EdInChicago
@leftistlutheran.bsky.social
Leftist, Veteran, Grandpa
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Megan McArdle is proof that along with lack of talent & lack of opportunity that what holds many of us back in life is the capacity to feel embarrassment.
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Megan McArdle is proof that along with lack of talent & lack of opportunity that what holds many of us back in life is the capacity to feel embarrassment.
Gotta admit, I do sometimes get tired of folks I follow sharing and commenting on screenshot s of people I don't care to hear about anymore. Good example: Matt Iglesias. Going to mute his name, see if that helps.
December 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Gotta admit, I do sometimes get tired of folks I follow sharing and commenting on screenshot s of people I don't care to hear about anymore. Good example: Matt Iglesias. Going to mute his name, see if that helps.
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"don't regulate us or force us to pay taxes or install ANY ethical guard rails whatsoever or you'll never see magic space utopia" is the repeated lie, propped up by a shit press
December 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"don't regulate us or force us to pay taxes or install ANY ethical guard rails whatsoever or you'll never see magic space utopia" is the repeated lie, propped up by a shit press
Well, we got Trump’s Gaza “ceasefire,” you know, the one where the firing never ceased. Now I can hardly wait for the Ukraine “peace” plan.
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Well, we got Trump’s Gaza “ceasefire,” you know, the one where the firing never ceased. Now I can hardly wait for the Ukraine “peace” plan.
Does anyone still give a rat’s ass what Bill Ackman has to say about anything (if they ever did)?
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Does anyone still give a rat’s ass what Bill Ackman has to say about anything (if they ever did)?
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
Okay, I examined my biases here. What's your next point?
December 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Okay, I examined my biases here. What's your next point?
The last sentence is hilarious: "Please let me know how I can support you." For starters, maybe show up for one of the fucking screenings.
Here's the rest of Bari Weiss' memo. "We do not present the administration's argument for why it sent 252 Venezuelans to CECOT," and on Sec. Noem's trip "no comment from her or her staff about what her goal on that trip was... or if she had or has concerns about the treatment of detainees." LOL!
December 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The last sentence is hilarious: "Please let me know how I can support you." For starters, maybe show up for one of the fucking screenings.
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WANT A JOB AT HERITAGE?
December 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
WANT A JOB AT HERITAGE?
Time after time, The Atlantic goes out of its way to reinforce why I am no longer a subscriber.
This person analyzes American politics for a living
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Time after time, The Atlantic goes out of its way to reinforce why I am no longer a subscriber.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
Well then. I am glad we at least agree that this is a desecration.
Rep. Russell Fry on Democrats criticizing Trump for illegally renaming the Kennedy Center: "I just find this incredibly rich coming from the party that spray paints monuments, desecrates memorials, tears down statues."
December 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Well then. I am glad we at least agree that this is a desecration.
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Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
Pretty much sums it up.
December 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Pretty much sums it up.
Just a voter here, in search of a political party that doesn't suck.
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Just a voter here, in search of a political party that doesn't suck.
One cool dude (thread).
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
One cool dude (thread).
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Hang it in the Louvre
December 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hang it in the Louvre
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We're gonna eventually expand to a 64-team college football playoff, and there'll still be dorks online claiming Sunny Valley State Technical Institute, 7-4 record on the season, didn't get a fair shake and the whole system is rigged.
December 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
We're gonna eventually expand to a 64-team college football playoff, and there'll still be dorks online claiming Sunny Valley State Technical Institute, 7-4 record on the season, didn't get a fair shake and the whole system is rigged.
I am saying this every chance I get: I am just a voter, in search of a party that doesn't suck. (Unfortunately, too many opportunities lately for saying it.)
A discharge petition to advance a policy ending congressional stock trading was finally moving forward when Hakeem Jeffries sucked the air out of it. By proposing his own bill that no Republican would sign, Jeffries effectively made consensus impossible. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.
trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I am saying this every chance I get: I am just a voter, in search of a party that doesn't suck. (Unfortunately, too many opportunities lately for saying it.)
Might get arrested as a terrorist for saying this nowadays, but I think I might just trust the Chinese more than the tech oligarch grifters in the US. They are simply evil.
The AI oligarchs are creating this “race” with China while giving them advance chips so that can catch up to make it somewhat of a race, which they can then use to justify their energy, resource and water-sucking data centers. It’s your patriotic duty to support it! Beat China!
December 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Might get arrested as a terrorist for saying this nowadays, but I think I might just trust the Chinese more than the tech oligarch grifters in the US. They are simply evil.
Just one lonely voter here, in search of a political party that doesn't suck.
Who is surprised Trump's DOJ isn't releasing all of its Epstein files, despite Congress overwhelmingly passing a bill (+ Trump signing it) requiring this by today?
Dems: “We are now examining all legal options in the face of this violation of federal law." www.huffpost.com/entry/brown-...
Dems: “We are now examining all legal options in the face of this violation of federal law." www.huffpost.com/entry/brown-...
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just one lonely voter here, in search of a political party that doesn't suck.
I agree with this, but also think it's fine for as many people as possible to wish him good fucking riddance.
I also think Dick Durbin is an idiot but people who don't live here seem to think there's a message that will get through to him and idk, he's retiring and also hates everyone
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I agree with this, but also think it's fine for as many people as possible to wish him good fucking riddance.
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White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.