sotonohito (he/him)
@sotonohito555.bsky.social
Father, husband, geek, leftist, not liberal. Anti-Fascist. Anti-MAGA. Despairing.
You might have missed it in all the other awful, but the Swiss tariff negotiator met with Trump and, on live TV, made a "gift" of a crazy expensive watch and a 1kg bar of gold with Trump's name laser etched onto it. Trump immediately cut tariffs on Switzerland by more than half.
Open bribery.
Open bribery.
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
You might have missed it in all the other awful, but the Swiss tariff negotiator met with Trump and, on live TV, made a "gift" of a crazy expensive watch and a 1kg bar of gold with Trump's name laser etched onto it. Trump immediately cut tariffs on Switzerland by more than half.
Open bribery.
Open bribery.
Never forget that at absolute minimum every single Republican on the committee that's been sitting on the Epstein files knew Trump was a child molester, and they took steps to hide that fact.
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Never forget that at absolute minimum every single Republican on the committee that's been sitting on the Epstein files knew Trump was a child molester, and they took steps to hide that fact.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I DO appreciate Aaron getting up each weekend to bring us the newsiest clips-bigly
And he does it EVERY DAY, too
And he does it EVERY DAY, too
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November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I DO appreciate Aaron getting up each weekend to bring us the newsiest clips-bigly
And he does it EVERY DAY, too
And he does it EVERY DAY, too
I think we can all tell how Trump being a pedophile will turn out.
The Republican Party is going to go full bore Libertarian and declare that age of consent laws are stupid relics of the past, probably DEI somehow, and it's objectively good for rich white men to rape young teenage girls.
The Republican Party is going to go full bore Libertarian and declare that age of consent laws are stupid relics of the past, probably DEI somehow, and it's objectively good for rich white men to rape young teenage girls.
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I think we can all tell how Trump being a pedophile will turn out.
The Republican Party is going to go full bore Libertarian and declare that age of consent laws are stupid relics of the past, probably DEI somehow, and it's objectively good for rich white men to rape young teenage girls.
The Republican Party is going to go full bore Libertarian and declare that age of consent laws are stupid relics of the past, probably DEI somehow, and it's objectively good for rich white men to rape young teenage girls.
Remember back when America had an actual terrorist organization that destroyed private property to protest tariffs on tea?
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Remember back when America had an actual terrorist organization that destroyed private property to protest tariffs on tea?
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Truly new levels of train technology
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Truly new levels of train technology
And since I'm very late to many parties....
I just realized that the overlay of Abrahamic mythos in Evangelion covers a meta-plot that's strongly Buddhist influenced.
The Human Instrumentality Project is a twisted techno-nightmarish forced version of nirvana.
I just realized that the overlay of Abrahamic mythos in Evangelion covers a meta-plot that's strongly Buddhist influenced.
The Human Instrumentality Project is a twisted techno-nightmarish forced version of nirvana.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
And since I'm very late to many parties....
I just realized that the overlay of Abrahamic mythos in Evangelion covers a meta-plot that's strongly Buddhist influenced.
The Human Instrumentality Project is a twisted techno-nightmarish forced version of nirvana.
I just realized that the overlay of Abrahamic mythos in Evangelion covers a meta-plot that's strongly Buddhist influenced.
The Human Instrumentality Project is a twisted techno-nightmarish forced version of nirvana.
The new Flash Gordon run by Dan Schkade is pretty great overall, but as far as I'm concerned his single greatest contribution to canon is the word "Mongothic" for things of or pertaining to the planet Mongo.
Mongothic law. The Arena Mongothic. Mongoths. Mongothic monsters. It's just great!
Mongothic law. The Arena Mongothic. Mongoths. Mongothic monsters. It's just great!
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The new Flash Gordon run by Dan Schkade is pretty great overall, but as far as I'm concerned his single greatest contribution to canon is the word "Mongothic" for things of or pertaining to the planet Mongo.
Mongothic law. The Arena Mongothic. Mongoths. Mongothic monsters. It's just great!
Mongothic law. The Arena Mongothic. Mongoths. Mongothic monsters. It's just great!
Now there's a problem with having a government run by bonkers power hungry would be dictators: even if Imamoglu really is a corrupt graft laden crook, the absurd penalties demanded make the case seem petty and driven by the whim of an autocrat rather than like serious charges.
Turkey demands more than 2,000 years' jail for popular Istanbul mayor Imamoglu
Istanbul's chief prosecutor accuses Ekrem Imamoglu and 400 others of running a corruption network.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Now there's a problem with having a government run by bonkers power hungry would be dictators: even if Imamoglu really is a corrupt graft laden crook, the absurd penalties demanded make the case seem petty and driven by the whim of an autocrat rather than like serious charges.
It really is always projection isn't it?
Trump says "Sleepy Joe Biden" and it means that Trump falls asleep during meetings and is trying to project his issues onto those he sees as enemies.
Trump says "Sleepy Joe Biden" and it means that Trump falls asleep during meetings and is trying to project his issues onto those he sees as enemies.
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It really is always projection isn't it?
Trump says "Sleepy Joe Biden" and it means that Trump falls asleep during meetings and is trying to project his issues onto those he sees as enemies.
Trump says "Sleepy Joe Biden" and it means that Trump falls asleep during meetings and is trying to project his issues onto those he sees as enemies.
Just your reminder that Elon Musk is personally, if somewhat indirectly, responsible for a minimum of 600,000 deaths including 400,000 children. And that's just from him destroying USAID.
Just something to keep in mind when you see the headlines about his trillion dollar paycheck.
