The Center Holds
@thecenterholds.bsky.social
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
Worth fighting for.
Information and commentary on politics, society, and current events from an ex-data scientist/social scientist.
Worth fighting for.
Information and commentary on politics, society, and current events from an ex-data scientist/social scientist.
Elon Musk hanging out with all his friends on Twitter.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Elon Musk hanging out with all his friends on Twitter.
We can not afford whatever kind of bliss ignorance may have offered. In 2025, patriotism means being sufficiently aware that you can't be weaponized against your own country.
December 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
We can not afford whatever kind of bliss ignorance may have offered. In 2025, patriotism means being sufficiently aware that you can't be weaponized against your own country.
When someone does something like this to try and convince you of their patroitism you should immediately know that they have none and are just working their con on you.
To see through it, you can't be stupid. It isn't rocket science.
To see through it, you can't be stupid. It isn't rocket science.
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
When someone does something like this to try and convince you of their patroitism you should immediately know that they have none and are just working their con on you.
To see through it, you can't be stupid. It isn't rocket science.
To see through it, you can't be stupid. It isn't rocket science.
Traitor. Him and his regime need to be removed.
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Traitor. Him and his regime need to be removed.
They are not modern people. They have regressed back into a medieval mindset where the world is justly divided into a hierarchy with them gladly serving 'their Lord'. They will accept their lot and whatever their Lord decides they deserve. It is the proper order of things.
December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They are not modern people. They have regressed back into a medieval mindset where the world is justly divided into a hierarchy with them gladly serving 'their Lord'. They will accept their lot and whatever their Lord decides they deserve. It is the proper order of things.
On a SNY yard (i.e. protective custody) in a prison sitting at the table for kiddie predators; greasy, smelly, and unkempt. The lowest on the social pecking order. He'd look more like this:
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On a SNY yard (i.e. protective custody) in a prison sitting at the table for kiddie predators; greasy, smelly, and unkempt. The lowest on the social pecking order. He'd look more like this:
There is ZERO chance that Republicans in Congress don't know that Trump is a Russian asset and that Putin's dirty money is flowing through the veins of the Frankenstein's monster formerly known as the GOP.
ZERO chance. The 'Who me?' schtick is all theater for the MAGA dupes.
ZERO chance. The 'Who me?' schtick is all theater for the MAGA dupes.
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
There is ZERO chance that Republicans in Congress don't know that Trump is a Russian asset and that Putin's dirty money is flowing through the veins of the Frankenstein's monster formerly known as the GOP.
ZERO chance. The 'Who me?' schtick is all theater for the MAGA dupes.
ZERO chance. The 'Who me?' schtick is all theater for the MAGA dupes.
Chambersburg PA.
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Chambersburg PA.
Steve Bannon looks like a pedophile. Anyone who has worked in, or been on a prison SNY / protective custody yard knows the look and hygiene of a kiddie predator. If you haven't...this is the nasty, greasy, creepy vibe:
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Steve Bannon looks like a pedophile. Anyone who has worked in, or been on a prison SNY / protective custody yard knows the look and hygiene of a kiddie predator. If you haven't...this is the nasty, greasy, creepy vibe:
"Oh, thats just Trump being Trump! Every guy I know rapes little girls, so why are they targeting him?!"
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Oh, thats just Trump being Trump! Every guy I know rapes little girls, so why are they targeting him?!"
MAGA-cult collectively says: "Oh, he didn't mean to have his name in those emails. His name just appears in emails sometimes but thats just Trump being Trump. I'm pretty sure I don't want him to have sex with, and then beat up, my 13 year old daughter, but no, it doesn't bother me."
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
MAGA-cult collectively says: "Oh, he didn't mean to have his name in those emails. His name just appears in emails sometimes but thats just Trump being Trump. I'm pretty sure I don't want him to have sex with, and then beat up, my 13 year old daughter, but no, it doesn't bother me."
Those are our cards. He was trusted to play them well. He didn't. At all. The only explanation is that he really isn't playing for us, but someone else.
So...why does he have the right to get dealt OUR next hand?
It would be insane not to back him off from the table.
So...why does he have the right to get dealt OUR next hand?
It would be insane not to back him off from the table.
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Those are our cards. He was trusted to play them well. He didn't. At all. The only explanation is that he really isn't playing for us, but someone else.
So...why does he have the right to get dealt OUR next hand?
It would be insane not to back him off from the table.
So...why does he have the right to get dealt OUR next hand?
It would be insane not to back him off from the table.
From an official IRS webpage.
I'm sorry but only a government straight out of the movie Idiocracy calls something a "One, Big, Beautiful Bill".
