stephen's mentions rn
I had an old post on Twitter about this. The US spends about 18% of its GDP on the social safety net and 3.5% on military. Germany spends about 24-25% of its GDP on the social safety net and 2% on the military.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
just grievances all the way down
January 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
lot of hating him because he told them the truth going on in stephen's mentions rn
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Please stop assuming the military turns people MAGA.
Compared to a similar civilian demographic sample (80% male, 70% white, drawn predominately from the south and Midwest), veterans skew LESS conservative, not more.
Where you grew up is a bigger factor in shaping your politics than what you do.
Compared to a similar civilian demographic sample (80% male, 70% white, drawn predominately from the south and Midwest), veterans skew LESS conservative, not more.
Where you grew up is a bigger factor in shaping your politics than what you do.
January 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Please stop assuming the military turns people MAGA.
Compared to a similar civilian demographic sample (80% male, 70% white, drawn predominately from the south and Midwest), veterans skew LESS conservative, not more.
Where you grew up is a bigger factor in shaping your politics than what you do.
Compared to a similar civilian demographic sample (80% male, 70% white, drawn predominately from the south and Midwest), veterans skew LESS conservative, not more.
Where you grew up is a bigger factor in shaping your politics than what you do.
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Walz: "If they have emails showing that I have committed fraud, you should get those! Why aren't they putting them out there? Why aren't they turning them over to prosecutors? Right now they're hiding behind a veil of innuendo. They're protecting the biggest fraudster in the White House."
January 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Walz: "If they have emails showing that I have committed fraud, you should get those! Why aren't they putting them out there? Why aren't they turning them over to prosecutors? Right now they're hiding behind a veil of innuendo. They're protecting the biggest fraudster in the White House."
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Curtis Yarvin is beloved of people of mediocre mind and weak character. They want to go Nazi, but they don’t have the cobbles to do it without a gloss of mediocre pseudo-intellectual gibberish supporting it.
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Curtis Yarvin has written a very long screed in defense of his post in which he said, “Hitler spoke the truth.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
January 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Curtis Yarvin is beloved of people of mediocre mind and weak character. They want to go Nazi, but they don’t have the cobbles to do it without a gloss of mediocre pseudo-intellectual gibberish supporting it.
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/1
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Pretty sure Denmark has universal healthcare because they voted for it and pay higher taxes and accept other trade-offs for it, not because they‘re hoarding a magic healthcare tree, but that’s too complicated for the ballcap-selfie-in-car crowd.
January 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Pretty sure Denmark has universal healthcare because they voted for it and pay higher taxes and accept other trade-offs for it, not because they‘re hoarding a magic healthcare tree, but that’s too complicated for the ballcap-selfie-in-car crowd.
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Call Congress. Urge Support:
202-224-3121
A letter reinforces your call.
Text ‘sign PMXPPS’ to 50409 or write your own version with @resist.bot
resist.bot/petitions/PM...
202-224-3121
A letter reinforces your call.
Text ‘sign PMXPPS’ to 50409 or write your own version with @resist.bot
resist.bot/petitions/PM...
Yes to Immediate Passage of the Protect America’s Workforce Act
Text SIGN PMXPPS to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
January 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Call Congress. Urge Support:
202-224-3121
A letter reinforces your call.
Text ‘sign PMXPPS’ to 50409 or write your own version with @resist.bot
resist.bot/petitions/PM...
202-224-3121
A letter reinforces your call.
Text ‘sign PMXPPS’ to 50409 or write your own version with @resist.bot
resist.bot/petitions/PM...
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"oh no not crass politics"
i love crass politics if it means decent people have jobs, kids have education and health care. get down in the fucking mud and fight.
i love crass politics if it means decent people have jobs, kids have education and health care. get down in the fucking mud and fight.
January 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
"oh no not crass politics"
i love crass politics if it means decent people have jobs, kids have education and health care. get down in the fucking mud and fight.
i love crass politics if it means decent people have jobs, kids have education and health care. get down in the fucking mud and fight.
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NEW: A judge ruled Dec. 30 in my lawsuit that Northwestern DA David Sullivan’s office cannot block the public from seeing the names and case numbers of police officers who have been charged with crimes like possession of child pornography, assault and battery, and driving under the influence.
VICTORY: Northwestern DA must release names of cops charged with crimes, judge rules
DA’s office ordered to release accused officers’ names and case numbers—and pay The Mass Dump’s legal fees
andrewqmr.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
NEW: A judge ruled Dec. 30 in my lawsuit that Northwestern DA David Sullivan’s office cannot block the public from seeing the names and case numbers of police officers who have been charged with crimes like possession of child pornography, assault and battery, and driving under the influence.
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The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.
