Sour Terran
@sourterran.bsky.social
Earthling who has seen enough
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
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Full speech here: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
December 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Full speech here: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
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This is the footage of the bystander named Ahmed al Ahmed --a 43-year-old Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland. He was shot twice himself but is being praised on Australia media as saving lives:
Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
December 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is the footage of the bystander named Ahmed al Ahmed --a 43-year-old Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland. He was shot twice himself but is being praised on Australia media as saving lives:
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The December print issue of The New Republic begins with an unbylined "11th Hour" column whose author I am not free to divulge. Suffice it to say I have admired him since birth. It's not online so I attach it here. If you can't make it out you'll just have to buy a paper copy.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The December print issue of The New Republic begins with an unbylined "11th Hour" column whose author I am not free to divulge. Suffice it to say I have admired him since birth. It's not online so I attach it here. If you can't make it out you'll just have to buy a paper copy.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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The World cup draw is in & Kansas City is getting groups: E: Germany, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Curacao
Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia, and the winner of European playoff B
Group J: Argentina, Austria, Algeria, Jordan.
Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia, and the winner of European playoff B
Group J: Argentina, Austria, Algeria, Jordan.
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The World cup draw is in & Kansas City is getting groups: E: Germany, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Curacao
Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia, and the winner of European playoff B
Group J: Argentina, Austria, Algeria, Jordan.
Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia, and the winner of European playoff B
Group J: Argentina, Austria, Algeria, Jordan.
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Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
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Here is a full high quality video of a russian ICBM, presumably SS-X-30, demonstrating in Orenburg region russia’s ability to erase itself. Please note cheering voices of russians, shouting „oh fck“ and „no dck“ in random order. Donate for Ukraine‘s drones ⬇️
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Here is a full high quality video of a russian ICBM, presumably SS-X-30, demonstrating in Orenburg region russia’s ability to erase itself. Please note cheering voices of russians, shouting „oh fck“ and „no dck“ in random order. Donate for Ukraine‘s drones ⬇️
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
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Wow I can't believe George
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Wow I can't believe George
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
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This is BRUTAL.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is BRUTAL.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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They also made a card for the hot beekeeper who came to the rescue
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
They also made a card for the hot beekeeper who came to the rescue
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Yooooooo.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Yooooooo.
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Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Let me just say. The fact that there was an engine missing and they kept the plane level till the end is a testament to their skill. They fought till the very end. Tragic
#GVerse This is a new heartbreaking video of the UPS plane crash in Louisville, KY😞💔
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Let me just say. The fact that there was an engine missing and they kept the plane level till the end is a testament to their skill. They fought till the very end. Tragic
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The sign of a complete and utter psychopath.
A man collapses in the White House. Trump pays zero attention. The cameras are more important.
A man collapses in the White House. Trump pays zero attention. The cameras are more important.
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The sign of a complete and utter psychopath.
A man collapses in the White House. Trump pays zero attention. The cameras are more important.
A man collapses in the White House. Trump pays zero attention. The cameras are more important.
Stop pronouncing vs. “verse”.
IT’S VERSUS!
IT’S VERSUS!
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Stop pronouncing vs. “verse”.
IT’S VERSUS!
IT’S VERSUS!
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
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Done and done bsky.app/profile/muel...
Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Done and done bsky.app/profile/muel...
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When I learned that the Design Within Reach store on the UWS is in a space formerly occupied by a church (with soaring ceilings still visible), I was curious about how an old stone church ended up in the ground floor of a skyscraper & here it is
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-...
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-...
The Manhattan Towers Hotel - 2162-2168 Broadway
The tower wraps around the former Jones Speedometer Building , built in 1907. The burgeoning population of Upper West Side desperate...
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
When I learned that the Design Within Reach store on the UWS is in a space formerly occupied by a church (with soaring ceilings still visible), I was curious about how an old stone church ended up in the ground floor of a skyscraper & here it is
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-...
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-...
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This is the perfect distillation of why baseball is great.
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is the perfect distillation of why baseball is great.