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tdtoussaint.bsky.social
aka Netherworld Books 🍉
@tdtoussaint.bsky.social
560 followers 1.7K following 800 posts
Bitter old marshmallow, making a sincere effort to block & move on

Wired: Yasuaki Shimizu; Novara Media; weird novellas
Mired: US hegemony; the duopoly; cis man ukulele music 🎶

Former main thing, current side thing: https://netherworldbooks.net/
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tdtoussaint.bsky.social
Reagan glazing to Nixon talk in 4 short months —

Is 2026 the year democrats propose the formation of a committee to study irregularities in the Trump admin’s compliance with court orders??
🤯
nunesalt.bsky.social Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 2d
"Almost Nixonian"
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d
Sen. Mark Warner on Tulsi Gabbard going to the Fulton County elections office: "We have not been informed of any foreign nexus. The job of the DNI is to be outward facing — about foreigners, not about Americans…My fear in this case is it almost seems Nixonian."
February 10, 2026 at 10:52 AM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
We *do* have to look to China now, and Cuba and hopefully BRIC countries? for any hopes of defeating the Epstein Class & their ongoing theft of this planet’s future
February 7, 2026 at 11:56 AM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
The plan was not to develop a plan. The Democrats’ ‘strategy’ has been to clear the way, make occasional noises abt hey politeness counts!

Want maga to never disappear? Elect more vacuous, phony, ass-kissing Democrats 🤮
rebelwithacause2.bsky.social Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 4d
IT'S COMING ...
FASCISM IS IN CONTROL ...
JUST LIKE PUTIN ...

tRUMPSTEIN WILL GIVE HIMSELF 95% OF OUR VOTES ... 🤬🤬🤬

SO WHAT'S THE PLAN???
February 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
… a Dem who actually tries to help 🤯

no wonder they whine & whimper abt how integrity won’t fly outside of nyc, the absolute shits
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
February 7, 2026 at 10:27 AM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
Ok! #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

hot take: Julianna Marguilies shouldn’t be in pictures
Big City Blues, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Death is a Caress, Ghost Ship
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
Hey sorry but djt has been pretending not to be racist? and this monkey garbage strongly suggests he is?? I’m losing my mind what year is this???
February 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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dylanhenner.bsky.social
Do you like "The Simpsons"?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucv9...
Dylan Henner - Bart vs The World (ambient Simpsons) full album visualiser
YouTube video by Dylan Henner
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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vamroses.bsky.social
Political Maturity Is Realizing The Commies Were Correct
open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj...
Political Maturity Is Realizing The Commies Were Correct
Reading by Tim Foley:
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.

www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
A final but especially important reason that popularism has put the United States at greater, not lower, risk of authoritarianism is the Democratic Party’s overly cautious use of institutional authority and political power beyond elections. Popularism doesn’t just urge candidates to check the polls before making a campaign decision; by defining politics down to poll-watching, it trains leaders to check with polls before governing—any use of their legislative and administrative power. Successful opposition parties in authoritarian environments around the world don’t do this: they engage in politics in order to wield power, not just to win or maintain it. But in the United States, the opposition party sees elections as its only tool, even as the regime repeatedly and brazenly threatens electoral integrity. The implicit pitch is “at least if you vote for us, you keep the right from governing.” Examples of Democratic squeamishness about power abound. The Democrats have just now begun to engage in partisan gerrymandering, fifteen years after Republicans used it to tremendous gain. And Democratic politicians who call Trump a dictator have voted for nearly all of his nominees in the Senate. In this, Democratic leaders are the ultimate popularists—waiting to use their institutional power until it is overwhelmingly clear that public opinion is on their side. The results have been disastrous. Most consequential was the hesitancy of the Department of Justice under Merrick Garland to swiftly and aggressively prosecute Trump for the coup attempt on January 6, 2021. That’s exactly the opposite of what Lula’s government has done to Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil after Bolsonaro’s own coup attempt. As seen across more than two dozen other countries that convicted or banned from office national leaders for constitutional violations and crimes since 2010, this is not an impossible task.
February 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
jfc, depravity
February 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
Your Democrats sure aren’t going to rain on this parade 🤑 capitalist innovation!
January 31, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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irlagainstfascism.bsky.social
A thousand times this 👇👇👇
January 31, 2026 at 9:29 AM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
if Tarantino’d made a fetish out of Terayama instead of Corbucci… have given this some thought & that is clearly a preferable timeline

#LastFourFriday
#Letterboxd
Frailty, Smallpox Tale, Kipperbang, Ginza Cosmetics
January 30, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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seizethepress.bsky.social
STP Issue #13 is out now! A bumper issue of weird fiction, wretched vibes, queer cyberpunk, vengeful aliens, an unhinged horsegirl, and loads more.

