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@theoderic.bsky.social
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George Washington in public (1776): Perseverance and Spirit have done Wonders in all ages. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
George Washington in private (1776): My men are all drunk, dying of smallpox, or both. We have three (3) bullets between us to hold off 20,000 British regulars. I curse God that I ever took this command.
George Washington in private (1776): My men are all drunk, dying of smallpox, or both. We have three (3) bullets between us to hold off 20,000 British regulars. I curse God that I ever took this command.
February 9, 2026 at 10:41 PM
George Washington in public (1776): Perseverance and Spirit have done Wonders in all ages. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
George Washington in private (1776): My men are all drunk, dying of smallpox, or both. We have three (3) bullets between us to hold off 20,000 British regulars. I curse God that I ever took this command.
George Washington in private (1776): My men are all drunk, dying of smallpox, or both. We have three (3) bullets between us to hold off 20,000 British regulars. I curse God that I ever took this command.
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Truly a scourge. In a more functional political system we’d see a religious right/economic justice left bloc emerge to crush sports betting. If it can’t happen in Congress, maybe the states can do it one at a time?
Very annoyed at the people who decided to open the floodgates to online sports betting, it is absolutely a scourge. Great piece from Gabrielle Gurley on people spending hours a day on these predatory apps.
The Scourge of Online Sports Betting - The American Prospect
States and leagues must face up to the damage from app-based gambling for the next generation of bettors, most of them young men.
prospect.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Truly a scourge. In a more functional political system we’d see a religious right/economic justice left bloc emerge to crush sports betting. If it can’t happen in Congress, maybe the states can do it one at a time?
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Yes, some of us did, but the libertarians at Reason were not prominent among them, except for the one who got fired for it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Yes, some of us did, but the libertarians at Reason were not prominent among them, except for the one who got fired for it.
Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane
February 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane
Call me old fashioned but I think all bunnies are good bunnies
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Call me old fashioned but I think all bunnies are good bunnies
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Ackman has the proud ignorance and susceptibility to scams that we’d expect from someone who only learned about politics *after* becoming too rich for anyone to correct or challenge his beliefs
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Ackman has the proud ignorance and susceptibility to scams that we’d expect from someone who only learned about politics *after* becoming too rich for anyone to correct or challenge his beliefs
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NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“Show me a video of people expressing their come for JD Vance”
GOOGLE:
GOOGLE:
February 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
“Show me a video of people expressing their come for JD Vance”
GOOGLE:
GOOGLE:
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To recognize how indispensable local coverage is, you need only look at Sari Horwitz's holy-shit investigations of a broken child welfare system, rampant police shootings and the corporate-fed opioid crisis, stories that opened eyes and led to change.
We were there for the more uplifting stories too, the cops who broke a cold case, the educators who turned around a struggling school, the residents who rallied to help neighbors in trouble, the student athletes who won the big game, the entrepreneurs who started something new.
When county officials wasted taxpayer money, raised taxes on overstretched homeowners, gave sweetheart zoning deals to developers who filled their election coffers, we were there. When teachers who sexually abused students were quietly transferred to other schools to do it again, we were there.
February 7, 2026 at 2:43 PM
To recognize how indispensable local coverage is, you need only look at Sari Horwitz's holy-shit investigations of a broken child welfare system, rampant police shootings and the corporate-fed opioid crisis, stories that opened eyes and led to change.
This is an age old-elite sentiment — “the masses will be content with their bread and circuses” — updated with a gloss of modern racism
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 2:24 PM
This is an age old-elite sentiment — “the masses will be content with their bread and circuses” — updated with a gloss of modern racism
SOCIOLOGISTS: Human society is complex and we should strive to understand and improve it 😃
DE SANTIS: Get the HELL out of my state
DE SANTIS: Get the HELL out of my state
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 1:04 PM
SOCIOLOGISTS: Human society is complex and we should strive to understand and improve it 😃
DE SANTIS: Get the HELL out of my state
DE SANTIS: Get the HELL out of my state
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Dems should be explicit that when they retake Congress and the White House they will be stripping his name off of everything.
The ego damage would be significant
The ego damage would be significant
Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds
Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds
Funding for the Gateway Project has been held up since October.
dlvr.it
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Dems should be explicit that when they retake Congress and the White House they will be stripping his name off of everything.
The ego damage would be significant
The ego damage would be significant
Isn’t this… very strong evidence that DOJ staff used a Ctrl-F search to protect a guy named Joseph?
While still leaving many victims' names & faces on display, the DOJ's overzealous redactions apparently blacked out even the name of "Joseph" from a photo caption describing a Nativity scene.
"A Nativity scene depicting Jesus, Mary and (REDACTED)," it said. #EpsteinFiles
apnews.com/article/jeff...