Tell me this doesn't look like something an 8 year old would come up with. It's just moronic.
I'm sorry but only a government straight out of the movie Idiocracy calls something a "One, Big, Beautiful Bill".
Tell me this doesn't look like something an 8 year old would come up with. It's just moronic.
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
From an official IRS webpage.
I'm sorry but only a government straight out of the movie Idiocracy calls something a "One, Big, Beautiful Bill".
Tell me this doesn't look like something an 8 year old would come up with. It's just moronic.
I'm sorry but only a government straight out of the movie Idiocracy calls something a "One, Big, Beautiful Bill".
Tell me this doesn't look like something an 8 year old would come up with. It's just moronic.
"In danger of..." That's a pretty funny joke. The NYT still has a sense of humor.
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"In danger of..." That's a pretty funny joke. The NYT still has a sense of humor.
We all know Jesus couldn't shut up about people's sexual expression...oh wait, he only said that divorce potentially, and only potentially, led to adultery. That's it.
Anyway, if I was him I wouldn't want to touch myself either.
Anyway, if I was him I wouldn't want to touch myself either.
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We all know Jesus couldn't shut up about people's sexual expression...oh wait, he only said that divorce potentially, and only potentially, led to adultery. That's it.
Anyway, if I was him I wouldn't want to touch myself either.
Anyway, if I was him I wouldn't want to touch myself either.
This. Prior to the Child Rapist sweeping through the GOP, I underestimated the number of crap-people there were. We all did. They used to hide behind manners and social norms that pulled them towards betterment. Trump stripped all that away and the cultural rot was revealed.
Sickos galore.
Sickos galore.
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This. Prior to the Child Rapist sweeping through the GOP, I underestimated the number of crap-people there were. We all did. They used to hide behind manners and social norms that pulled them towards betterment. Trump stripped all that away and the cultural rot was revealed.
Sickos galore.
Sickos galore.
NYT article title: "Trump suggests..."
What Child Rapist said: "If you read it [The Constitution], it's pretty clear, I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad."
Can the NYT editors or journalists Erica Green and Katie Rogers explain how what he said is anything less than a declarative statement?
What Child Rapist said: "If you read it [The Constitution], it's pretty clear, I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad."
Can the NYT editors or journalists Erica Green and Katie Rogers explain how what he said is anything less than a declarative statement?
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
NYT article title: "Trump suggests..."
What Child Rapist said: "If you read it [The Constitution], it's pretty clear, I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad."
Can the NYT editors or journalists Erica Green and Katie Rogers explain how what he said is anything less than a declarative statement?
What Child Rapist said: "If you read it [The Constitution], it's pretty clear, I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad."
Can the NYT editors or journalists Erica Green and Katie Rogers explain how what he said is anything less than a declarative statement?
Jimmy Savile. An absurd television personality. Strange cultural icon. Serial sexual predator.
Sound familiar?
We made our Jimmy Savile president.
What is it that makes people so blind to such creatures?
Sound familiar?
We made our Jimmy Savile president.
What is it that makes people so blind to such creatures?
October 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Jimmy Savile. An absurd television personality. Strange cultural icon. Serial sexual predator.
Sound familiar?
We made our Jimmy Savile president.
What is it that makes people so blind to such creatures?
Sound familiar?
We made our Jimmy Savile president.
What is it that makes people so blind to such creatures?
An unabridged chart of the current U.S. president's decision-making process. Very useful. Highly predictive.
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
An unabridged chart of the current U.S. president's decision-making process. Very useful. Highly predictive.
I'm old enough to remember when people like this were widely considered deranged, abject losers. Now, they are the same type of people in charge of major media organizations and the Federal government. Still deranged. Still losers. But in charge. WTF?
October 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'm old enough to remember when people like this were widely considered deranged, abject losers. Now, they are the same type of people in charge of major media organizations and the Federal government. Still deranged. Still losers. But in charge. WTF?
A quick peek into the mystical, stroke-addled mind of the child raping sleezebag currently doddering around the White House.
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A quick peek into the mystical, stroke-addled mind of the child raping sleezebag currently doddering around the White House.
When the media characterizes 'not answering' and 'evading' as 'fending off', we have a real problem because there is no concern that 'not answering' will be called out for what it is. It encourages dishonesty. 'Fending off' suggests reasonable answers rather than logical fallacies were provided.
October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
When the media characterizes 'not answering' and 'evading' as 'fending off', we have a real problem because there is no concern that 'not answering' will be called out for what it is. It encourages dishonesty. 'Fending off' suggests reasonable answers rather than logical fallacies were provided.