The Center Holds
@thecenterholds.bsky.social
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Worth fighting for.
Information and commentary on politics, society, and current events from an ex-data scientist/social scientist.
Worth fighting for.
Information and commentary on politics, society, and current events from an ex-data scientist/social scientist.
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"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
- William Butler Yeats, 1919
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
- William Butler Yeats, 1919
Someone tell whatever remotely sane portion of the 77 million who voted for him that they can always hide their embarrassment by acting like they never did, and start helping us resist this worthless POS.
Past is past. They are welcome to start finding their humanity again.
Past is past. They are welcome to start finding their humanity again.
December 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Someone tell whatever remotely sane portion of the 77 million who voted for him that they can always hide their embarrassment by acting like they never did, and start helping us resist this worthless POS.
Past is past. They are welcome to start finding their humanity again.
Past is past. They are welcome to start finding their humanity again.
Putin's mind:
1) The US destroyed the USSR
2) The US humiliated Russia
Therefore:
3) I will destroy the USA
4) I will humiliate Americans
All while I:
5) Rebuild a new Russian Empire
6) Make Russia the new master of Europe
1) The US destroyed the USSR
2) The US humiliated Russia
Therefore:
3) I will destroy the USA
4) I will humiliate Americans
All while I:
5) Rebuild a new Russian Empire
6) Make Russia the new master of Europe
December 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Putin's mind:
1) The US destroyed the USSR
2) The US humiliated Russia
Therefore:
3) I will destroy the USA
4) I will humiliate Americans
All while I:
5) Rebuild a new Russian Empire
6) Make Russia the new master of Europe
1) The US destroyed the USSR
2) The US humiliated Russia
Therefore:
3) I will destroy the USA
4) I will humiliate Americans
All while I:
5) Rebuild a new Russian Empire
6) Make Russia the new master of Europe
The USA has gone from 'leader of the free world' to a rogue state in 10 months...no offense to rogue states.
December 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The USA has gone from 'leader of the free world' to a rogue state in 10 months...no offense to rogue states.
We need Democrats that are ready and willing to engage in genuine parliamentary warfare. Few are up for it. Replace them with fighters and let's cut the head off this Russian occupation.
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We need Democrats that are ready and willing to engage in genuine parliamentary warfare. Few are up for it. Replace them with fighters and let's cut the head off this Russian occupation.
"Evil beyond belief"
-Jeffery Epstien speaking of Donald Trump.
That is how repugnant that POS president is. This is the biglyest con job in history. Partially brought to you by Russian Intelligence Services.
-Jeffery Epstien speaking of Donald Trump.
That is how repugnant that POS president is. This is the biglyest con job in history. Partially brought to you by Russian Intelligence Services.
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Evil beyond belief"
-Jeffery Epstien speaking of Donald Trump.
That is how repugnant that POS president is. This is the biglyest con job in history. Partially brought to you by Russian Intelligence Services.
-Jeffery Epstien speaking of Donald Trump.
That is how repugnant that POS president is. This is the biglyest con job in history. Partially brought to you by Russian Intelligence Services.
The USA is already at war with Putin.
It is just that nobody has told the the American people yet. That is why Putin is winning.
It is just that nobody has told the the American people yet. That is why Putin is winning.
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The USA is already at war with Putin.
It is just that nobody has told the the American people yet. That is why Putin is winning.
It is just that nobody has told the the American people yet. That is why Putin is winning.
Fun fact: Roughly 10% of all Homo Sapiens that have ever lived are alive today.
Fun conjecture: Roughly 25% of the Village Idiots that have ever lived are also alive today.
Fun conjecture: Roughly 25% of the Village Idiots that have ever lived are also alive today.
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Fun fact: Roughly 10% of all Homo Sapiens that have ever lived are alive today.
Fun conjecture: Roughly 25% of the Village Idiots that have ever lived are also alive today.
Fun conjecture: Roughly 25% of the Village Idiots that have ever lived are also alive today.
I'd bet that if you voted for Child Rapist in 2024 that you are barely qualified to run your own life, let alone productivity participate in running a civil society.
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'd bet that if you voted for Child Rapist in 2024 that you are barely qualified to run your own life, let alone productivity participate in running a civil society.
The U.S. Congress is not competent enough to have a clear-eyed view of the combined facets of biology, history, psychology, and sociology of sex and gender.
Call me crazy.
To be fair I don't see many people out in the world that can pull it off either. Too many people think THEY have it figued out.
Call me crazy.
To be fair I don't see many people out in the world that can pull it off either. Too many people think THEY have it figued out.
