Sylvia Wrath
@tree26.bsky.social
She/her, Ph.D. Private intellectual.There’s a lot to be mad about.
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Sylvia Wrath
@tree26.bsky.social
· Nov 19
He should never have been on the ballot #TeamDieMad
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Especially notable is that while some pundits may frame his speech as focusing on "kitchen sink" topics (free buses, etc.), his broader point was to redefine freedom (or reengage with the New Deal definition), and the role of government to ensure it.
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Especially notable is that while some pundits may frame his speech as focusing on "kitchen sink" topics (free buses, etc.), his broader point was to redefine freedom (or reengage with the New Deal definition), and the role of government to ensure it.
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There is nobody who can accurately describe how an LLM works who can explain how that model will lead to AGI.
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
There is nobody who can accurately describe how an LLM works who can explain how that model will lead to AGI.
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
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It feels like ages since we’ve heard anyone in elected office with any real command of the old American art of rhetoric. In my lifetime, I think Obama is probably the only other prominent example.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
It feels like ages since we’ve heard anyone in elected office with any real command of the old American art of rhetoric. In my lifetime, I think Obama is probably the only other prominent example.
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Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So, by @polphilpod.bsky.social "If you saw in any of this a threat to liberal democracy writ large, much less one that could actually succeed, you were looked at with the kind of caution usually reserved for the guy screaming about aliens on the subway."
Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So.
Commentators who got it wrong wouldn’t listen, won’t learn, and can’t lead.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So, by @polphilpod.bsky.social "If you saw in any of this a threat to liberal democracy writ large, much less one that could actually succeed, you were looked at with the kind of caution usually reserved for the guy screaming about aliens on the subway."
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My 2026 resolution is to take things more personally. I learned this by reading Moby-Dick.
January 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
My 2026 resolution is to take things more personally. I learned this by reading Moby-Dick.
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*Trump collapses in the middle of his Nuremberg rally*
WSJ: President Trump takes a break during the speech.
WSJ: President Trump takes a break during the speech.
Exclusive: As signs of aging emerge, President Trump is responding with defiance. He tells WSJ he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and relies on his "good genetics."
As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
on.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
*Trump collapses in the middle of his Nuremberg rally*
WSJ: President Trump takes a break during the speech.
WSJ: President Trump takes a break during the speech.
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Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
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Great to see London starting 2026 the way it means to carry on, with a huge fuck-you to the fash
New Year's Eve live: UK rings in 2026 with spectacular firework displays
Celebrations are taking place in London and Edinburgh and across the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Great to see London starting 2026 the way it means to carry on, with a huge fuck-you to the fash
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Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-cant-be-expected-to-remember-every-birthday-card-he-sends-to-child-molesters/
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-cant-be-expected-to-remember-every-birthday-card-he-sends-to-child-molesters/
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Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.
January 1, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.
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BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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It's stuff like this that makes it so amazing whenever somebody yells at Pete Hegseth or whoever in a restaurant and the entire news media superstructure spends 10 days fretting over civility and comity.
Oh. my. god. This is the Asst. US Atty General calling people -- in print -- "hoes."
December 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It's stuff like this that makes it so amazing whenever somebody yells at Pete Hegseth or whoever in a restaurant and the entire news media superstructure spends 10 days fretting over civility and comity.
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The entire regime is a bunch of twisted sadists because it’s not an administration, it’s a pathocracy.
pathocracy.wordpress.com/definition/
pathocracy.wordpress.com/definition/
Definition of Pathocracy
Definition: pathocracy (n). A system of government created by a small pathological minority that takes control over a society of normal people (from Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of…
pathocracy.wordpress.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The entire regime is a bunch of twisted sadists because it’s not an administration, it’s a pathocracy.
