Constant Velocity
@constantvelocity.bsky.social
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(5/X) put her in charge of CBS News and she began censoring stories that were critical of Trump. The guy at the free speech organization said nothing, the guy who organized the Harper's letter said nothing, and her supporters at the Atlantic rallied around her.
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
(5/X) put her in charge of CBS News and she began censoring stories that were critical of Trump. The guy at the free speech organization said nothing, the guy who organized the Harper's letter said nothing, and her supporters at the Atlantic rallied around her.
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Returning to twitter to minister to the hogs and do my part to improve the conversation. Fixing Andrew Tate's heart by talking about the NBA with him. Replying "Are you watching Plurbus" to a Rod Dreher post about demonic possession and kicking off a healing round of good-natured discourse.
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Returning to twitter to minister to the hogs and do my part to improve the conversation. Fixing Andrew Tate's heart by talking about the NBA with him. Replying "Are you watching Plurbus" to a Rod Dreher post about demonic possession and kicking off a healing round of good-natured discourse.
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Yep. I have a term for it.
Used in this way, "some say" and "critics say" are signals warning us that what comes next is not truth-seeking but refuge-seeking behavior.
"Depends on you ask" operates in similar fashion.
Used in this way, "some say" and "critics say" are signals warning us that what comes next is not truth-seeking but refuge-seeking behavior.
"Depends on you ask" operates in similar fashion.
A common dodge here seems to be to use the framing of "some say", which allows you to pretend you are being objective. Even then, the actual correct terminology might not even be used. "Some say prisoners are being interrogated in ways that could be considered unethical."
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yep. I have a term for it.
Used in this way, "some say" and "critics say" are signals warning us that what comes next is not truth-seeking but refuge-seeking behavior.
"Depends on you ask" operates in similar fashion.
Used in this way, "some say" and "critics say" are signals warning us that what comes next is not truth-seeking but refuge-seeking behavior.
"Depends on you ask" operates in similar fashion.
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(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
I feel like this is healthy. I really love these Midwest soul-rock boys, but I’m not a maniac about it.
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I feel like this is healthy. I really love these Midwest soul-rock boys, but I’m not a maniac about it.
@erikloomis.bsky.social I could tell you this is a great line, but better still my wife could tell you it’s a bullseye.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
@erikloomis.bsky.social I could tell you this is a great line, but better still my wife could tell you it’s a bullseye.
It’s cold comfort, but this is something I’ve thought often during this horrible period.
Another almost comfort I have is that this ignorant child of privilege wanted nothing more than to be accepted into the ranks of the glamorous elites, but they shunned him for being what he is.
November 6, 2024 at 8:38 AM
It’s cold comfort, but this is something I’ve thought often during this horrible period.
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It's like America is waiting for the test results call from our oncologist.
November 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM
It's like America is waiting for the test results call from our oncologist.
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He was married to Marla Maples when he sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll. Wonder if he told his wife about that when he got home.
Trump: "Can you imagine a wife not telling a husband who she's voting for? Did you ever hear anything like that? Even if you had a horrible -- if you had a bad relationship, you're gonna tell your husband."
November 2, 2024 at 4:36 PM
He was married to Marla Maples when he sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll. Wonder if he told his wife about that when he got home.
@seanthomason.bsky.social
Maybe you’re too proud to rerun your old hits from the other site. But this is one that cannot be allowed to diminish and go into the West.
Maybe you’re too proud to rerun your old hits from the other site. But this is one that cannot be allowed to diminish and go into the West.
November 2, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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Maybe you’re too proud to rerun your old hits from the other site. But this is one that cannot be allowed to diminish and go into the West.
Maybe you’re too proud to rerun your old hits from the other site. But this is one that cannot be allowed to diminish and go into the West.
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Thomas Huxley (Darwin's Bulldog) on vax denialists: 140 yrs ago:
Those trying to prevent the use of Pasteur's newly invented rabies vaccine, “hate everything which contributes to prove the value of strictly scientific methods of inquiry in all those questions which affect the welfare of society."
Those trying to prevent the use of Pasteur's newly invented rabies vaccine, “hate everything which contributes to prove the value of strictly scientific methods of inquiry in all those questions which affect the welfare of society."
Can’t overstate how dangerous it is that vaccine denial has completely captured one of the two major parties. We’re an election or two from unraveling one of humanity’s greatest achievements. The potential long tail damage is millions of preventable deaths. Just absolutely bonkers.
November 1, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Thomas Huxley (Darwin's Bulldog) on vax denialists: 140 yrs ago:
Those trying to prevent the use of Pasteur's newly invented rabies vaccine, “hate everything which contributes to prove the value of strictly scientific methods of inquiry in all those questions which affect the welfare of society."
Those trying to prevent the use of Pasteur's newly invented rabies vaccine, “hate everything which contributes to prove the value of strictly scientific methods of inquiry in all those questions which affect the welfare of society."
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. strutting onstage at the Madison Square Garden Trump rally and reading all the text on the Dr. Bronner's bottle in a voice that sounds like an old lawnmower failing to start. In two hours, Tulsi Gabbard will reveal for the one thousandth time that she is no longer a Democrat.
October 26, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. strutting onstage at the Madison Square Garden Trump rally and reading all the text on the Dr. Bronner's bottle in a voice that sounds like an old lawnmower failing to start. In two hours, Tulsi Gabbard will reveal for the one thousandth time that she is no longer a Democrat.
