Daniel
@daniel-86.bsky.social
Language, politics, games. Watching the other site crash and burn from a safe distance.
Reposted by Daniel
contemporary literary fiction:
33% "i am a grad student from oberlin and this is my situationship with a professor"
33% "i am a novelist getting a divorce from another novelist"
33% "i am a member of [insert marginalized group] and this is my trauma dump"
1% actually good stuff
33% "i am a grad student from oberlin and this is my situationship with a professor"
33% "i am a novelist getting a divorce from another novelist"
33% "i am a member of [insert marginalized group] and this is my trauma dump"
1% actually good stuff
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
contemporary literary fiction:
33% "i am a grad student from oberlin and this is my situationship with a professor"
33% "i am a novelist getting a divorce from another novelist"
33% "i am a member of [insert marginalized group] and this is my trauma dump"
1% actually good stuff
33% "i am a grad student from oberlin and this is my situationship with a professor"
33% "i am a novelist getting a divorce from another novelist"
33% "i am a member of [insert marginalized group] and this is my trauma dump"
1% actually good stuff
Reposted by Daniel
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
Reposted by Daniel
Yes the high quality clothing preserved from historical eras is both beautiful and of tremendous quality, and inspires delight & awe from enthusiasts for its craft.
That's because the ordinary stuff was used until it fell apart and was reused for towels and other incidental fabric!
That's because the ordinary stuff was used until it fell apart and was reused for towels and other incidental fabric!
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Yes the high quality clothing preserved from historical eras is both beautiful and of tremendous quality, and inspires delight & awe from enthusiasts for its craft.
That's because the ordinary stuff was used until it fell apart and was reused for towels and other incidental fabric!
That's because the ordinary stuff was used until it fell apart and was reused for towels and other incidental fabric!
Reposted by Daniel
We can and probably should articulate that while of course modern Russia and the Soviet Union were both imperialist polities whose end was objectively good, the latter was, at this point, less overtly evil, and all of its leaders bar Stalin would shudder at the sheer malice of Putin and his gang
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We can and probably should articulate that while of course modern Russia and the Soviet Union were both imperialist polities whose end was objectively good, the latter was, at this point, less overtly evil, and all of its leaders bar Stalin would shudder at the sheer malice of Putin and his gang
Reposted by Daniel
I think a lot about American politics makes sense if you conceive of Trump 2.0 as basically a five hundred dollars a month subscription service to make the woke go away and Americans as forgetting to unsubscribe before the three day trial period is up.
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I think a lot about American politics makes sense if you conceive of Trump 2.0 as basically a five hundred dollars a month subscription service to make the woke go away and Americans as forgetting to unsubscribe before the three day trial period is up.
Reposted by Daniel
Since it is apparently up to self-appointed, middle-aged white British men to decide who truly is or is not British, I’ve decided Matt Goodwin isn’t.
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Since it is apparently up to self-appointed, middle-aged white British men to decide who truly is or is not British, I’ve decided Matt Goodwin isn’t.
Reposted by Daniel
Scary stuff with this Russia backed proxy war in Venezuela. Maduro needs to respect America’s legitimate security concerns in their sphere of influence. Don’t they know the USA has nuclear weapons? Do they want WW3?? I’ll be protesting at the Venezuelan embassy to demand PEACE not WAR 🕊️ #StopTheWar
November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Scary stuff with this Russia backed proxy war in Venezuela. Maduro needs to respect America’s legitimate security concerns in their sphere of influence. Don’t they know the USA has nuclear weapons? Do they want WW3?? I’ll be protesting at the Venezuelan embassy to demand PEACE not WAR 🕊️ #StopTheWar
Reposted by Daniel
“Why has virtually every country in the world seen an abrupt rise in extremist politics, especially on the far-right, starting at approximately the same date the iPhone was released”
The most important question in politics but maybe not a hard one
The most important question in politics but maybe not a hard one
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“Why has virtually every country in the world seen an abrupt rise in extremist politics, especially on the far-right, starting at approximately the same date the iPhone was released”
The most important question in politics but maybe not a hard one
The most important question in politics but maybe not a hard one
Reposted by Daniel
Russian fascism is engaged in an existential civilisational battle against liberal democracy, with the Ukrainian working class acting as the first line of defence for Europe.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Russian fascism is engaged in an existential civilisational battle against liberal democracy, with the Ukrainian working class acting as the first line of defence for Europe.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
Reposted by Daniel
By the by, there ARE currently some pretty hard men and women fighting far away from the United Kingdom against a powerful threat... and Elon Musk has turned off their Starlink access when they got too feisty.
October 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
By the by, there ARE currently some pretty hard men and women fighting far away from the United Kingdom against a powerful threat... and Elon Musk has turned off their Starlink access when they got too feisty.
Reposted by Daniel
We need to do ultra-masculine fascism, like in J.R.R Tolkien's famous book, "Lord of the here's why Ultra-Masculine Fascism is evil, stupid and self defeating. Under no circumstances do it you fucking clowns."
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We need to do ultra-masculine fascism, like in J.R.R Tolkien's famous book, "Lord of the here's why Ultra-Masculine Fascism is evil, stupid and self defeating. Under no circumstances do it you fucking clowns."
Reposted by Daniel
Being a moderate because many of your policy positions and beliefs fall short of the more radical ideas held by many activists on the left and right is fine. You do you.
