cheyinka
@cheyinka.bsky.social
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cheyinka
@cheyinka.bsky.social
· Nov 6
If I outlive the person elected president in 2016 and 2024 I will have a Mass of Thanksgiving said. If my husband also does, I will have three said.
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In addition to the inherent issues with polling - response bias, lying, sampling issues - people are also notoriously bad at telling you what they want!
People said wanted trump to break things and shake things up. That’s what is happening now - and they hate it. Because it’s bad!
People said wanted trump to break things and shake things up. That’s what is happening now - and they hate it. Because it’s bad!
December 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
In addition to the inherent issues with polling - response bias, lying, sampling issues - people are also notoriously bad at telling you what they want!
People said wanted trump to break things and shake things up. That’s what is happening now - and they hate it. Because it’s bad!
People said wanted trump to break things and shake things up. That’s what is happening now - and they hate it. Because it’s bad!
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when we said “defer electoral strategy to the actual politicians running for actual offices” we meant “after calculating wins above replacement somehow”
December 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
when we said “defer electoral strategy to the actual politicians running for actual offices” we meant “after calculating wins above replacement somehow”
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data is important, measurement of public opinion is important, but politics also isn't a machine. there are a vast number of qualitative factors at work. and people themselves are unpredictable.
December 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
data is important, measurement of public opinion is important, but politics also isn't a machine. there are a vast number of qualitative factors at work. and people themselves are unpredictable.
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“You could have won by more and you didn’t” sucks and “you should have won by less because that would mean you’re more progressive” sucks because individual variation swamps all of this even if any of it were valid, which it’s not.
December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“You could have won by more and you didn’t” sucks and “you should have won by less because that would mean you’re more progressive” sucks because individual variation swamps all of this even if any of it were valid, which it’s not.
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JAMES HORNER CAMEO ALERT!
He's the officer marching down the corrider as they make the dash for the nebula.
Meyer was loving his soundtrack work so much he was like:
DUDE GO TO COSTUME AND PUT ON A UNIFORM I WILL GET YOU IN THIS MOVIE
He's the officer marching down the corrider as they make the dash for the nebula.
Meyer was loving his soundtrack work so much he was like:
DUDE GO TO COSTUME AND PUT ON A UNIFORM I WILL GET YOU IN THIS MOVIE
December 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
JAMES HORNER CAMEO ALERT!
He's the officer marching down the corrider as they make the dash for the nebula.
Meyer was loving his soundtrack work so much he was like:
DUDE GO TO COSTUME AND PUT ON A UNIFORM I WILL GET YOU IN THIS MOVIE
He's the officer marching down the corrider as they make the dash for the nebula.
Meyer was loving his soundtrack work so much he was like:
DUDE GO TO COSTUME AND PUT ON A UNIFORM I WILL GET YOU IN THIS MOVIE
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Khan and Kirk never meet in the film. Shatner was insistent they should meet and fist fight at least once, with Kirk winning again as in Space Seed.
Meyer refused. He told Shatner that Khan was a genetic superman. It was ridiculous Kirk beat him in Seed and would be even more ridiculous here.
Meyer refused. He told Shatner that Khan was a genetic superman. It was ridiculous Kirk beat him in Seed and would be even more ridiculous here.
Yeah. Shatner was doing in a playgroundy singsong and Meyer just ground the life out of Shatner and got the take he (rightly!) wanted.
December 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Khan and Kirk never meet in the film. Shatner was insistent they should meet and fist fight at least once, with Kirk winning again as in Space Seed.
Meyer refused. He told Shatner that Khan was a genetic superman. It was ridiculous Kirk beat him in Seed and would be even more ridiculous here.
Meyer refused. He told Shatner that Khan was a genetic superman. It was ridiculous Kirk beat him in Seed and would be even more ridiculous here.
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I've always wondered if Meyer knew that a lot of Trek fandom had been kept alive by (basically) slashfic of Kirk/Spock.
Because jesus christ are Kirk and Spock horny for each other in Wrath.
Because jesus christ are Kirk and Spock horny for each other in Wrath.
December 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I've always wondered if Meyer knew that a lot of Trek fandom had been kept alive by (basically) slashfic of Kirk/Spock.
Because jesus christ are Kirk and Spock horny for each other in Wrath.
Because jesus christ are Kirk and Spock horny for each other in Wrath.
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"five dollar footlongs" were an artifact of mass unemployment in 2008; the sandwich artists making them were getting paid $7 an hour.
as a democratic socialist, I am, in fact, in favor of paying Subway workers a living wage. if that means my footlongs now cost more than five dollars, that's OK.
as a democratic socialist, I am, in fact, in favor of paying Subway workers a living wage. if that means my footlongs now cost more than five dollars, that's OK.
Will I get what you're saying but are you really assigning _zero_ explanatory power to walking into a Subway and paying $18 for a sandwich when "five dollar footlong" promotions were so prominent for so long?
December 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"five dollar footlongs" were an artifact of mass unemployment in 2008; the sandwich artists making them were getting paid $7 an hour.
as a democratic socialist, I am, in fact, in favor of paying Subway workers a living wage. if that means my footlongs now cost more than five dollars, that's OK.
as a democratic socialist, I am, in fact, in favor of paying Subway workers a living wage. if that means my footlongs now cost more than five dollars, that's OK.
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maybe it's *not* a crime if they do it out in the open singing "We're committing crimes all day ♫"
the number of DOJ staff and FBI agents who are - by any reasonable stretch of the imagination - obeying orders to cover up crimes is staggering
December 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
maybe it's *not* a crime if they do it out in the open singing "We're committing crimes all day ♫"
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Who controls Congress again? This is fucking ridiculous.
