@chriswatkins.bsky.social
Reposted
More and more people are saying that the center-left political elite has its own omnicause reactionism problem centered around personal grievances against pro-Palestine students and transgender people.
the atlantic has been like this for a long time but man, it really blows that the flagship publication for american liberalism has abandoned *liberalism* wholesale because of trans athletes and woke student governments
International law no longer serves as an instrument of global stability—and the U.S. should use this moment to argue for a different approach to the rules of war, John Yoo argues.
January 25, 2026 at 9:47 PM
More and more people are saying that the center-left political elite has its own omnicause reactionism problem centered around personal grievances against pro-Palestine students and transgender people.
Reposted
One of the core things about these guys is that they're proudly ignorant and can't grasp the idea that knowledge might make them better able to do their godawful stuff. They couldn't explain the concept of "social trust" if they had to, much less understand why it matters in this context.
If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.
January 23, 2026 at 10:06 PM
One of the core things about these guys is that they're proudly ignorant and can't grasp the idea that knowledge might make them better able to do their godawful stuff. They couldn't explain the concept of "social trust" if they had to, much less understand why it matters in this context.
Reposted
Leaking this in bad faith after the fact proves that they were correct not to pick him.
What a pathetic whiner. This is not an "all Jews have dual loyalty" bias, it's a "this specific dude was so into Israel that he implied he was in the IDF when he wasn't."
Josh Shapiro Writes That Harris Team Asked if He Had Ever Been an Israeli Agent
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Leaking this in bad faith after the fact proves that they were correct not to pick him.
Reposted
this is very much not the core of the issue. we tolerate all sorts of biological advantages and disadvantages in sports. the real fundamental question here is: why is this one different than the others?
January 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
this is very much not the core of the issue. we tolerate all sorts of biological advantages and disadvantages in sports. the real fundamental question here is: why is this one different than the others?
Reposted
Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
gourmetmagazine.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Reposted
Slightly! Probably because of all the evidence to the contrary.
January 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Slightly! Probably because of all the evidence to the contrary.
Reposted
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
January 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
Reposted
And actually--Comet Pizza was a page out of a playbook that started with daycare decades before.
In 1983, a California mom accused her son's childcare provider of subjecting children to Satanic rituals--like flushing them down toilets into secret basements where they were then filmed for porn. 1/🧵
In 1983, a California mom accused her son's childcare provider of subjecting children to Satanic rituals--like flushing them down toilets into secret basements where they were then filmed for porn. 1/🧵
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
And actually--Comet Pizza was a page out of a playbook that started with daycare decades before.
In 1983, a California mom accused her son's childcare provider of subjecting children to Satanic rituals--like flushing them down toilets into secret basements where they were then filmed for porn. 1/🧵
In 1983, a California mom accused her son's childcare provider of subjecting children to Satanic rituals--like flushing them down toilets into secret basements where they were then filmed for porn. 1/🧵
Reposted
The NY Times just goes through the same Rolodex of voters who help them build the narrative they want to create. Rigged journalism.
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The NY Times just goes through the same Rolodex of voters who help them build the narrative they want to create. Rigged journalism.
Reposted
The leadership of the @nytimes.com broadly agrees with Chris Rufo that the existence of "woke" students, professors, and institutions is an affront to society which needs to be dismantled by state coercion.
This is, ironically, very obvious, but also politically incorrect to talk about in public.
This is, ironically, very obvious, but also politically incorrect to talk about in public.
The article accepts the idea that New College was a liberal enclave, and what is happening now is a rebalancing. I think this view is fundamentally wrong, embracing the assumptions of those who see their job as to save campuses from liberalism by any means necessary.
December 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The leadership of the @nytimes.com broadly agrees with Chris Rufo that the existence of "woke" students, professors, and institutions is an affront to society which needs to be dismantled by state coercion.
This is, ironically, very obvious, but also politically incorrect to talk about in public.
This is, ironically, very obvious, but also politically incorrect to talk about in public.
Reposted
If they had a right-wing, “tough-on-crime” coded mayor there would be endless national profiles about him and how he finally brought sanity back to Chicago.
Now that summer is over, Chicago is still on track to have fewer homicides in 2025 than almost any other year since 2001. This is especially impressive considering that the five most violent years of the 21st century have all been in the past decade.
September 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If they had a right-wing, “tough-on-crime” coded mayor there would be endless national profiles about him and how he finally brought sanity back to Chicago.
Reposted
the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
Reposted
Glad the vice president of the United States, whose salary my taxes fund, is using his position to *checks notes* attack me on the Charlie Kirk show.
September 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Glad the vice president of the United States, whose salary my taxes fund, is using his position to *checks notes* attack me on the Charlie Kirk show.