"A Nativity scene depicting Jesus, Mary and (REDACTED)," it said. #EpsteinFiles
apnews.com/article/jeff...
Epstein files rife with uncensored nudes and victims' names, despite redaction efforts
Nude photos. The names and faces of sexual abuse victims. Bank account and Social Security numbers in full view.
apnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Isn’t this… very strong evidence that DOJ staff used a Ctrl-F search to protect a guy named Joseph?
“I am ashamed of the Age I live in.”
- John Adams to Abigail Adams, October 8, 1776
- John Adams to Abigail Adams, October 8, 1776
excerpt from the keynote speech at the annual Rape Traffickers Convention
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
“I am ashamed of the Age I live in.”
- John Adams to Abigail Adams, October 8, 1776
- John Adams to Abigail Adams, October 8, 1776
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On 1 May 1517, xenophobic mobs, riled up by preachers who were in turn pressured by wealthy broker John Lincoln, rioted in London. They claimed that foreigners were stealing their jobs and welfare. Thomas More, then under-sheriff of London, tried to stop the mob with an empassioned speech.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
On 1 May 1517, xenophobic mobs, riled up by preachers who were in turn pressured by wealthy broker John Lincoln, rioted in London. They claimed that foreigners were stealing their jobs and welfare. Thomas More, then under-sheriff of London, tried to stop the mob with an empassioned speech.
If and when the AI bubble pops, remember: Trump’s team bet on an AI boom to save them from the *other* disastrous, ideologically-driven choices they made — from tariffs to shredding the federal workforce.
Any crash is on them. All of it.
Any crash is on them. All of it.
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
If and when the AI bubble pops, remember: Trump’s team bet on an AI boom to save them from the *other* disastrous, ideologically-driven choices they made — from tariffs to shredding the federal workforce.
Any crash is on them. All of it.
Any crash is on them. All of it.
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Still think this piece is vital to understanding what's going on
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Still think this piece is vital to understanding what's going on
Richard Hanania scrambled to bury his racist, MAGA past and salvage his career as a “public intellectual.” It seemed to be working!
This week he went on a multi-tweet bender defending Jeffrey Epstein.
This week he went on a multi-tweet bender defending Jeffrey Epstein.
Presented without comment. I just want everyone here to know.
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
1/8
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
1/8
February 3, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Richard Hanania scrambled to bury his racist, MAGA past and salvage his career as a “public intellectual.” It seemed to be working!
This week he went on a multi-tweet bender defending Jeffrey Epstein.
This week he went on a multi-tweet bender defending Jeffrey Epstein.
The Trump Administration has spent the past year in a quiet war against American researchers and scientists and it looks like the bill is coming due
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The Trump Administration has spent the past year in a quiet war against American researchers and scientists and it looks like the bill is coming due
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
The left loves to talk solidarity but too often devolves into turf wars defined by the narcissism of small differences.
We *need* coalitions of people with different skills, strengths, and audiences. If you have someone with Will’s platform engaged in your project, figure out how to work together!
We *need* coalitions of people with different skills, strengths, and audiences. If you have someone with Will’s platform engaged in your project, figure out how to work together!
Okay, I'm now hearing reports of other locals being removed from Minnesota rapid response for interacting with press, as well as some "organizers" instituting onerous screening processes to join these networks.
It's time for local leaders to step in. These policies are incredibly counterproductive.
It's time for local leaders to step in. These policies are incredibly counterproductive.
February 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The left loves to talk solidarity but too often devolves into turf wars defined by the narcissism of small differences.
We *need* coalitions of people with different skills, strengths, and audiences. If you have someone with Will’s platform engaged in your project, figure out how to work together!
We *need* coalitions of people with different skills, strengths, and audiences. If you have someone with Will’s platform engaged in your project, figure out how to work together!
Pet peeve but the term “constitutional lawyer” is meaningless and, to the extent it has any meaning at all, inaccurate as applied to Johnson.
Q: You're a constitutional lawyer. Can you detail the 4th Amendment protections someone has if ICE approaches their home w/an administrative warrant?
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
February 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Pet peeve but the term “constitutional lawyer” is meaningless and, to the extent it has any meaning at all, inaccurate as applied to Johnson.
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New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
Good news: The doctor-computer found a treatment that will help you!
Bad news: We closed the hospital that does those treatments to pay for the doctor-computer.
Bad news: We closed the hospital that does those treatments to pay for the doctor-computer.
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Good news: The doctor-computer found a treatment that will help you!
Bad news: We closed the hospital that does those treatments to pay for the doctor-computer.
Bad news: We closed the hospital that does those treatments to pay for the doctor-computer.