ralphie hythloday, jr
@offutopic.bsky.social
He/him. Trying to write sometimes. Go lakers.
If everyone read Marx, Beauvoir, and Pettit, we’d be in a better world.
If everyone read Marx, Beauvoir, and Pettit, we’d be in a better world.
Many people speculating that this woman must be mentally unwell, but might I suggest that this was actually a very shrewd bet on that $500 buying her a host role on OANN or Blaze TV
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Many people speculating that this woman must be mentally unwell, but might I suggest that this was actually a very shrewd bet on that $500 buying her a host role on OANN or Blaze TV
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I think the key things here are that it wasn't a secret, and that the tolerated norm of powerful men trading access to 18-24 year old women very easily slid into them trading access to children.
to me the truly disturbing thing about all the epstein shit is not so much who it comes out was part of it. it's that it is essentially something that shouldn't, conventional (among progressives too!) wisdom suggested, have been possible: an actual secret paedophile ring of the rich and powerful
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I think the key things here are that it wasn't a secret, and that the tolerated norm of powerful men trading access to 18-24 year old women very easily slid into them trading access to children.
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I agree with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social we're going to win this battle. I always thought that. But I think the struggle is always ongoing and I wish we didn't have to watch these confused hateful people pointlessly destroy so many resources we need for people to thrive. People deserve to thrive.
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I agree with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social we're going to win this battle. I always thought that. But I think the struggle is always ongoing and I wish we didn't have to watch these confused hateful people pointlessly destroy so many resources we need for people to thrive. People deserve to thrive.
Tim Meadows is the epitome of “absolutely perfect supporting actor, infallibly funny in every role, will never be given the chance to lead” and I think that’s tragic
obviously tim meadows is the absolute MVP of this movie. everything he says is hilarious.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Tim Meadows is the epitome of “absolutely perfect supporting actor, infallibly funny in every role, will never be given the chance to lead” and I think that’s tragic
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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By 2030 the most important reactionary thinker will be a Twitch streamer. By 2040 it will be a toddler somebody has trained to shout racial slurs.
Gentlemen, by 2045 all conservative thought will come from a grown man in a full adult diaper rolling around on the floor shouting 'pee pee poo poo'.
Gentlemen, by 2045 all conservative thought will come from a grown man in a full adult diaper rolling around on the floor shouting 'pee pee poo poo'.
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
By 2030 the most important reactionary thinker will be a Twitch streamer. By 2040 it will be a toddler somebody has trained to shout racial slurs.
Gentlemen, by 2045 all conservative thought will come from a grown man in a full adult diaper rolling around on the floor shouting 'pee pee poo poo'.
Gentlemen, by 2045 all conservative thought will come from a grown man in a full adult diaper rolling around on the floor shouting 'pee pee poo poo'.
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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The awful outcomes *are because of* the “election-winning positions”. Ability to deliver and promises made are linked!
Sure! It seems like they did a good job of adopting election-winning positions but while in office have not delivered good policy outcomes.
That’s why it’s good to have popular views on cultural issues and technocratically sound economic policy.
What’s your take?
That’s why it’s good to have popular views on cultural issues and technocratically sound economic policy.
What’s your take?
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The awful outcomes *are because of* the “election-winning positions”. Ability to deliver and promises made are linked!
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What this underlines for me: we cannot frame "identity" in opposition to "the material" in politics when identity defines who belongs, and therefore who can engage in collective struggle for common material gains.
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What this underlines for me: we cannot frame "identity" in opposition to "the material" in politics when identity defines who belongs, and therefore who can engage in collective struggle for common material gains.
The “i believe voters are idiots, but leftistly” takes are gonna take years off my life
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The “i believe voters are idiots, but leftistly” takes are gonna take years off my life
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Pete Hegseth’s church is part of Wilson’s sect, and Hegseth has praised Wilson.
Christian Nationalist, Doug Wilson, confirms that children who don’t accept and follow their parent’s religious beliefs should be turned over to the State for capital punishment (be put to death). This fanaticism is real:
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pete Hegseth’s church is part of Wilson’s sect, and Hegseth has praised Wilson.
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I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
Let Mamdani show that progressive governance works by, wait for it, governing well! Provide a visible model of effectiveness that others can follow.
And maybe call it something catchy, like Propaganda of the Deed
And maybe call it something catchy, like Propaganda of the Deed
A big part of why Mamdani won is that he actually seemed like he was interested in doing the job of mayor, and I would appreciate it if people let him focus on what is already going to be an uphill battle without demanding that he also declare war on the Democratic party.
AOC has been playing inside ball to climb the national dem party for years and this is why a lot of NY DSA now hates her; Mamdani barely just won over the NY machine, he has good reasons to not immediately start fights with the state party before he is even in power and has his people staffed.
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Let Mamdani show that progressive governance works by, wait for it, governing well! Provide a visible model of effectiveness that others can follow.
And maybe call it something catchy, like Propaganda of the Deed
And maybe call it something catchy, like Propaganda of the Deed
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
This is true and ironic considering that “we might actually make a machine, which is owned by somebody, sentient” is actually an incredible moral argument against AI research
at this point i think a lot of people have negatively polarized themselves into cartesian dualism out of spite
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This is true and ironic considering that “we might actually make a machine, which is owned by somebody, sentient” is actually an incredible moral argument against AI research
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Not to go full Adorno here, but I feel it's part of the issue with contemporary evangelical/non-denominational/Pentecostal Christianity essentially turning a commodity: the amount of Christian AI slop and kitsch on YouTube is the other side of this, and it comes from the same impulse.
There's something just so vulgar about modern evangelical megachurches.
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not to go full Adorno here, but I feel it's part of the issue with contemporary evangelical/non-denominational/Pentecostal Christianity essentially turning a commodity: the amount of Christian AI slop and kitsch on YouTube is the other side of this, and it comes from the same impulse.
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I am reminded of how Olivia Nuzzi's evidence for Biden's senility was that he didn't remember who she was. The kind of narcissism that gets you promoted to the upper ranks of U.S. political journalism.
The prose is incoherent & the only way to make it through a paragraph is to rely on the North Star or her self-pitying narcissism. The gist of this graf is “strangers obsess about me, must be because I work so hard,” but it is almost immediate lost in the morass of “typed on notes app while hiking”
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am reminded of how Olivia Nuzzi's evidence for Biden's senility was that he didn't remember who she was. The kind of narcissism that gets you promoted to the upper ranks of U.S. political journalism.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Donate to Diana to ensure that Zohran's successor is a committed socialist!
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This guy clearly has no problem with just lying to your face and I think you're a fucking idiot if you pay money to read his substack.
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This guy clearly has no problem with just lying to your face and I think you're a fucking idiot if you pay money to read his substack.
GOD this is, like, high school level writing, somehow both tedious and grating
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
GOD this is, like, high school level writing, somehow both tedious and grating
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November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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MTG is and will remain, until the end of her days, an enemy of liberty, equality, and justice. At present, she is a useful enemy, pitting herself against a more immediately threatening force. Anyone who confuses this momentary detente with camaraderie is a dolt or a coward.
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Dana Bash: "You should have Nick Fuentes on your show"
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
MTG is and will remain, until the end of her days, an enemy of liberty, equality, and justice. At present, she is a useful enemy, pitting herself against a more immediately threatening force. Anyone who confuses this momentary detente with camaraderie is a dolt or a coward.
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New York and LA should offer an equivalent to Israeli birthright trips to every theatre kid in the lower 48
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
New York and LA should offer an equivalent to Israeli birthright trips to every theatre kid in the lower 48