Ayende
ayende.bsky.social
Ayende
@ayende.bsky.social
Anime and politics are my shit

Bring me my glaive! Where is riboku? It is time to conquer all of china
I feel like I’m one of the few people not mad at trump for not talking about lowering prices cause I knew from the beginning he had no plan for that
January 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Liberals operate more in facts compared to conservatives

But not entirely
“Amplifying those who promote falsehoods, even if they genuinely believe them, only serves to misinform audiences. But arriving at that conclusion would also mean acknowledging that truth-based organizations are primarily only going to serve one-half of the country”
A General's Dissent
Behind the scenes, retired Lt. General Mark Hertling made it clear to CNN brass why he did not wish to renew his deal with the network.
www.status.news
January 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Blue sky is a little too libbed out
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
All it takes is the governor of New York or California to save America

1) open primary ranked choice voting

2) $400 voucher to publicly fund elections

3) pay people $25 to vote in each primary and general election
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This assumes far left And: hunger, inequality and corporate profit are mutually exclusive
January 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
California needs a governor that will take a wrecking ball to bad regulations out of control spending and 2018 style dei stuff

That may sound republican but the shit you hear even as a social democrat is RIDICULOUS
January 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I find it so weird that religion is basically never discussed in the American left anymore

When I was growing up atheists were on a crusade
January 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Why America should try to expand its states:

1) free trade is mutually beneficial that makes nations greater than the sun of their parts

2) but it creates national security issues

Adding states is like free trade without downsides
January 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I really hope trump weirdly obsesses over expanding the number of states
January 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The secret to good Alfredo is egg yolk
January 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Can we please have copycat shooters ?

Make the 20s roar again
December 5, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Get rid of the myth after trump’s term is done
I’m always struck that the people repeating the bogus “60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck” stat never follow it up with any proposals to increase the savings rate.

www.slowboring.com/p/this-econo...
This economic myth needs to go away
Sixty percent of Americans are not struggling to get by
www.slowboring.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Reposted by Ayende
I feel seen
November 24, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Got to be impractical
November 25, 2024 at 12:22 AM
I hope trump does massive tax reform

Switching to a flat tax system would raise taxes on poor people yes

But defeating the Byzantine US tax code is worth it and I think it’s something only a republican can do

You can always do UBI later
November 23, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Kamala needs to run for California governor and call it a day

I’m going to be absolutely fucking livid if she runs again
November 23, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Skyrim will always have my heart
November 23, 2024 at 5:14 PM
The space enthusiasts want us to get excited looking at IO
And that bitch looks like if throw up was a planet
November 22, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Could you imagine I end up having several kids and not one likes anime
November 21, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Onepiece top 10 strongest living characters:

1 Imu
2 shanks
3 dragon
4 big mom
5 Akainu
6 mihawk
7 luffy
8 Blackbeard
9 aokiji
10 garling
November 21, 2024 at 2:22 PM
The things dems should work with trump on:
1) ending the war in Ukraine
2) caping credit card rates
3) DBCFT tax reform (rebranded as tariffs)
4) MAHA
5) corruption
6) immigration
November 20, 2024 at 4:08 PM
#kingdom818

This arc is clearly about putting respect on Tou’s name

This level of scheming is approaching kanki and ousen level
November 19, 2024 at 8:37 PM
We need more sauce
November 18, 2024 at 5:13 AM
3 most impactful policies one can do at the state level:

1) ranked choice voting
(open primary, final five)
2) public funding of elections (democracy dollars)
3) paying people to vote
($25 for filling out the ballot)
November 18, 2024 at 5:06 AM
When I told this thing I was into animals I don’t mean cats and dogs

I want to see some rainbow electric eel shit from the Amazon
November 18, 2024 at 4:41 AM