Dr. Steven Buckley
@stevenjcbuckley.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Media Sociology. PhD in Journalism and US media. Researching digital streaming culture, political communication and authenticity.
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The dead-eyed soulless stare of someone lost to a cult.
Kristi Noem: "This is a time when our country really will find out who loves America, who wants the freedoms and liberties that our country represents, and how they're willing to stand up and defend it like President Trump is."
January 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The dead-eyed soulless stare of someone lost to a cult.
On the Sunday shows this morning Rubio kept talking about how no American lives were lost in the military action.
Clearly not giving a shit about the civilians that were likely killed during the action.
Clearly not giving a shit about the civilians that were likely killed during the action.
This celebration of corruption, violence, invasion, and colonization is also made possible through the systemic dehumanization of people living in the global south. The Trump administration weaponizes centuries of this rhetoric and its longstanding appeal to Americans
January 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
On the Sunday shows this morning Rubio kept talking about how no American lives were lost in the military action.
Clearly not giving a shit about the civilians that were likely killed during the action.
Clearly not giving a shit about the civilians that were likely killed during the action.
Bay of pigs 2 here we go!
WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
January 4, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Bay of pigs 2 here we go!
It is so painfully clear in this entire interview that the Trump administration has not thought about any actual plans as to what should happen in Venezuela beyond just securing the oil for US companies.
WELKER: How soon will elections be held in Venezuela? Within 30 days?
MARCO RUBIO: Elections? Look -- this is a country that's been governed by this regime for 15 years. The elections should've happened a long time ago.
MARCO RUBIO: Elections? Look -- this is a country that's been governed by this regime for 15 years. The elections should've happened a long time ago.
January 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
It is so painfully clear in this entire interview that the Trump administration has not thought about any actual plans as to what should happen in Venezuela beyond just securing the oil for US companies.
Cute how DM treats Tax Payers Alliance as a series org. Also the "analysis" seems to be = stuff they dont like.
Esport - One of the largest growing entertainment industries
Climate Justice - Important for policy design
Contemporary Identities - Just look at recent debate over 'Britishness'
Esport - One of the largest growing entertainment industries
Climate Justice - Important for policy design
Contemporary Identities - Just look at recent debate over 'Britishness'
27,000 students enrol on 800 'rip-off' Mickey Mouse courses including 'climate justice' and 'traditions of yoga' trib.al/n6LYgIl
27,000 students enrol on 800 'rip-off' Mickey Mouse courses
Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveals a wide range of dubious subjects being taken, including 'climate justice' and 'traditions of yoga'.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Cute how DM treats Tax Payers Alliance as a series org. Also the "analysis" seems to be = stuff they dont like.
Esport - One of the largest growing entertainment industries
Climate Justice - Important for policy design
Contemporary Identities - Just look at recent debate over 'Britishness'
Esport - One of the largest growing entertainment industries
Climate Justice - Important for policy design
Contemporary Identities - Just look at recent debate over 'Britishness'
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Lewis Goodall humiliates Labour's Darren Jones who is unable to criticise President Trump for breaking international law by attacking Venezuela
Humiliating, pathetic, soulless - Darren Jones, what a let down
Humiliating, pathetic, soulless - Darren Jones, what a let down
January 4, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Lewis Goodall humiliates Labour's Darren Jones who is unable to criticise President Trump for breaking international law by attacking Venezuela
Humiliating, pathetic, soulless - Darren Jones, what a let down
Humiliating, pathetic, soulless - Darren Jones, what a let down
“Reform did not provide an explanation.”
Reform UK refuses to take part in first Senedd election debate
Reform UK refuses to take part in first Senedd election debate
Martin Shipton Reform UK has been strongly criticised for refusing to take part in the first broadcast debate of 2026 in advance of May’s Senedd election. BBC Radio Wales’ Sunday Supplement programme…
nation.cymru
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
“Reform did not provide an explanation.”
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New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
Maybe because no one is buying papers anymore?
Also few teens working as chimney sweeps....
Also few teens working as chimney sweeps....
Death of the Saturday job? Fewer teenagers are taking up weekend work like paper rounds trib.al/Iqvh6rV
Fewer teenagers are taking up weekend work like paper rounds
The rite of passage where youngsters work for a few hours a week, learn some basic work skills and earn their own money helps to prepare them for real jobs, says Alan Milburn.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Maybe because no one is buying papers anymore?
Also few teens working as chimney sweeps....
Also few teens working as chimney sweeps....
So essentially paying people to get them to watch his show.
Seems pretty desperate if you ask me.
I feel like Mr Beast feels he's becoming culturally irrelevant compared to his highs a few years ago.
Seems pretty desperate if you ask me.
I feel like Mr Beast feels he's becoming culturally irrelevant compared to his highs a few years ago.
MrBeast, with Jasontheween, will allegedly be giving away ~8347 subs to Twitch streamers reacting to the new season of MrBeast's show on January 7, 2026.
January 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
So essentially paying people to get them to watch his show.
Seems pretty desperate if you ask me.
I feel like Mr Beast feels he's becoming culturally irrelevant compared to his highs a few years ago.
Seems pretty desperate if you ask me.
I feel like Mr Beast feels he's becoming culturally irrelevant compared to his highs a few years ago.
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This is definitely not a SCIF and, among many other things, this alone is a major national security breach. Random third rate intelligence agencies would have known about this attack before Congressional leaders did.
Trump is posting a bunch of photos without captions, presumably of him watching the Maduro kidnapping.
Is this the inside of a SCIF at Mar-a-Lago or did they just toss up some pipe and drape?
Is this the inside of a SCIF at Mar-a-Lago or did they just toss up some pipe and drape?