Being a moderate because you chose middle ground positions you think will poll well is fake and weird. Touch grass.
Being a moderate because you chose middle ground positions you think will poll well is fake and weird. Touch grass.
October 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Being a moderate because many of your policy positions and beliefs fall short of the more radical ideas held by many activists on the left and right is fine. You do you.
Being a moderate because you chose middle ground positions you think will poll well is fake and weird. Touch grass.
Being a moderate because you chose middle ground positions you think will poll well is fake and weird. Touch grass.
Reposted by Daniel
As Sultana and co know very well, it is perfectly possible to support a people's struggle for national freedom while opposing the govt or political leadership currently at the head of that struggle. They do not apply this here for a simple reason - they do not support Ukraine.
October 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
As Sultana and co know very well, it is perfectly possible to support a people's struggle for national freedom while opposing the govt or political leadership currently at the head of that struggle. They do not apply this here for a simple reason - they do not support Ukraine.
Reposted by Daniel
I became much more pro-Palestine when I saw how Israeli and Russian militaries & their boosters used the same excuses - down to the precise meme format - to murder children
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I became much more pro-Palestine when I saw how Israeli and Russian militaries & their boosters used the same excuses - down to the precise meme format - to murder children
Reposted by Daniel
I despise the type of American "anti-imperialist intellectual" who has the gall to travel to Europe to condescendingly lecture us on how we are nothing but puppets who need to accept being the playthings of entities like Russia. I don't even know why we let people like Jeffrey Sachs enter the E.U.
October 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I despise the type of American "anti-imperialist intellectual" who has the gall to travel to Europe to condescendingly lecture us on how we are nothing but puppets who need to accept being the playthings of entities like Russia. I don't even know why we let people like Jeffrey Sachs enter the E.U.
Reposted by Daniel
Half the major parties in the United Kingdom appear to be in a desperate arms race to see who can be performatively cruel enough to foreigners to earn a "based" quote tweet from Elon Musk.
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Half the major parties in the United Kingdom appear to be in a desperate arms race to see who can be performatively cruel enough to foreigners to earn a "based" quote tweet from Elon Musk.
Reposted by Daniel
as I have said before, the fact that the provision of access to 'girls' (18-24 year olds) is a form of favor trading in the world of rich men is both a) gross and b) cover for worse
October 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
as I have said before, the fact that the provision of access to 'girls' (18-24 year olds) is a form of favor trading in the world of rich men is both a) gross and b) cover for worse
Reposted by Daniel
It's almost funny that the same people who screeched that Ukraine is a nation of Nazis for years, are now literally defending an SS tattoo. Almost. The blatant cynicism then makes me want to vomit.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It's almost funny that the same people who screeched that Ukraine is a nation of Nazis for years, are now literally defending an SS tattoo. Almost. The blatant cynicism then makes me want to vomit.
Reposted by Daniel
the conversation we should be having is that AI is developing and will certainly displace many workers, and we should develop government programs to even out the losses and gains between workers and capitalists. but instead we argue about whether a trans person was on netflix
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
the conversation we should be having is that AI is developing and will certainly displace many workers, and we should develop government programs to even out the losses and gains between workers and capitalists. but instead we argue about whether a trans person was on netflix
Reposted by Daniel
I'm going to guess that if Russians are actually going to freeze this winter, the same people who were completely silent when Russia targeted the Ukrainian energy infrastructure, will theatrically decry it as the greatest humanitarian catastrophe the West has ever caused or some other bullshit.
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I'm going to guess that if Russians are actually going to freeze this winter, the same people who were completely silent when Russia targeted the Ukrainian energy infrastructure, will theatrically decry it as the greatest humanitarian catastrophe the West has ever caused or some other bullshit.
Reposted by Daniel
The regime falls falls when the security services have to make a choice about whether or not they want to club Grandma and the normies.
They will club black bloc protestors all night long and 60% of the country will cheer for it like braying dogs.
So, to repeat, what's your plan?
They will club black bloc protestors all night long and 60% of the country will cheer for it like braying dogs.
So, to repeat, what's your plan?
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The regime falls falls when the security services have to make a choice about whether or not they want to club Grandma and the normies.
They will club black bloc protestors all night long and 60% of the country will cheer for it like braying dogs.
So, to repeat, what's your plan?
They will club black bloc protestors all night long and 60% of the country will cheer for it like braying dogs.
So, to repeat, what's your plan?
Reposted by Daniel
During the cold war the KGB had a huge stockpile of rare metals in warehouses for wartime production. When the cold war ended, it disappeared, illegally sold through St. Petersburg. Most likely by crooked former KGB agents. Guess who worked as a metals trader in Russia at the time? Farage.
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
During the cold war the KGB had a huge stockpile of rare metals in warehouses for wartime production. When the cold war ended, it disappeared, illegally sold through St. Petersburg. Most likely by crooked former KGB agents. Guess who worked as a metals trader in Russia at the time? Farage.
Reposted by Daniel
Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.
October 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.
Reposted by Daniel
Italy literally invented fascism and still somehow Christopher Columbus is probably the most evil Italian
October 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Italy literally invented fascism and still somehow Christopher Columbus is probably the most evil Italian
Reposted by Daniel
I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.