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multi-head attender, likelihood maximizer, waveform manipulator, San Francisco inhabitor, information securer, infosponge, lover of bicycles and transit
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median lifted truck owner
February 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
median lifted truck owner
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Ride in a bike lane and glance into every car that you pass and you'll see an extremely high percentage of people staring at their phones. It's terrible and frightening
You would be freaked out if you saw 25% of drivers drinking a beer, right?
Using a phone is no different.
Using a phone is no different.
February 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Ride in a bike lane and glance into every car that you pass and you'll see an extremely high percentage of people staring at their phones. It's terrible and frightening
no candidate will _run_ as the moderate, but someone will take moderate positions while still trying to breathe the requisite amount of fire
whoever runs in the Biden lane in the 2028 primary is going to get obliterated
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 7:23 PM
no candidate will _run_ as the moderate, but someone will take moderate positions while still trying to breathe the requisite amount of fire
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agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
people fought _hard_ to pull you, and me, and our nation out of the sludge that was the 80s and 90s. respect it
Being queer is weird because any possible year before the late 2000s SUCKED
"Clinton signed DOMA therefore the Democrats suck just as much as Republicans" yes but have you considered that in the '90s this country was so homophobic it was prepared to let guys get away with murder on the basis that another man had come onto them and DOMA had a veto-proof majority in congress?
February 16, 2026 at 11:28 PM
people fought _hard_ to pull you, and me, and our nation out of the sludge that was the 80s and 90s. respect it
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straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant
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Not even subtle.
February 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Not even subtle.
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if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
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FDRbros…we’re so back
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
FDRbros…we’re so back
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Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
February 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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you have to treat people like this with the same seriousness as you would a guy screaming at you about the lizard people on the street; they have a similar relationship with reality.
there would be no real concrete effects of an AOC presidency that would be materially different from a JD Vance presidency because they all work for the capitalist ruling class and not for us, yes including AOC. we don't need a different president we need a dictatorship of the proletariat.
This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
you have to treat people like this with the same seriousness as you would a guy screaming at you about the lizard people on the street; they have a similar relationship with reality.
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the thing is RWers aren't wrong in claiming their ideas are underrepresented in academia. they're only wrong in attributing it to purposeful suppression rather than an astonishing preeminence at being intellectually unrigorous that makes their ideas unworkable
February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
the thing is RWers aren't wrong in claiming their ideas are underrepresented in academia. they're only wrong in attributing it to purposeful suppression rather than an astonishing preeminence at being intellectually unrigorous that makes their ideas unworkable
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I refuse to talk about Gavin Newsom getting the presidential nomination until there is actually a chance of that happening, the primaries for the midterms aren't even over yet
February 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I refuse to talk about Gavin Newsom getting the presidential nomination until there is actually a chance of that happening, the primaries for the midterms aren't even over yet
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forgot the most important of the genre
February 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
forgot the most important of the genre
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Name names. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Jay Bhattacharya, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Martin Kulldorff, Russell Vought, RFK Jr., Donald Trump. All of them contributed to this by their relentless attacks on vaccines and biomedical R&D.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Name names. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Jay Bhattacharya, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Martin Kulldorff, Russell Vought, RFK Jr., Donald Trump. All of them contributed to this by their relentless attacks on vaccines and biomedical R&D.
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I don't remember if I shat all over David Horowitz when he died in April, so I will take the opportunity now to state that David Horowitz is dead andthe world is a better place because of it.
Fuck that guy.
Fuck that guy.
February 13, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I don't remember if I shat all over David Horowitz when he died in April, so I will take the opportunity now to state that David Horowitz is dead andthe world is a better place because of it.
Fuck that guy.
Fuck that guy.
listening and learning
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February 12, 2026 at 3:25 PM
listening and learning
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definitely a top 5 post of his in terms of sheer poser energy
February 12, 2026 at 3:27 AM
definitely a top 5 post of his in terms of sheer poser energy
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I've been a homeowner for only about six months, but already I am sick of subsidizing a bunch of freeloading Boomers.
If there were another ballot initiative permanently expelling everyone who signed this ballot petition from the state, I would gladly vote for it.
If there were another ballot initiative permanently expelling everyone who signed this ballot petition from the state, I would gladly vote for it.
Such an asinine potential ballot initiative exempting 60+ from property taxes and no income limit, sponsored by Rishi Kumar, a former local Democratic elected.
"Kumar, declined to reveal his age and would only say he worked for an artificial intelligence company in Silicon Valley."
"Kumar, declined to reveal his age and would only say he worked for an artificial intelligence company in Silicon Valley."
CA seniors could choose to opt out of property taxes under proposed initiative
“This has been brewing in our heads for the last two or three years,” said the person behind the measure.
www.sacbee.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I've been a homeowner for only about six months, but already I am sick of subsidizing a bunch of freeloading Boomers.
If there were another ballot initiative permanently expelling everyone who signed this ballot petition from the state, I would gladly vote for it.
If there were another ballot initiative permanently expelling everyone who signed this ballot petition from the state, I would gladly vote for it.
Anthropic, after its AI-enabled vending machine gave away a PS5 and almost violated federal law: "don't run your business with AI"
crypto bros: "here's an agent, give us all your cash"
crypto bros: "here's an agent, give us all your cash"
February 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Anthropic, after its AI-enabled vending machine gave away a PS5 and almost violated federal law: "don't run your business with AI"
crypto bros: "here's an agent, give us all your cash"
crypto bros: "here's an agent, give us all your cash"
the latest numbers were too brutal to publish, huh
If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
the latest numbers were too brutal to publish, huh
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February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I am begging you all to stop getting pre-emptively angry about the outcome of the 2028 Democratic primary in 2026. go campaign for someone you deem worthy or just go outside. please.
tbh nobody should be asking leftists if they'll support newsom and leftists should mostly brush off the question. it's a divisive trap that serves *only* newsom's personal interests. he isn't the candidate, he's a shithead and nominating him would be a bad idea. useless hypothetical.
February 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I am begging you all to stop getting pre-emptively angry about the outcome of the 2028 Democratic primary in 2026. go campaign for someone you deem worthy or just go outside. please.