Aethros-Tempest
@aethrostempest.bsky.social
Public interest lawyer (housing/homelessness). Huge nerd. Snick, snack, snorum.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
As a Taiwanese person, defending your staff's attempt to bribe a reporter by blaming "Chinese culture" is about as disgusting as it gets.
August 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
As a Taiwanese person, defending your staff's attempt to bribe a reporter by blaming "Chinese culture" is about as disgusting as it gets.
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very easy to see what is happening. trump will run for a third term, he’ll try to bring the dispute to federal courts, where his election denying judges will rewrite the 22nd amendment to mean it only refers to “consecutive” terms.
This is becoming the standard line for Trump judicial nominees: All of them will say only that Congress "certified" the election, which translates from Polite Republican Lawyer as "Trump should have been reelected and only lost because of Democrat voter fraud" ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/...
Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump’s Judicial Nominees Off the Hook
Trump's nominees gave some eye-popping answers in their written questionnaires. Why didn't Senate Democrats ask these questions in person?
ballsandstrikes.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
very easy to see what is happening. trump will run for a third term, he’ll try to bring the dispute to federal courts, where his election denying judges will rewrite the 22nd amendment to mean it only refers to “consecutive” terms.
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/6 And the 35% will support them every inch of the way. I find myself agreeing with Claremont Fellow Glenn Ellmers — some people here are not Americans in any meaningful sense of the term and cannot meaningfully be considered fellow citizens.
The question, as always, is what to do about it.
The question, as always, is what to do about it.
June 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
/6 And the 35% will support them every inch of the way. I find myself agreeing with Claremont Fellow Glenn Ellmers — some people here are not Americans in any meaningful sense of the term and cannot meaningfully be considered fellow citizens.
The question, as always, is what to do about it.
The question, as always, is what to do about it.
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UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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we need to talk about the pathological culture of hate that millions of americans raise their children in
May 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
we need to talk about the pathological culture of hate that millions of americans raise their children in
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“We shouldn’t talk about immigration, it’s his strongest issue.”
NOT ANYMORE LOSERS. BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT
NOT ANYMORE LOSERS. BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT
April 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“We shouldn’t talk about immigration, it’s his strongest issue.”
NOT ANYMORE LOSERS. BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT
NOT ANYMORE LOSERS. BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT
Did some writing today for the first time in a long time, on gratitude and the dizzying scope of human life:
substack.com/@andrewchen5...
substack.com/@andrewchen5...
Brief Thoughts on Countless Hands
Staring at the spackle of the ceiling tile, feeling the ultrasound wand slide across my abdomen, I found myself contemplating the sum total of human effort that allowed me to be there.
substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Did some writing today for the first time in a long time, on gratitude and the dizzying scope of human life:
substack.com/@andrewchen5...
substack.com/@andrewchen5...
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
Just finished S1 of Severance:
February 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Just finished S1 of Severance:
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When individuals and publications labor to construct the intellectual and moral justifications for genocide, I think they should be treated like people doing that.
February 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When individuals and publications labor to construct the intellectual and moral justifications for genocide, I think they should be treated like people doing that.
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February 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Thinking about this scene today, and how it made me weep immediately on being revealed.
February 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Thinking about this scene today, and how it made me weep immediately on being revealed.
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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
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In South Carolina, tonight: “I have an ectopic pregnancy. It’s on my ovary. They’re making me risk my ovary even though I don’t want to. They refuse to do the surgery.” #ForcedBirthNation
Original Post: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2yCKENt/
Original Post: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2yCKENt/
February 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
In South Carolina, tonight: “I have an ectopic pregnancy. It’s on my ovary. They’re making me risk my ovary even though I don’t want to. They refuse to do the surgery.” #ForcedBirthNation
Original Post: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2yCKENt/
Original Post: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2yCKENt/
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A whole lot of incumbent Democrats in DC are simply not up to this moment and need to be both (1) shamed into whatever action we can get from them and (2) removed at the soonest opportunity.
"activist leaders have told him and colleagues that they fear protests against Trump might eventually be used as a predicate for declaring martial law. Other House Democrats echoed this privately"
Something something in advance
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Something something in advance
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Democrats confront their powerlessness as Trump flexes authority | CNN Politics
Amid Democrats’ shock and bickering over how much to respond to President Donald Trump is a deeper question rippling through leaders across the Capitol and across the country: How much should they rel...
www.cnn.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A whole lot of incumbent Democrats in DC are simply not up to this moment and need to be both (1) shamed into whatever action we can get from them and (2) removed at the soonest opportunity.
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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every day I think about the comms strategy of the korean opposition party in the wake of the coup and I get so burningly resentful that other countries have legislators who are awake
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
every day I think about the comms strategy of the korean opposition party in the wake of the coup and I get so burningly resentful that other countries have legislators who are awake
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happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been!
with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.
with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.
February 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been!
with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.
with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO