Carthaged
@carthaged.bsky.social
Delenda Est, but with exhausted characteristics. Trying to be normal
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I'm 40. By the time I'm 44, I will have had 24 years of my life with a President who was born between June and August 1946.
Millennials don’t have to post about “the gerontocracy” when someone’s just died a horrible death from cancer. The millennial passion for dunking on “the olds” can wait a day. Also, I guarantee that millennials will be the most insistent on holding onto their power when they reach that age.
May 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm 40. By the time I'm 44, I will have had 24 years of my life with a President who was born between June and August 1946.
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She's going to dog-walk him and run in 2028. I hate her, but I respect the hustle and the cunning it takes to know Trump is washed.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
She's going to dog-walk him and run in 2028. I hate her, but I respect the hustle and the cunning it takes to know Trump is washed.
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Omg.
The BU College Republicans guy who called ICE on car wash workers bc they are “stealing jobs from Americans” was born and raised in … another country.
The BU College Republicans guy who called ICE on car wash workers bc they are “stealing jobs from Americans” was born and raised in … another country.
Zac Segal, Boston U runner and Young Republican alerted ICE to a car wash in Allston MA which had immigrants working - he said they were taking US jobs. ICE raided the car wash. All detained had legal status according to their lawyer.
Segal was born and schooled in London. 🙄
Segal was born and schooled in London. 🙄
Student Republican who called ICE on car wash faces backlash
An attorney for those detained said, "Is he taking a college seat away from an American since he's from London?"
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November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Omg.
The BU College Republicans guy who called ICE on car wash workers bc they are “stealing jobs from Americans” was born and raised in … another country.
The BU College Republicans guy who called ICE on car wash workers bc they are “stealing jobs from Americans” was born and raised in … another country.
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olivia nuzzi is basically the patron saint of people who do conjugal visits and marry serial killers who are serving multiple life sentences
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
olivia nuzzi is basically the patron saint of people who do conjugal visits and marry serial killers who are serving multiple life sentences
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And they say deterrence doesn’t work
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
And they say deterrence doesn’t work
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I remember when the deal with the UK was touted as a centerpiece of Trump's economic agenda, but then again unlike the voters I have object permanence
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I remember when the deal with the UK was touted as a centerpiece of Trump's economic agenda, but then again unlike the voters I have object permanence
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look we have fun on here going back and forth with our cousins across the pond but "i don't think the uk is a friend to this country" is one that should get you tossed off into the pacific
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
look we have fun on here going back and forth with our cousins across the pond but "i don't think the uk is a friend to this country" is one that should get you tossed off into the pacific
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capping a week of stories about elite depravity with a story about a journalist who broke basically every possible ethical rule (and was rewarded for it) to elevate an unqualified wealthy failson who is trying to destroy american public health is, well, it's a lot, tbh
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
capping a week of stories about elite depravity with a story about a journalist who broke basically every possible ethical rule (and was rewarded for it) to elevate an unqualified wealthy failson who is trying to destroy american public health is, well, it's a lot, tbh
Elite impunity.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Elite impunity.
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They’re dabbing on us lol
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
They’re dabbing on us lol
It’s pretty clear when I look at myself that I’m not optimized for farming or domination, nor do I aspire to be. It’s absurd that that is what men are “meant” to be working towards according to “real men”
Masculinism is obsolete.
I don't say this to be edgy or unkind, but to say masculinity since the dawn of agriculture at least has been defined in terms of domination over others, and to whatever extent the logic of domination has served our society it is now strictly a form of collective self-harm.
I don't say this to be edgy or unkind, but to say masculinity since the dawn of agriculture at least has been defined in terms of domination over others, and to whatever extent the logic of domination has served our society it is now strictly a form of collective self-harm.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It’s pretty clear when I look at myself that I’m not optimized for farming or domination, nor do I aspire to be. It’s absurd that that is what men are “meant” to be working towards according to “real men”
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People who make their living through posting cannot be trusted
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
People who make their living through posting cannot be trusted
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democrats stop listening to larry summers challenge (impossible)
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
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Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
democrats stop listening to larry summers challenge (impossible)
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i suddenly feel so fucking good about immediately making a torrent out of it because i didn't trust the initial release to remain available and unaltered
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
i suddenly feel so fucking good about immediately making a torrent out of it because i didn't trust the initial release to remain available and unaltered
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for example: we just watched Joyce Carol Oates break Elon Musk’s psyche into 20,000 wriggling maggot-like pieces, and she said nothing anyone could ever construe as a bannable threat in the process
also the self-censorship people on here just sound Iike naive children to me
you can in fact viciously and highly effective criticize evil people without giving them needless points of vulnerability to get you back with
you can in fact viciously and highly effective criticize evil people without giving them needless points of vulnerability to get you back with
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
for example: we just watched Joyce Carol Oates break Elon Musk’s psyche into 20,000 wriggling maggot-like pieces, and she said nothing anyone could ever construe as a bannable threat in the process
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“you can be disappeared”
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“you can be disappeared”
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
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The UK in the 70s and 80s sucked so much it produced like 95% of the dystopian nerd slop we consume to this day.
No. No. It's absurd enough to think this for Americans, but fucking Brits!? Do you not know your own history!? Part of the country was in a civil war!
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The UK in the 70s and 80s sucked so much it produced like 95% of the dystopian nerd slop we consume to this day.
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No one demanded the market distorting effects of personalist dictatorship more than capital, they should be happy with their choice. bsky.app/profile/carl...
YELLEN: “.. businesses feel paralyzed by the uncertainty about policies that represent the strong but really personal whims of a single individual.”
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November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
No one demanded the market distorting effects of personalist dictatorship more than capital, they should be happy with their choice. bsky.app/profile/carl...
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the idea of changing the law is so dead in america that the idea that something might be banned by statute rather than by arguing that it is already banned (in terms of water use, in terms of copyright) seems completely alien
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
the idea of changing the law is so dead in america that the idea that something might be banned by statute rather than by arguing that it is already banned (in terms of water use, in terms of copyright) seems completely alien
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The era of woke doves is over, now it is time for woke hawks.
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The era of woke doves is over, now it is time for woke hawks.
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this nerd usually has one or more of the following attributes and obsessions:
- a beard
- catholicism
- a favorite history podcast
- housing policy
- advanced degree
- a beard
- catholicism
- a favorite history podcast
- housing policy
- advanced degree
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
this nerd usually has one or more of the following attributes and obsessions:
- a beard
- catholicism
- a favorite history podcast
- housing policy
- advanced degree
- a beard
- catholicism
- a favorite history podcast
- housing policy
- advanced degree
Now that I have the misfortune of knowing this is a thing, so shall you
fascination with kitchencels led us to talk about the modern iteration of incel communities and how they punish themselves by excluding enjoyment from simple things like eating food
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Now that I have the misfortune of knowing this is a thing, so shall you
Honestly, teacher’s college should be abolished
It's because a bunch of liberal education departments that we trusted backed faulty research in order to sell reading curriculums that were based on nonsense. And you should make sure your local school district isn't still using it, especially if you live in a blue state where it was most popular.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Honestly, teacher’s college should be abolished
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“touch grass” is dumb. what you need to do is “go on a walk”.
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“touch grass” is dumb. what you need to do is “go on a walk”.