Syrius Black
@syriusblack.bsky.social
Pinned
Syrius Black
@syriusblack.bsky.social
· Apr 16
How do I remove these Australian election posts. Like I shouldn't know this month about housing affordability driving this election between Dutton and Albanese. No offense my Aussie friends. Just a volume thing.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity".
January 4, 2026 at 12:50 AM
"The past is never dead. It's not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity".
How do I remove these Australian election posts. Like I shouldn't know this month about housing affordability driving this election between Dutton and Albanese. No offense my Aussie friends. Just a volume thing.
April 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
How do I remove these Australian election posts. Like I shouldn't know this month about housing affordability driving this election between Dutton and Albanese. No offense my Aussie friends. Just a volume thing.
Like what the actual fuck are we doing here guys?
April 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Like what the actual fuck are we doing here guys?
Reposted by Syrius Black
There’s a particular species of online reactionary who, upon being gently handed their own incoherence, retreats into the tattered fortress of IQ discourse—mistaking an aptitude test for a moral compass, and confusion for contrarianism.
April 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
There’s a particular species of online reactionary who, upon being gently handed their own incoherence, retreats into the tattered fortress of IQ discourse—mistaking an aptitude test for a moral compass, and confusion for contrarianism.
Reposted by Syrius Black
It's a coup. Nobody wants to admit it. But it is.
“‘In the past several weeks, [Trump] has really launched a full-frontal assault on the Constitution, the rule of law, our system of justice and the entire legal profession.’”
Conservative Legal Icon Says This New Trump Move Is '1 Of The Most Sinister'
Former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig ripped Trump's "full-frontal assault on the Constitution, the rule of law, our system of justice and the entire legal profession."
www.huffpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's a coup. Nobody wants to admit it. But it is.
Lol. These are the people who enable authoritarian mediocrities to take over. More so than the initial true believers and die hards.
To the people who keep reaching out: Yes, I'm aware of leap seconds, sidereal days, and Earth's imperfect rotation." 24 hours in a day" isn't a scientific claim—it's a call to preserve basic shared reality before we argue about nuances. Some truths are useful even when technically imprecise.
March 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Lol. These are the people who enable authoritarian mediocrities to take over. More so than the initial true believers and die hards.
Reposted by Syrius Black
I'll add it doesn't even matter if he does support Hamas (not that I believe he does) - everyone is entitled to due process.
Everyone.
Everyone.
Ok I know this is old-man irritability but I don’t care if Mahmoud Khalil has a pregnant wife, I don’t care if he and his wife are childfree, I don’t care if he’s in a fucking polycule with a hedgehog and a jar of mayonnaise, NOBODY should be detained for protected speech, including singletons.
March 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I'll add it doesn't even matter if he does support Hamas (not that I believe he does) - everyone is entitled to due process.
Everyone.
Everyone.
Reposted by Syrius Black
@brockm.bsky.social how about something like this?
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
@brockm.bsky.social how about something like this?
Reposted by Syrius Black
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
Reposted by Syrius Black
The real power of authoritarian leaders isn't to make people believe lies, it's the power to make people repeat lies they know are untrue.
Associated Press: “Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office.“
February 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The real power of authoritarian leaders isn't to make people believe lies, it's the power to make people repeat lies they know are untrue.
Reposted by Syrius Black
To the progressive left, from a liberal, nothing delights our enemies (the reactionaries) more than when we blur the lines between legitimate criticism and reactionary thought. 🧵
February 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
To the progressive left, from a liberal, nothing delights our enemies (the reactionaries) more than when we blur the lines between legitimate criticism and reactionary thought. 🧵
Did exactly what it was supposed to. Very uncomfortable performance for both the artist and the viewer, which was the point.
I love how much of a subversive storyteller Kendrick Lamar is. I LOVE IT.
Kendrick Lamar's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Did exactly what it was supposed to. Very uncomfortable performance for both the artist and the viewer, which was the point.