Just something to keep in mind when you see the headlines about his trillion dollar paycheck.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Just your reminder that Elon Musk is personally, if somewhat indirectly, responsible for a minimum of 600,000 deaths including 400,000 children. And that's just from him destroying USAID.
Just something to keep in mind when you see the headlines about his trillion dollar paycheck.
Just something to keep in mind when you see the headlines about his trillion dollar paycheck.
Well. I don't know why I expected anything else. But somehow I was gullible or desperate enough that I did.
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Well. I don't know why I expected anything else. But somehow I was gullible or desperate enough that I did.
Mamdani: Free busses would be a good idea.
Republicans: EVIL COMMIE! That would never work!
OpenAI: We'd like to have unlimited government funding and the right to loot everything for training data without paying.
Republicans: BRILLIANT! A perfect plan! Very workable!
Republicans: EVIL COMMIE! That would never work!
OpenAI: We'd like to have unlimited government funding and the right to loot everything for training data without paying.
Republicans: BRILLIANT! A perfect plan! Very workable!
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mamdani: Free busses would be a good idea.
Republicans: EVIL COMMIE! That would never work!
OpenAI: We'd like to have unlimited government funding and the right to loot everything for training data without paying.
Republicans: BRILLIANT! A perfect plan! Very workable!
Republicans: EVIL COMMIE! That would never work!
OpenAI: We'd like to have unlimited government funding and the right to loot everything for training data without paying.
Republicans: BRILLIANT! A perfect plan! Very workable!
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I much appreciate the support and am a huge fan of your work, but my name is Vivian Wilson❤️
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I much appreciate the support and am a huge fan of your work, but my name is Vivian Wilson❤️
Regarding the possible overturn of Obergefell CNN writes
"One of the factors the Supreme Court considers when weighing the possibility of overturning a precedent is whether Americans have come to rely on the decision"
Like they did in Roe because NO ONE had come to rely on that, right?
"One of the factors the Supreme Court considers when weighing the possibility of overturning a precedent is whether Americans have come to rely on the decision"
Like they did in Roe because NO ONE had come to rely on that, right?
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Regarding the possible overturn of Obergefell CNN writes
"One of the factors the Supreme Court considers when weighing the possibility of overturning a precedent is whether Americans have come to rely on the decision"
Like they did in Roe because NO ONE had come to rely on that, right?
"One of the factors the Supreme Court considers when weighing the possibility of overturning a precedent is whether Americans have come to rely on the decision"
Like they did in Roe because NO ONE had come to rely on that, right?
I'd like to remind Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga, that the Federal government takes vastly more from NYC than NYC gets in Federal spending. Talking about "spending money on NYC" is obscene, what they really mean is "not taking as much from NYC to spend on red state welfare".
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I'd like to remind Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga, that the Federal government takes vastly more from NYC than NYC gets in Federal spending. Talking about "spending money on NYC" is obscene, what they really mean is "not taking as much from NYC to spend on red state welfare".
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Today's XKCD is the perfect solution to the metric vs stupid system debate!
I'm 5 feet 16 centimeters tall!
xkcd.com/3164/
I'm 5 feet 16 centimeters tall!
xkcd.com/3164/
Metric Tip
xkcd.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today's XKCD is the perfect solution to the metric vs stupid system debate!
I'm 5 feet 16 centimeters tall!
xkcd.com/3164/
I'm 5 feet 16 centimeters tall!
xkcd.com/3164/
I wonder roughly what percentage of Mamdani voters went with Mamdani because they hoped Coumo would keep his promise to leave NYC if Mamdani won?
I mean, probably not many, but at least a few right?
I mean, probably not many, but at least a few right?
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I wonder roughly what percentage of Mamdani voters went with Mamdani because they hoped Coumo would keep his promise to leave NYC if Mamdani won?
I mean, probably not many, but at least a few right?
I mean, probably not many, but at least a few right?
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Trump: "We're gonna soon see $2 gasoline."
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Trump: "We're gonna soon see $2 gasoline."
While Mamdani's victory is great, it's also worth reflecting on the fact that 41.6% of New Yorkers wanted a serial rapist and obscenely corrupt white guy to be mayor.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
While Mamdani's victory is great, it's also worth reflecting on the fact that 41.6% of New Yorkers wanted a serial rapist and obscenely corrupt white guy to be mayor.
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What do we call this, since Tea Party is already taken? The Great Awokening?
"Mamdani is not a warning shot; he is a sign of things to come. Dem voters everywhere want transformative change. They’re furious at party’s leaders and suspicious of candidates backed by an establishment that gets everything wrong," writes @alexshephard.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Democratic Tea Party Is Here
The party’s base is energized and mad as hell. And their rage isn’t just aimed at Donald Trump.
newrepublic.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What do we call this, since Tea Party is already taken? The Great Awokening?
EA says that it's sale to Saudi Arabia will TOTALLY not result in any content control by Saudi Arabia and they will DEFINITELY keep full creative control without any meddling at all ever under any circumstances.
And if you believe that I've got some oceanfront property in Kansas to sell you...
And if you believe that I've got some oceanfront property in Kansas to sell you...
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
EA says that it's sale to Saudi Arabia will TOTALLY not result in any content control by Saudi Arabia and they will DEFINITELY keep full creative control without any meddling at all ever under any circumstances.
And if you believe that I've got some oceanfront property in Kansas to sell you...
And if you believe that I've got some oceanfront property in Kansas to sell you...
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Alright I'll give him some credit for this one
Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's the reason they refuse to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva."
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Alright I'll give him some credit for this one