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The U.S. Congress is not competent enough to have a clear-eyed view of the combined facets of biology, history, psychology, and sociology of sex and gender.
Call me crazy.
To be fair I don't see many people out in the world that can pull it off either. Too many people think THEY have it figued out.
Call me crazy.
To be fair I don't see many people out in the world that can pull it off either. Too many people think THEY have it figued out.
Only 25 out of the World's 192 nations have GDPs that exceed Elon Musks net worth.
He has as about as much wealth as the combined GDP of 70 nations.
Time to do something. One person has no right to that much power. Let alone an asshat like him.
He has as about as much wealth as the combined GDP of 70 nations.
Time to do something. One person has no right to that much power. Let alone an asshat like him.
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Only 25 out of the World's 192 nations have GDPs that exceed Elon Musks net worth.
He has as about as much wealth as the combined GDP of 70 nations.
Time to do something. One person has no right to that much power. Let alone an asshat like him.
He has as about as much wealth as the combined GDP of 70 nations.
Time to do something. One person has no right to that much power. Let alone an asshat like him.
Tech billionaires should only exist in history books as a cautionary tale.
Break them down to size. They can not be left alone to sit on their mountains of locked up wealth. They can be rich, but they can NOT be national GDP rich.
Break them down to size. They can not be left alone to sit on their mountains of locked up wealth. They can be rich, but they can NOT be national GDP rich.
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Tech billionaires should only exist in history books as a cautionary tale.
Break them down to size. They can not be left alone to sit on their mountains of locked up wealth. They can be rich, but they can NOT be national GDP rich.
Break them down to size. They can not be left alone to sit on their mountains of locked up wealth. They can be rich, but they can NOT be national GDP rich.
In my magical land Michelle Obama is kicking the shit out of that cowardly rolly-polly Child Raping POS. In reality, she won't. But in reality she most definitely could.
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In my magical land Michelle Obama is kicking the shit out of that cowardly rolly-polly Child Raping POS. In reality, she won't. But in reality she most definitely could.
When Child Rapist dies, all his closest 'friends' and family will dab tissue at their dry eyes and tear at his legacy like a pack of hyenas. Nobody that knows him, loves him.
December 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When Child Rapist dies, all his closest 'friends' and family will dab tissue at their dry eyes and tear at his legacy like a pack of hyenas. Nobody that knows him, loves him.
I'm pretty sure the Child Rapist has torn the fabric of reality with the combined density of his stupidity and psychopathy. I think we have all crossed into some bizzaro universe.
It is all so very unreal. I never imagined this level if moronic assholery was even possible.
It is all so very unreal. I never imagined this level if moronic assholery was even possible.
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I'm pretty sure the Child Rapist has torn the fabric of reality with the combined density of his stupidity and psychopathy. I think we have all crossed into some bizzaro universe.
It is all so very unreal. I never imagined this level if moronic assholery was even possible.
It is all so very unreal. I never imagined this level if moronic assholery was even possible.
Putin is at war with the USA. The enemy is behind the lines. They broke through where we were weakest: Our ignorant, hateful citizens.
We need to go on a war footing against Russia. It starts by evicting the GOP criminal gang from power.
We need to go on a war footing against Russia. It starts by evicting the GOP criminal gang from power.
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Putin is at war with the USA. The enemy is behind the lines. They broke through where we were weakest: Our ignorant, hateful citizens.
We need to go on a war footing against Russia. It starts by evicting the GOP criminal gang from power.
We need to go on a war footing against Russia. It starts by evicting the GOP criminal gang from power.
"We are being contested from sea to space - from the battlefield to the boardroom. And even our brains as disinformation manipulates our understanding of each other and ourselves"
This is how Biden should have been talking. Trump is a Psyops weapon from Russia. The U.S. can not afford lazy thinking.
This is how Biden should have been talking. Trump is a Psyops weapon from Russia. The U.S. can not afford lazy thinking.
Russia trying to 'bully' UK and allies with attacks under threshold of all-out war, MI6 chief says
Blaise Metreweli said Britain is "operating in a space between peace and war" and that everyone has a responsibility to understand the dangers.
news.sky.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"We are being contested from sea to space - from the battlefield to the boardroom. And even our brains as disinformation manipulates our understanding of each other and ourselves"
This is how Biden should have been talking. Trump is a Psyops weapon from Russia. The U.S. can not afford lazy thinking.
This is how Biden should have been talking. Trump is a Psyops weapon from Russia. The U.S. can not afford lazy thinking.
How did it go with Melania Trump's "Be Best" anti-cyberbullying campaign?
