VT Left Flank
@p2now.bsky.social
Hiking, Politics, Foraging and Gardening. Will yell into void about whatever feels good.
Provide for yourself in order to learn how to provide for your community.
Provide for yourself in order to learn how to provide for your community.
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Wrote a thing about my old boss, @ilhanmn.bsky.social, why her story is so American, and why it makes the Right so stupid mad.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Why Ilhan Omar Makes the Right Lose Its Mind
Trump and his MAGA allies want people like Omar to vanish from this country—and they hate her for refusing to do so.
www.thenation.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Wrote a thing about my old boss, @ilhanmn.bsky.social, why her story is so American, and why it makes the Right so stupid mad.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
I keep waiting for Microsoft Edge to finally Microsoft Cum, but it never does
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I keep waiting for Microsoft Edge to finally Microsoft Cum, but it never does
Satire is truly dead
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Satire is truly dead
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finally a normal software license that definitely holds up really well
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
finally a normal software license that definitely holds up really well
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Me deciding on a good time to go to bed
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Me deciding on a good time to go to bed
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
Damn a card carrying communist! I wonder if I am also a card carrying communist. That sure would be an interesting turn of events
Yeah good luck with that one, I'm an actual card-carrying Communist and we definitely have strong and rather unforgiving opinions about Nazis
October 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Damn a card carrying communist! I wonder if I am also a card carrying communist. That sure would be an interesting turn of events
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The problem is y’all wanted all of the noblesse with none of the oblige.
Feeling dehydrated? This quenched my thirst. www.wsj.com/us-news/zohr...
October 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The problem is y’all wanted all of the noblesse with none of the oblige.
Opposition to fascism requires an analysis of the root cause driving the expansion of fascist ideology. Demanding ideological pufify to ideology that prevents further fascism is literally the bare minimum
Folks demanding political / ideological purity fail to see that this is no longer a movement belonging to the left / liberals. This is an opposition against fascism. By definition it must be big tent. Failure to grasp this: see divided oppositions in Eastern Europe as your failed examples.
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Opposition to fascism requires an analysis of the root cause driving the expansion of fascist ideology. Demanding ideological pufify to ideology that prevents further fascism is literally the bare minimum
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starting a true crime podcast except i’m the one doing the crime
September 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
starting a true crime podcast except i’m the one doing the crime
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More than that. "The FBI ***recorded*** Tom Homan taking the money "after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration."
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
More than that. "The FBI ***recorded*** Tom Homan taking the money "after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration."
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This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights.
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights.
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lol this is what they fired him for saying
September 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
lol this is what they fired him for saying
Karma is a real bitch
“Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America in the last 10 years?” a person asks. “Counting or not counting gang violence?” Kirk responds.
Those were his final words
Those were his final words
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Karma is a real bitch
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the really tragic thing about donald trump dying is that it has completely overshadowed gavin newsom dying on the same day
August 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
the really tragic thing about donald trump dying is that it has completely overshadowed gavin newsom dying on the same day
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My "why are LLMs making everyone crazy" thought today is that these algorithms behave like the sycophantic yes-men that surround the very rich and powerful - who also go nuts but, usually over a longer term (over years rather than months) - but as I see it, there are two fundamental differences:
August 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My "why are LLMs making everyone crazy" thought today is that these algorithms behave like the sycophantic yes-men that surround the very rich and powerful - who also go nuts but, usually over a longer term (over years rather than months) - but as I see it, there are two fundamental differences:
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Here's a tweet by the current DHS PR officer pushing fascist and nazi imagery. He calls for trans people to be eradicated.
August 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Here's a tweet by the current DHS PR officer pushing fascist and nazi imagery. He calls for trans people to be eradicated.
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No you read this and then spent the next 5 mins mucking around with a shit bit of Javascript to test the idea out
![Code to add "i have the solution: wolves" to most of the text on a website. Produces stuff like "Tim Stanley
Netanyahu is committing a strategic blunder that will alienate the world. I have a solution: wolves."
javascript:(()=>{const PHRASE="I have a solution: wolves.";const SKIP=new Set(["SCRIPT","STYLE","NOSCRIPT","IFRAME","TEXTAREA","INPUT","CODE","PRE","SVG","CANVAS","MATH","SELECT","OPTION"]);const w=document.createTreeWalker(document.body,NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT,{acceptNode(n){const t=n.nodeValue;if(!t||!t.trim())return NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT;const p=n.parentElement;if(!p||p.isContentEditable||SKIP.has(p.tagName))return NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT;return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;}});const chunkRe=/[^.!?…]+(?:[.!?…]+)?(?:["')\]]+)?(?:\s+|$)/g;const terminalPunctRe=/[.!?…]$/;const closersRe=/(["')\]]+)\s*$/;const alreadyRe=/\bI have a solution: wolves\.(?=(?:["')\]]+\s*)?$)/u;while(w.nextNode()){const node=w.currentNode;const original=node.nodeValue;let out="";for(const m of original.matchAll(chunkRe)){let s=m[0];const trimmed=s.trimEnd();if(!trimmed){out+=s;continue}const words=(trimmed.match(/[\p{L}\p{N}’']+/gu)||[]).length;if(words>=6&&!alreadyRe.test(trimmed)){const trailSpace=(s.match(/\s+$/)||[""])[0];let body=trimmed;let closers="";const cm=body.match(closersRe);if(cm){closers=cm[1];body=body.slice(0,-closers.length).trimEnd()}if(!terminalPunctRe.test(body))body+=".";body+=" "+PHRASE;s=body+(closers||"")+trailSpace}out+=s}if(out!==original)node.nodeValue=out}})();](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hpjse36yorgmic7iv625ehub/bafkreicatc56eq2lbygdrb2cy2ji52fncqggnytl7sqxmxtd2ozbvaeanu@jpeg)
August 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
No you read this and then spent the next 5 mins mucking around with a shit bit of Javascript to test the idea out
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"A [Canadian] Federal Court justice has halted the deportation of a non-binary American in a ruling that criticized Ottawa’s Immigration Department for not properly considering the situation of LGBTQ Americans... in a judgment that their lawyers hailed as precedent-setting."
Judge halts deportation of non-binary American in landmark ruling after Trump’s gender edicts
Advocates have been calling on the government to provide a safe haven for gender-diverse U.S. residents
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"A [Canadian] Federal Court justice has halted the deportation of a non-binary American in a ruling that criticized Ottawa’s Immigration Department for not properly considering the situation of LGBTQ Americans... in a judgment that their lawyers hailed as precedent-setting."
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In this op-ed, we break down why police are often not welcome at Pride parades because of a history of violence against the LGBTQ community.
Read the full story here ⤵️
Read the full story here ⤵️
No, Police Aren't Welcome at Pride — and for Good Reason
"Police cannot peacock as allies for one day a year and not expect to be held accountable for their actions the rest of the time."
www.teenvogue.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In this op-ed, we break down why police are often not welcome at Pride parades because of a history of violence against the LGBTQ community.
Read the full story here ⤵️
Read the full story here ⤵️
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the process of buying a house made me a socialist; having kids, a communist
becoming more conservative is correlated with taking on more responsibility, which used to happen naturally as you become older. having kids, starting your own business, whatever. but millennials are not taking on much responsibility as they age.
June 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
the process of buying a house made me a socialist; having kids, a communist
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador: