Jock
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one thing i can't stand is people comparing proposed policy changes against an idealized world instead of the world we actually live in
it's like the inverse problem of criticizing real world policy changes because they don't achieve a full idealized world
it's like the inverse problem of criticizing real world policy changes because they don't achieve a full idealized world
January 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
one thing i can't stand is people comparing proposed policy changes against an idealized world instead of the world we actually live in
it's like the inverse problem of criticizing real world policy changes because they don't achieve a full idealized world
it's like the inverse problem of criticizing real world policy changes because they don't achieve a full idealized world
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When law-and-order types point out that only a small percentage of people killed by police each year were unarmed, keep in mind that Renee Good will be classified as "armed."
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
When law-and-order types point out that only a small percentage of people killed by police each year were unarmed, keep in mind that Renee Good will be classified as "armed."
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one of the weirdest things about the current moment is how the national media have to pretend like they don't know what this is about. official government social media accounts are posting about racially cleansing America and they have to pretend like it's not clear who the bad guy is.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
one of the weirdest things about the current moment is how the national media have to pretend like they don't know what this is about. official government social media accounts are posting about racially cleansing America and they have to pretend like it's not clear who the bad guy is.
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This is your regular reminder that authoritarianism is just domestic abuse writ large.
ICE agent screaming a threat: "Did you not learn from what just happened?"
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January 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
This is your regular reminder that authoritarianism is just domestic abuse writ large.
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The animating force at the heart of US conservatism currently is incandescent rage at the mere idea of women's autonomy and independence. An image of a smiling woman who looks insufficiently deferential for their tastes riles them up enough to tear up the social contract.
this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
January 12, 2026 at 7:17 AM
The animating force at the heart of US conservatism currently is incandescent rage at the mere idea of women's autonomy and independence. An image of a smiling woman who looks insufficiently deferential for their tastes riles them up enough to tear up the social contract.
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this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
January 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
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We teach children to pass exams, not to understand power.
No civics. No politics. Little room for curiosity or imagination.
So people leave school trained to comply, not to question.
That isn’t education.
It’s preparation for silence.
No civics. No politics. Little room for curiosity or imagination.
So people leave school trained to comply, not to question.
That isn’t education.
It’s preparation for silence.
January 10, 2026 at 8:12 PM
We teach children to pass exams, not to understand power.
No civics. No politics. Little room for curiosity or imagination.
So people leave school trained to comply, not to question.
That isn’t education.
It’s preparation for silence.
No civics. No politics. Little room for curiosity or imagination.
So people leave school trained to comply, not to question.
That isn’t education.
It’s preparation for silence.
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The Fallout show feels like if someone played the Fallout games and then said “let’s make a show based on this.”
Which sounds obvious but historically has been rare for video game adaptations.
Which sounds obvious but historically has been rare for video game adaptations.
January 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The Fallout show feels like if someone played the Fallout games and then said “let’s make a show based on this.”
Which sounds obvious but historically has been rare for video game adaptations.
Which sounds obvious but historically has been rare for video game adaptations.
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Pfft democracy, who needs it. Let police decide whether or not any protests can occur
January 6, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Pfft democracy, who needs it. Let police decide whether or not any protests can occur
📽️Watching and ranking 90s/00s thrillers.
1. Kiss the Girl
2. The Bone Collector
3. TAKING LIVES
4. Along Came a Spider
Taking Lives nails the look but the plot is a bit silly. Loses marks for suggesting circumstances excuse a cop hitting a female colleague.
Next: Copycat
#filmsky #movies #cinema
1. Kiss the Girl
2. The Bone Collector
3. TAKING LIVES
4. Along Came a Spider
Taking Lives nails the look but the plot is a bit silly. Loses marks for suggesting circumstances excuse a cop hitting a female colleague.
Next: Copycat
#filmsky #movies #cinema
January 4, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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gonna start muting and blocking people who suggest that any of Trump's crimes are "distractions" from the other ones
January 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
gonna start muting and blocking people who suggest that any of Trump's crimes are "distractions" from the other ones
📽️Watching and ranking 90s/00s thrillers.
1. Kiss the Girls
2. THE BONE COLLECTOR
3. Along Came a Spider
The Bone Collector is well made but for a movie about racing the clock to save people from a serial killer, it's not as tense as it should be.
Next up: Taking Lives
#filmsky #movies #cinema
1. Kiss the Girls
2. THE BONE COLLECTOR
3. Along Came a Spider
The Bone Collector is well made but for a movie about racing the clock to save people from a serial killer, it's not as tense as it should be.
Next up: Taking Lives
#filmsky #movies #cinema
January 1, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Not surprising that Israel’s list of most “antisemitic” Australians is only a list of people against genocide and contains not one far-right/Nazi.
🫡 to those on the list
🫡 to those on the list
December 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Not surprising that Israel’s list of most “antisemitic” Australians is only a list of people against genocide and contains not one far-right/Nazi.
🫡 to those on the list
🫡 to those on the list
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very convenient that the rich ruling class techbros solution to income and wealth inequality will be solved by letting them accumulate even more wealth
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
very convenient that the rich ruling class techbros solution to income and wealth inequality will be solved by letting them accumulate even more wealth
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Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
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Love that Channel 9 is both resorting to using AI for their animated intros during #ChristmasWithDelta, and not bothering with quality checks and letting their AI animated intros go out with the Channel 9 logo only having three dots instead of nine.
… 😞
… 😞
December 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Love that Channel 9 is both resorting to using AI for their animated intros during #ChristmasWithDelta, and not bothering with quality checks and letting their AI animated intros go out with the Channel 9 logo only having three dots instead of nine.
… 😞
… 😞
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I wish people would stop asking, "What did you expect?" Or "Why are you surprised?" in regards to the Epstein files. We have a right to be outraged and pissed off.
December 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I wish people would stop asking, "What did you expect?" Or "Why are you surprised?" in regards to the Epstein files. We have a right to be outraged and pissed off.
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I could've saved the democrats an in depth report on why they lost. They refused to incorporate any of the demands the public had of them & said we were forced to vote for them or else because they're better than Trump.
December 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I could've saved the democrats an in depth report on why they lost. They refused to incorporate any of the demands the public had of them & said we were forced to vote for them or else because they're better than Trump.
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I don’t know how anyone can still talk about “the AI revolution” with a straight face. Reuters story about a railroad company that has sunk $300,000 into “developing AI products” and appears to have made…a chatbot that doesn’t work?
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
December 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I don’t know how anyone can still talk about “the AI revolution” with a straight face. Reuters story about a railroad company that has sunk $300,000 into “developing AI products” and appears to have made…a chatbot that doesn’t work?
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
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I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism