Adam Unger
@adamunger.bsky.social
Progressive data and tech hack
I love Tolkien & other SFF books, Star Wars, fighting ascendent fascism, Legend of Zelda, FSU☠️& Commanders😬 football, and engine building board games.
But being a father and a husband is my greatest joy. It’s the best.
I love Tolkien & other SFF books, Star Wars, fighting ascendent fascism, Legend of Zelda, FSU☠️& Commanders😬 football, and engine building board games.
But being a father and a husband is my greatest joy. It’s the best.
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a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports
October 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
I read this in the voice of Aaron Burr saying “Hamilton wrote the other 51!”
Juan Soto has 892 career walks
That’s tied with Mickey Mantle for the most before turning 28
SOTO IS STILL 26
HE WILL BE 27 ALL OF NEXT SEASON
That’s tied with Mickey Mantle for the most before turning 28
SOTO IS STILL 26
HE WILL BE 27 ALL OF NEXT SEASON
September 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I read this in the voice of Aaron Burr saying “Hamilton wrote the other 51!”
What are other examples of top-to-bottom perfect albums for their genre and era, like Kind of Blue, and Boston’s self-titled debut album?
September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What are other examples of top-to-bottom perfect albums for their genre and era, like Kind of Blue, and Boston’s self-titled debut album?
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like this is the most irresponsible level of hysteria i’ve ever seen. most of these people are either paid by the republican party, or are high level advisors and allies. this is insane
September 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
like this is the most irresponsible level of hysteria i’ve ever seen. most of these people are either paid by the republican party, or are high level advisors and allies. this is insane
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The US president trafficked & raped underage girls, the evidence is overwhelming, everyone knows it, and this country's elites & institutions are so broken, so insular, so decadent that we can't even bring ourselves to state it clearly, much less do anything about it.
Contemptible & pathetic.
Contemptible & pathetic.
September 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The US president trafficked & raped underage girls, the evidence is overwhelming, everyone knows it, and this country's elites & institutions are so broken, so insular, so decadent that we can't even bring ourselves to state it clearly, much less do anything about it.
Contemptible & pathetic.
Contemptible & pathetic.
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Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Fundamental Interests Of United States Of America Would Be Irreparably Harmed If It Race-Based Harassment And Detention By Masked Thugs Were Even Temporarily Halted
September 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Fundamental Interests Of United States Of America Would Be Irreparably Harmed If It Race-Based Harassment And Detention By Masked Thugs Were Even Temporarily Halted
The Ravens looked invincible last night but then it turns out if you score more points than them they’re beatable.
September 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Ravens looked invincible last night but then it turns out if you score more points than them they’re beatable.
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……And there’s a drive deep into Alabama territory by Castellanos amirite
August 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
……And there’s a drive deep into Alabama territory by Castellanos amirite
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one thing i've taken away from surveys asking the public to evaluate trump's most authoritarian moves is that the ordinary americans have a much clearer sense of what's happening than most professional political observers
Reuters/Ipsos poll:
– 38% support Trump deploying the Nat'l Guard to DC. 46%opposed
– Among independents, it's just 28% in favor, 51% opposed
– Trump's approval remains at 40%.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
– 38% support Trump deploying the Nat'l Guard to DC. 46%opposed
– Among independents, it's just 28% in favor, 51% opposed
– Trump's approval remains at 40%.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
Just 38% of Americans support Trump's use of troops to police DC, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Few Americans outside President Donald Trump's Republican Party support his deployment of National Guard troops to police the streets of Washington, D.C., according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
www.reuters.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
one thing i've taken away from surveys asking the public to evaluate trump's most authoritarian moves is that the ordinary americans have a much clearer sense of what's happening than most professional political observers
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Oh look, it's the thing every fascist government says about the opposition party before they dissolve them and turn the country into a one party state.
August 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Oh look, it's the thing every fascist government says about the opposition party before they dissolve them and turn the country into a one party state.
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nothing's aged better than the thing so many people said would age poorly
newrepublic.com/series/37/tr...
newrepublic.com/series/37/tr...
What American Fascism Would Look Like
It can happen here. And if it does, here is what might become of the country.
newrepublic.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
nothing's aged better than the thing so many people said would age poorly
newrepublic.com/series/37/tr...
newrepublic.com/series/37/tr...
One day there will be a museum detailing America’s descent into fascism before its eventual revival, and the refounding of the Republic. There’s gonna be a hallway you walk through with video playing of all the toadies and enablers that helped get us to this point. This is perfect for that exhibit.
Witkoff: "There's only one thing I wish for: that that Nobel committee finally gets its act together and realizes that you are the single finest candidate since that Nobel award was ever talked about."
August 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
One day there will be a museum detailing America’s descent into fascism before its eventual revival, and the refounding of the Republic. There’s gonna be a hallway you walk through with video playing of all the toadies and enablers that helped get us to this point. This is perfect for that exhibit.
