Luke
@realluke1.bsky.social
I dream of Macedonian kings and universal healthcare.
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Luke
@realluke1.bsky.social
· Feb 1
watching my own country collapse in real time is making it difficult to beat the insomnia tonight
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testing the strength of our marriage by wearing socks with birkenstocks
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
testing the strength of our marriage by wearing socks with birkenstocks
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I’ll put it this way: I have significantly more optimism that we can beat this particular set of fascists than I do that Dems will do what is necessary not to hand the country right back over to the next batch four year later
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’ll put it this way: I have significantly more optimism that we can beat this particular set of fascists than I do that Dems will do what is necessary not to hand the country right back over to the next batch four year later
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There is nothing the Romans loved doing than sending a guy to negotiate and then when he got back to either not approve the deal or act like he didn’t have authority to negotiate
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
There is nothing the Romans loved doing than sending a guy to negotiate and then when he got back to either not approve the deal or act like he didn’t have authority to negotiate
I’ve been using this account as my proxy therapist for the entirety of the second Trump presidency and it gets more cathartic every day
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’ve been using this account as my proxy therapist for the entirety of the second Trump presidency and it gets more cathartic every day
the thing is that Hakeem Jeffries’ primary function is to be a concierge for the oligarch class, which is why no donors care that he is a vapid and dull charisma vacuum! And Yglesias is the only audience they really care about
Just hear me out: maybe the Democratic Party’s problem is that the party leadership is full of people incapable of realizing that Matt Yglesias has terrible political instincts.
Kiss of death
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
the thing is that Hakeem Jeffries’ primary function is to be a concierge for the oligarch class, which is why no donors care that he is a vapid and dull charisma vacuum! And Yglesias is the only audience they really care about
I really hate all these news websites begging me to disable my adblocker and then when I do, the ads render their site functionally unusable. Looking at you @rollingstone.com , where your slop ads make it impossible to even pull up the sidebar on mobile!
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I really hate all these news websites begging me to disable my adblocker and then when I do, the ads render their site functionally unusable. Looking at you @rollingstone.com , where your slop ads make it impossible to even pull up the sidebar on mobile!
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babies look like burritos
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
babies look like burritos
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U.S. plans for a coup in Venezuela go back to a 2013 program to “increase acts of sabotage that affect services to the population.” While Trump plots to remove Maduro, the Venezuelan people are caught in the middle. From Maureen Tkacik: trib.al/IFgWPax
The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela - The American Prospect
How Juan Guaidó sucked a weary nation dry, and primed it for the current U.S.-led assault
trib.al
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
U.S. plans for a coup in Venezuela go back to a 2013 program to “increase acts of sabotage that affect services to the population.” While Trump plots to remove Maduro, the Venezuelan people are caught in the middle. From Maureen Tkacik: trib.al/IFgWPax
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He explicitly did not say that in the statement; he says they appeal to the same type of people, not that they are working towards the same goals
actually I don’t think Zohran going “oh yeah me and ****Donald Trump**** have lots of the same politics something something working class!!!!1” is a particularly good sign. I think it’s actually a very worrying sign!
Ok, pretty funny of Zohran’s people to put out the absolute model of the sort of statement that drives Bluesky absolutely *insane* to be studiously ignored On Here because of the source
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
He explicitly did not say that in the statement; he says they appeal to the same type of people, not that they are working towards the same goals
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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
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trump sobbing as they force him into the sensory deprivation tank with stephen miller to turn him back evil
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
trump sobbing as they force him into the sensory deprivation tank with stephen miller to turn him back evil
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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Thanks Dugin, very cool
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Thanks Dugin, very cool
You know it’s a good evening for content when @ryanlcooper.com is on Majority Report flaying monopolies
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You know it’s a good evening for content when @ryanlcooper.com is on Majority Report flaying monopolies
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it's a real shame there wasn't just a Democratic president with control of federal law enforcement for 4 years, otherwise it would be pretty fuckin outrageous that he didn't find this
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
it's a real shame there wasn't just a Democratic president with control of federal law enforcement for 4 years, otherwise it would be pretty fuckin outrageous that he didn't find this
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Nobody is actually giving you a good answer so here's why she's wrong: the negative trendline against Israel in public opinion predates TikTok's emergence by nearly seven years. Also, the largest shift in opinion on Israel in a single demo since 2023 has been among Democrats aged 50yrs and older.
Setting aside her subjective views on Israel, what is she saying here that is incorrect?
Young people do heavily get their views from social media, TikTok is a large component of that, and the TikTok algorithm appears to be controlled, at least indirectly, by the government of China.
Young people do heavily get their views from social media, TikTok is a large component of that, and the TikTok algorithm appears to be controlled, at least indirectly, by the government of China.
What Hillary is saying here is a conspiracy theory and not even a tame, silly one, but a whopper. A more balefully consequential and widespread one than e.g. Trump complaining that the media lied about his crowds being big.
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Nobody is actually giving you a good answer so here's why she's wrong: the negative trendline against Israel in public opinion predates TikTok's emergence by nearly seven years. Also, the largest shift in opinion on Israel in a single demo since 2023 has been among Democrats aged 50yrs and older.
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[Protoss voice] We must construct additional podcasts
Bleeding to death in the trenches because my air support is vaporware made by a guy who spent his entire VC budget on "growth hacking" the beltway instead of building drones
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
[Protoss voice] We must construct additional podcasts
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lmao there's a certain someone on here who is going to crash out so hard today
I on the other hand am totally vindicated! no wrongdoing 😏
I on the other hand am totally vindicated! no wrongdoing 😏
the worst chickenshit in American history www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Biden Justice Department slow-walked key decisions in Trump legal probes
The picture of a hesitant Justice Department runs contrary to the GOP allegation that the indictments of Trump were the product of a Democrat-led plot.
www.msnbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
lmao there's a certain someone on here who is going to crash out so hard today
I on the other hand am totally vindicated! no wrongdoing 😏
I on the other hand am totally vindicated! no wrongdoing 😏
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Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
Long united, the Empire must divide; long divided, the Empire must unite
Donatives for the troops
Incompetent ruler with no clear heir
Fading international prestige
Powerless legislature
Welcome back Crisis of the Third Century!
Incompetent ruler with no clear heir
Fading international prestige
Powerless legislature
Welcome back Crisis of the Third Century!
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
October 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Long united, the Empire must divide; long divided, the Empire must unite
Everybody jumping in the tank to cape for Platner’s tattoo is just setting themself up for frantic backpedaling when the next insanely damaging video comes out. I’d put money on that!
October 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Everybody jumping in the tank to cape for Platner’s tattoo is just setting themself up for frantic backpedaling when the next insanely damaging video comes out. I’d put money on that!
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Imagine the Illusive Man from Mass Effect saying this
October 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Imagine the Illusive Man from Mass Effect saying this