Reposted
i have said for years that cable news should be banned in dem congressional offices. Now they're practically the only ones who watch so they really don't need to have it on
September 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
i have said for years that cable news should be banned in dem congressional offices. Now they're practically the only ones who watch so they really don't need to have it on
Reposted
sounds radical but it is truly crazy that we allowed a handful of private companies to de facto monopolize one of the most important human activities that exists. something has to be done bsky.app/profile/capn...
It is my firm unironic belief that all dating apps need to be nationalized under an independent nonprofit public enterprise. The profit motive of the dating apps has warped our social sphere and driven men insane
if not the internet entirely then at least proprietary, black box algorithm-based social media, as well as dating apps
June 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
sounds radical but it is truly crazy that we allowed a handful of private companies to de facto monopolize one of the most important human activities that exists. something has to be done bsky.app/profile/capn...
Reposted
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
Reposted
Great context for the witch hunt against people telling the truth about Charlie Kirk.
"The actual politics of free speech is fueled by a right-wing political strategy. - Boston Review share.google/R3D3K0sO7x5J...
"The actual politics of free speech is fueled by a right-wing political strategy. - Boston Review share.google/R3D3K0sO7x5J...
The actual politics of free speech is fueled by a right-wing political strategy. - Boston Review
Nicole Hemmer responds to Alex Gourevitch’s “The Right to Be Hostile.”
share.google
September 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Great context for the witch hunt against people telling the truth about Charlie Kirk.
"The actual politics of free speech is fueled by a right-wing political strategy. - Boston Review share.google/R3D3K0sO7x5J...
"The actual politics of free speech is fueled by a right-wing political strategy. - Boston Review share.google/R3D3K0sO7x5J...
Reposted
Every major publication in this country needs to have dedicated staffers or correspondents reporting on gaming, streamers, podcasts, and TikTok. Not as a once in a while thing. As standard beats. These are massive segments of American culture. No excuses for it anymore.
basically a generational cohort split here where certain younger people intuitively grasp the irony poisoned context, and if you aren't already up to speed, very hard to explain
Watching the cable news commentary on the bullet engravings is wild because none of these people seem to realize that the content of the engravings are indicative of extremely online meme brain rot
September 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Every major publication in this country needs to have dedicated staffers or correspondents reporting on gaming, streamers, podcasts, and TikTok. Not as a once in a while thing. As standard beats. These are massive segments of American culture. No excuses for it anymore.
Reposted
if your only real interactions with your kid are punishing and giving them orders they are gonna do things behind your back. They won’t feel like you care about them and they definitely won’t tell you what scares them or how they feel about things, you have to talk to them about online stuff too
September 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
if your only real interactions with your kid are punishing and giving them orders they are gonna do things behind your back. They won’t feel like you care about them and they definitely won’t tell you what scares them or how they feel about things, you have to talk to them about online stuff too
Reposted
There are many reasons why political violence should be rejected with few exceptions that don't apply here. There's principle — the pre-political worth of a human being — but if that doesn't grab you, there's also the spectacle of your political opponents being canonized as saints.
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There are many reasons why political violence should be rejected with few exceptions that don't apply here. There's principle — the pre-political worth of a human being — but if that doesn't grab you, there's also the spectacle of your political opponents being canonized as saints.
Reposted
In 2019 Nick Fuentes' neo-Nazi "Groypers" engaged in a systematic campaign to harass Charlie Kirk at his events for not being racist enough. He responded by becoming more racist.
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-gr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-gr...
How the Groypers Won
In the clash between Charlie Kirk and Nick Fuentes, the Pepe people prevailed.
www.thebulwark.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 2019 Nick Fuentes' neo-Nazi "Groypers" engaged in a systematic campaign to harass Charlie Kirk at his events for not being racist enough. He responded by becoming more racist.
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-gr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-gr...
Reposted
Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps.
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
August 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps.
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
Reposted
I interviewed @malsaafin.bsky.social about the killing of Anas al-Sharif, how Western media treats Palestinian journos, if Israel's current plans for Gaza City are distinct from previous plans, and if a “day after” the war is something it even envisions.
www.seamus-malekafzali.com/p/the-exterm...
www.seamus-malekafzali.com/p/the-exterm...
The Extermination of Gaza City Must Not Be Televised: A Conversation with Mohammad Alsaafin
AJ+ senior producer Mohammad Alsaafin speaks on the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and Israel's plans to occupy Gaza City.
www.seamus-malekafzali.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I interviewed @malsaafin.bsky.social about the killing of Anas al-Sharif, how Western media treats Palestinian journos, if Israel's current plans for Gaza City are distinct from previous plans, and if a “day after” the war is something it even envisions.
www.seamus-malekafzali.com/p/the-exterm...
www.seamus-malekafzali.com/p/the-exterm...