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From a Rolling Stone intv with Stevie Nicks. This anecdote about Katy Perry is everything I needed today.
October 24, 2024 at 8:40 PM
From a Rolling Stone intv with Stevie Nicks. This anecdote about Katy Perry is everything I needed today.
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Trump's decline — in so many ways — is where critics of campaign coverage should focus their blitz from now to election day.
October 21, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Trump's decline — in so many ways — is where critics of campaign coverage should focus their blitz from now to election day.
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Donald Trump is cancelling and not showing up for so many appearances he's being sued for plagiarism by Sly and the Family Stone.
October 18, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Donald Trump is cancelling and not showing up for so many appearances he's being sued for plagiarism by Sly and the Family Stone.
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If conservative young men — or whatever demographic we're supposed to be hand-wringing over today — are so attached to their rancid old world they're welcome to perish in it.
October 16, 2024 at 5:18 PM
If conservative young men — or whatever demographic we're supposed to be hand-wringing over today — are so attached to their rancid old world they're welcome to perish in it.
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It is actively a good thing that conservatives are more excluded and lonely. If that leads to their mental health collapsing so they're less able to organize and threaten others that is also good. It is entirely self-inflicted and they don't deserve an ounce of sympathy.
October 16, 2024 at 5:15 PM
It is actively a good thing that conservatives are more excluded and lonely. If that leads to their mental health collapsing so they're less able to organize and threaten others that is also good. It is entirely self-inflicted and they don't deserve an ounce of sympathy.
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I mean if conservatives can't find dates they could always try not being reprehensible people who don't hold the most evil beliefs imaginable, but that's apparently too much to ask.
Every time I see one of these stories I think how many are kept safer by their well-deserved exclusion and isolation.
Every time I see one of these stories I think how many are kept safer by their well-deserved exclusion and isolation.
October 16, 2024 at 5:11 PM
I mean if conservatives can't find dates they could always try not being reprehensible people who don't hold the most evil beliefs imaginable, but that's apparently too much to ask.
Every time I see one of these stories I think how many are kept safer by their well-deserved exclusion and isolation.
Every time I see one of these stories I think how many are kept safer by their well-deserved exclusion and isolation.
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The only path forward for Xitter is:
1. The Normies leave
2. The advertisers follow
3. It devolves into a 4chan-esque cesspool that no one else takes seriously.
If you’re dual-posting here and on Xitter, I invite you to consider not doing that anymore. You’re not reaching your audience there anyway
1. The Normies leave
2. The advertisers follow
3. It devolves into a 4chan-esque cesspool that no one else takes seriously.
If you’re dual-posting here and on Xitter, I invite you to consider not doing that anymore. You’re not reaching your audience there anyway
New: Federal, state and local officials leading the Hurricane Helene relief efforts are facing vicious antisemitic online hate and real-world threats, fueled on Elon Musk's X, where anti-Jewish conspiracy posts are racking up tens of millions of views. Gift link: wapo.st/4eQKjFd
Officials face antisemitic attacks over Hurricane Helene response
Report finds Elon Musk’s platform is fueling falsehoods and conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts — and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 8, 2024 at 2:17 PM
The only path forward for Xitter is:
1. The Normies leave
2. The advertisers follow
3. It devolves into a 4chan-esque cesspool that no one else takes seriously.
If you’re dual-posting here and on Xitter, I invite you to consider not doing that anymore. You’re not reaching your audience there anyway
1. The Normies leave
2. The advertisers follow
3. It devolves into a 4chan-esque cesspool that no one else takes seriously.
If you’re dual-posting here and on Xitter, I invite you to consider not doing that anymore. You’re not reaching your audience there anyway
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Scowling and muttering "fucking woke bullshit" at the fans sitting next to me because they refused to stand up and take off their hats for the announcement of the FanDuel Same Game Parlay.
October 5, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Scowling and muttering "fucking woke bullshit" at the fans sitting next to me because they refused to stand up and take off their hats for the announcement of the FanDuel Same Game Parlay.
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My take on last night's debate. Walz did what he needed to do. JD is a scary mofo because he lies the way the beltway media like politicians to lie. But in the end, I think the J6 stuff will hurt him and Trump. balloon-juice.com/2024/10/02/y...
Balloon Juice - Ya Done Fucked Up, Son
I was frustrated during last night’s VP debate because of the excessive comity and deference that I felt Walz was giving Vance, and I posted about that at halftime. The polls I’ve seen show that Walz...
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October 2, 2024 at 3:11 PM
My take on last night's debate. Walz did what he needed to do. JD is a scary mofo because he lies the way the beltway media like politicians to lie. But in the end, I think the J6 stuff will hurt him and Trump. balloon-juice.com/2024/10/02/y...
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Losing to the Braves is so embarrassing. Getting four-hit while surrounded by He Gets Us signage in the middle of a fancy mall. All the home fans leave and get into the cleanest trucks imaginable and drive 61 miles further away from Atlanta.
September 25, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Losing to the Braves is so embarrassing. Getting four-hit while surrounded by He Gets Us signage in the middle of a fancy mall. All the home fans leave and get into the cleanest trucks imaginable and drive 61 miles further away from Atlanta.