Menno
@menno.bsky.social
Bad Pacifist, passable writer.
Meritocracy is a myth. Tolerance is a peace treaty, not a suicide pact. American was never great, but it's over now.
He/Him
Meritocracy is a myth. Tolerance is a peace treaty, not a suicide pact. American was never great, but it's over now.
He/Him
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Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
GOP in 2024: "What is women"
GOP in 2025: "What is women" but in libertarian.
GOP in 2025: "What is women" but in libertarian.
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
GOP in 2024: "What is women"
GOP in 2025: "What is women" but in libertarian.
GOP in 2025: "What is women" but in libertarian.
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Because it should have provoke a reaction from her peers and colleagues and in general adults in the room and it didn't because its grandpa Trump, and that's morally and ethically wrong, and staring at it and sitting in it doesn't help any of that
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Because it should have provoke a reaction from her peers and colleagues and in general adults in the room and it didn't because its grandpa Trump, and that's morally and ethically wrong, and staring at it and sitting in it doesn't help any of that
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AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
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There it is
Mike Johnson says he's talked to Thune & he's "very confident that when this moves forward in the process - if & when it is processed in the Senate, which is no certainty - they will take the time methodically to do what we have not been allowed to do in the House. To amend this discharge petition."
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There it is
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I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
Tonight my daughter tried to share her baba with our dog. And by tried I mean fed it to him and it's the cutest thing ever (we obviously did not let her finish the baba).
That is how I choose to end this day.
That is how I choose to end this day.
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Tonight my daughter tried to share her baba with our dog. And by tried I mean fed it to him and it's the cutest thing ever (we obviously did not let her finish the baba).
That is how I choose to end this day.
That is how I choose to end this day.
I read this the same way Samuel Jackson read "go the fuck to sleep"
would all of God’s children please calm the fuck down
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I read this the same way Samuel Jackson read "go the fuck to sleep"
I just finished Master of the revels by Nicole Galland. Story told entirely by letters, reports, and recorded conversations about a secret government organization of witches.
haven't asked in awhile. what's something you read lately that you loved? A book? An article? A poem? A message written across the sky composed entirely of crows?
for every hate read post you do you gotta share 5 things you liked at least bsky.app/profile/crai...
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I just finished Master of the revels by Nicole Galland. Story told entirely by letters, reports, and recorded conversations about a secret government organization of witches.
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It's remarkable that the number of news analyses/pundit takes that the Democrats are too extreme--out of touch, too focused on divisive cultural issues, too beholden to progressive orthodoxy--far exceeds the articles on the Trump/GOP's connections to the far right. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It's remarkable that the number of news analyses/pundit takes that the Democrats are too extreme--out of touch, too focused on divisive cultural issues, too beholden to progressive orthodoxy--far exceeds the articles on the Trump/GOP's connections to the far right. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
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White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail
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When someone shows you how good their opinions are, believe them the first time
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Epstein was convicted in 2008.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
The thing about elon going to epstein island in 2014 is that Epstein very publicly became a registered convicted sex offender in 2008, 6 years earlier.
Note: Epstein set up Elon's brother Kimbal with a girlfriend in 2011, 3 years after Epstein became a registered convicted sex offender.
Note: Epstein set up Elon's brother Kimbal with a girlfriend in 2011, 3 years after Epstein became a registered convicted sex offender.
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Epstein was convicted in 2008.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
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Remember that show Dinosaurs? They had an episode where the military had an invasion called Operation We’re Right, which I thought was apt.
Never let performatively masculine people name anything.
Never let performatively masculine people name anything.
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Remember that show Dinosaurs? They had an episode where the military had an invasion called Operation We’re Right, which I thought was apt.
Never let performatively masculine people name anything.
Never let performatively masculine people name anything.
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
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“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
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among other things i do not understand this idea that she is an exceptionally good prose stylist
what the actual fuck is wrong with American journalists?
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
among other things i do not understand this idea that she is an exceptionally good prose stylist
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“Apple set the tone” when Tim Cook gave Trump an engraved, glass disc. This week, the Swiss delegation gave him a “special Rolex desktop clock” and a $130,000 gold bar.
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Apple set the tone” when Tim Cook gave Trump an engraved, glass disc. This week, the Swiss delegation gave him a “special Rolex desktop clock” and a $130,000 gold bar.
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
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I don't actually care what you think either way Pete, go fucking say it to voters instead of doing all this lecturing to other people about how they should talk to voters, you;'re literally a politician yourself
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I don't actually care what you think either way Pete, go fucking say it to voters instead of doing all this lecturing to other people about how they should talk to voters, you;'re literally a politician yourself
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Me reading this the first time: "Why would some random Fed in NY get to have talks with several banks and why would that matter?"
Me rereading and realizing this wasn't about a random federal agent:
Me rereading and realizing this wasn't about a random federal agent:
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Me reading this the first time: "Why would some random Fed in NY get to have talks with several banks and why would that matter?"
Me rereading and realizing this wasn't about a random federal agent:
Me rereading and realizing this wasn't about a random federal agent:
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Can confirm, I did say this, over on Threads. I stand by it here as well. And everywhere else!
“Re ‘There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!’: No there aren't, my side is the ‘People Who Don't Fuck Children’ side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?” — John Scalzi
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Can confirm, I did say this, over on Threads. I stand by it here as well. And everywhere else!
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Imagine being someone on the outs in the administration, trapped in a hell of your own creation, trading away your basic humanity in exchange for power and comfort, and then this shit is blasting your skull for hours at a time.
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Imagine being someone on the outs in the administration, trapped in a hell of your own creation, trading away your basic humanity in exchange for power and comfort, and then this shit is blasting your skull for hours at a time.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here: