A penitent who is loud
@loudpenitent.bsky.social
Interfaith cis Jew, never posts on behalf of his employer, he/his
Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.
Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.
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Much like real Bushido, poster's bushido is a post facto romanticization of an earlier era of uncontrolled conflict, constructed by the inhabitants of a more centralized system to justify their own pretensions.
poster's bushido logically implies the existence of historical european posting arts
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Much like real Bushido, poster's bushido is a post facto romanticization of an earlier era of uncontrolled conflict, constructed by the inhabitants of a more centralized system to justify their own pretensions.
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Any other time, any other President, and "the dude was in a global conspiracy to fuck them kids" would have been 24/7 coverage. Even Dubya.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Any other time, any other President, and "the dude was in a global conspiracy to fuck them kids" would have been 24/7 coverage. Even Dubya.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
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*this is batshit insane*
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
*this is batshit insane*
The replies to a completely normal thing are kind of fucked up.
#BREAKING | Harvard University operates a secret site that includes all of Israel's culture documentation "in case the country won't survive", Haaretz reports
באתר חשאי בארה"ב נשמר כל מה שפורסם אי־פעם בישראל — למקרה שהמדינה תיעלם
התרבות הישראלית כולה — כן, כולה — מאוחסנת ומקוטלגת באולמות ענק באוניברסיטת הרווארד
www.haaretz.co.il
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The replies to a completely normal thing are kind of fucked up.
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this is an exaggerated version of something I've encountered a lot talking to other men about #MeToo stuff; they could imagine themselves as the accused man (and thus, in their heads, as the 'wrongly' accused man) but not as the victim of abuse.
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
this is an exaggerated version of something I've encountered a lot talking to other men about #MeToo stuff; they could imagine themselves as the accused man (and thus, in their heads, as the 'wrongly' accused man) but not as the victim of abuse.
"I must do a self-flagellating token BDS disclaimer because this book about anime was partially funded by an Israeli university" is the most pathetic thing I've seen in some time.
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"I must do a self-flagellating token BDS disclaimer because this book about anime was partially funded by an Israeli university" is the most pathetic thing I've seen in some time.
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Me in 2006: "Damn, Children of Men is a great movie but I don't know if the UK in 2027 is gonna be that bad."
Me in 2025: "What the fuck is wrong with that country. Why are they trying to make Children of Men come true"
Me in 2025: "What the fuck is wrong with that country. Why are they trying to make Children of Men come true"
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Me in 2006: "Damn, Children of Men is a great movie but I don't know if the UK in 2027 is gonna be that bad."
Me in 2025: "What the fuck is wrong with that country. Why are they trying to make Children of Men come true"
Me in 2025: "What the fuck is wrong with that country. Why are they trying to make Children of Men come true"
Kind of curious why anyone is asking Hasan Piker what he thinks of a woman attending the Oscars or, bluntly, Israeli women at all.
Like folks understand that's kind of sexist right?
Like folks understand that's kind of sexist right?
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Kind of curious why anyone is asking Hasan Piker what he thinks of a woman attending the Oscars or, bluntly, Israeli women at all.
Like folks understand that's kind of sexist right?
Like folks understand that's kind of sexist right?
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not trying to be a hater but has one of these "iconic character lapses out of copyright so someone makes a cheapo splatter horror movie about them" things ever been remotely good
A Betty Boop horror film adaptation ‘BOOP’ is in the works.
The film is being introduced to buyers at the American Film Market by VMI Worldwide.
The film is being introduced to buyers at the American Film Market by VMI Worldwide.
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
not trying to be a hater but has one of these "iconic character lapses out of copyright so someone makes a cheapo splatter horror movie about them" things ever been remotely good
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or i guess more relevantly here, karl marx recognized capitalism as a *new and distinct* phenomenon, something radical and different which was sweeping away an old shitty order
these days you ask people what capitalism is and they'll give you a definition indistinguishable from feudalism
these days you ask people what capitalism is and they'll give you a definition indistinguishable from feudalism
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
or i guess more relevantly here, karl marx recognized capitalism as a *new and distinct* phenomenon, something radical and different which was sweeping away an old shitty order
these days you ask people what capitalism is and they'll give you a definition indistinguishable from feudalism
these days you ask people what capitalism is and they'll give you a definition indistinguishable from feudalism
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I haven’t seen a lot of movement lately…
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Anything at all is greatly appreciated!
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Anything at all helps.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I haven’t seen a lot of movement lately…
Please consider donating and helping me meet my goal.
Anything at all is greatly appreciated!
Please consider donating and helping me meet my goal.
Anything at all is greatly appreciated!
