Veni, Veni Phlegmmanuel
@phlegmmanuel.bsky.social
name's mark. mostly here to stay up to date in the worlds of politics and sports.
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One thing you can say about the act of making love is that it has managed to stay pretty cool even though we now have five different versions of the Sony PlayStation
December 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
One thing you can say about the act of making love is that it has managed to stay pretty cool even though we now have five different versions of the Sony PlayStation
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Foreign Policy Analysis is low key the darkly funniest field ever now. Are we at war? Does the president himself know? Who are we at war with? Why? Something to do with drugs and/or oil? We’re either invading Venezuela, Nigeria, neither, or both.
Either Trump believes the US struck a Venezuelan facility on Christmas Eve because he was told that erroneously, or he's conflating different stories, or we actually did what he claims. Regardless of explanation, we need that information.
December 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Foreign Policy Analysis is low key the darkly funniest field ever now. Are we at war? Does the president himself know? Who are we at war with? Why? Something to do with drugs and/or oil? We’re either invading Venezuela, Nigeria, neither, or both.
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People who sympathize with Palestine over Israel voted for Harris by a 25 point margin
People who sympathize with Israel over Palestine voted for Trump by a 48 point margin.
The competition is fierce but I think "Thanks, Dearborn" has to be the dumbest Dem scapegoating line in modern history
People who sympathize with Israel over Palestine voted for Trump by a 48 point margin.
The competition is fierce but I think "Thanks, Dearborn" has to be the dumbest Dem scapegoating line in modern history
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
People who sympathize with Palestine over Israel voted for Harris by a 25 point margin
People who sympathize with Israel over Palestine voted for Trump by a 48 point margin.
The competition is fierce but I think "Thanks, Dearborn" has to be the dumbest Dem scapegoating line in modern history
People who sympathize with Israel over Palestine voted for Trump by a 48 point margin.
The competition is fierce but I think "Thanks, Dearborn" has to be the dumbest Dem scapegoating line in modern history
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im in the Midwest for the holidays and people keep talking about venture capital coming in to take over local businesses in the same way i associate with coyotes eating people’s pets
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
im in the Midwest for the holidays and people keep talking about venture capital coming in to take over local businesses in the same way i associate with coyotes eating people’s pets
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if you don't have the moral clarity necessary to rawdog a basket of fries by yourself we aren't compatible
ketchup isn’t available, what are you putting on your fries?
December 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
if you don't have the moral clarity necessary to rawdog a basket of fries by yourself we aren't compatible
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Wow I can't believe a few people in one city are responsible for Harris losing every swing state and the popular vote. Sounds like they're really influential and it was extremely stupid not to earn their support!
December 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Wow I can't believe a few people in one city are responsible for Harris losing every swing state and the popular vote. Sounds like they're really influential and it was extremely stupid not to earn their support!
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I have a lot of respect for the Knives Out movies just as an exercise in people making solid B+ level entertainment where everyone seems to be enjoying the experience without it needing it to win Oscar’s or make 3 billion dollars. It’s like going to a good steakhouse.
December 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I have a lot of respect for the Knives Out movies just as an exercise in people making solid B+ level entertainment where everyone seems to be enjoying the experience without it needing it to win Oscar’s or make 3 billion dollars. It’s like going to a good steakhouse.
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Bro do you know what the fuck America is?
December 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Bro do you know what the fuck America is?
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Oversimplifying things a bit, but this feels downstream of DOGE.
Remember DOGE? That was going to get rid of all the fraud and waste in the government, enough to balance the budget and get you a refund check. Didn't work, but maybe if we remove all the foreign-born health workers...
Remember DOGE? That was going to get rid of all the fraud and waste in the government, enough to balance the budget and get you a refund check. Didn't work, but maybe if we remove all the foreign-born health workers...
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Oversimplifying things a bit, but this feels downstream of DOGE.
Remember DOGE? That was going to get rid of all the fraud and waste in the government, enough to balance the budget and get you a refund check. Didn't work, but maybe if we remove all the foreign-born health workers...
Remember DOGE? That was going to get rid of all the fraud and waste in the government, enough to balance the budget and get you a refund check. Didn't work, but maybe if we remove all the foreign-born health workers...
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I don’t think AI can actually replace that many jobs, but execs may decide to try it. don’t be so confident that your industry is safe
December 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I don’t think AI can actually replace that many jobs, but execs may decide to try it. don’t be so confident that your industry is safe
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something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
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Hanging out with German relatives this week and all them have been like, “Oh yeah that’s definitely a Hitler you got there. You wanna fix that now or else you got a REAL problem down the pike.”
December 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hanging out with German relatives this week and all them have been like, “Oh yeah that’s definitely a Hitler you got there. You wanna fix that now or else you got a REAL problem down the pike.”
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When you saw no cultural footprint, that was when Avatar carried you.
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
When you saw no cultural footprint, that was when Avatar carried you.
