apogean, reborn in fire
@apogean.bsky.social
trans woman internet goblin (she/her). gay shitlib. we are going to get through this.
we love our national parks. we love fried food and blowing shit up. we have a homegrown food culture around corn and beans. we love cars (ugh).
these things are not any more trivial or insubstantial than the French loving baguettes!
these things are not any more trivial or insubstantial than the French loving baguettes!
February 19, 2026 at 8:28 PM
we love our national parks. we love fried food and blowing shit up. we have a homegrown food culture around corn and beans. we love cars (ugh).
these things are not any more trivial or insubstantial than the French loving baguettes!
these things are not any more trivial or insubstantial than the French loving baguettes!
*Commodore Perry softly sobs into his grog*
February 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
*Commodore Perry softly sobs into his grog*
if the British can hold their titled aristocrats to account we sure as fuck can. yeehaw.
February 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
if the British can hold their titled aristocrats to account we sure as fuck can. yeehaw.
CHINA HAS MASS, an important quality for any military campaign and/or embodied being
February 19, 2026 at 5:27 PM
CHINA HAS MASS, an important quality for any military campaign and/or embodied being
galaxy brain: bring back sumptuary laws so that society's elite can engage in status competition over something other than Line Going Up
make fox fur illegal for mere merchants and they'll be so busy trying to acquire ermine shawls they'll be too busy to ruin our democracy
make fox fur illegal for mere merchants and they'll be so busy trying to acquire ermine shawls they'll be too busy to ruin our democracy
February 19, 2026 at 5:13 PM
galaxy brain: bring back sumptuary laws so that society's elite can engage in status competition over something other than Line Going Up
make fox fur illegal for mere merchants and they'll be so busy trying to acquire ermine shawls they'll be too busy to ruin our democracy
make fox fur illegal for mere merchants and they'll be so busy trying to acquire ermine shawls they'll be too busy to ruin our democracy
"we should regulate Roblox so they stop exploiting their position as a platform to extract money from their young customer base"
February 19, 2026 at 5:11 PM
"we should regulate Roblox so they stop exploiting their position as a platform to extract money from their young customer base"
or show up and file out five minutes before he starts!
February 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
or show up and file out five minutes before he starts!
if you took 99.99% of Elon Musk's wealth he would still have twenty million dollars, a frankly bizarre state of affairs
February 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
if you took 99.99% of Elon Musk's wealth he would still have twenty million dollars, a frankly bizarre state of affairs
you could take 95% of everything he owns and he still would never need to work again and still would be able to own multiple private jets
realistically you'd have to take more like 99.99% to have a meaningful impact on his lifestyle.
realistically you'd have to take more like 99.99% to have a meaningful impact on his lifestyle.
February 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
you could take 95% of everything he owns and he still would never need to work again and still would be able to own multiple private jets
realistically you'd have to take more like 99.99% to have a meaningful impact on his lifestyle.
realistically you'd have to take more like 99.99% to have a meaningful impact on his lifestyle.
or staring at him, dead silent, with a neutral expression. watching him become more and more frantic as he tries to get a reaction, ANY reaction.
February 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
or staring at him, dead silent, with a neutral expression. watching him become more and more frantic as he tries to get a reaction, ANY reaction.
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imagine Donald John Trump, standing at the podium, finally getting another hit of what he craves most in the world (attention). but half the room is empty. bare. a tumbleweed blows through as a lonesome wolf howls. and in that moment, he remembers that his father always loved his brother more.
February 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
imagine Donald John Trump, standing at the podium, finally getting another hit of what he craves most in the world (attention). but half the room is empty. bare. a tumbleweed blows through as a lonesome wolf howls. and in that moment, he remembers that his father always loved his brother more.
imagine Donald John Trump, standing at the podium, finally getting another hit of what he craves most in the world (attention). but half the room is empty. bare. a tumbleweed blows through as a lonesome wolf howls. and in that moment, he remembers that his father always loved his brother more.
February 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
imagine Donald John Trump, standing at the podium, finally getting another hit of what he craves most in the world (attention). but half the room is empty. bare. a tumbleweed blows through as a lonesome wolf howls. and in that moment, he remembers that his father always loved his brother more.
&this would be very emotionally satisfying to me
February 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
&this would be very emotionally satisfying to me
&this is very emotionally satisfying to me
February 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
&this is very emotionally satisfying to me
no, a *Tory* voter
the cultural background assumptions here are completely different. Centrist-brained Americans want to persuade a popular majority. Brits want to persuade "the right sort."
the cultural background assumptions here are completely different. Centrist-brained Americans want to persuade a popular majority. Brits want to persuade "the right sort."
February 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
no, a *Tory* voter
the cultural background assumptions here are completely different. Centrist-brained Americans want to persuade a popular majority. Brits want to persuade "the right sort."
the cultural background assumptions here are completely different. Centrist-brained Americans want to persuade a popular majority. Brits want to persuade "the right sort."
you only love him because he was a decent man and a good President
... hold on, I'll come in again
... hold on, I'll come in again
February 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
you only love him because he was a decent man and a good President
... hold on, I'll come in again
... hold on, I'll come in again
it's like, we have all these freedoms. and Republicans dislike them! you might even say they "hate" them, these freedoms that we have.
February 19, 2026 at 3:59 PM
it's like, we have all these freedoms. and Republicans dislike them! you might even say they "hate" them, these freedoms that we have.
Politics, EVEN in extra-ordinary times like revolution or crisis, is about figuring out how to make what you want emerge from what's already there. That's all there is!
February 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Politics, EVEN in extra-ordinary times like revolution or crisis, is about figuring out how to make what you want emerge from what's already there. That's all there is!
And like, no! Just because the laws of America are ultimately grounded out in pragmatism rather than the crystalline logic of Universal Law doesn't mean it's Calvinball rules! People care about political reality, tradition, norms and expectations! They are shaped by these things!
February 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
And like, no! Just because the laws of America are ultimately grounded out in pragmatism rather than the crystalline logic of Universal Law doesn't mean it's Calvinball rules! People care about political reality, tradition, norms and expectations! They are shaped by these things!
BUT a smaller group people note this fact and then conclude that, one, all appeals to procedure are bad-faith posturing, and two, we can make up whatever the fuck rules we want and fiat it into existence by magic (emergent consensus, caretaker autocracy, whatever).
February 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
BUT a smaller group people note this fact and then conclude that, one, all appeals to procedure are bad-faith posturing, and two, we can make up whatever the fuck rules we want and fiat it into existence by magic (emergent consensus, caretaker autocracy, whatever).
a lot of people are naive about the sources of legitimacy and procedural rules in popular government (governments of all kinds, in fact).
February 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
a lot of people are naive about the sources of legitimacy and procedural rules in popular government (governments of all kinds, in fact).