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🚨BREAKING: More than two weeks past its statutory deadline, the DOJ has released less than 1% of its Epstein documents and it will continue to be in violation of the law for the foreseeable future. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Less than 1% of Epstein files have been released, DOJ admits
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: More than two weeks past its statutory deadline, the DOJ has released less than 1% of its Epstein documents and it will continue to be in violation of the law for the foreseeable future. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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"The only rule of international relations is that the strong do what they want, see e.g. Thucydides's classic, Here's How the Athenians Lost the Peloponnesian War and Their Hegemony Because They Were Belligerent Arrogant Assholes"
January 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"The only rule of international relations is that the strong do what they want, see e.g. Thucydides's classic, Here's How the Athenians Lost the Peloponnesian War and Their Hegemony Because They Were Belligerent Arrogant Assholes"
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It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
Just because one CAN do a thing, it does not then follow that one MUST do that thing.
Also, the replies --chefkiss.jpg
Also, the replies --chefkiss.jpg
For those with a male perineum, there’s MOR, a device that can gently zap the area to either delay or intensify ejaculation.
January 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Just because one CAN do a thing, it does not then follow that one MUST do that thing.
Also, the replies --chefkiss.jpg
Also, the replies --chefkiss.jpg
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This is why I’m pushing for a state escrow account that holds federal funds before sending them on to Washington. If Trump wants to steal our tax dollars that were legally appropriated by Congress, then we should just be paying ourselves.
“Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado will be cut off from around $7 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance to households with children, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Monstrously cruel.
Monstrously cruel.
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This is why I’m pushing for a state escrow account that holds federal funds before sending them on to Washington. If Trump wants to steal our tax dollars that were legally appropriated by Congress, then we should just be paying ourselves.
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Elon Musk is producing CSAM the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Elon Musk is producing CSAM the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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"Ukraine has used these autonomous systems effectively to substitute for other capabilities that it lacks, like artillery and infantry mass."
Where pretty much all of these types of articles collapse is their presumption that NATO has such capabilities.
Where pretty much all of these types of articles collapse is their presumption that NATO has such capabilities.
“Ukraine’s battlefield technologies — especially drones — do not yet constitute a new way of warfare. Instead, they function mainly as substitutions for missing capabilities and have produced stalemate rather than decisive maneuver.”
A New Way of Warfare Requires More Than New Tech
When I look back at my 45 years of military service, one of the highlights of my military education was a battlefield tour I participated in during 2001
warontherocks.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM
"Ukraine has used these autonomous systems effectively to substitute for other capabilities that it lacks, like artillery and infantry mass."
Where pretty much all of these types of articles collapse is their presumption that NATO has such capabilities.
Where pretty much all of these types of articles collapse is their presumption that NATO has such capabilities.
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“Ukraine’s battlefield technologies — especially drones — do not yet constitute a new way of warfare. Instead, they function mainly as substitutions for missing capabilities and have produced stalemate rather than decisive maneuver.”
A New Way of Warfare Requires More Than New Tech
When I look back at my 45 years of military service, one of the highlights of my military education was a battlefield tour I participated in during 2001
warontherocks.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:10 AM
“Ukraine’s battlefield technologies — especially drones — do not yet constitute a new way of warfare. Instead, they function mainly as substitutions for missing capabilities and have produced stalemate rather than decisive maneuver.”
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HR McMaster, known non-practitioner of McMasterism, argues that removing Maduro was essentially great.
Watch from 5:45 for some elaborate nonsense on how kidnapping Maduro was all about supporting Venezuela's sovereignty
www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0... #CivMilSky
Watch from 5:45 for some elaborate nonsense on how kidnapping Maduro was all about supporting Venezuela's sovereignty
www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0... #CivMilSky
Fmr. Trump Advisor McMaster: U.S. operation in Venezuela sends a 'powerful' message to the world
Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, former U.S. National Security Advisor and special adviser to Mischler Financial Group, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the recent U.S. military operation in V...
www.cnbc.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
HR McMaster, known non-practitioner of McMasterism, argues that removing Maduro was essentially great.
Watch from 5:45 for some elaborate nonsense on how kidnapping Maduro was all about supporting Venezuela's sovereignty
www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0... #CivMilSky
Watch from 5:45 for some elaborate nonsense on how kidnapping Maduro was all about supporting Venezuela's sovereignty
www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0... #CivMilSky
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“Gender studies is useless! Now, please subscribe to my podcast on the male loneliness epidemic and be sure to check out my substack about the birth rate crisis and whether we should repeal the 19th amendment”
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
“Gender studies is useless! Now, please subscribe to my podcast on the male loneliness epidemic and be sure to check out my substack about the birth rate crisis and whether we should repeal the 19th amendment”
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The thing that’s so dumb about this is that there’s nothing legitimate about the strategic importance of Greenland that the US doesn’t get through existing alliances. Denmark isn’t impeding US strategic interests. It’s about them wanting to increase US land area by 20%.
Joint European statement on Greenland. They moved quickly after Miller’s comments about annexation last night.
January 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
The thing that’s so dumb about this is that there’s nothing legitimate about the strategic importance of Greenland that the US doesn’t get through existing alliances. Denmark isn’t impeding US strategic interests. It’s about them wanting to increase US land area by 20%.