dio (diachrony)
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I've been saying since before MAGA, that the Republican party will do one of two things in my lifetime:
1) achieve a fascist state or
2) disappear for trying to achieve a fascist state
I think we're at that precipice.
And "America first" as Nazi adjacent isn't new. Dr. Seuss saw it:
1) achieve a fascist state or
2) disappear for trying to achieve a fascist state
I think we're at that precipice.
And "America first" as Nazi adjacent isn't new. Dr. Seuss saw it:
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I've been saying since before MAGA, that the Republican party will do one of two things in my lifetime:
1) achieve a fascist state or
2) disappear for trying to achieve a fascist state
I think we're at that precipice.
And "America first" as Nazi adjacent isn't new. Dr. Seuss saw it:
1) achieve a fascist state or
2) disappear for trying to achieve a fascist state
I think we're at that precipice.
And "America first" as Nazi adjacent isn't new. Dr. Seuss saw it:
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“What was he saying? Oh yes, he was talking about (…) the theater in Washington named for the Politician's family that was now a battleground for cultural and political warfare.”
Christ. Just write “The Kennedy Center,” Olivia.
This is exhausting.
Christ. Just write “The Kennedy Center,” Olivia.
This is exhausting.
December 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
“What was he saying? Oh yes, he was talking about (…) the theater in Washington named for the Politician's family that was now a battleground for cultural and political warfare.”
Christ. Just write “The Kennedy Center,” Olivia.
This is exhausting.
Christ. Just write “The Kennedy Center,” Olivia.
This is exhausting.
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Pages 206-212: she reprints in full the statement of facts from the trial against the Paul Pelosi attacker.
This sets up four paragraphs where Trump and conservative influencers invent conspiracy theories about the attack.
Followed by this non sequitur passage. Sure. Okay.
This sets up four paragraphs where Trump and conservative influencers invent conspiracy theories about the attack.
Followed by this non sequitur passage. Sure. Okay.
December 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Pages 206-212: she reprints in full the statement of facts from the trial against the Paul Pelosi attacker.
This sets up four paragraphs where Trump and conservative influencers invent conspiracy theories about the attack.
Followed by this non sequitur passage. Sure. Okay.
This sets up four paragraphs where Trump and conservative influencers invent conspiracy theories about the attack.
Followed by this non sequitur passage. Sure. Okay.
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And in the very next passage she admits to feeding him oppo research.
…But, y’know, in a *good* way?
Regardless, none of this is anyone’s business and it is all the fault of nefarious forces aligned against her, and even if RFK has done terrible and predictable things, how dare you pin it on her.
…But, y’know, in a *good* way?
Regardless, none of this is anyone’s business and it is all the fault of nefarious forces aligned against her, and even if RFK has done terrible and predictable things, how dare you pin it on her.
December 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
And in the very next passage she admits to feeding him oppo research.
…But, y’know, in a *good* way?
Regardless, none of this is anyone’s business and it is all the fault of nefarious forces aligned against her, and even if RFK has done terrible and predictable things, how dare you pin it on her.
…But, y’know, in a *good* way?
Regardless, none of this is anyone’s business and it is all the fault of nefarious forces aligned against her, and even if RFK has done terrible and predictable things, how dare you pin it on her.
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I do not believe Olivia Nuzzi realizes how bad this passage make Olivia Nuzzi look.
The story of her affair has broken. RFK Jr asks her to lie about it so he can assume a role in Trump’s government.
Olivia thinks the single greatest injustice would be for any harm to befall his political career.
The story of her affair has broken. RFK Jr asks her to lie about it so he can assume a role in Trump’s government.
Olivia thinks the single greatest injustice would be for any harm to befall his political career.
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I do not believe Olivia Nuzzi realizes how bad this passage make Olivia Nuzzi look.
The story of her affair has broken. RFK Jr asks her to lie about it so he can assume a role in Trump’s government.
