Archer
@thermodynamic.bsky.social
Novelist, scientist, & humanist.
Believes in mankind, despite the evidence.
Kama‘āina lucky to still be in Hawai‘i. 📍O'ahu
Believes in mankind, despite the evidence.
Kama‘āina lucky to still be in Hawai‘i. 📍O'ahu
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Archer
@thermodynamic.bsky.social
· Dec 4
Just about complete with state turnout rates, with still just a few more states left to post final numbers. Here's a 2020 (Blue) to 2024 (Orange) turnout rates with green arrows identifying turnout rate increases
People in Hawai‘i love to complain about govt because it's an easy foil for what troubles them. It's a perpetual grievance they can wield. But ask them to show up and actually vote to make change (however slow it may come)?
Nope. Just over 50% turn out, the worst by far.
Nope. Just over 50% turn out, the worst by far.
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Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.
John McCain, while looking at death in his future, voted to protect the ACA. There isn't a vessel on this planet that contain the absolute fury we should all be feeling for this cast of absolute fucking losers.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
John McCain, while looking at death in his future, voted to protect the ACA. There isn't a vessel on this planet that contain the absolute fury we should all be feeling for this cast of absolute fucking losers.
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Justice Barrett worried that the tariff refund process would be a mess if the plaintiffs win this case. Maybe you should’ve stayed the administration’s actions upfront. It’s only a mess because SCOTUS allowed it.
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Justice Barrett worried that the tariff refund process would be a mess if the plaintiffs win this case. Maybe you should’ve stayed the administration’s actions upfront. It’s only a mess because SCOTUS allowed it.
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Me listening to the SCOTUS arguments: wut?
Bluesky SCOTUS Nerds: "NO! You may NOT license fees for exportation as enumerated in Hoskins!!! Justice Gorsuch is floored...FLOORED! Next up, Katyal vs Coney Barret...."
Bluesky SCOTUS Nerds: "NO! You may NOT license fees for exportation as enumerated in Hoskins!!! Justice Gorsuch is floored...FLOORED! Next up, Katyal vs Coney Barret...."
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Me listening to the SCOTUS arguments: wut?
Bluesky SCOTUS Nerds: "NO! You may NOT license fees for exportation as enumerated in Hoskins!!! Justice Gorsuch is floored...FLOORED! Next up, Katyal vs Coney Barret...."
Bluesky SCOTUS Nerds: "NO! You may NOT license fees for exportation as enumerated in Hoskins!!! Justice Gorsuch is floored...FLOORED! Next up, Katyal vs Coney Barret...."
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"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
“...they not only cut off access to our live programming but also deleted all previously recorded shows and events from their subscribers’ libraries.”
Perfect way to alienate people who'd recorded sports. Good job, Google, at making yourself even more hated than Disney.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Perfect way to alienate people who'd recorded sports. Good job, Google, at making yourself even more hated than Disney.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Disney Senior Execs on YouTube TV Blackout: Google Is ‘Not Interested in Achieving a Fair Deal With Us’
Disney's top brass is telling the troops that they're going to continue to fight for a "fair deal" with Google's YouTube TV, after the internet service pulled ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks Thurs...
variety.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“...they not only cut off access to our live programming but also deleted all previously recorded shows and events from their subscribers’ libraries.”
Perfect way to alienate people who'd recorded sports. Good job, Google, at making yourself even more hated than Disney.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Perfect way to alienate people who'd recorded sports. Good job, Google, at making yourself even more hated than Disney.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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Every day I log on and just see endless videos of ICE agents breaking state, federal, and international laws.
October 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Every day I log on and just see endless videos of ICE agents breaking state, federal, and international laws.
The sad but obvious counterpoint to knowing our "rights" and confidently proclaiming so is the clear video evidence that the President, the DOJ, the DHS, and ICE/CBP/FBI/National Guard seemingly do not care about our "rights" and will routinely, and gladly, violate them without consequence.
September 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The sad but obvious counterpoint to knowing our "rights" and confidently proclaiming so is the clear video evidence that the President, the DOJ, the DHS, and ICE/CBP/FBI/National Guard seemingly do not care about our "rights" and will routinely, and gladly, violate them without consequence.
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Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
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Gotta be honest and say that it once again feels stressful that all the evil people are doing evil things and making life worse for everyone
September 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Gotta be honest and say that it once again feels stressful that all the evil people are doing evil things and making life worse for everyone
Again, not to put too fine a point on it, but Hawai‘i's governor is an actual doctor and yet, he's said pretty much nothing about whether his own constituents will suffer from the CDC's new guidance.
Maybe too busy palling around with these people. 🤷
Maybe too busy palling around with these people. 🤷
September 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Again, not to put too fine a point on it, but Hawai‘i's governor is an actual doctor and yet, he's said pretty much nothing about whether his own constituents will suffer from the CDC's new guidance.
Maybe too busy palling around with these people. 🤷
Maybe too busy palling around with these people. 🤷
I dunno, seems like having an actual doctor as governor would make this pretty straightforward but, as per usual, Hawai‘i Governor Josh Green is MIA. He should have been the first governor to make such an announcement but until it's a crisis we likely won't hear a peep.
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them.
States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
State steps in to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccine
Public health order counters potential limitations set by the USFDA
www.koat.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I dunno, seems like having an actual doctor as governor would make this pretty straightforward but, as per usual, Hawai‘i Governor Josh Green is MIA. He should have been the first governor to make such an announcement but until it's a crisis we likely won't hear a peep.
