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This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10
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"When senior leaders disparage legal oversight, sideline JAG officers, impede the ability of the press to report, or treat accountability as the enemy, they do more than risk unlawful action. They weaken the moral foundation that makes our military credible in the eyes of the American people...
@markhertling.bsky.social warns the gravest threat to the U.S. military is the erosion of the values that keep our forces lawful and legitimate. He implores Congress to investigate whether unlawful orders were issued in the Caribbean, and hold every official to account.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"When senior leaders disparage legal oversight, sideline JAG officers, impede the ability of the press to report, or treat accountability as the enemy, they do more than risk unlawful action. They weaken the moral foundation that makes our military credible in the eyes of the American people...
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Knowing this administration, somewhere a writer is desperately trying to figure out how to tell Lincoln’s story without including Black people
(pic taken yesterday on the steps of the memorial)
(pic taken yesterday on the steps of the memorial)
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Knowing this administration, somewhere a writer is desperately trying to figure out how to tell Lincoln’s story without including Black people
(pic taken yesterday on the steps of the memorial)
(pic taken yesterday on the steps of the memorial)
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The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten.
Go look for them now.
Go look for them now.
I think fundamentally the problem with post liberal thinkers is that they seem to assume that vanquishing liberalism results in their enemies being converted or defeated and not becoming radicalized into enemies who no longer extend the mercies they once did.
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten.
Go look for them now.
Go look for them now.
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There’s no hate like Christian love
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
There’s no hate like Christian love
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If museums are makin' you sad, maybe blame your great, great grandpa instead of the museums.
October 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If museums are makin' you sad, maybe blame your great, great grandpa instead of the museums.
@scalzi.com I think you might enjoy this confession.
I love subscribing to the new author notifications thing on Amazon. Then I delete the notification, walk to the bookshop over the road, and order it from the nice lady in there. Sorry for wasting your resources, Amazon!
September 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@scalzi.com I think you might enjoy this confession.
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What will happen is the same thing that happened when it turned out the Trump shooter was a disaffected young white man.
No corrections, no apologies, and within a month at most, they’ll be back to pretending that it was a radical trans leftist. Kirk was only ever a tool to them. So is his death.
No corrections, no apologies, and within a month at most, they’ll be back to pretending that it was a radical trans leftist. Kirk was only ever a tool to them. So is his death.
If in fact killer’s hate emanated from Kirk’s right, not left, and from *inside* not outside their movement, then what happens next?
Few if any of those who immediately targeted the wrong people will apologize or retract, sadly. That’s the Roy Cohn/Trump way.
More interesting is whether… 6/x
Few if any of those who immediately targeted the wrong people will apologize or retract, sadly. That’s the Roy Cohn/Trump way.
More interesting is whether… 6/x
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
What will happen is the same thing that happened when it turned out the Trump shooter was a disaffected young white man.
No corrections, no apologies, and within a month at most, they’ll be back to pretending that it was a radical trans leftist. Kirk was only ever a tool to them. So is his death.
No corrections, no apologies, and within a month at most, they’ll be back to pretending that it was a radical trans leftist. Kirk was only ever a tool to them. So is his death.
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More than likely this amateur, premature post by Kash Patel caused law enforcement to stand down, not lock down city exits, airports, etc. and helped the killer calmly leave. Cosplayers in charge put all of us at risk.
September 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
More than likely this amateur, premature post by Kash Patel caused law enforcement to stand down, not lock down city exits, airports, etc. and helped the killer calmly leave. Cosplayers in charge put all of us at risk.
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Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
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Nearly every commentator: Look, I don't know anything, but I know enough to confirm my prior beliefs and to invalidate yours.
September 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Nearly every commentator: Look, I don't know anything, but I know enough to confirm my prior beliefs and to invalidate yours.
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both of these photos of Trump's head were taken today (Getty)
August 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
both of these photos of Trump's head were taken today (Getty)
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“Hey quick follow up for the History Respecter — what aspect of the Confederacy are you *most* proud of?
The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”
The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”
Hegseth on restoring a Confederate monument in Arlington cemetery: "We recognize our history. We don't erase it. We don't follow the woke lemmings off the cliff that want to tear down statues ... we're proud of our history."
August 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“Hey quick follow up for the History Respecter — what aspect of the Confederacy are you *most* proud of?
