Russell
@rmar.bsky.social
he/him. pastry chef, board game designer, cat dad
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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All my life I was told I was Jewish, I was stopped by Hasids on the streets asking me to wrap Tefillin, I was invited to Jewish holidays from strangers, etc.
The ONLY time I’ve been told I’m NOT a real Jew is when I criticize Israel.
Go fuck yourself Alex
The ONLY time I’ve been told I’m NOT a real Jew is when I criticize Israel.
Go fuck yourself Alex
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
All my life I was told I was Jewish, I was stopped by Hasids on the streets asking me to wrap Tefillin, I was invited to Jewish holidays from strangers, etc.
The ONLY time I’ve been told I’m NOT a real Jew is when I criticize Israel.
Go fuck yourself Alex
The ONLY time I’ve been told I’m NOT a real Jew is when I criticize Israel.
Go fuck yourself Alex
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The takeaway should be that running passionately on progressive platforms and having actual beliefs gets your more votes than running the same old sex pests in suits who only know how to react to polls and donors. Let’s see if the Democratic Party actually embraces this lesson
June 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The takeaway should be that running passionately on progressive platforms and having actual beliefs gets your more votes than running the same old sex pests in suits who only know how to react to polls and donors. Let’s see if the Democratic Party actually embraces this lesson
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It's like something from a very poorly written dystopian novel.
Not being allowed to hand water to people in line to vote no matter who they are voting for, while being allowed to hand people million dollar checks to get their vote, is the most American thing ever.
April 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It's like something from a very poorly written dystopian novel.
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"The Hillbilly Elegy guy is now the Vice President and also a Nazi, Elon Musk is the shadow President and *also* a Nazi, and the staunchest defenders of embattled American democracy are AOC and the Bulwark's neocons, who now like each other"
March 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"The Hillbilly Elegy guy is now the Vice President and also a Nazi, Elon Musk is the shadow President and *also* a Nazi, and the staunchest defenders of embattled American democracy are AOC and the Bulwark's neocons, who now like each other"
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a thought i’ll put out there: it is not the ideological moderation that is the electoral problem, it is that selecting for candidates who chase popular issue positions is necessarily selecting for candidates who exude the kind of focused-group affect that voters genuinely hate
March 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
a thought i’ll put out there: it is not the ideological moderation that is the electoral problem, it is that selecting for candidates who chase popular issue positions is necessarily selecting for candidates who exude the kind of focused-group affect that voters genuinely hate
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I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
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It's rare you get such a clear illustration of whose lives have value in America and whose don't
December 10, 2024 at 7:14 PM
It's rare you get such a clear illustration of whose lives have value in America and whose don't
I really dove into the game the hardest during original Mirrodin. Landing this guy in standard matches was a highlight for me as a teen.
November 14, 2024 at 1:03 PM
I really dove into the game the hardest during original Mirrodin. Landing this guy in standard matches was a highlight for me as a teen.
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new NO GODS NO MAYORS today on the big boy of london, boris johnson nogodsnomayors.com
October 3, 2024 at 2:34 PM
new NO GODS NO MAYORS today on the big boy of london, boris johnson nogodsnomayors.com
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this is what i mean by the technological long now. i basically still do the same stuff on my phone as i did 15 years ago.
15 years before *that* in 1994 i was just about to get my first portable cd player
15 years before *that* in 1994 i was just about to get my first portable cd player
After the iPhone 16 reveal, people complained about a lack of smartphone innovation and blamed Apple’s monopoly.
But smartphones haven’t meaningfully changed in a while. They’re not going to besides some gimmicks and niche alternatives, and that’s fine.
But smartphones haven’t meaningfully changed in a while. They’re not going to besides some gimmicks and niche alternatives, and that’s fine.
Smartphone innovation is dead, and that’s fine
Stop blaming a lack of competition for a product that’s simply done meaningfully evolving
disconnect.blog
September 14, 2024 at 7:02 AM
this is what i mean by the technological long now. i basically still do the same stuff on my phone as i did 15 years ago.
15 years before *that* in 1994 i was just about to get my first portable cd player
15 years before *that* in 1994 i was just about to get my first portable cd player
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FINALLY Kabbalah makes sense to me !
July 24, 2024 at 12:06 AM
FINALLY Kabbalah makes sense to me !
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He was awake for this part
July 19, 2024 at 2:20 AM
He was awake for this part
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UBI saves boatloads of public money. That should motivate certain types of people. But it’s also kind. Which fills those same people with a straight up berserker rage.
Individuals who received the $1,000/mo or $500/mo payments were more likely to find a stable, full-time job than before they received the basic income.
Results showed 45% of participants secured housing, while $589,214 was saved in public service costs.
"It's freedom. It's freedom from poverty..."
Results showed 45% of participants secured housing, while $589,214 was saved in public service costs.
"It's freedom. It's freedom from poverty..."
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic income program received up to $1,000 a month. They became more housing secure and
landed full-time jobs.
www.businessinsider.com
June 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM
UBI saves boatloads of public money. That should motivate certain types of people. But it’s also kind. Which fills those same people with a straight up berserker rage.
VE-Day:
"Alright boys, back the way we came"
"Alright boys, back the way we came"
Saw a D-day post where they clearly used AI because the troops are heading into the Atlantic.
June 7, 2024 at 11:20 AM
VE-Day:
"Alright boys, back the way we came"
"Alright boys, back the way we came"
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a story in three acts
February 18, 2024 at 1:38 AM
a story in three acts
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The thing that makes Biden’s age so hard to talk about is that there are reasonable concerns about it, but it’s also real hard to look at the trifecta of Douthat, Stephens, and Dowd pushing it in the Times and say that the majority of the concerns are in good faith
February 10, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The thing that makes Biden’s age so hard to talk about is that there are reasonable concerns about it, but it’s also real hard to look at the trifecta of Douthat, Stephens, and Dowd pushing it in the Times and say that the majority of the concerns are in good faith
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We should be able to turn unused invites into disinvites now
February 6, 2024 at 8:06 PM
We should be able to turn unused invites into disinvites now
They should have included instructions to season your Cybertruck like a cast iron pan.
So the Tesla Cybertruck manual tells buyers exactly what we were trying tell them the minute dipshit got a hard-on for stainless steel.
You're either going to be obsessively wiping the fucking thing down every ten minutes or getting used to a lot of rust and dents.
You're either going to be obsessively wiping the fucking thing down every ten minutes or getting used to a lot of rust and dents.
January 18, 2024 at 1:01 AM
They should have included instructions to season your Cybertruck like a cast iron pan.
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I blame the jury in Elon’s “pedo guy” defamation case from a few years back for our current moment. that was a great opportunity for billionaires to learn a lesson about shutting the fuck up and the jury dropped the ball.
January 10, 2024 at 3:49 AM
I blame the jury in Elon’s “pedo guy” defamation case from a few years back for our current moment. that was a great opportunity for billionaires to learn a lesson about shutting the fuck up and the jury dropped the ball.
Christie is an absolute top tier pathetic Trump sycophant. Trump gave him covid that put him in the hospital while Christie was helping him with debate prep in 2020.
January 10, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Christie is an absolute top tier pathetic Trump sycophant. Trump gave him covid that put him in the hospital while Christie was helping him with debate prep in 2020.