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is definitely not a SCIF and, among many other things, this alone is a major national security breach. Random third rate intelligence agencies would have known about this attack before Congressional leaders did.
I think this is the exact and correct reaction of pretty much anyone who isn't part of the Trump cult.
Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I think this is the exact and correct reaction of pretty much anyone who isn't part of the Trump cult.
There is a 0% chance that part of Trump's calculation behind his military actions in Venezuela is that it knocks the Epstein stuff off the headlines.
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
There is a 0% chance that part of Trump's calculation behind his military actions in Venezuela is that it knocks the Epstein stuff off the headlines.
Watching this press conference with Trump saying America/oil companies will be running Venezuela and it is so clear he is demented.
Both in the mental health sense and moral sense.
Both in the mental health sense and moral sense.
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Watching this press conference with Trump saying America/oil companies will be running Venezuela and it is so clear he is demented.
Both in the mental health sense and moral sense.
Both in the mental health sense and moral sense.
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He's literally set himself up as Ruler of Venezuela.
George Bush at least got a congressional resolution and an attempt at a UN resolution before invading and occupying Iraq.
Trump didn't even consult with the Gang of 8 in Congress and now declares himself the ruler. Sheesh.
George Bush at least got a congressional resolution and an attempt at a UN resolution before invading and occupying Iraq.
Trump didn't even consult with the Gang of 8 in Congress and now declares himself the ruler. Sheesh.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
He's literally set himself up as Ruler of Venezuela.
George Bush at least got a congressional resolution and an attempt at a UN resolution before invading and occupying Iraq.
Trump didn't even consult with the Gang of 8 in Congress and now declares himself the ruler. Sheesh.
George Bush at least got a congressional resolution and an attempt at a UN resolution before invading and occupying Iraq.
Trump didn't even consult with the Gang of 8 in Congress and now declares himself the ruler. Sheesh.
"It's a war"
So I'm sure GOP in congress will be up in arms about Trump not seeking congressional approval for this act of war?
Right?.....Right?
So I'm sure GOP in congress will be up in arms about Trump not seeking congressional approval for this act of war?
Right?.....Right?
Trump: "I think we had nobody killed, I have to say, because a couple guys were hit ... it's a war"
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"It's a war"
So I'm sure GOP in congress will be up in arms about Trump not seeking congressional approval for this act of war?
Right?.....Right?
So I'm sure GOP in congress will be up in arms about Trump not seeking congressional approval for this act of war?
Right?.....Right?
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January 3, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Is FIFA going to ask Trump to give back his peace prize?
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Is FIFA going to ask Trump to give back his peace prize?
Aging like milk take.
'inside the red-faced hawk is a dove, with an almost physical horror of violence'
'Trump is as close as a pacifist as we've seen in the White House'
Pure pundit brain from Ian Leslie in March 2025
'Trump is as close as a pacifist as we've seen in the White House'
Pure pundit brain from Ian Leslie in March 2025
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Aging like milk take.
Yet I bet if you asked that 1 in 3 if Sir Mo Farah or Boris Johnson or Richard E. Grant or Emma Watson was British, majority would say yes.
1 in 3 believe 'Britishness' is something you are born with - poll trib.al/DIKCOpq
1 in 3 believe 'Britishness' is something you are born with - poll
More than half (53 per cent) also think being born in Britain is an important part of being British - while a quarter of people surveyed said it was 'not important at all'.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Yet I bet if you asked that 1 in 3 if Sir Mo Farah or Boris Johnson or Richard E. Grant or Emma Watson was British, majority would say yes.
Can I put a bet on polymarket to bet that this person had insider information and is probably commiting some sort of crime?
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Can I put a bet on polymarket to bet that this person had insider information and is probably commiting some sort of crime?
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Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
It's not great having to be on the side of the likes of 4chan et al, but as a Brit I really hope Preston Byrne is successful in his mission.
I'd rather the UK government spent time going after Musk for publishing CSAM...
I'd rather the UK government spent time going after Musk for publishing CSAM...
I talked to the lawyer leading the legal crusade by 4Chan, Kiwi Farms, Gab and others against UK's mass censorship laws. Here's why you should support their fight:
The Websites Everyone Hates Might Save the Internet
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
It's not great having to be on the side of the likes of 4chan et al, but as a Brit I really hope Preston Byrne is successful in his mission.
I'd rather the UK government spent time going after Musk for publishing CSAM...
I'd rather the UK government spent time going after Musk for publishing CSAM...
Smart money would be betting it's going to pivot right into a ditch.
Microsoft and other hyperscalers will be fine(ish) due to making money elsewhere. Pure AI companies are going to crash. Alot. Simply is no profot in AI and the VC money will soon run out.
Microsoft and other hyperscalers will be fine(ish) due to making money elsewhere. Pure AI companies are going to crash. Alot. Simply is no profot in AI and the VC money will soon run out.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is now blogging about AI slop. Nadella wants everyone to move beyond the arguments about AI slop, in a "pivotal year for AI". Full details here 👇 www.theverge.com/news/852630/...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is now blogging about AI slop
Nadella doesn’t want to argue about AI slop anymore
www.theverge.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Smart money would be betting it's going to pivot right into a ditch.
Microsoft and other hyperscalers will be fine(ish) due to making money elsewhere. Pure AI companies are going to crash. Alot. Simply is no profot in AI and the VC money will soon run out.
Microsoft and other hyperscalers will be fine(ish) due to making money elsewhere. Pure AI companies are going to crash. Alot. Simply is no profot in AI and the VC money will soon run out.
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Bari Weiss’s CBS News directly attacking academics, subject matter experts, in the promo for her new CBS Evening News.
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Bari Weiss’s CBS News directly attacking academics, subject matter experts, in the promo for her new CBS Evening News.