Red Queen Meleys
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A long memory. Fearsome when roused.
@esaagar.bsky.social Saagar, did you really, truly believe that Trump would not drag us into a war with Iran? You cannot be serious.
June 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@esaagar.bsky.social Saagar, did you really, truly believe that Trump would not drag us into a war with Iran? You cannot be serious.
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To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans
Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.
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March 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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This is your daily reminder that this really did happen.
November 29, 2024 at 2:30 PM
This is your daily reminder that this really did happen.
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It’s a mistake to ask this question because it assumes Trump’s rationality.
He wants to do this because it makes him feel powerful. He doesn’t care if the effects are good or bad. Indeed, the more destruction he causes, or the more people fear destruction he may cause, the more powerful he feels.
He wants to do this because it makes him feel powerful. He doesn’t care if the effects are good or bad. Indeed, the more destruction he causes, or the more people fear destruction he may cause, the more powerful he feels.
A question I've been debating with economist friends is what Trump is trying to accomplish with his tariffs. I mean, he can't be demanding that Canada and Mexico — with whom we have a free trade agreement! — open their markets. Now he says it's about immigration and drugs 2/
November 26, 2024 at 1:04 PM
It’s a mistake to ask this question because it assumes Trump’s rationality.
He wants to do this because it makes him feel powerful. He doesn’t care if the effects are good or bad. Indeed, the more destruction he causes, or the more people fear destruction he may cause, the more powerful he feels.
He wants to do this because it makes him feel powerful. He doesn’t care if the effects are good or bad. Indeed, the more destruction he causes, or the more people fear destruction he may cause, the more powerful he feels.
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So let me get this straight.
If you apply for a job at a grocery store, you have to undergo a background check.
But, if you apply to be Director of National Intelligence, you don't?
Got it.
If you apply for a job at a grocery store, you have to undergo a background check.
But, if you apply to be Director of National Intelligence, you don't?
Got it.
November 25, 2024 at 9:59 PM
So let me get this straight.
If you apply for a job at a grocery store, you have to undergo a background check.
But, if you apply to be Director of National Intelligence, you don't?
Got it.
If you apply for a job at a grocery store, you have to undergo a background check.
But, if you apply to be Director of National Intelligence, you don't?
Got it.
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Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
November 26, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
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Jesus Christ.
Dangerous doesn’t even begin to cover it - this is a security nightmare.
Dangerous doesn’t even begin to cover it - this is a security nightmare.
NEW — Trump’s transition team is planning for all cabinet picks to receive sweeping security clearances from the president-elect and only face FBI background checks after the incoming administration takes over the bureau @guardian exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Trump officials to receive immediate clearances and easier FBI vetting
Exclusive: president-elect’s team planning for background checks to occur only after administration takes over bureau
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Jesus Christ.
Dangerous doesn’t even begin to cover it - this is a security nightmare.
Dangerous doesn’t even begin to cover it - this is a security nightmare.
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Tammy Duckworth on Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she's compromised ... Russian controlled media called her a Russian asset."
November 24, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Tammy Duckworth on Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she's compromised ... Russian controlled media called her a Russian asset."
I find it disturbing that the Biden-Harris Admin is in “negotiations” with the Trump transition team over these agreements. That implies that the signing of such is a toothless “norm” versus an enforceable legal requirement.
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
Trump team barred from agencies amid legal standoff
Federal agencies have yet to hear from their future bosses.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:27 PM
I find it disturbing that the Biden-Harris Admin is in “negotiations” with the Trump transition team over these agreements. That implies that the signing of such is a toothless “norm” versus an enforceable legal requirement.
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
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One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 23, 2024 at 1:29 AM
One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
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Because every feed needs a little stardust: Revisiting the image of the Horsehead Nebula captured by the Hubble Telescope in 2013. (Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team)
November 22, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Because every feed needs a little stardust: Revisiting the image of the Horsehead Nebula captured by the Hubble Telescope in 2013. (Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team)
It is truly a wondrous thing how quickly someone can turn their cloak once they reach proximity to power.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
RFK Jr. compared Trump to Hitler and praised descriptions of his supporters as ‘Nazis’ | CNN Politics
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of Health and Human Services, has a long history of scathing critiques against Trump, labeling him a “threat to democracy,” a “...
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November 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
It is truly a wondrous thing how quickly someone can turn their cloak once they reach proximity to power.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
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A lot of folks are giving up in advance. Capitulating before a single skirmish.
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
November 20, 2024 at 6:43 PM
A lot of folks are giving up in advance. Capitulating before a single skirmish.
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
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Thou shalt not call everyone online a pedophile when your president and most of his cabinet are pedophiles.
Pull thy head out of thy ass.
Pull thy head out of thy ass.
November 18, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Thou shalt not call everyone online a pedophile when your president and most of his cabinet are pedophiles.
Pull thy head out of thy ass.
Pull thy head out of thy ass.
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A friend sent me an unrelated link on Instagram, yet somehow this is what it opened to. WTAF?!? I feel quite besmirched by the algorithm’s assessment of my interests. 😒
November 17, 2024 at 3:03 AM
A friend sent me an unrelated link on Instagram, yet somehow this is what it opened to. WTAF?!? I feel quite besmirched by the algorithm’s assessment of my interests. 😒
A New Rallying Cry for the Irony-Poisoned Right
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
A New Rallying Cry for the Irony-Poisoned Right
It took less than twenty-four hours after Trump’s reëlection for young men to take up a slogan that could define the coming era of gendered regression: “Your body, my choice.”
www.newyorker.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:46 PM
A New Rallying Cry for the Irony-Poisoned Right
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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In which I consider Trump's blueprint for destruction This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
Opinion | This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return
Liberal democracy offers moral constraints without problem-solving. Populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:03 PM
In which I consider Trump's blueprint for destruction This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...