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Yohannanx
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· Jun 5
I know the lore behind this because I have strayed too far from the light
Evergreen post.
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I don't think any single statistic has ever done more to shape my view of the world than this one:
More than half of all human beings who have ever been born did not live to celebrate their 20th birthday.
More than half of all human beings who have ever been born did not live to celebrate their 20th birthday.
one of the greatest struggles for any left-wing political movement in the modern west (and increasingly beyond) is how much of the sheer abject deprivation, fear, and often fatal dangers that were inextricable to the lives of any but the wealth just...barely exist anymore
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I don't think any single statistic has ever done more to shape my view of the world than this one:
More than half of all human beings who have ever been born did not live to celebrate their 20th birthday.
More than half of all human beings who have ever been born did not live to celebrate their 20th birthday.
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if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
THEY USED TO CALL US WOKE
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
My partner asked me if there were any bright spots for Republicans last night and the closest I could get was Frey winning in Minneapolis.
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My partner asked me if there were any bright spots for Republicans last night and the closest I could get was Frey winning in Minneapolis.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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it's funny that the Democratic coalition basically spans everywhere from former Lt Gov of GA (anti-Trump Republican) to NY municipal socialist
popular front: the party
popular front: the party
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
it's funny that the Democratic coalition basically spans everywhere from former Lt Gov of GA (anti-Trump Republican) to NY municipal socialist
popular front: the party
popular front: the party
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Woke II: pro-worker, pro-trans, pro-housing.
Don’t look now but all the City of Yes ballot proposals look like they’ll pass too
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Woke II: pro-worker, pro-trans, pro-housing.
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It’s amazing we constantly get articles about how liberals don’t understand what conservatives want and meanwhile this is their mental model of the world.
They do not think we are a real mass movement.
That's why they have all the crazy "Cathedral" and "Longhouse" and paid protestors shit.
They simply do not believe people believe in liberalism.
They lack a realistic theory of mind for us.
That's why they have all the crazy "Cathedral" and "Longhouse" and paid protestors shit.
They simply do not believe people believe in liberalism.
They lack a realistic theory of mind for us.
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It’s amazing we constantly get articles about how liberals don’t understand what conservatives want and meanwhile this is their mental model of the world.
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was trying to work out why people were posting their passwords and then I realized it was potential Dutch electoral coalitions
October 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
was trying to work out why people were posting their passwords and then I realized it was potential Dutch electoral coalitions
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Felix Salmon not understanding how SNAP and Head Start work on this week’s Slate Money is a pretty capstone to him being totally taken in by the ID company grifters who claimed they were uncovering a lot of benefits fraud.
October 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Felix Salmon not understanding how SNAP and Head Start work on this week’s Slate Money is a pretty capstone to him being totally taken in by the ID company grifters who claimed they were uncovering a lot of benefits fraud.
Does anyone wanna tell this person 54 is a bigger number than 45, therefore, it only failed to pass because the majority wanted it to fail?
Outcome: Failed to advance on a 54-45 procedural vote (requiring 60 votes to overcome a filibuster).
Party Breakdown:All 51 Republicans voted YES (with Sen. John Thune switching to NO procedurally to allow refiling).
Most Democrats (48) voted NO, blocking the bill.
Party Breakdown:All 51 Republicans voted YES (with Sen. John Thune switching to NO procedurally to allow refiling).
Most Democrats (48) voted NO, blocking the bill.
October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Does anyone wanna tell this person 54 is a bigger number than 45, therefore, it only failed to pass because the majority wanted it to fail?
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“James Talarico spent two years teaching English to sixth graders in San Antonio. this is more scandalous than having a Nazi tattoo” - Matt Stoller, an extremely smart and normal guy
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“James Talarico spent two years teaching English to sixth graders in San Antonio. this is more scandalous than having a Nazi tattoo” - Matt Stoller, an extremely smart and normal guy
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I agree with this. There are a lot of people out there who think both parties are the same and if Democrats put a show of pushing out people with Nazi tattoos and shitty text messages and abused employees then all of a sudden you're making inroads.
Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time.
All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."
It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.
All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."
It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.
October 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I agree with this. There are a lot of people out there who think both parties are the same and if Democrats put a show of pushing out people with Nazi tattoos and shitty text messages and abused employees then all of a sudden you're making inroads.
“Was gutted,” which implies the thing already existed.
The ACA was gutted by Democrats. you can argue those key democrats could've been siding with what many see as the more liberal/patient centered options. or you could say it was unfortunate that Dems didnt have 60+ more liberal senators.
but it was Democrats.
but it was Democrats.
Ok, but maybe you need to re-work that a bit. Also, you could also acknowledge that the original ACA was gutted by Republicans before it was finally passed, which is partly why it has been a problem for some.
October 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Was gutted,” which implies the thing already existed.
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JK Rowling’s name for an HBCU wizarding school would be the most racist thing ever committed to paper
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
JK Rowling’s name for an HBCU wizarding school would be the most racist thing ever committed to paper
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people get this weird sort of reverse galaxy brain where they observe that it is possible to logic yourself into insane positions with utilitarianism and respond by rejecting utilitarianism as a solution to problems that boil down to "punch everyone in the balls" vs "don't do that"
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
people get this weird sort of reverse galaxy brain where they observe that it is possible to logic yourself into insane positions with utilitarianism and respond by rejecting utilitarianism as a solution to problems that boil down to "punch everyone in the balls" vs "don't do that"
La Guardia ran on the socialist line in several of his elections as well.
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
La Guardia ran on the socialist line in several of his elections as well.
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yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.
October 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.
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we take it for granted but a single spoonful of birria could kill a cornish guy
October 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
we take it for granted but a single spoonful of birria could kill a cornish guy
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As a god-fearing, tax-paying American I simply should not have to know who Jack Posobiec and Benny Johnson are.
October 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As a god-fearing, tax-paying American I simply should not have to know who Jack Posobiec and Benny Johnson are.
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i think it’s actually completely okay to say an algorithm is not a real person
October 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
i think it’s actually completely okay to say an algorithm is not a real person
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it's over, i've already depicted you as weak anti-New Deal bankers and me as the Chad FDR
September 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
it's over, i've already depicted you as weak anti-New Deal bankers and me as the Chad FDR
Seems like @convolutedname.bsky.social need to fire up the fraud alert meme.
September 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Seems like @convolutedname.bsky.social need to fire up the fraud alert meme.
Someone should tell this guy that Kalshi, which definitely isn’t a sportsbook according to him, is now running ads bragging about being a sportsbook that operates in violation of state laws.
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Someone should tell this guy that Kalshi, which definitely isn’t a sportsbook according to him, is now running ads bragging about being a sportsbook that operates in violation of state laws.