Webthing
@webthing.bsky.social
PGH comic, online dip shit
“Everyone’s a critic and most people are DJs”
- The Hold Steady
“Everyone’s a critic and most people are DJs”
- The Hold Steady
Gave ChatGPT a shot at giving me fantasy football advice. It identified at least a third of the players as being on teams they don’t play for anymore and made up a guy name Boogie Coker.
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Gave ChatGPT a shot at giving me fantasy football advice. It identified at least a third of the players as being on teams they don’t play for anymore and made up a guy name Boogie Coker.
Last week I freaked out about JT’s buy and ended up doing a trade deal involving JT for Jacobs and now I want to go back in time and kick myself in the nuts
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Last week I freaked out about JT’s buy and ended up doing a trade deal involving JT for Jacobs and now I want to go back in time and kick myself in the nuts
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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The more democratic elements of the American constitutional and economic order are actually throwing up road blocks to Trumpism. Protests and boycotts and low level courts and juries and cetera. Elite actors on the other hand are all too frequently caving. Fascinating study in who actually cares!
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The more democratic elements of the American constitutional and economic order are actually throwing up road blocks to Trumpism. Protests and boycotts and low level courts and juries and cetera. Elite actors on the other hand are all too frequently caving. Fascinating study in who actually cares!
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average bluesky poster
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
average bluesky poster
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
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Mr. Zohran, as mayor I call on you to arrest Brian Daboll and Jaxson Dart.
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Mr. Zohran, as mayor I call on you to arrest Brian Daboll and Jaxson Dart.
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the coming democratic backlash will see austin's comedy mothership burned to the ground. tony hinchcliffe will be made to do land acknowledgements before state-mandated punching up
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
the coming democratic backlash will see austin's comedy mothership burned to the ground. tony hinchcliffe will be made to do land acknowledgements before state-mandated punching up
As always, the real winner tonight will be my priors. I love my priors!
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
As always, the real winner tonight will be my priors. I love my priors!
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if mamdani wins huge it's an outlier because it's new york, if he loses he needed to do more to protect women's sports. if dems win big in NJ and VA it's because they disavowed crazy positions taken in 2020. if dems lose in NJ/VA it's because they needed to do more to protect women's sports
Whatever happens in the elections tonight, it will prove that reactionary centrists were right.
November 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
if mamdani wins huge it's an outlier because it's new york, if he loses he needed to do more to protect women's sports. if dems win big in NJ and VA it's because they disavowed crazy positions taken in 2020. if dems lose in NJ/VA it's because they needed to do more to protect women's sports
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I am deadly serious about the Islamophobia, we already knew anti-Palestinian/Arab racism was bad but lines are being crossed by the former governor and recepient of the endorsements of half of establishment Dems and no one is fucking. saying. anything.
the head of the DSCC agreed with someone calling him a jihadist and Islamophobia is as bad in the party as it's been since the Bush admin because no one will crack down on it (in part because they agree, or their donors do)
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I am deadly serious about the Islamophobia, we already knew anti-Palestinian/Arab racism was bad but lines are being crossed by the former governor and recepient of the endorsements of half of establishment Dems and no one is fucking. saying. anything.
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It is worth saying that putting “Africana studies” in scare quotes as if it’s a ridiculous concept is not a political argument. It’s just racism. “Africa is not worthy of a major” is the implication. Yeah dude you’re just racist. (From Gerard Baker at the WSJ today)
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It is worth saying that putting “Africana studies” in scare quotes as if it’s a ridiculous concept is not a political argument. It’s just racism. “Africa is not worthy of a major” is the implication. Yeah dude you’re just racist. (From Gerard Baker at the WSJ today)
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...
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If Senate Dems see this, and are still considering caving, I don’t even know what we’re doing any more. Trump continues to openly defy the courts and break the law. You can’t make a handshake deal with someone like that. It’s just not how it works.
NEW: Trump now says he will not pay food stamps in November, even though his admin told a court yesterday it would make partial payments. The benefits are once again in jeopardy, as officials are back at court, seeking to force the release of full aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Cities and Nonprofits Return to Court, Seeking Full Food Stamp Payments
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If Senate Dems see this, and are still considering caving, I don’t even know what we’re doing any more. Trump continues to openly defy the courts and break the law. You can’t make a handshake deal with someone like that. It’s just not how it works.
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“Hey Andrew let’s make a video about your ‘good luck truck’ and spend the majority of the time talking about how it’s definitely NOT OJ Simpson’s Bronco”
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“Hey Andrew let’s make a video about your ‘good luck truck’ and spend the majority of the time talking about how it’s definitely NOT OJ Simpson’s Bronco”
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It's uncanny how Cuomo has been laser-focused at appealing to the absolute worst qualities in people - their insularity, their tribalism, and now their fear. A campaign monumental in its cynicism, a colossal bet by this man and his billionaire backers that people are basically bad.
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
It's uncanny how Cuomo has been laser-focused at appealing to the absolute worst qualities in people - their insularity, their tribalism, and now their fear. A campaign monumental in its cynicism, a colossal bet by this man and his billionaire backers that people are basically bad.
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the bleakest moment in this article is the point where a heritage staffer, horrified by fuentes, discovers that "a growing number" of heritage interns are groypers
My assumption is that the New York Post has better sources inside Heritage than most other press outlets. One tidbit of note: Princeton's Robert P. George, a Heritage trustee, is said to be pushing fellow board members to oust its president Kevin Roberts. Hope he succeeds.
Exclusive | Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’
“I’m disgusted by this,” said one Heritage staffer.
nypost.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
the bleakest moment in this article is the point where a heritage staffer, horrified by fuentes, discovers that "a growing number" of heritage interns are groypers
We’re going to have to reckon that many execs who offered platitudes in 2020 are now using Trump’s electoral victory as an opportunity to Return To Racism
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
We’re going to have to reckon that many execs who offered platitudes in 2020 are now using Trump’s electoral victory as an opportunity to Return To Racism
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November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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Personally, I think people who obsess over the mere possibility of being put on a blocklist on social media by strangers “who don’t even know me” should talk to a therapist about their worrisome degree of fear of social rejection, instead of demanding that everyone ELSE on Bluesky change.
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Personally, I think people who obsess over the mere possibility of being put on a blocklist on social media by strangers “who don’t even know me” should talk to a therapist about their worrisome degree of fear of social rejection, instead of demanding that everyone ELSE on Bluesky change.
I’ve always been under the impression that “political division” was a euphemism used by people talking to strangers whose politics they don’t know and by 501(c)3s to keep their funding. If you’re actually trying to diagnose a problem, you have to be more specific
I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
November 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I’ve always been under the impression that “political division” was a euphemism used by people talking to strangers whose politics they don’t know and by 501(c)3s to keep their funding. If you’re actually trying to diagnose a problem, you have to be more specific