The sick cover art is by Ana Luna and design is by J.R. Bolt.
Cover of Seize The Press Magazine issue thirteen, showing an insectoid humanoid looking up to the sky as a flaming skull comet hurtles towards impact.
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
Uncertain Sons by @thomasha.bsky.social - an incredible collection so far :)
older.bsky.social Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 14d
what are we reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaading?
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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grumpyoldleftygit.bsky.social
Walz ISN'T an exception to the rule. MOST Dems in Congress support the idea & tactics of ICE. 7 just voted to give ICE $10bn more WITHOUT CONDITIONS, most of the rest want ICE to continue doing what it does, but without embarrassing them with bad press.

All but 4 take pro-🇮🇱 bribes to fund genocide.
A list of all the years of the existence of ICE, since its creation in 2003 until 2025. (Thanks to @my-random-name.bsky.social for this list.) Each year from 2003 to 2016 has the comment "Democrats fund ICE." From 2017 to 2020 (Trump's first term), the comment changes to "Democrats denounce ICE." 2021 (Beginning of Biden's term as POTUS): Democrats fund ICE again. From 2022 to 2024 (Biden's other years as POTUS): Democrats break funding record for ICE. 2025 (Trump returns): Democrats denounce ICE.
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 AM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
Dem’s single, defining move for 30+ years! Has never worked :(

Very same pols who drove the party into a ditch still at the wheel of course, dead-eyed & clammy, listing rightward

Please, Dems, demand new leadership NOW. vote for better and *different* ppl next time :) risk fresh ideas!
edburmila.bsky.social Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 14d
Anyway, Bill Clinton taught the party to think like this, to whittle down your asks to make sure they look "reasonable" so that when the GOP tells you to fuck off you can turn to the camera and say "Look how unreasonable they are!"

Someone should write a book about this, etc
January 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
All this wishcasting — Democrats, ffs, if anyone is supposed to take your evasion & half measures seriously… how is this man still leading the Senate?

You’re waiting for what, exactly??
murshedz.bsky.social Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 15d
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”

Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.

So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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amazonpissjugs.bsky.social
Dems are liars and must be deposed
zhugeex.com Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 15d
As an aside, Chris Murphy voted yes on the bill that allowed this to happen.
chrismurphyct.bsky.social Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16d
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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antizionistjew.bsky.social
Apartheid
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
Boom! #letterboxd #LastFourWatched
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Beast in Space, Cloud, Welcome Back Mr McDonald
January 24, 2026 at 1:25 AM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
!!!!!! I have seen The Great Silence and wow, this is some good intuition
rejectionking.bsky.social sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 19d
!!!!!!!
rahulkohli13.bsky.social Rahul Kohli @rahulkohli13.bsky.social · 19d
Never seen Sergio Corbucci’s The Great Silence before, but I had to make this 4K my first viewing.
January 22, 2026 at 1:35 PM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
Could you imagine a US democrat going after Palantir? ahahahaha

Please invigorate our greens! 👍
January 22, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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joelhs.bsky.social
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
From Senator Chris McDaniel: “Lately, some folks have taken to calling ICE “the Gestapo.” It sounds fierce. It feels righteous. But it isn’t true, and it isn’t harmless. The Gestapo was a secret police force. No warrants. No courts. No lawyers. And no appeals. People vanished in the night, not because they broke the law, but because the law no longer meant anything. The knock on the door was the sentence. ICE isn’t that. Not even close. ICE is a public agency enforcing laws passed by elected officials. Its agents file reports. They seek warrants. They lose cases. Judges stop them. Lawyers challenge them. Some detainees go home. That’s not tyranny. That’s bureaucracy, for better and worse. You can hate immigration policy. You can argue enforcement is too harsh, too sloppy, or too broad. You can work to have the law changed if you wish. That’s a republic doing what it’s supposed to do. But when you call ordinary law enforcement “the Gestapo,” you cheapen real evil. You turn history into a slogan and suffering into a metaphor. And once every badge is tyranny, no tyranny is left to recognize. In Mississippi, I was raised to believe words should earn their weight. This one hasn't yet. It throws around the language of dictatorship while living under a system where courts still rule, lawyers still argue, and the government still loses. That difference matters. Because the day enforcement becomes secret, unchecked, and answerable to no one, we won’t need to borrow names from history. We’ll know exactly what we’re dealing with. And we’ll wish we’d kept our words honest.”
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
tdtoussaint.bsky.social
absolutely. not a crime, but obv nothing to be gained by refuting your own eyes, ears & faculties!

cc: the fking centrists
January 19, 2026 at 5:37 PM