@sparkletuna.bsky.social
This is so true that it happened to me and I never watched it 😅😅
it is not interested in plot, it is not interested in worldbuilding, it is not interested in anything except throwing random disconnected snapshots of nostalgia at you
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
I feel comfortable saying Rise of Skywalker was the worst Star Wars because it is the only one I genuinely do not remember enough of it to offer a coherent explanation of the plot. I think a knife and Poe’s ex-wife were somehow involved.
February 18, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This is so true that it happened to me and I never watched it 😅😅
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Trumpers: "Go back to China!"
Eileen Gu: "Ok."
Trumpers: "Not like that!"
Eileen Gu: "Ok."
Trumpers: "Not like that!"
February 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Trumpers: "Go back to China!"
Eileen Gu: "Ok."
Trumpers: "Not like that!"
Eileen Gu: "Ok."
Trumpers: "Not like that!"
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oh you think white people don't have culture? what about this sickly family of incestuous warlords from a book i didn't read?
February 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
oh you think white people don't have culture? what about this sickly family of incestuous warlords from a book i didn't read?
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Trump actually says he wants the price of housing to rise even more.
February 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Trump actually says he wants the price of housing to rise even more.
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journalists think they "learn more" on X because it is durably shifting users' views on policy and current events towards conservative positions -- which assuredly nets them more positive attention and engagement on the platform
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM
journalists think they "learn more" on X because it is durably shifting users' views on policy and current events towards conservative positions -- which assuredly nets them more positive attention and engagement on the platform
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.
#BrutalButAccurate
#BrutalButAccurate
February 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.
#BrutalButAccurate
#BrutalButAccurate
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FIRE: “Hypocrisy is not a virtue”
February 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
FIRE: “Hypocrisy is not a virtue”
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I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
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“Not one third of the inhabitants, even of this province, are of English descent,” Thomas Paine noted in Common Sense, "This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe."
February 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
“Not one third of the inhabitants, even of this province, are of English descent,” Thomas Paine noted in Common Sense, "This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe."
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We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.
February 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.
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🔥 the only appropriate reaction to Lydia Moynihan
February 17, 2026 at 3:39 PM
🔥 the only appropriate reaction to Lydia Moynihan
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Special for my friends in the media!
Before you use numbers from a new DHS “economic impact analysis” in reporting on a new Trump prison camp, please consider that these reports appear to be (to use a technical term) horseshit.
Helpful explanation here:
projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/federal-ec...
Before you use numbers from a new DHS “economic impact analysis” in reporting on a new Trump prison camp, please consider that these reports appear to be (to use a technical term) horseshit.
Helpful explanation here:
projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/federal-ec...
Federal Economic Analysis for Detention Site Riddled With Errors on Taxes, Jobs, Geography
Document incorrectly references Oklahoma economy and inflates job numbers with theoretical positions
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Special for my friends in the media!
Before you use numbers from a new DHS “economic impact analysis” in reporting on a new Trump prison camp, please consider that these reports appear to be (to use a technical term) horseshit.
Helpful explanation here:
projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/federal-ec...
Before you use numbers from a new DHS “economic impact analysis” in reporting on a new Trump prison camp, please consider that these reports appear to be (to use a technical term) horseshit.
Helpful explanation here:
projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/federal-ec...
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
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Political scientist Dan Gillion analyzed presidential speech and found that Obama talked about race and racial issues less than any other modern president
February 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Political scientist Dan Gillion analyzed presidential speech and found that Obama talked about race and racial issues less than any other modern president
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What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
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I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
February 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
“Pro life”
"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances.
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
February 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
“Pro life”
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Trump tried everything possible to create riots in Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago and failed. Even had film crews in tow to create propaganda videos.
Instead they got peaceful resistance and observers. Upped ante in Minnesota hoping for George Floyd murder response.
Failed again. Miserably.
Instead they got peaceful resistance and observers. Upped ante in Minnesota hoping for George Floyd murder response.
Failed again. Miserably.
February 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Trump tried everything possible to create riots in Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago and failed. Even had film crews in tow to create propaganda videos.
Instead they got peaceful resistance and observers. Upped ante in Minnesota hoping for George Floyd murder response.
Failed again. Miserably.
Instead they got peaceful resistance and observers. Upped ante in Minnesota hoping for George Floyd murder response.
Failed again. Miserably.
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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his multicultural economic zone. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his autarkic ethnostate.
“You’re gonna die for a ‘multicultural economic zone?’”
“Someone is.”
“Someone is.”
Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
February 16, 2026 at 12:13 AM
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his multicultural economic zone. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his autarkic ethnostate.
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People dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
a close up of a man wearing a hat and goggles with his mouth open .
ALT: a close up of a man wearing a hat and goggles with his mouth open .
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
People dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
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People dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
a man with a beard is standing in front of a group of soldiers in uniform .
ALT: a man with a beard is standing in front of a group of soldiers in uniform .
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
People dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
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Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”