Olivia thinks the single greatest injustice would be for any harm to befall his political career.
The story of her affair has broken. RFK Jr asks her to lie about it so he can assume a role in Trump’s government.
Olivia thinks the single greatest injustice would be for any harm to befall his political career.
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I think I could teach an hourlong seminar on how much I hate this paragraph.
(Paraphrasing) “I love driving. So American, right? I once had a panic attack in a hotel room. I saw a Trump casino. I resolved to get it together, to become a citizen of my country, and that’s why I love driving.”
(Paraphrasing) “I love driving. So American, right? I once had a panic attack in a hotel room. I saw a Trump casino. I resolved to get it together, to become a citizen of my country, and that’s why I love driving.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I think I could teach an hourlong seminar on how much I hate this paragraph.
(Paraphrasing) “I love driving. So American, right? I once had a panic attack in a hotel room. I saw a Trump casino. I resolved to get it together, to become a citizen of my country, and that’s why I love driving.”
(Paraphrasing) “I love driving. So American, right? I once had a panic attack in a hotel room. I saw a Trump casino. I resolved to get it together, to become a citizen of my country, and that’s why I love driving.”
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If Nuzzi is a post-truth antivaxxer, she should say so.
If she isn’t, she should say so.
But you don’t get to work hard to elevate RFK Jr and then just gloss over what he has done.
Certainly not in your memoir that is purportedly about what you learned from the whole ideal.
If she isn’t, she should say so.
But you don’t get to work hard to elevate RFK Jr and then just gloss over what he has done.
Certainly not in your memoir that is purportedly about what you learned from the whole ideal.
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If Nuzzi is a post-truth antivaxxer, she should say so.
If she isn’t, she should say so.
But you don’t get to work hard to elevate RFK Jr and then just gloss over what he has done.
Certainly not in your memoir that is purportedly about what you learned from the whole ideal.
If she isn’t, she should say so.
But you don’t get to work hard to elevate RFK Jr and then just gloss over what he has done.
Certainly not in your memoir that is purportedly about what you learned from the whole ideal.
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The whole “aw shucks we’re so polarized and post-truth, who can tell what to believe now” schtick also hits different when the guy you torched your career for is the antivaxxer who burned down the NIH.
“There exists no agreed-upon neutral arbiter of facts.” …Gee, Olivia, who might we blame?
“There exists no agreed-upon neutral arbiter of facts.” …Gee, Olivia, who might we blame?
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The whole “aw shucks we’re so polarized and post-truth, who can tell what to believe now” schtick also hits different when the guy you torched your career for is the antivaxxer who burned down the NIH.
“There exists no agreed-upon neutral arbiter of facts.” …Gee, Olivia, who might we blame?
“There exists no agreed-upon neutral arbiter of facts.” …Gee, Olivia, who might we blame?
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Look, let's be blunt about it: what literally every reader of this book wants to know is "hey, so... you blew up your entire life for THIS GUY. What, uhm, what's the deal with that? HIM???"
We're 100 pages in and Nuzzi is extremely not talking about it at all.
bsky.app/profile/razz...
We're 100 pages in and Nuzzi is extremely not talking about it at all.
bsky.app/profile/razz...
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Look, let's be blunt about it: what literally every reader of this book wants to know is "hey, so... you blew up your entire life for THIS GUY. What, uhm, what's the deal with that? HIM???"
We're 100 pages in and Nuzzi is extremely not talking about it at all.
bsky.app/profile/razz...
We're 100 pages in and Nuzzi is extremely not talking about it at all.
bsky.app/profile/razz...
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I’m over 30 pages in, and the tone of the book has the feel of Chapter 2. We’re done with the introduction, the telling-everyone-what-she-plans-to-tell-them.
I’d describe the thesis of chapter 2 as “isn’t it interesting being me.”
And, speaking as a reader, no. Not really.
I’d describe the thesis of chapter 2 as “isn’t it interesting being me.”
And, speaking as a reader, no. Not really.