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Who controls Congress again? This is fucking ridiculous.
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i think at least some “Democrats have to do something” posters sincerely believe something like “being in Congress gives you the power to arrest some number of people”
December 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
i think at least some “Democrats have to do something” posters sincerely believe something like “being in Congress gives you the power to arrest some number of people”
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The Pope was an American citizen who served as a bishop in Peru. I think it's fair to say he doesn't think a person has to be born in a country to serve there as bishop or cardinal.
Stephen Miller’s wife Katie Miller openly attacks Pope Leo XIV.
December 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Pope was an American citizen who served as a bishop in Peru. I think it's fair to say he doesn't think a person has to be born in a country to serve there as bishop or cardinal.
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I’m sorry but ‘heritage American’ makes you sound like a tomato
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’m sorry but ‘heritage American’ makes you sound like a tomato
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@kiyanicoll.bsky.social waved this link at me, to which I said "All faience hedgehogs are the best hedgehogs."
(Ibis - see Magician's Hoard and various other books - also agrees. Obviously.)
(Ibis - see Magician's Hoard and various other books - also agrees. Obviously.)
December 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
@kiyanicoll.bsky.social waved this link at me, to which I said "All faience hedgehogs are the best hedgehogs."
(Ibis - see Magician's Hoard and various other books - also agrees. Obviously.)
(Ibis - see Magician's Hoard and various other books - also agrees. Obviously.)
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This man died in ICE custody at a private prison. He had a valid work permit, owned a trucking company, paid taxes for 30 years, married to a US citizen, and was arrested while at scheduled appointment for his green card. Did you vote for this MAGA?
December 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This man died in ICE custody at a private prison. He had a valid work permit, owned a trucking company, paid taxes for 30 years, married to a US citizen, and was arrested while at scheduled appointment for his green card. Did you vote for this MAGA?
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if you know what the flag on the right means, the idea that China is uniformly a single ethnicity is hilariously stupid
December 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if you know what the flag on the right means, the idea that China is uniformly a single ethnicity is hilariously stupid
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This is the revelation that made me decide I agree with that person who thought Bill might actually not be guilty (or at least provably guilty) of anything except being a scumbag.
Because if Republicans had evidence he was abusing minors... why would they need to pull this chicanery?
Because if Republicans had evidence he was abusing minors... why would they need to pull this chicanery?
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is the revelation that made me decide I agree with that person who thought Bill might actually not be guilty (or at least provably guilty) of anything except being a scumbag.
Because if Republicans had evidence he was abusing minors... why would they need to pull this chicanery?
Because if Republicans had evidence he was abusing minors... why would they need to pull this chicanery?
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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this itself isn’t necessarily evidence of malfeasance by the administration- I think incompetence in the face of a redaction task that is frankly a lot harder than people seem to think it is explains a lot- but it is a reminder that the maximally adverse read is not always right
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
this itself isn’t necessarily evidence of malfeasance by the administration- I think incompetence in the face of a redaction task that is frankly a lot harder than people seem to think it is explains a lot- but it is a reminder that the maximally adverse read is not always right
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the emergence of the technology that allowed ordinary people to call anglosphere elites “asshole” to their faces coincided with a crisis of elite prestige and status due to the iraq war and financial crisis. a lot of elites faced harsh criticism for the first time and felt scalded.
December 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
the emergence of the technology that allowed ordinary people to call anglosphere elites “asshole” to their faces coincided with a crisis of elite prestige and status due to the iraq war and financial crisis. a lot of elites faced harsh criticism for the first time and felt scalded.
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The fastest mile I’ve ever run came in at 5:49. I almost threw up after I was done.
When Eliud Kipchoge runs a marathon, every one of his 26.2 miles clocks in under 4:40. He sustains this pace for 2 hours.
When Eliud Kipchoge runs a marathon, every one of his 26.2 miles clocks in under 4:40. He sustains this pace for 2 hours.
my spouse routinely says the Olympics should have a randomly selected amateur candidate from each country to keep some perspective to just how impressive they are.
December 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The fastest mile I’ve ever run came in at 5:49. I almost threw up after I was done.
When Eliud Kipchoge runs a marathon, every one of his 26.2 miles clocks in under 4:40. He sustains this pace for 2 hours.
When Eliud Kipchoge runs a marathon, every one of his 26.2 miles clocks in under 4:40. He sustains this pace for 2 hours.
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Getting the thoughts out of brain & into phone without compromise or delay is half the joy of this medium.
saw someone called a thesaurus and man let me tell you if you think anyone on here is bad about overusing big words you should see me talking when i'm drunk
i have spent decades trying to use smaller words because people are weird about big ones
i have spent decades trying to use smaller words because people are weird about big ones
December 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Getting the thoughts out of brain & into phone without compromise or delay is half the joy of this medium.
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I heard there was a secret code,
that David knew to unlock god mode,
but you don't really care for cheating, do yah?
It goes like this, up up down down left right lef
that David knew to unlock god mode,
but you don't really care for cheating, do yah?
It goes like this, up up down down left right lef
December 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I heard there was a secret code,
that David knew to unlock god mode,
but you don't really care for cheating, do yah?
It goes like this, up up down down left right lef
that David knew to unlock god mode,
but you don't really care for cheating, do yah?
It goes like this, up up down down left right lef
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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Ever notice how nonspecific environmentalist perspectives can be at their loudest when they are impotent? That's right, colorless green ideas DO sleep furiously
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ever notice how nonspecific environmentalist perspectives can be at their loudest when they are impotent? That's right, colorless green ideas DO sleep furiously