Eric
@ericlerdal.bsky.social
Food, art, comics, history, labor, East Asia, and always odd.
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They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
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Give Thaddeus a follow. First rate guy, whacked by the fash at Fashbook.
I FEEL BROKEN
Losing my Facebook archive has left me psychologically adrift.
I struggle to feel the connection I had there with my friends expanding my ideas with conversation.
I don't know many people here. Trying to plug in is taking longer than I thought.
I feel alone.
Losing my Facebook archive has left me psychologically adrift.
I struggle to feel the connection I had there with my friends expanding my ideas with conversation.
I don't know many people here. Trying to plug in is taking longer than I thought.
I feel alone.
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Give Thaddeus a follow. First rate guy, whacked by the fash at Fashbook.
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“Billionaires never, ever create jobs. Their mission is to convince fools to buy their products and services before getting rid of as much of their staffing as humanly possible. The last individuals standing are literally what the company cannot automate away.”
— Thaddeus Howze, Cognitive Dissident
— Thaddeus Howze, Cognitive Dissident
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“Billionaires never, ever create jobs. Their mission is to convince fools to buy their products and services before getting rid of as much of their staffing as humanly possible. The last individuals standing are literally what the company cannot automate away.”
— Thaddeus Howze, Cognitive Dissident
— Thaddeus Howze, Cognitive Dissident
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As the mom of a five-year-old reading this and imagining what this family is going through made me physically ill. Unimaginable evil is being perpetrated before our eyes and with our tax dollars.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
As the mom of a five-year-old reading this and imagining what this family is going through made me physically ill. Unimaginable evil is being perpetrated before our eyes and with our tax dollars.
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This is where it all began
Farmer market Sprite? Wonderful! Put it next to the heirloom Dr Pepper under the Soda Tree
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is where it all began
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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If Pete Hegseth was drunk when he ordered the second strike on the Venezuelan sailors, then he cannot be held accountable for their deaths.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If Pete Hegseth was drunk when he ordered the second strike on the Venezuelan sailors, then he cannot be held accountable for their deaths.
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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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Yeah. Shut down my Facebook account — an account focused on writing meaningful intelligent discourse which could help students become better writers.
Meanwhile... One guy in a lab with 150 phones spreading disinformation faster than Louisiana and Texas spread respiratory diseases and measles.
Meanwhile... One guy in a lab with 150 phones spreading disinformation faster than Louisiana and Texas spread respiratory diseases and measles.
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Yeah. Shut down my Facebook account — an account focused on writing meaningful intelligent discourse which could help students become better writers.
Meanwhile... One guy in a lab with 150 phones spreading disinformation faster than Louisiana and Texas spread respiratory diseases and measles.
Meanwhile... One guy in a lab with 150 phones spreading disinformation faster than Louisiana and Texas spread respiratory diseases and measles.
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Thanksgiving tip! If your family members or loved ones have generally good politics, you can still fuck things up by accusing them of not having a realistic plan for building socialism in our time
November 23, 2023 at 12:03 PM
Thanksgiving tip! If your family members or loved ones have generally good politics, you can still fuck things up by accusing them of not having a realistic plan for building socialism in our time
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The thing about dark comedy or offensive comedy is that it has to be rooted in a place of giving a shit about other people; Parker and Stone give the very strong impression that they don't give a shit about other people, and this is why I don't like South Park. (4/4)
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The thing about dark comedy or offensive comedy is that it has to be rooted in a place of giving a shit about other people; Parker and Stone give the very strong impression that they don't give a shit about other people, and this is why I don't like South Park. (4/4)
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada #USA to #Canada
Since 1872, the famed Siebel Institute of Technology has taught generations of beer brewers the fine art and science of the craft in Chicago. But in a statement on
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www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Since 1872, the famed Siebel Institute of Technology has taught generations of beer brewers the fine art and science of the craft in Chicago. But in a statement on
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada
A renowned American beer brewing school is heading north and getting ready to settle in at a new address in Montreal.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada #USA to #Canada
Since 1872, the famed Siebel Institute of Technology has taught generations of beer brewers the fine art and science of the craft in Chicago. But in a statement on
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Since 1872, the famed Siebel Institute of Technology has taught generations of beer brewers the fine art and science of the craft in Chicago. But in a statement on
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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I just converted to Catholicism. Here's why I think the pope is too woke.
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I just converted to Catholicism. Here's why I think the pope is too woke.
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I have an undergrad who is doing work on how different news networks used different terms over the past 15 years. Here is "woke" at Fox News and in official congressional e-newsletters
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I have an undergrad who is doing work on how different news networks used different terms over the past 15 years. Here is "woke" at Fox News and in official congressional e-newsletters
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A new Chinese law regulating influencer speech has gotten applause from social media users and commentators who want similar policies in their own countries. But the truth is far from what's in the news and it's a sad reflection of our internet and media space.
wenhao.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...
wenhao.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...
Anatomy of a Fake Story
A new Chinese law aimed at reducing misinformation set off global discussion. But nobody got it right.
wenhao.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A new Chinese law regulating influencer speech has gotten applause from social media users and commentators who want similar policies in their own countries. But the truth is far from what's in the news and it's a sad reflection of our internet and media space.
wenhao.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...
wenhao.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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#BOTD: Ba Jin 巴金 (1904–2005), né Li Yaotang 李堯棠, Chinese anarchist writer who also wrote in Esperanto and is most renowned for his semi-autobiographical novel 'The Family' 家. #ChineseLiterature #ModernChina
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
#BOTD: Ba Jin 巴金 (1904–2005), né Li Yaotang 李堯棠, Chinese anarchist writer who also wrote in Esperanto and is most renowned for his semi-autobiographical novel 'The Family' 家. #ChineseLiterature #ModernChina
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“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25
“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25
How long will sages debate if this world is eternal or created? / Once I have left it, why should I care, either way?
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Casa de Peregrinos expands its annual Hope for the Holidays effort with 6,500 Thanksgiving meal boxes for families across Las Cruces and Doña Ana County. The distribution happens Monday at the Pan Am Center.
Casa de Peregrinos, Nusenda to distribute 6,500 Thanksgiving meals in Las Cruces on Monday
Casa de Peregrinos and Nusenda Credit Union will distribute 6,500 Thanksgiving meal boxes Nov. 24 in Las Cruces as part of the annual Hope for the Holidays turkey giveaway.
www.organmountainnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Casa de Peregrinos expands its annual Hope for the Holidays effort with 6,500 Thanksgiving meal boxes for families across Las Cruces and Doña Ana County. The distribution happens Monday at the Pan Am Center.
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It is tragic to see what figures like Mamdani are doing to a once great Democratic Party.
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It is tragic to see what figures like Mamdani are doing to a once great Democratic Party.
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
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DJ Padre Guilherme, A Portuguese Priest, Goes Viral For Wild Super Mario Drop At Medusa Festival
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November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
DJ Padre Guilherme, A Portuguese Priest, Goes Viral For Wild Super Mario Drop At Medusa Festival
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Please tell me someone had a camera on Stephen Miller when he saw this.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Please tell me someone had a camera on Stephen Miller when he saw this.