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this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "Mr President, I invite you see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the Department of Labor because you are really the transformational president of the American worker, along with the American flag and President Roosevelt."
August 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.
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He'll likely try this, but I think the real danger comes after the 2026 midterms.
Sure, they'll try to sway them with gerrymandering and "emergencies" that shut down polling places in key Democratic areas. But if Dems make real gains the current GOP majority can cry fraud and refuse to seat them.
Sure, they'll try to sway them with gerrymandering and "emergencies" that shut down polling places in key Democratic areas. But if Dems make real gains the current GOP majority can cry fraud and refuse to seat them.
At some point Trump is going to call for the removal from congress of dozens of Democrats, all of them accused of mortgage fraud, and Corporate Media will obsess over details of the accusations rather than just calling it a partisan purge and fascist consolidation of power. Stop taking the bait.
August 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
He'll likely try this, but I think the real danger comes after the 2026 midterms.
Sure, they'll try to sway them with gerrymandering and "emergencies" that shut down polling places in key Democratic areas. But if Dems make real gains the current GOP majority can cry fraud and refuse to seat them.
Sure, they'll try to sway them with gerrymandering and "emergencies" that shut down polling places in key Democratic areas. But if Dems make real gains the current GOP majority can cry fraud and refuse to seat them.
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Remember all those times over the last ten years that I warned you that Jill Stein was a grifter
Notice you hear NOTHING from her during all these things that are terrible for the environment, terrible for the world, and terrible for people in need in our country
Don't listen to her nonsense later
Notice you hear NOTHING from her during all these things that are terrible for the environment, terrible for the world, and terrible for people in need in our country
Don't listen to her nonsense later
August 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Remember all those times over the last ten years that I warned you that Jill Stein was a grifter
Notice you hear NOTHING from her during all these things that are terrible for the environment, terrible for the world, and terrible for people in need in our country
Don't listen to her nonsense later
Notice you hear NOTHING from her during all these things that are terrible for the environment, terrible for the world, and terrible for people in need in our country
Don't listen to her nonsense later
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Fascist regimes exercise economic control over big companies. The regimes themselves—there’s no worker participation, as fascists don’t like organized labor or democracy. There’s no need to try to figure out some new theory of what this is. This has been done before, and it is fascism.
August 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fascist regimes exercise economic control over big companies. The regimes themselves—there’s no worker participation, as fascists don’t like organized labor or democracy. There’s no need to try to figure out some new theory of what this is. This has been done before, and it is fascism.
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ICE's budget increased so much that they are now just blowing $2.4 million for 25 Chevy Tahoes and custom car wraps.
They zeroed out life-saving foreign aid that will ultimately kill 14 million people under the guise of "waste, fraud, and abuse."
They zeroed out life-saving foreign aid that will ultimately kill 14 million people under the guise of "waste, fraud, and abuse."
ICE aims to spend millions on decked-out vehicles for D.C. operation
Documents show the agency is seeking to purchase two dozen SUVs, along with gold-detailed custom wraps.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICE's budget increased so much that they are now just blowing $2.4 million for 25 Chevy Tahoes and custom car wraps.
They zeroed out life-saving foreign aid that will ultimately kill 14 million people under the guise of "waste, fraud, and abuse."
They zeroed out life-saving foreign aid that will ultimately kill 14 million people under the guise of "waste, fraud, and abuse."
These people are so damn weird with the Cracker Barrel.
August 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
These people are so damn weird with the Cracker Barrel.
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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
Not to overstate the obvious but this is such obvious bullshit. The Smithsonian African American History museum is curated in such a profound and thoughtful way, as to directly explore the history of slavery and Jim Crow side by side with the struggle towards freedom and progress.
White House official Lindsey Halligan: "While slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress ... we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress."
August 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not to overstate the obvious but this is such obvious bullshit. The Smithsonian African American History museum is curated in such a profound and thoughtful way, as to directly explore the history of slavery and Jim Crow side by side with the struggle towards freedom and progress.
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You'll be tempted to blame Democrats entirely for this, and absolutely they share some blame, but the Right has also successfully come for and destroyed organizations like ACORN that did a lot of this work. We've been under attack for some time. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
You'll be tempted to blame Democrats entirely for this, and absolutely they share some blame, but the Right has also successfully come for and destroyed organizations like ACORN that did a lot of this work. We've been under attack for some time. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
An opposition party should make hay out of this- all the things resources are being pulled from for this, and for all the authoritarian redeployments of law enforcement and national guard.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s personal security requirements are straining the Army as it pulls agents from criminal investigations to safeguard family residences in Minnesota, Tennessee and D.C.
Hegseth’s expansive security requirements tax Army protective unit
The agency tasked with protecting Defense Department leaders is under significant strain, and the secretary’s atypical needs are becoming untenable, officials say.
wapo.st
August 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
An opposition party should make hay out of this- all the things resources are being pulled from for this, and for all the authoritarian redeployments of law enforcement and national guard.