December 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
How did it go with Melania Trump's "Be Best" anti-cyberbullying campaign?
Elon Musk hanging out with all his friends on Twitter.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Elon Musk hanging out with all his friends on Twitter.
You lose all credibility when you try to suggest the Child Rapist in Chief is not a total scumbag.
He is. Period. If you don't agree, I don't want you near me.
He is. Period. If you don't agree, I don't want you near me.
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
You lose all credibility when you try to suggest the Child Rapist in Chief is not a total scumbag.
He is. Period. If you don't agree, I don't want you near me.
He is. Period. If you don't agree, I don't want you near me.
I have seen a fake-cry Erika Kirk dab the snot from her nose with a tissue and then use the same tissue to dab the fake tears from her eyes.
Doesn't seem healthy to smear boogers in your eyes. I say because I care...no wait, I don't care. It's just nasty. That's all. She's gross.
Doesn't seem healthy to smear boogers in your eyes. I say because I care...no wait, I don't care. It's just nasty. That's all. She's gross.
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I have seen a fake-cry Erika Kirk dab the snot from her nose with a tissue and then use the same tissue to dab the fake tears from her eyes.
Doesn't seem healthy to smear boogers in your eyes. I say because I care...no wait, I don't care. It's just nasty. That's all. She's gross.
Doesn't seem healthy to smear boogers in your eyes. I say because I care...no wait, I don't care. It's just nasty. That's all. She's gross.
I never imagined that I would experience a president that the worst villains in history would likely feel was morally repugnant.
I fully know that the only reason the Child Rapist isn't engaged in mass torture/genocide is because he is too incompetent and impatient to build the apparatus for it.
I fully know that the only reason the Child Rapist isn't engaged in mass torture/genocide is because he is too incompetent and impatient to build the apparatus for it.
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I never imagined that I would experience a president that the worst villains in history would likely feel was morally repugnant.
I fully know that the only reason the Child Rapist isn't engaged in mass torture/genocide is because he is too incompetent and impatient to build the apparatus for it.
I fully know that the only reason the Child Rapist isn't engaged in mass torture/genocide is because he is too incompetent and impatient to build the apparatus for it.
MAGA has been made so afraid of a wholly manufactured rampaging brown-skinned atheist Islamic Antifa transgender boogeyman that many feel like they have to cozy up next to a child rapist who swears he is the only one that can protect them from existential erasure.
These folks are totally captured.
These folks are totally captured.
December 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
MAGA has been made so afraid of a wholly manufactured rampaging brown-skinned atheist Islamic Antifa transgender boogeyman that many feel like they have to cozy up next to a child rapist who swears he is the only one that can protect them from existential erasure.
These folks are totally captured.
These folks are totally captured.
Do you love superhero movies as a genre? Cool. They can be fun.
That said. Superhero movies are a middle finger in the face of the public. There are better ones and worse ones, but they are ALL mediocre. Some great movies have never been made because of the safe investment in this cultural slop.
That said. Superhero movies are a middle finger in the face of the public. There are better ones and worse ones, but they are ALL mediocre. Some great movies have never been made because of the safe investment in this cultural slop.
December 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Do you love superhero movies as a genre? Cool. They can be fun.
That said. Superhero movies are a middle finger in the face of the public. There are better ones and worse ones, but they are ALL mediocre. Some great movies have never been made because of the safe investment in this cultural slop.
That said. Superhero movies are a middle finger in the face of the public. There are better ones and worse ones, but they are ALL mediocre. Some great movies have never been made because of the safe investment in this cultural slop.
Child Rapist and this regime are an epic act of self-sabotage by the American voters.
The continuation of Chuck Schumer as Senate leader is another self-inflicted obstacle that undermines our ability to fight and win.
He is Mr. 'Stong words'. He is a weak, losing bet. He impedes our ability to win.
The continuation of Chuck Schumer as Senate leader is another self-inflicted obstacle that undermines our ability to fight and win.
He is Mr. 'Stong words'. He is a weak, losing bet. He impedes our ability to win.
Chuck Schumer leads a chant of "We will win! We will win! We won't rest! We won't rest!"
YouTube video by The Golden Circle
m.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Child Rapist and this regime are an epic act of self-sabotage by the American voters.
The continuation of Chuck Schumer as Senate leader is another self-inflicted obstacle that undermines our ability to fight and win.
He is Mr. 'Stong words'. He is a weak, losing bet. He impedes our ability to win.
The continuation of Chuck Schumer as Senate leader is another self-inflicted obstacle that undermines our ability to fight and win.
He is Mr. 'Stong words'. He is a weak, losing bet. He impedes our ability to win.