Rambalamba
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I like to read a lot, and do. Special interests: Imperial Russian history and Barbie.
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Good summary of “don’t give him what he wants” from relatively comfortable white liberals.
January 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Good summary of “don’t give him what he wants” from relatively comfortable white liberals.
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I decided to convert dollars to centimeters. That allows us to visualize, for example, the distance between having no money and being at poverty level — about four city blocks.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I decided to convert dollars to centimeters. That allows us to visualize, for example, the distance between having no money and being at poverty level — about four city blocks.
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Kurt Vonnegut letter.
Kurt Vonnegut letter.
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Kurt Vonnegut letter.
Kurt Vonnegut letter.
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There's a fun little nesting doll of fascism in this, from
-They tackled and handcuffed a US Senator
-For asking a question of an admin official
-Who had just stated plainly that the federal government wanted to "liberate" a city/state from its leaders
-They tackled and handcuffed a US Senator
-For asking a question of an admin official
-Who had just stated plainly that the federal government wanted to "liberate" a city/state from its leaders
June 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
There's a fun little nesting doll of fascism in this, from
-They tackled and handcuffed a US Senator
-For asking a question of an admin official
-Who had just stated plainly that the federal government wanted to "liberate" a city/state from its leaders
-They tackled and handcuffed a US Senator
-For asking a question of an admin official
-Who had just stated plainly that the federal government wanted to "liberate" a city/state from its leaders
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NEW: California sues the US govt, claiming that its commandeering of the California National Guard—"without consent or even official notice to the governor"—is beyond the scope of its powers and a violation of the 10th Amendment and the APA. oag.ca.gov/system/files...
June 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
NEW: California sues the US govt, claiming that its commandeering of the California National Guard—"without consent or even official notice to the governor"—is beyond the scope of its powers and a violation of the 10th Amendment and the APA. oag.ca.gov/system/files...
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It’s a difficult proposition for undergrads to work through, but choosing a major isn’t really about what kind of jobs you want to do so much as what sorts of questions you want to think about or *how* you want to think about questions throughout your life.
June 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It’s a difficult proposition for undergrads to work through, but choosing a major isn’t really about what kind of jobs you want to do so much as what sorts of questions you want to think about or *how* you want to think about questions throughout your life.
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NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
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June 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
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Same day he strips our Afghan allies of their protected status after fighting and working by our sides for years. Just absolutely monstrous.
NEW: A group of 49 “refugees” were warmly greeted by the Trump regime upon their arrival in America. Warmly welcomed because they’re white — from South Africa — and had been swiftly granted refugee status because Trump and his fellow white supremacists believe these Afrikaners were victims of…
May 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Same day he strips our Afghan allies of their protected status after fighting and working by our sides for years. Just absolutely monstrous.
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Duffy: "I don't want to give you a date because you're gonna hold me to it."
May 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Duffy: "I don't want to give you a date because you're gonna hold me to it."
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New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
www.404media.co
May 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
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And informed consent is just....what?
April 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
And informed consent is just....what?
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
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Joe Rogan explains to his audience why due process is important and quotes Ben Franklin — "it is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer.”
He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
April 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Joe Rogan explains to his audience why due process is important and quotes Ben Franklin — "it is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer.”
He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
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Trump is being completely open about his desire to send Americans to a foreign prison that no one is released from.
Trump to Fox on deporting Americans to a gulag in El Salvador: "We want to do it. I would love to do that."
April 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Trump is being completely open about his desire to send Americans to a foreign prison that no one is released from.
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Here’s the clip.
April 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s the clip.
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“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.”
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
April 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.”
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
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This funny 'American Pie' parody bites hard — from a comedy show that went out a few days ago in the UK
April 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This funny 'American Pie' parody bites hard — from a comedy show that went out a few days ago in the UK
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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“In 1921, they were literally talking about needing this immigration law to prevent the mongrelization of the white race by inferior races.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks w/ @elienyc.bsky.social on how immigration laws were made to function as a form of racism & how these laws impact today.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks w/ @elienyc.bsky.social on how immigration laws were made to function as a form of racism & how these laws impact today.
April 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“In 1921, they were literally talking about needing this immigration law to prevent the mongrelization of the white race by inferior races.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks w/ @elienyc.bsky.social on how immigration laws were made to function as a form of racism & how these laws impact today.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks w/ @elienyc.bsky.social on how immigration laws were made to function as a form of racism & how these laws impact today.
My family is really lucky that I love them because otherwise I wouldn't make salmon.
Time to air out the house. 🤢
Time to air out the house. 🤢
March 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My family is really lucky that I love them because otherwise I wouldn't make salmon.
Time to air out the house. 🤢
Time to air out the house. 🤢
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Really enjoyed the conversation with @eoinhiggins.bsky.social we had for the podcast this week. We talked about Glenn Greenwald’s background prior to going MAGA, how many big left wing media names sold out to tech billionaires, and more
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011: How Right-Wing Billionaires Broke Left-Wing Media feat. Eoin Higgins
Featuring a deeper look at Glenn Greenwald
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March 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Really enjoyed the conversation with @eoinhiggins.bsky.social we had for the podcast this week. We talked about Glenn Greenwald’s background prior to going MAGA, how many big left wing media names sold out to tech billionaires, and more
postthroughit.substack.com/p/011-how-ri...
postthroughit.substack.com/p/011-how-ri...
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The headline really sanitizes what they did to this guy. Getting stripped naked, inadequate food, sleep deprivation sounds more like war on terror ear rendition than "interrogation."
March 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The headline really sanitizes what they did to this guy. Getting stripped naked, inadequate food, sleep deprivation sounds more like war on terror ear rendition than "interrogation."