Ranamar
@ranamar.bsky.social
When did I go from grudgingly creating a Twitter account so I could upload some pictures to actively making a Bluesky account?
I almost certainly won't follow you back unless you're someone I know, but don't let that stop you.
(he/him)
I almost certainly won't follow you back unless you're someone I know, but don't let that stop you.
(he/him)
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We should be on our guard, they *are* that stupid.
But it's not an 'I win' button - it is in fact a very stupid 'destroy yourself for sure and maybe also the country' button.
But it's not an 'I win' button - it is in fact a very stupid 'destroy yourself for sure and maybe also the country' button.
January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
We should be on our guard, they *are* that stupid.
But it's not an 'I win' button - it is in fact a very stupid 'destroy yourself for sure and maybe also the country' button.
But it's not an 'I win' button - it is in fact a very stupid 'destroy yourself for sure and maybe also the country' button.
Given the excuse to boot of "No talking to the media," I wouldn't be surprised if there's another component that not only will the radicals not be at the helm, but also they envy that when non-radicals who have media training (important!) talk to the press, they *don't* have disastrous interviews.
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Given the excuse to boot of "No talking to the media," I wouldn't be surprised if there's another component that not only will the radicals not be at the helm, but also they envy that when non-radicals who have media training (important!) talk to the press, they *don't* have disastrous interviews.
And because it occurs to me that I only sort of gestured at it: It's really cool that a full-throated "Truth, Justice, The American Way, AND LABOR UNIONS PROTECT US" book was published around 2000. I really enjoyed it, and a lot of its sequels.
January 31, 2026 at 2:24 AM
And because it occurs to me that I only sort of gestured at it: It's really cool that a full-throated "Truth, Justice, The American Way, AND LABOR UNIONS PROTECT US" book was published around 2000. I really enjoyed it, and a lot of its sequels.
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If the right-wing is going to go with, "We can't compare ICE to the Gestapo, because ICE only hunts non-citizens," then we need to call this what it is: a form of Holocaust revisionism.
January 28, 2026 at 4:21 AM
If the right-wing is going to go with, "We can't compare ICE to the Gestapo, because ICE only hunts non-citizens," then we need to call this what it is: a form of Holocaust revisionism.
It only makes sense again if you remember to frame it as an anti-Israel position and not a pro-Palestinian one.
January 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
It only makes sense again if you remember to frame it as an anti-Israel position and not a pro-Palestinian one.
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The one thing Manchin had going for him was that his ideas were way to the right of what the country needed but were mostly sincere (and to the left of his state electorate) and he bargained in good faith.
Unlike Sinema, for example. Or, especially, Joe Lieberman.
Unlike Sinema, for example. Or, especially, Joe Lieberman.
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The one thing Manchin had going for him was that his ideas were way to the right of what the country needed but were mostly sincere (and to the left of his state electorate) and he bargained in good faith.
Unlike Sinema, for example. Or, especially, Joe Lieberman.
Unlike Sinema, for example. Or, especially, Joe Lieberman.
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I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
Honestly, if I have a gripe about Flint, it's that he closed ranks with his fascism-favoring colleagues when reports surfaced at just how fascist-favoring they were.
Meanwhile, I had a friend who commented on being surprised to discover left-patriotic American literature like 1632 could exist.
Meanwhile, I had a friend who commented on being surprised to discover left-patriotic American literature like 1632 could exist.
January 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Honestly, if I have a gripe about Flint, it's that he closed ranks with his fascism-favoring colleagues when reports surfaced at just how fascist-favoring they were.
Meanwhile, I had a friend who commented on being surprised to discover left-patriotic American literature like 1632 could exist.
Meanwhile, I had a friend who commented on being surprised to discover left-patriotic American literature like 1632 could exist.
Maybe the play there is marry them, make sure to arrange that you'll get a cut in the divorce, and rely on them leaving you for a younger model before retirement time comes along.
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Maybe the play there is marry them, make sure to arrange that you'll get a cut in the divorce, and rely on them leaving you for a younger model before retirement time comes along.
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Ironically, my impression of the data is that Gaza did NOT prevent the left from voting Harris much at all. As far as we can see, the left turned out overwhelmingly for the Dem - as usual, more reliably than any other group.
Gaza seems to have depressed turnout - but not among leftists.
Gaza seems to have depressed turnout - but not among leftists.
January 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Ironically, my impression of the data is that Gaza did NOT prevent the left from voting Harris much at all. As far as we can see, the left turned out overwhelmingly for the Dem - as usual, more reliably than any other group.
Gaza seems to have depressed turnout - but not among leftists.
Gaza seems to have depressed turnout - but not among leftists.