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I’m over 30 pages in, and the tone of the book has the feel of Chapter 2. We’re done with the introduction, the telling-everyone-what-she-plans-to-tell-them.
I’d describe the thesis of chapter 2 as “isn’t it interesting being me.”
And, speaking as a reader, no. Not really.
I’d describe the thesis of chapter 2 as “isn’t it interesting being me.”
And, speaking as a reader, no. Not really.
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…Dammit, Dave, you said you wouldn’t do this!
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
…Dammit, Dave, you said you wouldn’t do this!
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will say this over and over but the message from the republican party is that we need to go backwards, everything was better in the past, human progress is bad, and you should make less money, buy fewer things, and enjoy nothing. but minorities will also suffer and that is the most important thing.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
will say this over and over but the message from the republican party is that we need to go backwards, everything was better in the past, human progress is bad, and you should make less money, buy fewer things, and enjoy nothing. but minorities will also suffer and that is the most important thing.
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COVID provided a lot of real-time evidence of which people would sacrifice for the greater good, innovate, keep up morale and emotionally endure devastating loss...and which would sell out their grandma if it meant they could go back to Applebee's.
The guys who rioted during covid lockdowns because they couldn't get a harcut or harass food servers are going to fold on day 2 of the civil war, if they manage to survive that long
that's cool, man, but have you tried the taste of a refreshing matcha latte
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
COVID provided a lot of real-time evidence of which people would sacrifice for the greater good, innovate, keep up morale and emotionally endure devastating loss...and which would sell out their grandma if it meant they could go back to Applebee's.
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Right wingers keep talking about civil war & FAFO, & all I can think is "we are very lucky that they are so fucking stupid"
see the thing about them all being the worst people in the world is that even when one of them gets killed they can't create a proper cult of martyrdom around him because the others get jealous he's getting all the attention.
I'm not quite sure where to start
December 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Right wingers keep talking about civil war & FAFO, & all I can think is "we are very lucky that they are so fucking stupid"
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Sitting in a comfortable home with a steady income; living a life of almost unbearable tedium and routine; fantasizing about the psychopathologies potentially unleashed by the fall of civil society, the only freedom still possible for him.
that's cool, man, but have you tried the taste of a refreshing matcha latte
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sitting in a comfortable home with a steady income; living a life of almost unbearable tedium and routine; fantasizing about the psychopathologies potentially unleashed by the fall of civil society, the only freedom still possible for him.
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This is the LAST thing the Republican Party of Minnesota wanted to see happen.
Here's why.
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Here's why.
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NEWS
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell files paperwork to run for Minnesota governor.
Full Story: bit.ly/4iwy3ww
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell files paperwork to run for Minnesota governor.
Full Story: bit.ly/4iwy3ww
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is the LAST thing the Republican Party of Minnesota wanted to see happen.
Here's why.
🧵
Here's why.
🧵
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the number of subsistence-level fishermen living in desperate fear right now because Kegseth and co have to make snuff videos for twitter is just...you get very angry if you think about all this too long
Hegseth: We've had a pause on striking boats because we're struggling to find boats to strike right now
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
the number of subsistence-level fishermen living in desperate fear right now because Kegseth and co have to make snuff videos for twitter is just...you get very angry if you think about all this too long
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November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I’m speechless
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’m speechless
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
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RFK Jr described by those who know him best:
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
RFK Jr described by those who know him best:
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The fascist right doesn’t believe that American Jews belong in America. They want us to live in our own ethno-state—not here.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The fascist right doesn’t believe that American Jews belong in America. They want us to live in our own ethno-state—not here.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
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The media doesn't treat the Trump regime's allegiances with neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes as antisemitism, but Zohran's belief in Palestinian liberation is treated as antisemitism.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The media doesn't treat the Trump regime's allegiances with neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes as antisemitism, but Zohran's belief in Palestinian liberation is treated as antisemitism.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?