Meidara
@meidara.bsky.social
I am Hagcore. Fallout, D&D, Star Wars, Discworld, and similar nerdiness are trying to tell you something. I play TTRPGs based on video games and video games based on TTRPGs, surf, dance, and nap like a champ.
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"They're gonna lose their pardons" -- Comer was on Fox today pretending that Trump's unhinged social media posts about Biden's pardons somehow have legal validity
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"They're gonna lose their pardons" -- Comer was on Fox today pretending that Trump's unhinged social media posts about Biden's pardons somehow have legal validity
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happy kissinger death day (actual), i’m having pie for breakfast.
congratulations to us all for outliving that prick!
congratulations to us all for outliving that prick!
happy kissinger death day (observed), i’m having pie for breakfast.
actual kissinger death day is tomorrow, and i’ll prob have pie for breakfast then, too.
either way, congratulations to us all for outliving that prick!
actual kissinger death day is tomorrow, and i’ll prob have pie for breakfast then, too.
either way, congratulations to us all for outliving that prick!
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
happy kissinger death day (actual), i’m having pie for breakfast.
congratulations to us all for outliving that prick!
congratulations to us all for outliving that prick!
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The federal government is making open threats of genocidal violence now from its social media platforms.
This is a literal turner diary or siege level Neo Nazi call to action and is an attempt to foment violence against anyone who is not white, male and Christian.
This is a literal turner diary or siege level Neo Nazi call to action and is an attempt to foment violence against anyone who is not white, male and Christian.
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The federal government is making open threats of genocidal violence now from its social media platforms.
This is a literal turner diary or siege level Neo Nazi call to action and is an attempt to foment violence against anyone who is not white, male and Christian.
This is a literal turner diary or siege level Neo Nazi call to action and is an attempt to foment violence against anyone who is not white, male and Christian.
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Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
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It also goes to just how much Hegseth is loathed in the middle and upper officer ranks and senior civil service of the armed forces.
They wouldn't have leaked something like this if they didn't outright hate him.
They wouldn't have leaked something like this if they didn't outright hate him.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It also goes to just how much Hegseth is loathed in the middle and upper officer ranks and senior civil service of the armed forces.
They wouldn't have leaked something like this if they didn't outright hate him.
They wouldn't have leaked something like this if they didn't outright hate him.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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The fact doomers have gone from "America is over" to "Dems won't hold anyone responsible when this is over" can actually be read as an optimistic signal imo.
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The fact doomers have gone from "America is over" to "Dems won't hold anyone responsible when this is over" can actually be read as an optimistic signal imo.
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Not great, dismal.
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Not great, dismal.
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Guillotines
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Guillotines
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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imagine being on your third airport beer and paul f tompkins walks by doing an rfk impression
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
imagine being on your third airport beer and paul f tompkins walks by doing an rfk impression
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Hugely useful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hugely useful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Patel clearly reflecting the horrors he’s seen here.
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Patel clearly reflecting the horrors he’s seen here.
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Me at the headline:
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Me at the headline:
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There's an app called Libby that lets you punch in the info on your library cards, and will then give you centralized access to all of that based on which libraries you have a card with, so you aren't even limited to just what you live near any more
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
There's an app called Libby that lets you punch in the info on your library cards, and will then give you centralized access to all of that based on which libraries you have a card with, so you aren't even limited to just what you live near any more
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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To be clear (since NPR isn't), the "joke" is premised on the fact that Trump is kidnapping people w/o due process and shipping them to offshore concentration slave camps in defiance of court orders, human rights accordances, the U.S. constitution, all tenets of common decency, and international law.
President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid. n.pr/48nUsYx
Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony
President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
To be clear (since NPR isn't), the "joke" is premised on the fact that Trump is kidnapping people w/o due process and shipping them to offshore concentration slave camps in defiance of court orders, human rights accordances, the U.S. constitution, all tenets of common decency, and international law.
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Yeah I’m not sure Hegseth really thought through initiating a Mr. America competition with the combat pilot space commander with the martyr wife
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Yeah I’m not sure Hegseth really thought through initiating a Mr. America competition with the combat pilot space commander with the martyr wife
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US budget deficit hits $284 billion in October; report impacted by shutdown reut.rs/48k2LEu
US budget deficit hits $284 billion in October; report impacted by shutdown
The U.S. government posted a higher $284 billion deficit for October in a report delayed and impacted by the recent federal government shutdown and reflecting record tariff revenues offset by a shift of some November benefit payments into last month's data, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
US budget deficit hits $284 billion in October; report impacted by shutdown reut.rs/48k2LEu
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I've gotten a lot of fanart, and commissioned a lot of stuff of me and @turtle76.bsky.social 's #Fallout OCs, but one of my favorite ones I managed to get was this one from @schellergheist.bsky.social I mean I just love their stuff, all dark and muddy and gorgeous. The gloomy colors!
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I've gotten a lot of fanart, and commissioned a lot of stuff of me and @turtle76.bsky.social 's #Fallout OCs, but one of my favorite ones I managed to get was this one from @schellergheist.bsky.social I mean I just love their stuff, all dark and muddy and gorgeous. The gloomy colors!
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united