Wilmer Rojas-Buendía
@thelastbuendia.bsky.social
I'm coming from the Bad Place, and I like it better here.
Occasionally, I write stuff:
https://thebuendiapost.substack.com/
Occasionally, I write stuff:
https://thebuendiapost.substack.com/
I think you're wrong about what he can be cast for. He was perfectly cast in accomplishments like this one, which holds a solid 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.
October 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I think you're wrong about what he can be cast for. He was perfectly cast in accomplishments like this one, which holds a solid 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Curtis Sliwa seems to favor the authoritarian look.
June 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Curtis Sliwa seems to favor the authoritarian look.
"Trump starts war without congressional approval" is such an easy headline to write that you have to make a conscious decision not to write it.
June 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"Trump starts war without congressional approval" is such an easy headline to write that you have to make a conscious decision not to write it.
"Strange"? As if we don't have enough context and background knowledge to understand why? We live in the era of Groundhog Day journalism, where objectivity is conflated with pretending prior context doesn't exist. We know why he's "reluctant." Stop pretending it's a fresh puzzle every new day.
May 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"Strange"? As if we don't have enough context and background knowledge to understand why? We live in the era of Groundhog Day journalism, where objectivity is conflated with pretending prior context doesn't exist. We know why he's "reluctant." Stop pretending it's a fresh puzzle every new day.
All of the above.
May 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
All of the above.
Wanna hear a joke? This book comes out in July: "Cancel Culture and DEI have caused many to keep their mouths shut. Not so the authors of this book. This collection of essays tells of threats to open inquiry, free speech, and the scientific process itself. A much-needed book.”
April 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Wanna hear a joke? This book comes out in July: "Cancel Culture and DEI have caused many to keep their mouths shut. Not so the authors of this book. This collection of essays tells of threats to open inquiry, free speech, and the scientific process itself. A much-needed book.”
A few days ago I went to the Valencia Public Library and here's how it looks.
April 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A few days ago I went to the Valencia Public Library and here's how it looks.
Trump is selling access to decision making in the government.
April 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Trump is selling access to decision making in the government.
"It's far from clear that they will have the effects they predicted." This is an example of how to use the future tense for hedging, as a form of timidity disguised as judicious analysis — especially when it is quite clear what effects the tariffs are having in the present.
April 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"It's far from clear that they will have the effects they predicted." This is an example of how to use the future tense for hedging, as a form of timidity disguised as judicious analysis — especially when it is quite clear what effects the tariffs are having in the present.
Just to be clear, it's not the case of just one imprisoned immigrant. It's the case of hundreds of immigrants imprisoned without due process, including the minority who actually had a criminal record. Either everyone has a right to due process or no one does.
shorturl.at/XAu9E
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April 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Just to be clear, it's not the case of just one imprisoned immigrant. It's the case of hundreds of immigrants imprisoned without due process, including the minority who actually had a criminal record. Either everyone has a right to due process or no one does.
shorturl.at/XAu9E
shorturl.at/XAu9E
Trump absolutely stands behind incompetence.
April 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Trump absolutely stands behind incompetence.
Jeff Bezos has invested billions to build penis-shaped rockets that last only 4 minutes in space.
April 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jeff Bezos has invested billions to build penis-shaped rockets that last only 4 minutes in space.
"The largest trades clustered between noon and 2 p.m. — after Apple’s price stabilized, but before the memo was released. The traders weren’t responding to a move. They were positioning in advance of it."
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April 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"The largest trades clustered between noon and 2 p.m. — after Apple’s price stabilized, but before the memo was released. The traders weren’t responding to a move. They were positioning in advance of it."
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Who else sees the irony here?
April 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Who else sees the irony here?
Are they talking about Susan Sarandon?
April 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Are they talking about Susan Sarandon?
Once upon a time, WaPo proudly published the Pentagon Papers. Today, it's just parroting the regime's propaganda.
March 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Once upon a time, WaPo proudly published the Pentagon Papers. Today, it's just parroting the regime's propaganda.
How smart do you have to be to 1) sound more worried about the consistency of your argument for statistical optimism and your reputation than about the health of democracy, 2) still talk about as if the institutions work independently of the people who run them, and... 1/3
March 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
How smart do you have to be to 1) sound more worried about the consistency of your argument for statistical optimism and your reputation than about the health of democracy, 2) still talk about as if the institutions work independently of the people who run them, and... 1/3
Last year, MAGA Republicans were praising Pinochet's violent targeting of the perceived "enemies." Now, Trump is threatening students like a dictator would.
I knew we were going to get here if Trump won, but I'm still shocked by how fast we're already there.
I knew we were going to get here if Trump won, but I'm still shocked by how fast we're already there.
March 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Last year, MAGA Republicans were praising Pinochet's violent targeting of the perceived "enemies." Now, Trump is threatening students like a dictator would.
I knew we were going to get here if Trump won, but I'm still shocked by how fast we're already there.
I knew we were going to get here if Trump won, but I'm still shocked by how fast we're already there.
This had aged even before Richard Dawkins wrote it.
February 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This had aged even before Richard Dawkins wrote it.
The Times has managed to become a parody of the Times.
January 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Times has managed to become a parody of the Times.
According to the Spanish newspaper El País, the officials who convinced Colombian President Petro to avoid a trade war with the US argue that it made no sense to escalate the confrontation because Trump was "unpredictable and erratic," and "crazier than [Venezuelan dictator] Maduro."
January 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
According to the Spanish newspaper El País, the officials who convinced Colombian President Petro to avoid a trade war with the US argue that it made no sense to escalate the confrontation because Trump was "unpredictable and erratic," and "crazier than [Venezuelan dictator] Maduro."
It seems someone tried to fix this headline.
January 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It seems someone tried to fix this headline.
All those sages saying "I'm dead sure that was not a Nazi salute" will also tell you they and the whole MAGA movement are color-blind.
January 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
All those sages saying "I'm dead sure that was not a Nazi salute" will also tell you they and the whole MAGA movement are color-blind.