The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”
The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”
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“What you believe is that some people have less worth than other people, and I think that is an indecent position to take. As a result, there are no details you can present within that framework that interest me in the slightest, and I don’t see any point in any debate about those details.”
I wrote about the debate with the Jubilee fascists, the overall idea of the utility of debate and the alleged need for it in order to arrive at truth, and the malicious and corrosive effect this false idea actually has upon the discourse and society.
www.the-reframe.com/boiling-water/
www.the-reframe.com/boiling-water/
Boiling Water
The corrosive damage cause by forcing people to defend their own lives by debating ideas that have already been defeated.
www.the-reframe.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“What you believe is that some people have less worth than other people, and I think that is an indecent position to take. As a result, there are no details you can present within that framework that interest me in the slightest, and I don’t see any point in any debate about those details.”
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It is remarkable and astonishing that the entire apparatus of the Republican party -- the entire organization and every single person who is part of it -- has been converted into a cover-up operation to protect a single pedophile rapist.
Is that why these Republicans went into politics? Really?
Is that why these Republicans went into politics? Really?
August 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It is remarkable and astonishing that the entire apparatus of the Republican party -- the entire organization and every single person who is part of it -- has been converted into a cover-up operation to protect a single pedophile rapist.
Is that why these Republicans went into politics? Really?
Is that why these Republicans went into politics? Really?
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Only an asshole would be a friend of Jeffrey Epstein and an enemy of Canada.
August 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Only an asshole would be a friend of Jeffrey Epstein and an enemy of Canada.
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Sometimes you meet someone and you know from the first moment that you want to spend your whole life without them
July 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sometimes you meet someone and you know from the first moment that you want to spend your whole life without them
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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Five years ago today, we lost one of my heroes, John Lewis. So much of what we take for granted too often today is as a result of his life’s work. We must resolve to make our collective memory of John Lewis a living, active one. We must finish that journey toward justice that he led for so long.
July 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Five years ago today, we lost one of my heroes, John Lewis. So much of what we take for granted too often today is as a result of his life’s work. We must resolve to make our collective memory of John Lewis a living, active one. We must finish that journey toward justice that he led for so long.
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Stephen Miller: "Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."
Leaked video shows the current White House Chief of Staff at 17, describing the torture of iraqis in gruesome detail as the group erupts in laughter.
Leaked video shows the current White House Chief of Staff at 17, describing the torture of iraqis in gruesome detail as the group erupts in laughter.
July 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Stephen Miller: "Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."
Leaked video shows the current White House Chief of Staff at 17, describing the torture of iraqis in gruesome detail as the group erupts in laughter.
Leaked video shows the current White House Chief of Staff at 17, describing the torture of iraqis in gruesome detail as the group erupts in laughter.
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Trump at the White House faith office luncheon: "I'd get home, I'd say, 'First Lady, I had the most wonderful talk with Vladimir. I think we're finished.' And then I'll turn on a television and he just bombed a nursing home. *laughs* I'd say, 'What?' *laughs* So we don't like that."
July 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump at the White House faith office luncheon: "I'd get home, I'd say, 'First Lady, I had the most wonderful talk with Vladimir. I think we're finished.' And then I'll turn on a television and he just bombed a nursing home. *laughs* I'd say, 'What?' *laughs* So we don't like that."
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That bill passing is an awful thing. But if your biggest problem with it is the change to gambling taxes, it's probably time to do some soul searching.
A lot of people are going to be tortured and killed because of it, to start.
It's awful, but taxes aren't the worst part.
A lot of people are going to be tortured and killed because of it, to start.
It's awful, but taxes aren't the worst part.
July 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
That bill passing is an awful thing. But if your biggest problem with it is the change to gambling taxes, it's probably time to do some soul searching.
A lot of people are going to be tortured and killed because of it, to start.
It's awful, but taxes aren't the worst part.
A lot of people are going to be tortured and killed because of it, to start.
It's awful, but taxes aren't the worst part.
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I assume this is because large chunks of the population don't actually understand that, for the rest of the west, American is the outlier. It's the weird one. It's the one doing things weird.
June 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I assume this is because large chunks of the population don't actually understand that, for the rest of the west, American is the outlier. It's the weird one. It's the one doing things weird.