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In the next four years you’ll see a lot of New York Post articles about City Hall that don’t make sense when you read them as an outsider because they’re just permission to hit the anger button in the reader’s brain. This is about seeing someone non-binary in power and getting permission to be mad.
December 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
In the next four years you’ll see a lot of New York Post articles about City Hall that don’t make sense when you read them as an outsider because they’re just permission to hit the anger button in the reader’s brain. This is about seeing someone non-binary in power and getting permission to be mad.
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"Give us Barrabas," demanded the Camping World Stadium crowd.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Give us Barrabas," demanded the Camping World Stadium crowd.
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stop desecrating important touchstones in the canon with your slop cannon. these are not In Conversation with the original works, nor are they works that were inspired by them. to say they're shallow hack jobs appropriating cultural cachet is an insult to bootleg dealers and forgeries.
December 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
stop desecrating important touchstones in the canon with your slop cannon. these are not In Conversation with the original works, nor are they works that were inspired by them. to say they're shallow hack jobs appropriating cultural cachet is an insult to bootleg dealers and forgeries.
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Just a one-time-a-year sports ball event. This is our high holiday.
im not aware of sport ball is it normal for them to stuff poptarts into the gold sports ball or is this just what the end looks like
December 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Just a one-time-a-year sports ball event. This is our high holiday.
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It’s an 8 bowl game Saturday, one of our most glorious days on the college football calendar.
Today's Bowl Menu (ET):
Military: PITT vs ECU
11am—ESPN
Pinstripe: PSU vs CLEM
12pm—ESPN
Fenway: UCONN vs ARMY
2:15—ESPN
Pop-Tarts: GT vs BYU
3:30—ESPN
Arizona: MIA-OH vs FRES
4:30—The CW
NM: UNT vs SDSU
5:45—ESPN
Gator: UVA vs MIZ
7:30—ABC
Texas: LSU vs HOU
9:15—ESPN
Military: PITT vs ECU
11am—ESPN
Pinstripe: PSU vs CLEM
12pm—ESPN
Fenway: UCONN vs ARMY
2:15—ESPN
Pop-Tarts: GT vs BYU
3:30—ESPN
Arizona: MIA-OH vs FRES
4:30—The CW
NM: UNT vs SDSU
5:45—ESPN
Gator: UVA vs MIZ
7:30—ABC
Texas: LSU vs HOU
9:15—ESPN
December 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s an 8 bowl game Saturday, one of our most glorious days on the college football calendar.
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Carney, Zelensky meet in Halifax to boost Ukraine defence by enlisting Barrett’s Privateers
Carney, Zelensky meet in Halifax to boost Ukraine defence by enlisting Barrett’s Privateers
HALIFAX - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Nova Scotian city of Halifax, where the two will set about turning the of Russia's inv...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Carney, Zelensky meet in Halifax to boost Ukraine defence by enlisting Barrett’s Privateers
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the coal stuff is so annoying because it’s literally not even cost competitive with renewables
it’s just vice signaling as energy policy
also it’s kind of crazy how democratic politicians bend over backwards to support deep red rural areas while republicans constantly dunk on blue states
it’s just vice signaling as energy policy
also it’s kind of crazy how democratic politicians bend over backwards to support deep red rural areas while republicans constantly dunk on blue states
December 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
the coal stuff is so annoying because it’s literally not even cost competitive with renewables
it’s just vice signaling as energy policy
also it’s kind of crazy how democratic politicians bend over backwards to support deep red rural areas while republicans constantly dunk on blue states
it’s just vice signaling as energy policy
also it’s kind of crazy how democratic politicians bend over backwards to support deep red rural areas while republicans constantly dunk on blue states
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Yeah this is a key thing: we literally do not see the night sky with the same intensity and regularity that premodern people did!
If you ever have the experience of seeing a night sky out in the deep countryside you can understand this; it really is a fundamentally different experience, and I can't imagine it not being formative to people.
December 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Yeah this is a key thing: we literally do not see the night sky with the same intensity and regularity that premodern people did!
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one of the major problems with our political system is that in liberal world u need four Harvard degrees to even so much as touch a campaign trail meanwhile in right wing world it basically takes less than nothing for a simple lumpen-grifter to ascend to chud Valhalla
December 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
one of the major problems with our political system is that in liberal world u need four Harvard degrees to even so much as touch a campaign trail meanwhile in right wing world it basically takes less than nothing for a simple lumpen-grifter to ascend to chud Valhalla
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congratulations to @katmabu.bsky.social for indirectly making me think about sally ride’s rat king of 100 tampons that the NASA engineers showed her for her first mission and were like “uhhhhh is this enough for like a week of a period”
at a deep instinctive level they can't recognise popular ideas or take them seriously
December 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
congratulations to @katmabu.bsky.social for indirectly making me think about sally ride’s rat king of 100 tampons that the NASA engineers showed her for her first mission and were like “uhhhhh is this enough for like a week of a period”