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So painful to read Federalist 76, which is about the president's appointment power, in 2025.
Hamilton's like, no president would be so degenerate as to appoint only those "personally allied to him," esp since Senate confirmation would 'silently operate' as an "excellent check" on such attempts
Hamilton's like, no president would be so degenerate as to appoint only those "personally allied to him," esp since Senate confirmation would 'silently operate' as an "excellent check" on such attempts
August 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
So painful to read Federalist 76, which is about the president's appointment power, in 2025.
Hamilton's like, no president would be so degenerate as to appoint only those "personally allied to him," esp since Senate confirmation would 'silently operate' as an "excellent check" on such attempts
Hamilton's like, no president would be so degenerate as to appoint only those "personally allied to him," esp since Senate confirmation would 'silently operate' as an "excellent check" on such attempts
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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A week and a half ago, no one would have said America bombing Iran was anything but crazy. But Bibi Netanyahu successfully got Donald Trump to bring the United States into a war against Iran with almost no debate in America, something Bibi has wanted for decades. Just unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A week and a half ago, no one would have said America bombing Iran was anything but crazy. But Bibi Netanyahu successfully got Donald Trump to bring the United States into a war against Iran with almost no debate in America, something Bibi has wanted for decades. Just unbelievable.
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Imagine if Obama just started going off on Clint Eastwood way after the election because he stayed mad about the empty chair.
May 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Imagine if Obama just started going off on Clint Eastwood way after the election because he stayed mad about the empty chair.
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the biggest concern was trump judges allowing him to break the law and it turns out trump is just not going to listen to any judges at all
May 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
the biggest concern was trump judges allowing him to break the law and it turns out trump is just not going to listen to any judges at all
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As an institution, the New York Times has failed. This excellent thread by Michael Hobbes takes apart today's NYT editorial urging democracy defenders to mind their manners as they oppose Trump.
NYT seems to hold out hope that lavender oatmilk lattes will be served in the journalist detention camps.
NYT seems to hold out hope that lavender oatmilk lattes will be served in the journalist detention camps.
Why on earth would a protest movement against the worst president in US history begin by acknowledging that he's not so bad
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
May 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
As an institution, the New York Times has failed. This excellent thread by Michael Hobbes takes apart today's NYT editorial urging democracy defenders to mind their manners as they oppose Trump.
NYT seems to hold out hope that lavender oatmilk lattes will be served in the journalist detention camps.
NYT seems to hold out hope that lavender oatmilk lattes will be served in the journalist detention camps.
I’m sorry, but what planet is @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social living on where Musk is proving his critics wrong ‘time and again’?
The sycophancy of NYT drones is the one remaining Universal constant.
The sycophancy of NYT drones is the one remaining Universal constant.
May 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I’m sorry, but what planet is @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social living on where Musk is proving his critics wrong ‘time and again’?
The sycophancy of NYT drones is the one remaining Universal constant.
The sycophancy of NYT drones is the one remaining Universal constant.
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I have an even hotter take, anti Blackness isn't rooted in logic. None of our explainers for their aversion to DEI take in the very real issue of how much pleasure they get out of hate. The most successful bigots still hate equality laws because if they don't have anyone to hate they're unhappy
🧵I disagree with Jamelle Bouie very rarely, but I do here:
Ppl w/ unearned confidence believe their confidence is earned. Mediocre, mid, & otherwise unimpressive white people who oppose DEI actually *believe* themselves to have been cheated.
It's the root of antisemitism, in fact! A thread! Fun!
Ppl w/ unearned confidence believe their confidence is earned. Mediocre, mid, & otherwise unimpressive white people who oppose DEI actually *believe* themselves to have been cheated.
It's the root of antisemitism, in fact! A thread! Fun!
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
April 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I have an even hotter take, anti Blackness isn't rooted in logic. None of our explainers for their aversion to DEI take in the very real issue of how much pleasure they get out of hate. The most successful bigots still hate equality laws because if they don't have anyone to hate they're unhappy
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We have enough resources to satify the poor.
We don’t have enough resources to satisfy the rich.
We don’t have enough resources to satisfy the rich.
April 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We have enough resources to satify the poor.
We don’t have enough resources to satisfy the rich.
We don’t have enough resources to satisfy the rich.
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the fundamental problem with these people (not jonathan) is that they don’t seem to believe in anything. if you’re willing to sacrifice one of the foundational rights of constitutional government on the altar of “buh this might not be popular” then what won’t you sacrifice?
If you think you can't make a political issue out of "people shouldn't be grabbed off the street and put in a foreign gulag forever," maybe consider getting out of politics/punditry. And these aren't technical slogans: they appear in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution (twice).
April 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
the fundamental problem with these people (not jonathan) is that they don’t seem to believe in anything. if you’re willing to sacrifice one of the foundational rights of constitutional government on the altar of “buh this might not be popular” then what won’t you sacrifice?
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Having to disprove that you are not administratively dead is the stuff of dystopian fiction
"Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week." wapo.st/3Y4H9I1
Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label
The immigrants who have requested a reversal and been reinstated in Social Security databases include a Haitian asylum seeker and a minor child.
wapo.st
April 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having to disprove that you are not administratively dead is the stuff of dystopian fiction