Andy Freeland
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Andy Freeland
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· Jun 11
If, like me, you don’t know wtf to do right now consider giving money to organizations helping immigrants right now! List is from @lataco.bsky.social and I’ll match $2500 in donations if you send me a receipt.
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One of my most conservative-coded opinions is that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because of the profound decadence, solipsism, moral rot, and general lack of personal virtue afflicting much of the upper PMC / bourgeoisie.
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of my most conservative-coded opinions is that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because of the profound decadence, solipsism, moral rot, and general lack of personal virtue afflicting much of the upper PMC / bourgeoisie.
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See also the upper rungs of the legal profession and the tech world. People literally get offended if you suggest that there's a difference between what's good for their career and what's morally permissible, and that sometimes the two are mutually exclusive.
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
See also the upper rungs of the legal profession and the tech world. People literally get offended if you suggest that there's a difference between what's good for their career and what's morally permissible, and that sometimes the two are mutually exclusive.
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I'm still thinking about this exchange. As is often the case, we see Nuzzi acting out the most extreme version of a phenomenon that is actually pretty common in elite media: people taking umbrage at the idea that they're supposed to exercise moral judgment, and can be blamed for not doing so.
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm still thinking about this exchange. As is often the case, we see Nuzzi acting out the most extreme version of a phenomenon that is actually pretty common in elite media: people taking umbrage at the idea that they're supposed to exercise moral judgment, and can be blamed for not doing so.
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Heritage Foundation and their ilk aiming to legalize sex discrimination in employment.
Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Heritage Foundation and their ilk aiming to legalize sex discrimination in employment.
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They rigged autopilot to shut off moments before it calculated it was about to make impact in order to juice their metrics.
its a criminal org and it’s so important we prosecute their csuite, board, and any legal and engineering chain that implemented or approved of that and other crimes
its a criminal org and it’s so important we prosecute their csuite, board, and any legal and engineering chain that implemented or approved of that and other crimes
Yes. Related thought: I think Musk and other high level people at Tesla should face criminal charges for any deaths caused by their cars’ “Mad Max” mode.
And should have wrongful death liability exposure imo
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
They rigged autopilot to shut off moments before it calculated it was about to make impact in order to juice their metrics.
its a criminal org and it’s so important we prosecute their csuite, board, and any legal and engineering chain that implemented or approved of that and other crimes
its a criminal org and it’s so important we prosecute their csuite, board, and any legal and engineering chain that implemented or approved of that and other crimes
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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There is no pile of gold that we can take to have universal healthcare without having to increase taxes generally, no. But there *is* a loaded fucking gun we need to take out of their hands, yeah.
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There is no pile of gold that we can take to have universal healthcare without having to increase taxes generally, no. But there *is* a loaded fucking gun we need to take out of their hands, yeah.
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One of the reasons that they hate sex ed is they do want young girls getting pregnant. They want young girls getting pregnant and then to use the fact that they got pregnant to make them part of a permanent subjugated and beholden class that often has to navigate survival via sexual access to men
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
One of the reasons that they hate sex ed is they do want young girls getting pregnant. They want young girls getting pregnant and then to use the fact that they got pregnant to make them part of a permanent subjugated and beholden class that often has to navigate survival via sexual access to men
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Transit agency boards should be directly elected so that people who actually use mass transit can govern those agencies rather than giving useless local elected officials yet another set of public services to ruin.
Padilla speaking about this... says Metro needs to do better for drivers... must mitigate delays to drivers due to rail gates down. [Really]
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Transit agency boards should be directly elected so that people who actually use mass transit can govern those agencies rather than giving useless local elected officials yet another set of public services to ruin.
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This isn't a Supreme Court, it's just six Republican operatives imposing law on the rest of us in order to help Trump and MAGA destroy the Constitution and impose authoritarian rule.
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This isn't a Supreme Court, it's just six Republican operatives imposing law on the rest of us in order to help Trump and MAGA destroy the Constitution and impose authoritarian rule.