Remember when George Soros was going to take over the government? Funny thing is his former protege, is Treasury Secretary.
February 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Remember when George Soros was going to take over the government? Funny thing is his former protege, is Treasury Secretary.
Reposted by Syrius Black
To help people understand how much of a threat is taking place:
The United States Justice Department leadership appears to be outright breaking the law to fire career civil servants for Trump.
One person - acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll - is heroically staying true to the law.
The United States Justice Department leadership appears to be outright breaking the law to fire career civil servants for Trump.
One person - acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll - is heroically staying true to the law.
February 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
To help people understand how much of a threat is taking place:
The United States Justice Department leadership appears to be outright breaking the law to fire career civil servants for Trump.
One person - acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll - is heroically staying true to the law.
The United States Justice Department leadership appears to be outright breaking the law to fire career civil servants for Trump.
One person - acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll - is heroically staying true to the law.
Reposted by Syrius Black
We are watching a radical power grab of Congressional power by the White House, and Mike Johnson and the Republicans are deliberately accommodating it.
January 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We are watching a radical power grab of Congressional power by the White House, and Mike Johnson and the Republicans are deliberately accommodating it.
Nascent police state. It'll probably not get full blown status but we're teeterin, no careening that way, and it's not going well at all after five days in. Every day another injustice. Chipping away at our will to resist. And 'our' will is one that just wants it's TikTok back.
The first U.S. Citizens have already been caught up in Trump's immigration raids. Welcome to your police state. If you want to make an omelette you got to crack some eggs... amiright you immoral jackasses?
January 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Nascent police state. It'll probably not get full blown status but we're teeterin, no careening that way, and it's not going well at all after five days in. Every day another injustice. Chipping away at our will to resist. And 'our' will is one that just wants it's TikTok back.
Kind of in shock that a guy with that much baggage ("boot dust," apparently) and that little merit or ability, is going to be confirmed by the spineless GOP Senators. As a Conservative, as a Liberal, as an American, we ought and we should demand better.
January 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Kind of in shock that a guy with that much baggage ("boot dust," apparently) and that little merit or ability, is going to be confirmed by the spineless GOP Senators. As a Conservative, as a Liberal, as an American, we ought and we should demand better.
January 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I hope the MAGA 1.0 folks really latch onto the fact that Elon Musk's informational data trove handed over in Cybertruck bombing, represents THE biggest threat to free speech and portends to actual totalitarian thought policing in the future. Go big you MaGATs! Elon is your enemy!
January 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I hope the MAGA 1.0 folks really latch onto the fact that Elon Musk's informational data trove handed over in Cybertruck bombing, represents THE biggest threat to free speech and portends to actual totalitarian thought policing in the future. Go big you MaGATs! Elon is your enemy!
Reposted by Syrius Black
Yes, Donald Trump incited an insurrection to try and illegally hold on to power four years ago. That happened. That is the truth. But we now live in a post-truth world.
January 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Yes, Donald Trump incited an insurrection to try and illegally hold on to power four years ago. That happened. That is the truth. But we now live in a post-truth world.
Taylor Swift needs to run against Senator Marsha Blackburn and unseat her. Would be awesome.
January 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Taylor Swift needs to run against Senator Marsha Blackburn and unseat her. Would be awesome.
Reposted by Syrius Black
Silicon Valley investors and executives who embraced Trump, now engaged in internecine online battles with the anti-immigration and nativist MAGA elements, who were always the backbone of the MAGA base is very special.
December 27, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Silicon Valley investors and executives who embraced Trump, now engaged in internecine online battles with the anti-immigration and nativist MAGA elements, who were always the backbone of the MAGA base is very special.
Here's all Americans know or care to know about Greenland: "Iceland is very nice, but Greenland is full of ice." That's it. Rest easy Danes.
December 23, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Here's all Americans know or care to know about Greenland: "Iceland is very nice, but Greenland is full of ice." That's it. Rest easy Danes.