Rye Whit
@ryewhit.bsky.social
With a whit of rye, I too could have a wry wit
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The only conclusion I can draw from this is that there is something physically wrong and cognitively wrong with Trump, he knows it, and he's angry and frightened.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The only conclusion I can draw from this is that there is something physically wrong and cognitively wrong with Trump, he knows it, and he's angry and frightened.
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
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We have near-final results in the 2 Florida legislative special elections. Neither flipped, but quite the swings toward Dems.
—Democrats kept HD90, winning it by 28%.
(Harris won here by 11%.)
—The GOP kept SD11, winning it by 18%.
(Trump won here by 40%.)
Plus, Dems flipped the Miami mayorship.
—Democrats kept HD90, winning it by 28%.
(Harris won here by 11%.)
—The GOP kept SD11, winning it by 18%.
(Trump won here by 40%.)
Plus, Dems flipped the Miami mayorship.
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We have near-final results in the 2 Florida legislative special elections. Neither flipped, but quite the swings toward Dems.
—Democrats kept HD90, winning it by 28%.
(Harris won here by 11%.)
—The GOP kept SD11, winning it by 18%.
(Trump won here by 40%.)
Plus, Dems flipped the Miami mayorship.
—Democrats kept HD90, winning it by 28%.
(Harris won here by 11%.)
—The GOP kept SD11, winning it by 18%.
(Trump won here by 40%.)
Plus, Dems flipped the Miami mayorship.
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Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
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Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
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Trump: "Remember -- global warming! And then the temperature started going down like a rock. Remember? Remember?"
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Trump: "Remember -- global warming! And then the temperature started going down like a rock. Remember? Remember?"
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Uh, no. That never happened. Global temperatures are still going up.
Trump: "Remember -- global warming! And then the temperature started going down like a rock. Remember? Remember?"
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Uh, no. That never happened. Global temperatures are still going up.
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who does this even impress
Two U.S. F-18 fighter jets flying in tandem entered Venezuelan airspace around noon Tuesday, circling over the Gulf of Venezuela in the latest show of force against the regime of Nicolás Maduro.
In defiant flyover, US F-18 fighter jets enter Venezuelan airspace for 40 minutes
www.stripes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
who does this even impress
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If your origins are Southern Italian, Irish, Polish etc. some version of this claim - the immigrant is a criminal underclass incompatible with the true Americans - has been around forever. They hate that the idea of America is more important than any group.
Stephen Miller: "If Somalia keeps failing, if these societies all over the world continue to fail, you have to ask yourself if you bring those societies into our country & then give them unlimited free welfare, what do we think is going to happen? You're going to replicate the conditions they left"
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If your origins are Southern Italian, Irish, Polish etc. some version of this claim - the immigrant is a criminal underclass incompatible with the true Americans - has been around forever. They hate that the idea of America is more important than any group.
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If I said the views of Nigel Farage are “entirely typical” of his class and background they would accuse me of a libelous slander against them.
The British upper class, barely even bothering to deny the allegations any more
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If I said the views of Nigel Farage are “entirely typical” of his class and background they would accuse me of a libelous slander against them.
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Again, note how every single day in British politics and media is a relentless stream of absolutely cretinous insults to the public’s intelligence by a class of people who appear to lack the basic wit to even half-arse denials any longer.
December 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Again, note how every single day in British politics and media is a relentless stream of absolutely cretinous insults to the public’s intelligence by a class of people who appear to lack the basic wit to even half-arse denials any longer.
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The British upper class, barely even bothering to deny the allegations any more
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The British upper class, barely even bothering to deny the allegations any more
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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"Security, in this telling, means preserving a conception of the nation rooted in a blood-and-soil identity rather than shared civic ideals." www.liberalcurrents.com/sovereignty-...
Sovereignty For Me, None For Thee
Donald Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy reveals a radical blood-and-soil conception of national strategy based on maintaining white patriarchal Christian domination at home and abroad.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Security, in this telling, means preserving a conception of the nation rooted in a blood-and-soil identity rather than shared civic ideals." www.liberalcurrents.com/sovereignty-...
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anyways just more evidence for my own bugbear that we're entering a new era of global ideological struggle, with the conflict lines running within nations as much as between them
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
anyways just more evidence for my own bugbear that we're entering a new era of global ideological struggle, with the conflict lines running within nations as much as between them
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this is absolutely correct, i think
anyways just more evidence for my own bugbear that we're entering a new era of global ideological struggle, with the conflict lines running within nations as much as between them
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
this is absolutely correct, i think
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pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
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As well, the study found that the vaccine did not increase the risk of all-cause mortality among those who took the vaccine.
French researchers studied nearly 30 million people and discovered that those who were vaccinated against COVID-19 had a a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19, compared to those who were unvaccinated.
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COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
As well, the study found that the vaccine did not increase the risk of all-cause mortality among those who took the vaccine.
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I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
Music Icon Pharrell Criticizes Political Division: “I Don’t Believe In Either Side”
Pharrell Williams is making his feelings about American politics unmistakably clear.
newzsquare.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
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Must be an approved talking point, they’re all spouting this BS suddenly - just wait one! more! year! and man, things will be bigly tremendous.
Brooke Rollins: "These deals are real. No one in the history of our country has ever been able to effectuate deals like this. We won't see the effect until next year."
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Must be an approved talking point, they’re all spouting this BS suddenly - just wait one! more! year! and man, things will be bigly tremendous.
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It's not socialism if it's covering up your own ridiculous incompetence.
December 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's not socialism if it's covering up your own ridiculous incompetence.
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i suspect that for a bunch of the men in this group it will be a short step from this to whining that they aren't attractive to women
‘For the Reinvention of Man’: How a Conservative Debating Society at Harvard Pushed Women From Its Ranks | News | The Harvard Crimson
The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
www.thecrimson.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
i suspect that for a bunch of the men in this group it will be a short step from this to whining that they aren't attractive to women
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There's a post over on Twitter that I've been laughing to myself about. Some right-wing guy is celebrating that a school took down "All-Gender" bathroom signs and replaced them with "Single Occupancy Restroom" signs. And like... it's the same thing, man. You're celebrating a pointless relabeling.
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
There's a post over on Twitter that I've been laughing to myself about. Some right-wing guy is celebrating that a school took down "All-Gender" bathroom signs and replaced them with "Single Occupancy Restroom" signs. And like... it's the same thing, man. You're celebrating a pointless relabeling.
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matt van swol is the funniest of the new class of maga grifters. like 5 times a day he posts that he just realized that trump is a genius and is therefore abandoning liberalism.
There's a post over on Twitter that I've been laughing to myself about. Some right-wing guy is celebrating that a school took down "All-Gender" bathroom signs and replaced them with "Single Occupancy Restroom" signs. And like... it's the same thing, man. You're celebrating a pointless relabeling.
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
matt van swol is the funniest of the new class of maga grifters. like 5 times a day he posts that he just realized that trump is a genius and is therefore abandoning liberalism.