Luftmensch
@eschersentence.bsky.social
They will not break us, they will break upon us.
Seattle. Data, philosophy, politics, etc. he/him. Liberal socialist.
Seattle. Data, philosophy, politics, etc. he/him. Liberal socialist.
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Not only is the current Labour government substantively to the right of the Democratic Party on immigration, refugees, and foreign policy, but it's also to the right of Bill Kristol and the Bulwark neocons on those issues! And yet the left continues to yammer on like this because of the NHS.
"dems would be center right in uk/eu" staggers on, zombie like, immune to evidence
the uk tories just proposed deporting 4-7% of the uk's population - self-partition- they are, in fact, to the right of adam schiff
the uk tories just proposed deporting 4-7% of the uk's population - self-partition- they are, in fact, to the right of adam schiff
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Not only is the current Labour government substantively to the right of the Democratic Party on immigration, refugees, and foreign policy, but it's also to the right of Bill Kristol and the Bulwark neocons on those issues! And yet the left continues to yammer on like this because of the NHS.
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My most "conservative coded"/moralistic opinion, if we're doing that, is this is the actual corruption cycle of society.
Not love of pleasure, luxury, or difference. The corrupt flaunt the appearance of success, then tell people "don't be a sucker, corruption is cool & sexy, virtue is for rubes."
Not love of pleasure, luxury, or difference. The corrupt flaunt the appearance of success, then tell people "don't be a sucker, corruption is cool & sexy, virtue is for rubes."
i've said this a number of time and in a number of ways but being good and honest in these times makes me feel like a sucker
December 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My most "conservative coded"/moralistic opinion, if we're doing that, is this is the actual corruption cycle of society.
Not love of pleasure, luxury, or difference. The corrupt flaunt the appearance of success, then tell people "don't be a sucker, corruption is cool & sexy, virtue is for rubes."
Not love of pleasure, luxury, or difference. The corrupt flaunt the appearance of success, then tell people "don't be a sucker, corruption is cool & sexy, virtue is for rubes."
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TIL James Garfield cooked up an original proof of the Pythagorean Theroem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfiel...
Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem - Wikipedia
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December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
TIL James Garfield cooked up an original proof of the Pythagorean Theroem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfiel...
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Huh. It's almost like when institutions stand up to that spineless coward fascist, he loses and folds. I sure wish more institutions would take note of that.
BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Huh. It's almost like when institutions stand up to that spineless coward fascist, he loses and folds. I sure wish more institutions would take note of that.
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Manufacturing Consent.
Is this anything?
Is this anything?
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Manufacturing Consent.
Is this anything?
Is this anything?
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Everyone knows the dril drunk driving tweet was a joke right
December 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Everyone knows the dril drunk driving tweet was a joke right
Please. Mowing people down with a car is not a protected civil liberty. Automated traffic enforcement and ignition interlock devices are beneficial *and* progressive because the alternatives are random cop discretion and/or jail.
I think it was a huge mistake to make our society so car-dependent. But man. The Discourse today is a good reminder that when it comes to roadways policy, otherwise progressive anti-car people quickly become some of the most pro-carceral, anti-civil liberties people on the planet.
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Please. Mowing people down with a car is not a protected civil liberty. Automated traffic enforcement and ignition interlock devices are beneficial *and* progressive because the alternatives are random cop discretion and/or jail.
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It is my contention that if you don’t want to make it harder for people who drink and drive to drink and drive again, you are pro drinking and driving, yes.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It is my contention that if you don’t want to make it harder for people who drink and drive to drink and drive again, you are pro drinking and driving, yes.
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People who wait in their cars after arriving home confuse me. I want to get out of my car ASAP every single time I drive somewhere.
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
People who wait in their cars after arriving home confuse me. I want to get out of my car ASAP every single time I drive somewhere.
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PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves immigration detention after federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves immigration detention after federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
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One morning Toad sat in bed. “I have many things to do,” he said. “I will write them all down on a list so that I can remember them.”
December 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
One morning Toad sat in bed. “I have many things to do,” he said. “I will write them all down on a list so that I can remember them.”
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There does not exist a hot dog suit big enough nor a face eating leopard ferocious enough to serve as an adequate metaphor for Chris Rufo complaining about right wing media becoming conspiracy addled click bait
Chris Rufo literally was a core figure in boosting a lie that Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town ate pets. He offered a bounty for “information” after the lie was repeatedly debunked.
Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.
Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
There does not exist a hot dog suit big enough nor a face eating leopard ferocious enough to serve as an adequate metaphor for Chris Rufo complaining about right wing media becoming conspiracy addled click bait
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If you want people to stop being so mean about tech, have you tried not crying like a baby about it and taking it on the chin given that most people actually do have a good reason to hate what is happening even when their model of its machinations and integration into the macroeconomy is inaccurate
December 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If you want people to stop being so mean about tech, have you tried not crying like a baby about it and taking it on the chin given that most people actually do have a good reason to hate what is happening even when their model of its machinations and integration into the macroeconomy is inaccurate
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sorry, folks, you created this absolutely radioactive public perception of your technologies and fixing it is *your* problem
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
sorry, folks, you created this absolutely radioactive public perception of your technologies and fixing it is *your* problem
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I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
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Fun fact, the same legal doctrine that made sports betting legalization possible is gonna make this void
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Fun fact, the same legal doctrine that made sports betting legalization possible is gonna make this void
This is misleading clickbait, here's what Wilson actually said:
"I'm going to work with immigrant rights groups and civil rights advocates to evaluate whether Seattle should also scale back or disable the surveillance expansion that was authorized by the outgoing mayor and council"
"I'm going to work with immigrant rights groups and civil rights advocates to evaluate whether Seattle should also scale back or disable the surveillance expansion that was authorized by the outgoing mayor and council"
NEW: After taking a big stance against recent surveillance tech expansion and even as cities across the state shut down their cameras, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson isn't making strong promises to shut the cameras off! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-e...
Mayor-Elect Wilson Won't Commit To Shutting Down The Surveillance Cameras She Campaigned Against
Mayor-elect Katie Wilson distinguished herself from the incumbent she toppled by standing with the overwhelming public opposition toward massively expanding the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) surve...
www.theburnerseattle.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This is misleading clickbait, here's what Wilson actually said:
"I'm going to work with immigrant rights groups and civil rights advocates to evaluate whether Seattle should also scale back or disable the surveillance expansion that was authorized by the outgoing mayor and council"
"I'm going to work with immigrant rights groups and civil rights advocates to evaluate whether Seattle should also scale back or disable the surveillance expansion that was authorized by the outgoing mayor and council"
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I'm developing a kind of cosmopolitan-chauvinism, I guess you could call it anti-feudalism, as a through line in my politics. The peasant-brained and the local landed gentry are the enemy. Sort of funny that this could describe being either rabidly capitalist or communist.
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm developing a kind of cosmopolitan-chauvinism, I guess you could call it anti-feudalism, as a through line in my politics. The peasant-brained and the local landed gentry are the enemy. Sort of funny that this could describe being either rabidly capitalist or communist.
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Wait a second. Was Mad Men just paraphrasing Dostoevsky???
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Wait a second. Was Mad Men just paraphrasing Dostoevsky???
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Happy Thanksgiving
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they don’t want housing, they want to endlessly critique housing
Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
they don’t want housing, they want to endlessly critique housing
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Give me two hours of this youtu.be/BTWWT_qZgpE?...
Magneto Bar Scene | X-Men First Class (2011) 4K HDR Movie Clip
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Give me two hours of this youtu.be/BTWWT_qZgpE?...
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