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silver lining: admissions is kind of a mess and if we sort of start over we probably end up with better outcomes in some cases, like not inducting academically unremarkable men into brown
if you dig into the sausage of how uni admissions policy is made it's generally a solid "what"
if you dig into the sausage of how uni admissions policy is made it's generally a solid "what"
Brown University accepted nearly equal numbers of male and female students, but got almost twice as many female applicants. That math meant it was easier for men to get in.
Trump's DEI ban may end gender balancing efforts that often benefit men.
Trump's DEI ban may end gender balancing efforts that often benefit men.
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
silver lining: admissions is kind of a mess and if we sort of start over we probably end up with better outcomes in some cases, like not inducting academically unremarkable men into brown
if you dig into the sausage of how uni admissions policy is made it's generally a solid "what"
if you dig into the sausage of how uni admissions policy is made it's generally a solid "what"
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Renaming the Institute for Peace after yourself as you defend extrajudicial executions and prepare for war in Venezuela is really leaning into the mad dictator shtick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Renaming the Institute for Peace after yourself as you defend extrajudicial executions and prepare for war in Venezuela is really leaning into the mad dictator shtick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I mean, this is an execution
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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More LA City harmful road-widening spotted today on Santa Monica Blvd (near WeHo.) LA City: always prioritize less housing while making streets wider and less safe
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
More LA City harmful road-widening spotted today on Santa Monica Blvd (near WeHo.) LA City: always prioritize less housing while making streets wider and less safe
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i genuinely think the US and UK are in a race towards national (conservative-driven) suicide on both a economic and social level and i think i am right
The right wing British politics twitter reaction/the policy.
I wish I was making this up.
I wish I was making this up.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
i genuinely think the US and UK are in a race towards national (conservative-driven) suicide on both a economic and social level and i think i am right
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It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.
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So much of this shit is gambling! Robinhood is fucking gambling! Crypto is gambling! Videogame business models are gambling! It's all fucking gambling! Laws need to really catch up to the fact that the brain can be hacked by this shit.
This is gambling, and we've essentially decided that it's okay to let it go on entirely unregulated for ??? Reasons.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So much of this shit is gambling! Robinhood is fucking gambling! Crypto is gambling! Videogame business models are gambling! It's all fucking gambling! Laws need to really catch up to the fact that the brain can be hacked by this shit.
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This is disgusting, un-American, and evil. And the men standing there and grinning are pathetic pieces of dogshit
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is disgusting, un-American, and evil. And the men standing there and grinning are pathetic pieces of dogshit
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They're using the words people let them to stick the landing on "we want to forcibly remove all non-white people from our communities and country." It was never about crime. It was never about "illegality." It was always just about nonwhite people. Nazis did literally the same thing.
Comer incorrectly refers to Minnesota's Somali community as "illegals"
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
They're using the words people let them to stick the landing on "we want to forcibly remove all non-white people from our communities and country." It was never about crime. It was never about "illegality." It was always just about nonwhite people. Nazis did literally the same thing.
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new york democrats shouldn't be let anywhere near power. the ideal democratic leader is a guy who won by 2 percent and actually thinks of the GOP, rather than other Democrats, as the enemy.
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
new york democrats shouldn't be let anywhere near power. the ideal democratic leader is a guy who won by 2 percent and actually thinks of the GOP, rather than other Democrats, as the enemy.
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bill kristol is scoring off of the democratic house minority leader from the left. and he's right.
I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time.
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
bill kristol is scoring off of the democratic house minority leader from the left. and he's right.
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Can you imagine Mitch McConnell saying something positive about Joe Biden in 2021?
The reason you can't is because Mitch McConnell was good at his job and Hakeem Jeffries isn't.
The reason you can't is because Mitch McConnell was good at his job and Hakeem Jeffries isn't.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Can you imagine Mitch McConnell saying something positive about Joe Biden in 2021?
The reason you can't is because Mitch McConnell was good at his job and Hakeem Jeffries isn't.
The reason you can't is because Mitch McConnell was good at his job and Hakeem Jeffries isn't.
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Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...