pathocracy.wordpress.com/definition/
pathocracy.wordpress.com/definition/
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Both Satanic Panic and QAnon are just remixes of anti-semitic blood libel. It's sort of shocking to realize how mainstream this stuff has always been in right wing Christianity, especially among evangelicals
We saw a revival of these witchcraft notions with QAnon. Kids weren’t “merely” abused or trafficked in some of that lore—they were being consumed, sacrificed, their blood transmuted into immortality elixir
December 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Both Satanic Panic and QAnon are just remixes of anti-semitic blood libel. It's sort of shocking to realize how mainstream this stuff has always been in right wing Christianity, especially among evangelicals
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There was a liberal court for a few years in the mid 20th century and the right wing response was to delegitimize for DECADES right up to the point they had a supermajority, at which point it became Wrong to do so. These people think you are stupid bsky.app/profile/chri...
NEW: Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative.
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
www.lawdork.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There was a liberal court for a few years in the mid 20th century and the right wing response was to delegitimize for DECADES right up to the point they had a supermajority, at which point it became Wrong to do so. These people think you are stupid bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Politicians are terrified of an electorate they think is far more authoritarian and angry and right wing than it actually is, because they are out of touch because the literal media - the thing that mediates between public and polity - is corrupted
December 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Politicians are terrified of an electorate they think is far more authoritarian and angry and right wing than it actually is, because they are out of touch because the literal media - the thing that mediates between public and polity - is corrupted
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In a piece epitomizing the frustration felt by millions, one quote by Toby Buckle stands out. Everyday the Regime serves up fresh horror so stunning it hardly feels possible. But reading what evil we are capable of in no way prepares you for seeing it in real life.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
In a piece epitomizing the frustration felt by millions, one quote by Toby Buckle stands out. Everyday the Regime serves up fresh horror so stunning it hardly feels possible. But reading what evil we are capable of in no way prepares you for seeing it in real life.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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And I think people defending the party need to be able to explain why an “opposition” party is unwilling to even try to remove the single worst president in American history.
December 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
And I think people defending the party need to be able to explain why an “opposition” party is unwilling to even try to remove the single worst president in American history.
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"I had a good and very productive phone call with Führer Hitler of Germany prior to my meeting with Charles de Gaulle of France today. Führer Hitler was very clear about which parts of France not currently under Nazi control he wants. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Winston Churchill."
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"I had a good and very productive phone call with Führer Hitler of Germany prior to my meeting with Charles de Gaulle of France today. Führer Hitler was very clear about which parts of France not currently under Nazi control he wants. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Winston Churchill."
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Has anyone written the definitive piece about Jake Sullivan’s world-historic errors on Gaza and Israel that got Trump elected, and how he and his team were a bunch of overconfident, uninformed ninnies who should be nowhere near power ever again?
We need a President AOC just to break from this past
We need a President AOC just to break from this past
December 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Has anyone written the definitive piece about Jake Sullivan’s world-historic errors on Gaza and Israel that got Trump elected, and how he and his team were a bunch of overconfident, uninformed ninnies who should be nowhere near power ever again?
We need a President AOC just to break from this past
We need a President AOC just to break from this past
Shoutout to my two favourite Cassandras @lizcjw.bsky.social and @amyliz.bsky.social who are right a truly alarming % of the time
“In Greek mythology, Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy—of seeing the future—but cursed that she would never be believed. Her name is sometimes used as a pejorative for an overacting alarmist, which…misses the point. Cassandra was, after all, right.”
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Shoutout to my two favourite Cassandras @lizcjw.bsky.social and @amyliz.bsky.social who are right a truly alarming % of the time
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Welcome aboard MOBY-DICK WEEK at @flaminghydra.com, debuting with @benehrenreich.bsky.social reading aloud.
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
Whale hunt
Moby-Dick Week begins, with Ben Ehrenreich reading aloud
flaminghydra.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Welcome aboard MOBY-DICK WEEK at @flaminghydra.com, debuting with @benehrenreich.bsky.social reading aloud.
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/