Grumpy Lefty Carpenter
@grumpycarpenter.bsky.social
Worker of wood, Cat dad, Socialist, Stoner grandpa, Black-pilled optimist.
I'm already doing what I would do "after the revolution".
I'm already doing what I would do "after the revolution".
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Seems especially relevant today (and all the days after):
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Thems fightin' words! (RE: the bumper sticker, not the post).
October 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thems fightin' words! (RE: the bumper sticker, not the post).
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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“We assume that car use is an incompressible liquid that must be routed somewhere. But it’s more more like a gas that fills whatever space it is given.”
—Ian Lockwood, Harvard Loeb Fellow, transport planner.
—Ian Lockwood, Harvard Loeb Fellow, transport planner.
October 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“We assume that car use is an incompressible liquid that must be routed somewhere. But it’s more more like a gas that fills whatever space it is given.”
—Ian Lockwood, Harvard Loeb Fellow, transport planner.
—Ian Lockwood, Harvard Loeb Fellow, transport planner.
This is the Antifa 'network' they were talking about.
If you live in Portland and want to rock a frog costume and can’t afford it I’ll fucking buy you one.
October 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is the Antifa 'network' they were talking about.
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It's so funny that Republicans consistently lay out exactly what the Democrats should do/campaign on doing for the most easily guaranteed wave of victories in history and then the Democrats dutifully refuse to ever even consider it.
Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's so funny that Republicans consistently lay out exactly what the Democrats should do/campaign on doing for the most easily guaranteed wave of victories in history and then the Democrats dutifully refuse to ever even consider it.
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One way of thinking about the AI bubble is that it's the final gasp of a grift based on specialized GPU's instead of tulips, a logical continuation from crypto and NFT's and the metaverse.
Like, there's nowhere else for it to go, no other magical use for this shit other than as electronic waste.
Like, there's nowhere else for it to go, no other magical use for this shit other than as electronic waste.
October 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
One way of thinking about the AI bubble is that it's the final gasp of a grift based on specialized GPU's instead of tulips, a logical continuation from crypto and NFT's and the metaverse.
Like, there's nowhere else for it to go, no other magical use for this shit other than as electronic waste.
Like, there's nowhere else for it to go, no other magical use for this shit other than as electronic waste.
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Like, there's nowhere else for this shit to go.
Using the magic beans to fuel a plagiarism machine that gets shit wrong, tells people to kill themselves, and seduces kids, is their last best hope for the magic beans they've literally bet all the money on.
Using the magic beans to fuel a plagiarism machine that gets shit wrong, tells people to kill themselves, and seduces kids, is their last best hope for the magic beans they've literally bet all the money on.
October 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Like, there's nowhere else for this shit to go.
Using the magic beans to fuel a plagiarism machine that gets shit wrong, tells people to kill themselves, and seduces kids, is their last best hope for the magic beans they've literally bet all the money on.
Using the magic beans to fuel a plagiarism machine that gets shit wrong, tells people to kill themselves, and seduces kids, is their last best hope for the magic beans they've literally bet all the money on.
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if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything
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From Milton Mayer's "They Thought They Were Free"
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
September 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
From Milton Mayer's "They Thought They Were Free"
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
See my pinned post.
August 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
See my pinned post.
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The thing about PBS is that LeVar Burton was to me what MrBeast is to kids today.
August 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The thing about PBS is that LeVar Burton was to me what MrBeast is to kids today.
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If you’re not actively choosing an ideology based on careful investigation then I guarantee one is already winding its way through your soul right now and making you its puppet.
July 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If you’re not actively choosing an ideology based on careful investigation then I guarantee one is already winding its way through your soul right now and making you its puppet.
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Sooo I was at a coffee shop and the girl in line behind me decided to ask if I’d heard about Jesus.
In the United States.
In 2025.
“I have heard the sales pitch, yes,” I said. “I’m happy with my current religious services provider and not looking to make a switch.”
In the United States.
In 2025.
“I have heard the sales pitch, yes,” I said. “I’m happy with my current religious services provider and not looking to make a switch.”
July 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Sooo I was at a coffee shop and the girl in line behind me decided to ask if I’d heard about Jesus.
In the United States.
In 2025.
“I have heard the sales pitch, yes,” I said. “I’m happy with my current religious services provider and not looking to make a switch.”
In the United States.
In 2025.
“I have heard the sales pitch, yes,” I said. “I’m happy with my current religious services provider and not looking to make a switch.”
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JUST ANNOUNCED! I'm throwing a party to celebrate the release of my new album, AMAB/ACAB on Sep 20th at @deepcutsrocks.bsky.social in Medford, MA.
I'll be playing the whole album with a full band!
Fire lineup spans hip hop to folk punk with BRANDIE BLAZE and TIME & PLACE
🎟️ dice.fm/partner/deep...
I'll be playing the whole album with a full band!
Fire lineup spans hip hop to folk punk with BRANDIE BLAZE and TIME & PLACE
🎟️ dice.fm/partner/deep...
July 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
JUST ANNOUNCED! I'm throwing a party to celebrate the release of my new album, AMAB/ACAB on Sep 20th at @deepcutsrocks.bsky.social in Medford, MA.
I'll be playing the whole album with a full band!
Fire lineup spans hip hop to folk punk with BRANDIE BLAZE and TIME & PLACE
🎟️ dice.fm/partner/deep...
I'll be playing the whole album with a full band!
Fire lineup spans hip hop to folk punk with BRANDIE BLAZE and TIME & PLACE
🎟️ dice.fm/partner/deep...
To the surprise of no one who has used Google search for decades now.
July 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
To the surprise of no one who has used Google search for decades now.
Add this to the Black Book of Capitalism.
Sorry, I made a mistake. The correct figure is 38 million deaths associated with unilateral sanctions imposed by the US and EU during the period 1970-2021.
New research published by The Lancet finds that economic sanctions imposed by the USA and EU are associated with more than 500,000 deaths per year since 1970, five times more than deaths by war.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Add this to the Black Book of Capitalism.
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July 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Seems appropriate today.
July 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Seems appropriate today.
The "echo chamber" charge is pretty funny coming from folks that get their news and commentary from the NY Times and The Atlantic.
July 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The "echo chamber" charge is pretty funny coming from folks that get their news and commentary from the NY Times and The Atlantic.
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masking is illegal, unless you are doing nazi shit
July 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
masking is illegal, unless you are doing nazi shit