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this is the thing every one of the 8 are taking huge amounts of heat and yet none of their offices have leaked "oh Schumer totally gave us a pass, please be mad at him not me!" because he didn't, because sometimes you just can't force Senators to do what you want.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
this is the thing every one of the 8 are taking huge amounts of heat and yet none of their offices have leaked "oh Schumer totally gave us a pass, please be mad at him not me!" because he didn't, because sometimes you just can't force Senators to do what you want.
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A good way to do this is also to get a few of your friends together and take over your local Democratic Party! This involves going to a lot of boring meetings but it's *very* possible to do in a lot of the country.
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A good way to do this is also to get a few of your friends together and take over your local Democratic Party! This involves going to a lot of boring meetings but it's *very* possible to do in a lot of the country.
If folks want to build a stronger Democratic party the simple fact is the only way you can do that is voting in more Democrats.
Maybe those are primary challengers that match your views better. Maybe it's "anyone as long as they're a Dem." When it comes time for elections there is no substitute.
Maybe those are primary challengers that match your views better. Maybe it's "anyone as long as they're a Dem." When it comes time for elections there is no substitute.
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If folks want to build a stronger Democratic party the simple fact is the only way you can do that is voting in more Democrats.
Maybe those are primary challengers that match your views better. Maybe it's "anyone as long as they're a Dem." When it comes time for elections there is no substitute.
Maybe those are primary challengers that match your views better. Maybe it's "anyone as long as they're a Dem." When it comes time for elections there is no substitute.
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I gotta say the evidence that Schumer is secretly controlling the cave caucus is some real thin gruel. It basically rests on the assumption of a level of Senate partisan discipline normally seen in a parliamentary democracy when it isn't just leaning on even grosser "perfidious jew" tropes.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I gotta say the evidence that Schumer is secretly controlling the cave caucus is some real thin gruel. It basically rests on the assumption of a level of Senate partisan discipline normally seen in a parliamentary democracy when it isn't just leaning on even grosser "perfidious jew" tropes.
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I suffered.
Misery loves company.
Misery loves company.
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I suffered.
Misery loves company.
Misery loves company.
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
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Armed settlers attacked Palestinian families, peace activists and American rabbis as they harvested olives in the West Bank.
This is deliberate terror meant to make life unlivable – and it must stop.
Call on the Senate to sanction violent settlers ⤵️ act.jstreet.org/sign/wbv_pre...
This is deliberate terror meant to make life unlivable – and it must stop.
Call on the Senate to sanction violent settlers ⤵️ act.jstreet.org/sign/wbv_pre...
[SIGN ON] Stop The Sickening Settler Violence
None
act.jstreet.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Armed settlers attacked Palestinian families, peace activists and American rabbis as they harvested olives in the West Bank.
This is deliberate terror meant to make life unlivable – and it must stop.
Call on the Senate to sanction violent settlers ⤵️ act.jstreet.org/sign/wbv_pre...
This is deliberate terror meant to make life unlivable – and it must stop.
Call on the Senate to sanction violent settlers ⤵️ act.jstreet.org/sign/wbv_pre...
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the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
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2. First, they in my experience genuinely are surprised to find any pro-Israel or Zionist people in the wild in any non-right-wing space. They do activism in spaces that gatekeep away anyone who, say, supports two states, so they overestimate pro-Palestine support even on the center-left.
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
2. First, they in my experience genuinely are surprised to find any pro-Israel or Zionist people in the wild in any non-right-wing space. They do activism in spaces that gatekeep away anyone who, say, supports two states, so they overestimate pro-Palestine support even on the center-left.
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1. To add to this (and please don't brigade the person upthread that this responds to): in the 2024 exit polls, American voters split evenly three-way between thinking US support for Israel is too much, too little, or just right. Pro-Palestine activists often get this wrong, for several reasons. 🧵
AIPAC isn't even the primary reason Israel keeps getting US weapons & aid.
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
1. To add to this (and please don't brigade the person upthread that this responds to): in the 2024 exit polls, American voters split evenly three-way between thinking US support for Israel is too much, too little, or just right. Pro-Palestine activists often get this wrong, for several reasons. 🧵
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Thread does prove point, just not way thread wanted
muting. thread proves point
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thread does prove point, just not way thread wanted
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an occasional reminder that while JStreet and AIPAC are both lobbying groups for Israel they are not the same and in fact fucking hate each other
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
an occasional reminder that while JStreet and AIPAC are both lobbying groups for Israel they are not the same and in fact fucking hate each other
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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This is probably the biggest dissonance Bluesky users have about politics. We want our party, our faction(s) to always be strong and look strong and have that strength be acknowledged, but this can only be achieved through constantly humiliating and crushing every other party and faction.
It looks pathetic to us, but part of being a politician is being willing to look pathetic sometimes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is probably the biggest dissonance Bluesky users have about politics. We want our party, our faction(s) to always be strong and look strong and have that strength be acknowledged, but this can only be achieved through constantly humiliating and crushing every other party and faction.