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Master Allusionist
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I used to do lots of things, then we had a kid. Now I do fewer things. ItllHappenToYou.jpg.
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quick question, who is literally eradicating their ideological opponents
January 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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I don't think we can see this as separate from their white nationalist fascist *pro-natalist* masculinist social project. These two white lesbian women had to be dominated and "put in their proper place."
January 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.

When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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you've got a big swath of the press that actively participates in spreading this bad faith right wing bullshit, and another large swath that's too feckless or stupid to be able to identify and counter lazy information warfare and agitprop
December 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Ah I think it's a bit worse than I said! My take was that the bit re the failure of the meritocracy when it turns on these people didn't seem well supported by argument. Having read this I now think it's even more substantially just false, incorrect.

www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“About suffering they were never wrong,/ The Old Masters: how well they understood/ Its human position; how it takes place/ While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along”

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/159364...
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About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters: how well they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along Ho...
www.poetryfoundation.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM