Onson Sweemey
@siberiantraps.bsky.social
Mostly takes on politics, philosophy, literature, and pro tennis. 🟥 • he/him • 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally
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The Dems breaking through right now are all treating Trump's consolidation of dictatorial power and his subjugation of Blue America as absolutely central facts about our moment.
Zohran highlights that regularly. Trump's threat to nix funding is a case in point.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
Zohran highlights that regularly. Trump's threat to nix funding is a case in point.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
October 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Dems breaking through right now are all treating Trump's consolidation of dictatorial power and his subjugation of Blue America as absolutely central facts about our moment.
Zohran highlights that regularly. Trump's threat to nix funding is a case in point.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
Zohran highlights that regularly. Trump's threat to nix funding is a case in point.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
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It is not a coincidence or a historical contingency that the US right is fundamentally based on lies. This is true for all reactionary politics at all times & places. It is intrinsic to reactionary politics.
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It is not a coincidence or a historical contingency that the US right is fundamentally based on lies. This is true for all reactionary politics at all times & places. It is intrinsic to reactionary politics.
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What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
Cuyahoga, though Pilgrimage comes close.
September 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Cuyahoga, though Pilgrimage comes close.
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I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.
August 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.
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Heard from a colleague spending a few months in the Netherlands.
"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
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"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
😢
July 24, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Heard from a colleague spending a few months in the Netherlands.
"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
😢
"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
😢
Look, it’s not an earth-shattering revelation, but pretty much any problem in this country can be traced to a single ur-cause: Private capital has too much power.
July 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Look, it’s not an earth-shattering revelation, but pretty much any problem in this country can be traced to a single ur-cause: Private capital has too much power.
Establishment Democrats are probably secretly rooting for Team Trump on this one. Anyone seen "Vote Blue No Matter Who" lately?
Karoline Leavitt indicates the administration is open to a denaturalization-oriented investigation against Zohran Mamdani
June 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Establishment Democrats are probably secretly rooting for Team Trump on this one. Anyone seen "Vote Blue No Matter Who" lately?
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Trump and Stephen Miller want a vast secret police apparatus and they are building it right out in the open.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Trump and Stephen Miller want a vast secret police apparatus and they are building it right out in the open.
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The latest version of the Senate's BBB is a death sentence for US energy leadership and a giant gift to China.
It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.
It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.
June 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The latest version of the Senate's BBB is a death sentence for US energy leadership and a giant gift to China.
It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.
It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.
So now the Vote-Blue-Crowd-No-Matter-Who crowd gets to show us how seriously they take that principle.
“Wait, we didn’t mean *that* shade of blue.”
- a nonzero number of Democratic voters in NYC right now, unfortunately #ZohranMamdani
“Wait, we didn’t mean *that* shade of blue.”
- a nonzero number of Democratic voters in NYC right now, unfortunately #ZohranMamdani
June 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
So now the Vote-Blue-Crowd-No-Matter-Who crowd gets to show us how seriously they take that principle.
“Wait, we didn’t mean *that* shade of blue.”
- a nonzero number of Democratic voters in NYC right now, unfortunately #ZohranMamdani
“Wait, we didn’t mean *that* shade of blue.”
- a nonzero number of Democratic voters in NYC right now, unfortunately #ZohranMamdani
Lots of folks are emphasizing that Tr**p ordered strikes on Iran without Congressional approval. I don’t care if Congress were to approve war with Iran. It would just mean that Congress is full of psychopaths, too. And this also goes for every Democratic lawmaker not vigorously opposing this lunacy.
June 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Lots of folks are emphasizing that Tr**p ordered strikes on Iran without Congressional approval. I don’t care if Congress were to approve war with Iran. It would just mean that Congress is full of psychopaths, too. And this also goes for every Democratic lawmaker not vigorously opposing this lunacy.
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I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
June 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
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Good thing we have very competent people in the US protecting us from things like this.
Skyrocketing mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone raises fears of wider spread
Boom in infections in the West African nation is driven by the same viral strain that caused a global outbreak in 2022.
www.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Good thing we have very competent people in the US protecting us from things like this.
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This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
It’s wild to see how many liberals over on Threads think the centrist, GOP Lite approach that lost *twice* to Trump is the way forward. Wild to see them once again stupidly punching left with abandon. Haven’t seen it as much here.
May 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It’s wild to see how many liberals over on Threads think the centrist, GOP Lite approach that lost *twice* to Trump is the way forward. Wild to see them once again stupidly punching left with abandon. Haven’t seen it as much here.
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@tracyalloway.bsky.social on the bird site:
April 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
@tracyalloway.bsky.social on the bird site:
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that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move
February 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move
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just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
February 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
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BREAKING — The family abducted by ICE is returning home, per email from Sackets Harbor Superintendent:
April 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
BREAKING — The family abducted by ICE is returning home, per email from Sackets Harbor Superintendent:
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A quick 🧵of the incredible sights in cities across the USA right now.
Millions are on the street speaking out against Trump & Musk trampling the Constitution.
Let’s start here with Salt Lake City 😳👏
#HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #FiftyFiftyOne
(📸Nate Blouin)
Millions are on the street speaking out against Trump & Musk trampling the Constitution.
Let’s start here with Salt Lake City 😳👏
#HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #FiftyFiftyOne
(📸Nate Blouin)
April 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A quick 🧵of the incredible sights in cities across the USA right now.
Millions are on the street speaking out against Trump & Musk trampling the Constitution.
Let’s start here with Salt Lake City 😳👏
#HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #FiftyFiftyOne
(📸Nate Blouin)
Millions are on the street speaking out against Trump & Musk trampling the Constitution.
Let’s start here with Salt Lake City 😳👏
#HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #FiftyFiftyOne
(📸Nate Blouin)
Wild to see the economy crater and people’s retirement evaporate while a bunch of folks in red hats applaud it because they’re convinced Dear Leader is some sort of 5D Chess Master and not a tinpot dictator whose brains have turned to oatmeal.
April 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Wild to see the economy crater and people’s retirement evaporate while a bunch of folks in red hats applaud it because they’re convinced Dear Leader is some sort of 5D Chess Master and not a tinpot dictator whose brains have turned to oatmeal.
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I wrote about leaders who don't (or won't) lead, the death of a political order unsuited for these dark times, what the new one should look like, and the importance of playing to win. New visions for a new and better America: Solidarity, leadership, reframing.
www.the-reframe.com/the-beached-...
www.the-reframe.com/the-beached-...
The Beached Whale
Messaging for leaders who actually want to lead. Playing to Win - part of a series about directional alignment.
www.the-reframe.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I wrote about leaders who don't (or won't) lead, the death of a political order unsuited for these dark times, what the new one should look like, and the importance of playing to win. New visions for a new and better America: Solidarity, leadership, reframing.
www.the-reframe.com/the-beached-...
www.the-reframe.com/the-beached-...